Kartoffelkäfer in Bad Salzungen

We spontaneously wanted to go out to eat today at 5:30 p.m. Unfortunately, they didn't want to serve us, despite the availability. Here, you have to be hungry for something hearty and make a reservation weeks in advance. What a pity. Even as a person with a walking disability, you get turned away. That's how German hospitality and service works. Despite the busy place, we managed to get a seat at the Italian restaurant, something to eat, and the necessary humor.

If you're really hungry, there's a lot on offer and the prices are accordingly, but you can easily talk to the staff and put something together yourself.

Very rustic, furnished with beautiful details. Great friendly service. The food tastes great and the portions are just right.

I can recommend the “Potato Beetle”. We ate Rostbrätel with onions and fried potatoes, which was very good. The atmosphere is very rustic.

Very tasty and therefore highly recommended!

Super rustic gastronomy, highly recommended, food great, service nice and friendly, worth a visit

It was really tasty, but I was a little disappointed by the small size of the sausage meat. For €18.50 I would have expected a little more, but still highly recommended...

Highly recommended. Very good service and value for money is great.

Wir waren bereits mehrmals zu Gast im Kartoffelkäfer. Es ist immer wieder eine Reise wert. Die urige Atmosphäre, das nette Personal, das leckere Essen und das gemütliche Gästezimmer lassen einen mit Bestimmtheit zum Wiederholungstäter werden. Für das kulante Entgegenkommen in einer persönlichen Angelegenheit möchten wir uns nochmals herzlich bedanken.

We have already been guests at the Colorado potato beetle several times over the weekend. It's always worth a trip. The rustic atmosphere, the delicious food, the cozy room and the friendly staff will definitely make you a repeat visitor. We would like to thank you again for your gracious accommodation in a personal matter.

Thank you for a lovely evening in a great atmosphere, with very good food and first-class service. From the first moment we felt very comfortable and our wishes at the table were fulfilled with exceptional warmth. Recommendation, of course👍, it's a shame if you don't include the Colorado potato beetle in your program when you visit Bad Salzungen. LG from Nuremberg, Siegen and Mühlausen We'll definitely come back again

Everything fits here. Food, service, ambience. With a reservation (one day in advance) we had a great evening. Today you can't do it without a reservation. Good restaurant - well attended, so it's logical that not every walk-in customer gets a seat. You should just know. There should also be space for one or two walk-in customers at lunchtime. Most people go out to eat in the evening. Passion is very important here. It's great that you exist. Keep it up.

The service was very friendly, the food was wonderful and served quickly, highly recommended.

Das Städtchen Bad Salzungen hat zentrumsnah eine Hand voll Restaurants zu bieten. Wenige Meter vom Nappenplatz (hier auf jeden Fall parken) findet sich der Kartoffelkäfer. Direkt beim Betreten wird man von der urigen Atmosphäre eingenommen. Auch nach einer halben Stunde findet man immer noch neue Details der sehr liebevoll zusammengetragenen Dekoration. Für mobilitätseingeschränkte Gäste heißt es aus: Augen auf - die Toiletten finden sich im ersten Obergeschoss - zu erreichen über eine recht steile Treppe. Das Team des Kartoffelkäfers macht einen gut eingespielten Eindruck. Der Tresen/Barbereich - auch unter der Treppe - ist recht wenig platzreich - also: Alle Achtung für die unfallfreie Arbeit - da geht alles Hand in Hand und das muss es auch - der Kartoffelkäfer ist zum Mittag am Wochenende immer gut ausgebucht. - ohne Reservierung braucht es großes Glück einen Platz zu ergattern. Wir waren etwas zu früh da, wurden gebeten zu warten bis unser Tisch fertig war. Einmal platziert, folgten die Karten auf den Fuß. Alle Wartezeiten waren übersichtlich und auch wenn der Laden bis auf den letzten Platz besetzt war, kam nie der Eindruck auf, dass der Service an den Gästen vorbeiläuft. Die Speisekarte des Hauses hat natürlich einen Schwerpunkt auf Erdäpfeln - wie der Name schon sagt. Das man außer Kartoffelspalten und Klößen noch einiges Mehr aus der Knolle machen kann, beweist die Kartoffelpizza. Ein besonderes Lob erhielten die hausgemachten Klöße - nach einem Familienrezept. Ich habe mir ein Maredo-Hüftsteak gegönnt. Schade war, dass nicht nach dem Gargrad gefragt wurde. Aber es heißt ja auch Kartoffelkäfer und nicht Steakkäfer - außerdem war das Fleisch schön medium - der Koch hat also genau richtig gelegen. Sehr gut ist auch die Schwarzbiersenfkruste auf dem Steak. Die Kartoffelspalten waren in Ordnung. Das Hirschgulasch kam sehr gut an und auch die Rinderroulade wurde sehr gerne gegessen. Die Preisgestaltung wirkt teils sehr selbstbewusst, teils aber auch wieder günstig - z.B. ist das Steak mit 26,90 EUR durchaus preiswert zu haben.

