Kleine Traube in Esslingen am Neckar

Everything was very delicious, well prepared, fast service, a proper, abundant dish, and a great price! 100% recommended

5 stars – absolute recommendation! Hello Thorsten, as someone who comes from the catering industry myself, I can only take my hat off and express my fullest appreciation! The "Kleine Traube" in Esslingen is a true masterpiece of Swabian cuisine - an unforgettable experience from the first to the last second. As soon as you enter the restaurant you immediately notice the warm atmosphere and the loving service. The team lives hospitality and you feel welcome from the start. I was particularly impressed by the professionalism and care with which the work is carried out here - it is pure passion for the craft. The food – simply sensational! You can immediately tell that high-quality, regional ingredients are used here and that the kitchen team puts their heart and soul into their work. Every dish is a taste masterpiece. From the classic Swabian classic to modern interpretations – everything is just right here. The flavors harmonize perfectly and the food is always freshly prepared. A real feast for the senses! I find it particularly remarkable that we learned in the same house and it is a great feeling to see how tradition and innovation combine in such an excellent way. A big thank you to the entire team for the great hospitality and exceptional food! You have not only won my taste buds, but also our hearts. Thank you for an all-round perfect evening! Highly recommended for anyone who wants to enjoy Swabian cuisine. Kind regards, Mike I hope this hits the tone you want!

The best snitchzel I have had in my life! Amazing service and atmosphere.

Number one for Swabian specialties in Esslingen.

Super tasty, home-style food at fair prices. Extra requests are always responded to in a friendly manner. You should definitely make a reservation, it is always busy. Nevertheless, you always get your food quickly. For me personally it would be more practical if you could pay by card, but that doesn't change the quality and the great service.

We just wanted to have a drink, but we were then told that it was a restaurant. There was no vodka either. Tip for you: order a lettuce leaf with your drink if you just want a drink!

Great restaurant, food super tasty, staff very friendly. Very clear recommendation 👍

Quaint restaurant. Perfect onion roast

Very nice wine bar. Top quality food and great service. We'd love to come back.

A beautiful restaurant, ambience as you would imagine in Esslingen. Menu with local dishes in upscale versions. Highly recommended, we were there three times in five evenings.

Delicious German food!!! I would definitely go again.

The food was absolutely top! The potato salad gets 10/10

Wir waren heute das erstmal hier...das Essen war super lecker 😋 das Personal sehr aufmerksam und freundlich ..diese Preise ok...wir kommen wieder...👍🏻

We landed here by chance at Esslinger Herbst today (we're not local) and got a seat right away, even though the restaurant was very busy. The waitresses were super nice and accommodating. Then came the food: super delicious Szeged goulash, really tender cooked meat!!!! A huge compliment to the chef!!!! We'll come back when we get the chance!!! Unfortunately it is not possible to pay cashless :(

Unfortunately, my experience at your restaurant was not satisfactory, although the food was tasty. We arrived on November 9th, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. and were assigned a table where, according to the waitress, we could stay until 7 p.m. because it would be reserved after that. At 5:45 p.m. a gentleman, presumably the operator, came to our table and asked us to finish our drinks by 6 p.m. This caused confusion and stress among us guests. A colleague and I had placed a final beer order, but only one of the two beers was delivered. When we asked about the original promise of a table until 7 p.m., I received the answer that we had apparently already been told by phone that reservations were available from 6 p.m., which was not the case because we had spontaneously entered the restaurant without calling beforehand. In addition, the waitress who welcomed us emphasized several times that she would soon be off work, which was reflected in her stressed demeanor. I regret that I cannot return after this stressful experience. It would have been desirable for the operator to discuss the situation with us and suggest an alternative solution, such as a different table. There seems to be a pattern of the owner reacting defensively to negative reviews rather than apologizing for any wrongdoing. In summary, I can say that unfortunately expectations were not met.

There were four of us here. Nice little restaurant. Despite the restaurant being full, the service was super attentive and quick. The schnitzels were great but unfortunately the highly praised potato salad was borderline salty. In my opinion, there should be be improved, as salting is possible but desalting is not possible.

A beautiful restaurant, food is great, very nice ambience, very cozy, you feel very comfortable, almost like at home. I can only recommend it to anyone who is in Esslingen.

The Träuble Schnitzele is the best schnitzel I have ever eaten. Absolutely recommended with spaetzle and sauce! Absolutely top value for money. Great ambience, quintessentially Swabian.

