Spieker Ammerländer Bauernhaus in Bad Zwischenahn

Traditional place with cuisine, service and ambience like in old times. Worth a visit!!!

A really quaint restaurant, very cozy with very friendly employees who do their job with passion. The food is also very good.

The Spieker is a must when visiting Bad Zwischenahn The Aal as well. Friendly service in historical garb and building.

Great food, wonderful ambience and top staff.

Delicious food in a special ambience, outside seating possible, reservation is recommended for indoor seating, as it is freshly prepared it can take a moment to eat

The Spieker plate is recommended. The mock turtle soup was also good. Here, however, I recommend half a slice of 1 cm thick, rustic country bread instead of half a slice of toast. The service is particularly noteworthy. Fast, extremely open and friendly, without wanting to exaggerate. And also competent. The ambience was rustic, but tables and toilets were not rustic. More hygiene was also important here. It was quite loud at times as there were quite a few tables. In order for a restaurant to be sufficiently profitable, the noise is an unavoidable problem when space is limited. Since this restaurant fits into the surroundings (museum character), cobblestones are to be expected. So it is not suitable for wheelchair users. The entrance here is also not suitable. Most tables can only be reached via stairs.

Food was super tasty. The fried potatoes were really crispy and very, very tasty. The house is comfortably furnished and the staff is friendly and attentive. Both dressed in traditional costume to match the ambience. If you want to eat eel, you have to dig a little deeper into your pockets.

A listed building with delicious food and great service.

Very nice restaurant with a great beer garden in the middle of a farmhouse museum. The menu is manageable, but all dishes are super tasty. The fried potatoes are particularly recommended. The staff is extremely friendly, even when the restaurant is full and things get stressful. 👍👍😋

Very tasty food and great service. The homemade potato salad was really delicious!! Compliments to the kitchen

If you want to eat really good smoked eel, you can do it there. Great quality and a very good portion

I can only agree with all the positive reviews. The ambience is really great and the food was super tasty. The schnapps on the spoon is a must.

Nice location, we sat outside on a Friday afternoon in sunny weather. It was quite busy, but the service was still good and quick. We had fish (matjes or fried herring) with fried potatoes: the fried potatoes lingered in our stomachs a little longer, a small side dish of salta would have been included in the price, but overall there are 4 stars for the food and 4.5 as an overall rating.

The food tasted very good and the portions were large enough to eat. The service was very friendly and helpful. You'll be happy to go there again

Best fried potatoes. Location wonderfully rustic with a lot of history. Very happy again!

Simply unique. Cool half-timbered house. Only the stairs to the upper floor are not for people with walking difficulties. It's a shame, but it's an old house. Service was very, very friendly and the dishes were delicious. My husband enjoyed eating the eel and enjoyed it. Especially the obligatory sip of grain😃

A solid 90 minute wait for the food to arrive. The size of the kitchen simply doesn't match the number of tables. And then the smoked eel was rubber too! Very, very unfortunate. Eating there has always been a highlight. Thank you too.....

Super deliciously cooked, large portions, cheerful staff, always happy to come again.

Very nice location with professional staff and a beautiful environment

A special experience, traditional and delicious 😋

Not cheap, but extremely traditional (also in terms of the building) and very tasty. The whole thing is rounded off by top service.

Nice beer garden under fruit trees. The food is prepared quickly and the fried potatoes are a delight with any dish. Service is attentive... and friendly.

Total chaos. So many people outside and inside simply cannot be served with so few staff. Food very modest for the price

Great ambience, food and very good service. Always my pleasure.

Very good management and the food is excellent. Something for everyone. Price performance is right.

Rustic building. Lick coffee and cake.

Schmackhaftes Essen. Große Portion. Nettes Personal. I can only advise.

