Excellent food! The curry wurst and schnitzel are both good choices! Very nice beer garden to enjoy their very authentic German beers! My favorites were the hefe Weissen and the Dunkle! read more

Finally made it to Gemüt Biergarten and it was a great spot to check out on a beautiful fall Friday! This is just what Olde Towne East needed! It's huge, we chose the to sit in the beer garden because..it's Columbus we may not get to much longer. You order everything on your phone and then the staff brings it out to you. I had the tastiest Radler and the biggest pretzel...the mustard...always get the mustard! Great selection of beer, cocktails, etc, TONS of parking...I mean they have their own lot...not the norm in OTE. Reasonably priced, great pours and portions. I'll be back soon to try the Autumn Sangria, because it was out for the night! read more

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Definitely catering to the beer crowd with a wide open main room with shared table seating. Big windows with some nice outdoor sidewalk seating. In a revamped firehouse with beautiful stained windows. Five stars for the beverage assortment. Lunch time selections were minimal, like reubens, Knockwurst or snitzle sandwiches BUT they did all those very well. I had the knockwurst sandwich on a fresh roll with amazingly fresh sauerkraut. It was still a tad crunchy as if recently made. read more

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Good beer and ambiance. I had to take a star off because I ordered the weiner schnitzel and while it was cooked well, I really didn't care for the sauce which was very oily and tasteless. Other than that I would recommend visiting. read more

Great beers! Bratwurst! Who-a, love hitting Cbus local breweries these days. Gemüt was an interesting place to visit. I've never been down here before, brought my boyfriend down here to see what this meet up was like. It's located an old firehouse and their stained glass windows add to the ambiance. Parking spot was ample. We tried Helheim Helles lager which was really light and toasty. Weiner Schnitzel a bit on the dry side but overall great choice to pair with their german beers. They have spacious outdoor seating which was very COVID friendly. Order online & food is delivered to your table on the patio. No waiting to close out your tab. Indoor seating is mostly at long tables with few seats at the bar. We are always willing to try new places this place was the one we will def return to. read more

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Such a cool place. Lots of events on the schedule all week long. Good opportunity to mix it up if you're in the mood. Staff is very knowledgeable; we were particularly impressed by the hostess when we arrived. She was super kind and walked us through everything from start to finish. Beers are delicious. We started with a flight and I can't recall every one we tried, but easily finished them all and thought . I also felt that their flight sizes were pretty large in comparison to most other places I've tried craft flights. My favorite beer was the Troon Crystal Wiesen. SO refreshing! Only complaint that I have is their QR code/ordering website. It was pretty glitchy and for some reason wouldn't save my card info so every time we ordered I had to pull out my card again, and there weren't many people around to assist if needed. read more

2 stars for the patio. Pretzel was good. Beer was mid. Beer cheese tasted like the beer cheese my ex wife used to make.

Best restaurant in Columbus. Great food, great beer, chill atmosphere. Will be back!! read more

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What an amazing place! The beer is fantastic, the food is perfect, and the service is wonderful. Shout out to Susan the bartender on Friday nights. We will definitely be back! read more

Beautiful location, good beer selection and vegetarian sausage! What more could you ask for? The fact that they had vegetarian sausage was amazing, I love sauerkraut and am always a bit sad when I go to the other German places in town and have basically nothing too eat, so this will now be one of my favorite places to go, and my meat-loving family I went with were also very happy with their dishes. We started with a nice cheese plate also, and they pickles were outstanding. read more

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Really fun! In an old firehouse, yes you can park in the ""firehouse only" lot :) Low key place, slight confusion on how to order - you'll need to go to the counter. I prefer Hefeweizen and their version hit the spot. Sausage and other meat items sourced from my fave Butcher & Grocer . In love with the currywurst and Cleveland Kraut! read more

Gemüt Biergarten - Top - Kebabi (Macedonian app), Bottom - left sausage currywurst with dipping sauce, right is jagerwurst. - Beer Gardens Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

I love the food and ambiance but the service is really a problem. I was really excited to take my father here, but he had questions about the menu and no staff were available. We were outside and when he went inside, loud dance music was playing inside and no one could be seen. Everything is done by app here and communication with the staff js basically nonexistent. Everyone gets their own water, there is no way to ask questions before ordering, etc etc. We did get our food but never got questions answered. Then, I was surprised to see my credit card charged $25 over the food and drink cost. When I called, I was told that a 25% charge was added because the tab was left open. No way was that service worth 25%, and it was in no way clear to me that I hadn't 'closed' my tab. read more

Decent beer. Horrible service. Waited over 10 minutes while seated at bar to be acknowledged. We never got water we asked for. Kitchen closed because "they were overwhelmed". read more

