Schnitzelhaus Alte Münz — Restaurant in Heidelberg

We planned a day trip to Heidelberg with some friends and were looking for a good German restaurant somewhere in the downtown area. Through all the qype reviews I came across Alte Muenz - Heidelberger Schnitzelhaus.

It's a little off the main shopping area (Hauptstrasse) and pretty easy to find. We enjoyed the place right off the bat; Nice atmosphere and friendly service. Once we got the menu, the difficult part started.

How do you choose from 100 different Schnitzels?? That ALL sound delicious?! It's quite impossible, and after about 15 minutes and almost a whole Hefeweizen (Heidelberger brand, too!), we finally just picked one each.

We got one cordon bleu type schnitzel filled with ham and cheese, one "Kopenhagen"-style which was topped with mushroom, gravy, bacon and smoked sausage, one french style schnitzel with a mustard sauce, onions, and gorgonzola cheese, and I myself got a "metzger"style schnitzel which was filled with delicious bratwurst.

Needless to say, all four were extremely tasty and we all tried each other's and wished we could have had a platter each with all four of them. Our Schnitzels were served with a salad and fries which made for a more than filling meal (fries served family style).

The prices were really reasonable (around 10 EUR, including salad and fries) and the fact that the menu also comes in English (just ask for it) made deciding a lot easier.

Summary: Good service, clean bathrooms, quality food served hot, fair prices, no smoking, outdoor seating (when weather permits), nice atmosphere inside (cozy)... The only negative thing I can think of is that it is difficult to choose which Schnitzel to order! If you're into that kind of thing, you can even take home an t-shirt or mug.

This place is worth every penny you spend there and all of us will dream about our Schnitzels for...

One very rude waitress is enough to ruin the evening.

As not everything was bad, here are the good things:

Good tasting Schnitzel and salad Inexpensive, big portion 100 tempting varieties Waitresses are friendly in general except one person

Unfourtunately, the negative points have ruined our appetite

Day before I called and booked a table at 5:30 PM, waitress on the phone confirmed that the table is ours until 8 PM. We arrived earlier at 5 PM. At 5:50 a waitress in her early 30's asked us to pay. 5 min after paying she returned, knocked on our table and talked loudly in an unfriendly and harsh tone: "This table is needed immediately!" Oh, we were being kicked out despite table booking! I could have started a discussion but I was too disgusted to stay any longer. My friend couldn't even finish her drink.

While dining, I asked for two additional empty plates. Got refused. Reason: additional efforts for the restaurant.

Some information you might wanna know: Two people sharing one Schnitzel dish is not allowed, but you can order two small Schnitzels. The price for two small ones together is the same as one normal Schnitzel of the same...

What can I say beyond 101 choices of schnitzel?

The place is not huge, but large enough that you can usually get a seat pretty quickly. They had a good selection of wine and several types of local Heidelberg brew on tap. Staff was very friendly, spoke great english and had no problem splitting our bill for us.

They did have a few items on the menu other than schnitzel, but I didn't really look at these because what else could you possibly want? Most of the schnitzels are variations on the common breaded type with different sauces and come with fries, but some are "natural style" and not breaded and are more like big chops. There is also one that comes with kasespetzel, cheese noodles which are incredible. Melty cheese that stretches across the place. The fries that come with the other ones are also very good and are excellent for soaking up the left over gravy. Also came...