This place is about as good as it gets! Â I went over tonight for dinner and had two veal sausages, an order of mashed potatoes, and an order of sauerkraut and the bill was $10.95. Â And everything was soooo good! Â Plus the bartenders know me by now and while it doesn't get me a better price they treat me nice. Â ;)
Review Source:I personally think this is the most authentic Bavarian restaurant in Columbus all the way down to the mustard at each table. This place brought me back to the bier garten that are a staple around Bavarian Germany.
Seating is at long wooden tables and benches. The decor is reminiscent of Oktoberfest beer tents. There is even live accordion music to get you in the stein raising spirit. Beer is served in one or two liter mugs and is very reasonably priced.
We loved the Obazda, A fresh baked pretzel with a cheese spread. If you like sausage this is your place. They have every kind of sausage you could ever imagine including some adventurous flavors like rattle snake and alligator. They also have a traditional American burgers and pizza, but I have only had food from their German Menu.
Our Waitress was also extremely helpful. Judging from her accent I think she was from German. She was able to tell us where to find the delicious mustard that was at our table.
If your looking for an Authentic Bavarian experience, this is your place. PROST!
Food quality and beer selection were both great! Â I was honestly a little disappointed when looking at the menu and saw most of the wurst options were bratwurst because that made me think of what we typically get as bratwurst here in the states. Â The owner assured me these were not like the brats you get here and he was very correct. Â These are the high quality wonderful food you get when in Germany. Â I had the curry wurst and it was wonderful. Â My whole family asked to go again the next weekend. Â Talk to the owner about his sourcing as well. Â A great guy and goes to a lot of trouble to get authentic goods from Germany that they serve in here even down to the curry ketchup and mustards provided. Â A very happy customer that will come back again and again!
Review Source:wanna have some German experience? sorry need to correct; Bavarian experience...go there...a lot of good German beer, German food and German singers...the whole nine yards of German Bavarian culture....been there with some colleagues and friends...had a nice afterwork...unfortunately almost no gluten-free products...no gluten-free beer, switched to a cider which was not bad at all...and we managed to order a burger without the roll and the cheese...yes, eating a burger with a fork/knife is odd...but it works :-) guess not my last time at this location as my American friends are big fans and I'm where my friends are... :-)
Review Source:We tried this place for the first time on a Saturday evening, to celebrate my husband's birthday. Â He'd been looking forward to echt deutsche bier all week, and was not disappointed. Â After 20 years in the Army, almost half of them in Germany, he knows more than a bit about Beer,
There was quite a long wait, but it was a Saturday, our bad for not calling ahead for reservations. Â The noise level was absolutely deafening. Â Even sitting right next to the music while waiting for our table, it was too loud to hear the music. Â
Once seated, our waitress was friendly, quick and very able to answer questions. Â The obezda was good, and more than enough for three adults to share. Â We all ordered schnitzel with various sides. Â My Pork schnitzel was quite good, hot and crispy, served with several lemon slices. Husband & son both opted for the "gravy" which was delivered to the table cold, and was not at all like the jaegersauce that the waitress had led us to expect. Â It tasted mostly of canned mushroom soup. Â The bratkartoflen were quite good, the french fries (NOT to be compared with Frites) were adequate. Â The spaetzel were an abomination. Â It tasted like they drained the noodles out of a can of chicken noodle soup, rinsed them off with water and then dumped some cheese on top. Â Tasteless, bland and inedible!! Â The rotkraut was OK, but would have been better with a little onion, some cloves and a bit more vinegar. Â
We'll be back for the beer, and to try out a couple of the sausage options, but this wouldn't be my first choice for anything.
I am four-starring this place not for fine-dining. I am doing so because I threw a party here and they were great. It was a mid-day affair and we had about 25 people. The set up was ready prior to arrival so there was no waiting. The service was on top of the deal from the minute we arrived. Food just kept coming. Every special request was filled right away. We liked it all beer und wurst.
The long table thing actually was kind of fun for the party thing. After we ate people wandered around and visited and that was all good.
The price was very reasonable.
The restaurant could use a massive dose of ambiance, but on the other hand, the stark blandness is kind of a thing.
