Stein's Berlin Restaurant in City of London, Westminster

It's great to have a little bit of Germany in London. However, it is not quite a match for the real thing. The overall standard of catering in Germany is that you can rely on a uniform feeling of "home cooking". And the Germans do like a good portion with lots of sauce. Fresh ingredients and substantial. Not that Stein's is far off. Just not quite what I expected. The asparagus soup, a special at this time of year, was watery rather than with a thick creamy taste. The pork schnitzel was very over salted to the point of being disappointing. The Paulaner does not travel well. Again a little watery and thin tasting compared to the Munich Brauhaus it comes from. A shame really. Nice pit stop and friendly staff.

Amazing place, great food and service. The terrace is just one of the best in London and the kids can play around in the park.

My husband was made really ill by eating here. The Weinerschnitzel was rotten. And his friends who tried a morsel of his meal also puked up.

Sadly terrible Spätzle, with the insult of overpaying for it. Bierhalle Ikea bench seating uncomfortable. Nein danke.

We had a really lovely supper for two on Saturday night, the food was utterly delicious and was served promptly, the staff were very attentive and looked after us beautifully and the wine and beer were first class too. For anyone looking for some German food in London, this is a great option! High recommended.

Service is impeccable, the staff are very friendly and know when to leave you to eat, but are very attentive and know when to approach the table. The food is served quicker than expected and is very, very good. There are good options for vegans, but the rest of the menu is where the food really shines. A good variety of drinks are available. Overall, it was a really enjoyable meal and experience, and I can't recommend coming here highly enough! I'm looking forward to coming back.

Thuringer bratwurst was very good. Pretzel was the best I've ever had, and I normally don't like them (even compared to the ones I had in Munich, it was soft, freshly baked, and not too salty). Service was a bit slow but nonetheless good as it was a bank holiday weekend, but they did warn me when I ordered.

Lovely restaurant, good German food and nice atmosphere

After a museum visit, we were excited to find a proper German restaurant. Gulasch, schnitzel, spätzle, all German specialities. We’ve had plenty of these dishes before, so expectations were high. The pretzels were lovely, warm and just right. The mains were good too, but nothing really wowed us. It’s a solid spot, nicely done, but didn’t quite win us over. Still, worth a try if you’re in the area.

Great meal out tonight. Lovely staff and great menu. All of our favourite German foods available and so delicious. We definitely look forward to a Wiedersehen.

Horrible. We waited forever for the food. Eventually gave up and left without eating.

If you want good quality German food, this is a great place in Kensington. Would also recommend the warm and fresh pretzels

Kindest, most straightforward service

Food was good but... the atmosphere definitely did not reflect German cuisine. Decor was Scandanavian modern with benches (for 6 or 8 people) tightly packed in the space. The benches had no backs/nothing to lean on and a very, very thin pad to sit on. Uncomfortable for us as senior citizens. There were a few separate tables with actual chairs but no set ups for a table for 4 - only a few tables for 2. Not sure why 2 tables couldn't have been put together but there were 3 of us and we didn't want to sit on the benches or on a bench next to a couple with 2 kids so a different bench was our only option. Music in the background was some type of rock music - could have used some German oom papa for atmosphere.

We had a fantastic time at Steins Berlin, the schnitzels and pork knuckle were extraordinary and our waitress Julia was super knowledgeable and very fun to chat to. Her service made our experience 10 times better.

Very good food, tastes like home

La primera vez que fuiste, estaba bien. Teníamos dumplings y el pretzel para empezar, ambos estaban bien. Principalmente yo tenía un schnitzel de ternera y mi amigo tenía uno de jamón y cerdo de queso. Ambos estaban muy secos. Tal vez deberíamos haber elegido algo diferente. El servicio era bueno, no nos preguntaron si todo estaba bien durante nuestra red, y había un montón de personal. Tuvimos que pedir que nos recargaran el agua. Había otro cliente que llegó temprano y quería sentarse en el bar a esperar a su marido, pero le dijeron que no podía, pero que podía sentarse a la mesa. Ella no quería. ¿Por qué hay taburetes en el bar si no se te permite sentarte allí? En general, una experiencia muy abrumadora. También tienen que arreglar la puerta, porque se cierra cada vez que alguien pasa. Muy molesto.

