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| - First, let me say, I really wish that I could give this place more than 3 stars. It is such a cool concept, and the atmosphere is great, but those things don't make a restaurant. First, though, I will elaborate on my previous statement. Brat Haus has an awesome outdoor area. They have large tables, games--including tetherball, which I hadn't seen in years--, and I think they even show movies on the wall sometimes when the weather is nice. But...
The food, for the most part, is nothing to write home about. The one thing worth mentioning is the pretzel with beer cheese appetizer-- oh my Lord, it is amazing! It is even better than the pretzel balls with beer cheese down the street at Culinary Dropout, and I thought nothing would beat that. Oh, and the fries are pretty good. Unfortunately, though, that's the best that it gets. The brats are alright. Actually, I haven't had many of them, but I wasn't thrilled with the one I had, which was just the basic Haus Brat. I love both duck and veal, but I was very disappointed that those brats both included fennel. If you're not familiar with fennel, it tastes like licorice. It can be good in some dishes, but I don't want it in my brats, so I haven't tried those.
I was very excited to try the schnitzel, but it had no taste-- ZERO. I had it on a sandwich, and it was alright, but then I took the meat off and tasted it, and it tasted like nothing. So disappointing. I've also had the Pig Mac, and it's definitely better than the brats or the schnitzel, but still not something that I crave...and it's ridiculously large.
Finally, I can't not write about how horrible the service was the last time I went there. Now, I will say, I don't remember the service being so awful on my previous visits. However, last time, my party and I almost walked out. The place was next to empty, and it took 15 minutes for the server to bring our drinks, which included 2 sodas and a water!! That is ridiculous! Once we got our food, he made very little effort to check on us for the remainder of our time there. If those pretzels hadn't been so freakin' amazing, we probably would have left.
So, if the weather's nice and you're looking for a cool spot to hang out and drink beer and eat pretzels, then the Brat Haus is probably a safe bet. Otherwise, I'd skip it.
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