Planwirtschaft in Dresden

It's actually simple, home-style cooking, but exceptionally delicious. I'm really impressed! Plus, the service is attentive and the prices are reasonable. We'd love to come back!

We visited the Planwirtschaft restaurant on June 13, 2025, with a group of 40 people. We found a seat in the beautiful and quiet beer garden. The beer garden wasn't quite as quiet during our arrival, but the staff handled it very well. Thank you very much and a huge respect for handling it so well! :-) The delicious local dishes like steak au four, fire-roasted meat, and hunter's schnitzel were delicious! We can wholeheartedly recommend this restaurant :-)

Charming pub, friendly service, beautiful courtyard, delicious lentil soup. It's busy, at least on Fridays, but probably all weekend long, too, so it's best to reserve a table in advance. Rating: A well-deserved restaurant for the people.

Despite the first day of the new menu, everything went perfectly – great food, friendly service. Cozy atmosphere, you immediately feel welcome. Vegetarians will definitely get their money's worth here – the selection is diverse. More than just cheese spaetzle: creative, fresh dishes, lovingly prepared. An all-round successful evening – highly recommended!

Service uncoordinated, forgetful, guests are seemingly systematically ignored, If service a'la Zone, then please also the prices

Really good food and good beer too! The service is very friendly, and you just feel at home. Highly recommended.

Very tasty food and pleasant atmosphere

The food was truly delicious, and we definitely recommend a visit. We'd love to come back.

The service was excellent, and if you want a real East German steak au four and Jägerschnitzel, this is the place for you. We'll be back.

We wanted to eat the classics. We got ripped off for 17 euros for boiled pasta + a tiny piece of meat that wasn't great. I don't recommend it...

There were 15 of us with a reservation...the service was friendly, but the drinks were slow...the food was a complete disappointment...the entire asparagus menu was out of stock...and what came afterward was simply bad...no one was truly full, and the food wasn't particularly tasty...it's a shame, we were so looking forward to it. There won't be another visit.

I asked for water, I got nothing. My friend asked for Pepsi, he got a mezzomix. If I wanted a microwaved meal, I would have stayed home. Disappointing.

A place where you feel like you've stepped back in time. The steak au four is delicious.

Wonderful courtyard beer garden with delicious beers and food. Friendly service

Quaint decor. Really great food. Very friendly service.

Very friendly service in a rustic setting that has its charm. In short, we felt at home. For starters, we had spiced meat and solyanka. Main courses were fire-roasted meat and steak au four. We can't judge whether it was authentic. We're from Rhineland-Palatinate. In any case, it was very tasty. A visit to the planned economy is definitely on our list for our next visit to Dresden.

The food tastes ok, but everything is too expensive for the portion size. For example, eggs in mustard sauce were 2 eggs, some potatoes and a bit of salad for €14.50. That's money, a reason not to come back!

Basically, I'm open to anything... but if 10 out of 11 people have the choice of "fries" or "fried potatoes," and customer 11 would like fries, this isn't possible due to increased demand. Additionally, you get booked in the basement, which is shocking... since there was space everywhere... I don't judge the food.

Beautiful restaurant with delicious Saxon cuisine!

Very cozy restaurant. Homemade food. Very tasty. Highly recommended. Greetings from Saarland.

Any time again, everything was perfect.

A beautiful, quiet restaurant with an outdoor terrace, all furnished in old-fashioned GDR style, may not be to everyone's taste, but it is still a beautiful place to spend a relaxing day or evening. Speaking of taste, the food is really tasty and one of the restaurants still serves homemade fresh old German dishes. The food and drinks menu is completely sufficient. The only criticism: Unfortunately I couldn't find cold dog (dessert) on the menu, which would have been the highlight. I really liked it and will definitely come back again.

The food is super delicious like it was from grandma in GDR times 😋

Small, quaint, cozy restaurant. The food is of good quality but unfortunately that special something is missing. Service was very nice and attentive, even if he had a lot to serve alone.

Really great place, even though I don't have a GDR background. Fettbemmen and Oberlausitzer Feuerfleisch were top! Their own beer is also delicious.

Very, very good food and great service 😁 The ambience also has a nice rustic feel and there is good, old German home cooking. The only negative thing is that it can be very loud at times.

