Isinger Tor in Essen

Something for the pub-goer with a great selection of beers and delicious food.

Well, what can I say? It used to be a 10-star restaurant under the previous owners. Today, after a long time (due to illness), I visited the Isinger Tor. The service was very friendly and attentive. The food: I used to tell everyone about it and recommend it. Order: Onion schnitzel and Gypsy schnitzel. The fries were too soft and salty. The schnitzels were pale, as if they had come from an air fryer. The Gypsy sauce was tasteless, the braised onions over-seasoned and not tasty. The salad was very tasty and good.

Very unfriendly staff, a very unfriendly boss who even threatened violence, the food was a complete disaster, never again, thank you.

Food: Unfortunately, the food didn't impress me during my visit. Personally, I found the taste disappointing and it didn't meet my expectations. There's definitely room for improvement here. Service: The service was generally okay. The staff were friendly and everything ran smoothly without any major issues. Ambiance: The decor is simple and functional. It has a rather utilitarian atmosphere that, in my opinion, lacks a certain individuality or special flair. Conclusion: Based on my dining experience, I wouldn't necessarily return, even though the service was adequate. Unfortunately, reviews are being deleted here on a massive scale...

Great place, great service. I really like it here and enjoy coming back. It has a pleasant, friendly, and warm atmosphere. Bowling lanes are available, and there are regular events (May Day dance, Oktoberfest) and a beer garden (winter garden). A truly great place. For years, it seemed totally unassuming to me, which I was so wrong about.

Cool location. Very friendly staff.

Highly recommended in every respect

First, I'd like to say something to Stefan Twiste: if you're going to write something here, then please stick to the truth. The landlord was definitely not drunk, and the escalation was triggered by your wife. Sad enough, and a poor reflection on you, that your wife had to speak for you. The fact that you won't be coming to Isinger's anymore is no loss to the other guests. The carnival party was good; they could have played more carnival music, but it was okay.

It's a really nice place, the food is excellent, and the waitress is very friendly 👍 We'll definitely go back!

Very professional and friendly service. We were a group of six men and everything tasted absolutely delicious. We'd love to come back.

Great place and atmosphere. Food is very good as well 😁😁😁

The food was delicious... the chef and waitstaff were super friendly, but the service could have been more efficient if they had been a bit more attentive... unfortunately, we were sometimes left high and dry. Otherwise, there's nothing to complain about.

I ate there for the first time. It was excellent, a lot of food, and at an unbeatable price. I will definitely eat there again.

The pasta was absolutely delicious, the portion was a bit small, but they brought more when I asked. And the owner said it's best to call ahead so they can make a few extra noodles. Excellent service.

Hello and good evening everyone. My family and I have now eaten at Isinger Tor three times, but unfortunately, it didn't go as planned. The staff was incredibly unfriendly, especially the owner, who is a very unpleasant person because he yells at his employees, and we overheard it. It ruined our whole evening. On top of that, we waited over an hour for our food, which then arrived cold. And to be honest, it didn't taste very good either. All in all, we are very disappointed and will never visit this restaurant again.

The food is tasty but the portions are small. They could be bigger.

We celebrated our Christmas party with 15 colleagues at Isinger Tor – and it was absolutely fantastic! From the very first moment, everything was perfect: appetizers, main courses, quality, and taste – simply top-notch. The food was consistently excellent and beautifully presented. The service was exceptionally friendly, attentive, and professional. You could tell that they put their heart and soul into their work. The owner is also a really nice guy who personally takes care of his guests. Thank you so much for the wonderful afternoon! Highly recommended – we'll definitely be back!

The food wasn't great for me. Value for money

Just a pub that seems to have been relegated to a bygone era. Very loud and not at all cozy... the service was quick and hectic. The meatballs tasted awful and were way too salty; I can make better ones myself... and I'm not a trained chef 😉 U.Ri. ☆

A pub where you can get delicious, freshly prepared food. The staff are very friendly and efficient. I'd gladly come back anytime 😊

After a 30-minute wait (drinks were served immediately), the menu was finally brought after we asked again. After another 30 minutes, the food arrived. It tasted okay, but: - The mixed grill should really be listed under "children's portions." - The Swiss schnitzel was completely wrong. (Instead of red wine and white wine, it only had mayonnaise; instead of croquettes, it had fries.) After we pointed this out, we were paid very quickly and efficiently. Would we visit? Only for drinks.

It's nice when the staff are drinking while the guests are left high and dry despite having ordered.