The food is very authentic and the portions are large.

Quaint little restaurant with a cozy atmosphere in a historic building in the great old town of Esslingen. Nice service and quick service. There is traditional Swabian cuisine extremely tasty. A really good, tasty and still a bit warm potato salad, just like it should be in Swabia. The lentils and sparrows to “lie in”.

For me the best restaurant in Esslingen. The schnitzel is super delicious. Nicely fried in clarified butter and very fluffy. The potato salad was also really good. Here you can end the evening in a cozy atmosphere with a delicious beer. Food came quickly. Service also very friendly. I can warmly recommend it.

Very cozy, delicious food, friendly service.

You need a reservation. Food was good, but nothing spectacular. Space between tables is quite small, so you can often bump chair into eachother.

Very good Swabian food at a reasonable price.

Very nice restaurant. Great ambience. Very good food. And the service was super nice.

With a lot of luck we managed to get a spot here. Cozy atmosphere, friendly service and excellent food. Everything fits here. We would be happy to come back, but then with a reservation.

Super cozy atmosphere, excellent food and large portions too!

Best meal we have had in Germany! Get the cask wines, the roast beef and onion dish, the maultchasen with potato salad and the apple dessert! INSANELY GOOD

Perfect in all regards. Incredible price to quality ratio. The beef with onions was best thing ive eaten in Germany

Very tasty schnitzel with potato salad and salad. Attentive service and a nice ambience. Above all, acceptable prices, very rare these days. VG from Bielefeld

Homely atmosphere in the bar, food authentic to that region.

Suddenly decided to go out for dinner and go to the “Kleine Traube” with two friends. Simply rustic atmosphere, nice staff and a really great onion roast. 1 A Swabian cuisine. I can really only recommend it! Keep it up, see you next time.

Very cozy with great Swabian cuisine. Very nice service. Since it's small, I would always recommend making a reservation

We visited today and were extremely enthusiastic about the food, service and the cozy, rustic atmosphere. Feel free to repeat that again

Super nice restaurant 😊 The onion roast with roasted potatoes was a poem 😋 super tasty 🤤🤤 Träuble's famous schnitzel with potato salad was also very tasty 🤤🤤 ❤-greetings to the kitchen. You're great. Looking forward to the next time 😁

Got the wrong food, waiter first said no and then walked away, after 3 minutes he asked if I wanted the other one? It was still delicious. Gladly again ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍🏻

A very good restaurant, Top food, the best schnitzel I've ever eaten and I'm almost 80 years old! LG Kurt

We had a lovely time and good food

Everything is uniquely beautiful!

Unprofessional and disrespectful – a disappointing evening in the Kleine Traube Unfortunately, our visit to the “Kleine Traube” restaurant was a complete failure. After sitting down and ordering, we had to wait forever for our food. That alone would have been acceptable, but when we politely tried to call a waiter three times, he simply didn't seem to hear us. When we finally spoke to him directly and said, "Hey, we called you three times, don't sleep!", we thought the problem was solved. But then something happened that we have never experienced before: the host, who was apparently the manager of the restaurant, came up to us and confronted us in an extremely rude tone. Instead of resolving the situation professionally, he started yelling at us and demanding respect from us - while at the same time treating us in a highly disrespectful and aggressive tone. This type of confrontation was completely inappropriate and ruined the entire evening. When you go to a restaurant, you not only expect good food, but also respectful treatment. Unfortunately, the “Little Grape” failed completely on both counts. Anyone expecting relaxed and polite service is definitely in the wrong place here. This reflects the situation and conveys what exactly went wrong that evening. I just wanted to eat with my family. 🙂Impossible behavior from the “boss”, a very bad role model.

We sat outside so I can't comment on the ambience... Dogs are allowed. Our food came really quickly & the service staff was super friendly and attentive. Would love to come back

Very nice, nice restaurant with top service

I've been a Swabian for a long time but I've never had a meal like this for the price. I can only say it's top class

Very cozy feel to it. I loved the food and the atmosphere. Definitely recommend!

Highly recommended, delicious food, great service, very nice restaurant

Super nice restaurant. Went there on a Saturday evening and luck wouldn't have been on our side without a reservation. Great ambience, totally friendly service and the schnitzel and the Maultaschen were an absolute poem. Would love to come back.

