STOP LOOKING. I don't normally write Yelp reviews and leave them to my yelper (see Cyndy K "the girl who plays with food" for DC, Hawaii, Philly, NYC, Chicago, Paris and Croatia recommendations) but the husband and wife team at Weberstubchen deserves praise.
A group of nine went for dinner tonight and had the best meal of six (6) dining outs in the Ramstein area. The husband and wife team here do farm to table, traditional German cooking. The husband is a trained butcher who selects his meats by hand and makes his own brats. The wife, a former hotelier, tends to the tables and bar, helps the kitchen out, and provides excellent food and beer recommendations from their house beer menu. Food is cooked fresh to order so patience is the name of the game. That said, for a place where the proprietor is the cook and chief bottle washer the food came relatively quickly and arrived hot.
I had the pork roast, a specialty of the house. The pork was well prepared, fork tender and retained its juices. For those who cook, you know this is not an easy feat. The sauce had a barbeque tang but retained its original character based on red wine, onions, garlic, bacon and a proprietary spice mix. This chef knows what he is doing and is not afraid to play with his food, in a good way. The spatzle was cooked to order and as fresh as can be. A wonderful dish.
Two companions had the jagerschnitzel. This is not the usual schnitzel which tastes like it had been mugged in a back alley and beaten to an inch of its life. The schnitzel at Weberstubchen arrived well breaded, about a 1/3 inch thick and juicy - as much a well prepared tonkatsu as a schnitzel. The accompaying potatoes were carmelized perfectly, fork tender and not at all the usual dry, starchy potatoes. These had obviously been pan roasted to order.
Another had the chef's newest special, invented the previous evening. This schnitzel featured garlic crusted pork, then breaded and cooked off and finally covered, but not overwhelmed, by a garlic-based sauce. Despite the perceived amount of garlic it was a well balanced dish accompanied by perfectly done potatoes.
The other dinners had a variety of dishes. What I can say is every plate was empty at the end of the meal. The one critique, and its minor, is the sauces are served near the breaking point, but held consistency and taste throughout. The salads are overdressed however the sauce is tangy but not too much. The farm to table came through when I examined the tomatoes - they looked fresh as if picked from the garden that day and had the rich flavor a tomato should have in June.
For those resident in the Ramstein area, the owner offers a dining club with the ability to earn points toward a traditional (not the kind you find in a tourist shop but a real) German beer mug. If you are passing through, go here, do not waste your Euros elsewhere.
The menu is English friendly and the both the husband and wife speak English so navigating your options is easy for the US visitor. The atmosphere is warm and family friendly, the hosts are welcoming and the food tradition and standard is high. No credit cards accepted, average price per diner with beer ~20 euros. read more