Ratsstube in Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Since many restaurants are closed at lunchtime, our selection was limited. We were faced with the decision between kebab and council room. The kebab cost €9.50 and we thought it would be better to pay a little more and then eat something sensible. The decision was made in the council chambers. The place is nice and cozy, but we should have preferred the kebab. The food was lukewarm and dry and we paid €50 for the two of us.

Quaint atmosphere but really loud. Food was “okay” at best. You can do it, but nothing special. 0815 and not particularly loving or well made.

Da zu Mittagszeit viele Resaurants geschloßen haben, war unsere Auswahl begrenzt. Wir standen vor der Entscheidung zwischen Döner und Ratsstube. Der Döner kostete 9,50€ und wir habe uns gedacht, lieber etwas mehr bezahlen und dann was vernünftiges zu essen. Die Entscheidung viel auf Ratsstube. Das Lokal ist schön und gemütlich, aber wir hätten lieber den Döner nehmen sollen. Das Essen war lauwarm und trocken und bezahlt habe wir zu zweit 50€.

Purely and directly painted by the waitress why we are in the way, we should actually have to wait another 5 minutes for a seat. Then they're out because of complaining, that's not nice people

Very central restaurant, excellent food and exquisite service. The spectacular knuckle

Very tasty home cooking! We were in the council chambers with 4 people on a cold November day. There was sauerbraten, roast pork, knuckle and cabbage roulade. Overall everyone loved their food, it's really reasonable prices and very good portions. The light tastes very tasty and even though you think it's a typical tourist place - it really tastes like grandma's. The prices are designed so that a lot of people can eat here, otherwise you wouldn't be able to keep the prices up, so it's relatively noisy and an open facility. I only gave it 4 stars because it could have been decorated more lovingly, but that wouldn't stop me from going there again. The staff is super friendly and our dog even got something to drink and was greeted lovingly.

The pork knuckle was very tasty 😋

A great reasonably priced bite to eat with friendly and efficient service. We had the bratwurst, potato soup, and salad with chicken strips because I can’t eat any more pork today… Bratwurst was delish and the spaetzel was al dente and yummy. Salad was good with fresh grilled chicken on top.

Beautiful, rustic restaurant in the middle of the old town. Delicious food and drinks, cafe and cake. Friendly and quick staff. Possibility to sit outside.

We went in with little expectations, as it was more tourist-oriented and seemed to be a fast-food restaurant in the guise of a traditional establishment. The food was prepared quickly and appropriately, tasty and good. And cheap considering the quality. The ambience is striving for tradition, but has something of a Disney-like, tourist-friendly setting with a friendly but mass-oriented throughput. That's a bit disturbing. But overall recommended.

We were here for lunch and disappointed. The food isn't really tasty. It left the impression that they could be convenience products. The consistency and lacks spice and kick. Prices are okay, ambience is rustic and typical. Mass processing. Waitress was friendly.

Super nice and quick waiters Schnitzel tasted good Moderate prices Nice location

We ordered sauerbraten as a meat dish and potato rosti as a vegetarian meal and were very satisfied. The taste, quality and portion size were really satisfactory. But above all, we were impressed by the service from the staff. Everyone was very friendly and I had the impression that everyone in service was looking after us. It's amazing how many guests there are! Thanks for that. I have a clear recommendation.

Great food and service. Not many places open on Tuesday evening but this place is a very good choice.

Waiters super rude, wine awful. Avoid

It was great, the food was also very tasty.

Excellent food, great value for money. Highly recommended.

I would not recommend this restaurant, it's ok but nothing special. Service was slow despite not being busy inside or outside.

Nice, rustic restaurant with very good local home cooking. The food was there within a few minutes and it was very, very tasty. The portion was more than enough. The prices are very decent! The service was very friendly, courteous and with good advice!

We went here for dinner on the recommendation of a local woman from Rothenburg. A very nice, careful service and delicious food confirmed the tip. We cannot understand other bad reviews that we only read afterwards.

It was super tasty and the service was very friendly and multilingual (respect!!). We'd love to come back :))

Restaurant with traditional decor, excellent service. Waiters who speak all languages ​​(including Portuguese). We were served by Bruno, who was super friendly and attentive. The food is regional Bavaria. Very tasty and well served dishes.

A restaurant with delicious food and a delicious dark beer. Dogs welcome and a water bowl is provided. Very nice staff, even when it's full they always have kind words to say. Simply great.

Everything perfect, best cuisine and best service

If you want to eat bad and cold food, this is the place for you. An onion soup floating in fondor. Cold bratwurst on cabbage. You could say at least the beer is warm instead of cold. Mass processing.

Great location and cozy, warm atmosphere. Our server was excellent and the wine was great! Highly recommend the cream of potato soup. Just find a table and sit down.

