Brewery Päffgen

Excellent beer with good service in very traditional surroundings. Seemed a more 'authentic' brew house experience compared to some of the more central tap rooms. Beer is tapped from very old looking barrels in a way that I assume they've been doing for well over 100 years. Didn't eat there but food looked decent enough.

Traditional Cologne brewery. Lived the atmosphere. Waiters play part of traditional service. Beer is excellent and food very tasty. Price is good

Food is decent, nothing spectacular. Reasonably priced. Good creamy Kölsch! Come here for the classic brewery atmosphere. It helps if you speak some German.

I come here every time to experience the atmosphere. The dishes are a bit big, but the taste is authentic German.

WE WERE NOT WELCOME Not impressed at all. Walked in the place looked lovely, atmosphere was busing. We’ve been to one of these type places before where you place the coster on the table and the staff come around and give you thier home brew and when you’ve had enough you put the coasts ontop of the empty glass to show you don’t want anymore. We asked where to sit and we were basically told to sit anywhere. So we do. All is well, until we tried to get service, after nearly half an hour of waiting to get drinks we tried waving down a man surving drinks. Twice the man handing out the glasses of beer ignored us. We tried to wave him down after a while but still nothing. Even the people next to us tried to help and in the end they asked another gentalmen to give us a drink. At this point worries were rising. Then the gentalmen moved the table causing myself and the person opposite me to get a table leg slammed against our own legs. No, eye contact no sense of remorse. We asked if he spoke English. Blatenly stated no English so we tried our best to explain with what little German speaking we had and obvious motions what we where asking ( wrist watch and menu while someone using basic German asking time and food) We where asking how long is food currently taking. But unfortunately as soon as we asked if we speak English he started talking over us in German and just ignoring our attempts to try and convey our simple question. Then he disappeared, in the mean time we put the tables back because the people on the other side of the table couldn’t get out. But as soon as he came back, my poor leg got slammed against the table again with no regard to myself or the person opposite me. The Germans on the table next to us who we where having a nice chat which where shocked at the way they treated us. We left. It was obvious we were not welcome. Thier loss, the large party I was with where drinkers. In the end we went to a lovely Mexican down the road called Enchilada, very very welcoming staff and we had a laugh with the staff trying to communicate. Would definitely recommend.

A local recommended here. It is one of the old style breweries left. I got the pig ankle and it was delicious. The staff was friendly.

It's a very typical German pub with a nice atmosphere. The person that starved us was very polite and funny . He made sure we never ran out of beers. The only let down was the food unfortunately, we tried different dishes and everything was bland, or very dry .

This place is old school. No card payment, no Coca Cola and just classic Köllsch which is frisch gezapftes Bier and it does not disappoint. Don’t play cards here as they will consider it as gambling and just talk with friends. This has a beautiful building and some incredibly friendly staff. Just be prepared and bring cash and order something classic. Beautiful building and a lovely atmosphere.