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| - Freiburg Gastropub is phenomenally amazing German food... provided you've never actually eaten any German food. But other reviews here rave about the authentic tastes... if that's true, it makes me want to cry a little bit.
I was so excited when I heard about its opening. My partner is a huge fan of Germany. She even lived in Freiburg! Our trip had all the makings of a warm fuzzy European reunion.
The decor is great! Beautiful photos of Freiburg on the walls. 4-5 Stars! The place was clean (also brand new, so I'd hope so).
You can't go to a German restaurant and not order beer! My partner ordered some powerful sounding beer: KrackenHoldenWeisenFurter (or something like that) - and let's face it - all German beers sound incredible. "Will it come in a stein," I asked ignorantly. "No it comes in an enormous glass! You can use both hands to hold it. Wow! Exciting! And then the beer arrived. Um... The waitperson sets down a tiny, little glass. A tiny baby bunny of a glass. More like a glass-ette. Bigger than a shot-glass, but falling far short of the expectation. Maybe a juice glass? Oh-well, it's just beer. It's not like Wisconsin people care much for beer, right? Onward to the food!
I ordered the Doner Kabob! I grinned evilly. "What's with the smile?" She asked. "I'm gonna eat one of Santa's reindeer!" I cackled. *eyeroll* Turns out, it wasn't Santa's lead reindeer on a stick. It was, in theory, a German version of a Greek Gyro but with beef instead of lamb.
it arrived quickly and I dove in. The pita was soft, warm, as you'd guess. The cucumber sauce and the cabbage were exactly what I'd expect from a Greek restaurant - but where's the beef? I opened the pita and dug down past the cabbage, past the onion. There at the very bottom was a tiny ... brown ... lump-like thing. A dollop of brown Play-do? A piece of beef? Maaaaybe... It tasted like beef.
My partner's wurst platter was not the worst. Not the best. Middle-of-the-road.
You won't starve at Freiburg, but you might leave hungry. Maybe the management is going for a 1918's German famine sort of theme. Fortunately, there are plenty of other restaurants within close walking distance. You can go to Frieburg Gastropub, say you've been there, and then grab some food somewhere else.
If Yelp let me use 1/2 stars, I might give it 2.5. It really wasn't terrible. It just didn't live up to the hype, and perhaps it's my fault for dreaming it'd be so much more.
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