Watzke am Goldenen Reiter in Dresden

We wanted to stop for a beer and a pretzel after a bike ride. The atmosphere looked promising. The beer was good and came quickly. We were still waiting for the pretzel after our glasses were empty. The waiter was indifferent to the payment. We'll go somewhere else in the future.

After a lot of sightseeing in the old and new towns, we found a restaurant that offered refreshments and was rewarded with a great view. Nice staff and a good selection of home-brewed beers. Very nice place to stay, certainly also for a delicious meal.

Great beer bar, great food, nice service and the best beer

The food is rich and delicious! The beer tastes great too! A little tip for a visit, go on brewer's day, then you can get the large beer for half the price!

Can you go there? The food didn't blow me away, but it was ok.

The food was solid, but the price was a bit higher. The waitresses were friendly and quick. You didn't have to wait long for drinks or food. We were a group of around 25 people. Everyone sat in their place and behaved completely normally. The volume was criticized several times here and you felt that you weren't really welcome. As soon as you accept such a large group as a reservation, you should be aware that it will be a little louder than with just a few people. Yes, it was loud, but just as loud as it is with such a large group and definitely not disproportionate. Nobody shouted or anything like that. The restaurants that followed had no problem with it.

I always like being at Watzke, it's cozy because everyone is talking and laughing at the table, you get the feeling it's one big family.

Caution! Keep money safe on your person. We were robbed here.

Good food, friendly service. Be sure to reserve a table inside in the evening. We were there in April 24 and will definitely come back.

Overall it was a pretty decent place. The food wasn't bad, but I've eaten better. The beer, on the other hand, was excellent – ​​very tasty. Depending on the month, special types of beer were offered; there was definitely an excellent strain in April. However, the service left a lot to be desired. It was a bit strange that there were obviously people working in a restaurant with German cuisine who, for certain reasons, couldn't try the dishes themselves - and therefore couldn't give any recommendations. But it was fine for a one-off visit for a good beer.

The food was delicious and the ambience, either outside with a view of the Golden Rider or inside with modern, rustic furnishings, was very nice. The menu is interesting with changing sausage and beer specialties. Impossible, however, is the waiter outside who simply ignores the guests. Guests constantly had to shout after him, otherwise they would have died of thirst and starvation.

Mandatory in Dresden. Alt-Pieschener is my favorite. Didn't eat today, but always okay and good value for money.

It sits very well, nice atmosphere, food is delicious.

Exemplary! Perfect service from the very friendly waiter, great, half a knuckle (absolutely enough even for big boys), delicious house beer, everything very clean, beautifully located. A real flagship for Dresden. Cheers!

Very tasty knuckle with an inviting backdrop outside, recommended!

Well. It was really delicious but you definitely have to like the place itself. It was very crowded and I found it very uncomfortable. Our reservation wasn't in order either. The staff was quite nice but stressed by the full hut.

Yes. Absolutely. The staff is mostly friendly and prompt. The restaurant is always very busy. Reservations are recommended for groups of more than four people. The numerous outdoor seating areas are well-occupied, even in moderately good weather. 8k

Great food, cozy atmosphere, friendly and attentive service. You should reserve in advance if possible.

The beers and food are very good in themselves. Experienced often: people like to offer one last round and collect the tip, only to emphasize several times after half of this beer that they should please leave. Hospitality is very important here.

Very tasty beer from the home brewery. Typical brewery food. Home cooking. Tasty and decent portions.

Very good home cooking, good beer, quick service.

I ordered two dishes. The first wasn't tasty, and the meat seemed cheap. But what bothered me most was that with the second dish, I explicitly asked to omit an ingredient for health reasons. This was ignored, despite my prior agreement. That's unacceptable. It was so cold in the restaurant itself that we had to sit inside wearing jackets.

The right place for anyone who appreciates a good beer.

Very nice place. Every day is a new event. The staff is very friendly and attentive.

The place is not bad, but there is nothing special to report either.