Real, very dated German restaurant. Time, in terms of interior, has completely stood still here since the 1970s. The food and drinks are fine, but investing once is not an unnecessary luxury. They have a large terrace and it is also spacious inside.

Very busy in the market square. Came in for a light dinner prior to the night watchman’s tour. I had the French onion soup and it was WAY over seasoned. The prices were very reasonable but there are way better options in town. We had dinner at Zum Pulverer…down the street the previous night and the food and service were 100% better

Very good range of food. The food here tastes very good. Good plain food and good portions. Service very friendly and quick. Respond to all wishes. Been there several times and everything has always been very good. 👍 Anyone who complains here should go somewhere else.

I would give this restaurant at 0.5 star is I could. My friends and I didn’t even get service when we tried the first or second time. I can’t tell you how the food is since we didn’t get service. Asked the server to take our order and he said ok but continued to ignore us after providing service to other parties that came after us. I am not sure if we didn’t get served because we are Americans or Asian. I’m sure they will have plenty patrons because they have outdoor seating in the plaza.

I don't actually write a review, but I just have to write something here. We ate here several days in a row and it was very good and very plentiful. Although it was almost always very busy, we were always served friendly and quickly. Even during the meal we were always asked if everything was OK. Since I am allergic to pepper, I often have to place special orders, but that has never been a problem. A big compliment to the whole team. P.S. The cake is awesome

Great location, we only stopped for a beer and chips, good service, attentive but a little slow, but it didn't affect my 4 star rating.

Good location, quick food, had dumplings with sauerkraut, a little more spice would have been good, good price, good beer

We chose the table in the basement vault

Delicious food, good value for money, had Cordom Bleu and sliced ​​meat was great, delicious salad, no long waiting times. Nice staff, great location.

Holla the forest fairy! Hofbräuhaus feeling in the middle of Rothenburg. If you want hearty food in a noisy environment, this is the place for you. The waitresses are friendly and quick, the food is completely okay. You can't really do anything wrong here. But if you prefer to define things in style, you should go to the Reichsküchenmeister or Ehmanns....and take more money with you.😉

What a terrible tent this is. We were busy having our drink when suddenly the terrace closed. Very abrupt. We also wanted to eat something inside, but what chaos. Especially if you end the terrace like this. We got a spot inside but had to leave quickly and were placed among other groups. Very special. Resolved, but staff was really not at home. Paid for drinks without any tip and left the premises. Stay away from this weird stuff. A really nasty atmosphere there.

Good food, not expensive at all, and very professional staff.

A solid choice for a food pit stop if you happen to be in the castle area. I've tried several soups, they are all delicious! Mind you, soup portions are super small, so do make sure to order something else to fill up.

The food here is not tasty. No taste and there is sauce everywhere. No quality.

Aside from the location, the food was incredibly bad, unsalted and unseasoned pork chops, very salty meatballs with thin instant sauce and a chopped potato. . ! I've eaten better at the local butcher shop and cheaper restaurants! Never eat here!

Visited on September 3, 2024 with a group, so I am not sure about the CP value, but the waiter’s service attitude is very good, the food is a bit salty, but delicious

We spontaneously got a table today (Sunday). Everything was clean. The staff was very friendly and accommodating, everything went very quickly. Unfortunately the food was just ok. You could eat it, but I don't have to have it again. Had roast pork, the sauce was very little and transparent, not that tasty unfortunately. Dumplings should be called mini dumplings because unfortunately they are nothing more. Changes to the supplement were no problem. Side salad for €3 extra is a large lettuce leaf, 1 slice of cucumber and a quarter piece of tomato 🙈

They don’t care about customers. We wanted to change our table because it was too sunny for our baby but they didn’t let us. They’re too lazy to change it in their system I guess. They barely speak English. They pretend they do, but they actually don’t understand you and they end up brining a completely different order. This is not ok considering they serve tourists in a touristy area.

The vegetarian options are a complete joke. For meat eaters it's okay.

Terrible. Service not welcoming at all. Terrible food. Very poor quality tourist place.

A big compliment to the attentive staff. Since there was no space in the outdoor dining area for 6 people when the weather was nice, we were able to go to the Ratskeller and wait there until space became available. It was so comfortable that we stayed. Shortly afterwards we were offered the opportunity to move outside. The service was very nice and attentive despite it being busy. The food was very tasty for everyone.

The food was very good and plentiful. Cozy atmosphere.

Found this place just off the square. It was very busy which was a good sign. The food was traditional German. I had a schnitzel and my son had the pork knuckle. Service was good but they were busy so a little slow. All round good experience with good hearty German food in a great location. Price was also reasonable

Nous le conseillons à ts les touristes de passage, comme nous Prix attractifs, très copieux et la serveuse est tellement sympa !

