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    Kempner Brick Oven

    4.2 (116 reviews)
    ModerateBakeries, German
    Open 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Dogs allowed

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    Cucumber Salad
    Dawson K.

    I have been dying to eat at Kempner Brick Oven for over a year now. My brother has been coming down to Kempner Brick Oven with his friends for years now every time they plan a trip around Gatesville TX. I've only heard amazing things from my brother and his friends about how amazing the German food is here at Kempner Brick Oven. Well now I can say that they are 100% right about what they said. This Saturday I finally got the chance to eat at KBO (Kempner Brick Oven). It was also my first time ever to try German food. I will tell you when you first walk inside KBO you will be met with the smells of nicely baked bread and German food. It was the type of smell that was comforting and gets you in the mood to eat. Even though this restaurant/bakery is small we were able to fit in 6 of us at one table. Once we were seated we were greeted in a timely manner and ordered our drinks. I had the 12oz Erdinger Dunkel. The Erdinger Dunkel had a similar taste to Shiner Bock which is my favorite beer. I would recommend any selection of their imported bottles of beer for your meal. When the time came to order our meal I was excited on what to get since everyone else was ordering Schnitzel and I wanted to try some sausages as well. I settled with the Rahm Schnitzel but was hesitant because I really don't like pork because of the taste/texture. You also get three sides with your entree which is a salad, a starch and a vegetable of your choice. I chose the cucumber salad, sauerkraut, and almost went with the potato salad but got the herb butter spätzle instead (the waitress also recommended the spätzle). Once my cucumber salad came out, I ate every last bite of cucumber that was in my bowl as well as finishing off my brothers cucumber salad. The salad was refreshing with the dill and the crunchy cucumber accompanied by the white sauce. It gave my mouth a cool reset before the Rahm Schnitzel arrived. Once my meal arrived I was greeted with a similar smell that reminded me of fried mozzarella sticks/chicken parmesan even though Rahm Schnitzel is not even close to those foods. The overall look of the schnitzel with the paprika and garlic cream sauce paired with the spätzle was fantastic. I took one bite of the schnitzel and fell in love instantly. The texture, breading and meat tasted amazing and it reminded me again of eating chicken parmesan. The breading was light and the pork was tender and not dry and easily paired with the paprika and garlic cream sauce. The herb butter spätzle was like eating a denser version of gnocchi, which is my favorite type of pasta. The flavor of the spätzle was amazing when paired with the schnitzel. Also the sauerkraut was really good by itself and was served warm. Did not mind at all if the sauerkraut was warm. Just letting others know if they expect cold sauerkraut. After this meal nothing was left on my plate. Every last bite was enjoyable and it expanded my pallet on what it means to have amazing German food. I was impressed with the small intimate atmosphere decorated with German decor as well as Kempner Brick Oven's food. If you haven't tried German food before, this is the place to go to. I would drive hours just to eat at Kempner Brick Oven. It is well worth the drive! I will have to give Kempner Brick Oven a 5 star review since it exceeded my expectations, gave me a idea of how amazing German food is, and provided a great experience. I am looking forward to coming back with my brother and our friends and maybe trying out some bakery items! I recommended: -Erdinger Dunkel -Rahm Schnitzel -Cucumber Salad -Herb Butter Spätzle -Sauerkraut *They also have plenty of food choices for those who are pickier eaters like sandwiches and pizza.

    Hawaii Schnitzel
    Teresa R.

    Food was delicious, great service and very reasonable prices. Would definitely eat here again

    Cucumber salad
    Keasha E.

    Delicious, authentic German food! Excellent service and a clean restaurant with a warm friendly atmosphere. Highly highly recommend!

    Michael C.

    This restaurant has lost its way. I will not be back. I've come here for many many years. The staff are not wearing any type of protective masks in the middle of a pandemic. I guess they have decided that safety of their customers is not important. I went two weeks ago and they at least pretended to care with masks hanging off face or not fastened at all. The customers all had masks on and you could see people being uncomfortable with wait staff coming close with no mask or talking over the plates of food they are carrying. My meal was inedible, the seasoning on the garlic spaetzel was so strong it over powered meal. Bread served to table was at least a day or two old, so tough my mom couldn't eat it. Nearly all of the sides are directly from a can or frozen food (pea salad, cabbage etc.) Also, they have Fox News blaring on tv in dining room and Trump stickers at register. I don't come to this place for their politics.

    Schnitzel, red cabbage
    William E.

    Stopped in to try some German food which we have been missing. Staff was very friendly. We had schnitzel, cucumber salad, red cabbage, sauerkraut assorted bread, herb spetzle and desert (would not know how it was, the granddaughter took it and devoured it) everything was great. Daughter liked the tic tac toe bread. Must stop in next time we pass through.

