Katzinger's Delicatessen — Restaurant in Columbus

My wife and I decided to try out this place. On the day we came it is only patio seating or carryout. They also offer Uber Eats and Doordash as delivery options. We chose to get the Katzinger's Ruben and Gene's Free Lunch and got 2 Diet Dr.Browns cream soda, it is the best cream soda I ever tasted. Seriously. From start to finish you are looking for about a 20 minute wait after you place your order. The food quality when it came out was okay.... i mean it was just okay, nothing to write home about.

#1 Katzinger’s Reuben

”Katzinger’s Reuben Our best-selling sandwich since the day we opened. Hot corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, our own Russian dressing grilled on rye.$12.95 | Deli Size: $15.95”

The crust on the rye bread from the griddle was good, it had a bite to it. The bread outershell was crunchy just the edge yet the inside of the bread was chewy. The Russian dressing was delicious however when you order a large sandwich you would expect it to have more meat. The meat was a little dry i don't know if it is normally that dry. It is also cut into ribbons that are thin maybe a little to thin. Each person has their own opinion on what is to thin or thick.

#21 Gene's Free Lunch

"Gene’s Free Lunch Hot corned beef, roast beef, Swiss cheese, creamy coleslaw, Russian dressing on pumpernickel. $12.50 | Deli Size: $14.50"

This sandwhich was cold, you would think it would be warm as they stated Hot corned beef with it being paired with everything else it was not. They didn't place it on the griddle to crisp it up the bread like the original. This was a perfect sandwhich but I would ask them next time to griddle it so all of the meat would be warm yet then let them at the very end put that cold crisp coleslaw on it to vary the texture.

Macaroni salad "With our secret ( and some say addictive) dressing $3.25 side $6.50 lb"

Three words desribe this macaroni salad "slap yo __" good.

Next we are going to talk about about the pickles, from every review of the pickles they were supposedly delicious. Toss them. Use them as lawn darts and aim for the trashcan or you could pull yourself a Kobe one final time. They came free with our sandwiches.

New York Cheesecake

"A slice of cream cheesy sweet goodness Plain slice of cheesecake $4.95 Fruit topped slice of cheesecake $5.50 Whole 10" NY Cheesecake $42.00 ( serves 12-16) Whole 10" NY Cheesecake with fruit $46.00 ( serves 12-16)"

Honestly this cheesecake IS BETTER than The Cheesecake Factory in the sense of it size and taste. It was super creamy. The end crust is where it's at! Nostalgia. That is all I can say. It's what you need on any day of the week.

Overall,

I will give this local downtown Columbus place a solid 4.6 on this. Some things I would change or do differently but overall I like it and I will come here again next time I'm in town for my doctor's appointment as it's a hour drive from...

We live a stretch south of Columbus so we don't get into the city that often. Since we were going to be close by we planned to pick up Katzinger's and bring it back home to have with some friends. The place was busy as usual. We placed the order as usual, it was repeated back and sounded mostly correct. We corrected it and the cashier said he got the changes and hurried us on. When we got our food and pickles for everyone, we looked to make sure we had the right number of containers and sandwiches and the right numbers from the menu were on the sandwiches that weren't customized, we headed for home. When we got there we found that we probably should have unwrapped each one and checked it. Sandwiches that normally have 2 meats only had one. Condiments were wrong. Some had the wrong meats all together. Most of the group wouldn't eat the pickles as they were said to have a weird chemical taste. There was something wrong with every sandwich but one and that person felt guilty for enjoying the sandwich while everyone else was disappointed. I felt guilty for recommending the restaurant so highly and talking everyone into it. The person who got the correct sandwich was really happy with it. Several of us still felt the sandwiches were tasty even though they weren't correct. One was mad, and we had to make new sandwich for one who wouldn't eat what he got that wasn't even close to what was ordered. I know they're probably understaffed like everyone else, and they were very busy. But every other time I've been there they've been very busy and I've never had an experience like this. I do feel like I checked the order within reason before we left and I don't expect that having to unwrap every sandwich at the restaurant to make sure it's made correctly is reasonable. I would still go back because I've had so many good experiences that outweighed this one. However I know I won't be able to get anyone else in that group to go back with me, which makes...

Katzinger's Delicatessen is a great restaurant in German Village! We stopped in on Friday for some lunch to-go. We had to wait about 15 minutes for our food, but they were packed and the employees were moving super fast. I have to say - I was also pleasantly surprised to see a few employees still wearing face masks. Kudos to them ❤️

We ordered: One #21 Gene’s Free Lunch - (hot corned beef, roast beef, Swiss cheese, creamy cole slaw, Russian dressing on pumpernickel) -This sandwich was amazing. The meats were so fresh and tasty. The bread was awesome. The mix of the meats, dressing, coleslaw - it was very satisfying. I would buy this sandwich time and time again.

-One #69 Jack Does the Funky Chicken - (Grilled marinated chicken breast, applewood smoked bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, Honeycup mustard, grilled on sourdough) -This sandwich had excellent flavor. The honey mustard was a great taste that meshed well with everything else on the sandwich. The chicken was moist and delicious.

-One side of red skin potato salad - (extra virgin olive oil, vinegar and scallions) -The potato salad was great! Definitely not a standard potato salad, but I loved it.

In addition to the above, I got a regular dill pickle and a garlic pickle to take with us. The restaurant has two big barrels of free pickles. Bags and tongs are provided so people can help themselves.

If you're wanting to stop by Katzinger's, I highly recommend looking at the menu online first and coming up with a game plan before you go since this is such a popular spot. Also, please note that the prices online (direct on the site, not the full PDF version) don't fully match all the ones currently posted on site. Overall, I really do think this restaurant is great. Everyone should try it...