Finally made it out to Gemüt and it was totally worth it. It is sooooo very beautiful inside I could not keep my eyes from wondering. From stain glass windows to the amazing metal work hanging above to the woodwork. The place was very welcoming and warm hearted. The staff was extremely friendly and helpful. We came for lunch and beer. And it did not disappoint. The lunch menu is simple but exactly what you would want for a simple but enjoyable bite to eat. The pork was perfect, thin and crisp paired with peppers. We got a side of fries and a side salad. It was a great amount to split between two. We also partook in a few lunch beers. They were delicious and also happened to be happy hour. Even better bonus. We will be adding this place to our regular haunts. read more

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Covid appropriate precautions. I not been here since it was too cold to use the patio area, and I was wondering if there were sufficient precautions in place. The place was fine, they have dividers along the long tables so you are isolated with your party. We get there early and had their Reuben fries appetizer, see picture. The food comes in disposable containers which is nice during this time. It was pretty good although very caloric. As always we enjoy their German style beers. Still looking forward to the patio being accessible again! read more

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The atmosphere was amazing here, however the drinks and prices fell a little short. While the food was delicious, it was very pricy for what was served. A Bavarian pretzel came with no dipping sauces included and small condiment containers were $2-4 extra to add. All in all though, the food was great tasting with great service read more

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So excited for this place, and I finally got to see it today! Highly anticipated for me, it lived up to expectations. Beautiful renovation of an old firehouse. The beer I got was delicious! Don't make me pronounce it: weihenstephaner. I love a soft pretzel, and they were out because it's been so popular! I ordered something else the waiter, David, suggested with hard pretzels (obatzda). When he came out he had bread the cheese dip. He explained they were out, and the spent grain bread (made with the grains from brewing) with the dip that he could bring out was in the house for my trouble. It was also really delicious. If I order it again I may just request the bread instead. Love the service and totally understand the adjustment period of knowing how much to have on hand of what when they just opened a few weeks ago. The patio is perfect. It's a beautifully warm and cool September day, and the shade is lovely. They have a cute section for kiddos, and a really beautiful gazebo. It's not open now, but there's a outdoor bar. The plant life is beautiful, and there's clearly little lights for the evening that would make this place so charming. A fire pit for when it's colder is gonna be so great. There's beautiful, and I mean stunning, stained glass inside as well as some greenery. You have to walk by the brewing tanks to get from inside to out which is lovely. Definitely can't wait to be back. Probably during their happy hour which is weekdays 3-7 PM. read more

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Visited this place for a work happy hour and was impressed. I'm not a huge beer guy but according to my colleagues they had a solid selection. The bar is located in an old firehouse and the ambience is great. Food selection was a smattering of German delicacies; bratwurst, sauerkraut, pretzels and other lesser known but delicious dishes. Staff was friendly, different set up in that you had to hit the bar to order food and drinks, no servers. Parking was abundant, make sure you park in their lot (says fIrehouse parking only). Too cold for the outside patio but walked out there to check it out and it looked very nice. read more

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We walked in on a whim strolling through Old Town East and grabbed a seat in the out door beer garden. We were glad we went inside to order, though, since the interior is interesting and fun. There are four incredible stained glass windows that are works of art and not your standard church glass works. The beer was standard German fare and huge. We also had the aperol radler and it was fantastic. We loved the food, especially the the wursts and beer cheese and mustard that came with the pretzel which was quite large. We're looking forward to making a special trip across town just for an afternoon here again. read more

This place has a great outdoor beer garden. Excellent German style beers! Also they have a few collaboration beers. All of them are great. The inside looks like an old church with stained glass. Very cool. read more

One star for customer service courtesy and seating management. They refused to simply accommodate a fifth person on the table by allowing him to grab an extra standalone foldable chair (plenty of foldable chairs folded against the patio wall) and be seated next to an already seated and served table of four other friends and I had to literally leave the place tell my friends "I cannot join you they denied me seating" which ended up being a waste of time, gas and money to drive all the way here from across the other side of town, especially given that I have been here at least a dozen times since lockdown was lifted and already have dropped hundreds of dollars here in beer and food . I told the female waitress who denied me seating that "it's OK I cannot force you to give me a seat, you have the right to deny me service but I will inform your management" and this review serves that purpose. Four to Five stars for the beers. Most are really excellent. The fruit infused Radlers are hit and miss. Three stars for the food. I am not of German ancestry but I've been to Germany plenty of times. I realize this is not authentic German food.. after all this is a brewery but let's call it a German infused or inspired bar food.. it is still OK even though it is on the higher price. The collective average of stars comes out to two stars for this review. Thank you. read more

Gorgeous Art Nouveau era architecture and design inside and out. The updated stained glass windows are beautiful! Food and beer is fantastic! The best place in Old Towne East Columbus! Finally! read more

Gemüt Biergarten - Gorgeous design and style at Gemüt Bier Garten - Beer Gardens Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

