Ex-Vertretung in Köln

Nice service but the potato cucumber salad was sour and inedible.

Food out of a can, nothing special. As long as what you ordered comes. No one here speaks German and unfortunately they hardly understand a word. Sas of course leads to several misunderstandings... very annoying

Very good burgers, nice pub atmosphere

Food was very good. The service was extremely friendly and very pleasant. We felt very comfortable.

The only German restaurant I recommend going to. Price-quality is great. We stayed 4 nights in Colonia and 3 of them we had dinner there, since the food is tasty, the place is cozy and the staff is very nice. If we return we will definitely repeat :)

Unfortunately, it was not possible to order anything to eat despite a wait of more than 30 minutes. The outdoor area had 9 tables and a total of 31 guests. So the crowd was quite manageable. However, the three service staff were so busy with their smartphones that they apparently couldn't or didn't want to take an order. Even our next table was not served despite waving and shouting. We then left and ate elsewhere. Maybe the service staff should work better on a commission basis, because then there is no money for doing nothing.

There were three of us on December 28th. for a few beers and a snack here... the atmosphere was very nice and the service was impeccable 👍🏻🥰 Drinks and food came super quickly and the waiters and bartender were very attentive 🤩🤗 Thank you for the great time with you

The “Swabian cheese spaetzle” came surprisingly quickly. And that when you think that cheese spaetzle needs a moment. That was probably because there was no cheese in it at all. The Käsespätzle were spaetzle with a cup of cream poured over it, plus chopped carrots and onions. What does this have to do with Käsespätzle? Just as good a question as how such a lousy restaurant gets good reviews. Even the toilet was unusable because as a guest you are not allowed to go to the toilet without change. Is that even legal? In any case, we thought we had never eaten anything so bad.

Great food! The schnitzel and pork knuckle were amazing! We also had Mai Thai and long island cocktails that were very well made. The apple dessert was also incredibly good. The deco is also beautiful. I recommend it!

Delicious potato soup in winter under the heater. Coffee also good and inexpensive. Polite and quick service. Highly recommended restaurant.

The food was not delicious. Beer and drinks were nice. Good view, good location.

We ordered the cutlet 3 times. First of all, there were no grilled tomatoes twice, as promised on the menu. The rocket and parmesan salad was also missing from all three plates. When asked, the grilled tomato came. The rocket salad was missing until the end. The full price was charged. That's not ok, Upon request there was a herbal liqueur for one person... Impossible - Never again...

Bad food, bad service dont go here

Nice place, good service, great food. I ordered the argentinisches, it is a very good piece of meat, it is the best, highly recommended 🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟👌

Spareribs and Grillhaxe very tasty. Fries were bad tasting and too hard. Waiter rolled his eyes disapprovingly at the tip and walked away without saying anything.

A very strange concept of a restaurant where you have to pay money if you want to visit a restroom and wash your hands. Food is ok. It is around 30% more expensive than on the website!!!! We ordered pork schnitzel, they didn’t have it and offered us chicken, which is cheaper. We were ok with that. But afterwards we were asked to pay for the pork one (18.60 Euro instead of 12:90 Euro). Disappointment!!

Two completely different dishes with different quality. The salmon with the penne was really a success. Unfortunately the burger was dry and the meat was burnt.

He and 6 “ladies” were there to celebrate on November 11th, 2024. The €10 entry fee was totally worth it. Great atmosphere, nice staff.

To have a drink with friends it's fine.

Friendly employees, good food, fair prices.

Very nice place to eat or drink something in Cologne with a view of the water.

I always enjoyed being there in the past. As always, ordered “Chancellor fillet”. “Giant” currywurst?! None. A normal sausage. Normal size. A handful of fries. We ate a total of 2x Currywurst fries and two Kölsch and paid €40. Sry. It wasn't worth the sausage.

It was very nice to sit outside with a daiquiri on a warm October evening.

Unfortunately there is no comparison to the previous permanent representation, food irrelevant, service and service unfriendly, rude look when tipping, looks unkempt inside. Actually a cool concept but now without commitment. Too bad!

Ate outside. Salad plate was disappointing. “Market fresh” salad Lots of brown cut edges. A bit gross. Lots of leaves, hardly any tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots. Just a stately goat cheese. Too expensive for that.

Terrible food is oversalted, the toilet is paid, and the waiters are specific

Food was great. Service could be a little friendlier. Cologne pub.

Very nice service and nice to sit outside - right on the Rhine

Not recommended. The service is more likely to make a fuss when passing by than to serve guests!

Unfortunately, the schnitzel was no longer okay and smelled strongly. No excuse, still have to pay. Wrong decisions to go to the restaurant.