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    If you want great authentic German food away from Germany, you don't want to miss this place!!

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    Great German restaurant. Great service and Awesome German Cuisine. I love their Schnitzel.

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    Best tasting German food in the Killeen area! Authentic with a family oriented atmosphere! Dine in or to go it's always consistent!

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    3 years ago

    Good German bakery/restaurant. They also have a variety of German foods for sale. I love this little bakery.

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    Great place to eat out for German food. Great staff both helpful and professional. Really good pizza and authentic German beer.

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    Out of the way for me (from Killeen) but I always stop by when going to lampasas. The BREAD...need I say more?

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    Super authentic, tasty German home style cooking. Generous portions, all prepared fresh when you…read moreorder, and fast, friendly, efficient service. Small dining room with lots of cozy decor from Germany. Very welcoming atmosphere, from the time we walked in until we finished our meal and left. Probably the most authentic German food we've had in the US, we lived in Franconia Bavaria for four years in the 80s. Complimentary bread (also authentic) served when we sat down, and we could hear the schnitzel being pounded out in the kitchen when we ordered. Everything came out in an appropriate time, and our server was very friendly and checked up on us all the time. Even upsold us on a dessert (which we had to get to-go, as we were stuffed) by bringing the torte out for us to look at, hard to pass up after seeing it lol. Highly recommended!

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    Amazing little place. Very beer hall style for sure in design. I loved the staff and the food was…read moregreat! Most of all, they had a wonderful beer selection. I will go again for sure. One critique: a bigger pretzel would be great.

    This place is such a treasure in the smallest town I never knew existed! Parking was fairly easy to…read morefind and they did have a wait because of how busy it was! The wait is well worth it! The ambiance is marvelous! They have steins everywhere and the decor is pretty neat! I would love to come here during an evening to see how different it is! They had 2 staff working on a Saturday afternoon which is understandable! After a twenty minute wait we were seated and the server came and took our order. He was very nice and helped us order since we couldn't pronounce much on the menu. We got a decent amount of food for 4 of us! I got the Brie with cranberry sauce it was a 4 out of 5. I did not know it would be fried which is why I took one point away. My friends got the potato salad and it was delish! It came warm and was very flavorful! They also got a pitcher of Ratler beer which tasted just like juice! It was delish! My friends got the soup and the Reuben. All were pretty tasty! My husband ordered the Bretzel which was delicious. Then we got two slices of cake. DO NOT SLEEP ON THE BEE STING CAKE! It was divine and I plan on buying a whole one for my birthday! It has almonds, honey, Bavarian sweet cream and Bavarian sweet bread it is phenomenal! I cannot recommend it enough! Each slice was $7 but so well worth it!

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    A warning: If you eat Weinerschnitzel in Vienna, you will be ruined for life on most of the…read moreversions you find elsewhere. But I was stupid, and hungry, and ordered what looked like the specialty of the house at Eve's Café. In fact, it looked like what they called a Wienerschnitzel was the basis for all sorts of schnitzel variations with different toppings and gravy. That should've been an extra warning for me. To be fair, the description on the menu said that what you would get was a pork chop, and that is what I got. It was a little bit tough, which I suspected in advance, watching the people at the next table, sewing on theirs. The breading was weird in a way that's hard to describe. It was somewhat over-seasoned, a little bit hard, and left an aftertaste that was slightly chemical. An even worse sin by Texas standards, it was small, as in the recommended meat portion size for healthy eating, about the size of my hand, minus the fingers. My side of onion rings had the same breading. And even though I am generally a gravy hog, I didn't especially care for the brown gravy that came with my meal. The German dill salad probably had some dill in it somewhere, but it was all drowned in so much mayonnaise-based dressing, I couldn't really taste it, and the whole thing turned into soup before I finished. This all really sounds terrible, but it wasn't actually terrible. I ate all of it except for the soupy salad, but it just never rose beyond competent, when I had gotten my hopes up for some good German food. As I looked around at what others were eating, I really wished I had ordered one of the fabulous-looking sandwiches, burgers, or bratwurst. Those are harder to mess up. The restaurant itself has a nice location on the Square in Lampasas, and a charming vibe. The Thursday lunch crowd was good sized so it looks like a popular local place. The service was very friendly and pretty quick--maybe little TOO quick, as if my schnitzel might've been waiting for me under a heat lamp. Once I'd finished, I was still a little hungry, and considered ordering a slice of their Black Forest Cake. But I have had Black Forest Cake in Bavaria, and I simply couldn't bear another disappointment.

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