Nanoreview revisited: Erlkönig Basel

Since our first visit to the Erlkönig we had been back once during the summer where we had another nice meal (though again with a couple of small food problems mainly related to things being cooked too long/burnt). Since it's closing soon, we went back last night for a last visit.

I don't know if the problems we encountered were because they'd just gotten back from vacation or if they're just phoning it in at this point since they'll be shutting down, but we were very much not impressed last night. The service was incredibly slow (there was a big group in the dining room, but it wasn't completely full, so they should have been able to cope) and the food was mediocre at best: some things were burnt, the rabbit terrine was overly sweet, the quail was dry and comparatively flavorless, the red cabbage served as a side was absurdly sweet (and had a pronounced ketchup(!) flavor), etc.

It was an unfortunate last meal.