I've had German food made for me at home, but I've never been to a German restaurant (they're not popular in the rural US) and I was really happy with this place. Went there this weekend on a Sunday afternoon, and though ALL of the tables outside were reserved in advance (including a 6 person table used by 2 people, really?) the inside wasn't bad at all.

Service was slightly above average for Beijing, but I liked that the waitress repeated our order with good pronunciation of the dishes, and the beers were fast. It was nice to have decent dark bread with SALTED butter, the bread was nice, crusty and warm. I ordered the pair of Rostbratwurst with Sauerkraut and Kartoffel (2 sausages, pickled cabbage and mashed taters). Food took a little while, but I was pleased when it came out. Food was warm, good serving of mustard in the middle and after a few Prost!s we got to eating. The sausages were done well, I was really happy with them. The potatoes weren't the that flavourful, but not terrible. The Sauerkraut was nicely done, and there was a heaping portion on my plate.

I thought it was worth 52 RMB, I was stuffed at the end, and thoroughly satisfied. No caterpillars, no hassle with the staff, not a bad day!

I'm not new to China, so while I am extremely unhappy about the situation that happened today, I am not surprised in any way. I was in a group of 3, and about 10 minutes after my friend's meals came and they started eating (my food did not come), I started to hear 3 waitresses arguing about who was responsible for forgetting to enter my food order into the system. After 10 minutes of arguing, they bring me out a salad (I had ordered a pork and mushroom dish - number 88 on the menu). Ten minutes later (about 40 minutes after we had originally ordered), I tell them that it's too late and I don't want my food anymore, but sure enough soon after that they brought out my food. I told the manager that because I waited about 40 minutes for my food, I would only eat it if it was for free. She thought about it and then decided not to give it to me, and proceeded to take the food away. She'd rather waste my meal and throw it away than give it to me for free. As I'm finishing my salad, I notice that something in the salad is moving - and sure enough it was a little caterpillar, which was very visible. We called over the manager who offered us a 10% discount. We argued with her and told her that we did not want to pay any money for the food, but that my friends would pay for the beer they ordered. She wouldn't accept that, and then continued to argue with us for about 5 minutes longer. We refused to budge and then she went to the cash register and looked at it for a long time, talked with her fellow co-workers, and didn't come back to our table for a while. Eventually my friends went up to her and offered to pay about 75% of the bill. We walked out of there in disgust...I will not be going back there for a very long time. My co-workers and I are good customers of this place and go there often, but not anymore...

A tiny plate of miserable leaves and 1 1/2 cherry tomatoes constituted an RMB 22 salad which should be served as a side without extra charge. The potato salad served with the sausages was unbearably sweet to the extent of being inedible and the well past-its-sell by date, fermented-tasting ketchup topped off a pathetic and disappointing meal. This was explained by the waiter with nothing more than a sniff of the ketchup and a shrug of the shoulders. Don't bother.

You like meat? Especially pork? You gonna love this place.