I was only there for rehab. I can't give a review of the restaurants because I didn't visit them. The park is clean and well maintained and beautiful

The small grape serves top Swabian dishes with freshly prepared side dishes. The staff is very friendly. The ambience and the building have a very pleasant charm. We'd love to come back!

Very full even on a normal weekday. Therefore, calling beforehand is an advantage.

Love it here! If you want to eat Swabian food, you have to come here, the best tripe, fried potatoes, potato salad 😍 Always happy to come here. The ambience is also worth seeing

Really nice restaurant especially the outside area. The food is excellent, very tasty but no card payment is possible. Apart from tax avoidance, I can't think of any reason why you would otherwise force your guests to walk to the bank when they actually just want to have a relaxed meal. I mean I prefer paying in cash, but rejecting it completely is really not up to date.

Typisch schwäbisch. Die Portionen sind reichlich und auch das Preis Leistungsverhältnis stimmt. Der Service war aufmerksam und freundlich.

Best schnitzel in the region. Very quaint. You can order anything and everything is delicious. There is Baisinger beer.

The small grape is highly recommended. The food is simply amazing, the location and ambience are perfect and the service is great. We'll be back, thank you very much!!!

The day falls on Sunday. The table is full, not reserved.

The beer is great, costs 4.5 euros per glass, the Swabian cuisine turned out to be unexpectedly strange, they brought kidneys with fried potatoes and stewed stomach with fried potatoes, the price is about 13.5 euros, the dish is, well, it’s not for everybody, I didn’t eat even half of it, although the portions are huge. I recommend the establishment.

Great food, great people, great space. This is a must when you visit the town. We ordered the snitzel with kartofensalad (that was delicious). For starters we ordered a sausage and cheese board, and the apple dessert. Everything was great, and the people owning the place are so nice.

Totally friendly and competent staff. The food was delicious and we had nothing to complain about. Price performance is also right.

The tip for good home-style food in Esslingen. The emphasis is on “good”! Here you can get excellent Swabian cuisine at normal prices. I always like to come back!!

Wonderful food with delicious sauces and great salads! Excellent service! It's a shame that you're only open at lunchtime at Christmas, otherwise we would have loved to come! I would also give it 6 stars 😉

Everything was excellent - good, honest Swabian cuisine, great and friendly service, nice ambience. What is definitely worth mentioning: The potato salad was incredibly delicious! An all-round successful summer evening! It certainly wasn't the last time I was a guest at the small grape!!! Absolutely recommended...

A very big thank you for the great evening. The food was delicious, the service was absolutely great. And thank you very much for making it possible for us as a group of 9 people to move from inside to outside!!!! Thank you very much. Here you can tell that the entire staff enjoys their work. If it had to be given six stars, you would have earned it. Absolutely to be recommended.

Friendly and attentive service and a very tasty schnitzel.

Perfect place for authentic swabian cousine 5 🌟

Just outside Stuttgart, truly phenomenal!

Clearly 5 stars. Great food, super friendly staff, what more could you want. Not reserved but still got a spot. Thanks for that. If we are in the area again and are hungry, we now know where we will be more than satisfied.

Cash only, no longer up to date. Food and ambience top :)

Wir hatten einen Tisch auf 19:00 reserviert. Als wir um 19:13 das Restaurant betraten, wurde uns vom Wirt mitgeteilt, er habe den Tisch bereits an andere Gäste vergeben. Auf unseren Hinweis, dass wir wegen Regens nicht exakt pünktlich vor Ort angekommen seine, sagte er, das sei nicht sein Problem. All dies auf eine extrem unfreundliche, ruppige Art, als wenn es eine Gnade sei, von ihm bewirtet zu werden. Unser Angebot, draussen, unter den Schirmen zu essen, wurde unwirsch abgewehrt: "Draußen servier i net!" Eine so arrogante und unfreundliche Art mit Gästen umzugehen ist mir bislang noch nie begegnet. Ich habe einen Punkt vergeben. Null geht nicht, wäre aber angebrachter. Der Wirt hat seinen Beruf verfehlt.

An all-round successful evening. The service was attentive and friendly at all times and kept an overview even when the restaurant was full. The food was delicious and the portions were very generous. Price-performance excellent. A clear recommendation

The small grape was initially the third choice, but then turned out to be an absolute stroke of luck. Bombastically delicious Swabian cuisine, perfectly seasoned, great portions and super nice staff. Our recommendation: Maultäschle, pork brawn and Kässpätzle as well as the Trollinger on tap 🤤 fantastic! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Very nice, quaint Swabian restaurant. And a menu with delicious food and friendly service. The old historical building offers a special ambience. Outdoor seating is available. Highly recommended!

