Edelweiss German Restaurant — Restaurant in Fort Worth

This place is a gem! I've heard about it so much, and passed by it many times. I lived in Germany for 4 years when I was young, and fell in love with the cuisine. We ate there tonight, a Sunday, and it was almost like being back in Germany! The whole vibe is cozy and warm and inviting... Yet the place is huge!! They do live music on Friday and Saturday nights, and there's a dance floor if you want to have fun.

They have a decent selection of beers on draft, ranging from kolsch to amber to dark. I was so excited to be told that they had Bitburger on draft, and immediately ordered it. If you like light beer with a little bit of bitter (but not IPA bitter), Bitburger is great, and complements the savory aspect of the food.

We got bread and salad, both delicious. The bread was warm and a perfect soft bouncy texture. It was served with something that was butter I think, but mixed with maybe garlic or horseradish, so it was a nice flavorful addition to the bread. It's hard to mess up salad, and they did good with the balsamic dressing and weren't stingy with the croutons. The lettuce was fresh and springy.

Potato pancakes were the must have appetizer, and they DO come with applesauce! And sour cream. But I'm all about the applesauce. It was a staple festival food for me when I accompanied my parents to various German events that I was too young to drink at, so I indulged in food instead. It might seem a strange combination, but it really really works. And their potato pancakes were huge! Such a good portion, I took some home as leftovers.

We all had the jager schnitzel. Hands down my favorite German dish. The schnitzel was perfect, thin and breaded and lightly browned. The sauce was happiness, just pure savory smooth happiness. The spatzle looked a little different than I'm used to, but it was still good. It could've been maybe a little firmer, but it made for a delicious complement to each bite of schnitzel.

Normally, we don't go for dessert, but the homemade apple strudel looked too promising to pass up. It was amazing! Just the right amount of sweetness, and the pastry was fluffy and just slightly chewy but melted in with the filling. So delicious.

The service was also great; Neal knew about beers and helped with recommendations. He was around and attended to us at the right times without visiting too much. There was a slight mix up with the appetizer coming late, but we were in no rush and were enjoying the live piano being played.

A super wonderful experience overall; I cannot wait...

This was my first time there after hearing that it was such a great German restaurant. First of all driving across the metroplex and coming up to the front that was dated and a bit stereotypical German artwork motif on the walls. Going inside to our table had an old Gasthaus vibe, but a bit too dark to read our menus (3 light bulbs out on our lamp). We were seated front & center from the kitchen service counter were all the wait staff and busboys go to pickup orders. Very busy and couldn't relax around the traffic. Now as for the food; it barely resembled 'authentic' German food! Both my parents are from Germany and my dad is a chef and I also was in the food business. I am well acquainted with European & German cuisine. I had Jager schnitzel with red cabbage, spaetzle & brat kartoffeln (fried potatoes). My dinner mates had Rolladen with, sauerkraut & spaetzle & Sauerbraten with red cabbage, spaetzle & potato pancakes. What was wrong was the way the schnitzel, brat kartoffeln, potato pancakes were cooked, which was deep-fried! WRONG! All those items should be pan-fried.The spaetzle were not made from scratch, they used dried spaetzles, not good. The Jager sauce was the same sauce used for the beef Rolladen (powered mix most likely). The only good items were the red cabbage & beer! Bottom line is that the food wasn't made from scratch and wasn't fresh! The cooks were fast, banging-out plates, hmm, pre-prepped and not fresh. Helga, the singer, was doing alot of other songs that were not 'German', but I think she is close to retirement. Our waitress was nice and attentive, good service. Not sure who the other 'hostess'? was but, was all over the place and was wearing flip-flops exposed feet in a restaurant setting! Were is the health department too see that happening? In summation; food isn't good German fair like listed by others. Our Dinner bill came to $90 for 3 people and appetizer + 2 beers. Overpriced for the caliber of food. Greenwoods in FW & Bavarian Grill in Plano are closest to authentic...

It's the Denny's of German food. Nothing was great. Very little to complain about.

We rolled up for an early dinner at 4:30 PM with the little one in tow. Initial impressions from the empty derelict parking lot / abandoned "shopping center" were immediate red flags. Walking in the door there was a certain stank that usually indicates I've found a good dive bar so I was somewhat hopeful. Staff was super friendly and attentive so 5/5 marks there. We ordered two pretzels, potato pancakes to start. Nothing special but also not bad. Two of three beers ordered were on draft, only one was out. Those on tap were cold and fresh. Prost.

Salad and bread were unremarkable. I ordered the sampler platter and wife had the chicken schnitzel. The only standout bad item in the platter was the potato salad. In no way did it resemble any form of German potato salad I've had at home, seen in a recipe, or had at other German restaurants. There was an overpowering presence of mustard. Shrug. Kraut was the sweet brown style, not my favorite but pretty decent for the style. Spaetzle was a little over cooked but otherwise passable. Sausage was good, jagerschnitzel sauce again good. Portions were middling.

Apple strudel "tasted like a McDonalds apple pie" (not a complement) and the black forest cake was stale.

The entire experience left me feeling like this was a super cool place to eat, 20 years ago but is resting on their history and ambience instead of execution. Atmosphere was a little flat even when the place started to fill at 5-6PM. If you just wanna satisfy a hankering for German good and some good cold beer this place will get this job done but you don't have to look hard to find better executed German food. I'm probably being a little harsh but have high standards for German when it comes so highly...