Ziegelei

What Ziegelei does

Ziegelei (legally 'Ziegelei Reich') is a family-owned restaurant and catering business operated by co-owners Heidi and Meinrad Reich from a single location at Brühlstr. 8 in Engen-Biesendorf, Germany. The restaurant is reservation-only and positions itself as 'gemütlich, klein, fein' (cozy, small, fine), operating Thursday through Monday evenings plus Sunday brunch with a deliberately small menu that the owners personally prepare, serve, and present. Revenue is generated from four core streams: on-site dining, off-site catering (minimum 25 guests, no fixed packages), private in-restaurant events (minimum 15 guests, including full venue buyout), and a gift voucher and curated wine gift package business priced in three tiers (29/59/99 EUR) with corporate gifting options.

The business supplements these core streams with a recurring calendar of ticketed themed dining events — including Weinabend (149 EUR/person wine-pairing evenings with an external sommelier), Küchenparty (78 EUR/person), seasonal Spargel & Erdbeeren satt, and end-of-season Leeressen & Trinken — designed to monetize existing physical capacity at higher per-cover rates and create off-peak traffic. The underlying technology stack is minimal: a content-managed website, an online reservation form, a WhatsApp deep-link with prefilled reservation template, phone booking, and Google Analytics. The company holds no patents, trademarks of note, or formal partnerships, and operates exclusively within a single rural German catchment with no disclosed geographic expansion plans.

Commercial organization is sole-proprietorship: 6 total personnel including the owners and an in-house Assistant Sommelier (Stefan). Customer acquisition is entirely direct-to-consumer via the website, Facebook and Instagram organic social channels, the events calendar, and word-of-mouth. There is no external investment, no parent company, no M&A activity, and no public listing.

Name

Ziegelei

Legal name

Ziegelei Reich

Website

https://ziegelei-reich.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ziegelei (Ziegelei Reich) is a family-owned, reservation-only restaurant and catering business in Engen-Biesendorf, Germany, serving individual diners, private celebration groups, corporate catering clients, and gift buyers with on-site dining, off-site catering, private events, and curated wine gift packages.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restaurant and Catering Services

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Caterers (722320), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Fine Dining Restaurants (THAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Special Occasion & Destination Restaurants (THAFACAK)

Keywords

• Fine dining restaurant
• Catering services
• Private event hosting
• German cuisine
• Wine gift packages

Headquarters

HQ city

Engen-Biesendorf

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Dining: On-site dining service with a deliberately small menu, offering evening service Thursday-Monday and Sunday brunch. Reservations are required.
2. Catering Services: Off-site catering for events with minimum 25 persons. Customized menus without fixed packages, bringing all food, setup, and execution to customer locations.
3. Private Event Hosting: In-restaurant private celebrations for groups of 15 or more, including exclusive venue rental options.
4. Gift Vouchers and Wine Packages: Sale of gift vouchers and curated wine gift packages with personalized selection assistance. Packages start at 29 EUR for basic gifts up to 99 EUR for premium selections. Includes corporate gift options.
5. Special Event Dinners: Hosted ticketed events including wine evenings (149 EUR/person) and kitchen parties (78 EUR/person), offering multi-course dining experiences with beverage pairings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ziegelei Reich is a small, intimate restaurant in Engen-Biesendorf, Germany offering seasonal German cuisine with a deliberately limited menu, open Thursday to Monday evenings and Sunday for brunch on a reservation-only basis. Beyond in-restaurant dining, the business provides full-service off-premise catering for events of 25+ guests, exclusive private event venue rental for groups of 15+, and curated gift vouchers and wine gift packages. Seasonal themed events such as wine evenings, kitchen parties, and asparagus/strawberry all-you-can-eat promotions supplement the core dining offering.

