little gretel restaurant

food is great- service is always the same: slow and unorganized. waitress unattentive. 50 minutes wait for food (breakfast), no coffee refills unless you asked for it. sad, the food can't make up for poor service. this is the sevond time service was this way. so we are not going back.


-----04 mar, 2012-----

food is great- service is always the same: slow and unorganized.

lovely setting, but disappointing food. the reuben was overly greasy and bland to boot: the kraut in it wasn't . . . sauer! my companion's clam chowder was well presented in the bread bowl, but was weirdly sweet-tasting. probably won't return.

cozy relaxed atmosphere!. i love little gretel. wonderful food prepared with herbs from their own garden. home made breads. daily and weekend specials. the best reuben i've ever had - lean corned-beef, sauerkraut that is prepared properly (a hint of sweetness), wonderful marbled rye, just the right amount of cheese and sauce to add a flavor but not overpower the sandwich. if you're looking for a loud, noisy, chain restaurant with tvs in every corner this is not it. if you desire a relaxed, quiet, excellent food experience then try it!

hmm. i had the jaeger schnitzel and spatzel and was told it's the best in town. well, i can't say it was bad, but i have had much better. maybe it was just a bad day.

after a couple of years and several chefs later, i felt it time to update my review. regrettably, the weak service i commented on in my forest review hasn't improved. that's a shame. honestly, i cannot figure out who is spending any time managing this place--perhaps on one is. even sadder is the food; i can nonlinger refer to it as "cuisine" since whoever is in the kitchen these days is sadly under-trained. gone are the days of sandwiches on freshly made bread as we'd once experienced. our recent club sandwich was on what appeared to be a lot of store bought white, with very skimpy amounts of ham, cheese, and turkey that tasted like the oscar meyer one could find at heb. minuscule amounts of iceberg lettuce a a couple of small, unripe tomatoes rounded out this underwhelming, overpriced ($8.99) sandwich. the "fritz" were just that--a baked version of pommes frites (french fries) that were inedible--definitely on the "fritz". the others diners slogged through equally mediocre and overpriced sausages and salads. two years ago our lunch here garnered raves. this time, the disappointed silence was deafening and no one in our group that day was impolite enough to say that our $60 lunch (with no liquor) sucked. so here goes: it sucked.


-----25 sep, 2009-----

offbeat chef is inventive and the food is well prepared and presented. reasonably varied menu, for boerne. lunch is the deal, although a recent visit for sunday brunch was outstanding, if a bit slow paced. as others have stated, service is sub-par...but that's standard in boerne, regrettably. not the best location; other good restaurants have floundered here. hope this one makes it!

yum. lived in germany many yrs ago and it was nice to find some entrees i'd missed. went back again a few weeks later. i repeat: yum.....

9-5-11. arrived at 10:30 am. out if pancakes ! how do you run out of flour and water to make batter? we left after an hour without eating. several groups did the same. we never got a update or apology for the delay. locally owned resteraunts should be on their game on holidays.

great little place. had breakfast here today, the waitress was nice enough to go ask the kitchen if we could still order breakfast since it was about to be 11. i had the waffle and it was delicious, my friends had the club sandwich and the monte cristo, it was all good. very nice decor, modern look and great service.

friday lunch. we arrived @ abt 130p & lunch ends @ 230p, so plenty of time to enjoy our lunch. even though only two other tables occupied, service is laid back but we didn't mind since we were off for the day. i ordered the rahm schnitzel--the creamy sauce was divine over the very tender pork. i loved their red cabbage-just the right tang. the spatzle was perfect-not heavy, not over cooked & actually had a bit of flavor on its own. my partner ordered the special-rouladen. a piece of tenderloin wrapped around a sausge stuffed w pickles,onions, boiled egg & smothered w/a brown gravy. sounds a little strange but was very delicious & hearty meal. our helpful server recommended a raspberry/farmers cheese kolache but we ended up with was more of a piece of tort, it was fresh tasting but the one thing it actually needed was salt in the crust. that would have put it over the top--just salt. we also ordered a bottle of pinot grigio & were told it was not available then a few mins later we were advised it arrived that morning but not chilled, they offered an upgraded wine but not at a discounted price so we waited for our pinot grigio to be chilled. overall, we enjoyed our food & service and will return to try something else from the menu. we ended our lunch around 3p that day.

not bad. reading the other reviews, it seems they are suffering from uneven performance, need more consistency, etc. the jager schnitzel i had was decent, but the gravy was kinda plain. kudoz for the wild game sausage sampler and the excellent cabbage and sausage soup. one word of advice, however... never refer to a wine as 'drinkable'. this, being told to me by the restaurant manager who boasts having managed the 'beer joint' next door as her resume. it shows...

i'd go back for different items.. i've heard so many good things about little gretel that when the opportunity to do brunch came up, i jumped. three of us had brunch this morning and there were good things and bad things.

bad things: service was slow and a little too casual, the kolache was definitely forgettable and not something i'd order again (i really don't get what the fuss is about an unglazed doughnut with hard, too sticky jam on it). my eggs benedict had paper thin english muffin bottoms and the poached eggs were poached nearly over hard. the hollandaise on the eggs was bizarre, sour, and fluffy rather than creamy... almost gelatinous and fluffy... very strange. the server said that they have their own recipe for it, it's a bad recipe.

good things: my friends enjoyed their omelettes after they realized they were given each other's food. the best thing we all shared was their waffle, it was worth going back for to have again, that good. it was the size of a plate and had a delicious cream with pecans that was soooo good.

overall i'd say, expect slow service; it seemed like the people around us were none too pleased with the speed of their service either (looking around, looking around, looking around again...) so don't come if you're in a rush. skip the eggs benedict altogether because the poached egg and the hollandaise makes the dish and they executed both poorly. skip the kolache, it's nothing to write home about. try the other egg dishes and the waffle/pancakes!

i'm rating that 'i like it' because i'm definitely game to go back for coffee and waffles.

the ambience, service, quality, value and most of all the taste was fabulous. i love the poached egg with crab cakes on a french toast!!!

i love this place. al fresco dining waterside with great food? comeon. my favorite is the sauerbraten with dumplings. and to those who complain about the service...just because your food is not deep fried and handed to you in a paper sack within five minutes you say service with slow. i say it's well worth any wait. have some class people.

sanarnold@aol.com. i'd heard alot about this resturant, but it just didn't live up to expectations. the service was not good and 3 out of 4 meals were mediocre at best. the saurebratton was horrible-it had no vegetable-and the meat was on 2 pieces of bread-they called it breoche. the snichetzle had no flavor at all. on the duck plate was served 1 small measly leg. i would never reccommend this place.

utterly fabulous! presentation, texture, and ambience. right by the river. authentic cuisine with a modern feel. best! best! best!!