Great food. Fondue and Filet were 10/10. Excellent and friendly service. Owner came to the table to prepare Bananas Foster. Cozy ambiance. Classic.
Had a birthday dinner delivered. We got: 2 Ribeye steaks (2/5, mediocre and very oversalted) 2 Mashed Potatoes (0/5, completely inedible) 2 Red Cabbage (5/5) 1 Potato Salad (3.5/5) 1 Apple Strudel (5/5) 1 Bread Pudding (4.5/5) The good: The cabbage was great and the potato salad was good. The strudel was fantastic, one of the best desserts I've had in a long time. The bread pudding was nearly as good. The bad: I'm pretty someone wasn't paying attention to what they were doing and then the food wasn't checked before it was sent out, because I don't remember ever being served something this salty in my life. Maybe someone spilled the salt and didn't feel like starting over. Either way, the mashed potatoes were inedible and the steaks suffered badly. In addition, the steaks didn't seem to be particularly high quality and I wasn't impressed with how they were cooked. We definitely won't order those again. Even though this was disappointing overall, I assume it was just one cook screwing up. We'll try it again some day because everything else was so good, but we'll skip the steak. Edit: I couldn't get that strudel out of my head, so we ended up ordering from Kurt's again the next day. This time everything was excellent, so I've adjusted my rating up to 4 stars. It would be 4.5 if I could.
Overall, pleasing enough to consider coming back. The food was outstanding, aside from the dessert. We started with the charcuterie, which was basic, but good! I had the veal jager schnitzel, which was delicious. Perfectly fried and the mushroom sauce and spatzel was spot on! My guy had the tradition sauerbraten. The meat was really dry, but the spatzel and cabbage were great. We took some of dinner to go, so that we could have dessert. We got the crème brûlée and the Black Forest cake. The crème brûlée was ok, but skip that Black Forest cake at all costs. Still frozen in the middle. Dry and mealy. Save yourself the $12. Service was attentive, but I felt like they were walking on eggshells, so it was a little awkward. The ambiance needs a little update. Salmon colored walls with wood trim and fake grapevines covered the area where we sat and the front walk in is covered with tchotchkes, with a cat carrier outside for a stray cat. Not a deal breaker, just an observation that they are kind of resting on their laurels a bit, need a fresh pair of eyes to make it a little more inviting.
This restaurant is the closest thing to Germany in the area. My husband has been and he said it's just like the food they had there. It's a cute restaurant and I can tell that many of the customers are regulars here. The food was pretty good. For an appetizer we got the pretzel and beer cheese and an assortment of dips. The beer cheese was pretty good! We also got the snails. I've never had snails before but my father-in-law got me to try it. It comes with some potatoes on top and the snail on the bottom. Over all it was like a mushroom with mashed potatoes. Really good! We also got this flatbread that has sausage and balsamic. It was a hit for us! For dinner I got the classic Wiener schnitzel with some sauerkraut and it was delicious. It comes with a lemon, spatzle, and lemon butter sauce. I wish there was a little more spatzles but I was glad to have enough room for dessert. My mother-in-law got the make your own skillet and said that was delicious as well. We all got dessert. I tried the apple strudel and it wasn't my favorite I will say. It's very traditional European apple strudel so if you're looking for something super sweet, it's okay. My husband got the bread pudding and that was really good! My father-in-law got the Bananas foster and to our surprise the owner came out and made it himself. I will say, he is an older gentleman. He didn't really seem too thrilled to be there. He didn't say a word to us. The only thing he did was snap at an employee because not all the fans were on and the employee couldn't tell him why every other fan was on. That was kinda awkward to watch while he was getting ready to make that. Hence why I'm giving this a four star. The wait staff was amazing and they could tell us everything about the menu, but watching the owner treat an employee like that was disheartening. The wait staff honestly looked terrified of him. Considering this is the only place I could find that isn't an hour drive to Helen or Atlanta that has great German food, I wouldn't mind coming back.
Let me just say that this is a review that is WAY overdue. When I was younger, my family and I used to frequent Vreny's Biergarten, which was the establishment (which coexisted with Kurt's River Manor) Kurt had prior to moving to this location towards the front of River Green. We always enjoyed the food and great atmosphere that came along with it. Luckily, Kurt's Euro Bistro still keeps the same vibe. My wife, 18-month old daughter and I ate there again a couple weekends ago for our 8th anniversary dinner. To start, we split the potato pancakes and the sausage skillet. This is a great way to start if you want a sample of authentic German cuisine. For my main course, I went with the Salmon L'sace. I've chosen this a couple of times and it never fails to please with its perfectly cooked salmon, bacon and fresh sauerkraut (love the way they cook the sauerkraut here). My wife and daughter both got the chicken schnitzel with spaetzl noodles. The picture shared is my daughter's portion, which I appreciated them accommodating for her. Although we opted for the Crème Brûlée for dessert this time around, I would have to say that our favorite is the bread pudding. It has the perfect hint of brandy in the sauce and is ideal to share. I'm glad I finally got around to this review so I can thank Kurt for all of the great memories over the years. Thank you, Kurt!
Service was great. I loved all of the flags that went around the outside dining area & the food was good/authentic. Some things for improvement: -on the menu it shows german sweet mustard but in fact, they don't sell that so they gave us spicy mustard & honey mustard instead - which we obviously didn't even eat. -the spatzle was great but it was swimminggggg in butter (I love butter but would've liked some of it to be drained out.) -the pretzel was baked to perfection minus the amount of salt it had on it & the beer cheese that came with it.
Pretzel: The pretzel and beer cheese combination was really good. Not surprising, it was really salty after several bites. Fondue: I enjoyed this a lot. Some fondues don't have the added alcohol, but this one did. It was a good balance in flavor. Jaeger schnitzel: I'm generally indifferent towards schnitzels, but the mushroom sauce did elevate this dish. Overall, I thought that the schnitzel was a bit salty, but I enjoyed it with the mushrooms and spaetzle.
Kurt's has been on my list for a long time and when the opportunity of a date night came up I suggested this one! We came during the weekday and well, we had a bit of a feast. I thought you would need reservations, so I reserved our table. It was pretty busy for a week night so I'm glad I did reserve just in case. The ambiance is more romantic, however there are tables that can seat more. There was a whole separate room that wasn't opened when I was there, but I could see the capacity of Kurt's increase when it gets busy. So for appetizers, we got the big pretzel along with the fondue for two. The fondue was nice as there were a lot of apples that came with it. The Bavarian pretzel was a lot, just the amount. If you love pretzels, for sure get it. The beer dip was tasty. For my main I got the Jaeger schnitzel. I got this knowing that I'll be back to get their pork shank. They did have it when I was there, but I wanted to save it for my next visit. Lastly for dessert... We were so full we couldn't stuff ourselves any longer! So we actually skipped that part of the meal. Overall though, I fully enjoyed my visit to Kurt's and can definitely see myself coming back. If you're looking for a European/German experience here, check this place out.