Gasthaus Zum Weissen Schwanen in Heidelberg

A restaurant you'll only ever visit once. The food was carelessly cooked (some of it frozen), poorly presented, and served without enthusiasm. The table was dirty and was only wiped clean after we asked (and even then, not completely). The prices are still pretty reasonable, though, considering you don't expect frozen food. Once and never again.

The restaurant has a lovely, rustic atmosphere. The cheese spaetzle with salad was delicious, and the service was very friendly. We'd love to come back!

A very nice restaurant with delicious regional cuisine, very friendly staff and a cozy atmosphere. We came spontaneously with a larger group and they immediately made sure we got a place. Absolutely recommended.

Very tasty salmon noodles :) will definitely come back :)

Nice place. Decent selection of beer and good food menu (although we only drank there). The server/bartender was super pleasant. Mostly visited by older folk.

Wir waren zum Wiederholten Mal im Lokal und wurden wie gewohnt freundlich empfangen. Das Essen war wieder nach unseren Vorstellungen und hat sehr gut geschmeckt. Gutes Essen zum angenehmen Preis. Wir kommen gerne auch ein weiteres Mal !!!

Quick and very tasty, always a pleasure!! Children's portions great

We were there at the weekend, I had liver dumplings with sauerkraut and bread. The bread was rock hard and felt like it was from the beginning of the week and the liver dumplings were still cold in the middle. My friend ordered a sauce to go with his schnitzel, which added €4.50 to the bill... We certainly won't be coming back.

German cuisine, good taste without a lot of frills. I can recommend.

Great restaurant! Friendly staff, good draft beer and delicious food without long waiting times.

The food is so good and so easy that it is impossible to make a recipe. One of the best restaurants I have ever visited in my life.

Very good food, homemade salad dressing, lovingly prepared. Nice service, fast service, great location. We stayed here several times during our vacation in Heidelberg.

The food was cruel, tasteless, neither salt nor pepper, anything else, never again and very expensive for a tasteless FOOD

In the middle of Heidelberg's pedestrian zone. No chance without a reservation

Good old-fashioned gastronomy with a lot of choice and super fair prices. We'll come again

After 10 minutes of waiting we got a table by the window. The food was delicious, the portions could be larger. With the additional bread we ordered, we were still full. Overall, recommendable German cuisine.

Very nice restaurant with delicious food and a very good and absolutely friendly staff. Absolutely recommended!

Nice restaurant, price-performance was ok.

Long wait for both drinking and eating. Bad and unfriendly service, especially from the male waitresses (missing and wrong drinks, wrong food, wrong side dishes). You don't have to go to a restaurant for this meal. Stupid comments about tipping. Never again in this "restaurant"!!!

Ordered sausage salad. Got sliced ham with pickles. Even asked the waiter if this is considered a sausage.

I ordered chicken breast with mushroom sauce, unfortunately the meat wasn't cooked through. If you can't fry hand meat properly then you don't know how it works with other types of meat. The waiter showed no insight even after he brought the wrong side salad. It's a shame that it's all about money, not the customers.

There is always delicious beer and friendly staff. Thank you.

Très beautiful cadre and beautiful decoration of Noël. Nous avons mangé à 2, plat et boisson for 46€. Nous avons pris chacun a schnitzel, elle a été serve très rapidement et était excellente, très bonne sauce. Mention special au serveur qui était vraiment très sympa et parlait même français. Vraiment a good restaurant with a good rapport quality-prix. Very nice frame and nice Christmas decoration. We ate for two, main course and drink for €46. We each had a schnitzel, it was served very quickly and was excellent. Special mention goes to the waiter, who was really nice and even spoke French. Really good restaurant with good value for money.

Very good, we had a good time here.

We had schnitzel, the meat was a bit tough and therefore not good. The portions were small and the price was too high. The ambience is nice. Unfortunately not recommended.

Traditional cuisine of the best quality! Delicious, well-seasoned dishes classic side dishes that inspire. Impeccable service and a cozy Ambience makes the experience perfect. Great value for money!

Este es un restaurante típico alemán. El servicio es más lento de lo que muchos estadounidenses están acostumbrados porque se supone que debes sentarte y disfrutar de la compañía con la que estás. La comida es auténticamente alemana, muchas veces se puede escuchar, preparándola en la cocina. Solía vivir en Heidelberg a finales de los años 1990 y este restaurante ha sido consistente desde que viví aquí. Deliciosa, auténtica, tradicional.

