Kleine Traube in Esslingen am Neckar

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.

Super cozy atmosphere, excellent food and large portions too!

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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!!

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...

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 😉

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.

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! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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

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 :)!!

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.

Very nice place, good typical German cuisine.

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.

Great food and super friendly service

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

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!

The food there is great! Whether the schnitzel from the loin or the sour tripe, I can only recommend everything. The service is also great and everyone is very friendly.

Service could be a little friendlier and the food a little spicier, but otherwise everything was great

Absolutely gorgeous, service and location. The quality and taste 👌... beautiful. Great experience

very tasty home-style food, the portions are huge and the price is very, very good!!!

Very cozy atmosphere, unfortunately some of the staff are very short and not really friendly. However, the food and the atmosphere are very good. The selection of vegetarian dishes, however, is rather poor by today's standards. Otherwise recommended!

The fish was too salty to be enjoyed. Wines were not very good. Other food was fine. Had to wait for more than an hour for food to arrive.

Great food, very nice service - everything was wonderful

Friendly and welcoming staff. Good value for money. Very rich and tasty dishes. It is not possible to pay with cards but only in cash. Advised.

Food was very good. The schnitzels are great. Service could be a bit friendlier

Highly recomended! Tasty real "home made" food, large portions. Local friendly atmosphere and friendly staff. I would give 10 if there was one...

Very good food and everything was very well processed and everything was full of flavor! Traditional Swabian cuisine with very good quality and ingredients. Please come by and make a reservation everywhere, a question doesn't cost anything, there is always space outside! Highly sought after and very appreciated!

Unfriendly service, a very oily potato salad. We only received the receipt shown upon express request! Other guests paid in cash without receiving a receipt.

A real little pearl in the heart of Esslingen. Very good Swabian cuisine at a good price-performance ratio. If you could still pay by card as is common practice these days, the service would also get full marks

PERFECT !!! The food is fantastic, especially the schnitzel is recommended. We are enthusiastic and repeat customers. The service is great, very accommodating and friendly. In summer you can sit outside nicely.

The best and most beautiful restaurant in Esslingen. Very good food and good atmosphere.

difficile da raggiungere , in pieno centro fianco della cattedrale, non si trova da parcheggiare facilmente , ma nelle vie a fianco si trova . il ristorante è tipico ed anche la cucina è tipica , porzioni abbondanti molto abbondanti , ottime zuppe con pasta ripiena , gentilezza e velocita nel servire , ottima atmosfera , birra abbastanza dolce ma buna ottimo rapporto qualita prezzo.

It's really a very atmospheric place to sit. It was busy, but we were served quickly and, above all, in a great and friendly manner. The icing on the cake was the excellent food. I can fully recommend the little grape!

Sensationally good cuisine! Especially the home-style “Swabian basics”, which are not run of the mill but all made with a special twist. Plus great service, attentive, committed, professional and with love. Personally, I just have a bit of "antler" in the picture decoration, but that's a matter of taste. Excellent and highly recommended restaurant!

Great address for typical Swabian cuisine. The “Kleine Traube” is located right in the old town of Esslingen. There are seats both inside and outside. I was very satisfied with the homemade Maultaschen and the potato salad. Would love to come back. Overall 5/5 stars for the beautiful ambience and delicious food.