I'd definitely recommend for a laid-back party thing. Not so much for stuffy people all worried about perfect culinary experiences.
back to back nights of litre hefeweizen for $8.50 per litre.
so excited, i can barely hold my pee in!
german pub with sports bar tendencies, it's strange but i'll take it.
service was slow despite it being empty, the first night i went, but at the bar, the bartender takes close attention to you.
along with my hefeweizens (hofbräu and paulaner), i had the jalapeno peper sausage with sauerkraut and red cabbage, mild bratwurst with sweet peppers and sauerkraut, and their home sauce (asiago cheese, garlic and hot sauce) chicken wings. despite its popularity here, the wings were the most underwhelming food i had. i would skip the wings in favor for the sausage.
the jalapeno was a pleasant surprise in terms of spice--just a slight hint of spice, but it's great! the toppings were great as well.
i don't know what else to say except their killer tuesday evening dinner deals where the sausages are $4. happy hour includes the wings and the flatbeards to be half off and their german drinks $1 off.
would i come back here again? hell to the yes. maybe i'll go once more tomorrow before i fly back home to new york!
Good place to grab a drink (or a few) and some snacks. Â We didn't try any food when we were here, we had just eaten dinner and wanted a place to hang out for a little bit. Â They do show a lot of sports - and even had soccer on one tv, despite it being the playoffs! Â Â Selection of beers are good, and we did indulge in one pretzel.
Review Source:My wife and I gave Wurst und Bier another shot, and I don't think we'll be going back a third time. Â We came for lunch an hour and a half after they opened and we sat at the bar for about ten minutes before anyone bothered to come over to us, and she seemed very annoyed to have customers--it's not like we came too early or they had just opened. Â My wife's sausage was burned to an absolute crisp. Â The positives of the place are nice, but aren't enough to overcome the negatives.
Review Source:I get down to Columbus about a week every month and when I stay in the Crossroads/Worthington area, I always say that I want to come here and spend hours sampling their beers and food. Well, the last time I was down I got a chance to stop in, albeit only for one beer, but now I know what to expect and how to plan out my day for next time.
What a great list of German beers, but too bad that the first one that I wanted they were out of (Erdinger). They did recover from this downfall and have a Dunkel on tap that I never had before, atleast on this side of the pond. Their tap and bottle list is decent in quantity and I am excited about it in variety, however I do not know what the hit/miss ratio is yet since they were out of a couple the day I was there.
I haven't tried the food yet, but they have pretzels, sausages, and potato salads. I'm sure I could make a day out of this place and be singing the Deutschlandlied by the end of the night.
The atmosphere is casual, and even sports bar-ish on game days. There are many TV's around the joint and a separate bar area and dining area. I'll be back for sure, I think it may have 4 star potential.
OK ... this place is like a cross between a German pub and a sports bar. There was an accordian player in Bavarian garb playing a combination of German "Oompa-band" favorites along with other tunes. He was quite good. They have music on Tuesdays through Saturdays. There are big TVs all over the place showing sports. The walls are decorated with German biergarten posters, steins, etc. The tables are like the picnic tables and benches you'd find in a biergarten, but there are enough of them that you don't share like you do in Europe.
Service was quick, friendly ... our waiter was happy to answer all my questions about the menu items, the beer, the accordian player. He knew the food, and the beer on tap.
They have 27 taps, about half of them German beer, most of the rest decent American or imported with a couple of the requisite standards. They also have a decent bottle list, about a third German. I tried the Hofbraeu Oktoberfest and the Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale on tap. Both were fresh, served promptly in an appropriate glass.
OK ... if you are a vegetarian, this is probably not the place to go. Other than some of the appetizers, a couple of salads and the flatbread pizza, there isn't much on the menu for you. My wife tried the flatbread pizza and it was pretty good. It wasn't the Pfanne pizza she fell in love with in Hamburg, but it was good. Actually, I'm reading the online menu and it says "additional vegetarian options available" so perhaps they have a few other options.
The highlight of the menu are the sausages. They have burgers, they have sandwiches, they have schnitzel and leberkase (my sister warns that their "meatloaf" description really doesn't work for her, she said it was more like Spam loaf). But given the name of the place, and the way the menu is arranged, you really want to go with beer and sausages.