Pasé a almorzar mientras visitaba los Mercados de Navidad y me tomé uno de los mejores kasespatzels que he probado. Sirvió Erdinger Bier también! Vale la pena venir a morder algo.

So food was okay but I forgot a bag and called 15 minutes later to ask if they could leave the bag somewhere (it was 15 minutes before they were supposed to close). The waiter hung up the phone as soon as I said "I was there earlier and forgot a bag". Afterwards I called and they didn't answer at all. I went back the morning after and the other waiters were very nice but the bag had disappeared. So looks like last night's waiter now has new socks lol

The food was very tasty, recommended 👍

Good old-fashioned gastronomy with a lot of choice and super fair prices.

The food was very good, service was very good, what more could you want

A rustic restaurant where you can get fine food that suits the area. Courteous service and people who fit in very well. That was mine too. A dark beer and I'm more than satisfied.

Great service! Great food! Quaint atmosphere.

Unfortunately just average. The restaurants we wanted to go to beforehand were completely booked. We found another place here. The host is very friendly and on the ball. The food: knuckle and roast pork were generally good, but nothing more. Unfortunately, the sauces were rather tasteless and the dumplings were probably from the ready-made bags. I think with a little more love for the ingredients and the sauce, the dishes would improve enormously. Still, as I said, it was good. Price-performance is good.

Food no good. Ambient weird and dirty. Bad Service.

As soon as you entered the restaurant, you were warmly greeted! Fast and courteous service! I had the Maultaschen soup, which was very, very tasty! 😋

Cozy, old, authentic Gadthaus. Super nice hosts and the food was hearty and delicious. We can only recommend it.

Great fresh food! And excellent beer! In all variations.

Beers are good here, try the Erdinger kristalweizen. But the ladies toilets smell strongly of urine on the floor.

Stopped here by chance. The restaurant was very busy. Service was friendly, seemed slightly overwhelmed. Food was nothing special now. Not a long wait. Ambience is a bit old. Guess this is a typical tourist restaurant. Come once, then never again.

The restaurant is located in the heart of Heidelberg's pedestrian zone. The food was good, the prices were fair. And the staff is super friendly. We would come back.

Friendly service, but the homemade Maultaschen soup contained Maultaschen from the normal supermarket, which was a shame

....friendly, helpful service, delicious Palatinate food, prices are right

A restaurant for many tastes...

Very nice service, was here for the second time and always had nice conversations with the staff, keep it up. Highly recommended Heidelberg melon schnapps 👍 Kind regards to the older man 👋

This is a typical tourist restaurant, one assumes that most of the guests will only be seen once. First of all, the positive thing is that the service is very nice, friendly and fast. The plate with Saumagen, sauerkraut and fried potatoes, the Saumagen was good, unfortunately burnt in some places, the sauerkraut was the worst thing I have eaten at the age of 50, the **fried** potatoes were soggy, tasteless, the sauce worked like that ... we had the feeling that something was helped here with convenience products. Cordon bleu was very well fried, unfortunately the seasoning was missing and the fries had too much. Vegetables not fresh, very soft, lacks flavor, potato corners come out of the freezer, salad is bland and tastes bland. The food is completely carelessly prepared for 5 people, you can eat schnitzel and cordon bleu, everything else is driven down by hunger. The coffee was very good. It's a weird restaurant, including cobwebs, the price-performance ratio is simply not right. If we come back to Heidelberg, we won't eat here anymore. P. S. Save yourself half the orange slice, it doesn't go well with any food

A rustic restaurant in the middle of the pedestrian zone. Mix of tavern and student restaurant. Nice young staff with a regional menu. Food good and tasty. Prices okay. Recommendation.

Attention, not a recommendation. If you're looking for good bourgeois, you've come to the wrong place. Explanation: The food is typically designed for tourism, i.e. little to no craftsmanship, cheap products and speed. We ordered Jägerschnitzel and got Maggifix ready-made sauce with cans of Champions. The fries weren't crispy but rather chewy... The Maultaschen soup was Maggi fix vegetable broth with a piece of bread from the supermarket. Be careful when checking out: we didn't want to give a tip because of the quality of the food, but this was already preset in the card reader so you could/should choose between 7% and 19%. The waiters also put a bit of pressure on it.