Amazing place to go for drinks and good food. Been there many times and will for sure be visiting again in the future.

Four of us had dinner, spätzle, goulash, cordon bleu and chicken schnitzel. Amazing!! Great portion sizes and the wine was a perfect addition to the meal. The staff was so kind and helpful. We would definitely recommend a visit!

Nice place, very good service and delicious food 😋 I will come back!

Excellent, authentic Bavarian food with surprisingly good vegan options!

Moderno restaurante decorado en el corazón de la zona de museos de Knightsbridge. Excelente comida alemana, excelente personal amable, en un entorno relajado.

It's a hidden jem!modern yet authentic German food with proper schnitzel in middle of Kensington!service super friendly and knowledgeable, Thanks. I will definitely be back.

A stylish restaurant with cozy atmosphere and good German food!!!

An authentic German experience in Kensington. The menu offers a wide selection appealing to everyone. The service was prompt and respectful. A booking in advance is needed.

A dining experience that had a high bar to clear given the food we've enjoyed on our travels to Germany. Stein's cleared that bar superbly. Prompt, friendly service, huge portions for the main and deserts and a good selection of beers and drinks. Don't let the exterior fool you: the inside is a relaxed and casual experience. You're also a stone's throw from a number of London museums, making this a great lunch spot after a morning of exhibitions. Wednesday afternoon made for a particularly nice visit, when Google tells us it's at its quietest. We enjoyed the pretzel/obatzda, spinach dumplings to start. My obatzda is decent, but this one was one better. The dumplings? Divine. Then we shared the Berlin Schlachtplatte for 2 - four types of sausage, meatloaf, schnitzel, bacon, fried potatoes and a mountain of sauerkraut. Not just plenty of it, but delicious too. The deserts were almost impossible to finish after that, but we just about made room for the menu's move into Austria for a strudel and a Sachetorte. I very rarely get defeated by a restaurant - go hungry, especially if you plan on ordering a Maß (~2 pt) of beer with your meal! The final endorsement? We were the only English customers in there I could clock. Everyone else? Speaking German. Next time we want a German meal without buying plane tickets, we'll be coming back to Stein's. Can't wait!

Good place to enjoy German food. Sauerkraut is good but have eaten better. Good goulash tough.

We come from Berlin and, as befits two real Almans, we first had to go out for a real German meal. We assumed we would find a rustic restaurant with German home cooking, why are we suddenly standing in front of a noble luxury restaurant. That's why we almost didn't dare to go in. The service was very friendly, in terms of money it's London (unfortunately expensive). I can't say anything about the beef roulade because it was out. Then I had stuffed zucchini, my sister had baked feta with honey (yum). The portions could have been larger for the price. In the comments, someone wrote that it's better not to come in with children (I must have had a bad experience with the staff). When we were eating there, two children crawled around under our table (my Coke almost fell over). The parents and staff didn't care, nor did we. All in all a nice restaurant with delicious food. However, if you are looking for a typical German experience here, you are unfortunately in the wrong place. :)

Good German food. Nothing to complain about. Clean, spacious restaurant. The menu is more Bavarian/Austrian/Swabian, but that is what most non- German think is German food, so no complaints there. I had the Nuremberger Bratwürste with Sauerkraut followed by the Kaiserschmarrn. Both dishes were good. My vegetarian friend had the Käsespätzle. They were ok as well. Total cost for two without any alcohol was £75, which is not cheap but to be expected in Kensington. I would go again.

Sooooo bad, food awful!!!!! Inedible!!!!! Staff super rude!!!!! Avoid!!!!!!!!

Delicious, good portion size but expensive. Ambience and service are excellent.

Took our booking online and when we arrived it was closed. We didn't arrive late we were 10 minutes early. Unreal!

