Great place to grab a meal. Ordering can be a little confusing - you just go in, grab a table and walk up to the bar to order when you're ready. Serving sizes are very large - I could have shared one dish between two as I ended up taking half of mine to go. There is also a happy hour from 4-6 every day that I would definitely recommend taking advantage of.
The pork belly I ordered had a crispy crunchy outer layer and the meat was deliciously melt in your mouth. It was accompanied by a good heaping of fermented red cabbage. The mash potatoes were a bit under seasoned and the gravy was a bit gloopy and tasted like beef stock. But loved the apple compote, tasted just like the inside of an apple pie-only wish there was more of it. The fries had just the right amount of crunch and were seasoned perfectly.
There are surcharges associated with paying with card, Public Holidays and Sundays. I don't mind the surcharges, although I probably would have liked them to be less subtle about them, especially the Sunday surcharge.
Not having eaten any meat in 5 days (trying a new diet), the Munich Brewers Platter for 2 was exactly what I needed to break my meat-fast! With an up-tempo pop music playlist creating the atmosphere on a somewhat quiet Saturday lunch-hour, I was eagerly awaiting a good hearty German meal while evaluating their table setting (scoring a 3/5 stars on the napkin test). And when our platter arrived, boy, our table was almost not large enough to accommodate our meal (please see exhibit A)! Included was 4 types of sausages, pork belly with crackling, pork knuckle, chicken schnitzel and the following sides and sauces - sauerkraut, pickled red cabbage, mash potato, apple compote, mustard and beer jus. I was armed with my steak knife and let loose on the protein.
First-world problems, which protein to start with? This question and subsequent answer was important, as there was a remote potential that we might not be able to finish everything! NOooo! We decided on sausages 1-2 as the appetisers (mmmm spicy sausage with mustard), palate cleanser= sauerkraut; Main1=pork belly with crackling (crispiest crackling in recent memory); sausages 3-4 as a pause before the storm (good old frankfurts); Main2= big pork knuckle with crackling to be shared by 2 (really nice, tender meat falling off the bone and again, crunchy crackling with a nice layer of fat); mash potato= textural change-up; then Main3=chicken schnitzel, first with the apple compote just to break up the saltiness; then schnitzel piece 2 with gravy…… and at this stage I was getting trigger finger from clutching my fork too tightly (where your finger isn’t able to independently bounce back straight without some help). And just when I couldn’t fit any more in, there were reasonable portions of each side left , and not being one who likes waste, I took it for the team and finished it all off. *Puffer fish face*
And the cherry on top, all the while I was sipping on a German grapefruit beer, not to mention that the Bavarian is an affiliated restaurant with the Qantas Frequent Flier program, so 4000 QFF Pts= $20 off the bill! SCORE! My goodness! This was a break-meat-fast meal to remember! Will I be back? Do Bavarian’s wear Lederhosen’s’? That answer is YES and YES! Almost needing to roll down the stairs due to my poor bloated belly, I can’t wait to be back… even if it’s just for their jumbo pretzel! (Disclaimer, the Bavarian staff were not wearing lederhosen’s, but they were really friendly and attentive.)
Everyday at 4-6pm they have great value happy hour drinks of wine, beer and cocktail for only $5 and free wifi too. It is located in world square.
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