The oldest house on the castle estate
Kavaliershaus is a separate historic building on Weissenhaus' large castle grounds by the Baltic Sea. It sits in the old part of the estate, by the castle pond and the other historic buildings.
The sign outside tells you that it is the oldest building on the castle estate, and that today it serves gourmet breakfasts for the resort's guests. According to the resort's own history, the house was built in 1730.
The house is used solely for breakfast. We were staying at the resort and ate here as part of our stay.
Calm atmosphere and small stations
The first thing we noticed was the calm. There were quite a few guests, but it never felt crowded or hectic.
The reason is that the breakfast is spread across several small stations. You wander round and choose what you fancy, and at no point did we find ourselves in a long queue.
It never felt like one big, crammed hotel buffet. It was luxurious, yet cosy and relaxed at the same time.
Cheeses, charcuterie and bubbles
Everything we tasted was of an incredibly high standard. There was a really lovely selection of cheeses and very good charcuterie, and you could tell that real care had gone into the produce at every single station.
It was not a big selection for the sake of it. The quality was high all the way through.
And then there were bubbles with breakfast. In the cooler stood a rosé crémant from Limoux, which is a lovely way to start the day.
The resort itself highlights the bread and pastries from its own castle bakery, freshly pressed juice, yoghurt and egg dishes.
The small dishes from the board
On the table sits a small board of hot dishes that you can order alongside whatever you help yourself to. It is that combination that lifts the breakfast to another level entirely.
We had the Smörrebröd with roast beef, Danish tartare sauce, crispy fried onions and cucumber salad. It was a fun and charming touch to be able to choose a piece of Danish smørrebrød (an open-faced rye bread sandwich) on a German breakfast menu.
We also had the Croque Ostsee with smoked salmon, poached egg, sautéed spinach and hollandaise sauce. Then the Shakshuka with spiced tomato sauce, feta, poached egg and coriander, and an omelette where you choose your own fillings, such as onion, mushrooms, cooked ham, Gouda, fresh herbs, peppers and tomato.
It was wonderfully good. All four dishes.
The board also lists fried and scrambled eggs, Flatbread with poached egg, Greek yoghurt, sucuk and spiced hollandaise, Veganes Rührei made with tofu, and Pancakes with banana and chocolate sauce, maple syrup or cinnamon and sugar. We did not get round to trying those.
Service at the table
The service was very good. The dishes from the board were brought to the table, and someone checked in about coffee along the way.
It gave the feeling that breakfast was being made for us, rather than simply laid out.
Price and standard
We stayed at the resort and had breakfast included in our stay. So there was no separate bill, and we cannot put a per-person price on it.
The standard, on the other hand, is easy to describe. This is a hotel breakfast we will be measuring others against.
Kavaliershaus may well be the best hotel breakfast we have had. The quality, the small dishes, the bubbles and the calm atmosphere all came together, and we could not fault a thing. We would happily come back, and we warmly recommend it to anyone staying at Weissenhaus who likes to take their time in the morning.
Photos from the visit
Our own photos, taken along the way.
Highlights
- Location
- Parkallee 1, Wangels
- What we had
- Smörrebröd, Croque Ostsee, Shakshuka, Omelett, Cheeses and charcuterie, Bubbles
- Highlights
- Bubbles, lovely cheeses and really good, high-quality charcuterie, Small hot dishes from the board, served at the table, Several small stations, so there is neither queueing nor crowding, Calm, wonderfully cosy atmosphere in the oldest building on the castle estate
- Atmosphere and service
- Atmosphere 5.0 · service 4.5 out of 5