Goldenes Posthorn — Restaurant in Nuremberg

We dined in this fabulous restaurant four times over two weekends. The first three times everything was perfect. The traditional German food, including potato dumplings, was of the fantastic.and the house specialty "red beer" some of the best we've ever had. All the staff was very helpful and friendly. On our fourth visit, as soon as we walked into the restaurant, an elderly man in a bright red vest came up to us and asked us in veey abrupt German, "What do you want here?" Even though I was shocked by his rude tone I remained calm and said in German, a language I speak fluently, that we had eaten there three times before and were looking forward to another great meal. He pointed to an empty table with a very curt gesture. The woman waiter was one who helped us before. When I asked her a question about the menu, the elderly man came back to the table and said indignantly that we were taking too long and he would serve us. When I said we were satisfied with our server, he snatched the menus out of our hands. I said, "We're going!" "Yes, get out!" he replied angrily and escorted us to the door. We are retired Americans who have traveled and lived in Europe and still have not been able to figure out what made this man so angry. It's a real shame as we loved the restaurant and the city, but this occurrence left us with a bad taste...

I see the other low reviews for bad service, but every time I've come here, I've had fantastic service.

I've been coming to Nuremberg for work, and I stumbled into this place after failing to get in to a more popular restaurant.

The food, while not overly fancy, is done simply and well. You can order your Nuremberg bratwurst and your Wiener Schnitzel. Their wine list is actually really decent (if you're an English speaker look to the German side of the menu because they have more wines there) and local with a lot of the Graf von Schönborn wines. The pretzels are fresher than some other pretzels I've had around Nuremberg.

The dessert list leaves much to be desired however. I've had the rum cherries and the apple strudel, and both were mediocre. Though the apple strudel came with some bomb ice cream.

The place is ALWAYS bustling with locals, and it's not touristy whatsoever, which is a nice relief from the usual places around the Christmas markets. Whenever I come alone, they usually seat me with other singles. As an American, I find this hilarious. I've met a couple great locals this way.

The only downside to this place is that they're cash only, which I sometimes forget. And my clothes always smell like fast food...

Food was very good but waiter was a condescending JERK. Travelling solo, I went out for a nice dinner - having lots of choice in the Old Town. Seemed like a nice outdoor ambiance but the waiter ignored me and served others first, even though I sat there a long time. I ordered red wine and he brought me rose. I twice asked for it to be changed to the red I ordered. He kept insisting it was red wine. Being alone, I did not go to the bar to exchange it since I did not want to lose my table. The bill arrived and it said it was rose as I knew it was. There was no one to complain to when I went up to the main restaurant. There are a lot of terrific other restaurants that are nearby so miss this one if you want to be treated with the respect your...