Children's food tasted absolutely terrible... It's bad when a small child doesn't want to eat spaetzle with sauce... The rest was okay but I honestly don't need to go there again. Service was friendly

I’ve been living in Germany for over six years and have grown to appreciate German cuisine. Unfortunately, this restaurant was a letdown. The food lacked flavor, with watery sauces and bland meat. While the location is somewhat redeeming, it’s not enough to make up for the disappointing meal. I wouldn’t recommend dining here—there are definitely better options to explore elsewhere.

Service was very poor. I don’t like writing negative reviews but it took over an hour for the waitress to take our order and we were ignored by other wait staff. She did bring us a glass of wine but then didn’t return for our order. After finally taking our order I asked for another glass of wine which also didn’t come. Several other patrons were also complaining. It was busy in a busy location but our experience was particularly bad.

It was very busy the day we were here and you had to flag down a person to be seated and to place your order, but once that was done, our meals came quickly and it was delicious.

I would like to stand up for this restaurant. Can't understand the negative reviews. The service team was super accommodating and apparently well coordinated. The service is multilingual and there is also some fun with children. The boss is present and sometimes serves. Great value for money! Quality is also top! Wiener schnitzel is very tender and fried potatoes are nice and crispy, cordon bleu is obviously homemade, meatballs are homemade, and the trout Müllerin is probably the best I've ever had. A poem! For a shop in such an exposed location with only tourist traffic, this is really worthy of honor.

We spontaneously got a table outside on Monday (with a dog!), even though it was packed. Nice atmosphere, absolutely great service and the food was terrific. Water was offered for the dog and everything was done to ensure the guest was satisfied. We'll be back when we're in the area again. :-)

Really nice place, good food despite the high amount of tourists. The only flaw was the service even though it was Tuesday, a distracted waitress who forgot the cutlery and provided it for dishes already on the table, an additional beer brought 20 minutes after the request and subsequent requests, a slice of cake asked for twice before having it and coffee brought to delay. The icing on the cake, the waitress who forgot the cutlery and made us wait for each service got impatient because I looked for a coin in my pocket for over 2 seconds at the time of the bill.

Heerlijk gegeten op onze laatste avond in Rudhesheim. Gezellig terras en goede kwaliteits prijs verhouding. Vriendelijk personeel.

Located on the central market square and the town hall. The restaurant has seats both outside and inside a historic building. Inside we could sit at any table because they were all empty, the entire interior has a vaulted ceiling supported by stone columns, the tables are made of wood like the benches. Obviously the half liter of dunkel could not be missing and today I opted for a Franconian dish, liver gnocchi with bacon, sauerkraut and potatoes, very abundant and with a good taste, the gnocchi where the liver was not intrusive in its strong flavour. A note, at the entrance they indicate that they have menus in Italian but when I asked they indicated that they only had it in English.

The minced pork steak was super salty and didn’t taste like pork; there were hairs on the skin of the pig’s feet that had not been cleaned properly, and the potatoes in the side dishes were not all made of potatoes. It felt like some cornstarch or something like that was added to make it taste better. It tastes like QQ.

This is actually probably the top three worst service I have ever experienced. We spoke to two different waiters and both refused to answer questions and had a downright unpleasant attitude. One of the waiters had brown curly hair, without a doubt the rudest waiter I have ever met. It's unbelievable that the restaurant has a rating of 3.9, it should have a maximum of 2.0.

The restaurant is very centrally located with a view of the town hall. It is a typical restaurant for tourists with the usual dishes such as pork knuckle, goulash etc. We found the food okay, but not spectacular, but the prices are comparatively moderate. The waiters are friendly and very quick, respect. If you want to fill up easily, you are welcome to stop here.

Good location, right in the main square, has daily special for $19 euro, you have a whole pork knuckle with potatoes dumpling and sauerkraut and a large beer. Food is good, service is okay, inside and outside sitting and a washroom inside. Recommended!

Pork knuckle was good, need to add more shade in the front. Overall, would eat here again. This was my second time.

Tried here schweinshaxe deal dish served together with small beer for 19 EUR. Was not good 🫤 so can not recommend, unfortunately, 😒. Meat was partly dry, definitely should not be! 😔 What positive is the service, helpful guy from Dominikana Rep. 👍 and... good price for draft beer 🙂

Good food. Great dessert. Authentic feeling. It might be a little touristy, but admit it, you’re a tourist. It’s a convenient place to go for lunch/dinner and have a satisfying meal. Don’t miss the desserts.

The food was very disappointing, the beer was not cold, the table was partly cleared before everyone had finished eating. Both sons were still eating. Beautiful location.

The Turkish server was very kind. He was helpful and funny. The food here was great. There was a lot to choose from and it wad overall amazing. The place was pretty big with a cool inside area and a terrace with a beautiful view. I highly recommend this place.

