German Gymnasium in Camden

Spacious venue with a selection of German dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner

Fed up with the waiters constantly trying to up sell drinks and having to ask 4 times for a jug of water. Schnitzel I had was tough, bit large. Chicken paprika was forgettable. Atmosphere was good.

Always delicious food and great atmosphere!

We had dinner there with a friend on Saturday October 19, 2024, we ate outside and were served by Jojo, a great waitress with whom we were able to speak a little French. Great restaurant with German cuisine, main course and drink 40 euros per person for us.

A great place for breakfast with polite staff.

Excellent service rendered by George at our table. We had a very good ceaser salad and an ok veal schnitzel (a little tough for our taste). The place is an attraction on itself. This was a good choice close to st Pancras. If we would come by around again, we would try the pork knuckle, which looked very good in the table besides us

Great place. You must visit even if just for coffee. Very well decorated.

Always handy for a meal or a drink - a great space to be in as well.

The staff were very friendly and the food was good. They were very helpful in accommodating me (I'm autistic).

Would have liked some savoury breakfast choices without egg

Really cool place, great German lager.

It's always a great place to have lunch and coffee before a journey.

Absolutely loved German Gymnasium! The setting in a heritage building added to the incredible experience, blending history with a modern vibe. The food was delicious—highlights were the Vienna schnitzel, Sachertorte, and the baked cheesecake. A fantastic spot for both the atmosphere and the food!

Sorry but I have to be blunt.... Teufel Küchen in Barcelona is a million times better and cheaper. The website is VERY misleading... this looks like a family place, more traditional, but the restaurant is more chic and modern. Also they were out of pig neck during the Oktoberfest menu days...

Excellent, excellent, excellent.

Food is delicious, ambience is cool. Especially for German guests like us, it's really fun to eat at the German Gymnasium. That's it, on the whole. Prices are far too high for the quantity and quality delivered. 30€ for a normal-sized schnitzel, which was just okay in terms of taste. The duck was good, but again just €30. Waiters are below average. Just do their job. All in all okay, but we wouldn't come back.

i really like this restaurant, i came here alone because my family were in a different country and i stayed for school and felt really well accommodated. they had a good selection of non alcohol drinks and the food was really nice (big portion sizes too as i got full really quickly). the bathroom is nice, staff are really kind and it was a great way to end my night after school and shopping. i got paprika chicken

Stopped on an early Friday evening looking for a pleasant meal and got far more. There was an oompah band entertaining the diners. We arrived without a reservation and were quickly seated. Our waiter was a delightful Lithuanian fellow named Mantha (sp?) who really made the experience. He gave excellent recommendations and made us feel welcomed. We took our time, enjoyed a refreshing beer, ate delicious pretzels, salad, sausages and cheese noodles. We will definitely return. Thank you for the experience!

I went for a lunch with 3 friends, from the reception until the end of our visit, the staff was amazing, very friendly and welcoming with us, the service was very prompt and the staff help us to understand the dishes. Very nice food and desserts, a big variety of dishes, was really difficult to choose only one. The best, they have a lot of vegetarian plates, and fish as well. Thanks to everyone to give us a wonderful time there .

What to say about this restaurant, the best in London, the best in UK! There are nothing like German Gymnasium!!!! Every restaurant in the UK should go to German Gymnasium kindergarten school of cooking and just learn!!

Great place, lively food and a reminder of my time in germany

Only popped in for coffee but fantastic location and service

Really great German/Swiss/Austrian menu. Looking forward to going back again.

The best food atmosphere and ambience in London!! The best!!

Excellent will be coming back*****

Moody waiter who shouldn't be in a customer environment. food is average and very expensive for what it is. The atmosphere is good to look at howberry they cram everyone in little spaces so you are practically speaking to the person next to you.

Nice cafe with a cozy terrace where you can have a drink while you wait for your train. Fast service with orders from the application.

Cavernous hall serving authentic German food (e.g. pork knuckle and sauerkraut) that was certainly worth a visit without blowing me away quite as much as I expected before visiting. Maybe the service was a bit stretched as it was very busy. Good German beers.

I have been coming here since opened!! always amazing! There was a small issue tonight, but Olivia the lovely manager upstairs sorted it perfectly!! Thank you! (Lovely glasses btw!!)

The food is mediocre at best. The service was okay. It is completely overpriced for what it is. We wanted a hot, delicious meal but we actually would’ve been more satisfied and less ripped off getting a sandwich from Pret!

Incredible food and experience! Removes all stigmas of "German Food" and makes delicious and beautiful plates of food.