Die Planwirtschaft in DD-Neustadt war für mich immer die erste Anlaufstelle bei einem Dresden Besuch. Vorwiegend aus einem Grund: hier gab es immer das beste Bier-Rechenberger! Leider hat man es nach dem Wechsel des Pächters aus dem Programm genommen. Nun gibt es u.a. Ein ganz gutes Dunkles und ein unterdurchschnittliches Pils. Rest sind die Standardbiere von Erdinger etc. Also gibt es für mich leider keinen Grund unbedingt in die Planwirtschaft zu gehen. Trotz wirklich sehr nettem Service.

Today it was just a precision landing on the day we arrived. Friendly staff, great ambience, German cuisine and complete satisfaction on our part. Thank you for the entertaining time with you. 😊

Food was delicious. Unfortunately, the main course was only warm on the edges, apparently warmed up in the microwave. Upon request, the food was made hot….leckkkker. Unfortunately the dessert didn't come warm either... It's a shame...they could have been more careful since the main course wasn't really served warm.

I can’t say whether it really tastes the same as it “used to”. But I can say that I enjoyed it very much. The selection of food was good, there was also something for vegetarians. Delicious beer and good service round off the visit. Reservation is definitely an advantage, which was possible without any problems. Try it out!

Really great restaurant with homemade food and in-house beer. Nice service Be sure to reserve

Already iconic & interesting and a good location. Menu is good... maybe. Could have a salad on it... ;-) ... and overall typical DD Neustadt!! Gladly again. ;-))

Very friendly service, rustic atmosphere and delicious food. It was quite busy, so you should make a reservation at peak times. Unfortunately, the meal didn't come together for everyone in our group and it was quite loud. It was still very worth it and I would recommend the restaurant.

We had a table in the basement. Unfortunately the room was far too full (the waitress said the room was actually only designed for half the people) and therefore far too loud and the air was pretty bad. We had to wait 1.5 hours for the food. The food tasted good and the portions were very large. Since I prefer it to be quieter so that you can have a good conversation, I wouldn't choose this restaurant again.

On Women's Day we were 5 women who were hungry. Steak au Four, pork schnitzel, kohlrabi schnitzel, mustard schnitzel and hunter's schnitzel. Little tip less fries seasoning. It was extremely busy. We stayed in the basement. Unfortunately we had to wait a long time for the food and the second drink.

Great atmosphere, great service, delicious food - classics of home cooking that you shouldn't despise!

A fantastic restaurant, super nice staff, delicious food, good value for money. If you are in Dresden, a visit to this restaurant is an absolute must.

A successful evening Yesterday the five of us went to the planned economy in Dresden and had a really nice evening. The ambience is cozy and the service was quick and correct. The highlight was definitely the steak au four – absolutely fantastic! By far the best I've eaten so far. But the other dishes were also very well received and everyone was completely satisfied. A great restaurant with friendly service and a pleasant atmosphere. We'd love to come back!

A great restaurant that has old GDR classics on the menu. There's something for everyone! Even shortly after opening, it gets full quickly. I would recommend making a reservation (weekend). We were lucky with 4 people. It tasted great!

We liked it and it tasted great too!

It was a wonderful evening in your new startup, the food was delicious, the price/performance was totally fine, but the best thing was our service. Keep it up, we'll be back I&T

Very tasty food, nice service and the price-performance ratio is right!

We came to the planned economy on a recommendation and were not disappointed. I had a steak au four for the first time and thought it was really brilliant. The taste and the side dishes are amazing. The menu says steak with fries, but the waitress asked if you wanted fried potatoes or fries, so I chose fried potatoes. The salad was definitely homemade, well dressed with small details (e.g. small beetroot pieces, fried (cold) zucchini) and a bit of cabbage (highlight!), very tasty. The fried potatoes were really plentiful and also tasted great. Onions with minimal bite, well seasoned. And with the steak au four, brilliant. Will definitely go here again and order the same thing again. Overall, very successful. Perhaps a small note (the restaurant was well filled and there was probably only one waitress) to clear the plates a little quicker. But it didn't bother us. I'm already looking forward to the next visit!

Beautifully decorated restaurant with a great ambience. Very friendly and helpful staff. Oh yes, and most importantly, the food: great!

We really wanted to eat East German food and we wouldn't be disappointed. The service was great and the wait for the food went by quickly

Contrast program. Kitchen like mom. Pub atmosphere. Loose. Relaxed.