**Kleine Traube Esslingen – A real insider tip!** I recently had the pleasure of visiting the "Kleine Traube" in Esslingen and I have to say it was a hit. The atmosphere is cozy and inviting, perfect for a relaxing evening. The food was fantastic! Every dish was prepared with great attention to detail and you can taste the freshness of the ingredients. Particularly noteworthy is the Swabian cuisine, which is interpreted here in a modern way. The Maultaschen were a dream and the onion roast was simply perfect. The service was excellent - attentive, friendly and always with a smile. You can tell that there is a dedicated team at work here that really cares about its guests. The price-performance ratio is also right. You're happy to pay a few euros more for the quality and service. Conclusion: The “Kleine Traube” in Esslingen is definitely worth a visit. If you're looking for good food in a cozy atmosphere, this is the place for you. I will definitely come back!

Delicious food in a pleasant atmosphere.

The food is really very tasty and the staff is extremely friendly despite the restaurant being completely full, even with special requests. Rustic Swabian.

Very nice restaurant with a great menu and nice, attentive service. Our food was very tasty. We can only recommend the little grape.

Everything was right, everything was delicious and finally a reasonable portion size, thank you for that. Great Cordon Bleu!

We've been there several times. As always, very good food and very friendly service

Great, delicious cuisine of the best quality. My highlight is the Träuble Cordon bleu, which unfortunately is only on the menu seasonally.

Great restaurant with big portions. The only downside is that they accept only cash.

Top notch! Every Swabian and non-Swabian will not be able to stop praising the cuisine. The Swabian quality is unparalleled! And you really have to say against the Swabian code that it doesn't work well enough because here you have to praise :)!!

Very nice place, good typical German cuisine.

Atmospheric restaurant. Ate schnitzel here. The portion was so big that I couldn’t finish it all; they can take your food with you. Unfortunately, you cannot pay by card here.

Great delicious food and super nice people

Quite comfortable in itself and actually quite good food. However, there was a huge poisonous green caterpillar in my salad. After the waitress brought me a new salad, I unfortunately discovered another caterpillar in the salad after two bites. It's a real shame, because I didn't like the rest of the food. Unfortunately there was no apology from the staff either. A pity….

Swabian food in perfection and meringues on tap. Good, tasty and inexpensive. Super cozy inside and beautiful outside in the middle of the old town

Friendly service and super tasty schnitzel.

The place is warm. We came without having reserved and were served quickly. The cuisine is generous, the cooking of the meats is rather mastered. In particular I recommend the Maultashensuppe and the schnitzel which are the best I have tasted. Please note, the restaurant does not take the menu.

Very nice atmosphere - great service! Swabian dishes, good home cooking - very tasty!

Very nicely furnished and the outside area is also great. The regional dishes, the service are all top notch. A must for every visit to Esslingen.

4 Punkte ist wie 5. Die gebe ich aber nur bei einem Sterne Restaurant. Also hier eine 4+, Wir hatten einen wunderbaren Abend. 5 P. für das tolle Ambiente, 5 P. für die gute Küche, 5 P. für das überaus freundliche Personal.

For me the best restaurant in Esslingen - two people were lucky and were able to sit at the regulars' table.

Very good food. You can sit outside.

Very tasty food ☺️, really Swabian, the best roasted potatoes far and wide! Quaint restaurant, highly recommended! Definitely make a reservation as it is always very busy 😉

We were there on Wednesday afternoon. Stop for a bike tour. A very quaint restaurant. Weather was good, we sat outside. A super nice service. Very nice and talkative guests. Just a great atmosphere. We felt totally comfortable. We also stayed much longer than planned. By the way, the food is also very good. Highly recommended!

Recommended by Régina, our stopover host, we wanted to eat local, beautiful surroundings, hearty cuisine. Difficulties in choosing due to the language barrier but cool we adapt. We had a lovely evening Waitress not very smiling for our taste but maybe normal for them

What a wonderful experience! Very local, fresh cuisine. Cash only so be prepared but very much worth the visit. Local wines, Sekt and regional beers also on menu.

We got lost while walking. We didn't regret it.

Great food and super friendly service

Simply delicious and, above all, you get a decent portion!

Very cozy wine bar, great and really good food and very friendly service. Gladly again!