Cancel

    Open app

    Search

    Z Cafe

    3.7 (34 reviews)
    ModerateGerman
    Open 11:00 am - 8:30 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

    Z Cafe Photos

    Z CAFE ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Quiet
    Touristy
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

    Recommended Reviews - Z Cafe

    Your trust is our priority, so businesses can't pay to alter or remove their reviews. Learn more about reviews.
    Yelp app icon
    Browse more easily on the app
    Review Feed Illustration

    Reviews With Photos

    a plate of fried chicken, macaroni, and cheese
    Cristina B.

    Sometimes you want the chicken and buttered noodles and not all the fuss that comes with dining in the main dining room of Zehnder's. And that's okay! Let me introduce you to Z Cafe. Located in the basement of Zehnder's, Z Cafe offers a cafeteria style ordering system with plenty of your Frankenmuth favorites. You can order plenty of sides, soups, wings ... Oh and their famous chicken. Individual dinner options include 2 sides and a drink for about $18. You can even package up any leftovers to take home. We typically stop here on our way home for our cottage up north to grab a quick meal before getting home. Seating is spacious and service has been great as well. I look forward to getting another chicken dinner soon!

    a plate of food on a tray
    Angie B.

    Quick line on a busy festive Friday Christmas shopping. Cole slaw and bread/roll were so good. Tender chicken in gravy (over noodles). Pricey sides but worth it as I took half of everything home. I wish they could "dim the lights" in the dining area.

    Cranberry salad recommended by Scalawag's in Mackinaw City.
    Roxanne B.

    We ate in the restaurant last time through Frankenmuth, so decided to go a little low key this trip. The food was good and the folks on the line very friendly (the gentleman who made our salad was completely enthralled that we were from ... Los Angeles), but this is some pricey hot table food. This food was $36! If we're ever in the 'Muth again, we'll seek out a more affordable option.

    Chicken plate
    Stacy K.

    My daughter and I visited in August and she spotted this cafe. We didn't have time to eat here, but I promised we'd come back. We finally made it back and I must say I was impressed! Since it was cafeteria style I wasn't sure it would live up to the sit down restaurant quality but it totally did so and more! One child had been craving the scrumptious chicken noodle soup which never disappoints. She also tried the hot chicken sandwich with mash instead of bread, Mac and cheese, and the incredible pull apart garlic roll. The other child ordered the sausage plate with bread pudding. The adults got a chicken plate, and a tray full of sides: stuffing, buttered noodles, and spatzle. We also shared an amazing German bock beer, very tasty! It was not a cheap meal, but reasonably priced. The portions were large, we had leftovers. I loved the quick convenience and ability to order the items we love...like me going for a simple tray of all sides. We will definitely return to the cafe for a quick bite. My daughter is still talking about the sausage.

    chicken
    Junebug G.

    We stop here everytime we visit Frankenmuth maybe twice! We can just order our chicken and sides, pay and eat! You can also get carryouts, they offer holiday buffets and even fishfrys! Theres been a few times the chicken was forgotten during a carryout but its only once or twice so we suggest checking your order. Staff is friendly and food is not bad!

    See all

    Photo of Vanessa R.
    30
    99
    199

    5 months ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 1
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    1 year ago

    Helpful 6
    Thanks 2
    Love this 5
    Oh no 0

    1 year ago

    Helpful 2
    Thanks 1
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    3 years ago

    Helpful 2
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    7 months ago

    Returned for the clam chowder. Just as good a year later. The Caesar salad, made fresh as you watch is great too.

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    2 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Roxanne B.
    0
    238
    1104

    2 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Dan M.
    0
    33
    1

    1 year ago

    This is downstairs at Zehnder's and has all their great food and fixings available as takeout or cafeteria style.

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    2 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    7 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 4
    Oh no 1

    3 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    2 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    4 years ago

    Helpful 2
    Thanks 0
    Love this 2
    Oh no 1

    6 years ago

    Helpful 2
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 1

    2 years ago

    Great meal. Very tasty. Very nice portion and wonderful service. French onion soup/cobb salad

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Sarah M.
    38
    31
    13

    2 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Will G.
    1
    66
    30

    4 years ago

    We had the fried chicken and also brats with sauerkraut with cooked carrots. All the food was excellent

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of April M.
    32
    35
    19

    5 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Bri S.
    10
    146
    23

    5 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of JW N.
    0
    17
    1

    8 years ago

    Helpful 2
    Thanks 0
    Love this 2
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Junebug G.
    28
    91
    104

    7 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    6 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    10 years ago

    Helpful 1
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    5 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Todd M.
    121
    66
    53

    13 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    5 years ago

    Amazing food and experience! I also love the shopping district around it! Best restaurant in frankenmooth.

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    6 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    10 years ago

    Helpful 5
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Christina A.
    314
    109
    238

    7 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    14 years ago

    Helpful 5
    Thanks 0
    Love this 2
    Oh no 0
    Photo of Lonny B.
    0
    187
    49

    13 years ago

    Helpful 3
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    8 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 0
    Oh no 0

    10 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    9 years ago

    Helpful 0
    Thanks 0
    Love this 1
    Oh no 0

    Ask the Community - Z Cafe

    Verify this business for free

    People searched for German 141 times last month within 15 miles of this business.

    Verify this business

    Meinberg J B

    Meinberg J B

    3.5(4 reviews)
    12.8 mi
    $$

    Old school Irish pub which has served Saginaw's heart for many decades. All of Saginaw's best have…read moremade their way through this bar at some point. If this bar was located in Chicago as is, it would be a popular every night stop. Here, it's effing dead during our midweek stop. The only eye candy was the bar maiden which was years younger than me, but with the dim light and sleepy appearance I really couldn't make out much. Booze can be a bit pricey, but not more than a chain restaurant. They have some very fine beer taps, clean lines so the beer taste is brisk. Many of their drafts and bottles are Irish reminiscent. Think of an older Irish pub, dark woods, dimly lit, the old smell of cigar smoke, pennant flags of coats of armor hanging from the ceiling. Dark tiled ceiling, rustic lamps and paintings, while the bar maiden had said they have a pretty good college following on college night, I'm believing their clientele more that most customers belong to the late thirty's and older plus crowd. I'm told that one could easily find an older cougar on the prowl or older well to do daddy looking for skullduggerous actions. Their men's room is a shanty and should be set a blaze. Pulling up to the stall I was to use my manhood to swat away like a swashbuckler at the hordes of fruit flies coming to attack thee. At least twenty or more, disgusting; the urinal has a permanent urine stain. The toilet stall was no better, here resided just a handful of fruit flies, but from the smell and look of the water, I'd say at least a few other men had pissed and not flushed before me. YUCKY, I hate the hair raising feeling of a filthy washroom. You have to imagine that others have sat on that toilet, poor fellow.. to sit and then find fruit flies flying up your ass. Terrible. Other then that bullshit, with the right band or banging DJ, you could be JUMPING around to some banging beats and having a great time. Parking is limited to the street and there are some local parking lots. I'm not sure about the neighborhood, it may have once thrived but is now lethargic.

    2.5 stars. One for each good thing about the place and the .5 because they have had some great…read morebartenders over the years. 1: The building is beautiful. 2: it's nice to sit outside in Old Town right on Hamilton Street while weather permits. The late night crowd really ruins this place for me.

    Photos
    Meinberg J B
    Meinberg J B
    Meinberg J B

    See all

    Z Cafe - german - Updated May 2026

    Loading...
    Loading...
    Loading...