Cozy and friendly with regional delicacies

Anyone who likes (N)Ostalgie will definitely feel at home. The service is perfect and special requests are fulfilled. The menu reads like a canteen in GDR times. The portions are huge. In my opinion it should be a little more neat. Glass lampshades are easy to clean. All in all it was ok.

Wonderfully nostalgic restaurant, the service was wonderful, the food was extremely tasty and more than plentiful. We got a place even without a reservation. We would be happy to stop by again on our next visit.

Simple, friendly, open and delicious. Ambience for the young at heart.

My wife and I were amazed by the authentic German cuisine - every dish was perfectly prepared and very tasteful. We were particularly impressed by the traditional menus. The ambience, on the other hand, could be a little more inviting, but was perhaps deliberately kept simple to underline the rustic charm. Overall: delicious food, we would love to come back!

The potato salad wasn't to my taste. I received another dish without any problems. Very professional. I was thrilled 👍

The evening in the planned economy awakened childhood memories in me. The food was very tasty and the decor was familiar to me and immediately took me back to my childhood. Pleasant price for the food. The service was also very friendly and accommodating. Keep it up 👍.

If the food here is authentic, then everything in the GDR really wasn't bad, but rather a culinary wonderland. Due fried potatoes to lie in. Thank you for existing!

Very friendly service staff, nice atmosphere, unfortunately our food didn't entirely convince us for the price (Jägerschnitzel with Spirelli for around 17 euros) but we would come back to try another dish.

We went here for dinner with our family in the post-Christmas period and were very impressed by the quick service as well as the delicious food and various beers! The selection of dishes from days gone by is great! Recommended: fire meat, schnitzel, but actually everything from the menu! We'd love to come back!

We have never eaten so badly... the seasoned meat for our daughter was full of bones and tasted as if she had scraped together all the leftovers, which we also showed the waitress, but she didn't care, the steak au four according to the menu Pork loin steak, was just a thin pork schnitzel with some seasoned meat and a lot of cheese with totally greasy, inedible fries... all 3 portions were almost completely gone... that's why only 1 star for the food, service was very nice.

Cute place, good and cozy atmosphere and would recommend for drinks, they have a large drinks menu. Friendly and prompt service. Food is in my opinion average to subpar. The portion is more than adequate. Perhaps it's just the eastern German kitchen is something I'm not used to. The Bauernfrühstück(farmers breakfast) is a large omelette with pickled beans and a salad. I did not find any part of it palatable. The vegetarian schnitzel with fries was ok tho.

Nice experience! The menu had multiple plates which sounded interesting and a bit unique compared to the usual german places. The service was really nice, they were very friendly and attentive. In the basement, the atmosphere was unique and a bit weird, for a table of 2 it felt a bit crowded, but we made a reservation only the day before. I totally recommend booking in advance, especially in busy seasons such as Christmas time. Generally it was a good dinner.

Food was good but not earth-shattering. Unfortunately, the entrance area smells totally like the toilets, which doesn't make a good impression when you enter the store.

Such a nice pub, but the food is relatively expensive.

Restaurant with a rustic atmosphere. Food was very tasty, service was friendly and quick. Price performance was right.

The farmer's breakfast is very tasty.

Hello, we had dinner in the planned economy today. Even without a reservation, we were given a table in the cozy courtyard. I have to say I haven't eaten so well in a long time. Everything was homemade, the seasoned meat was great! For the main course I had the fried potatoes with fried egg, leaf salad, very tasty, also the dressing from the salad. My husband had the fried fish with potato and cucumber salad and tartar sauce! A poem, the fish has perfect breading, the tartar sauce is a dream. Great service. Everything is right here. Small card with a nice foreword. We definitely recommend it! If we're on vacation in the area again, we'd love to come back for dinner. Many thanks to everyone in the team, you rounded off our day in Dresden perfectly.

Very tasty food and quick service. Rustic atmosphere. Reservation is required. It's a little hidden in the back yard.

We had dinner at 6, the food was 50 minutes late and the waitress was incredibly rude---yes i had nothing else to do but go in and comment on a random "restaurant-pub".

Great ambience, friendly service and authentic food. Gladly again!

We followed our travel guide book and found a nice atmosphere with delicious beer at the bar. Just the thing for our first evening in Dresden. A relaxed conversation ensued with the counter staff. Since we are already too When we had dinner in the evening, we ordered the meatballs with potato salad out of pure curiosity and were very satisfied. Next time we will try the wines of the region. Gladly again!

