Zum Alten Markt

I really enjoyed my experience here! The atmosphere is authentic, reminiscent of a classic old German pub. The food and service were excellent. It’s a great place to try traditional German dishes and explore a variety of beers.

One of my favourite German restaurants so far! The roasted pork knuckle was very good (crispy on the outside and very soft inside). It’s not the traditional fried version. We loved the fish dish as well. Overall, the prices were reasonable with high quality!

Would be 5 stars if the “Haxe” had crispy skin. Service very friendly and efficient, meat cooked very nicely besides missing the key element of the skin being crispy.

Great food, good service and nice authentic atmosphere

I was inspired by opinions and decided have lunch at Zum Alten Markt, but waiter rejected me in seat because all tables for 1 person were occupied. Despite there were free tables for 4,6 people! So, they take care about money only, they don't care about your opinion, please do not go there

We went there because we read all the good reviews, but honestly, it wasn’t worth it. The place is always full, so we felt lucky to find a table in the middle of the day. The restaurant looks really nice and the atmosphere is great, but the food wasn’t that delicious. the grilled sausage tasted like the cheap ones you can get at supermarkets and the kale was just tasteless. Also, we got mustard packets which was weird. In my opinion, food is not just about taste, but also about presentation. All in all, I had really high hopes for this place and felt disappointed afterwards. Wouldn’t go again

The atmosphere was great as it is in the center of Dortmund, and the people around are just having a good time. The food was good, but the chickenschnitzel wasn’t great. Baked potato was very good

Very disappointing! We have eaten well here several times, and we always came back. Since the last time more than a year ago, however, everything seems to have changed. New management? We can only guess. The food was no longer culinary as before, and guests were snapped at rudely by the waiter who - how surprising - begged for a tip when we paid the bill. The schnitzels were not fried crispy but wrapped in a greasy mess. The fried potatoes, too, they were not well done and seemed to be made of a soft-boiling potato species. Tasteless vegetables and watery sauerkraut completed this bad lunch experience.

Good food, decent service. This place was a godsend when I was hungry and strolling through Dortmund with some friends. They had an English menu, which put me a bit more at-ease. The schnitzel was awesome. Not that schnitzel in and of itself isn't already awesome, but theirs was particularly awesome. The service was good, and I wasn't disappointed when we decided to go to this place on a whim. The location is pretty great, but the decor was the best part. They had picture frames around all of their televisions, and the decor had a bavarian feel to it (I realize Bavaria is on the other side of the country, but chandeliers made of severed animal parts scream Bavaria to me). A good place, reasonably-priced, English-friendly (ish, the waiter didn't speak any, but the English language menu helped massively).

Great ambience and location in the rebuilt city centre. Not very large, but busy on a Wednesday night. Large selection of local delicacies and brews. Many difficult choices. Everything everyone else was getting also looked good. Great value for money.

A lovely restaurant with a gigantic patio in the middle of the busiest square in the city. The food was good, the service was meh, the beer was cold. It always seems busy, and is well traveled by tourists and locals alike. A very solid choice.