Not recommended – aggressive atmosphere and disrespectful behavior I was at a party at Isinger Tor in Essen-Steele, which started off very well. Good music, great guests – everything seemed promising. But around 2 a.m., the DJ, who had been creating a great atmosphere, was replaced by a singer who didn't create any atmosphere at all and seemed intent on performing for himself. When I politely asked the owner to let the DJ play again, I was insulted in the worst possible way ("You asshole") and asked if I wanted my €20 entrance fee back. When I agreed, he threw the money at my feet and threatened me with physical violence ("I'll beat you up"). Several guests had to restrain him. As I was leaving the venue, I was threatened and shoved by bouncers. The owner, clearly heavily intoxicated, even followed me and my companion outside and made further threats – including against the Christmas market stall (Gulaschkanone), which he apparently also runs. I cannot recommend this restaurant under its current management. Criticism is met with aggression. The service used to be much better and more respectful – unfortunately, that's no longer the case. No stars for Francesco. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about my experience.

We ordered soup and a main course. After 50 minutes, both arrived at the same time. We then left.

Nice pub with delicious food. Prices are reasonable. Would gladly come again.

The boss is in a great mood, and his staff are super friendly and very attentive, which contributes to your well-being. Even though I'm from the Cologne area, I'll be back. The party yesterday was fantastic; the food was amazing, the portions were absolutely plentiful, and it was delicious. Keep up the good work, and we'll be back.👍

Delicious food and great service

The restaurant "Isinger Tor" has had a new owner since the beginning of 2025 and is unfortunately no longer recommended.

A pub that's still a pub! Delicious food, friendly and quick staff. It's a bit noisy, but that doesn't detract from the experience.

Very friendly staff, good food, and reasonable prices. We'd gladly go back!

A successful blend of modern terrace and rustic interior, immediately reminiscent of a cozy village pub. The food is of excellent quality, freshly and tastefully prepared. The service impresses with its friendly, attentive, and warm hospitality – you feel completely welcome here. In short, you get very good quality for a surprisingly reasonable price. Highly recommended.

Always nice. The staff is great, the food has always been delicious, and the value for money is good.

Nice pub with good food and super friendly staff

The food was okay. Good value for money. The service was quite quick and friendly. Unfortunately, we had to wait quite a while for the food. Overall, I recommend it.

Delicious food, freshly prepared. Very friendly service. Always happy to come back.

The food was good!...we had schnitzel, asparagus, and prawns. Everything was delicious....we had reserved a table....but when we arrived, there was nothing listed under our name....the ladies went back and forth, and the name Francesco was mentioned as the culprit, as the person who must have forgotten to write us in the reservation book 😁...but we got a table right away, even "without" a reservation 👍....drinks came right away too..everything was OK! Everything was great, we'd love to go back!

A good place to eat and drink in the heart of Essen-Steele. Very friendly service. Always a pleasure to come back. Highly recommended!

There were three of us here today and we all ordered currywurst. The sauce was homemade and very tasty.

Last night we had dinner as a couple at Isinger Tor again after a long time. The atmosphere is very nice and cozy. The girl in service, I think her name was Janin, was very nice and up for a joke. The food was delicious, the landlord was really friendly and the hygiene in the shop gets another 10 extra points. We can only recommend the store and will definitely come back. Hats off to the whole team.

Very tasty food. But getting 3 of 4 meals wrong is already an achievement and fixing the mistakes with a schnapps. Well, not my thing. The kitchen didn't do it wrong but the service staff should listen better. We didn't give the food back because the kitchen should be off work and the food shouldn't just be thrown away. It was 9:20 p.m. and the kitchen was open until 9:30 p.m. Unfortunately, if you order drinks it takes far too long and that could be something Go faster, especially when the restaurant is almost empty.

A culinary masterpiece! What Francesco has achieved here is simply sensational. As soon as you enter, you are greeted with a warmth that is second to none - you feel like a long-lost regular guest. Every dish is a taste explosion that makes you realize that everything is cooked here with love, dedication and a touch of magic. The service anticipates your every wish, and the ambience? A dream! If I could, I would give ten stars. Thank you for this unforgettable experience, Francesco – you are a true host with heart and soul!

Francesco and his team from Isinger Tor are simply a gift! Every time we eat there we feel not like guests but like friends. The warmth with which Francesco welcomes you is extraordinary - honest, warm and sincere. The food? A dream! Prepared with love, authentically Italian and simply delicious. Whether it's pasta, pizza or one of the sophisticated daily specials - you can taste that the cooking here is done with passion. The quality of the ingredients is top and the atmosphere in the restaurant invites you to feel good. Francesco manages to make an evening special not only in terms of cuisine but also in terms of people. A place where you like to stay and want to return again and again. Thank you for your dedication and hospitality – we would love to come back!