Insgesamt hat der Spieker unsere durch die guten Bewertungen bedingte Erwartungen leider nicht wirklich erfüllen können. Unsere Reservierung war bei schönstem Sommerwetter drinnen. Für draussen war die Bedienung leider nicht willens uns einen Tisch ggf,. auch mit Wartezeit zu besorgen. "Da müssen sie schon selber schauen!" Hat dann irgendwie geklappt, trotz großem Andrang aber guter Service sieht anders aus. Die Speisekarte ist naturgemäß sehr Fisch/Aal-orientiert. Das ist ok und ja auch die Spezialität, die man hier erwartet und sucht, Für mich als "nicht-Fisch-Esser" waren die Alternativen aber sehr dünn gesät und es blieb am Ende nur die Brotzeit und die war in der Tat enttäuschend. Für knappe 18 Euro war es viel zu wenig und die groß angekündigte Brotauswahl waren ein paar kümmerliche, kleine Scheiben, dünn geschnitten und auch nicht wirklich lecker. Meine Frau hatte Krabben mit Rührei und Bratkartoffeln. Preislich angemessen, Krabben waren frisch und schmackhaft. Die Bratkartoffeln waren aber eher matschig, kleingeschnitten, ich knusprig und konnten nicht begeistern. Das Ambiente draussen war sehr schön, die Bedienung abgesehen vom Reservierungsproblem am Anfang dann auch recht flink und freundlich. Somit reicht es noch zu einem "Dreier". Begeisterung sieht aber tatsächlich anders aus.

Gebratener Aal ( 38,50 euro) wurde auf einer kühlen Pfanne ohne Stövchen serviert. Daher alles lauwarm. Bratkartoffeln eher frittiert, ggf in Pfanne in zu viel Öl gebraten. Aal übergart und trocken. Konstruktive Kritik wurde von Kellnerin zur Kenntnis genommen aber ignoriert. Keine Entschuldigung. Für den Preis darf man etwas mehr erwarten.

Weber and especially the ham are very tasty. Despite being very busy, service was very nice, except for one waiter (who thank God didn't serve us)

The Spieker has been cult for decades. Rustic atmosphere and large beer garden. Plus a nice team and excellent local food. You should reserve a table. Clear recommendation.

Unfassbar authentisches Ambiente. Ammerländer Bauernhaus Ein Traum. Essen perfekt Super Bedienung Preise angemessen

Delicious fried potatoes, rustic restaurant with a beer garden

So incredible service like that, we wanted to drink a nice latte or latte machiato, answer: we only have filter coffee. Politely asked about cake if it was possible, answer: no from 2 p.m., it's much friendlier. When we arrived, all the employees were sitting outside without any contact with customers, such service was wonderful. Unfortunately never again, so unfriendly and arrogant

Very friendly and attentive service, delicious food and nice ambience. Thank you!

Everything has already been said, everything is still going well

Rustic, under old trees. Nice and polite staff even though all the seats were occupied. Delicious food

Super fun to eat there and it was delicious

Here we ate the best potato salad of our lives. Thanks again to the kitchen😘. Great service and beautiful ambience!

Tasty eel. Interesting atmosphere of the place. You have the feeling of being far away from the city.

A quaint restaurant from the 70s Menu.....greatly designed... Even in Low German...which I really welcome...since I still speak this iconic language myself. Very nice staff.....large selection. Hopefully this will be around for a long time👍👏👏👏

Until now I only knew about it from hearsay, but now I've been there myself. I find it really comfortable. Nice service, delicious food.

Great Krappen food. Great beer garden and friendly service

Mega cozy atmosphere with delicious food and staff that the owner must be proud of!

Very nice atmosphere, right by the sea. Friendly service. The portions were large enough and we enjoyed it. The fried herring and the fried potatoes were delicious. The cakes looked fantastic, we didn't eat any this time, but we'll eat them next time.

Great restaurant with a nice atmosphere and really good food at fair prices. Absolute plus point: friendly, attentive service, you feel very welcome. We would love to come back!

Rustic atmosphere in an old warehouse. Very nice service, delicious food. Home cooking

Were here on a Sunday. Despite the hustle and bustle, very quick and extremely friendly service. Food and drinks were very good!

Food and service are good. There are also small, affordable dishes, e.g. B. Bockwurst with potato salad.

Sitting uncomfortably right in front of the counter, even though the table had been ordered days in advance. Were there for the first time and the last time. Had the Spieker plate. Everything was totally greasy and even the fried potatoes were dripping with fat. Portion too small for 28 euros. Didn't get full at all. Prices really steep.

A very special restaurant in the Bad Zwischenahn Landscape Museum. This is where you go to eat eel. But other dishes are also on the menu. The restaurant is very small. It is therefore necessary to reserve a table in advance.

