This restaurant has come to typify the Madison ethnic dining experience: rave reviews for over-priced poorly prepared food that only tastes better because of the impaired judgement of too many beers.
Our table had a variety of the pork and chicken schnitzel dishes, along with the spaetzle. The only thing that had any merit was the clam chowder. The schnitzels were bland, with a heavy, dirty oil taste. The spaetzle seemed like they went across the street to Wah-Kee and grabbed some noodles. I've made box spaetzle that tasted better than what we experienced. Not sure what the fascination is with the factory-made pretzels that you can get at Sam's club.
The bar environment with the polka band and seemed to be festive, which is the only reason this got more than one star. If you're hungry, plenty of Madison restaurants that do have a passing grade. If you want German food, if this is the best it gets, may want to try Chicago.