Alte Burg Gasthaus is the oldest cider house in Germany, situated inside the Dreieichenhain (three oaks grove) castle ruins. Although the castle ruins are older and many of the village buildings are also older, the cider house came to be in the 16th century. You definitely feel part of history when you eat or stay here. We overnighted three nights in one of their rooms which was very comfortable. We had a flat with two bedrooms and three twin beds, and a specious living room. Note that the house is old so the beams are also warped which means some of the doors won't open all the way as the structure has changed. This adds to the charm. The amenities are a little dated, but if you don't mind the little things you'll be comfortable here. There was wifi, the place was clean and the service was very friendly. On our first night we dined on traditional Frankfurter specialties such as the Schnitzel with Frankfurter green sauce, which is a sour creme sauce that is blended with 7 local herbs, a few of which you simply can't find in the US. A little while later we shared sour cheese (Handkäse mit Musik) on dark caraway seed bread. All the while we had the locally fermented dry Apple Wein. read more

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Great setting, super vista and Württemberger Wein on the menu. The starting conditions could have hardly been better. Oh, and did i mention someone claiming (I would argue in hindsight without any merit) being the oldest place in Germany to serve apple cider, or as the folks here in Hesse would say "Äppelwoi"! First the good: Seated on Beer tent benches in the driveway of a gingerbread house, covered with a canvas that rivaled the roof of Denver's airport (just more colorful) it seemed quite promising. and did I mention the vistas ,check out the pictures). I wanted to play it safe and ordered head cheese preceded by a beef soup. The soup made me to postpone my annual physical as I seriously feared my doc would - rightly so - diagnose a sodium poisoning (needless to say, my doc was also quite upset about the reschedule thing) and the "presskopf" (head cheese completely failed the test: too much meat, virtually no cartilage and absolutely no gelatin! Oh, bummer! You come for high expectations, stay for the ambience and I suspect won't come back. Or maybe you do for the great company and folks you meet who joined you at the beer tables. This Yelp is driving me nuts. My changes, corrections and best jokes don't show. read more

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I visit Germany 1-2 times a year, and my friend always makes me go to the alte haus. I have been coming here for over a decade, often during the local Apple Wine festival. I notice the German reviews are all 4-star, in lock-step. Maybe I'm influenced by the fact I've been attending so long, but I love it. The food is simple German standbyes - giant knobs of pork, potatoes, dumpling, schnitzel, and so forth. Done well, and unpretentiously. They serve a lot of local specialties which are hard to find, such as frankfurt green sauce (made fresh from 12 different herbs), and handkaese mit musik, which is not for the faint-hearted . The building is in the amazing old town of Dreieich, and is centuries-old. No AC of course, as is standard in Europe. :( Staff does not speak English well, so go with a German if possible. On an early visit, I asked the waitress for their "best dish" and she misinterpreted "largest dish". I got a boulder of pork shoulder so big it had a flag on top. A companion dubbed it the "fleischberg"! Portions are gigantic, so beware if you can't take leftovers home. My dad ordered wiener schnitzel and got TWO enormous schnitzels, a raft of potatoes, and a hillock of red cabbage. He was daunted. I know people like to say we Americans eat huge portions, but the alte haus beats us all hollow. read more

Gasthaus Alte Burg - Frankfurter Green Sauce - came in this for our use - Hessian Near Me - Dreieich, HE

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