Black Forrest Cake
Monastery

Monastery

443 Granby St, 23510, Norfolk, US, United States

Steak • Cheese • European • Ice Cream


"One of the best restaurants I've ever been to. It's not only about the quality and uniqueness of the food but also the service, ambience of the place, friendly yet professional manner and getting to know a different culture through the food and people who make it. What a great pleasure!Let me start with this; when you're provided with warm bread and cheese (and apple) at a restaurant while waiting for your entrée, you know that there is only very small risk for things to go wrong at that place.I had the escargot and roasted duck served with the creamed sauerkraut and dumplings. I simply loved the escargot, it was seasoned very well. The duck was cooked to perfection; tender inside and crispy skin outside. The sauerkraut was the best I've ever had and I literally swiped it all from the plate with the dumplings. Husband had the green lentil soup and Serbian goulash served with dumplings and both were quite delicious and exquisite. It was really sweet when one of the owners and chef came to our table and insisted to bring more dumplings to my husband so he can finish the sauce of the goulash.I'd also recommend the Hungarian wine Egri Bikaver if you've never had. It paired very well with the food we had. Very good wine selections but there're only a few they serve by glass mostly by bottle. There were also about 4-5 Czech and German beers.They have great dessert options as well, we had the raspberry stuffed dumplings topped with cheese (probably cottage cheese) and powder sugar, sooo good and not too sweet!The complementary dine in experience is on the luxurious side but totally worth it. The portions are more than enough! Would definitely recommend and will be back!"