The German Table — Restaurant in Cole Camp

I hate to call them out on this but if you're a minority, don't expect any service. We had driven almost two hours to try this place. Not only was the service abhorrent, I will also review the food as well because we came for the food. My husband and I ordered an appetizer and two schnitzel dinners. We sat there for at least 30min and the appetizer never came out. My husband finished his beer and wanted another one, no one came by to check on us whatsoever. Finally they brought our schnitzel plates and the appetizer at the SAME time. Don't know if they know the etiquette of serving the appetizer before the meal but the appetizer must have sat there until it came out with the meal. I dig into my schnitzel which tasted like stale days old and heated from a microwave. Spaetzel was tiny tasteless bits, no butter flavor at all. The German potato was hard and no bacon in it. My husband's schnitzel had only a spoonful of gravy on top and he wanted a bit more. He waited and waited for the server to come by but each server just walked past our table without a glance. I told him to just get up and go to the back counter to ask for more, but he sat there trying to see if anyone would bother to come by. After 15 min I was really perturbed by him sitting there not able to eat his schnitzel without the gravy. I raised my voice to tell him to stand up to ask. The server behind the counter must have heard me because she leaned from behind the counter and asked if he's ok. He said no. Took another 5 or 7 minutes before the gravy was brought out. The server not once asked me if I needed anything. I actually wanted some hot sauce but I didn't bother since she really didn't want to serve us at that point. I also heard other servers asked tables around us if they wanted desserts. No one asked if we wanted desserts and I'm sure they didn't run out.

Not sure what the hype is about the food because it's not fresh and low quality. And to combine with biased, selective service, that's worse...

Authentic German Food, Thick Steins of Beer, and Aurora of History

The German Table is like a transporter. You walk through the old time screen door, with a simple front door and antique handle, and you've stepped back in time 80 years. The entirety of the restaurant is visible from the front door, and feels like you're standing in an old friends dinning room. Then you smell the building, thick with history and permanence, not musty or dirty; but that unique smell that comes from bricks, and plaster and wood floors that all seem to be older then your fathers grandmother.

The menu is relatively simple. Several choices of Wurst (German Sausages) or Schnitzel (Meat thinly pounded and fried), with traditional German sides like German potato salad (a sweet potato salad, wich is what I had, and didn't realize it was going to be sweet, didn't like) and sauerkraut.

My wife and I each had a Lager, served in a thick heavy stein.

The service is good, the food is good, everything was good, but it's really the combination of everything the whole experience that makes The German Table something special.

We came here after our youngest daughter played a softball game at the local school. If your in Cole Camp, don't pass through without eating at the German Table. It's on the left near the bank by...

The place was very busy, but we were seated quickly, and our server (Sam) came quickly. She took our order, and we waited for drinks. Sam did not stop by our table, or even walk by it. Finally, after about 15 minutes, we flagged down another server, Olivia, who got our drinks. Three of us in our party ate buffet, one had a sandwich. We three were finished eating from the buffet, and had enjoyed a second visit, and had finished those second helpings. The fourth member of our party had not yet received her sandwich. Our server had not stopped to check on us, or offer refills of drinks, or take away used buffet plates. The owner finally stopped to clear our table, so we told her about the missing sandwich. She found it had been delivered to another table. The sandwich quickly came, but there was no meat on the Reuben sandwich. Called the owner over again, she quickly rectified the situation. ...