Mutter Ernst in Frankfurt am Main

A life without Mother Ernst is conceivable - but not worth living... The menu is manageable but good, the food and service are fantastic 👍❤️

1- The potato salad was delicious and well-prepared. 2- The delivery time of the orders was impressively quick. 3- The schnitzel was crispy, tasty, and satisfying. 4- Overall, highly recommended!

Nice, simple, home-style restaurant that seems a bit too big, in the middle of the city. A couple of room dividers decorated with plants would probably make a lot of nice, pleasant difference here!? Otherwise there is nothing to complain about! Food and drink 👍 Staff 👍👏 Gladly again !!!

Food and drinks are top. It used to be more comfortable. Unfortunately, some of the waitresses think they are the boss. Although a boss would be much friendlier. But imagination is also an education...

We have had dinner here twice. The dishes are very good and plentiful, honest prices. Fast service and very helpful staff, internal environment with many tables and the possibility of seating outside. We loved it, I recommend it.

5 stars – a real insider tip! The Mutter Ernst restaurant is an absolute feel-good place! The food was excellent – ​​traditional, prepared with a lot of love and tasted to the point. The service was friendly, attentive and warm, you immediately feel welcome. The atmosphere is cozy and authentic, exactly what you want from a classic restaurant. Price-performance ratio is absolutely right here.

Wonderful restaurant. Great value for money, especially considering the location. Ambience cozy and atmospheric even if everything is new. And the employees are great too - attentive and with Frankfurt warmth. As is usually the case, the following applies: as you call into the forest, it echoes back. It's actually stupid of me to give an unreservedly positive review here, because the restaurant is well attended anyway. But the team more than deserves the recognition.

We were on a short vacation in Frankfurt and found this restaurant by chance. We stopped there based on the menu we looked up online. Typical Frankfurt food with apple wine. The food was super tasty and we would go there again at any time.

great traditional restaurant with good food

Loved the food and service. I'd recommend the wild pork sausage. The sides we had - mashed potatoes, red cabbage, potato salad were great. So was the German bread. I have to admit, though, that I'm not a fan of the green sauce.

Great! Still. The food, the service, the prices! And great location! It's rare to find such a good potato salad!

Service 110%, food 110%. Great HUGE portions of really traditional food. Will not regret

If you want to try typical Frankfurt fare this is the perfect place for you

We were there twice when we were in Frankfurt. Nice service, great food, large portions at fair prices.

The food was good and plentiful. One of the two schnitzels was too thick for my taste and a bit stringy. The second one was great, which is why I expect a downward outlier for number 1. The service was very good and friendly. Unfortunately it was so loud that it was not possible to have a pleasant conversation.

There is enough space and the location is easy to reach. When it came to the food, I had the impression that everything was cooked in a deep fryer.

A Frankfurt institution. Well attended and still very attentive service, fast service. The portions are large and the price-performance ratio is great. Everything tastes very good. A clear recommendation for anyone who likes it rustic and without any frills. I'll definitely be back!

Terrible service! On Tuesday there were many free tables, but a grumpy restaurant employee decided at her own discretion to seat us (2 people) in a dark corner. I tried to sit at one of the better tables but she told us not to. A strange approach and no customer focus whatsoever. This lady's tone also leaves a lot to be desired - no friendliness at all. The restaurant owners should give this some serious thought. Not recommended.

My hotel staff recommended this place when I asked for a good German food and it was the place I had in mind. Looked crowded but I was lucky to get a table. I had s vegetable soup and winter sausage with red Cabbage and mashed potatoes. Was so comforting and very filling.

Compared to the old restaurant, I think it's like a train station, too big and loud. The flair is simply missing. The food is still good and plentiful. That's the only reason I'll recommend it and come back.

Arrived after 1pm and we were taken to our table quickly. Ordered 4 main courses for sharing (pork knuckle, pork chop, chicken schnitzel and bratwurst). The pork knuckle and pork chop are both tender and taste delicious. Chicken schnitzel is slightly on the hard side. Bratwurst is ok but only 1 sausage with the plate full of potato salad. Would be better if the dish at least comes with 2 sausages instead of 1. The potato salad is surprisingly good. The pepper taste brings the salad to another level. Would consider coming back again.

Nice restaurant. I recommend visiting.