We were very satisfied, good friendly service, very good food (we were there with 5 people and everyone ate something), the price-performance ratio for food and drinks was very good.

Nice restaurant with very tasty food. On top of that, it's cheap.

Delicious food, perfect fried potatoes, nice atmosphere, very friendly staff, the four of us had a very pleasant time there.

New owner, very good food, very friendly service!!!

If it's busy, you'll wait about 40 minutes for your food. The older generation is more likely to be found there.

Food at fair prices with good portion sizes! Service quick and easy to reach, friendly and competent! Good pub, quite a lot of people there! You can also go there to “just” have a drink!

10/10. Friendly welcome as soon as we walked in from the locals at the bar. Friendly, welcoming waitress. Delicious food. Huge portions. Everything cooked fresh and perfect for us. We ended the meal with the local schnapps, Delicious. A really friendly locals pub that welcomed new faces.

Definitely a recommendation when it comes to German food. I'll go there again... Recommendation 😊✌️

As always delicious. Friendly staff. Fair prices

Nice restaurant located on the edge of Essen Steele. Although on the main road. but you don't notice much of it. Have been there several times. So far everything was fine. Today my wife and mother-in-law ate Schnitzel Hawaii there. Top. My neck steak was dry fried. The fried potatoes were half burnt. The peppers with onions were totally greasy. I shared it with the waitress. Your comment, I'll pass it on. That's it. This can also scare away guests.

We were really pleasantly surprised. The food was good and the service was good too (the girl really did a lot)

We were there with 8 guests on a busy holiday and were very satisfied. Friendly staff, dishes all arrived correctly, hot and very tasty despite special requests. Very attentive and friendly staff. Will definitely come back, highly recommended

Very trendy, nice, restaurant Comfortable chairs. Heat lamps in the outside area of ​​the loggia are set up in a similar way. Food was super tasty and more than enough. Attentive, friendly staff. Parking on weekdays with parking meters. vs. There is a parking garage and the pedestrian zone.

Great, one of the few pubs that are still well attended. Still a good address for a good beer and good food.

As a former Steeler boy - I grew up and went to school here - I like to eat out when it's convenient. Stay as you are Greetings from Überruhr.

A great place to come by. It's not turistic at all but for the best. The first time I entered I got a couple of weird looks like I was lost but a minute later I felt like at home. The waiters are hyper friendly and treat you as one of their own. Not to underestimate their food, incredibly tasty and at a good price. One of the only times I would give to the service an extra star.

Since I have unfortunately experienced the rude manner of the staff several times, I would now like to share these experiences. Basically, the Isinger Tor is a nicely decorated pub and you can also eat quite well there. Unfortunately, the staff has been unpleasantly unfriendly on several occasions. Case A: We are sitting at the bar with several people, drinking and chatting. Sometimes people laugh a little louder. The staff didn't like that at all and rudely warned us about our loudness. The pub was still busy at the time and apparently none of the other guests were bothered. It's absolutely legitimate to mention it if it was a little too loud, but the sound makes the music. Last weekend around midnight we wanted to go to Isinger Tor for a beer. When we entered, we saw the pub was still busy with around 10 people. We were greeted in a friendly manner with the words: "Last round, you won't get anything!" There was no trace of a “good evening” or “I’m sorry but we’re closing soon”. Here too, the sound makes the music. Just a side note. A few meters away there was also the last round in another pub. This was communicated to us very kindly and we were allowed to take part in the last round.

Very nice restaurant and bar. We had the schnitzel and a few beers and the atmosphere was very good.

We've always enjoyed coming here before! The food is okay and you can just relax and drink a beer here! It is recommended

Very good food for a small price. Seats on the outdoor terrace and indoor dining room should be reserved. Service is very good and fast.

Thursday is schnitzel day, cheaper 👍

Dirty shop, too stupid to record reservations.

How quaint. Here you can still puzzle, you can eat delicious food, have good music, and the service is very nice. Maybe a little loud, but that's a matter of taste 😜The prices are reasonable.

We waited 1 hour for 4 schnitzels. The service wasn't great and the food was so-so. We won't be coming back again.

Good cuisine, schnitzel day on Thursdays

A pleasant restaurant, Food and service is great. A bit limited space, the furniture looks a bit old. A really good and timely restaurant. Gladly again and again.

