Gerst Haus Restaurant

Substandard and expensive. Having lived in Germany for many years I was excited to give it a try, but excitement quickly gave way to disappointment. My jaeger schnitzel was not a good piece of veal or pork hammered thin instead it was a chicken fried steak that was hard to cut through. That made the $20 price tag even harder to swallow than the tough piece of meat. The spaetzle was a sad little bowl of under cooked dough pellets. My wife had the Goulash which was better than my meal however it would have been nice if they had trimmed the large piece of fat off the meat so you didn't end up with something you were forced to spit out. We weren't expecting it to be perfect but we would have settled for good. Our lunch experience can be summed up by watching our waitress reach over our plates to refill my tea only to dump tea into my wife's soup as she pull the pitcher back. My first thought as we left was, "This would make a great candidate for Gordon Ramsey Kitchen Nightmares!"…

Poor attempt at serving true German food. I agree with most of the other reviews...the Gerst Haus does NOT serve authentic German food. The food is over priced and frankly awful! My grandparents were from Germany. I have been to German many times and love authentic German food, but the Gerst Haus makes a poor attempt at serving authentic German food. I have tried to like this place as I crave good German food, but to no avail. I have been to this restaurant several times and will not go back. Each time I was thoroughly disappointed.

The potato salad that they serve tastes like it came right out of the can. And, I have had better German sauerkraut from a can.

Don't try the sausage sampler. I couldn't eat it. It was very greasy and and tasted terrible.…

Not like any German I've had... We had Father's Day lunch at the Gerst Haus just a few hours ago and it was as bland and unGerman as it gets. We were seated immediately by a nice gentleman, brought waters promptly and greeted by our gum smacking waitress. Our drink order was taken and then we sat there for 10 mins waiting to order our food. After we placed an order two people in our party sat for a further 15 minutes with empty glasses while our waitress proceeded to take care of a shiny nose, and fluff her hair right in front of the kitchen. I wish I could say the service was due to how busy the place was but 6 total seated tables and a few bar patrons is not busy. The food was delivered in a reasonable amount of time in huge bland portions. The waitress did get one plate wrong and instead of just taking it back she argued with my father about saurkraut for goodness sake. Our table sat full of dirty plates our entire dining experience and we were visited once by our waitress when she brought back the correct plate. When she finally came over instead of clearing the table she reached over my son shook a couple of ketchup bottles in the air and fixed the condiment dispense and walked off leaving dishes on the table with a check. She never asked if we wanted another round, or dessert. We paid our tab for overpriced under seasoned, non-German food and left with our pockets over $100 lighter...this will be our last trip to Gerst Haus and my suggestion is to give this one a pass.…

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!. This restaurant does not serve German food. I'm not sure what it was, but I would classify the stuff on our plates as neither "German" nor "food." Nor would I have the AMAZING gall to charge $75 for it. I visited the Gerst Haus for the first time with 3 other people during a recent trip to LP Field. BAD DECISION. We sat outside on the patio, which was somewhat grimy and cluttered with miscellaneous junk. Our waiter was surly and indifferent--I think I heard him mumble "whaddayawant" when he couldn't avoid taking our orders any longer. The rest of the time he just kind of dropped things on our table and then slunk away without a word. This included the condiments in an old, dirty, greasy beer carton that someone had apparantly fished out of a dumpster in a sad attempt at whimsy. Everyone at our table ordered the Schweine Schnitzel and a variety of sides. The meat was hopelessly overdone, bland, and coated in a substance resembling pea gravel. The warm German potato salad and red cabbage were horribly SWEET. The German fries were okay-ish, but greasy and covered with lots and lots and LOTS of black pepper. As bad as all that was, I think the most offensive thing about the experience was that the applesauce was so painfully, obviously from a jar. I've made applesauce before. It's not that hard. You peel and core apples, add a touch of water, cook 'em til they're soft, add sugar, and mash them. No jars or industrial-sized cans involved. Just don't waste your money here. YOU WILL REGRET IT.…