Dorfkrug is Great! I go to Gelsenkirchen a lot for business and always try to make it here. Hands…read moredown favorite is the Sauerbraten with potato dumplings and red cabbage. The service is mostly great but sometimes a little slow but I will keep coming back. I love the traditional German style of this place as well. If you are using credit cards make sure to have a little cash to for the server since the tips are cash only

From the owner: Dorfkrug! Im Herzen von Buer besticht mit einem einzigartigen Ambiente! Gutbürgerliche Küche mit…read moremediterranen Akzenten bieten für jeden eine breite Speiseauswahl! Mittlerweile nicht mehr wegzudenken sind die Dorfkrug LIVE Nights, die 1x im Monat auf dem "Kornboden " stattfinden!

This is one of the very best restaurants I've ever been to in my life. It's an experience that few…read moreplaces can rival because it's about the people and the food and the atmosphere. The food is exquisite! Frau Uli is a fantastic chef and the meals are prepared and presented simple and perfectly. There is no pretense, it's wonderful steaks, beautiful tasty salads and potatoes to die for... All in good proportions and at a very fair price. Uli is a perfect host! Wonderful stories and friendly, he is an expert at putting his guests at ease. He knows his Rums and Scotches (and all liquors I'm sure), it's a real treat to have him select an after dinner digestif. Without Uli this would just be a fantastic place to eat but it's so much more! The restaurant is in a wonderful old German building, I'm assuming an old guest house. I could write a 1000 words and I still could not do it justice, go and enjoy!

This is one of my favorite dining experiences anywhere in the world, much less Germany!…read more Our host (though I forget his name) was one of the most genuine people I've ever met and has a beautiful skill at establishing rapport with his customers. The food was delicious and I felt that I was dining in the house of a longtime friend who took great care in her offerings.

I had the lunch menu for 15 Euro back in 2019. It was fine…read more The kohlrabi Kressesuppe (soup) was good. Meatballs were dense & unfortunately overcooked. Brownie was okay. About 3+ stars

We loved this place. My brother and sister were there for a trade show in Dortmund and found this…read moreplace as we were coming in from the airport. Food was excellent and the service even better.

After waiting forty minutes for my meal in what was basically a hot and stuffy room, my opinion of…read morethis place dropped tremendously. However I don't want to write it off too much because, surprisingly, as soon as I queried the waiter as to where our food was it suddenly, magically, appeared before is (which makes me wonder what was keeping them bringing it to us). Well, the carrot soup was actually quite nice, and my brother ended up having a rather interesting dish (not that I could remember what it was). However, I guess a part of me also didn't think all that much of Essen. However, what was really cool about this place was that in the bathrooms the soap is wrapped around a metal rod, so there is no need to mess around with squeeze tubes - you just wet your hands, soap them up, and then wash them off. As for the towels, they were actually small cotton towls that you tossed into a box once you are finished with them.

Firstly, yum! The food here is great and they do have an…read moreEnglish menu. I would definitely try one of the specials! The staff are all really nice and accommodating! Prices are totally reasonable! Stop reading and go eat!