Katzenjammers

I have to say that it was a very dreadful experience tonight being out in this restaurant/pub… or whatever it was…. Getting the bill served before the meal was quite a surprise for the whole bunch of 15 people I was there with… Overpriced beer (0.5l Augustiner Edelstoff 4.95 GBP, of course a luxury to get it in London) Poor service, who didn’t even apologize to my complaint.. The dish i ordered was the sausage platter, it looked appalling and has nothing to do with the food I know from my own country. The sausages looked like cooked with a hair drier!! How embarrasing, for me as a German to go out on a night with friends in a place like this. Never again….
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German_in_London
2 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 2
Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Possibly the rudest bar manager I have ever encountered in 15 years of London Pub drinking. A pleasant evening spoilt right at the end when the manager grabbed drinks from our hands - no exaggeration - and told us very aggressively to leave. This was at 11.18pm - the reason given was that staff would have to be paid extra past 11.20pm.

I would never under any circumstances return, there are plenty of professionally run bars on the area that don't leave you feeling threatened and unwelcome.
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1 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Thursday, May 27, 2010

A friend booked a table in Katzenjammers last Saturday and I have to say I was excited to see another German style food and drink place in London. The beers are really fine, but the food is not well done, only half way authentic, finished with cheap fast food style and ingredients. Also the service on the Saturday we were there was awful, wait was almost half hour after finishing dinner for someone to clear away our plates. Would not go again.
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AJ
4 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 5
Monday, March 22, 2010

The other reviews seem very harsh, the rooms look amazing and the beer and food (we had schnitzel) were fab on our visit. The atmosphere was amazing, the place was rammed and an excellent oompah band were really getting the crowd going.

a great addition to the Borough
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9 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, December 21, 2009

Oh dear, what is that? Being German myself it is not authentic at all.

You can see straight away that Brits (?), or American (?) or somebody NOT German tries to do a German Pub. This is like German would try to run a Thai Restaurant - just not working.

There are other proper German places around in London.
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Cristin
2 Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 2
Monday, December 07, 2009