Wirtshaus German Restaurant & Beer Garden — Restaurant in Los Angeles

I was conflicted over whether I should give this place a 3 or 4 star rating, because there are several influencing weighty factors that sway on the down and on the up side of the fence. I'm going to go with a 3.5....here's why:

For dining there are certain points that I'm sure you look for such as environment, sense of welcome, cleanliness, comfort, food and service. The environment is very cozy, casual, fun and clean and even though there was no one at the front when we arrived....we were greeted right away when we sat down as our friends were already present. The tables and chairs were woody and comfortable ...very much like a German comfy, casual comfort food place. The food was very good! It was well seasoned and fresh....their sausages are amazing and so were their drinks. We had the schnitzel, sausage platter, goulash and Boar Sausage entree and they were all really very delicious. I'm very familiar with German food and it really was the real deal. It was really the food that earned a 5 but due to other factors it got weighed down. Here is what was disappointing:

Our server was a young lady who just wasn't present. In the beginning, when we were all ordering our entrees....the three of us did and she was just about to walk away when the fourth party at the table had to stop her from leaving so he could order. Why wouldn't you take everyone's order? - minor but still... When the appetizers arrived we all shared the three plates of appetizers but were not given side plates....again minor....but still.... It took quite a while for her to come around after we finished our starters and we had to find and wave her down to take our entree orders.

When I first was considering ordering the "Jager Schnitzel" I liked the fact that I could choose between it being either pork, chicken or veal and I wanted to try the veal, but our server never asked me which I wanted and to be honest I forgot at the time of ordering, so I was served the chicken. Also, I noticed a hair on the side of my plate when it arrived.....when you are serving a table why not take a quick look at all the plates to make sure they are presentable? After all, it is the server's position to be a bridge between the guest and the kitchen staff. Even though, the dish itself tasted good.....I noticed there was also hair in my food and I pulled it out and wiped it on the napkin (see pics). What makes this quite disappointing is that this is stuff that is completely preventable with a little bit of care and attention.....perhaps wearing a hair net in the kitchen or taking a quick look at the plates before serving them?

However, I do recommend this place because the food and the environment demands and deserves a second chance....hopefully without a...

cozy, friendly spot for some spot-on German sausages both traditional and non-traditional. Kind of easy to miss the storefront as you look for street parking. Small indoor bar dining area and a cute outdoor patio area with more room. Décor reminiscent of a Bavarian soccer fan pub-jersey’s, scarves, logo steins, Bundesliga on tv, etc. Lots of beer choices, almost all of which I was totally unfamiliar with both by bottle and on draft. If you like a hard cider, the Polish Perry Milosawski Pear Cider was delicious. The menu includes a couple of sandwiches, goulash, schnitzels, and of course sausage links. About 7 or 8 varieties including a couple of vegan options. Also a link of the day. Link plate with 2 sides will run you about $17 plus/minus. You can add a link to a plate for an extra $3. Sides run towards traditional Bavarian fare such as spaetzle, sauerkraut, German potato salad among others.

We chose to start with a Bavarian Pretzel from the appetizer menu. This arrived warm with sweet mustard and another dipping sauce called obatzda. This is a traditional biergarten item to serve with pretzels made with cheese and butter. Not sure of the ingredients here but it was delicious with the very good pretzel. My DW loves to see any entrée made with Wild Boar on a menu so she jumped on the boar sausage (Wildschwein Wurst) with roasted garlic and wine, adding German potato salad and kraut for her sides. The Kasekrainer sounded great to me. This link was made with pork and Emmentaler cheese. The special sausage of the day was duck bacon. Really should have asked if it was duck and bacon or bacon made from duck. Didn’t come to mind until too late. Either way it was the star of the night IMO. Outstanding flavor. If you like duck at all and it’s on the menu try it. My sides choices were spaetzle and garlic green beans. Of the four sides, the beans and the kraut were very good and quite flavorful but the potato salad and the spaetzle we considered quite bland.

The boar link and the pork with Emmentaler were totally delicious. It appears, from our meal and others in phots I’ve seen, that the links are cooked over some type of coals/open flame grill that really ads to the flavor profile if they had been cooked using a different method. Kudos for that. Wish I had chosen to ask but our server was quite new and knowing that I skipped the questions. No time this visit to try desserts such as apple strudel ala mode but hope to next time. If Bavarian food and drink are your desire, absolutely give...

I been coming hear since they open there doors, I've come for special occasions only such as my birthday during the month of October. Last year, and the year before I rated this place 5 stars. The food use to be really good, quality food, quality servers, and quality service overall. Today, I rated this place terrible. My husband called ahead of time to RSVP for a party of 10, the "server" was impatient and not prepared. We notice they were new servers, still this not give any person any reason to not do there job as it should be done, like answer questions regarding specials or the menu. I love the gal that was working while pregnant, she knew who we were, was on top of her A game. This server, couldn't even figure out absolutely anything, he would have the bartender take our orders, and serve us. Also, when my mother in law asked him for a clean plate, he rolled his eyes, and told her that I know that's her plate all my mother in law was asking was for a clean plate because she didn't want to eat in her salad plate.He was so rude and didn't have the ability to give her a clean plate 2) the food quality was terrible, last year they had an incredible chef who made by tasty German food. I was looking forward to the potato pancakes and I was so disappointed that they were so so bland and had no taste. Nevertheless, I wasn't expecting a five star service but it was no surprise that I was coming in with a big group of 10 we have given them an RSVP a week ahead of the date. I came to this restaurant to impress my family what a great place it has been for me and It is so unfortunate that the day that I bring in my German family so they can see that L.A still had some homemade quality, that was the day that everything that could have gone wrong went wrong and for that I will never set foot again because my family was not impressed, I was not happy I wish that this restaurant would go back to what it used to be an old fashioned German restaurant. Nevertheless I am NOT German but my husband is German American and he has taught me quality German food and nothing will compare to his homemade cooking . Our service date was on October...