A very nice find! I ordered beef medallions with fries and a salad. I am very happy with the taste…read moreand timing of the food. Really good and nice quality. The only thing I would like to see is maybe a slightly larger dessert menu, but that is my sweet tooth talking. I ordered chocolate ice cream which still hit the spot. I will 100% be back and wish we had one of these back in the states.

I love this place! Was in town for 8 days and I ate here 4 of them. Super great staff, steaks…read morecooked to perfection. Good seasoning. Only thing is the salad dressings seemed a bit watered down. But everything else was wonderful

Its OK, but thats about it. If you want a steak and there are no other options I reckon it will do…read more Otherwise look someplace else.

Service and staff are extremely rude! We waited for over 20 minutes and kept trying to get…read moresomeone's attention to at least acknowledge us and they kept hushing us and asking us to wait. The restaurant was full, but they could have at least acknowledged us instead of sticking fingers in our faces and asking us to wait. We just wanted to know much longer we had to wait and if there was a table avail for two. There were two other people that arrived at the same time as we did with reservations and they were treated the same. The wait staff basically acted annoyed that people where there to eat. It was snowing and we were cold and starving so we left and found an Italian restaurant around the corner. If you like long wait and rude severs this is the place for you.

We come to Essen once a year, and we always come to Balkan-hof. It's surprisingly cheap and you get…read morelarge portions. I get the onion soup and the Balkan Platter.