Perfection! I'm often put off from restaurants this size as the service and quality can suffer, this is very much NOT the case here - a grand setting with the care and flavour of your side street bistro. Booking certainly essential but 100% worth it

Just across Kings Cross Station. This is a beautiful building purpose built to be a gymnasium with high ceilings and all. Excellent service by Georgos and a young Nigerian waiter whose name I seem to have forgotten just now. Sorry Food is good. Coffee is excellent and it is fairly priced for the quality, location, venue originality and service. Keep the good work.

I thoroughly enjoyed the lunch with the team from work. The food was excellent, and the service was great.

Amazing venue, great vibes and lovely staff. Disappointing food though. We were in the restaurant upstairs and you have to order for everyone from the same menu which is annoying because you couldn't have the pork nuckle. Sausages were really nice but duck, pork belly, potatoes, sauerkraut, red cabbage were all tasteless. I would try the downstairs menu next time. Bit disappointed.

Very good food... Oktoberfest specialties and pleasant service in an otherwise often austere British service environment...

Food was TINY We were only shown breakfast menu others near us had been able to order the lunch which looked better Extremely small eggs Benedict, we went else where for another breakfast after as still starving

One of the most disappointing meals I’ve ever had - there is nothing about the brunch menu which is German. The “German Gymnasium” meal is a wildly overpriced English breakfast, extra salty. Coffee was bad also. Left still hungry. The bill also had extra charges on it in error. Avoid, far better places to go in the KX area.

Maybe the food is just good, but the service and venue more than make up for it. Great for business, feels special.

Nice place. Shame about the food ‐--------- Updating my review. This is my third time here now (not my choice), and if anything, the food is worse than ever. Reduced my rating for 3 ro 1 star. I will never go back here again.

Beautiful building and a good atmosphere. I would say the food was good but definitely not up to the same standard as the building or the price charged for it. I had Cod on lentils, which was good but not great.

Great place, very good and authentic Schnitzel, lovely interior and great service!

Really enjoyed the food and environment

Authentic german food in a wonderful environment, chill out music and welcoming staff! Keep some space for the desserts because they are worth it

Pretty disappointing meal - this place used to be awesome. But chicken schnitzel falling apart from the breading, French fries dripping in oil which was highlighted to the staff. Gorgeous building and service pretty good but food a massive let down given how great it used to be and the price. Wouldn't come back again

Had an amazing lunch here yesterday. The staff were very friendly and easily accommodated a last-minute change of times. Opted for a currywurst, which was really tasty. The only thing missing was some pomme frit sauce. Overall great food great drink options and for London very reasonable prices. Highly recommended.

Decent service and good drinks. easy location for a london pit stop.

If you want to wait 20 minutes for a Luke warn coffee and still have to ask for sweeteners (and have a bowl of sugar dumped on the table) then this is the place for you !!

This is for the outside. We were offered inside or outside, so we went for outside, not having been told it is a different menu, which was disappointing, and we had mixed out chance to be inside. The food was fine but looked better on the inside choice. The best is great

Meeting place after travelling to London. Met up with our daughter & grandchild. Ordered drinks - a glass of wine was terrible. Complained & didn’t get any response from the waiter that was serving us. Very disappointed. Won’t be rushing back.

Good food, nice atmosphere. A little noisy and crowded.

Great atmosphere and good service. The food was lovely but there wasn’t a lot of it. Four currywurst’s and 8 beers = £138. Central location and really close to the train station.

Very over priced with the poor practice of applying a large service charge to drinks only orders. The service was indifferent at best and at one point in the evening it was impossible to attract the attention of any staff.

Very interesting experience. Approached the front desk and the two attendants gave me one of the coldest vibes and interaction ever when i asked if we could sit outside and be served. I thought it was just me, but my friend who came in later also commented on that. We went outside and waited to be served, as directed by the front of house staff. Not one staff turned up to take out orders, so we left. Another mutual who joined much latee also confirmed that they had experienced something similar previously. Aside from that, the building looked nice and so did the interior.

Nice atmosphere but it was the worst burger I’ve ever had.

Great sausages and Wienerschnitzel, though our waiter was a bit grumpy - still, he tried to smile at least once..

Came here for breakfast and to wait out some time on way to Paris since it is close to the main international train line in London. It was a good breakfast with good service. They had very good juices and pretty decent coffee as well. I would return for dinner and drinks another time. The restaurant is very beautiful inside and is a whole vibe.

Got a table when everywhere else around was queuing. Good meal, music a bit too intrusive, though.