Fried pork trotters taste pretty good. I recommend trying the authentic German specialty once. There are many customers and the waiter is very busy

Good home cooking, I had sauerbraten and was very satisfied. It's very noisy there, but the staff is nice and the food is good.

The food was delicious and came quickly, the waiter was very friendly and accommodating. The portions are very large, we were well full.

The food was pretty average, but the chocolate cake was delicious, the beer was nice and the coffe was suprisingly good.

In the center of the city, for being touristy, the food is very good.

Had lunch here with my teen daughter. Location is great right next to central town square. Gets busy at lunch because of this. Servers were readily available but busy as place is busy. My meal as fine but…my daughters steak was cooked perfectly. She loved it. That alone made our lunch worth the stop. I wouldn’t expect the best meal ever but we enjoyed ourselves,

Tomorrow food will be terrible for a German kitchen, rum steak with 5 potato croquet, nothing on it, just a pathetic plate for about 26 euros and the steak was a cobbler, very disappointed bahbah .. tip don't eat there, just drink a beer

Very nice restaurant in ancient walls with typical local dishes. Very quick and friendly service! The food is delicious. Unfortunately we couldn't taste the good wine. We'll do that next time.

We went once for a drink and then for a longer evening to eat and sit on the terrace. Very central location. Food and drinks at a fair price and well made.

Tourist trap without charm. Boring food without love. You can't be tired of tourists in the middle of June.

We were in Rothenburg on a Monday and this was the best option open at 11 am. can't really complain, but it wasn't anything really special either. Service was friendly, but on the slightly slow side. It's a nice place to sit though and people watch. Potato soup wasn't great, goulash okay.

Excellent food. Portions are huge. Very friendly staff and good value.

A place serving German cuisine right in the center. Roast beef with red cabbage was nice, but the sauce seemed strange to us. Hamburger patties were great. Their beers are delicious😍

Very friendly service and nice location in the middle of the market. Perfect for eating in the sun with a view of the historic houses. The food was nothing exceptional, but perfectly fine.

We only had something to drink, but the service was friendly and quick.

The sauerbraten with red cabbage was served to me with pork, which was also cooked very dry, not a successful recipe! It's a shame, because the service people are very nice and deserve to serve better products!

The location of the location can be rated as positive. Service was okay. Had cream of potato soup and cream of asparagus soup. Cream of asparagus soup was lukewarm and tasted of water and cream, asparagus were more than al dente. Rather sour in taste. Spices are missing. Conclusion: Inedible.

A wonderful family celebration! Food was excellent, very nice service! To recommend!

Very loud. Very hectic due to the many guests. Employees were friendly.

A very nice restaurant with currently still fair prices, which totally surprised me when compared to others. The dishes were all tasty and nicely prepared.

There is a cozy restaurant located right on the market square. Super fast and very friendly service always with a smile and to have fun. The food, from salad, main course to dessert, is always successful and freshly prepared. Simply recommended as soon as you visit Rothenburg.

Unfriendly service. I see how they treat foreigners differently. Not at all unusual in Germany these days.🤣🤣

We had a lot of fun, thanks to the great hospitality from Marion. Greetings from Cologne…

We stopped here for an early dinner on Saturday afternoon. The outdoor area was packed so we opted to sit inside. Also just to note, you can smoke outside, so if that is something that bothers you, you may want to sit inside for that reason as well. The food was tasty. We ordered the braised beef smothered in sauce with red cabbage and potato dumplings along with the spinach and cheese puff pastry with a potato. The beef itself broke apart effortlessly and was delicious. The pastry was cooked just right and a nice light meal.

Terrible quality made my entire family sick with food poisoning. Ruined our vacation.

Very good Franconian bratwursts with sauerkraut. Delicious.

Very good food and great service. Would love to come back

Beautiful place . Their Kuchen are very delicious, service is very fast and friendly.

The worst restaurant ever!! We ordered ice coffee and they sent ice chocolate. And when I pointed out their mistake, the waitor just went away and said it's not his problem. I've never seen this kind od service in Germany before.

I have visited this restaurant twice. The first time was several years ago and the second was on 10 May 2024. I was overcharged on the first visit by 10 Euro. On the most recent visit I was overcharged 4 Euro. While the food and atmosphere are nice, I would recommend carefully checking your bill. This is very much a tourist town and I have to wonder whether these "mistakes" were only that. My second comment is for new tourists. Know that even normal table water (that served in a glass, not bottled) may cost you 3 Euro or more.

We were seated quickly, outside seating on the market square. Our server got our drinks and food order in quickly. I ordered the special, which was the pork knuckle, it was fall of the bone but dried from the extra grilling. With the gravy, it was ok. The worst were the flies that were attracted to my meal because of the sauerkraut, them were everywhere. The thinly slice pork and the wiener schinitzel we're both good.

Waiter tried to scam me on money during giving back the change.