Price performance fits, and very delicious

Nice restaurant with outside seating! Ideal in summer. The food was also very good! Gladly again!

Nice. Good food without a lot of shishi and really nice service. We had Wiener Schnitzel and Cordon Bleu and will come back if or when we end up in Heidelberg again.

Sat in the bar booth. This was my first authentic German meal, and it absolutely did not disappoint. Completely reasonably priced. Amazing service. Quite busy but they were so accommodating.

I ate spaetzle there which was also very tasty. I would really recommend everything. The service was also very friendly.

The food was very high quality and delicious. I recommend eating the schnitzel. The service was also very nice.

Had to wait a bit for the food but it was good

It was very nice find for us, in this crowded and busy area! They serve authentic German food, the serving size and quality is excellent. We got recommendations from the staff and it was very good choice, which were Pork knuckles and Schnitzel with mushroom sauce. Pork knuckle was well seasoned and perfect, (a bit big but excellent size for me) comes with yummy and aromatic sauerkraut and brown bread. It looked like bare skin initially to be honest but it tasted better than any knuckle I tasted. Pork knuckle usually smells too meaty to me, this one did not, which is excellent. The bread was a bit stale but I didn’t need it at all. Pork schnitzel was good and the sauce was creamy and full of local mushroom aroma (the yellow one), and comes with hot and crispy chips. With beer, it was heaven. We ordered dessert as well, of course German traditional apple strudel with cream and ice cream. It was a bit chewy from microwave I think, but flavour was excellent. Staff was full of smile, very helpful and interesting character. It was great experience, will visit again soon!!!

Nice inn with very tasty food, at a reasonable price. The gentleman who served us was particularly friendly and personable.

The portions were very small for the price. The food tasted mediocre. The restaurant is not recommended!

Unfortunately the worst rump steak I've ever eaten. Gristly, completely dry and the spaetzle with it was like eating a raw egg. Thumbs down for that...

Inn in the pedestrian zone of Heidelberg.

Very good food, attentive waiters, reasonably priced. I like. 👍

Delicious food at reasonable prices, centrally located.

Service very friendly. Food tasted okay. Prices corresponding to the location are an absolute plus point.

Service is nice, quality of food has declined significantly in recent years

Rustic atmosphere, very friendly service and super good food.

Worst experience at a restaurant in Germany. Wanted to take my mom visiting for her first German meal while in Heidelberg. Chose this restaurant on the way to the castle and sat outside with 4 of us. We ordered drinks and 3 meals. We waited over an hour and still hadn't received our food. When we saw another table who showed up after us eating already, we asked the waiter how much longer it would be. He brought us the bill for just the drinks. We said but where is our food??? He looked at his paper and saw our order but never gave it to the kitchen! All he did is ask if we wanted to wait. We said no because by that point we had already been there 1.5 hours just to drink a cola and we had to get to the castle before it closed. He didn't even say sorry. We left hungry and upset.

Nice location in Heidelberg's old town / pedestrian zone...but nothing more. Unfortunately there was no welcome service and we had to take our own seats. We only had a menu because it was already on the table. After the drinks were ordered, no service employee came by for a long time to take the food requests. But we acknowledged the cigarette break from the service across the street with a smile. After we were finally able to order the food, it went very quickly...it's just a shame that out of the 2 meals we ordered, 2 were wrong. So we had to wait again...after the correct order arrived, we discovered that a lot of finished products (Maggi, Knorr, etc.) were used for cooking. Annoying that the wrong side dish from the wrong delivery was found under the schnitzel. When asked the standard question after the meal: “Was everything good?” And we said no and reported, the service started with discussion...

We wanted to try german food and we had german food. Worth to try.

This is Nudel with eggs and harms…Very salty and is it really a German restaurant not a Thai IMBISS!!??!??

We were in old age for the first time in Heidelberg and the first time here in the restaurant. We were warmly welcomed and... WHEELCHAIR was no problem. We ate very well for three days and felt very comfortable. The food was sufficient and not too expensive. We would like to come again.