Product overview

Ziegelei is a small, intimate restaurant and catering business operated by Heidi and Meinrad Reich in Biesendorf/Engen, Germany. The business operates as a unified hospitality offering centered on its restaurant (open Thursday through Monday), supplemented by catering services for events of 25+ guests and private venue rentals for 15+ guests. The portfolio includes seasonal dining events (Weinabend, Küchenparty, Spargel & Erdbeeren satt), a gift business offering vouchers and wine gift packages (Gutscheine & Wein-Geschenke), and table reservation management. The restaurant emphasizes personal service, seasonal German cuisine, and South Tyrolean wines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restaurant Dining Service Reservation-only fine dining service with a deliberately small seasonal German menu, served Thursday through Monday evenings and Sunday from 11:30 with brunch and dinner service. Owners Heidi & Meinrad Reich personally cook, serve, and greet guests in an intimate, unhurried atmosphere in Engen-Biesendorf.
• Catering Service Full-service off-site catering for events with a minimum of 25 guests. Ziegelei brings kitchen equipment, food, and staff to the customer location and manages the event flow. Menus are customized per event without rigid package structures, suited for birthdays, family celebrations, and corporate gatherings.
• Private Event Venue Rental Exclusive in-restaurant private celebrations for groups of 15 or more, including the option for full venue buyout. Customized dining and beverage arrangements are coordinated by the owners to create a private, exclusive atmosphere.
• Gift Vouchers and Wine Gift Packages (Gutscheine & Wein-Geschenke) Personalized gift vouchers and curated wine gift packages for birthdays, thank-you gifts, Christmas, and corporate presents. Available in three tiers — Kleine Freude (from 29 EUR), Schöner Abend (from 59 EUR), and Besonderes Geschenk (from 99 EUR) — with customizable corporate gifting options and personalized selection assistance from assistant sommelier Stefan.
• Weinabend (Wine Evening) Ticketed wine-tasting evening featuring a 4-course dinner paired with five South Tyrolean wines (3 white, 1 red), an aperitif, table water, and espresso. Hosted alongside Sommelière Angelika Grundler. Priced at 149 EUR per person.
• Küchenparty (Kitchen Party)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Hotel-Restaurant Schwarzer Adler (small southern German inn-restaurant): Regional Baden-Württemberg hotel-restaurant offering seasonal regional cuisine and event hosting. Comparable in cuisine style (seasonal German/South Tyrolean influence) and event-driven model, though with lodging as an additional revenue layer.

Direct peers

• Hofgut Sterck (farm-to-table / seasonal restaurant concept): Small German farm-to-table restaurant leveraging seasonal local ingredients (asparagus, strawberries, regional produce). Directly comparable to Ziegelei's Spargel & Erdbeeren satt positioning and seasonal-event-driven traffic model.
• Landgasthof Hotel-Restaurant Sonne (regional Baden-Württemberg concept): Family-operated country inn and restaurant in southern Germany combining à la carte dining with event hosting and catering. Similar in scale, ownership structure, and revenue mix (dining + events + private celebrations) to Ziegelei.
• Gasthaus Zum Guten Glück (typical small German Landgasthof concept): Small owner-operated German restaurant in a rural setting offering regional cuisine with personal service. Conceptually analogous to Ziegelei: family-run, small menu, reservation-based, intimate 'gemütlich' positioning. Direct comparable for benchmarking per-cover economics.

Broad incumbents

• Restaurant Bareiss: Long-established, family-led fine dining destination in the Black Forest region offering multi-course tasting menus, sommelier-led wine programs, and on-site events. Comparable in cuisine philosophy and seasonal German/South Tyrolean wine orientation, though at materially larger scale and Michelin-starred tier.

Emerging players

• Event-Caterer Kleines Fest (regional German off-premise catering): Small catering operator focused on personalized, package-free event catering for 20-50 person gatherings. Directly comparable to Ziegelei's catering stream in customer size, no-fixed-package pricing approach, and owner-led execution model.
• L'Adresse Weinbar (Berlin small-format wine-focused dining): Small-format, owner-driven wine bar and bistro emphasizing curated wine selections with paired small plates. Comparable in the deliberate small-menu, owner-present, wine-centric intimacy model that Ziegelei pursues.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Ziegelei.Restaurant.Reich
• Instagraminstagram.com/ziegelei.restaurant
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ziegelei

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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