I had one of the exotic sausages -- rattlesnake, rabbit and pork sausage. It was delicious. I don't think it's an authentic German thing (do they even have rattlesnakes in Germany, other than as crazy pets?) but it was quite tasty. Point me to weird food and I'm there.
The food is served in paper-lined baskets. Cutlery and napkins are at the table. You are offered a selection of sweet, medium and spicy mustard.
Be very, very, very careful of the temperature of food that is served. My wife bit into a fried mushroom that was fresh out of the deep-fryer and squirted hot oil all over herself. The wurst was also piping hot. But really good. I was sorely tempted to order another sausage, but that would have been [pun intended] a little piggy.
I really enjoyed this place, and when I am in Columbus, I will be back for more. I wish they had one in D.C. -- I'd consider moving our monthly beer meeting for computer geeks there.
Just ate here on a Tuesday night. Great service since it was dead, there were maybe 10 other people in the bar with us! The American beers are served by the pint (16oz) but the German beers are served by the liter ($8.50) or half liter ($5.75). Beers are $1 off drafts during happy hour, and most beers are $8.50 for a HUGE liter/stein of beer. Try the Paulaner Hefeweizen!!! It is a very sweet wheat beer and it is soooo good!
We got the fried pickles for half price ($3.25) during happy hour. They are whole fried dill pickles, not pickle chips. I thought they were good but they aren't as good for snacking as pickle chips. We waited around until 7pm for the $4 gourmet sausage deal on Tuesday. We got the Jalapeno Popper sausage and the Cajun Sausage. The Jalapeno Popper has jalapenos IN the sausage, and we topped it with jalapenos and banana peppers, this sucker is SPICY. One of the spiciest things you will eat. The Cajun Sausage is very good topped with mild peppers and onions. Had just a little kick to it but it mellowed with the peppers and onions. There's also 3 types of mustards at your table you can put on. The mild mustard was delicious!
Overall, two sausage sandwiches with fries for $4 each, 3 liters of German draft beer, and half price fried pickles came to $45. Not bad considering a liter is about  2 pints, 3 liters = 6 pints.
As for atmosphere, there are tons of tvs all playing sports channels. I would love to come back for Monday Night Football or some other sports occasion.
I feel like a list post is the only way to review Wurst and Bier:
Pros:
1. Close to my home
2. Fantastic selection of German beers. Tons! I've been there twice and the servers have all been knowledgeable about the beers as well.
3. Very good service (see point 2, above). Â The chef came by and chatted with us our first time; the second time I came with a large group for a birthday and the servers were both attentive and patient.
4. Â Good food. I've only had sauerkraut and sausage but I'm told that I need to try the Obazda at some point.
Cons:
1. The atmosphere. It's like an authentic German restaurant took all its food, cooks and staff and transported them into a giant BW-3s. Therefore, this place is a little odd. It's too mainstream-sports-bar-y to serve as a destination restaurant, but it the food and beer are too destination restaurant-y to serve as a mainstream sports bar.
With that, I'm realizing that perhaps a list wasn't necessary after all and that the con paragraph sufficiently captures my experience. Â Anyways, I like it, I just wish it would decide what it wants to be.
After living in Germany I wasn't expecting much in the way of authenticity but it actually resembled a bier garten with the picnic tables and rustic atmosphere. Greeters were rather unprofessional but our server was excellent, considering she had to yell over the accordionist we were sitting right next to (who was great by the way).
The beer selection is outstanding, including German and craft beers but they were out of many of them. Permanently. Think they should probably redo their menus. Also surprised there was no German wine. Â We all ordered different forms of bratwurst which were helped immensely by the curry sauce and German mustard. Otherwise they were just boiled and pretty bland. Cuke salad and potato salad were very good sides. The large pretzel appetizer with cheese spread was excellent but pretzel pretty salty. And it's $9.
All in all, I would go back and try different food. It had a fun atmosphere, service was very fast, food was hot, beer was ice cold and it made me miss Bitburg. I would say it's the most authentic German restaurant in C-bus. Schmidt's is good but definitely not authentic. Just don't sit next to the accordion player if you want to have conversation.