Very good dining experience, quirky menu and quite fun.

Food is okay, but not that special. Service is hasty, hardly any time to sit back and enjoy. The place itself makes up for it.

This was an unexpected delight as a stopover from arriving at LHR on our way through the Chunnel by train to Paris. A beautiful space to enjoy our first authentic G+T.

A tourist trap unfortunately, with small portions for the high prices . The inside looks nice but you’re paying for it . Salad had no taste , schnitzel was nothing special

Gorgeous starters , husband had goats cheese salad I had prawn and crab cocktail. Pina caladas are amazing! Waiter very attentive and friendly, even gave us an umbrella on the way out ! Give that boy a pay rise !

We had a great time here. It’s nice to try different food and German restaurants are not found often. We loved the food, well presented and a quality meal. The staff were the finishing touch to an anniversary night. Our waiter was excellent, unfortunately I can’t remember his name, he was chatty and funny but felt natural and the service he provided was the best I’ve had for a long time.

Lovely place, had a table outside to watch the World go by. Nice Weißbier and food and delicious desert!

The food is fine but the staff is insensitive with ethnicity issue. We encountered implicit racism

Snooty staff, barely paid attention to us. Our server was more interested in chatting with her fellow staff than paying us any attention. We had to literally ask the bartender for help because she wouldn't even make eye contact with us. The menu was misleading, but still rather good, with the exception of giving us ice cold butter for our toast. For a place that has such sophisticated decor you think they would hold their staff to the same standards.

Sophia and Katelyn were great at the front desk and were extremely welcoming and friendly. Lovely vibe in restaurant and service was great!

Very nice place, the decoration of the restaurant is magnificent and the food delicious. The service was impeccable, I highly recommend!

Great location, and the waitresses were very attentive. I had the Käsekrainer with mashed potato and sauerkraut which was cooked to perfection, and the dish was seasoned really well.

Great to be hosted and this quirky venue. Attended as part of the Team GB homecoming celebration, super helpful staff, amazing food, great atmosphere. So close to St Pancras Station. Definately recommend.

The food portion is large and good. Good environment, the building is amazing.

Great food, tasty cocktails, nice ambiance

While there was nothing wrong with the food, it could have been better for the price. I went for breakfast (not what they're known for). I had Eggs Florentine, two poached eggs and spinach and hollandaise over a potato rosti., with ham on the side (I thought it was easier than ordering Eggs Benedict with spinach on the side). The side of ham tasted lovely, but it was what one might expect on a charcuterie board or sandwich. It was sliced very thin - like prosciutto - and was cold. I also had an Americano. Altogether, it cost £23! I suppose the price of the atmosphere was included, which made it unfortunate the atmosphere wasn't better. The back of the bench our table was at - the centerpiece of the restaurant - had not been cleaned in what looked like many months. There was a thick layer of dust on it, and cobwebs between the decorations. Lastly, the service wasn't great. Our party ended up being fewer people than the reservation, and it seemed our server wasn't very pleased about that, and they didn't bother to hide their disappointment. I may go back to try dinner there, but I won't be in a rush to do so.

I love this place. The people and the staff are outstanding. But the food was very disappointing on Sunday night. The menu has changed since my last visit and has proved the very little variation to the menu

Fashionable bar next to King's x. Arranged on 2 floors. The staff are impeccable. They always have an interesting display in the centre of the bar area. Not eaten here but the beer is always good.

I got the sharing meat plate (can’t remember exact name) and it was a feast. In general the food was a bit on the bland side, especially the chicken schnitzel. Also would appreciate more vegetables. But overall, some food German food in a pretty visually impressive building

The services are superb and Ravi was great . He’s friendly and very knowledgeable about everything. I cant wait to come back here soon .

Love it here. You can have steins here which is brilliant. Service is brilliant. Always come here to celebrate the end to a 80mile bike ride. Often muddy and sweaty. Never turned away. Instead embrace.

A tasty dinner with great vegetarian options and super service from Jo-Jo!

Nice place, about average quality food. Quite good location for the travelers.

Underwhelming visit. Schnitzel was large but flavourless and overcooked. A paltry amount of salad served with it, which felt like an afterthought. Impressive building, overpriced food.

Beautiful building, and good atmosphere. Thats where the positives stop. Not sure what was more sour, the cocktail or the waitress. Felt rushed and unwelcome from the moment we sat down. Now the food. I have posted a pic of the Chicken Escalope. Dry and tough, and the texture was unpleasant. And just look at the presentation, are they plating in the dark? The garnish looks like it's been thrown on in anger. You will see some additional side dollops of pickled cabbage and a warm potato salad which went well, in the sense that it equally tasted just as bad. I would bot usually be this harsh, but we had a terrible evening. Like i said we were made to feel unwelcome and rushed, not what you expect at any restaurant. Won't being go back any time soon. Avoid.