Absolutely mega. Very good food and fast, friendly service

Very tasty, it's my first time in Cologne and it's really awesome. Food comes quickly, great service We'll be back

Chef is great. Service is a complete disaster. Ambiance is nice. But be careful! It's expensive

This used to be a great shop. We enjoyed going here for many years. For many months now we have noticed an incredible laziness among the waiters on Sundays. Like yesterday! The man simply walked past us several times. But there was nothing going on. We left at some point. The waiter also laughed at us and shrugged his shoulders and an employee shouted insults at us. It's a shame I left so much money there. Lost another customer!

Price-quality ratio is moderate Salad made with way too much dressing, not automatic bread with meal salad. No fries with main course. Ordered extra fries: 6.50!! In short: Poor price-quality ratio

The coffee was brought over on loan by someone, unfriendly at that, and the “Cafe Crema” is probably the dishwashing version of it and tastes the same. I'm curious about the price. Not recommended.

We can hardly express how disappointing our visit to this restaurant was. On two different days we faced the same disastrous experience. The waiting time was unbearable! We sat at the table and were simply ignored - not a waiter in sight. It felt like we were air for the staff. On the second visit the situation was even more frustrating. We watched other guests at three other tables get up and leave the restaurant in frustration. It is incomprehensible that a restaurant that apparently does NOT rely on customers would treat its guests so poorly. If you can't afford even the minimal amount of attention to serve your guests, you may want to consider staying in the catering business. We certainly won't be returning and can only advise everyone to look for a local restaurant that really understands the term "hospitality".

The espresso was basically brown colored water.

Was told to sit at a table outside and someone will come. No one came after 30 minutes, not even a single eye contact. Complained about it and got responded horribly.

Very location, but we had to wait forever for drinks, which were only lukewarm, and we had to wait forever to pay again…. Too bad!!!

Nothing to complain about. Food good, drinks good

No service-oriented operation. The food wasn't tasty, fries tasted old. Only the location with a view of the Rhine was nice

Nice cafe, magnificent location, but it's weird to clear the glasses as soon as you finish your drinks, only to ask in a second if you want to have something else.

Unfortunately, we were very disappointed with our visit to the Ex representation restaurant. Many of us ordered the "giant currywurst", but what we got was anything but what one would think of as "huge". For a whopping €16.90, we were only served a normal bratwurst in curry sauce - far from a truly huge portion. To make matters worse, when we asked, we were told that the "Riesen Currywurst" was no longer available, but the full price was still charged for it. This is absolutely unacceptable and not recommended. It's a shame because expectations were higher.

You can sit outside here and watch the hustle and bustle on the banks of the Rhine. We didn't try the food, but the Kölsch was good and the service was quick and friendly.

Food was excellent, service was good and the beer was cold. You can't ask for much more. I had the ex Chancellor bratwurst and it was excellent, my wife has the salmon pasta and it was huge. Really good with the kids too.

Food and ambience are great, wonderful place ;)

My experience at this restaurant was simply disappointing. The food was the low point of the evening. The starter arrived cold and the main course was either too salty or bland - lacking any flavor. The waiting time was also unbearably long, even though the restaurant wasn't even particularly full. Overall, an absolute failure. I will definitely not visit this restaurant again and unfortunately I cannot recommend it to anyone.

I liked the food. The service was great and the waiter was really friendly and funny. I went with friends and we sat outside, a very pleasant place. The downside was that smoking is allowed in this part of the restaurant and some customers were smoking while I was eating. I know that this is common in German, but this for me it's an unpleasant experience.

Recommended - large menu for food items presented on cool ‘newspaper style’ menus. Service quick and friendly.

I GOT FOOD POISONING THE NEXT DAY! Bedridden all day and very unwell. Be careful, be careful to flee! Poor quality food, I seriously questioned myself when I saw the color of my “Argentinian” piece of meat. (Beige after cooking) A tiramisu that looks nothing like Tiramisu, really not good. Average service, waiter who asks for a tip when paying. Very expensive bill for what we eat there…

Very good food, nice atmosphere, unfortunately you could only communicate with the head waiter, but despite everything we got everything we wanted at the table in a very short time. It was a very nice evening and we will definitely come back

Unfortunately, the pasta wasn't fully cooked and we were only offered to bring new ones, which we didn't want to get to the point where we still had to pay for the pasta. For a whopping €6 I got a warm cola which was definitely a Cola Zero which I hadn't ordered. Other people at the table also made this observation. For €6 you would expect a few ice cubes so that the cola isn't warm.