Heard a lot of great things about this place, so I stopped in for a quick lunch thinking I'd have a chance for authentic German food. Â Lots of sausages to choose from, so I got a brat, a pretzel, and the spaetzle. Â The brat was OK, a bit bland in taste and texture. Â The pretzel pretty good. Â The spaetzle, however, was basically macaroni and cheese. Â Good selection of mustard and beer, but couldn't try the beer.
Review Source:Our monthly dinner club went here for October, which was great for Oktoberfest and the beer selection. Â They had a number of available beers, which were good. Â We arrived about 30 minutes earlier than we had our reservation so we could take advantage of the happy hour. Â When we arrived, one of our members immediately ordered the sauerkraut balls thinking they would come out while we were all standing at the bar. Â They didn't come out and we asked about them... they still didn't come out and we asked again... we were then seated (again, 30 minutes after they were ordered) and they still weren't out. Â We let our server know about them and she put the order in again and brought them out in a timely manner. Â We only hoped we would still get the happy hour pricing on them when we got the bills.
Once we were seated, everything went pretty well. Â They have the long tables with long benches that can seat 2-3 people. Â We went on a Wednesday night when they have live music.
Aside from teh sauerkraut balls, we also ordered a couple pretzels with the dipping sauces. Â The pretzels were really good and I was pleased to see they weren't covered in salt, only the lower portion of the pretzel had salt on it. Â The dipping sauces (Obazda), were great. Â There was a hot and mild mustard - most of us preferred the hot (it cleared your sinuses...). Â We ordered different dinners, including the chicken Schnitzel sandwich that came with fries and a number of club members ordered the sausage of some sort. Â The chicken schnitzel sandwich was okay, it didn't have much flavor to it and I ended up adding a good deal of mustard to the sandwich. Â A few of the members LOVED the potato salad and that was one of their favorite items they ordered.
In the end, they did give us the happy hour price for the sauerkraut balls. Â We even had a coupon (buy two entrees and get an appetizer free) and thought they would take the cheaper appetizer off the bill (i.e., sauerkraut balls), but they didn't, they took off the pretzel and sauces, which was about $9! Â I thought this was pretty nice of them.
Overall, our experience was decent. Â There were a few ups and downs, but the end was good. Â The restaurant is a little out-of-the way for most of us, so it probably isn't a place we would go out of our way for, but if we were up that way again, we would try it a second time...
I rounded out a night at Wurst Und Bier, recently. Â It was my first time in, and they hadn't quite hit their stride. Â
The place sits in the old BW3 location. Â They've outfitted it with big tables and benches, in the expected style. Â It was warm out the night we were there, but inside it was freezing. Â The lighting seemed very dim, as well.
They have an interesting beer selection that focuses on Germany, served in appropriately großer Stein.  They have a friendly staff, including some Eastern European accents, which is cute.
My favorite late night European street sausage is the curry wurst. Â (Did I really just type that?) Â I was pumped when I saw it on the menu. Â Interestingly, they were out of both the veal and beef sausages. Â So, pork it was. Â A tip for the owners though: if your place has sausage in the name, make sure you are stocked up. Â The curry wurst turned out to be only OK. Â Like a curry ketchup mix. Â Not my fave. Â The double-kraut side that we ordered was great though.
Decent late night spot. Â They might squeeze out another star with some polishing.
Having just been in Germany on my honeymoon, I saw this spot and was interested in getting some more sausage on. Â I can't say that I was disappointed, but I can't say that I am a raving fan. Â I had a traditional pork sausage and one of the "hot" sausages, and they were tasty. The authentic German mustard was a nice touch. Unfortunately, the sauerkraut and the red cabbage left a little to be desired. The sauerkraut almost tasted like it came out of a can. Â Other than that, the "biergarten" atmosphere was definitely there. A large beer selection, complete with many authentic German brands (Hofbrau, Weinstephan, etc), and large volumes (1/2L, 1L) was appreciated. The only thing missing were the Radlers and Russ'ns.
If I find myself in this part of Columbus again, I wouldn't mind stopping in.
This place is neew and refreshing option to the sports bar scene. You get large German beers and good food at a decent price.
I went there for Father's Day and while service was bit slow, I forgave them because they were relatively new. My second visit the service was solid, so they have made improvments there.
Both times I had the Currywurst....Yum! I also tried the cheese platter, which was loaded with cheese.