Great food! Friendly staff! Great atmosphere!

Absolute recommendation! Be sure to reserve in advance. Unique, cozy interior, relaxed atmosphere and super friendly, fast service. I had pike perch fillet, it was very tasty.

Very tasty food in a cozy atmosphere. Good price-performance ratio

Rustic atmosphere and well attended. A reservation can't hurt here. The restaurant is very attractively furnished with a feel-good atmosphere. We had a table on the upper floor and even though the waitress girls had to run up and down the stairs the whole time, we never suffered any hardship. With a full house! The service was organized very professionally, hats off to you! The whole thing combined with a kind word and a smile, you'll be happy to stay. The food also kept up with the standard and tasted excellent. Thank you very much for this place of hospitality!

We were thrilled with the ambiance, the food, and the service. Hats off to you, and keep up the good work.👍

Very friendly and nice staff. The food is just great. The rooms are clean and well maintained. The restaurant is furnished with great attention to detail. My wife and I will be happy to come back.

Great, charmingly furnished, rustic restaurant with an eye for detail. Attentive service. Good selection of drinks and very fair prices. Inside and out, beautifully decorated and comfortably designed. Toilets available and very clean. Only recommended.

Great service, everything happens really quickly. And it's super delicious. A bit tight overall, but that definitely makes up for the team's courage with their style and the delicious food. Highly recommended

Delicious food in a super nice atmosphere

Super tasty and reasonably priced too. We've been trying to have lunch there for weeks now. Nothing is possible without a reservation. It's a shame. Edit after answer: Maybe I should have said that spontaneously nothing is possible anymore. We always ate at your place regularly on weekends and found it a shame that there wasn't even room for two people after 1 p.m. We don't even try anymore before 12 p.m. When things weren't going so well, especially during the Corona period, you were a welcome guest and now you get really cheeky justifications here. His point of view could have been formulated with a completely different undertone.

Unique ambience, delicious beer, great food and very friendly and quick service. Always my pleasure...

Staff friendly and accommodating. Delicious food and nice atmosphere

We went for dinner and also stayed overnight in the guesthouse. The breakfast was also great. Everything was excellent. It was even far better than the 3 star hotel in town that we had 3 weeks before.

Lovingly furnished with delicious food. The restaurant is recommended, as is a timely reservation (it should be at least 2 weeks in advance for the weekend).

As always, very tasty food!! Service is great 👍🏼 no long waiting times, even if the restaurant is completely booked. Highly recommended!!

Super tasty, great service. We'll definitely be back. The guesthouse is very clean. The breakfast was sufficient and tasty.

The Colorado potato beetle is always worth a visit! Everything is just right here. The food is delicious, the prices are moderate, the atmosphere is cozy and the staff is friendly and quick.

The food is great and the service is very quick. The decor is clocky and cozy. The restaurant is very popular and busy.