A small pub with good food and friendly service

It was a very nice evening with great food and a great team

Great staff, very attentive despite the extremely full restaurant!

While strolling through Steele today, we discovered the “Schnitzeltag” sign. We were able to choose from eight variants. The schnitzels with the side dishes and salad decoration came quickly and were delicious. The restaurant was busy at lunchtime, we would recommend a reservation.

Tradions-Gaststätte mit Flair und sehr guter Bürgelicher Küche

Super Service, tolles personal. Hat uns sehr gut gefallen. Gerne wieder. Dankeschön

Bürgerliche Gaststätte. Wir waren stets zufrieden mit der Auswahl der Speisen, die auch schmackhaft waren.

Leckeres Essen, sehr nette Bedinung

Immer wieder super schön, dort zu sein

Immer wieder gerne, bin seit langem Stammkunde!

Ein toller Laden! Soßen und Suppen sind frisch und selbst gekocht! Keine tk Ware. Das Team ist freundlich. 4 Sterne nur, weil es immer Luft nach oben gibt. Alles in allem, sehr gutes Essen, lecker und zubereitet perfekt

Super nette Bedienung, leckeres Essen und absolut faire Preise!!!

Hatten diesmal mit den Essen Pech. Lange Wartezeit, trockene Schnitzel, fade Soßen , verbrannte Zwiebeln. Selbst desolaten hat nach nichts geschmeckt. Leider

Sehr leckeres Essen zu angemessenen Preisen

Das Essen war wieder köstlich und der Service ausgezeichnet. Wir waren zu viert hier und haben anschließend noch geknobelt. Wie kommen gerne wieder.

So habe ich mir eine Gaststätte im Ruhrpott vorgestellt, dort wurde gewürfelt, Skat gespielt und gefühlt kannte jeder jeden. Echt cool. Dazu das Essen - ein Gedicht, ich weiß nicht, wann ich das letzte mal so frisches Essen in einem Restaurant bekommen habe! Einfach klasse!!!

Eindeutig noch die beste Kneipe in Steele . Lecker Stauder, gutes Essen toller netter Service. Immer gerne dort zu Gast.

Ich wüsste nicht was ich negatives schreiben könnte, das Essen ist lecker und von guter Qualität, dort schmecken die Bratkartoffeln wie bei Oma zu Hause und Donnerstags ist auch noch Schnitzeltag. Spargel, Salate, Pilze, alles von guter Qualität. Parkhaus ist gleich um die Ecke. Zugang für Rollstuhlfahrer sollte eigentlich kein Problem darstellen.

Freundliche Bedienung,gutes Essen und gemütlicher Außenbereich. Top @😁👍😁

Hat off to Vevi, hier stimmt alles!! Preis, Leistung und Service: könnte man mehr als 5 Sterne auswählen, würden sie hier vergeben!!

Herrliches Kneipenlokal mit gutbürgerlicher Küche und lecker Bierchen. Das Personal ist ausgesprochen nett und freundlich. Toll, dass es sowas noch gibt!!!!😊👍

Super nette Bedienung. Sehr gutes Essen zum fairen Preis. Eine Gaststätte zum Wohlfühlen Dankeschön, immer wieder gerne; )

Super leckere grosse Schnitzel Donnerstags wir waren 4 Personen und hatten Pfeffer-,Zwiebel,Jäger-u Zigeunerschnitzel alles frisch und sehr bekömmlich: gemütliches Wirtshaus mit Theke,Aussenzelt für Raucher freundliches Personal,Tischreservierung empfohlen

Sehr gutes Essen mit freundlichem Personal in sehr gemütlicher Atmosphäre.

Habe ein Schnitzel gegessen, das sehr lecker war.

Das Essen ist einmalig sehr zu empfehlen. Immer wechselnde gute Küche und die Schnitzel sind einmalig Bedienung ist sehr sehr freundlich rundum eine tolle gemütliche Kneipe und einen Besuch wert. Das ist nach meiner Meinung die beste Kneipe und jedes essen ist eine Augenweide für den Gaumen

Wer auf echtes Kneipen-Feeling steht, ist hier richtig. Service sehr nett und schnell, Essen in dem Rahmen gut, Preis/Leistung sehr gut.

Service ist sehr Nett und schnell.Essen einfach Spitze

Gemütlich...und eine sehr fähige Bedienung

Immer schön ! Wir freuen uns sehr 😊

Gute bürgerliche Küche mit preiswerten Tagesangeboten, Qualität schwankt, ist wahrscheinlich aber auch Geschmackssache.

Sehr freundlich und sehr lecker