I keep trying to think of reasons to go back, but since it is a little far out of my neighborhood, I haven't made it back.
It is definitely on my radar!
was pleasantly suprised by the menu variety. Â Only to be disaappointed that they were out of 3 things we ordered AND we drank the last of one of their speciality biers. Â
I didn't penelaze their points because what we ate was good; they'll learn how to stock as time goes by. Â
The restaurant was very true to Munich bier tents full of wooden tables and benches. Â We were treated to a group of patrons singing during our meal. Â
We'll return during football games to take advantage of the great TVs and variety of food. Â (sorry BDubs, but I get tired of wings by week 3 of the season) Â
And they need to add Handicapped parking. Â I used the ones at the neighboring restaurant.
It was A-ok. Â I had the pretzel with brie spread - I think I would have liked it better without the brie and just the spiced cream cheese. Â $9 for that one. Â It came with the big pretzel.
Beer in a Litre is always A-OK. Â
It's a nice place, but still (as others have mentioned) feels like a BDubs.
Veg head alert - all the potato salads have the potatoes boiled in a beef stock. Â Counter-intuitively, not veg friendly.
It seems more like a regular German pub - what you'd get at a bar there than perhaps the full out Oktoberfest we've come to expect in Columbus.
My husband lured me in with the promise of big  pretzels and käsespätzle (similar to a mac&cheese). I  studied outside of Munich so I'm always on the lookout for authentic German food. (And Schmidt's--is not authentic German food!).
We arrived on a Friday at 6:30. The place was packed. They definitely need a pager system or a better system for taking names. Every time they needed to seat someone they walked around to all waiting asking if they were that party. We saw several tables sit open for 10-15 minutes bc of this. A large table sat open for 20 minutes and we were told it was bc of a reservation--frustrating since we were a party of 6. This place should not accept reservations.
The menu is organized very poorly. Think they should redesign to better highlight their menu item.
Have a large variety of sausages made in Bucyrus.
Ordered:
Obazda-Pretzel with Cheese Dip-Very good. Served on a cutting board.
German Bratwurst-Very good flavor, but served on a hoagie. Germans normally eat with a hard roll, but think they Americanized this.
Käsespätzle-Completely underwhelming. Missing the browned onions. Cheese wasn't incorporated, was just a hunk of melted cheese.
Munich Potato salad-good vinegar flavor, missed the bacon.
Schniztel-The cutlet should've been thinner and I think they need to serve this with a gravy or sauce because it is was very dry. (Shouldn't have been if prepared properly).
Kolsch-Popular beer from Cologne. Love this beer!
Overall, they have some kinks to work out. Will try again in a month or two.
After friends of ours gushed about how great this place was, my husband and I were eager to try it out. Either we caught them on a bad day, or our friends went on a particularly good day, because we did not enjoy ourselves.
The pork schnitzel was very dry and served without any type of sauce or gravy. The mashed potatoes were also dry and, I suspect, cut with instant potatoes. The pretzels seemed to be of slightly better quality than movie theater fare, the fries were cooked from frozen, and the currywurst tasted like store-bought brats soaked in store-bought curry sauce. The bratwurst sandwich was served buried in saurkraut on an over-sized, cold, store-bought bun.
In addition to the less-than-stellar food, the service was bad, and the waitstaff seemed unfamiliar with the menu. The menu itself was printed on cheap magazine-style paper, and mine was stuck together at one corner with some sort of food remnant. My food was brought to me without the sides I ordered. When the server tried to correct this, she came back with a dish of cucumber salad, meant to be served cold, in a warm dish. We overheard staff talking about how they were out of several menu items, but we were not advised of this when we ordered. Also, our table was without silverware except for butter knives, and our food was served without forks. After all this, we were not offered a discount on our bill.
On the plus side (?), the beer selection is extensive and the remodel of the former BW3 is unique, featuring large, purpose-built wooden "beer hall" tables and German-(ish) crests in the rafters. There is an ample bar and a lot of HD TVs. I imagine that this would be a great place to go if your aim is to get betrinken with freundes while watching sports, as long as you're not expecting an authentic or unique culinary adventure.
I'll give Wurst und Biere about six months. If it's still in business, I may try it again. I think that this place will have to improve or maintain some kind of consistency if it's going to survive. Robert Irvine could teach this place a thing or forty.
