I am from Germany in when i arrived in Beijing i couldn't believe there are more than one german restaurant in the city. I miss german food from time to time and tried the Tankstelle and Drei Kronen. Both restaurants offer great beer but the food and also the location of Drei Kronen are way better. The Tankstelle looks more like a lunchroom in a factory. I tried a Schnitzel and it was way to fatty for my taste. The prices a low for the big portions you get. Prices and the beer are the reason why a give 3 stars.

So I ordered the blutwurst and liverwurst with potatoes and sauerkraut, and got two piles of mush ... with potatoes and sauerkraut. I was all like, "where's the wurst, lady?" so the waitress very kindly changed my order to fried bratwurst and mash instead. But... On my return to the world of Wikipedia, it seems a wurst, or sausage, is defined as seasoned and ground meat and doesn't have to come all cased-up and wiener-like. Sorry, Schindler's, my mistake. On the other hand, who wants to eat blood and liver flavored mush? I mean, come on. And it did take you quite a long time to serve us. There is a moral (or lesson) in this tale, summed up by the German saying, "Er will immer eine Extrawurst gebraten haben". It means "he always wants a special sausage roasted for him" to express that someone wants something out of the ordinary. Thing is, all I wanted was something ordinary, and felt I'd got something out of the ordinary, but, in fact, what I had was ordinary all along.

Be good to yourselves. And each other.

Been going here on and off for years and went this past weekend for the first time in a while. Was happy to see that the general quality has not slipped - the bratwurst, omelette, roast pork knuckle and spinach were all excellent, and the reasonably priced erdinger was spot on. My daughter loves their dark bread and our party of six (including two tots) managed to scarf just about everything down (save for the last bit of the pork knuckle). Am looking forward to eating on the terrace again in the spring.

The Food portions are just incredible. I don't know of any other places (western of course) in the city where you can get this full on only few tens of RMB.
Of course i always opt for their beef options (not many on the menu, afterall it's a German place) and i've never been dissapointed.
When you wash it down with the Franziskaner Dunkel Beer, it just makes for an amazingly filling adventure.

simply put, when you are in the mood for plates of meat and potatoes rinsed down with beer, this is the place to go. Vegetarians and teetotalers should run screaming