It was near my hotel, so I came across it by chance and it was a big hit ✨️ We shared the schnitzel and frankfurter sausage between the three of us, and they were all hearty and delicious. It was full from around 8pm, so you might want to go a little early. However, it was obvious from the outside that the store was understaffed, and the store staff seemed extremely busy.

Top-notch shop. Excellent home-cooked food and friendly service.

Top food, rustic atmosphere and good service. Prices are expensive

The service is attentive and courteous without being intrusive. The menu offers a selection of dishes prepared with fresh, seasonal ingredients. Particularly noteworthy is the chop, which is a true masterpiece. The meat is of outstanding quality, perfectly marbled and buttery tender. It literally melts in your mouth and develops an incomparable aroma. The crust is crispy and flavorful without overpowering the tender meat. The price-performance ratio is absolutely appropriate for the quality offered.

Cheap, delicious German home cooking. What more could you want?

Big and loud. You have to like it. The food is ok, but still has room for improvement. The changing daily menu offers variety. Friendly and above all fast staff.

Quaint restaurant with good Frankfurt cuisine, very friendly staff.

Traditional Hessian cuisine, the portions are decent, so the price and performance are still within the right range. The service was good and quick. Only the volume is very high when the restaurant is full.

Excellent food, large portions, central location. Coherent overall concept. Recommendation for the schnitzel with mushroom cream sauce and the potato salad!

I like to go to Mother Ernst's for lunch. Always friendly service, excellent German cuisine at, in my opinion, acceptable prices!

In many other home-style restaurants, pork chops are missing from the menu. Here it is the absolute highlight, served together with potato salad – a true culinary masterpiece. It was perfectly fried, juicy and tender, with a crispy breading, while the potato salad went perfectly with it with a subtle vinaigrette and a hint of herbs. Together it created a harmonious and extremely tasty dish. The quality of the ingredients and the preparation are at a very high level here. An all-round successful culinary experience... to eat your fill, like your mother used to eat!

Went there for a long time to Alte Rothofstr. Wulf, greetings to everyone! Now in Rahmhofstr. in Frankfurt am Main, behind the stock exchange.

Here you can enjoy rustic local fare at fair prices in a traditional Frankfurt institution. The classic here is the Wiener Schnitzel with green sauce, otherwise it's worth taking a look at the respective weekly menu.

The food was not good but it changed my sausage. The mash came cold. Full of pensioners

The food was average and the service a bit rude.

A great place... We didn't eat anything, just drank something... maybe as a suggestion: try a different type of gin 🤔👏👍

Very nice cozy restaurant. The food was again a dream (schnitzel with mushroom cream sauce and fried potatoes/schnitzel with green sauce and fried potatoes) - and the dessert - wonderful - pudding with cherries/currant and mango sorbet. Of course it is noisy when it gets full, but we knew that beforehand, had the right time, and then left. The service is also very good, friendly, communicative. All in all - a great thing - we will definitely enjoy coming here again and again.

Unfortunately, Mother is no longer as serious as she used to be. I had the grilled cutlet with puree and sauerkraut. It used to be a must. The meat was dry, which balanced out the puree. You needed a spoon for that. Ambience was okay, but the coziness of before is missing. There was nothing wrong with the service.

Very rustic Frankfurt pub, Typical Frankfurt food is served here. Overall very tasty and reasonably priced.

They openly don’t like PoC, a very rude and racist attitude also supported by some guests, maybe a meeting place for similar minded people.

Tasty German food, service and nice atmosphere.

Authentic Frankfurt food and beer place 💪😋

Nice Frankfurt restaurant with traditional regional cuisine, well done, tasty, and nice service.

Best chop ever...unfortunately stupid at the end because we got the wrong bill

Traditional Frankfurt restaurant in the city center. Everything delicious. The new location still needs some patina, but it turned out great.

I had a very nice evening in the Mutter Ernst restaurant in Frankfurt. My meal - starter: hand cheese with music, main course: grilled Frankfurt ribs with sauerkraut and mashed potatoes - was very tasty. The drinks - sparkling apple cider and one or two medlars - also tasted very good. The prices are up to date, but you won't get a snap. I was particularly impressed by the service: very friendly, attentive and at the same time unobtrusive, even though the restaurant was full to capacity. I would also like to mention the volume/acoustics in the restaurant, it is possible to have a conversation with those directly at your table, otherwise it is rather difficult to have a conversation across the table. Mother Ernst makes you feel really welcome and well looked after. An all-round successful visit – I’m already looking forward to the next time.

