A typical German pub. Alt is tasty, food is OK and is an accompaniment to the beer. We had…read moreKassler (salt pork) with mash and sauerkraut. If your looking for a traditional Dusseldorf pub with traditional German food, Zur Uel will fill that need. Nothing fancy - just good Alt and a decent meal. Add some friends and you'll have a good night.

My home away from home while in Dusseldorf…read more Feels like walking into a neighborhood pub/tavern/dive back in the States but with an authentic German feeling. Neither 'Sam Malone' nor 'Cliffy' were there, but I believe Gunther and Klaus might occasionally make an appearance. So what can you expect when you walk in to Zur Uel? I was there on a Saturday night, Sunday night and Monday night. In order, I'd share the words 'hopping', 'dead quiet' and 'friendly neighborhood pub' to describe each of those nights respectively. Yes, I should have tried different restaurants. Easy to say when you aren't jet lagged, or aren't working 16 hour days and getting 3-4 hours of sleep per night. Zur Uel was convenient to my hotel and in the Altstadt so shoot me! Food? Not too bad. I personally have no issue with German food besides the fact that they seriously overcook vegetables. Can you boil/cook my carrots for less than 37 hours next time? I have finished teething so I think I can handle a little crunch! That said, one always gets a simple house salad to go along with heavy meat entrees, potatoes of some kind and bread. Beer? Really enjoyed the Fuchsen Altbier. The locals should be proud of it. It's delicious and goes down easily. They bring it in .25 liter glasses and it is bottomless...beware though as it packs a punch. As others said, the beer fairies just never let you run out. The waitresses constantly swing by at the instant one's glass is on the last sip. It's like a drive-by beer shooting...you just sometimes don't know which direction your new beer came from, but it's foamy and delicious. The waitresses keep tabs on your totals by marking your beer coaster with a pencil and total you up at the end of the night. Service? Germans get a bad rap on service. It is a case of a few bad apples spoiling it for everyone else and creating a stereotype. Trust me...service was solid and friendly on night #1 while it was crowded; and great on nights #2 and #3 when it was quieter. Super friendly, appreciated my effort (and we laughed about my destruction) of their language, and they coached me to improve my basic vocabulary and grammar, were my friends by night #2 and looking forward to my next visit to Dusseldorf. Faux friendliness? Seemed genuine to me. Why only four (4) stars? CASH ONLY. I know it is not the custom to take credit cards in Europe and Germany in particular, but I genuinely would have spent more if they had taken cards. However, I was saving my cash for taxis which I needed desperately at times (like when headed to the airport.) So Zur Uel saved 3-4% on merchant credit card fees and it cost them 10-20% in a larger tab. Sounds like a NET loss to me. A loss for both sides. Still suggest coming here. Say Guten Abend for me.

Oh what a dreadful disappointment. I've heard soooo much…read moreabout this place that when a friend of mine invited a group of us to try out their All You Can Eat BBQ Ribs I jumped at the chance! First of all - The Good Bits! (it's a short list, don't worry)! Location - Very close to the Borbeck railway station Room - Lots inside and a huge beer garden. Great for big groups of people.. office get-togethers etc. THE BEER - This IS the best thing about this place. You must try the Bock beer!!! Very good! but be careful. It's very strong!! Now to the more negative points It was a beautiful evening, so we sat outside and tried to order - I'm sorry came the unexpected answer,You have to eat inside!!!! ok so we all trooped inside and ordered. The food was edible. A huge disappointment. I'm only taking about the special offer not the menu - some people in our group - 10 of us - had the salad and I was told it was excellent. Full marks for this, but the ribs we ordered 6 and only got 5 - It had never seen a BBQ - and was undercooked, not raw but.. There is more.. After the meal we all went back outside to enjoy the lovely evening and chose a table at the back of the beer garden that had tables big enough for the whole group. This is when it all became a farce. We tried to order beer but the waiter wouldn't serve us as we were to far away!!!!!!! We had to go it to the bar and get our own!!!!!!! Disgraceful !!!!!!!!!!! It totally ruined what could have been a wonderful evening but was spoilt by the incompetent, inflexible staff. I won't be eating here again. Shame really.. the beer is sooooo good.

First time here, already well received. Although the place was crowded managed to get the last…read moretable. Good start. Good food choice and the beer is excellent! Came here with colleagues for dinner and the review is still tio short. You can sit outside or inside. At the moment the weather is still too cold to sit outside.

Food here Taste really really bad (Bolten tastes good though)…read more I had pumpkin soup, a friend of mine Gulasch soup. Only salty. Nothing more. I had Rinderroulade. Dry, sause tastes nothing but bitter. No salts in potato. The service person ask for price without showing the order details and took money and went away without waiting that we check the calculation. Absolutely no go.

Not worth the money, if you ask me. I've had better meals for less. The staff are mostly okay…read morethough. Breakfast is disappointing.

A very good Brauhaus, an insider tipp because of its location in the turkish quarter of Krefeld…read more Nice plain food, good Altbier and a very traditional Brauhaus atmosphere. Not touristic at all.

Best food so far this week. Traditional German menu (available in English). Good home brewed beer.read more