Service was friendly and quick, we sat comfortably in the garden and the cake was also delicious... what more could you want. Thank you!

The staff is very friendly and always has a little joke ready. Food was very tasty and the ambience is simply beautiful. Only the chairs are a little uncomfortable. But it doesn't change the overall beautiful impression.👌👌

Nach langen Jahren haben wir erneut den Spieker aufgesucht und wurden nicht enttäuscht. Auch wenn die Aale etwas kleiner geworden sind und die Preise höher, ist die Ursprünglichkeit dieses Lokals geblieben. Das Personal war ebenfalls wieder passend zum eigentlichen Lokalkolorit und als Neuling sollte man ruhig auf manchen Spruch eingehen, denn das gehörte und gehört zu diesem Haus. Der schöne Garten lädt weiterhin zum Verweilen ein und das Aalessen gehört hier einfach dazu.

Very rustic atmosphere, very good service. The food is always good and tasty, but with eel there is a lot of fish. Unfortunately only 1 small piece of stremella salmon.

The oldest restaurant on the Zwischenahner Meer is located in the open-air museum. The typical hearty dishes from the region are really tasty and the staff in local costumes are very friendly and considerate. You can enjoy the wonderful nature in the beer garden.

Original Frisian cuisine! No frills, simply delicious. Is always well attended. The surroundings invite you to take a digestive walk.

Totally rustic inn with delicious eel food!

As a local, you have known Spieker for many years. There used to be the rightly described “world’s best fried potatoes”. Unfortunately that has ended. There is no term that could be written down for this small-piece mass that has obviously been warmed up several times without any bite, without salt and without any other spice. Other guests obviously had the same impression as many plates with generous leftover "fried potatoes" went back into the kitchen. Service and ambience are still excellent.

On a warm early summer evening, the seven of us sat outside in the evening sun. We were there at half past five and got a wonderful, large table. The service was great and all seven of us were very, very happy with the food! For me, asparagus with fried potatoes and scrambled eggs was just right. The well-kept surroundings with the buildings of the open-air museum and the proximity to the Bad Zwischenahner Meer are of course another plus point!

TOP! Very friendly staff! Delicious food and drinks! A “must” if you are in Bad Zwischenahn! Table reservation is advisable! The spoon schnapps with a “saying” is a must. Good consistent quality for years.

Very cozy food is always top and service is top notch

Very rustic restaurant with delicious food and drinks. The service is very friendly. We have to go there.

Nice restaurant, service attentive and friendly. Fried potatoes and beer very good. I would only advise against fried eel. The raw eel was purchased from aqua farming, the meat was structureless, actually just disgusting fat.

Enjoyed our dinner outside in the fresh air. Service was great, food was great, definitely again.

The rating refers to the old-fashioned atmosphere including clothing, friendly service and nature.

Super nette Bedienung und gutes Essen. Allein für Herrn Sari würden wir gerne nochmal wiederkommen. Das Lokal ist sehr typisch für die Gegend und sehr gemütlich.

Seated outside at 1:40 p.m. in perfect weather. Here the “cake only after 2 p.m.” and “only small jugs outside” are still strictly and consistently practiced. As the verbal battles with the service staff became increasingly intense, mutual sympathy also apparently increased. In short: fun, entertaining and extremely delicious cake. It was entertaining and not at all as stuffy and dignified as the first impression from the outside gave it. Next time we'll come back even better rhetorically prepared 😁

We took a special exit from the motorway on the way home from Papenburg to Hanover. It was very tasty and worth it

A beautiful restaurant, the service is unique. Gladly again

As holidaymakers we returned on April 29th. in the beer garden, very nice ambience, in the middle of nature, that's how we love it. We can't say anything about the warm dishes, we opted for a pot of East Frisian tea, served with a warmer, rock candy and cream and a piece of rhubarb meringue cake, which was really good. The service was attentive and friendly. We felt very comfortable.

Outside in nice weather, with a delicious beer and delicious food: what more could you want! (Perhaps not a bargain in terms of price) But.... Delicious... Whatever...!

We came here on a recommendation and are happy to recommend it to others

Rustic, cozy, we ate very well and everything was great, highly recommended 👍👍

We had booked a table in good time. As always, the food was very good. Friendly service. The Spieker is a must when visiting Bad Zwischenahn.

