the village lanterne

great germanfood!. my friends and i tried this restaurant for the first time yesterday, september 22nd. we just loved it! great atmosphere, great food! entertainment by john weber on the keyboard was very nice. he even sang happy birthday to me.
we usually go to zum stammtish in glendale queens, and we found the village lanterne to be just as good if not better!

surly management. the table next to ours had a problem requiring police and emts. our dinner was stopped , the table we were sitting at pushed up against a wall and medical procedures done to another customer literally at our feet. our entire family was upset and crying. the manager came over and told us it was not her fault anything happened and would not comp anything on our 100+ bill.her answer was if you want i could give you some sort of gift certificate after all everyone in the restaurant saw something. i told her we were pushed back by the police we were so close and she did not care. she was very argumentative and should not be in a position dealing with customers or trying to make a really bad situation better.with her being the front line, thefoodand atmosphere did not even matter

went there on a saturday night with a reservation and still had to wait 15 minutes. host keep telling us , "it's crazy tonight!". my friends and i were thinking ummm it's saturday night that's a good thing! the service was very slow and unattentive. thefoodwas very good, but waiting an hour for dinner was not. if we go again, i hope the owners read this and do something about the service.

fantastic germanfoodin an authentic german atmosphere. friendly waitstaff, huge portions.