Having just come back from Austria was excited to try this branch as have been to the branch in Kingston. The food was fine but obviously more expensive than experienced in Austria/Germany but what was disappointing was that the service was polite with taking our order, but otherwise no interaction from the staff during the meal or enquire about how the meal was,or would we like another drink etc. There was only four customers in the restaurant at the time,so the staff weren't overworked. But the restaurant interior is pleasant,food is fine but you can see why people don't want to eat out with a cold,sterile ,approach to diners.

I discovered this place in Kingston and fell in love immediately. I had to visit again, this time in central London. The food is absolutely delicious, and the staff are warm and accommodating. I suggest booking it in advance.

Nice restaurant with good German food. Nice staff.

Great restaurant authentic German food!Service Superb!Highly recommend

Excellent place!! Very nice food, original German kitchen

Mega authentic German food at a fair price

Me and my partner went for a special date, we had a lovely time, food was delicious and the staff were super friendly, we had a wonderful Eastern European female server, she was super friendly and really helpful with everything, really happy with everything. Highly recommend Stein Berlin

We had a dinner with my partner. The restaurant is beautiful, very clean and cosy,lovely music at the background. We had a sharing platter which was absolutely delicious, proper German traditional food. Everything freshly made, huge plate of food .We taste few beers,which were very nice and had coffee at the end which tasted also very good. Staff was absolutely brilliant, we were served by lovely Eastern European girl, who did an amazing job making sure we had fantastic evening. She explained all the menu and suggested matching drinks .Throughout the evening we felt that we were looked after very well. Highly recommend to visit the restaurant if you like good food and fantastic atmosphere.

I love everything about this place even if the food portions are getting smaller and the prices higher 🫢 Staff are attentive, food is delicious and not overly elaborated, which personally I think it's the key factor to enjoy the original taste of the recipes served. Atmosphere is super nice, clearly there was an effort made in the design of this project. Clean establishment, well mainteined and looked after, and clever waiters too!

We booked a table for the Christmas dinner promotion months ago for tonight at 7 pm. Earlier in the day we tried to book some more space but the system told us that the restaurant was fully booked. However , during the entire time of our two our dinner the restaurant was completely empty apart from one other table. The service was terrible. 3 staff but still we had to keep trying to get their attention for ordering, drinks , food and desert even though the place was empty. They also showed no interest in giving good service. We first chose the veal as starter only to be told that this dish was not available anymore.. the weekend before Christmas as part of the Christmas special menu! And then out of stock! Then one of the two main courses arrived with the starter and after that it felt they just kept it in a microwave until we were ready for the main. We ordered Kaiserschmarren for desert but I am almost certain it was not freshly made. Overall the food was okay but the general experience was anything but. Won’t be going back. Its a shame because the menu sounds very nice and authentic. Thank god London offers so many alternatives.

Surprisingly incredible vegan options!! Food was absolutely delicious and staff was lovely.

I'm German, so I didn't have high hopes but oh my god the Rinderroulladen were absolutely delicious. The Ofenkartoffel is also very nice. Really like the food, unfortunately it's just very expensive.

Serves neither steins nor German food.

In general, a pleasant place with very delicious food - we shared a meatloaf with fried potatoes and a basket of freshly baked rye bread and it was wonderfully tasty. The only concerns were that the staff were not the friendliest, however, they were understanding and everything was prepared quickly. The interior design of the place is charming and cosy - the only negative aspect which the restaurant, of curse, couldn’t help, was a baby screaming for the entirety of the duration of our dinner there.

Good atmosphere, reasonable service over cooked vienna schnitzel why? This is their stock in trade they should get it right every time. Poor show for the price.

An original cafe with a German name, but Austrian cuisine and interior elements. Next to Imperial College. Very suitable for a snack and a short stop.

What a gem! Delicious food reasonably priced for the area,tried Christmas menu,super tasty! Busy place make sure you book in advance, Staff made as feel very welcome,attentive and knowledgeable of dishes,explained and suggested even beer pairing with food!! Definitely return!

Had great time here. Everything was perfect.