Quaint decor and delicious food

We were here for lunch. Our dishes came to the table quickly and were all very tasty. The service was very attentive and friendly. A visit is definitely worth it. The interior of this beautiful, rustic restaurant alone is worth a visit. Nothing is run of the mill here, but rather designed with attention to detail. Parking spaces are available in the surrounding area. Price-performance ratio also fits. All in all, we can only warmly recommend this restaurant and would be happy to come back!

Simply recommended. Price-performance is okay. The food tasted very tasty and the selection was also good. We'll be back.

We were there with 10 people on Saturday, January 18th, 2025, and had booked the table for the opening of the restaurant at 5:00 p.m. because some had to go home soon. Even though we were the first to enter the restaurant, we waited almost 1.5 hours for our food - an absolute no go... The service was unfriendly and even though I pointed out our time pressure several times, they still treated us that way keep waiting for a long time. The food and ambience were ok - the service was subpar - I won't be back!!

An absolute must to eat there. The food was great as was the service. Finally a restaurant where everything fits. 👍👍👍👍

Very cozy restaurant with funny interior details. The food was freshly prepared and the selection is varied. We enjoyed it very much and would definitely come back. The service was friendly and unobtrusive.

We were there on January 12th. with 6 people for lunch. The service was very warm, careful and attentive. The restaurant is quaint and cozy. The food, 6 different dishes, came to the table at the same time so that we could all eat at the same time. Many thanks to the kitchen. The dishes were extensive and tasted excellent. 💯 Percent recommendation, we'll be happy to come back. Reservation is strongly recommended. As I was leaving, I saw at the door that guests with dogs are also welcome. Cool!!! See you soon and keep it up.

Super nice and friendly service. The food was excellent and the ambience was lovely, rustic and rustic. Highly recommended❣️

A really great, quaint little restaurant. We were there on New Year's Eve, the service was great, food and drinks were brought quickly and were very tasty. We'll be back.

A great restaurant. The atmosphere is worth seeing and the staff is really great. But the food is also of a high standard. I can recommend this.

Everything just fits here. Gladly again at any time.

Very nice ambience, nice location, super nice attentive staff. Good communication when making reservations or inquiries. Food delicious.

The location is pleasantly quaint, but I found the staff to be annoyed on both visits. Unfortunately, the quality of the food does not match the location, the fried potatoes and schnitzel were fried in oil, which in my opinion should traditionally be fried in butter or goose fat if you already have potato specialties.

Despite repeated questions about a children's chair, it was not made available to us. The food was very tasty and the ambience was also very nice.

super cool shop....were on the way through and stopped there....very tasty...will be going there again soon especially for the food.....highly recommended

Really good! Can only be recommended. Ambience👍🏻 Service👍🏻 Food👍🏻 Please come back as soon as possible.

I've known the potato house for so long, I'm always thrilled Food, service and ambience simply great, many thanks to the entire team, 👍👍

So I'm so disappointed, first you stand in front of it and wait for the beetle to open. Then the time has come and you find out that everything is reserved. If you had put a notice outside, it would be a great idea. Sorry, I come from the catering industry myself, it's actually usual to always leave tables free for walk-in customers. I don't know anything like that where the whole store is reserved. Maybe rethink the concept. Kind regards from Berlin

Super cozy, very tasty food, ambience, great conditions, very accommodating and friendly, I can only recommend it to everyone

The furnishings are always an eye-catcher, you can always find very beautiful old antique objects, and the food is always very tasty

Sehr lecker 😋 Sehr nette Bedienung Vielfältiges Speisen angebot Und vielfältige getränke auswahl Ich komme gerne wieder

Cozy restaurant with good food and good wine. The staff was friendly and attentive. We were allowed to bring our dog. Highly recommended.

After another spontaneous trip, we spontaneously chose this restaurant and were more than thrilled. The food and ambience more than impressed me. I've never experienced an atmosphere like this before 😍 We will definitely come back and recommend you Kind regards Schweinfurt 😀

Very cozy restaurant, good food, recommended!