Wurst Und Bier has gone out of their way to tell people "We aren't Schmidt's!"
That's a shame, because I think they could learn a lot from the German Village staple.
My wife and I were excited to try W&B, and I really liked the way they redecorated the space to add long wooden tables and a somewhat darker decor to make it feel a bit more intimate. We tried their odeaba appetizer, and we found out that instead of the larger pretzel the cheese spread and mustards were supposed to be served with, we'd be getting some smaller pretzels that almost seemed like they came out of a SuperPretzel box.
Service wasn't good, but I was willing to give it a pass if the food was worth it. I was disappointed to find out they were out of the house smoked beef brats, so I decided to try a "farmer's brat" and the currywurst with a pork bratwurst instead.
The currywurst was OK, but the sauce tasted like it came out of a box mix. The farmer's brat was a real disappointment - served on a MASSIVE hoagie bun, the brat was fairly tasteless and covered in so much sauerkraut that I felt like I was eating a cabbage sandwich. The fries that came with the meal were pretty obviously from GFS, and the red cabbage tasted like it was canned.
They screwed up my wife's order and didn't bother to fix it when she told the waitress about it, and didn't offer to take it off the check, either.
All told, I really wasn't impressed, and if I feel like getting German food that wasn't made from frozen or pre-packaged, I think I'll drive to Schmidt's instead.
The name really says it all. Â
Tucked away near the Crosswoods theater near Sushi-ko and Lotus Grill, W&B serves up a range of tasty wursts and offers a large selection of beers in a dark sports-bar with touches of German/biergarten kitsch, for prices that won't break the bank.
The main focus, of course are the various wursts and brats of which there are a wide range to choose from, including a fascinating "exotic line" including rattlesnake & pork, smoked duck, and alligator, all of which I hope to try at some point. Â For my visit, I decided to try the veal curry wurst, which was very good. Â The meat, tender and smooth, is cut up and smothered with a tangy sauce. Served with fries and a chunk of sweet white bread, it made a very pleasant and filling meal for ...I think about $6.
If sausage isn't your thing, W&B also offers a variety of burgers and sandwiches, as well as a few entrees like schnitzel and fish & chips. Â There is also a selection of flatbread pizzas and some decadent sounding desserts.
Prices are reasonable for the most part, as I recall, and the portions ample. Â I was not "stuffed" with my meal but sufficiently sated.
Other notes...
this might be a pretty good place for a group as there are a number of rather large tables. Â Also, if you really want to have a party, there are large towers to pour in a large amount of beer built into the tables. Â
I myself was driving when I visited so I can't really comment on how the beers are, but there is a pretty good looking selection, focusing on the German brews, and I admit I would be quite tempted to partake if I could convince someone else to drive :) Â
Also, the place is open pretty late, which is wonderful for all of us night owls.
Anyways, I definitely plan to get back here at some point to try the rattlesnake wurst if nothing else. Â It's a good place for a fun night out, even better if you bring all your drinking buddies.
Only place in Columbus that I've found CurryWurst, a classic German street food that is awesome. Â The sauerkraut balls were not very good and I will not order them again. Â I tried a couple of the other sausage choices on a subsequent trip and did not find the famer brat or cheese and beer to be very exciting. Â The Munich potato salad is very good. Â The selection of German beers on tap is solid but unfortunately I have only been here for lunch during the week and have not been able to partake. Â The beer would likely increase the review to a 4 star.
As a side note this place is has a terrible location and if something sinks them it will be choosing a fomer BW3 and former Jed's location. Â the choice meant less in start up costs (the layout might look very familiar if you went to either previous establishments) but as someone who deals in real estate site selection everyday, the couple of extra dollars in rent and buildout costs associated with a higher profile location would add up to much higher (and faster) revenue generation.
Personally, I love this place. Â
The food is good - the cuban bratwurst was the best bratwurst i've ever eaten, hands down. Â The beer is great. Happy hour specials aren't the best, only offer $1 off german beers (perhaps only on fridays though, will double check).
Seating has always been immediate, lots of tvs to watch. Just a great place.
Große Würste macht Doc ein fröhlicher Junge!