Excellent for an aperitif as a boy 🇺🇦 and he was very kind and friendly, he is professional. I recommend it

Very cool service, the small snacks were also very good, the beer was super tasty

It was super tasty both times!! Thank you!

We had white sausage with pretzel. Even after asking 5 times, we were no longer given the pretzel. That was very, very strange. All other guests got their pretzels. We definitely won't come here again. Pure refusal to perform!

Staff very friendly and very quick, there's nothing to complain about. Beer is good. But snack times like Hackepeter from 4 p.m. are complete nonsense and not good for customer satisfaction

The beer is really tasty and I was disappointed with the food. The price/performance ratio is not right at all. Half chicken with fried potatoes for just over €18.00 Warmed broiler and the side dish for €4.50 fried potatoes are negligible. Not like that..... Ambiance well and everything quickly quickly

Fantastically good in every way! Recommended! Eisbein mit Sauerkraut!

Always happy, the beer is simply sensational

Quality of the food, service, everything was good. However, there were two points that were not thought through at all: 1. There were children there. The kitchen first brings meals to all the adults, then makes the guests wait and brings the children's portions much later. Note: Always eat children’s meals first! Otherwise everyone is unhappy. 2. The children's portion of Quarkkeulchen is apparently the same as the dessert portion. That is, it is a homeopathic quantity that would be worthy of a posh restaurant in its quantity (and only in this respect). However, no one gets tired of it, not even children. When we asked, we were told: yes, that's just how it is. You can order multiple portions.

Watzke is a brewery institution in Dresden. The Watzke am Goldenen Reiter is centrally located on the Elbe and has a typical brewery restaurant interior: rustic wooden furniture, some counter and high table seating. The food is really home-style. Here in the photo we had goulash soup as well as Rostbrätel with bread from the special menu. The service was good and then the food was delicious. Of course, a beer and a shandy couldn't be missed; Altpieschener and Altpieschener cyclists! Our favorites :) :) We'd love to come back!!

We're in the Watzke every month. The service here was very nice. This time the anniversary took us here, which was more of a coincidence. Fortunately, the beer only cost 2.50. When eating, I took the broiler platter from the special menu instead of the broiler. For 14.90 there was a little bit of fried potatoes with 3 pieces of meat. In short, half the portion of normal. If I had known that, I would have gladly paid 2 euros more and taken the normal broiler. The highlight was the “free beer”. People! You are a brewery, so giving out a third full glass as free beer is really beneath you. You could have left it out completely.

The food was good, but the restaurant was full of poorly made and therefore disturbing AI-generated images.

Had a nice place...To the main street. Look...our service was very accommodating...beer was delicious as always...our small dishes too...thank you...everything was top...every table was occupied

As an individual you are seated at the counter. The gnocchi pan was inedible. Everything is very loud and the beer is OK. The service was the only good thing.

Great beer bar...with local flair And friendly staff

very popular place, sometimes people wait in line to get into the cafe. The menu is varied, the service is fast, and the staff is attentive.

Local cuisine including pork knuckle, sausages, schnitzel, Watzkebeer is very good both light and dunkel.

Very tasty food and the service is great :D

We had lunch. The price-performance ratio is good, the food and beer were tasty, the service was friendly.

- the service is always friendly - that old pieschner tastes good - the potato wedges are very tasty and pork schnitzel with fries is always an option

We have always enjoyed being here. Unfortunately the quality of the food has deteriorated significantly. The spicy meat was better. It seems as if it is stretched with other pieces of meat and hidden under a fatty layer of cheese. Too bad. When we had yesterday's knuckle, the dumpling was completely over-salted. Upon request, there was also a substitute, which again wasn't cooked through. There wasn't even a little attention from the staff regarding this unsatisfactory situation. Otherwise the evening was rather difficult, as you seemed pushed away in the back area.

Great service and the food is always tasty.

Delicious beer with monthly changing offers, hearty and good food, nice ambience, friendly staff

The service has steadily gotten worse over the years. If you didn't stubbornly ask for drinks and food, you would starve and die of thirst.