Tips are not mandatory in German right? Why the staff are so rude to ask us to give tips? Zhon gguoren bie TM lai zhe jia dian！ No good service at all, they can not even remember what we order.

Very bad experience. The dough is reheated and some moldy. No effort is made to take our complaints into consideration. Non-existent atmosphere. The deplorable service.

Be careful when paying with credit card. In my case, the waitress had to swipe the card 3 times, supposedly because it didn't work, but the value was debited 3 times. Despite repeated calls and emails, no one has responded to the error, it seems to be fine. So be careful!

Too bad. The second time we wanted to give the store a chance. We sat outside for 15 minutes (it wasn't very busy), asked once if we could order drinks (the gentleman said he couldn't but his colleague came straight away). Then three times a waiter walked around us without even noticing that we were sitting there. We left without having accomplished anything - it's such a shame. The location is perfect, right on the Rhine!

Sitting there on the Rhine in the city is really nice, but in my opinion the target group is really tourists. Too bad

Very tasty food, very friendly service! Cozy atmosphere with lots of old pictures of politicians on the walls. Large selection of food. Gladly again.

We ate here today as a family. We sat outside on the lovely terrace. Unfortunately, the service and food quality did not convince us. We had to wait a long time - both for the service and the food. Käsespätzle were lukewarm, the sauerbraten was not tender. The price-performance ratio doesn't fit.

They completely ignored us. Walked up to the bar to order a drink and told to sit down and someone would come- many servers walked past, looked at us, and did not stop. Don’t waste your time here!

The food was delicious and the service was good, but having to pay 50 cent to use the bathroom seems embarrassing to me…

Place to pass by in Cologne! Unpleasant waiters. They charge you for everything and on top of that they charge you the tip they want without asking! The food is terrible and scarce and the drink is hot. Please avoid this site!!

Poor food, staff not very communicative, additional side dishes were not available at all, but only when asked - even though they were ordered! The only positive aspect would be the ambience, but that's about it.

Yesterday we made a spontaneous stopover: the Kölsch was subpar and a complaint was made. Except

Unpleasant waiters, they charge you whatever they want and you also have to pay in the bathroom. I ordered a schnitzel and it was covered in oil, everything was horrible.

The service is very slow and relatively unfriendly. The food was okay, you can't expect anything special. The price is rather high for what you get.

Shame! 🤦 It's time to cancel barbarian service! To ask to pay for toilet when we spent a lot of money in your Cafe?! Realy? I hope the owner will stop this!

Only drank a Kölsch but the staff and service were super friendly!

Originally posted 5 years ago. It was 5 star. Been back many times since. Arrived back in Cologne Tuesday. Ate here Tues and and Wednesday night. Food and service good Tonight Thursday came to eat again Different waiting staff on. Total lack of service and care. Not approaching customers. Had to be called over. Both for drinks and food order. Tried walking away when half food order taken. 1 x meal came as small portion although not asked for.

We had to tell them several times that they would charge us and to pay by card it is 20 and they even charge you to go to the bathroom, and it is full of wasps

Terrible service, we were literally ignored. They charge you to go to the bathroom even if you are consuming on the spot. Too sweet aperol. They added a 19% tip already built into the bill, I had never seen that in Germany and I live here.

We ordered food and drinks at the establishment, yet we were still charged to use the bathroom. What’s the point of drinking at a place if they charge you for every visit to the restroom? Another issue was that they added a 19% tip without asking, which made me never want to return. I recommend going somewhere else instead of this place.

Food very tasty. Takes a relatively long time. Portion size normal to small. Staff can only speak a bit of German, if at all. You have to pay to go to the toilet despite eating in the restaurant.

Rhenish sauerbraten actually quite good, but very salty and quite tough potato dumplings. Things are better at the permanent representation in Berlin

The staff wasn't unfriendly, but they weren't particularly motivated either. The taste of the food was okay, although one would have expected more in terms of price/performance ratio. Unfortunately the food was almost cold.

Service didn't want to make separate invoices that would have to be billed for our drinks individually. Then became rude after complaining.

Had a couple beers with friends, but service was very meh. We basically had to do everything, glad at least that they brought the beers to the table though! Of course the beer was good (Kölsch beer for the win!).

Drinking a cocktail on the promenade...what could be nicer🥰🌟

Way too late service. And then another €27 for an apple strudel

Bad day or tourist rip-off? The Halve Hahn came with a toasted bun and no Röggelchen. The suckling pig roll was dry and we had to wait 20 minutes for the Kölsch we ordered. We've had better experiences, but this time everything was underground!

We were served quickly and very friendly. Our food was good. We were very annoyed by the price of the beer. 6.80 euros for a bottle of non-alcoholic beer is outrageous.