Since 1938, the cult pub on Alte Rothofstrasse near Goethestrasse has been a meeting place for numerous bankers. Now the mother is serious directly behind the stock exchange, on Rahmhofstrasse. Menu has remained. Very tasty ribs with cabbage and mashed potatoes as well as breaded cutlet.

Even at the new location, it’s a traditional Frankfurt institution

Old-established tavern...moved to a new, very centrally located location - traditional Frankfurt home cooking is also available here to take away - Friday is meatball day (a highlight for many :)) - there is Äppelwoi on tap, good green sauce. ..everything your heart desires - good portions without chi chi - the service is quick and courteous .. you feel comfortable and welcome - a reservation is required for larger groups Absolutely necessary...if you drop by spontaneously, the waitress will quickly look for a place...the atmosphere here is very informal and cozy- Highly recommended:))

Der Service war sehr freundlich. Als Hauptspeisen hatten wir gegrillte Rippchen mit Sauerkraut sowie Schnitzel mit Bratkartoffeln. Leider schmeckte das Fleisch, als wäre es erneut frittiert worden.

Schnitzel was okay, but way too thick. Add salt to the mashed potatoes. Juicy prices. Sausages were good, service was nice.

A very centrally located restaurant in a new building, but comfortably & traditionally furnished. In addition, the service acted very flexibly and seated seven people at short notice without a reservation.

We almost used to go to the old restaurant, which was closed in 2020 (not because of Corona but because the rental agreement ended).

Home-style, Hessian cuisine. Everything we ordered tasted good, service was quick and friendly. Price/performance is OK, it's Frankfurt. We'll definitely be back!

The restaurant has special prices for tourists

Banal food, a lot of frying and nothing tasty.

Awful staff. The lady who served us was rude.

A popular local in Frankfurt, lots of cool young people there. There were 10 of us, we had a round table, which was nice. Food was ok. Service was nice.

You feel comfortable here! Old-established restaurant with delicious food and moderate prices. I'll definitely be back... down to earth and good!

Very big portions of traditional food, but the cooking is really, really good! Unfortunately it's due to close soon, very sad for a place with 80 years of non-stop operation, even in war times.

This traditional Frankfurt restaurant, dating back to 1938 and recently relocated, seems to be always busy, so reservations are a must to avoid disappointment. Basically, great beer, great food and a great atmosphere. Recommend the fried pork chop, absolutely superb. Happy to go again.

Delicious, familiar food. Very good if you want to enjoy a proper meal without a lot of frills. I'm also very happy with the prices.

My visit to Mother Ernst in Frankfurt was an absolute disaster. The food took forever, and when it finally came, it was served so uncoordinated that some of us were already finished before the others even got their food. I have rarely experienced such a serious timing problem! Unfortunately, poor organization wasn't the only problem. The waitress was rude and snippy and seemed to have no professional experience dealing with guests. The absolute highlight: Without saying a word, a tip was simply added to the bill - completely unacceptable and outrageous. The price is completely exorbitant for what ended up on the plates. Two slices of meat loaf with potato salad for 26 euros? This is an outrage and in no way justified. Conclusion: If you value good food, friendly service and a fair price-performance ratio, you should definitely avoid this shop.

Authentic feeling. Great service. Great beer. Great time. Had the Wiener schnitzel and everything was well prepared

Rudeness is one thing, but I don't understand being yelled at really loudly several times. We were insulted that we couldn't read the menu properly and the lady generally became abusive several times. The food was okay, but not particularly good. Home cooking is also better and warm. The atmosphere is simple and the location is good, which is a plus. We still don't come anymore, even though we live in the neighborhood.

Mother Ernst... rustic, good, Frankfurt with soul, without tails and fumbling

Too loud. Food okay. The restaurant is very cold at 1 p.m. so the food got cold quickly.

Very loud Food in but not special

All in all, highly recommended. Delicious, delicious. You should definitely make a reservation. Not really recommended for a first date 😀. Nobody can do anything about the volume, but here only 4 stars.

Had a wonderful evening. Delicious food, great service and a good atmosphere

A nice pub, had schnitzel with fried potatoes and green sauce, you could only eat the schnitzel because half of the fried potatoes were burnt, since my husband had brawn with fried potatoes, his were also burnt. It was acknowledged but not a word of apology, in this day and age Where everything is more expensive there should be a sorry, but nothing.