Brutal cinema When you as a host can't even tell the difference between a pilsner and an ale... in a beer bar

Good food at reasonable prices, plus home-brewed beer. Friendly staff.

Great food, fast and friendly service, cozy atmosphere, tampons, deodorant and plenty of space in the women's toilet. Gladly again!

Celebrated New Year's Eve 2024 to 2025 with ten people after pre-ordering. Different meals were all tasty with a good price-performance ratio and the service was right, nice, very attentive and fast waiter who served the guests' wishes. We were all very pleasantly surprised because we were on New Year's Eve We've never had a less nice experience in restaurants! I'd love to do it again!

I think that they are deceiving people because they are writing a check on their knee. They were on 09.01.25. 17:00-19:00

Excellent service with good recommendations and delicious food. The only downside is that the selection feels relatively small.

Always worth a delicious beer😂 Menu has been expanded/changed somewhat. I think it's successful now. On Thursdays the beer is cheaper, you can have two!!

A very good restaurant for eating local cuisine. The knuckle of pork is enormous and very well cooked, and the sauerkraut is very good. The house beers are nice, even if they're still pretty basic. The beer tasting service allows you to choose what you want to drink with your meal, which is very pleasant. I recommend the restaurant if you're really hungry!

Great service with delicious food and of course beer. Yes, it is loud at times, but there is a great atmosphere.

Cozy and rustic location. The monthly beer tastes delicious as always

It was very nice in the restaurant

Everything was great, but extremely crowded and few staff. Reservation is recommended. Unfortunately there is no longer any monthly beer available, but the New Year's Eve beer was great!

Spent the 3rd anniversary there in the evening with Schatzi. The knuckle was wonderful, the service was very, very nice. Price performance is definitely appropriate, last year it wasn't so tasty, this time everything was fine. Kind regards and thank you for the lovely evening. ❤️

Watzke is still an institution for us, we now stop in to have a delicious beer! The prices for the food have risen significantly, as they have unfortunately everywhere! The furnishings in the various houses in Dresden are impressive, with the highlight here being the bell in the guest room!

Ordered quickly, food came quickly and it was very tasty! Before Christmas.

Vers mediocre food, hectic atmosphere, and lounge and inconsiderate service. When asked if we liked the food, we said one of the dishes wasn't very good (95% of it was left), and the waitress rudely responded "and what was wrong??" While we got to enjoy loud smashing of cutlery in the dining room for most of the time. The original watzke is great, but this one is a tourist trap.

The food and beer was very good. The service was very nice and accommodating, even without a reservation you were able to get a table. The prices are absolutely fine.

Our waiter, whom we had for the third time, was again a disaster. Forgot to type in food, unfriendly, despite trying to draw attention to us, we were ignored and left to dry. At the end the card reader was slammed on the table because we apparently didn't tip enough, rightly so.

First the good: Beer tastes very good, food is tasty, although the portions are manageable. Unfortunately we were disappointed overall. We sat in the very cool entrance area. Because the door was often left open for a long time, it was particularly cold on my legs. The service had more of a canteen charm than one would think of sitting in a rustic brewery. Without a word, plates were handed out and put away again. No demand for satisfaction or further wishes. It's a shame, we had hoped for more. We won't come here again. These are my subjective impressions.

Great beer. Interior like from the 90s.

Always enjoy delicious beer! So far today, December 29th, was 4:45 p.m. We had a delicious meal at table 802 when we left and my wife wanted to get out of the toilet again. The toilet woman pulled her back with the words that she had to pay the 50 cents first 🤬🤬🤬🤬 and then she came to me completely distraught not held back.... Up until that time there was no sign of the toilet woman and we were there for a good hour 🤦🤬🤬 dear bro paying guest or table brands for train the toilet or the toilet woman❗❗

Great service and food. Thank you!

Very clear selection of simple dishes. At the reception you were not made to feel welcome, more like an additional "burden". Unfortunately not recommended.