Went there today with the company, the waiters were unmotivated, didn't feel like it...we had to wait forever until we got new drinks, even though the shop was only half full in the afternoon. The food was ok but nothing special... next time I'll go back to the brewery.

Quite okay; Given that we can sit outside here right on the Rhine and that we have a location with a lot of history, the prices are definitely okay. I can't say anything about the food, we just had something to drink.

We waited almost 2 hours for the food and the food was nothing special with cold potatoes and a hair in it. It's a shame, because the location is good, it spoiled our mood when we visited Cologne.

We ordered two goulash soups, which were served in a reasonable amount of time. However, after the first three spoonfuls we notice that we found no meat in the soup at all, or let's say about 4-5 smartie-sized pieces of meat from the can. We then asked to speak to the boss, but we waited in vain for him to speak to us. When we complained to the waiter, he brought us “a” new plate with no less than 6-7 pieces of meat the size of Smarties. So one plate for two people! When paying, the waiter, with an astonishing matter-of-factness, collected the change that had not been agreed upon as a tip... We found it all just ridiculous and shameful for such a restaurant. What we also found very strange was that the Ramazzotti was very thin and tasteless. When we asked the waiter, we were presented with a new Ramazzotti without a word, which finally tasted like it. A rogue who now thinks evil of it... We definitely won't eat anything here again.

Right on the Rhine and cozy! The waiters were a bit "unfriendly", which was probably due to the long working day, we were there very late

Very unmotivated waiter. He was friendly, but you could tell he wasn't in the mood. Table not wiped… completely sticky. Food was cold. I had sauerbraten... Without sauce... or rather only the two pieces of meat had been tossed in sauce. All in all…. If you want a beautiful view of the Rhine, this is the right place... But it's better to eat somewhere else.

Was in Cologne today, just wanted to have a relaxing drink of water. Suddenly I wanted to pay and the waiter said my water costs ten euros and was totally shocked, especially because my friend still had lip prints on the glass and he had to return the glass, which by the way didn't get a replacement. Never last time in Cologne again. You'll never see me again and my buddy's iced tea has now just turned out. There was a fly in it. Impudence, absolute impudence. By the way, coffee tastes like it comes from the cheapest coffee machine for ten euros.

Very long. Very not local. Only for tourists. The atmosphere is sad. We waited 30 minutes for fries. Never again….

Als Kölner bin ich früher oft dorthin gegangen, aber nach dem Betreiberwechsel geht hier nichts mehr. Zum Fußballgucken sehr gut, weil es auch draußen überdacht ist. 0,3 Kölsch leider schal und abgestanden, weil der Service es leider nicht im Griff hat. Essen eher unterirdisch und zu teuer. Für eine Curry Wurst für 14,90 EUR kann man mehr erwarten. Die Käsespätzle waren ein Haufen irgendwas mit viel schlechtem Käse (bin ja auch selber schuld dort Käsespätzle zu bestellen :-)) ).

Very bad service, rude too late, the cutlery was dirty and the glasses were stained. For 3 coffees and 3 cakes €40 is a disgrace.

This shop was a complete disgrace, the service was very slow and very unfriendly. For a restaurant and pub, the toilets should actually be free, but we had to wait half an hour before we were allowed to pay. Apart from the location of the restaurant, there is no reason to visit it. I would give zero stars if it were possible.

Unfortunately there was no light beer on offer and there was no wheat, so there was only disgusting Kölsch. A 0.3er Kölsch costs €3.40, which is fine, but a 0.5er costs €6.90. The operator probably didn't pay attention to math. It's a shame given the good location.

Cozy restaurant right on the Rhine. Interesting equipment. Typical Cologne cuisine.

Service was an absolute disaster, extremely unfriendly and very boldly asked for a tip. The price/performance ratio for the food is not right at all! Got the wrong side dish with the steak and when I pointed it out I was labeled stupid. Then, in front of my eyes, the wrong garnish was scraped off my plate (with half ending up on the table). No go! First and last time there!

Normally german people are nice to tourists but here I just want to ask something about the menu but bad attitude at the end 🤷‍♀️

The pork knuckle is delicious here. I highly recommend it.

The food was quite good and the location on the Rhine is of course very charming. But card payments over €20 are a no-go for me, even in Cologne.

Find another restaurant! Ordered a huge currywurst and got a bratwurst with a small portion of fries, plus ketchup that was diced with paprika and mixed with some curry spice. The sausage and fries were cold. The whole thing cost €14.90. I let the food go back. I wasn't offered anything else. I had to pay the full price. I have never eaten so badly and overpriced in my life. Thanks for this experience!