Restaurant Alter Keller

Absolutely best restaurant in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Fantastic food, great service and the atmosphere is just and simple TOP. Thank you for your service and delicious meal. As a tour guide I can highly recommend this place. Thank you for amazing dinner and your hospitality. See you soon again. Traditional Bavarian style and food.

Spent two nights here last month. There were two adults and one teen. First off, the room set up was awesome! I requested one queen and one twin bed and we ended up getting a two room suite. So our son had one room and one room for the adults. It’s a little hard if you have heavy luggage as there are only stairs. But you do get an additional key that lets you in/out a separate door so that you don’t have to go through the dining room. We did not eat meals here but they looked and smelled delicious. This place is well situated inside the walled city, only a block away from the entrance road and maybe two-three blocks to the town square. The view was great, we especially liked seeing the birds nest atop one of the other buildings. We frequently saw the birds feeding and nesting. The windows opened up to the street and neighboring buildings. We very much enjoyed our stay here. We walked to/from the train station with our luggage and it was only about a 15 minute, easy walk (aside from the cobblestones on your rolling bags). I’d definitely stay here again. This was our second time visiting Rothenburg.

Ate at the restaurant (didn’t know it was a hotel until now) it’s the best bavarian food I’ve ever had. It’s super authentic german food and I am surprised such small town has such high quality restaurants. Server lady speaks good English and was very kind. Place was packed but they cooked fast and good. We will definitely come to rothenburg again just to eat here again.

Ate at the restaurant. Really amazing food. Great atmosphere. Portions were insane and quality was unparalleled. Would recommend anyone in the area to go here. We had the most perfect final evening to our holiday.

Rothenburg ob der Tauber already feels like you’ve wandered onto the set of a medieval fairy tale. We didn’t stay at the Hotel, we just came to have dinner. We knew we would have to potentially wait for a table, but we had heard good things and were prepared to wait, a lot of people had obviously heard the same things. It is serving traditional German food, and the location feels like a special place to be sharing a meal with people you love. We ordered: Schnitzel with Pommes Frites, the Currywurst with the traditional spiced ketchup and the Schäufele - a pork shoulder slow-roasted with a healthy portion of crackling. We ordered a couple of the litre beers and settled in. The magic is the mix of the food and the setting. You’re walking around a place that feels a bit like a fairytale village, but a place like this makes it feel real and like a home. The pork products in Germany were exceptional, and this place knows how to serve them well, with a straightforward generosity and a litre of good beer.

Very good local restaurant with franconian food. Great service and reasonable price. But need to make reservation before. It can be a long line to get the table. It's took more than a hour for us.

Had unfortunately only 1 night here the room was lovely beautifully clean with lots of nice little touches very comfortable bed and very quiet location although right in the centre you couldn't stay anywhere better.

The restaurant is incredible. Food was excellent, wonderful service. Beautiful location, an excellent place for lunch or dinner while in town. Highly recommend to any traveling through Rothenburg!

Very good authentic German food. Cozy environment. Located on a lovely street. Pleasant staff. Service was fast. Food was hot.

So perfect, could not recommend this place enough!! The food is incredible and the atmosphere was so cozy, especially in the Fall and Winter. Please go here!!

The food here was delicious with our (frankonian shaufele) pork shoulders and ribeyes being cooked perfectly without being over seasoned. For Americans, you have to try the french fries and their baked potato as they tasted better than what we have in the states! To top it off the service was super friendly and fast.

Wonderful hotel and staff right in the heart of this historic city. Easy to walk about, grab a beer or two :) and the accomodation were swell. The breakfast was a feast and we highly recommend it!!

Make reservations!! Thus is Avery cute, quaint place to flip in for s warm meal where the food is delicious and atmosphere is welcoming! Our cute wait staff ( name escapes us) but one of the kindest we had encountered. She was sweet to translate menu items for those of us who did not speak German, despite bring full house both nights we were there! Meals were traditional German home cooking!! Wine was perfectly matched. Loved this town and this dinner location would make me return time after time. Your Portland Oregonian Friends!