I myself have been coming to Heidelberg for many years and come here again and again... this time we were there at Pentecost with the oldis (wheelchair and walker) and dog. We came to the boys' house for our entire vacation and were always greeted in a very friendly manner... Dogs and senior citizens were no problem. 3 times in a row across the menu and it was always very good. The service was not intrusive but very good. Guys, we would love to come back… Greetings from Grandma and Grandpa😉

Seldom eaten so badly! We had a grill plate for 2 people. The meat was not seasoned at all, the fries were about to burn and the vegetables were probably frozen and way too cooked and also unseasoned. The garlic sauce served with it was a ready-made sauce. The grill plate was served on a “hot plate”. However, it was ice cold, which meant that the food was cold within a few minutes. Furthermore, the staff was never available and didn't care about you. Reorder drinks - none! Even though there were only three tables occupied in the entire restaurant. Far too expensive for the quality of food and service! The restaurant probably doesn't care about the review anyway because they make money from tourists who don't know the place.

Lovely place on the main shopping street of Heidelberg. Indoor & outdoor seating, great staff food and beer.

Super Service. Nice selection. Nice shop. Reasonable prices.

We are often in Heidelberg and a must is the white swan. Everything was very good, service was great, friendly and attentive. Everything we ate there was very good and there was plenty of food. Prices were reasonable. We look forward to the next visit.

We came here because we didn't know our way around and there was a lot going on in this store. Considering the price, the food wasn't even that good, it was very faithful and I could practically taste the bags of hollandaise. Also, really few fried potatoes on the plate. The ambience is really very rustic and probably hasn't changed since the 80s. There's not much to complain about about the service except that the waiting times could have been a little shorter.

Portions far too small, service doesn't feel like working.

Be sure to eat asparagus during season, ask for 1/2. You cannot finish the full portion. They cook deliciously. You wait a little bit, but it's worth it. .

The store was hardly visited, which should have been a clue. Service very friendly and accommodating. The schnitzel was half burnt, but the fries were only half cooked. Small portion and fried veal schnitzel. Too bad for the price.

Very tasty food! We'd love to come back.

The food is great, great menu and courteous service

Schnitzel and fries - sinew in the meat and some were so flat that there was only marinade, absolutely poor quality of meat. Chicken breast with champion cream sauce and potato wedges - meat very dry, mushrooms from the jar and sauce oily. Absolutely not recommended! Better choose another restaurant! A pity. Nevertheless, the service was very nice

Frozen food from the store. Burnt Scnitzer, fries from the nearby supermarket. Desertion before. I do not recommend.

Great place to talk to new people, only place in Heidelberg to get bravarian smoky beer, 50 different kinds of beer. Sit on the counter to meet some new folks.

There is something more authentic, then the rest. Being in Heidelberg Im not interested in pizza, please give me schnizel...

Very tasty German food. Freshly prepared and in the rustic atmosphere of the old town.

We recommend! My Wiener Schnitzel is one of the best I've ever eaten. My wife had the lentil stew with spaetzle and silk sausages, also highly recommended. There is still real craftsmanship and love for the product in the dishes. And the service was also very good. We'd love to come back!

A small cramped restaurant with dim lighting. Food isn't tasty - too salted, probably because not fresh. Waiter 2 times changed my dish and still it wasn't good. I can't recommend this place.

Highly recommended. Delicious, portions to fill you up, nice service. Would go there again

This restaurant is a one-time tourist restaurant... Come by once as a tourist, pay and leave. Positive: - Service tried hard and “on the ball”. Drinks arrive quickly - Food (schnitzel and cordon bleu) were freshly prepared Negative: - The schnitzels are generally only served with fries as a side dish. Since I don't like fries, I preferred hash browns as a side dish. The card informed me that I had to pay extra for it, but the service lady didn't. Instead of €19.90, €21.90 was now charged. The OBERHAMMER: While my wife's plate of fries almost burst, I received exactly 3 in words THREE Röstis. These were just as frozen goods as the run-of-the-mill fries. It's actually not a bad thing that the host uses frozen food... But in every supermarket the Röstis have a certain size due to their triangular shape... But what was that? The Röstis were round and had a maximum diameter of 4cm... The ratio to the Cordon Bleu was absolutely not right. I checked the path to the kitchen to see if a few had rolled down. And for the joke, which is prepared in the same deep fryer as the fries and was far too small as a side dish, you have to pay an extra €2? - I go out to eat to have fun and eat something that you can't get at home... Absolutely not available here... Schnitzel and Cordon Bleu are actually not difficult to achieve... But there is a lack of love here. 1. No salt and pepper - it didn't taste like anything (and that's what a cook in the kitchen has to do after knocking and not the guest at the table) 2. No breadcrumbs but some industrial stuff on it... Simply bland... 3. Of course it only saw oil in the deep fryer or probably pan, no butter taste... Basically no problem if the first 2 points had been fulfilled. But the breading didn't make a dent in the schnitzel... - A side salad is not included in the price. But he should - the decoration of the food creates a snack bar that is equal or even better.... Sooooo loveless.... An open ketchup bottle and a few sachets of mayo on a plate.... Fries were slapped onto the plate with the schnitzel... Okay, the three of them mini Röstis found their place - Restaurant can be described as quaint or outdated. Also just very dark Conclusion: Food wasn't great and it wasn't much either. I would like to note that I am not a cheap eater but a heavy eater. I'm happy to pay for quality. Money. I was also willing to pay something for other side dishes. I generally like to tip... But I was extremely disappointed and I will never visit this restaurant again