It's great that Mother Ernst is back! A little different than before, a little more modern, a little less... sticky... but still with charm. Large selection of food (if you like meat, the vegetarian selection is limited), a wide range of drinks, attentive service.

Nice, rustic restaurant with Frankfurt specialties.

I always knew old Mother Ernst with her coziness. Therefore only four stars at ambiente. But really well done.

Very good green sauce and also brawn.

Very tasty, funny and fast service, potato salad is absolutely top! I can only recommend the store!

In this location, right on Goethestrasse, between Prada, Vuitton and other chic crap for the consumer rabble, this place is like a UFO. A gem of casual friendliness, down-to-earthness and honesty. A piece of Frankfurt soul. Almost too good to be true.

Good food and the staff is great

The cider was sensational! The cutlet was very tasty. It was very busy but the service did its best to keep everyone happy. Gave her one to cheer her up too! We would love to come back 😊

The food was good. Not comparable to the price though. They added 20% to our food as a mistake and then argued for 30 minutes before reimbursing us. The drinks were double counted and the service was incredibly rude. They told the children who asked for extra glasses that they are busy and to go away. It just felt incredibly ingenue and felt like a scam. I truly suggest never going there.

Cult pub through and through, highly recommended.

Totally in love with place! Food is perfect, portions are so big, that it’s impossible to finish one dish alone! Schnitzel with mushroom sauce and potato salad were perfect, apple cider and sauerkraut tooo😍 The best place if you wanna try local food in Frankfurt ❤️

A must in Frankfurt. The price-performance ratio is right. In the center of the city.

Group of 11 people, we asked if there was room, we were told that a table would be free after 9pm. Too bad we weren't also told that the kitchen closed at 9.30pm. The result was that fortunately the part of the group already present sent photos of the menu to the remaining part to be able to choose the dishes and immediately send the order to the kitchen, otherwise we would not have found anything to eat when we arrived. In fact, when, having finished the courses, we asked for dessert (a banal apfelstrudel) we were told that the kitchen was now closed. At 10.30pm they presented us with the bill, because they were closing. Not even one more beer. Very disappointed. Normal food, prices a little high.

Wait staff were difficult to flag down and actively ignored me when trying to speak with them. Not a huge variety in cuisine but it was good and authentic.

A Frankfurt original! Great, anytime again!

Great option for local fare. It was close to my hotel so well located, and had good local options like Handkäse and Grüne Soẞe. Service was great, and the interior was cozy and welcoming.

What should I write The cutlet and meatball are simply sensational. The menu is simple, classic German cuisine. There is definitely something for vegetarians, but unfortunately I never paid attention to it, let alone tried it. The atmosphere is cozy and even when it's full I still find the noise to be bearable. That's not the case everywhere. A clear recommendation from me. Also for lunch.

The food is very good, the service is super friendly and quick. A must visit if you are in Frankfurt. Recommendation is the Leberkäse and the boulette.

Great Frankfurt restaurant with good cuisine and personal service. Good Äppelwoi and reasonable prices. Very happy again.

Nothing special. But inexpensive.

Staff nice and accommodating. Food and drinks fresh and delicious. Were very satisfied.

Very nice service, great homemade potato salad and green sauce, traditional Frankfurt!

We were at the Mutter Ernst restaurant today and absolutely loved it! The meatballs were really first class – perfectly seasoned and super tasty. There was also delicious apple cider, which rounded the whole thing off wonderfully. We would also like to particularly highlight the chop, which was simply fantastic. The potato salad and mashed potatoes were not only very, very tasty, but also homemade - you could really taste it! A highlight was the green sauce, which went perfectly with it. All in all, it was a great evening with authentic Frankfurt cuisine, a wonderful atmosphere and super friendly service. If you are looking for real, homemade food, you will definitely find it here. Absolute recommendation – we will definitely come back!

Menus in English do not exist. Kitchen closes with the restaurant operating.

Friendly staff and quick service. Reasonable food prices.

It is described as a traditional German food restaurant. As a Mexican, I was not so surprised with the dishes. I recommend the pork chop. It was a good portion. The potatoes that accompany the sausage dishes felt a little sour and they are cold. , a little strange. The apple strudel was acceptable, nothing extraordinary.

Very tasty food and authentically modern.... I'll be back and I'm looking forward to it