We discovered this restaurant by chance and were very impressed by the ambience alone. There was a lot of attention to detail and this was also evident in the food, it was very tasty and the price was completely reasonable. The staff were also very enthusiastic and accommodating, all in one a very great experience Kind regards from Würzburg

The restaurant with its detailed, nostalgic furnishings is worth seeing. The service is excellent, the staff is very friendly and attentive. Here the guest is valued and not seen as a necessary "additional" to the business (as is the case in many places). Unfortunately my dish, a vegetable gratin, was bland in terms of spices and cheese taste. That disappointed me. Nevertheless, the Colorado potato beetle has been really recommended for years.

Were here in September with a larger group. We really enjoyed it; the feedback from the participants was without exception positive. The processing of the reservation in advance was also very pleasant, reliable and professional. The food is very good, the menu is varied and the concept (focus on potatoes) is consistent. Overall, a highly recommended restaurant, also for groups.

Delicious food in a rustic atmosphere. Reservations are very important! Wednesday is a rest day. Our dog was also ♥️welcome.

A nice, rustic restaurant with very good food and normal prices. We were here with a larger group and everyone enjoyed it and enjoyed it. Gladly again....

Very cozy restaurant, food is great, there is something for everyone, highly recommended 😊

Best to reserve. But definitely worth a visit

This says it all and they are very child friendly

We were there last night. A really nice little quaint restaurant... attentive service and delicious food. The only point of criticism... there should be calibration marks on the glasses or you pour the wine with a carafe... you know you really get a 0.2l wine, because unfortunately this wasn't obvious and in our opinion it wasn't 0.2l in the glass either . But actually legally mandatory. Maybe it will be accepted and changed...otherwise everything was great.

Super nicely furnished and totally comfortable. The food was also super tasty 😋 and the service was very friendly. It is a must when you are in Bad Salzungen

We got a table at short notice. The service is great and the food tastes excellent 😀 For me it has been the best restaurant in Bad Salzungen for many years 👍

Very nice and timely restaurant in the heart of Bad Salzungen near the local graduation tower. The food was very tasty! The potato pizzas are also recommended!

Simply fantastic, food, service, ambience, toilets. Everything is great

Wir waren als Gruppe zu Besuch. Schon die Reservierung verlief zu unserer völligen Zufriedenheit. Am Abend selber wurden wir sehr nett empfangen und bekamen einen sehr schönen Platz zugewiesen. Die Speisekarte ist sehr umfangreich und das Essen war super lecker. Die Bedienung war sehr nett und somit verbrachten wir einen sehr schönen Abend dort. Sollten wir noch einmal in der Gegend sein, würden wir auf jeden Fall wieder einkehren.!!!!!

We had lunch at the Colorado potato beetle with 23 people on September 23, 2024. A friendly waitress served us the dishes we had pre-ordered. Tasty, attractively prepared, served quickly. Thank you very much, we would love to come back, also because of the rustic atmosphere.

Super recommended restaurant. The visit was absolutely worth it. Always my pleasure.

Very good food with a very nice atmosphere. I can recommend it to everyone. Top 👍

Super delicious food and friendly, courteous service. Highly recommended!

Very tasty food, super nice service, great ambience, we would love to come back.

A very good restaurant with excellent food and very attentive service. Luckily I had reserved a table - otherwise I would have had to eat somewhere else. However, I would no longer eat there on Mondays because the AfD's weekly (power) demonstration with a train, accompanied by haunting drums and Reich citizen flags, takes you back to times long past and can really spoil your appetite. The Colorado potato beetle really didn't deserve that.

It's the ultimate hit, the potato pizzas are absolutely amazing in terms of taste. The one with goat brie is really tasty.

We were there for the first time today. And we will definitely come back. Very tasty and cozy

Very tasty, nice staff, great facility. Reservations recommended

We not only had a delicious lunch here, but also stayed overnight and had breakfast. The guesthouse rooms are nicely furnished, the food was extremely varied, rich and very tasty. The breakfast was also well prepared and varied. For me personally, I would have liked something more local, rustic, sausage selection, but that doesn't detract from the excellent overall impression. It was a shame, but understandable, that we couldn't bring our dog with us... In any case, we will be happy to come back if we end up in Bad Salzungen again.