It was like before when I was still young and fit, like the many young men in the planned economy. I liked it and tasted it. Broiler, beer, ambience. You can still come here at 65.

Nice beer garden, prices okay, beer good and service quick!

A stable and very good location. The staff puts in a lot of effort and the food is always very tasty. Finally this shop is in good hands. Thank you

We were served very nicely by a young multilingual lady in the basement.

Great location. Great service. There were five of us and even though the place was full we got a table. Even the path to the entrance area was a journey back in time. It was a successful evening. Thanks to the planned economy team.

Sehr freundliches Personal, sehr lecker und ein Erlebnis für unsere Freunde , welche das Essen so nicht kannten! Sehr zu empfehlen!

A quaint restaurant where you can eat really well. We were thrilled.

Very tasty food in a cozy atmosphere. Highly recommended!

Wonderful place very nice atmosphere.

Very tasty food with a very cozy atmosphere. Highly recommended.

Super friendly staff after the recent change of operator, the menu is still very good, I can recommend it without reservation.

Nice pub in the the atmosphere of DDR (former communist republic). Large selection of good beers.

The new menu and ambience are really nice. Exactly the Eastern cuisine that I was missing in Dresden for years. Super nice service, cozy atmosphere, delicious cuisine! Huge recommendation!

We had a good laugh. Planned economics never work.😂 On July 20, 2024 we were here in Dresden and celebrated a friend's bachelor party. Since a friend of the future groom had made a reservation here because we were a decent group, we went. Our stomachs almost hung in our knees. We arrived and the restaurant was closed. Nothing was called constantly. Luckily we found something else despite our large group. I can't say anything about the food, service and ambience, but you could have emailed us in advance that it's temporarily closed until August. Unfortunately I only give it 1 star.

The food was a bit more upscale but very tasty. Very attentive staff. Nice atmosphere in the backyard. 😀

My husband and I are thrilled with this store. The atmosphere is really great, the audience is well mixed. A real feel-good place. Now to the food: we started with the classic spiced meat, then we had boiled beef and, for me, cod fillet. Everything was super tasty. And even though we were told the food might take longer, everything was brought to the table fairly quickly.

Good GDR cuisine. With friendly staff.

We stopped here looking for something to eat. A good decision as it turned out :-) The food was delicious and the service was great. The ambience spoke for itself and created a feel-good atmosphere :-) We will definitely come back.

We stopped here in between on our stroll through Dresden. Totally nice restaurant with a backyard. The seasoned meat is absolutely recommended. Likewise the solyanka, which is served with delicious bread.

A planned economy without a farmer's breakfast is like a Swedish ice cream sundae without applesauce and eggnog. Please put it back on the classic card. The rest is great.

Always great here! The food is tasty, the service is friendly and attentive; plus the charming “Ostalgie” ambience. The planned economy is also very inviting for a relaxed beer/cold drink in the evening. I will gladly come again!

Nice and rustic location in the backyard, super delicious food and large portions. We'll be back 😊

A very hidden and very cozy place with very nice staff, good beers and delicious food.

Yesterday we were in the inner garden, very idyllic. Very nice staff, everything is good and hygiene is taken into account. Food prepared with love.

Very tasty food, huge portions, top price-performance ratio, beautiful garden, very competent and friendly staff.

A little hidden, 😅 old gastronomy for 34 years, relaxed atmosphere, solid and down-to-earth

Noisy restaurant with not much food. The steak was overgrown and tough as a chewing gum. I ordered a sauce with dumplings, but the waiter brought me a German "stew", which in the end might have been a better choice. But the waiter was very friendly and pleasant.

One of the best restaurants I've ever eaten at. I've already been to 4-5* restaurants in New York, London, etc. where I only ate half as well!

The service is really super nice, no ifs or buts, but I paid 16.30 euros for a cappuccino cup of spicy meat, which made me want to cry...

Very cool shop. Our dog got an extra place with water. The food is in portions that you can hardly manage alone, and is extremely tasty. The service employee was super nice and patient

Everything according to plan. Friendship!

Unfortunately, there was a strong smell of sewage in the restaurant the whole time, which made the consumption of the food much quicker and didn't allow us to have a comfortable get-together. Service and quality of food were good, prices were reasonable.