I'll keep this brief as I don't normally write reviews.
I…read morewas intrigued by this place as I have a penchant for dive-bars and speakeasy type joints.
There's a bit of a musty smell going down the stairs, but fair enough - it's an old cellar bar.
There was a fruit fly in the beer, but fair-enough that could happen anywhere.
But the burger I ordered...whatever the hell it was it was not a burger. If you can see the photo associated with this review (take a good, close-up look if you can stomach it), the meat in the bun was truly weird...a kind of thin shell surrounding some brown gelatinous meat. It was like the inside was completely uncooked, but not red or pink as uncooked ground beef should be. And completely cold. The best I could tell was that it was maybe old, marinated beef (or just old), briefly deep-fried.
The waiter (who I think was a member of the family ownership) was mildly apologetic. First he said that it was medium-rare. "Nein, es ist roh! Und braun!" ,I replied. I didn't have the German skills to explain that it is a health risk to serve burgers "medium-rare" in the way that steak is..but that would have been only scratching the surface of everything that was truly wrong with this weird and dangerous monstrosity.
Then he offered a free espresso to compensate...but not the price of the burger as I'd eaten the fries. That was a mistake for him, an expense to me, but a great service to you and mankind, as I am now warning you with this tale of woe.
Hopefully you can see the photo of the burger...because it is kind of scary.
I know Driegroschenkeller is supposed to be themed on 30s austerity and hard times, but it's meant to be just pretend, not real privation, disease and prison-grade food.