There is home-style cooking here. Unfortunately it is very loud here. Conversation at the table is hardly possible

You eat well and you drink just as well. Shank and pork in general, while some traditional monastic beers are really good. The place is welcoming. The quality/price ratio is very reasonable

Today, on Boxing Day, we had dinner at Watzke am goldene Reiter with the whole family. The reservation was no problem with 15 people and a wheelchair user about 1.5 months in advance. We were totally convinced! The service was perfect, we never had empty glasses, the food was delicious and the atmosphere was also great. I come from the catering industry myself and there was nothing to complain about, even though the place was very well attended. We would love to come back!!!

On Christmas Eve, such friendliness from the service and delicious food. Thanks to the entire team for the great time.

We were hosted by Hamza and felt very comfortable, very cool guy. Short waiting times despite full gastranomy. Very happy again!!!!

Excellent food, however the service was less desirable. Right next to a large holiday market.

Very bad experience with this restaurant. I can’t believe that the guy waiter with slightly bald was so rude. We asked for empty plates and he even charged us for the empty plates. Can you believe it!!??? And his attitude, was so rude to us. NOT RECOMMENDED AT ALL!!

We were there on December 8th. after a visit to the Christmas market in Watzke. The service staff was very accommodating and we actually got a table for two people in the back. The beer we ordered was great and would be recommended to everyone. However, the food was the worst we have ever been served anywhere. The grilled chicken was cold, the skin was tough and the whole thing was absolutely terrible. The fried potatoes with the Zülze were also cold and not what we expect in a brewery. Would like to drink beer We'll stop by again but we'll eat somewhere else.

We had a great evening and our waiter Ahmed was incredibly committed and very hardworking and attentive. Thank you very much for that 👍

The food was delicious. Pork cheeks with creamed savoy cabbage and truffle mashed potatoes. Prices were also reasonable. We were only slightly surprised by the service. Unfortunately, in our opinion, it didn't fit the house. Unfortunately, after the main course we didn't ask if we could have anything else. We had to look for someone for a long time to ask for the bill. Otherwise everyone was nice. No question.

All in all, a really well-run restaurant. Friendly staff, good food, good beer. Thank you, I'll be happy to come back 😘

Great place for dinner while in Dresden. A large selection of German cuisine, everyone will find something for themselves. They have their own brewery and therefore delicious beer. Despite the heavy traffic, we found a table without a reservation and the waiting time was not long. Hassle-free payment both in cash and by card; There was no problem with splitting the bill either. I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who wants good food and beer.

Delicious food, great beer, the best in Dresden, the Alt Pieschener is recommended, reservations for the evening are recommended

Always a must when we come to Dresden. Quaint restaurant with friendly staff, good food and delicious beer. We would always recommend it. Keep it up.

Worst chocolate with something resembling cream on top in my life. I DO NOT RECOMMEND!!!

Absolutely professional, highly recommended!!

Arrogant service. Most of the staff doesn't even speak German. It used to be a great pub. The decline is threatening.

Too crowded, little Christmas atmosphere, mass processing

If you like hearty food, you can't go wrong here. The beer is awesome!!! Huge thanks to Linda, who managed to always keep an eye on us even during the most stressful Advent season and was very friendly in providing us with everything we needed.

Nice food, cozy atmosphere! Delicious schnitzel and potato soup

Ordering takes forever & thick air (heat) in the restaurant.

Very nice pork knuckles and beer

Good, but not very good, as it's a bit too big, which leads to a certain train station atmosphere.

Great ambience as always. Watzke is great. Coming here for over 30 years.

Great food, great service thanks Achmet. We'd love to come back

Good food, prices high and they probably don't get enough service staff...

We spontaneously went to Watzke... no reservation but the waiter assigned us a nice table 👍 Service was quick, the waiters were on their toes and very friendly despite the many guests. Food came quickly, was tasty and the home-brewed beer was delicious. All in all, highly recommended.

Good food delivered quickly and delicious beer in three variants - one of which changes (today honey beer)