FRÜH "Em Veedel" — Restaurant in Cologne

I was shocked, upset and disappointed by the service at Früh em Veedel. I brought my grandparents here when they came to visit me in Köln as I wanted to show them a traditional German bar but I will never go back to this rude and horrible place! They tried to take advantage of and massively overcharge my grandparents, who were too embarrassed to speak out so when I tried to politely accuse them of this they started shouting at me claiming I was trying to scam them and saying that we had drank way more than we did, but unfortunately we had no proof because they had sneakily kept our drinks bill behind the counter (which is not typically done in Köln). They saw that we were tourists and they took advantage of this, they were rude and particularly made my grandmother very upset! I would never...

Wow, this place was buzzing and busy from the moment we opened the door! Although they didn't have our table booking, that didn't matter, we waited 30mins at the bar. For me this was a real German pub (my first visit to Germany) and the food reflected this. A customer helped with some menu translation but we all had a "giant" ham hock, mashed potatoes and sauerkraut. Rounds of drink were marked on beer mat with our table number...great idea! Waiting staff and customers were funny and friendly. A definite recommendation, a...

This is a local pub in south Cologne. We were obviously the only tourists in the place--we dressed up to meet a friend at their favourite restaurant. My Veedel Schnitzel was yummy, and the portion was generous. The Kolsche beer was light and a nice accompaniment to the heavier meal. By the time we were leaving, the clientele had spilled out onto the street (some patrons were socializing and using the window ledge as the table between them with others leaning in from outside too). An easy-going,...