Stein's in Richmond upon Thames

Absolutely Fantastic! We’ve just hosted 32 friends for my husbands birthday lunch and we were so impressed with the service, food and atmosphere. Ionela and her team are amazing! The new rain covers & heaters also worked exceptionally well especially with the mid afternoon down pour! We hardly noticed it was happening, bar loads of people running for cover. The kids also loved the jungle gym too. We love Stein’s & will be back again soon & definitely for next year’s celebrations too! Thank you!

Popped in for lunch & drinks on a busy afternoon on Saturday. We found a table and waited to be acknowledged. After 15 mins I approached a waitress & asked if we could order. She scowled & eventually brought over the drinks menu. We ordered our drinks & she said she’d come back to take our food other, Waited over 30 mins for the drinks. Said waitress avoided eye contact & ignored us when tried to get her attention. Asked a different waiter if our drinks were coming. They appeared eventually after a wait of 40 mins. During this time we deliberated walking out but decided it was rude if the drinks order had been put through. Waitress was approaching tables around us asking if they required anything else etc. Not once did she approach us to take a food order. Eventually I got up to ask for the drinks bill which she eventually brought. We told her we’d been waiting to order food. She shrugged & walked off with no apology whatsoever. So very rude!

Sure, the location is fantastic. But the good stuff stops here. The food is insulting everyone, particularly Germany. The sausages are said to be imported from Bavaria. I don't know if that's true but I know that I, as a German, would not manage to eat them another time. Everything disappoints: sausage is terrible, mash is tasteless, pan fried potatoes are mushy and too fat .... it's really difficult to express how embarrassed I feel that customers here think this is German food. Believe a German who moved here just 4 weeks ago: It isn't. I gave the team a second chance actually since my kids wanted to go. Same result. Run for your life and the integrity of your tastebuds! The only discipline in which this place excels is the sheer chuzpah to serve this food. And asking for actually quite high prices.

Beer was good, sausage was good. Fried potatoes tasty but very oily. Sauerkraut, well, what can I say that others haven’t already said? “Dreadful” comes to mind. Apple strudel was, er, quite honestly, let’s just say the apple strudel at Lidl is better than this by a country mile. Custard was cold - I have never in my life been served cold custard. Waitress was adamant that was how it should be. Really? Chocolate cake - dry and cold, obviously it had been standing around in a cold cupboard for too long. Won’t ever go back & can’t recommend that you give it a try. Yes, it’s a lovely setting but this is clearly a good idea very badly executed. There is plenty of competition for your dining dollars in the immediate vicinity & they’re doing nothing to get you to come back here, so save yourself the disappointment & find somewhere else to eat.

From the moment we arrived, the staff were super friendly and couldn't do enough. Amazing food, stunning location, and great atmosphere. Highly recommended trying a Stein.

Beautiful setting sadly the food was overpriced and very poor. Noodles were tasty although slightly greasy. The vegan sausages were dreadful. Sauerkraut dreadful and the potatoes looked like they’d been just thrown on to the plate. Such cheap presentation and quality. I’m sure none of the dishes are actually made there! Such a shame as prime location. Would definitely not go back. Servers were friendly. Beer was good so stop for a drink and admire the view but seriously don’t bother with the food! Expensive and very poor!

A beautiful restaurant on the riverside with amazing views. A short walk from Richmond Bridge. Great sharing plates ideal for groups. Wonderful German beer. Perfect spot on a summer's day. Highly recommended. Located between Gaucho Steak Restaurant and the Bingham Boutique Hotel.

What a little gem by the shores of the River Thames in Richmond. Very helpful staff with quick and efficient service, which is good and what you need for a busy sunny Saturday afternoon. Nice cold German beer with excellent Bavarian food. I would recommend.

Stoped here for a drink and a bite to eat on warm sunny day. Great, fresh and refreshing German beer and loved my bratwurst and potato salad. Tried the sauerkraut which was also good. I think their license requires you to eat - which is fair enough - it’s the law and their business after all. Attentive service. Loved it and the venue by the river is superb.

Location and decor of this German beer garden is unquestionably one of the best in Richmond. Nice long tables and benches with furry blankets. Perfect setting to meet with friends and family. Just don’t expect a good feed. Food and service quality is mediocre at best.

Popped in for a quick beer and sausage. It was a quiet evening so lovely to sit outside and made very welcome. Great sausage. Not cheap but what can you expect with such a wonderful setting.