Visitamos en un grupo de ocho. La mitad de nosotros éramos vegetarianos y la otra mitad no. Me apresuré a añadir que la mitad de nosotros que comimos carne probablemente calificaría este lugar con cuatro estrellas. Sin embargo, mi mascota odia que si ofrece opciones vegetarianas en su menú y luego no hace ningún esfuerzo para proporcionarlos. Teníamos un plato de compartir vegetariano y honestamente puedo decir que las salchichas proporcionadas en este plato eran tan insípidas como intentar comer cartón - me sentí insultado. Si dices que ofreces opciones vegetarianas, ¡al menos haz un esfuerzo!

A fantastic place with a wonderful atmosphere, delicious food, and the most professional, friendly staff. The team went the extra mile to find us a table, even though we hadn’t booked in advance. We stumbled upon this gem by chance while passing by. We’ll definitely be back to try more of their delicious food!

The East Asian waitress was very nice and friendly. The food was not bad, but very pricey.

My goodness! What delicious food! It's been a long while since I've been able to enjoy authentic German food, and this was amazing! My husband and I both had the Thürlinger sausages (his with sauerkraut and mine with potatoes). Phenomenal! I loved the potatoes, but his sauerkraut was so delicious, I was sad I hadn't chosen that instead. The yellow mustard is some of the best we've ever had (and we love mustard). Absolutely delicious food and a nice establishment. If we're ever in London again, we'll be sure to stop in again!

Disfrutamos de un tiempo realmente genial aquí con personal muy atento que nos atendió admirablemente, toda la bebida y el ambiente excelente, me encantó.

Yum! Loved the atmosphere here and the authentic food. Good beer options. And surprisingly great for vegetarians (see photo).

I love this place, really decent portion sizes, friendly service and most importantly, delicious food! I particularly like their pork roulade, kase spaetzle, mushroom sauce, sausages and cordon bleu schnitzel. Will continue to go and try everything!

I stopped only to get something warm in a cold night of wait outside the Royal Albert Teather. The barman prepared me an off the menu Irish coffee whi was amazing. Very profesional and friendly service. I will surely comeback for food on another occasion.

After watching a concert at the Albert Hall, I was really looking forward to eating some excellent German cuisine at Steins. After scanning the menu the Pork knuckle immediately bought back images of eating a succulent, fall off the bone, juicy joint with crisp crackling in Munich. I always thought how do they make it taste so good, apparently this is also a mystery to the chefs at Steins too. God it was bad, soggy, rubbery crackling, tough & gristly meat which was not pleasant tasting absolutely diabolical. On a positive, the staff were very good, the misses had the goulash and said it was nice. Unfortunately I can only rate my experience so wouldn’t recommend.

It's good, but it takes them an hour to serve you.

Freundlich und lecher! Servicio muy amable y servicial que ofrece excelentes opciones de salchichas alemanas en un concurrido domingo a la hora del almuerzo. El personal estaba más que feliz de permitirme practicar mi alemán y logró servirnos rápidamente a pesar de una inminente salida de tren. Comida sabrosa y personal amable. ¡Einfach Klasse, vielen Dank!

If you like the German flare this is one of the finer places to taste in London. Fresh and tasty ingredients, classic German dishes and very good beers. Especially, the Stein’s Dunkel was amazing. Semi-dunkel so not the dark beer you expect. Schnitzels are really good and of course the Bavarian potato salad. Nice terrace on the back in a park and modern insides. Very attentive staff and they’re ready to give you recommendations. Unfortunately i don’t have pics of the schnitzels it happened all very quick :)

Primeras impresiones, este restaurante tiene un atractivo fabuloso acera y es muy fácil a la vista desde el exterior. Nuestra bienvenida fue cálida y nos mostraron inmediatamente a nuestra mesa y amueblado con menús. El agua dulce fue servida de inmediato. El restaurante es limpio y atractivo, con un ambiente relajado pero todavía con clase. Un gran lugar para un dúplex acogedor, o un lugar de reunión para un grupo con sus mesas largas y asientos de banco. Elegimos del menú muy atractivo y realizamos nuestro pedido rápidamente. La única decepción en toda nuestra visita, fue la espera excepcionalmente larga para nuestra comida. No obtuvimos una explicación de por qué la comida llegó tarde, pero obtuvimos una disculpa. Lo más importante, la comida bien valió la pena la espera! Completamente delicioso, nos burlamos de los platos enteros de comida y luego nos arropamos en deliciosos postres también! Comida excepcional, gran relación calidad-precio, ambiente fabuloso - volveremos!

