Paulaner

I've been here a few times for a beer with friends. As a bar it was adequate enough. We then coordinated an ICP photography event and that went fine as well. Unfortunately during my last visit on July 2nd I visited with my family for brunch. Marco sat us and said he'd be right with us. Ten minutes later someone else arrives to take care of us. She was nice enough but Marco informed her that we could not order from the brunch menu. We arrived within adequate time for brunch and we saw that other tables near us continued ordering from the brunch menu. Most of the food we ordered from the regular menu was average at best and my ceasars salad was horrendously over seasoned. I also was quite unhappy when I ordered a beer flight and we were told that they could not serve a beer flight at that time. Meanwhile we saw Marco bringing another table a beer flight. Not cool.

Good for enjoying sports and beer. Lots of space and not very crowded, even on Friday night. Unfortunately for this place, it takes more than beer and sports to please me. They need to pour heavier in wine and cocktails. Everyone in my group had the same complaint. I wound up asking them to stiffen my $12 drink because no one could taste anything besides soda water. They returned my drink with all my ice melted, no change in vodka levels. Other than that, service is ok, as was food. Nothing particularly impressive. The social media guy we spoke to briefly was very nice.

We enjoyed our two recent visits to Paulaner on Bowery in NYC. We happened upon this gem while we were walking early on a Friday afternoon. We entered the German oasis and enjoyed the scent of a fresh Christmas tree while we drank Guehlwein, our favorite mulled German wine. We returned the next evening for a full dinner, and loved it! The food is delicious and the atmosphere convivial. As the weekend evening wore on, the noise level increased. The later crowds are young and joyous, so be prepared for a loud communal atmosphere. Great food, excellent service, and a do not miss brew pub!! Try the 5 beer flight so you can taste all of the delicious flavors that are brewed on site.

I had one of the most outstanding restaurant experience here! 1. I'm from Europe and I now how Polish, Czech, German, Austrian food should taste. Most of the places who call them "German or Czech" now nothing about the real taste of European food. This place has amazing traditional (bratwurst etc) and not-so traditional food. My choice was pork knuckle cause I was looking for it in NYC for a while and it was fabulous! 2. Chef from Austria, his name Tomas. And that's also untypical for NYC, because most places have chefs from Latin America. Don't get me wrong - nothing bad about that, but who can cook better than the professional chef who grew up in the country where are cuisine from. 3. Personal touch in service. Manager is great, he always want to make sure that everything is perfect, and server (who was serving us) speaks German. 4. I had my birthday dinner there, my wife accidentally mentioned it, so they did happy birthday song + dessert as any respectable restaurant, but one of the guys was playing TRUMPET! That was unexpectedly cool :) 5. They brew their own beer on the spot. Selection isn't large but all you need to have a good dinner: Lager, Pislner, Wheat and IPA. Will go there again for sure. If you want great food, excellent service - Paulaner won't dissapoint you!