Rolled up to this place by the Crosswoods theater around 4:30 for my meal du jour after reading about this place from other Yelpers. This place is is my neighborhood so I was excited to get German food without having to drive all the way down to G-Village. Walked in and was immediately seated since I was the only customer in the place except for a dude sitting at the bar at this time.
The decor is your typical biergarten setup without being too kitschy, seating options are dark wood tables with unpadded benches in the dining area and padded barstools in the bar. Plenty of flatscreen TV's dot the place so there's really not a seat without a view of one.
I took some time to read over their menu/newsletter/beer list and the many options for some traditional biergarten fare. I wasn't really in the mood for beer (I know my friends are saying to themselves at this point WTF?) even though they have a 3-7 happy hour with $1 off all German Drafts & also the appetizers. I finally decided to try their Sauasge Plate, a choice of two of their sausages,served with German sauerkraut and mashed taters.
My order came out within 15 minutes and was plated very nicely with a good size serving of mashed taters, kraut and the two snausages I chose grilled to perfection. Each table table is set with a container with forks, knives, napkins and ketchup and yellow mustard. At my request I asked for the hot German mustard and was brought a bottle of Löwensenf, one of my favs! The Beer & Cheese sausage was a finely minced texture but the beer flavour just wasn't there for me. The pork German Brat was a whole other world, coarse ground pork with a tasty mix of spices, this was as close as you can come to the brats from Carle's without driving up to Bucyrus!
The mashed taters were decent and the sauerkraut here is VERY mild which was kinda nice since it didn't overpower the rest of my meal. My server was very nice and took time to answer my questions, to say the least my glass never went dry during my visit.
Overall my first try of this place was very positive and I am so happy to have my own German biergarten down around the corner, I'll be back for more. I sure hope they do better than the other tenants in this location in the past.
Bier trinken, gut essen!
I stumbled upon this restaurant a couple nights ago after eating at Bob Evans. It's not particularly easy to find if you're not looking for it. I've been to this location years ago, when it was BW3's. The decor has not changed significantly inside. It's primarily a sports bar, with some German touches.
That said, I don't come to a restaurant to look at the walls. I come for food. I'm a lifelong Columbus-area resident, and as such I revere the only German restaurant in town, Schmidt's. I love the food, but the German Village location is tough for a North side suburbanite to get to for a family dinner. Since Schmidt's closed their Westerville and Henderson Rd. locations years ago, Schmidt's has become but a few times a year place for me.
Ok, back to the food...If a place is called Wurst und Bier, the Wurst better be the best. I tried two Bratwurst--the Smoked Beef, and the Veal. Both excellent. Better once (as mentioned in other reviews) you ask for some hot mustard. More on that later. I ordered the platter with two sausages, and two sides, for about $11. The sausages were huge, and I had the Berlin style potato salad (served cold, basically small chunks of potato, mixed with bits of gherkin in a creamy sauce and topped with chive--Yum!) and sauerkraut (not QUITE as pungent as Schmidts', but still very good).
My better half had the Garlic Knockwurst for $5. It didn't mention it in the menu, but it comes with a side of fries. You can also add a couple of toppings, such as kraut, sauteed onion, or sweet peppers. The Knockwurst is excellent, and served on a slightly crusty hoagie-style roll that is excellent.
Not knowing the sandwich was served with fries, the wife ordered onion rings on the side. Big, thick, probably beer battered--very good, could probably use a bit more salt, but very good nonetheless.
Here's one little gripe--the kid's menu is sparse. Two items, if you're not creative. My little one had the Nuernburger--basically two thin but long (12" maybe?) sausages, not very spicy but decent, served with fries. The other option is chicken fingers with fries. I wish there were a couple more options for the kids.
Remember what I said about being "creative" with the kids? Well, my oldest is hooked on mac-and-cheese. I spied the Kaesespaetzle on the appetizer menu. $6.50 nets you a large plate of cheese-smothered Spaetzle that is VERY good. The cheese is also covered with crunchy bread crumbs that I liked, but the picky ones did not care for. Next time--we order without crumbs, and the girls will share the one plate.
We didn't get to dessert--too full!--but the Kaiserschmarrn and the Apfelstrudel sound wonderful. No bier for me, alas, but they have at least a dozen German brews on tap, and at around $8.50/liter, the price seems decent. Good selection from Schneider, Erdinger, Radeberger, Paulaner, Warsteiner, and Hofbrau.