Great place for german food. The terrace tables are perfect.

Brilliant place for lunch or dinner. Excellent for families as well. The staff were very nice and attentive. We will certainly be back again soon!

Perfect, great food, great service. Beautiful setting. I recommend it.

Tomé mi clase aquí a principios de julio (16 años muy hambrientos 9 s! ) y funcionó como un placer. Teníamos un lugar tan elegante y tranquilo en la terraza en la parte trasera y había mucho para comer y se presentó en tablas de madera grandes de estilo tronco de árbol de aspecto bávaro que realmente se veía la parte! Recibimos un gran consejo durante la fase de reserva en el período previo al día y un servicio fabuloso una vez allí. Realmente lo recomiendo para grupos más grandes - Stein's hará que suceda - danke schön!

Really wanted to give this place a 4. But the Kaisershwarm was the worst I have ever had. I spend maybe a 5th/6th of the year in Germany in recent years. So I have had my share of German food. The rest of the food and cocktails was great. Dont know if they cook the sausages in salt or not cause they tasted way more salty than usual. Inventive German themed cocktails. Basically. Turn down the salt, make the Kaiserschwarm better and more authentic and serve kasierkrainer and you could have 5 stars!

It was OK. Expensive for what it was and the food for the table didn't all arrive together so we had people waiting while others ate/food went cold. Pretty basic to get right so something for them to work on.

Wrapped around the Goethe Institut is a very on point German restaurant. Do you like meat? Potatoes? Beer? All the other delicious German dishes? Well come here for a reasonably long German menu with fair authenticity. Be warned, prices are a little higher than average in the area. Between us, my wife and I were unable to finish the two pint stein. Germans, we are not.

I had planned on dinner at Stein’s Berlin during my summer vacation in London, and I’m glad I did. Situated not far from the likes of the Royal Albert Hall and Natural History Museum in South Kensington, the restaurant has a welcoming, Scandinavian feel to its interior. I received a cheerful welcome as I was led to my table about 6:00pm, and service was efficient and friendly throughout my meal. As someone who loves Bavarian food, I naturally chose the schnitzel. This was delicious and accompanied by yummy fried potatoes. A wonderful glass of Paulaner Helles had my mind wandering back to Munich adventures. Highly recommended. You’ll not be disappointed!

We love this restaurant due to high quality of food, very pleasant interior and good service.

Brilliant place, lovely location on the terrace at the back, great food... but the beer was warm / mildly cool. I was here earlier in the week and the beer was ice cold so this was a one-off.

A solid place for Bavarian food in a nice environment. We sat on the terrace and that was really nice, although they allow smoking outdoors while people are dining - a bit of an outdated policy,I think. The service is efficient to the point of almost being too quick for my liking. The sausage dishes we had were really nice and a meat sharing platter looks extremely tempting for a larger group, maybe another time. The cheesecake dessert was also very good. Paulaner Helles is kept well and very fresh, but 3 of the beers on the menu weren't available when we visited. Overall a good and reliable option if you're in that area of London.

We sat outside at the rear of the restaurant. The waitress gave us a friendly welcome and also some great suggestions for both food and drink. We were a party of ten and everyone really enjoyed the visit before going to the Royal Albert Hall, will definitely make a return visit.

We really liked this restaurant. Food was great, staff were excellent. No problems. And they sell beer in steins! A good choice.

If you're really hungry in the museum district and come across this restaurant, pass by. The food is typical for a German bar but the prices!!! In short, we were very hungry and tired to go further, but we should have...

Very good food, everything really tasted very good. The service was very attentive and when the weather is good you can sit on the terrace.

Excellent food, service and atmosphere. Had the sharing platter for two, loved it!