We have been avoiding Rick Steves' food recommendations since we had been disappointed with them. I think he chooses places off of ambiance and not off of food taste. There wasn't very many options in Rothenburg to choose from so we settled on this place even though it is recommended by Rick. We enjoyed our meals I had sausage and my husband had the cheese spatzle. The ambiance is neat and the waitresses wear traditional German dresses. I enjoyed the wine I got, but when I asked for the house wine I didn't think it would be 6 euros! We were lucky to get a table, because almost every table was reserved for a huge bus tour group that luckily didn't come in until we were almost done. We saw several people get turned away.

Very good food and friendly service. The pig leg was excellent. It is a bit tucked away from all the tourism traffic but very authentic food.

We ate here on May 8, 2013 for dinner. Rothenburg was our last stop for the day while driving up the Romantic Road from Fussen to Frankfurt. Cafe Alter Keller was one of two restaurants that looked promising according to tripadvisor. Immediately I noticed their outdoor seating was packed. That's a good thing since it usually indicates the place is at least decent. We chose to sit inside, there were a few other tables having dinner but they were only 1/4 full inside. Other then the kitchen staff, there was one woman and 2 men working the tables. Our waitress was very friendly and offered suggestions on what to order. She wore traditional looking clothing which was kind of cool. The food was actually quite good. It was one of the better tasting meals we had in Germany. The other really good dinner we had in Germany was in Munich(Seehaus in the Englishchner Garden), but that dinner was also more expensive then this one. Prior to this dinner we had a lot of Bavarian food; our waitress informed us their food was Franconian. This probably explains why we enjoyed this dinner so much since we were tired of Bavarian food. The restaurant was clean and did not have any odd smells. The service was friendly and fast(fast for German standards). We found German dining service in general to be a much slower pace then other parts of the world. I'm not referring to the time it takes to dine. Many cultures take 1-3 hours for dinner. I'm referring to the time it takes the servers to come and take your order, to ask if there is anything needed such as more beverages in-between, and to bring the bill. By the time we were done with dinner, it looked like they were starting to clean up for the night. A man brought our bill. He seemed to be the manager or owner. We used our BMW Visa since they didn't take Amex. When the man brought back the bill to sign, he started talking about BMWs. He commented that we were paying with a BMW credit card and said he had the same thing. Then he said he was a big fan of BMWs and he had a 3 series touring. Then he proceeded to show me pictures of his car, and pictures he took at BMW Welt and the BMW Museum. I told him that I was just there the previous week. It was really cool randomly running into a fellow BMW enthusiast. He told me what his dream BMW was. I kind of felt bad about telling him the reason I was in Europe was to do European Delivery on that same car; so I didn't say anything. LOL. I would recommend this place if you're in the area. If you're a fellow BMW enthusiast you might have someone there to talk cars with.

Amazing atmosphere and location. Food was really food also... must try the apple strudel, delicious. The only small recommendation is to have some music on. Will definitely try again.

Stopped by the afternoon before dinner and was still able to make a reservation for Saturday night. Was given a lovely table on the corner for my wife and I. We had the pork shoulder and 1/2 duck special with a couple beers. The food was great, the atmosphere casual and warm, and the waitresses were attentive. Wonderful dinner experience.

Nice outdoor setting, not fancy but enjoyable. Went for their steaks but they stopped for a few days due to the heat. Had a great pork shoulder, wife had a nice fresh salmon fillet. Apricot cheesecake and coffee topped it off. Would return for sure... Especially when they are grilling steaks over a wood flame!

Very good kitchen We were here with our Son had goulash deer and cow goulash our Son had salmon and t was all outstanding The waitress was correct and to the point Not like the usual overhappy persons that you get in most of the restaurats. Best goulash i had in Rothenburg I would recomment it to everyone. Kiss to the waitress and the cook xx

We stopped in for dinner on a rainy day in Rothenburg. The food and ambiance of this place are first rate. The prices were good. Because of the rain seating was limited and consequently many potential customers who came in after us were turned away. They were all asked if they had a reservation and so that is something worth looking into.

We went based on a Rick Steve's review but were underwhelmed. Admittedly, we were in between lunch and dinner, but... The atmosphere IS great (quaint German-y hunting lodge-esque) and so is the location (off the beaten tourist path but still inside the old walls). But the service (one guy) was downright stoic, and the place smelled musty. Perhaps August is the slow season? But I don't think we'd go back.

We found this fantastic authentic German restaurant by accident, tucked away a few blocks from the main square. Great food!!!!