Bryce S.
Yelp
Located up, off Pioneer Trail, on Saddle Rd, in Heavenly, surrounded by mountains and trees, is the ONE AND ONLY Himmel Haus! I've been coming up to Tahoe since '89. This is the BEST Restaurant in Tahoe and one of the Best I've ever gone to. The food is completely Elevated, German, Bar food and I guarantee is the best you've ever had in California. The service is always great. I believe our waiter was Steve, it was his first day and he did an awesome job, keep it up. They have seating outside with games, like corn hole. Inside is a large restaurant. One side is all dinning and the other is the bar with dinning. We always sit in the bar. Laid back mountain vibes. We ordered the Bavarian Pretzel. The pretzel is unlike any you get outside of Germany. Huge, soft, almost caramelized outside, salt, goodness. Then you have the three mustard option, Haus made mustard fondue, and bacon-onion jam. The mustards are not your French's, instead real mustard, bring more depth, sour, vinegar, spicy, semisweet. The Fondue is always fought over. The mustardy, cheesy, creamy, silk, thimble of love needs to be put in a vat! We ordered our daughter the KÄSE
SPÄTZLE. Imagine having thin gnocchi and then making a beautiful homemade creamy aged cheese that encompasses the whole thing.....then you have this! Addicting! I ordered the CHICKEN SCHNITZEL WITH ROTKOHL AND MASHED POTATOES. SMOTHERED IN JÄGER SAUCE! The Chicken schnitzel is breaded beautifully with almost the same texture of panko and fried. Squeeze the lemon on top and you have that golden, crunchy, lemony, white meat chicken. Then smother it with the Mushroom Jager Sauce! Adding a beautiful gravy with pepper, meaty, earthy depth of flavors. The Potatoes are always mashed to perfection and add that hardy, starch. The sour cabbage cuts right through it all. Perfect dish! The Peach Strudel was awesome. The only dessert we haven't had there. The peaches were so sweet and cooked down. The pastry was buttery and baked to perfection. The Carmel delivered that sugar sweet smokiness. We added ice cream and of course, gave that warm peach pie and cold ice cream combo. It wasn't too sweet and that's what I loved!
*It doesn't get any better than this and I tell everyone we know about Himmel Haus. This is beyond the 5 star ranking*