Not cheap, but we loved the Helles beer, and the schweinehaxe, schnitzel and apfelstrudel were all good. Great surroundings too! A 13.5% service charge was added to the bill.

Excellent atmosphere for a relaxing evening to enjoy your drinks. Highly recommended 👌

We had a fantastic dinner at the German Gymnasium with our two kids, and it was a memorable experience! The food was excellent—authentic German cuisine, which is a rare treat in the UK, especially when you're used to seeing mostly pub food. The dessert menu was impressively extensive, and everything we tried was delicious. The service was also top-notch; the staff was friendly and attentive, making sure we had everything we needed. The atmosphere was warm and inviting, making it a perfect spot for a family dinner. Highly recommend for anyone looking to enjoy a unique and tasty meal in London!

Our family recently dined at German Gymnasium, and it was an unforgettable experience! I had the chicken schnitzel, which was cooked to perfection—crispy on the outside, tender and juicy on the inside. For dessert, I chose the rice pudding, which was simply divine—a perfect blend of creamy sweetness. The restaurant itself is stunning, with a beautiful interior that combines historic charm with modern elegance. The atmosphere was warm and welcoming, making it an ideal spot for both a family meal and a romantic night out. The staff were fantastic—attentive, friendly, and professional. They made sure we had everything we needed and were great with our kids too. I highly recommend German Gymnasium to anyone looking for authentic German cuisine in a spectacular setting. We’ll definitely be back!

Birthday lunch for my sister. I had Schnitzel Holstein and she some sausages. We both had Black Forest Gateau for dessert. My schnitzel was perfect and the cake was nearly as good as it usually is. A reasonably priced bottle of Austrian Red too. Very attentive service from Pawel and Mantas. Will be back soon.

I have not been to this restaurant before and I was there to have lunch with 2 great friends. It proved a perfect setting in every respect. The buzzy atmosphere, friendly efficient service and great food. Typical German food is not a common feature on London cuisine so it was really nice to experience a different culinary treat.

Excellent food and atmosphere added to by experienced and courteous staff. Highly recommended.

Real fantastic environment here. And delicious authentic German Food.

My husband and I went here for date night. It's not our first time, but it's always a treat with the floral centre piece changing and the always beautiful high ceilings. We were served this time by Jojo who made our evening! Food's always good - the flammekuche is like a german white pizza is a delight and of course the German beers on tap is my husbands favourite. I also love that you can get a great selection of both German and Austrian wines (love Zweiget)! If you're in for luxury casual, and for trying something a little different, this is the place! Great online table reservations as well. Bonus!

I've eaten here a few times now and have not been disappointed. I have never booked. I just hoped they had a table for 2 free. I would recommend booking if you've got your heart set on a meal here, wanting a larger table, or it's a special occasion as it's extremely busy. I'm absolutely fascinated by the building itself and the history behind it. Do research it, and I promise as you sit there looking around, it'll take on a whole different persona. Dining is available downstairs, up on the mezzanine, and outside if it's good weather or you're just brave. Upstairs also has a fabulous bar, I might have missed a train or two trying out the gin collection. The food is traditionally German, the coffee is superb, and the range of beverages is overwhelming. The downstairs bar is to be admired. The facilities are ample and clean, you can have your coat taken to the cloakroom on arrival, and they can accommodate your suitcases if you're travelling. The staff are all fabulous, friendly, helpful, and with a good sense of humour. The lovely chappy in charge on the door had us in stitches, a perfect welcome after a long day and a copious amount of rain.

Excellent place to eat. Good buzz and atmosphere, but quiet enough to have a conversation. The menu is German, as you would expect and the schnitzel is excellent. Service was prompt, friendly and effective. Also very convenient for both the tube and the train. The service charge is 13.5%, which is a little on the steep side, I think.

Bit on the loud side but lovely place to visit

Great meal and atmosphere. Well worth a visit.

Great beers,and fantastic service from Julian and the team in the outside bar this evening.

A really good brunch menu and our waitress JoJo was very accommodating and friendly!

Lovely smart cocktail bar at Kings Cross. Great atmosphere, lovely cocktails. Particularly great service from Anna on the bar upstairs!

Great place near the stations for refreshingly cold German 🇩🇪 beer 🍺.