By far my favorite German style beer hall in the Columbus area. I enjoyed it so much I became a mug club member! They have a pretty good menu of beer and food to select from, I recommend the pretzel that is the size of VW beetle. As far as the beer goes you can't go wrong with any choice you make, it's all great! Awesome atmosphere, great staff and the beer is delicious! read more

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Wow, talk about delicious and authentic German food! I went to this adorable restaurant with a friend and we both couldn't stop raving about it. Unfortunately, I am not a beer girl (even though they make their own beers) and their beer selection was huge. However, their wines were decent and served in these wonderful goblets! We split their Bavarian pretzel with the bier cheese and it was amazing. I got the paprika schnitzel with the spatzel. If you order one thing when you go here, please try the kasespatzel, it was incredible! But my whole meal was delicious. My friend got a sandwich and loved it too. The atmosphere is so cute as well. Please add this to your list of places to try! read more

To be as clear as humanly possible, and this is hard to say, but imagine an eatery purporting to be German, to be serving German fare, that is arguably LESS German than Schmidt's. One would not have thought this possible, but hey pigs do get airborne. Nothing on the brunch menu is even remotely German. And then there's the bread selection: baguettes and ciabatta??? Their sides gurken salat (cucumber salad), kartoffelsalat (potato salad) bore ABSOLUTELY NO RESEMBLANCE to anything I have encountered in all my travels through German and Austria for that matter. For the sake of authenticity, my family is German and I grew up in Europe and the United States. We ate German food all my life both in Germany and New York City. And to top it off I am both an American and German citizen with the matching respective passports. Did not think after Schmidt's I could be so underwhelmed. #SHAMEFUL read more

visit Gemüt Biergarten for the best beer and best vibes in Columbus, Ohio. the staff is extremely kind and cool. it is very family and dog friendly. it's also pretty vegetarian friendly which is uncommon for German restaurants. the food was top notch! the space is also very cool. it feels like a real old world style german public house. id hang out much more if i lived in town! i recommend the helles, pilsner, and dunkels. it's nice to see a restaurant take pride in some beers other than all IPAs all the time. read more

Gemüt Biergarten - a flight of beer at Gemüt Biergarten. - Beer Gardens Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

This could be my new favorite place. Oak in Parsons. Very nice patio outside the beer was wonderful, and the vodka lemonade was exceptional. Staff is very friendly and it's the cleanest place I've seen to date. Went to the ladies room like I always do to check it out and it was immaculate! read more

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Food was delicious! Everything was perfect! The beers were great! Will definitely be back!

Loved the atmosphere and food. Stained glass and beer steins with long wooden tables. EXCELLENT German food with the traditional stuff (bratwurst with sauerkraut) but unique things as well (like a curry bratwurst). My fiancé said it was the best beer he ever had (Sow of Sunna Marzen) and I liked the small but delicious selection of German wines. They brew their own beer and source their meat from local farms via The Butcher and Grocer. Only took off a star because when we arrived we couldn't figure out where to go with their COVID changes. There were signs on the doors that said to go to the hostess stand but we couldn't find one and when we walked in an associate saw us and abruptly handed us menus. It wasn't clear what they wanted customers to do when coming in to maintain social distancing. Other than that it was really wonderful and we will be back. read more

Ok I'm gonna keep this brief. The beer is exceptional - no frills, just BEER FLAVORED BEER. If you don't want one of the in-brewed beers (your loss), they also have crazy good wine at impressive prices. Go get yourself a bottle of happy hour red for ten bucks, girl - you deserve it. The food is bomb as hell and you can even find ways to tweek it for picky kids. Examples: paprika schnitzel with nothing on it, kasespatzle without mushrooms or onions, or pretzel. My one year old yells at me when I don't feed the kasespatzle fast enough. Did I mention they have a lunch (get the Ruben bro), and brunch (Austrian hash fo LIFE). The location is tight. We all love some OTE. Whats better than that? A freaking parking lot. Park in "firehouse only" and you're gucci. The interior is very well done. I just wanna sit in front of those windows and examine them forever. Last but NOT least: The bar staff is top notch. Seriously. They all look familiar bc they've all been in the game a long time. read more

Awesome old fire station, with incredible stained glass. The staff is super friendly and on top of things. We didn't get to sit in the Biergarten because of rain, but it looked amazing! read more

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Neat location in an old church - long wood tables and benches - beer hall. Neat stained class windows & good beer selection.

