Regional Food and the culinary arts

In Mecklenburg-Schwerin, you will also experience your holiday with all your senses. The sun will warm your face. The air will smell of summer meadows. The wind will rustle the leaves and the sky will be reflected in the sparkling lake.

Cake and Coffee

Like a local: Take walk or drive into town or find one of the many garden Cafés.  Sit down, relax and have some coffee and cake. It is one of the most typical culinary delights in this area.

Acquiring a taste for our food

You will find lots of tasty things to enjoy everywhere in the region. Charmed by the rural way of life and the hospitality of the country people, the farm shops and cafés offer lots of lovely and tasty delicacies.

Besides delicious cakes and great coffee, art and culture are also very important here. Lots of cafés have galleries with small, regional art exhibitions and events in gardens and farmyards. Even young visitors will have fun here.

have coffee and cake and enjoy you holiday

From planting to harvest

Some farms offer guided tours of the farms. On these tours, you can follow the path of the products – from when they are planted to when they are harvested. You will then know exactly what is special about these regional products.

Tastes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Gut Schwechow - Luftaufnahme
Schwechower Destillery
Gut Schwechow is about 40 km southwest of Schwerin, in the scenic Biosphere Reserve Flusslandschaft Elbe, surrounded by large apple orchards. Schwechow fruit brandy is distilled only from the finest, most aromatic fruits.
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Das Vielanker Brauhaus
Vielanker Brewery
Event gastronomy with a brewery, hall, vaulted cellar and a large beer garden in the middle of the countryside. A restaurant with an elaborate interior design, a cosy pub atmosphere and country-style cuisine. Special products include local beers. craft beers and aurochs meat.
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Schlosshotel Wendorf
Schloss Wendorf Restaurant "Cheval Blanc"
The dishes in this restaurant will let you taste the freshness of the region. Lovers of fine wines know how to appreciate the good things in life – the castle cellar offers a variety of domestic and international top wines as well as some excellent rare wines.
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Schloss Basthorst Restaurant Wilhelmina
Schloss Basthorst "Restaurant Wilhelmina"
In the Wilhemina-Helena restaurant, you can experience traditional Mecklenburgian cuisine combined with fine French cuisine. The restaurant in the castle also offers you delicious cakes and meals for when you feel only a little bit hungry. You can enjoy a good wine or the genuine Basthorster Pils (lager) here
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Gutshaus Rothen
Since 2002, the village of Rothen around the manor house on Lake Rothen has been a central place for culture, trade and art in Mecklenburg. The café-restaurant "Zur Rothen Kelle" offers you some tasty treats – including the cider made by Guthaus Rothen.
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