Capital Club 16

Amazing! Located in a historic building, the restaurant serves American-German fusion specialties. Everything was perfect: the place has a real charm, its own style (even the toilets look cool, with all their stickers) inspired by Art Deco architecture (the chairs!!!), and the staff was super SUPER friendly. I'm really looking forward to coming back, next time I'm in Raleigh.

Rahmschnizel My wife and I came in and enjoyed some terrific German style food during Raleigh Restaurant Week. A couple pro tips, they only serve beer and wine for alcohol, no liquor. When we were there wine was $12/glass and $48/bottle which was not obvious on a quick scan of the online menu. Anyway we ended up with a bottle of sparkling rose that was good. The food was all great. The Capital Club Salad was delicious lightly but evenly dressed and was a nice way to start. The potato cakes were crispy yumminess. The Brat Bite Sampler was great with two different styles of mild German sausage a healthy amount of tasty sauerkraut, delicious stone ground mustard, and some of the best bistro style fries I have had anywhere. My favorite dish was the Rahmschnizel, thin cut pork tenderloin well seasoned served on spaetzle (a small rustic noodle/dumpling) topped with a rich buttery mushroom sauce that all comes together for a decadent bite of meaty buttery goodness. We finished with the strudel, I’m not a strudel person but it was good and my wife, who is a strudel person, was fighting to make sure I didn’t eat too much of it so she could eat the rest. Bottom line, it’s good, check it out, even if you don’t know if you like German food, you probably do and the folks here will help you pick something you will love.

We tried this restaurant after hearing about it from a family friend. I have traveled all over Germany and finding authentic German and Central European food is somewhat challenging in NC. Everything here was great and the second I tasted my first sip of the draft beer I immediately was hit with nostalgic memories of traveling through Bavaria and southern Germany. We ordered the pretzel, Maultaschen, schnitzel sandwich, and sausage sampler and German portage salad. The food was fantastic and tasted like what you would get in Europe. I definitely recommend this place for a nice dinner out or date night!

Tried this place for restaurant week and also ordered off their regular dinner menu. Everything we tried was delicious and we absolutely plan to come back! It is such an unassuming place that we wouldn’t pick if we walked past it but we are so glad we stumbled across it because there is so much more on the menu we want to try. The restaurant is categorized as “new american” but their menu feels like home cooked German traditional food. The service was great and the ambiance was very calm. Although there only seemed to be one waiter for the entire restaurant he was really on the ball and we never felt neglected. All of the dishes came out in a timely manner and our drinks never ran dry. Shout out to the hostess who was considerate of things happening outside of the restaurant like a flickering street light and accommodated moving guests to different tables to be less affected by the light coming in the windows.

We love trying restaurants and getting out of our "box". This was in a very cool older building in downtown Raleigh that had that awesome rustic charm that we never knew was there. The staff were friendly, the Bloody Mary was just the right amount of spicy and the food was so good we ate every bite on our plates! The dessert of the day sounded so good we had to get one to share. All in all it was a very nice experience that made us want to go back again.