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| - I came to Otto's Bierhalle for dinner to have a huge German feast! With so many meats and beer to choose from, it was hard to decide what to get. I wanted to try it all!
They have 24 beers on tap just on the menu with new additions listed on the wall. My favorite of all the ones I had was the Ottakringer Vienna Original Lager, which had a great taste and was super smooth. My second favorite was the Hofbrau Dunkel, which is a darker lager that was also incredibly refreshing and smooth.
We ordered the Bavaria Feast ($55) which comes with a Schweinshaxe (pork hock), a single Wiesswurst sausage, couple sauerkraut fritters, a pile of sauerkraut, potato salad, beet salad, grilled veggies, pickles, and a mound of french fries. Enough food to feed three people with a good appetite.
The pork hock is slowly cooked for 24 hours in a sous-vide water bath before being deep-fried for 10 min to give it that super crispy outer skin. I've had pork hocks in the past from other restaurants that were incredibly salty and the meat tough. But the pork hock at Otto's was incredibly tender and not salty at all. The pork goes so well with the three different types of mustard that it comes with. However, the next time I order this, I may ask them to deep fry it a little less as I found some parts of the skin was a little overcooked and slightly bitter. I was surprised when they told me they deep fry it for 10 min as the meat itself has already been fully cooked with the sous-vide. Perhaps some people like the charred taste, but personally I prefer a crisp skin that is not burnt, so I think 5 min in the fryer would have been just perfect. Still, the inside meat was super moist and tender and was so good!
The wiesswurst sausage was also very delicious. Not salty at all like most sausages. Very delicate but still incredibly tasty. Again, goes so well with the three different types of mustard.
In addition to the Bavaria Feast, we ordered a side of Rouladen ($10). It's a beef tenderloin rolled and stuffed with smoked cured beef, house pickles, mushrooms, caramelized onions, and mustard. As good as it was, I don't think it was quite worth the price for four small pieces. Good to try, but wouldn't order it again.
The service here is amazing too. Super friendly servers really know their menu and their beers. Very helpful in assisting us with the ordering and giving us some background on the food.
The washroom has a button that when you press turns the lights off and starts playing music with psychedelic black light. Entertaining, but some people waste time playing with the button rather than doing their business, causing lineups to form outside.
Overall, I had an amazing dinner experience here. If you like meat and beer (and who doesn't), this is definitely a place worth checking out! Would definitely come back to try out some of their other menu items and beers.
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