04/13/09

NOT a place to get authentic German food

by Treadmill

I am a German living in Boston. If you ask me where in the Boston area you can get good German food, the answer is simple: You can't.

The schnitzel are sub par. And what's with the dill and sweet peas in the spaetzle? That is just odd.

Serving something with a side of sauerkraut doesn't make it a German dish. And why Americans think lemon butter is a staple in the German cuisine eludes me.

On the plus side: The potato pancakes aren't horrible if you leave out the cinnamon creme fraiche.

• Pros: Good beer selection
• Cons: Overpriced American cuisine, masking as ethnic restaurant

04/12/08

if not for the potato fries...

by freewilly7

my colleagues and i would go there for happy hour purely bc it's conveniently located in our area, but once and again, if you arrive too late you won't even get one of the few tables in the bar (as opposed to dinner) section because they'll either be occupied or reserved. waiter service has been apathetic at best and sometimes bordering on rude. on a good day, you can order one thing at a time coz they'd usually disappear before your first sentence ends.

we've had mostly bar food (sweet potato fries rock! some like their pretzels), but main courses... i can't really find much that suits me (could be an cultural thing but i'm not used to calling a link of sausage and some mashed potato dinner). i once had a dish i think it's some kind of stewed beef (i probably can't pronounce the name correctly); the sauce was good but meat too dry and chewy.

only reason to return? they're one of the few places i know that serve hoegaarden (belgium white beer), and sweet potato fries.

one thing special about this place is that they have a live piano sing-along group that gathers every friday night. they have a whole book of lyrics for anyone (old and new) who inclines to join. they're hardcore man!

:)

• Pros: sweet potato fries, friday sing-along group
• Cons: sub-par waiter service

01/26/08

Slow, ran out of food, free parking was not really free

by onyx2006

I dont know what to think of this place. I was so excited to eat here. Well they messed up one of our orders so they comped it and gave free desserts. While i shouldnt complain about that, they even messed up the dessert. They also informed me that the last sauerbraten had been plated for the evening. P.S. it was about 6pm. The service was really slow, so the free parking didn't really matter. We were still charged $15 for parkign there for 15 mins over the limit so you really don't get free parking, especially with such slow service. The waiter was really nice, but really I went there for two things, neither of which existed there on the night that I went. As far as atmosphere, it was good..it felt like a pub but was really loud so you couldn't carry on a convo with the person sitting next to you.

Basically, if you are looking for German food, I wish I could recommend this place for that, but how can I when they really didn't have anything left? Also, again, while free parking in the city is unheard of, you will still be paying for it since the service was really slow.

• Pros: One of the few places to find German food
• Cons: Ran out of food early, not free parking, not the best service