 Cafe Heidelberg
610 East Sahara Av., Tel: 702-731-5310
Combination restaurant, deli and gift shop. They also carry a good selection of
German sausages, hams, breads, seasonings, pickles, cakes and breads. The
breads are very good but they sell out very quickly. If you get there on a
Thursday in the early afternoon you might have a chance. As for their food: you
can get your schnitzel, strudel, sauerkraut etc. All the old familiar
standbys.. But, and here is the difference, you can also get
"Leberkaese", German fried potatoes, spaetzle and other typical
Teutonic items. Overall a very good dining experience. And clean too. |
Hofbrauhaus Las Vegas
4510 Paradise Rd ., across from Hard Rock Hotel
Touted as a faithful replica of the Hofbrauhaus in Munich, there are three
venues within the Hofbrauhaus. The bar at the entry is a smaller, cozy one with
TV's showing sports. In the big dining hall, guests sit on wooden benches at
long tables under an elaborate 40' high vaulted ceiling with Bavarian-style
painted frescoes. If the oompah band is playing, you won't be able to do much
talking. The food here is an extensive menu of all the authentic German
favorites - and hearing a lot of German spoken among the staff, we think they
know their product. Servings are generally huge and moderately priced. The
indoor "beer garden", another huge room, has trees and a sky and
outdoor-style furniture and manages to achieve the air of the outdoors (and is
a bit quieter). Three beers - a light, a dark and a wheat - are imported
directly, ranging in size from the 10 oz. ($3.50) to the 2 liter (about ten
bucks). The wheat beer is especially good. Girls in costume meander through the
seats with baskets of pretzels made with imported pretzel dough. The menu and
atmosphere are more conducive to dining than to drinking and noshing. The
parking lot is small and often full; a taxi might be the best way to go. |
 Swiss Cafe
3175 E. Tropicana Av., Tel: 702-454-2270
Don't let the name fool you. It is really German. I know the chef/owner
(Wolfgang) very well. He prepares some of the best German food anywhere. And
the antiques in that place are worth a trip just by themselves. Speak to
Wolfgang or Mary (his wife). Tell them Rudi sent you. |
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