Uriges Ambiente rustikal. Freundliches Personal, Hunde sind willkommen bekommen gleich was zum trinken. Egal was man auswählt von der Speisekarte es ist sehr lecker. Keine lange Wartezeit. Wir kamen ohne Reservierung und trotzdem wurde ein Platz gefunden. Es war mega insgesamt. Wenn wir wieder im Ort sind ist garantiert ein Tisch reserviert im Voraus

Super delicious! Definitely recommended.

Very nice, rustic location and delicious potato pizza. Highly recommended. The guest rooms on the upper floor are also great. The only thing missing is a small refrigerator, a glass and a bottle opener. And maybe a small magnifying mirror in the bathroom. Otherwise everything was great.

There were 4 of us and a large dog there. I got a nice table and the food was great too. Would love to come back.

Great to go with children too. Children have their own menu and a placemat to paint to shorten the waiting time. Very nice atmosphere to relax and escape from everyday life.

I was visiting last weekend because I'm in rehab here and I can only say that anyone who likes German cuisine should eat there! A very cute little restaurant. The food there was delicious and the waitress was very friendly. It was so great there that we reserved a table for two more days the next weekend. Keep it up . And anyone who likes German cuisine is welcome here. 🤗

Went hungry to the Colorado potato beetle in Bad Salzungen. After half an hour we were very satisfied and full. A change of plan from fried potatoes to fries with extra sauce - no problem. Great service and great food. If there were more than five stars, I would give even more. Desdemona

A wide range of options based on potatoes. Good service and a successful evening with friends over a good meal.

This evening we were at the Colorado potato beetle at the end of our holiday, we had asked in advance whether it would be possible to bring our dog 🐶 with us, that wouldn't be a problem, when we arrived around 6 p.m., we were warmly welcomed and shown to the first floor of the restaurant, From the ordering of the drinks and our food, the service was impeccable, the food was super hot and deliciously prepared 😋 and of course it was tasty, we can only recommend the Colorado potato beetle, best regards as a holidaymaker from Bremerhaven 🐟

Very unfriendly young woman after you asked for a table. Was probably overwhelmed. We would have liked to have seen it on holiday but we won't see it now.

We went to the Colorado potato beetle for lunch today. It's a great location with rustic and tasteful furnishings. Despite the nice weather, we sat inside to enjoy the ambience. The food was very tasty and freshly prepared. The staff is very attentive and quick. So unconditional recommendation and at least 5 stars!!! Keep it up!

A cool little restaurant - definitely worth a visit - but it's better to reserve in advance

We've been around and eaten there for a long time (the last time before Corona). Food was good, as before. However, pizzas seem to be smaller now.

Very nice restaurant, super friendly staff, food very tasty. 1 star deducted because some of the dumplings were not yet cooked and we had to complain - but new ones were made without any problems.

I was there for lunch yesterday. I have always loved the food and service. Yesterday we waited 1 hour for food. My husband's game goulash was great but my Kottelet, that According to the menu it was supposed to be freshly breaded, but it was just warmed up, hard and already looked like a sole. I'm still upset now that I didn't give it back. My fault... but I didn't want to cause a stir because everything else was always good. Because I won't make mistakes again.

Be sure to reserve a table! Original ambience, very good food!

Very, very tasty, service friendly... we can only recommend it

Very cute restaurant. Fast service and delicious food. A lot of effort was put into the interior design and there was a lot of attention to detail. A little tip: reserve a table. I was just lucky; a lot of people were sent away after me because it was full. We recommend.

Delicious freshly prepared food, friendly and attentive service staff.

Salmon potato Pizza for 16.90€ it’s not worth that money haha Portion is small and packed with lots of salmon and cheese. That’s the only thing you taste actually.