Augustiner-Keller

Now I’m not expecting the same friendliness from folks like in the US, Philippines or France (I was given a heads up) but some of the German servers do say hallo and Guten Tag but then again, some don’t.

I guess this could be cultural, it could be that there’s a language barrier and finally it could be that the server may just not like you.

On this occasion we ordered the homemade pork filled with onion, cucumbers and it came with red cabbage and boiled potatoes. It was just ok and was a solid three (3) stars.

I personally got the (Bavarian) white sausages and the “freshly” baked pretzel, served with sweet mustard. This was a 3.5. The pretzel wasn’t warm at all and didn’t seem too fresh.

I also got the Augistiner Hell bier, which was light and refreshing. I’d give this a 5, it was cold and crisp so I say Ja! (Yes!).

Ok now here is the rub, the server, well she was unfriendly from the onset, and that’s ok, we’re here to eat, she’s not a long awaited friend. But she elected to not to give us the lunch menu with the specials, we actually found it on the table. She had given us the full price menus. Finally, when our bill came, she automatically rang up our bill and added a tip. What the? I guess you could say strike three, we’ve had many good experiences but we were planning to give her a tip and she helped herself. Note: Usually they give you the little credit card machine to show you the amount and wait for you to tell them the tip amount. She just gave us a receipt and provided tip for herself.

Others from our group mentioned the same thing and they gave cash tips, not knowing that she helped herself.

So in conclusion, the bier was sehr gut (Very good), the food was fine and the service was dishonest.