My sister and I have a yearly tradition. Okay it started this year but ya gotta start somewhere. We usher for CAPA for A Christmas Carol and then go to the Oracle for a drink. Since this is the first time we can and will adjust. The Oracle is awesome as always but we thought we'd stop in here on the way home. The are now officially part of this one year tradition. The place is much larger than it looks like from the outside. We bellied up to the bar as we often do. I prefer the bar. Maybe it's because I was in the business. You feel part of the place. The staff is amazing. Fun, good sports and they can dish it out as much as they can take it. I don't want to speak for them but WE had a blast. Geoff got us off to a great start by explaining in detail his favorites on the food side. Breezy (Brittany?) I swear her names Brittany but my sister says Breezy. This is funny because she called me the wrong name at one point and it turned into joke throughout the evening her calling me random names and me answering to whatever. So anyway...she is hilarious and kept us thoroughly entertained. You have to be a good people reader to pull this off. Now, for those who are still with me, the food. We just wanted a little something. But we couldn't stop. We got the Kasespatzle. gruyere, caramelized onion, bacon and mushroom and pure, unbridled deliciousness. The big as yo head pretzel with outstanding beer cheese. It's soft, hot, crispy and something special. Finally the Kartoffelsalat which is crispy potatoes, bacon vinaigrette and chives. Seriously. Everything was perfect. I complimented this all with the perfect holiday drink the Grog. I went not expecting much. Just a simple nightcap to say I tried the place an left having an experience. I will be back. Again and again. Much to Geoff and Breezy Brittany's chagrin. read more

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Open since late 2018, this German style restaurant is definitely worth checking out, especially if you're a fan of good beer and tasty German dishes! Their in-house brews are delicious, and as a Hefeweizen fan I definitely enjoyed their Alfheim! The menu is surprisingly broad, far more than just a few "bar food" staples, and everything I saw come out looked delicious! I started with a fantastic pretzel with spicy mustard, and then a bratwurst with sauerkraut with "crispy potatoes" for the side, which were amazingly tasty! The building itself is very cool, set in a restored old house with an authentic German interior style, and the most incredible set of 5 custom made stained glass windows, each one corresponding to one of their beers! Absolutely beautiful! The detail could keep you busy looking at them for hours! The staff was super friendly and welcoming, and the large free parking lot outside made the visit hassle free! Can't recommend this place enough, and can't wait to return when it's warmer to enjoy the large outdoor beer garden area! read more

The food and drinks are good, consistent and mostly worth it. But the staff that just collectively hides behind the bar, griping about what you are doing wrong when ordering your food or waiting for your drink (was asked where I sat for delivery then scolded that I didn't wait) and then asking for a 30% tip is a major turn off. I'll probably come back in 5 months once I've forgotten about this experience. read more

This was a very interesting place to visit. I've never been down here before. I brought my boyfriend down here to see what this meet up was like. This was actually very impressive. They had some really good food options to choose from. They also had tons of beer options and cocktails. I decided to get non-alcoholic. Boyfriend chose a cocktail mixed drink they had. The bar had a really nice outdoor seating and indoor seating too. The best part was they had tons of it too. The meetup when it started we had tons of fun discussing and sharing our thoughts. They actually had trivia going on in the background so we went inside to finish the discussion. While our meetup was going on we had our pretzel and apple fritter ordered. The pretzel was super huge and I got quickly full on like half of it. We even got cheese with it which made it better. The apple fritter was a delicious ending I thought. Came with vanilla ice cream and had actual apple slices in it. I was very glad with the bar that was chosen. Plus the meetup was super fun and enjoyable with the people we discussed with. Food and drinks were on point. I would recommend to anyone. read more

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Very much so enjoyed Tuesday stand up night in the tent out back. They had heaters on the patio which kept it warm. They also had a beer raffle which both my boyfriend and I won free beers. The comedy was great. They had audience participation improv at the end which was very funny. The food was great. We had the pretzel and kasespatzle apps which were rich and filling and delish. The beer was good. The interior is pretty. This used to be a firehouse from the 1800s. Some of the charm was lost to install the brewery but it is still there. Highly recommend. We will be back. Want to try trivia night Wednesdays. read more

We've been coming here for years and it's still our favorite spot in Columbus. They have great staples but always keep their beer and food menus fresh with new additions. Inside is traditional German long tables that you can share or sit outside in the Biergarten. Either way the beers are great and the service is top notch. read more

The pork schnitzel and potato salad were delicious. Nice portion sizes. Hubby said the Reuben was really good. I loved the pear cocktail and he enjoyed the beer. I'm looking forward to going back. read more

If you're looking to just drink good beer in a gorgeous German style beerhall sitting with friends this gets good marks...BUT food servings are very minimal servings (and overpriced) with odd interpretations of German food ...Kartoffelsalat is not Kartoffelsalat ...it's just dry Potato chips ..and the Beet Salad has few beets in it ( really it's arugula salad) Oddest decision of all is there NO Service at customers table...everything ordered at bar with orders brought to table...then the kicker is on receipt, suggested gratuity starts at 20%, 25%, 30% read more

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