This restaurant is so fun - waiters wear Lederhosen, you feel like you're in a German Beer Hall (definitely order beer when you go!) and the food is all shnitzel and the like! Atmosphere is... More

This restaurant is so fun - waiters wear Lederhosen, you feel like you're in a German Beer Hall (definitely order beer when you go!) and the food is all shnitzel and the like! Atmosphere is really fun, everyone is jovial, the waiters alone will crack you up. Only thing is - menu is pretty limited, and the food is pretty heavy - save this for a cold winter night!
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and they liked it enough to ask me about it after they returned home so they could recommend it to other German friends. They liked the food, enven though it was not perfectly authentic. Thy... More

and they liked it enough to ask me about it after they returned home so they could recommend it to other German friends. They liked the food, enven though it was not perfectly authentic. Thy appreciated it even being available. They also liked the choice of beers available and I actually came back with some non-German friends at a later date.
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A long standing Upper East Side tradition, the Heidelberg is especially popular during the holiday season, for its ridiculous decorations and hearty German food. The food is great, and the... More

A long standing Upper East Side tradition, the Heidelberg is especially popular during the holiday season, for its ridiculous decorations and hearty German food. The food is great, and the restaurant is beyond kitschy (and features jokingly scolding waiters in lederhosen), but somehow it all comes together into some sort of odd perfection. It takes itself seriously so you don't have to. the service is friendly, if not always entirely accurate.
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