Really great food and beer. All the food was lovely and would highly recommend. Will be back for sure. Only thing that was lacking was the service. Had to help ourselves to jugs of tap water from the bar after asking and also the staff didn’t seem like they wanted to be there and were very slow with taking orders etc But didn’t spoil it and wasn’t end of world

Delicious food, but for some reason everything is German! That really took me by suprise.

Furchtbar! The Flammkuchen was one of the worst I have ever had - dry and undercooked. But the Alder König beer was decent.

Stylish and authentic German restaurant. Well located for the museums of South Kensington, and the south side of Hyde Park. The food was great, excellent variety of choices and memories of Germany at its best. The interior is very stylish, service was efficient although could have been a little friendlier. Overall highly recommended.

Had dinner here before an evening at the Albert Hall , I'm so glad I found this restaurant on Google it felt like being on holiday in Austia . The seating outside was busy but not overally noisy. The staff were attentive and welcoming. The food portions were massive and it fulfilled my craving for certain food 😋 The kaiserschmarrn was to die for . Will definitely be returning next time I'll try the beers or cocktails

Definitely close to authentic German food. Nice outdoor seating like a Biergarten in London.

Fantastic vibe place brings berlin to london

The fondue starter was nice. We had the Leberkäse and Biergulasch for mains which were both very good. I wish I could review the dessert but we were never offered one. I honestly think we could have sat there for hours before being asked. 4 staff stood around, staring into space, cleaning empty tables but for about half an hour it didn’t occur to any of them to ask us about dessert or even drinks. Despite this we then struggled to flag down someone for the bill. Pretty uncomfortable furniture too. It’s a shame because the food and menu selection are very good. This could be better.

Extremely pricey for the food which was very salty. The beer however was decently priced for the location and quality. We order two mains to share which was enough

Lovely place, especially their terrace outside is so nice on a warm evening. Food is mostly nice but as an Austrian I don't recommended the Kaiserschmarrn... It is not made correctly. This was like cut up crepe pieces. A Kaiserschmarrn is meant to be fuffy, airy with raisins.

The food was delicious and the atmosphere delightful. While the wurst was priced a bit higher than anticipated, it's understandable given the South Kensington location.

As part of my stay in London, I visited Stein's Berlin this evening. To my surprise, there was an asparagus menu with white asparagus. What can I say.... This one was delicious. The same applies to the potatoes, the pork loin steak and the hollandaise sauce. The staff was friendly and accommodating, some speaking two languages. Thank you for the excellent hospitality.

Beers and pretzels in a calm and elegant environment digesting the experience at Goethe Institute, it is always a pleasure to return.

Loved the food and ambience. Was slightly surprised that they let someone with a small dog in.

Very child-unfriendly restaurant. We were first shown to a table and when we were about to sit down we were told that we couldn't sit there with the child. After the rude waitress kept saying that we couldn't sit there (even though she previously said she was looking for another seat), my husband asked her where we could sit. Then she suddenly said that the place was full. We had to find another restaurant. Super negative experience

Food was good, but they automatically added a 12.5% to the final price for service charge without asking before. Service charge is optional, as written in the menu. I would like to decide which percentage of tips I pay, depending on the quality of the service.

I have just eaten at Steins and had my favourite meal - Weiner Schnitzel.Unfortunately, today the underside of the batter was burnt.I continued to eat as we were in a rush to get to the RAH.When our waitress asked how our meal was - I fed back that it was overdone/ burnt she said she'd feedback to the kitchen but didn't give me any further feedback and we were not offered an apology or anything.Normally the food is perfect.

Wow what a find, was initially dubious of a German restaurant in London but the food was absolutely amazing, this was proper German food in the heart of London. The staff were very friendly and took good care of us. The atmosphere of the restaurant was fantastic, even the fire safety information near the front door is all in German. Amazing touches.

Absolutely amazing place! We accidentally went to this restaurant. It is definitely the best in the area. Beyond the food and drinks, the coffee is a must! Thanks to David and Marce for the great service!!

Full of sweary Americans using the F word and the C word all these time.

Service slow and not attentive. Glasses dirty with lipstick. Curry bratwurst tasted great. Potatoes under cooked.