An extraordinary place. Restaurant and beer garden are simply great. The service and friendliness were 1.a.

Sehr uriges Restaurant allerdings mit viel zu unbequemen Stühlen. Die Brotzeit die wir beide bestellt hatten war in Ordnung aber absolut nicht besonders.Der Service war freundlich und aufmerksam. Die Location ist das Besondere aber nicht die Speisekarte.

Rustic ambience with an open fireplace, relaxed & friendly service and excellent regional and classic German food!

I didn't eat anything there. A very touristy place.

I drive 500 km to Bad Zwischenahn to enjoy the delicious food at Spieker. I was there for the 7th time in 4 years in March and have never been disappointed. Unfortunately, thanks to the distance, I can't stop there that often. Eel eating with sayings in Low German is legendary. We recommend. I will be there again in August. Keep it up. Greetings from Berlin. R.W.

Beautiful setting, very old house, dining area is full of relics from old local farmhouses, you’re eating in a museum. Service is attentive, relaxed, and entertaining. Food is quite rustic and heavy, but very tasty and of high quality.

Wonderful atmosphere of old Germany, delicious beer.

Ate deliciously, drank moor spirit, had a great time👍

Friendly staff and excellent service. I had a Frisian tea and a piece of rhubarb meringue, both of which were very delicious. I would go there again for the cake at any time.

Great ambience, very friendly staff and great food. I would love to come back.

You dine in an original Ammerland farmhouse. The service is very attentive and friendly. The fried potatoes are a poem!

It was my first time at Spieker. I really thought it was great. The facility and the building are a dream. Beautiful. Then we go to the restaurant - wow, what an atmosphere. The reception was nice. Luckily we had reserved a table. Even on a normal Thursday evening, all tables were occupied. The service was quick, the drinks came quickly. The freshly prepared food also came quite quickly. I had the spiker plate. The fish was soooo delicious. The fried potatoes with scrambled eggs were quite okay, I honestly have to admit that I've had better, crispier fried potatoes. But that's complaining at a high level. For dessert we had the red fruit jelly with vanilla sauce. That was also very tasty. One point of criticism I would like to mention is that the chairs do not invite you to linger. I'm 1.87 meters tall - the seat is too low for me. The chairs are also very uncomfortable. I probably would have enjoyed one or two more drinks, but I couldn't sit on the chairs anymore. But the chairs fit the ambience perfectly and are probably many years old. Conclusion: 5 stars from me. I can recommend everyone to eat here.

We had dinner there last night, it's a very nice traditional atmosphere with extremely friendly and committed staff. You could tell that the friendly people do their work with heart and passion - very nice. We also enjoyed the food very much and was of good quality. Price/performance is absolutely fine here. Again any time.

Good food, nice service in a rustic environment. Reservation is recommended!

The atmosphere is rustic and traditional. the smoked eel or the crabs are good. Unfortunately, there are no people who are vegetarians, let alone vegans. The food was nothing special for a lot of money

Very tasty food. Never had such a delicious eel before. Great ambience. We will be back.

Very tasty food and service. The ambience of the house is exceptional simply because of its history

A must when I'm in Bad Zwischenahn. Just quaint and cozy.

We have been visiting the Spieker as a trio "father with his sons" for 18 years now and have a good time every time... and that's easy, with fast and super friendly service, sensational smoked eels, cold Jever on tap (that The in-house “Spieker streu” is also very tasty) and of course the Ammerländer Spoontrunk. We love traditions and of course the ambience fits perfectly with that! I'm already looking forward to the next visit.

Great rustic atmosphere and great service.

A much-loved place over the decades, where excellent dishes of consistent quality are served and the dining rooms and garden have a unique atmosphere.

Delicious grog drunk 😋 great entrance gate 👍 it was nice with you and see you soon, we now know our way around the entrance door 🤣 kind regards from the people from Unna 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️

A very nice and traditional restaurant with excellent food, nice service and a great ambience. We'd love to come back

Please also reserve, order and enjoy

Yes, you have to praise that. Great service, well-kept drinks and great food with an original atmosphere, just as you want it. There's nothing to complain about here. When you come in it smells wonderfully “smoked” and the fried potatoes are properly made from jacket potatoes. Like grandma 🥰