The best traditional German food in Frankfurt

We have all these newcomers in town, so why not let them know where the best "Deutsches Essen" is.

My favorite: MALEPARTUS http://www.malepartus-frankfurt.de/galerie/galerie.htm

They have the best schnitzel (especially the one with rost zwiebeln or the one with green peppercorn sauce) and fresh pressed apple juice.
It's where we go for birthday dinners.

Where do you go for good German food? Or should I say Frankfurt food? Anyplace that cannot make a good Grüne Soße is off my list.

Mutter Krauss in Schwalbach. VERY traditional, quite pricey, but "the mutt's nuts".

Lieb & Seele in FFM city centre (Kornmarkt). Lively, great schnitzels and other German staples like rouladen. Excellent value.

K

Native Frankfurters have taken me to Zum Schwarzer Stern right on the Roemerplatz, as well as Das Wirsthaus on the Fressgasse.

Both had excellent food, were reasonably-priced and were very authentic.

I liked them better then the Ebbelwoi places, where I think the food is usually mediocre (ex- the Kanonensteppel).

not strictly german, but excellent food and great summer hof:

http://www.zum-zehnthof.de/

In Frankfurt Schwanheim, end of Strassenbahn Linie 12

You think? I'd keep a look out for irate Osterreichers if I were you...

In Eckenheim: Good and not too expensive at all. The site is http://www.homburgerhof.de.

Zur Sonne on Berger Strasse is my favourite, I can't find their website but here is a review of it

http://www.selected-restaurants.com/cgi-bi..._restaurant=148

Zum Rad out past Seckbach on Leonhardsgasse is also good.

http://www.zum-rad.de/

Malepartus is decidedly a very good insider tip - lovingly prepared dishes with good quality fresh product at very fair prices: not an every day find!
Yet, Rumpsteak in Pepper-sauce is as much German - traditional or not! - as a tortilla is Swedish (... or a sushi is Portuguese, if you prefer!)

Which brings us to the term "German traditional food" ? German cuisine is regional.
The difference between what is "traditional" in Hamburg or Bremen is considerable when compared to traditional specialities of Bavaria or Swabia.
Certainly in Frankfurt "traditional" is Hessian and Frankfurt cuisine like one finds in a few "genuine" Apfelweinkneipen (someone correctly mentioned Zur Sonne already, to that one can add Fichtekränzi, Zur Schönen Müllerin to name but two!)

Lastly, and what speaks for the Malepartus - and substanciates this point of view - they offer also a special menu "Was die Hesse esse ...." (transl. "What the Hessian eats ...")
Good place ... the Malepartus!

Hi,

A quick mea culpa: the 'traditional' in the current title is my edit, not the OP's. I was making a distinction between 'traditional/regional' and, shall we say, 'modern German' cuisine. I inferred that intent from the post: schnitzel, and more especially grüne soße, are emphasised in the initial posting.

But if you feel another description would be more suitable, the title can be changed.

Thanks.

Oh come off it, @frahoo - you can't on one hand scoff at the presence of Rumpsteak with Pepper Sauce on the main menu, when Malepartus has Bratwürste and Leberkase (which could hardly be regarded as typically Hessiche) on the "Was die Hesse esse ..." menu. And as for Baked Camembert (!), well - go figure. PLUS, the so-called "Was die Hesse esse ..." menu doesn't even have Grüne Soße on it!

So - let's have a dose of reality, here. I'm sure the place does great food - in fact the recommendations on this thread have already made me decide that I'll go for a meal at Malepartus, but let's just agree that it's a pretty standard and representative menu of generic German Gutburgerkuche - and not some paragon of high Hessiche culinary art.

K

my favourite in Frankfurt (and this was five years ago) was always the Twelve Apostles (in German of course) they also used to make their own beer on site, whether this is still the case I know not, maybe people currently there can say

I may have added the 'traditional', but the 'German' was there from the start! Zwölf Apostel runs more of a Yugo kitchen. Their menu (pdf) describes it as offering "verschiedene Balkan und Internationale Spezialitäten". Good place though. Worth a visit.

Hi i ve some too. SO far we ve been to Echt (www.echt-frankfurt.de) in Bornheim. Kunstler Keller which is close to Borneplatz and Theatre. Last but not least the good old Germania, tucked away in Sachsenhausen.

SLan go foil

Oh, I used to love the Künstlerkeller, but it's no more

Another place I really love is the Klosterhof.

OK Kuzzer! you are absolutely right with your remarks regarding the Hesse Menu at the Malepartus ... I certainly agree with you that Bratwurst & Leberkäse are not Hessian "property" and the fact that no Grüne Sosse is included
further enhances your argument. Yet, I was only trying to make a point regarding German cuisine that many people* make - it is regional and you cannot throw it all in one pot.
* among others, all those who regard 12 Apostel (or Plus) as "irgendwie" German - and, frankly, The KünstlerKeller (closed since "good" two years already!) played more in the Kreisliga than in the "regional"