Beautiful, rustic restaurant in the old town of Heidelberg. With friendly and fast service, we were very satisfied and would be happy to come back when we are in Heidelberg.

Four of us were eating in this restaurant for the first time. It looked appealing from the outside as they also had a whole “schnitzel menu”. But appearances can be deceiving. I had a Jägerschnitzel, the schnitzel itself was partially raw on the inside, the sauce was very sour, so it was definitely a ready-made sauce and a very bad one at that. Canned mushrooms. One of us had ordered a schnitzel with baked ham in tomato sauce and the schnitzel simply had a slice of cooked ham on it and an almost pink tomato sauce around it, which also didn't taste good. The only thing that worked were the fries and the packet of mayo. So I wouldn't recommend schnitzel in this restaurant. In addition, the landlord came across as very indifferent to us and, in my opinion, always kicked open the kitchen door quite loudly and inappropriately.

A quaint restaurant with great food, praise to the chef who was very quick. Would go back immediately if we were in Heidelberg again.

Nice and friendly welcome throughout the entire visit. Food excellent. Price performance is right.

Wir haben heute in diesem Restaurant zu Abend gegessen. Das Essen war wirklich sehr lecker. Wir wollten dieses Restaurant bereits zu unseren Lieblingsorten hinzufügen. Die Preise waren durchaus angemessen. Leider hat ein Moment alles verdorben. Wir haben in den Pommes einen Stückchen Verpackung gefunden. Das fand ich nicht schlimm, aber wir haben es dem Kellner gemeldet. Er antwortete, dass so etwas vorkommt. Beim Öffnen der Verpackung geriet das Stückchen hinein. Ich erwartete nicht viel, aber ich dachte, der Kellner würde sich zumindest entschuldigen und einen Rabatt anbieten. Das ist jedoch nicht passiert. Ich fragte, ob sie einen Rabatt machen könnten, der Kellner sagte ja. Aber als wir die Rechnung bekamen, hatten wir keinen Rabatt erhalten. Wahrscheinlich werden wir nicht mehr dorthin zurückkehren. Es ist sehr schade. Das Essen war wirklich sehr lecker. Die Enttäuschung kam nicht vom Stückchen Verpackung in den Pommes, sondern von der Reaktion des Personals darauf, als wäre es normal.

I had the best server. She was the only one working, and she was fantastic at sitting people, taking orders, and serving the food. All while being very pleasant. It was quite busy too.

Ich Liebe Gasthäuser, allein schon wegen der Einrichtung. Aber auch wegen dem guten deutschen Essen. Ich war leiser etwas enttäuscht vom Linseneintopf die meiner Meinung nach zu viel essig abbekommen haben (hab mich aufklären lassen, "das soll so". Also wer es mag..) und den Spätzle, die sehr verkocht waren. Aber die Maultaschen-Suppe, war besser als ich es erwartet hatte. Zum hineinlegen! Dennoch nur 3 Sterne fürs essen, wegen den verkochten Spätzle. Da der service, das essen falsch geliefert hatte, nur 4 Sterne. Wer sagt das ist zu hart, macht sich selbst ein Bild Viel falsch machen kann man in diesem Gasthaus dennoch nicht!

Das Essen war sehr lecker. Gutes Preis/-Leistungsverhältnis. Freundliche Bedienung. Wir kommen gerne wieder!

Sehr gutes Essen, auch Hausmannskost.