Lorelei Lounge — Restaurant in City of Frankenmuth

We made a detour to visit Frankenmuth, Michigan because I wanted to see a German community and to try their food. After leaving, I realized I wasn't in the downtown area but at the Bavarian Inn Zehnder. (Google maps gave directions to this inn although I input downtown Frankenmuth, MI.)

As I was finding a parking space, numerous tour buses pulled up and dropped passengers off. I can see why my wait time was twenty minutes (shortest wait time at any of the restaurants). While waiting, I walked around the building and realized that that all the restaurants - different décor - had almost identical menus but prices seem to vary for the same dishes (maybe quantity is different). The gift store was stuffed with all kinds of souvenir items.

Although I was seated in Lorelei Lounge, I was given a Oma's menu. As I looked around the room and by the bar, there was a doorway leading to Oma restaurant.

This Inn is known for its fried chicken. The chicken was fried crispy and well seasoned but the insides were not moist nor tender. For its notoriety, it did not meet my expectations. The pork schnitzel was so so - not as good as other German restaurants I tried. The Franconian Combination Plate of sausage and chicken was nothing special. I thought it needed more flavoring and not so overcooked. Food presentation was poor. If it was better, I might have finished my plate.

The Apfel Strudel could use more filling. You are eating more crust than the apfel. The New York Style Cheesecake tastes like it was frozen. It's drizzle tastes like any strawberry sauce. Neither dessert...

2 nights ago, myself, my family, and my extended family went to Lorelei for dinner. Before going there all of us (16) had spent 7 hours at the funeral home for the viewing of our amazing 92 year old dad. It was an extremely long , but mostly sad day for all of us. Lorelei was the only place we could find that was still open in Frankenmuth. We took a chance, since none of us had never been there before. It was exactly what we all needed.We had the place to ourselves, there was a really nice guy singing really good music. The food was phenomenal, the drinks were great, and our servers were wonderful. It was the perfect ending to a very sad day. We all give Lorelei the highest rating possible. Please, do yourself a favor and treat yourself. We will definitely be back. Thank...

The wife and I have dined and drank here on multiple occasions. The live music is a nice added bonus. They don't have a very large menu selection, but a decent enough amount. The Reuben egg rolls are our favorite. I will say, on our last visit, Sunday evening April 16th, there were only two other customers, but the service was incredibly slow. At one point in the night I ended up ordering two drinks since I had no idea if/when our waitress would ever return. The other table had a different waiter, who was frequently around. I'm not sure why they had multiple servers when it was so dead. I do know that our waitress was also running room service orders, but the other one should have just been handling all tables in...