Good service, too. I talked to a manager, who told me the sausages are all made locally to the (German) chef's family recipes. Regarding the mustard issue--they're working on it, he says. The heavenly Lowensenf that was brought to my table is, of course, imported. They are working on getting a good supply.
Schmidt's, it's on. Wurst und Bier has offered up a worthy challenge.
Incidentally I ran into Paul F at the bar when I stopped here yesterday. I think my experience merited an extra star though. I got the standard pretzel (they called it small, but it was enough for a light dinner for me), which came with awesome super spicy mustard.
The decor isn't overwhelmingly german like schmidts, and I actually think they have more kinds of sausages on their menu. The other winner is the beer selection. They let the liters flow here, and I enjoyed a half liter Radeberger for only $3.50 on the happy hour price.
The only thing taking a star off for me is the location. It's set back deep within crosswoods, and not really in an area of town that's convenient for 2/3 of Columbus. Parking is ample though, and seating is as well.
Last night I attended Wurst Und Bier's soft opening for friends and family, and I have to admit, I enjoyed myself quite well. I haven't actually ever been to Schmidts [but have had a sausage from their Oktoberfest stand] so I wouldn't treat this review as any sort of comparison, this is a general review of the restaurant.
So this place is unique; owned by Albanians, I wonder what made them want to open a German-inspired restaurant, but they did a pretty good job so far.
However, this place isn't what you would necessarily expect out of a German place. It doesn't have fat servers in plaid, it's more of a sports bar feel for sure. It has many flat screen TVs and the music was something straight off of CD101 [which is my favorite station so we were really happy about that].
We started with an appetizer; a giant soft pretzel and a soft Brie cheese dip, also served with two types of mustard. This thing was out of this world. The mustard was so flavorful and pungent, it was a real hit. And the cheese dip. OH heaven! I could go and just order two of these. Chives, brie, and whatever else man, it was working. Very generous amounts too, it was a perfect value.
Wurst Und Bier also has a great selection of beers. We had a Shocktop to start but then opted for a Paulaner Oktoberfest at the bartenders request. It was so good! I hadn't ever had one before, and let me say, I will be ordering these way more often. They also have one of those big beer tube things on each table and some sort of sampler platter [kind of like CBC or Gordon Biersch has] of beers to try. I think that'd be a cool thing to try sometime.
On to the main dish. We both got the same thing [cute...right?]. We got the German Pork Bratwurst with fries. It was tasty. It was loaded with flavor and the bun was crispy, chewy, and soft all at the same time. It was a tad salty, but I feel like that comes with the territory.
I think Wurst Und Bier is doing a lot of things right. I think the atmosphere is unique and the food is casual and fits perfectly with the beer selection. The server we had was SO nice and helpful, and the bartenders knew their stuff as well-I think they have a great staff going for them. I also heard they are trying to get a patio, which would be super great for summertime.
There are some things they still need to work on [I mean, come on, it was the first night!] though. They're mostly small like, different menus...They were really hard to read, I'd like some explanations on each German beer, because we had no idea what to get. I also think they could organize the menu in a better way. It took me til after I ate to realize they had spaetzle, that's a huge German thing and should for sure be highlighted! Also, I felt like the mustard they served with the pretzel should come with the bratwursts. Nobody in Europe puts Ketchup on their Bratwurst [in my travels at least]. They all use mustard. And this mustard was killer, it'd go perfect with the brats! I think the menu could explain the types of brats a little different, as well. I didn't have much of an idea of what each one was. Like what's a nuerneburg sausage compared to a bratwurst, knockwurst, etc. I don't even know if I'm spelling that right. Anyway, the menu organization is really the big thing that got me.
I hope this location does well. Winking Lizard is right next door so I feel like there may be a lot of competition for beer-glory here. Their food was definitely cheap and downright perfect for pairing with a beer and the game on the tube. I will be back in the near future to keep exploring their menu!
P.S. If you don't want German food they do have a wide selection of normal American grille/bar type food. Flatbread pizza, burgers, sandwiches, fried appetizers, soup, and a kids menu.
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