The service here is decidedly shaky. All I wanted was apple strudel and a mug of tea. The mug of tea arrived without milk. Then came the strudel saga. I was offered ice-cream which i declined. Then a plate with a hot, limp roll of strudel arrived buried in cinnamon sugar with a mass of spray, whipped cream. I tasted the cream, it was very artificial, over sweet with a yucky vanilla colouring and flavour. I sent this back as I did not want cream at all, just apple strudel. I was then brought a plate with a flaccid roll of something that was only fit for the bin. The strudel over heated in a microwave, the pastry entirely uncooked, the apple a sweetened sauce with very few raisons hurried in it, no apparent dried bread crum , no walnuts, no crispness. No wander they needed this desert with cream and sugar. The apparent boss, offered me and a refund a remarked the 'you can't please them all'. Its a shame people's expectations are so low. Sadly my phone had packed in so no images. But believe me! The river side setting is what makes this place but such a shame the food is so bad.

If you’re looking for good quality German food, forget eating here. I am half German/ English and have lived in London all my life. My German grandma and mother used to make sauerkraut all the time. I’ve eaten sauerkraut all over the place, in Munich in Frankfurt and in london . The stuff they serve here is dry, tasteless, tepid and lacked any flavour. There was not a drop of juice in it and seemed lifeless and not fresh at all. It was like tackling a plate of dried up old grannies hair. HORRIBLE. Guys you need to make an effort. And for £18 quid… seriously 😟

Don't go there. Food inedible. Friend broke her tooth on the Schnitzel which was hard and burnt. No staff would even look at you. Dropped food and table and scurried off. No table clearing. Toilets filthy.

Well as local residents my partner & I were totally shocked & disgusted by how we were treated by one of the worst waiters we have every encountered. We arrived around 9pm and the place was pretty much empty asked for a table and were told to sit anywhere by one staff member who asked if we were there for food or drinks and as we had just eaten in Scotts we just wanted a quick drink on the way home so said drinks , our drinks arrived - A few minutes later another waiter came to take our food order he was very rude and told us we needed to order food otherwise we’d have to leave, we said your colleague said it was fine to just have a couple do drinks no problem, he then told us we needed to finish our drinks and leave within 5mins and when I said we won’t rush and it’s not our fault he stormed off and shouted to his colleague thanks for making his job so much more difficult, He then went to the kitchen screamed at top of his voice before coming out again stomping around and giving us dirty looks and commenting saying we need to get out and leave NOW NOW, He even disturbed others diners who were disgusted by his behaviour and it was totally embarrassing and inappropriate, his colleagues and manager tried to control him but he continued to shout abuse screaming that we needed to get out and he worked there we didn’t so we should be the ones to leave, we complained to the manger who didn’t even tell him off and we have no idea what was wrong with this chap and why he showed such hatred towards my partner and I, but it was totally and utterly disgusting and unacceptable. We finished our drinks and as we were leaving he was screaming and shouting at us whilst his manager and colleague tried to calm him down. I would like to have a manager from head office reach out to me to discuss this further before I take this to social media where I have a vast following across several platforms. I can be reached on : sloane1000@hotmail.co.uk I look forward to hearing from you soon. Regards, Lord Mark A Sloane.

Food menu is very limited. Not delicious food. Very expensive. Table sizes are very small to keep plates when two people face each other on the table. There was que to only 1 toilet, toilet not cleaned. Very expensive I ordered Chicken steak medium sized, potato salad, charged me £25 does not include drinks. Separately paid for 1 lemonade they charged £5.70, separately paid for 1 pint cider charged me £7.90. The riverside location is very good.

Best way to get back to Germany without going there! We got two sharing platters for 5 and plenty of food with a couple of sides. Meatloaf was surprisingly my favourite. Location is fab too and staff pleasant.

The food it’s got worse since last time we went. Looks and taste cheap but they charge a huge amount of money. Service was quick but when I needed to order take away it took absolute ages and the waiter kept ignoring me and going to other tables especially after I asked him for a take away order. The takeaway boxes were a mess. Instead of placing 2x sausage portions (with mash and salad in each) they have placed sausages and mash in 1 box and sausages and sauerkraut in another. This is the last time we go there. You find the same sausages in Lidl and my mash is 100% better than theirs for probably £2 - £3 per portion not £16.90. I don’t care if it’s Richmond. I don’t have an issue with paying that as long as the quality is good.

Beautiful setting, but VERY expensive for what it is. Service was friendly, if not necessarily efficient. We didn't use the app, but rather ordered and paid directly with the waiter. Just as an example of how pricey food can be, we odered the Nuernberger Sausage main dish which come with 6 (yes you read it right, six) tiny sausages and a lot of sauerkraut, mash potato and salad garnish for £16.90! Ridiculous. Won't be coming back any time soon!

We made an impromptu stop here with the kids on our river walk in it’s our dog. Sat outside despite the cold thanks to the small heaters by the table and fur rugs to sit on. In true biergarten style, the beaches are quite uncomfortable to sit, but the food, the view and the staff make up for it. We had a variety is sausages, cheese spread and schnitzels, hot chocolates and beer. Will return, as always.

A impromptu stop as we were walking along The Thames and fancied a coffee. We had a lovely table with great views. We wanted to stop for an alcoholic drink and were advised that their license meant that you had to have something to eat as well (this took us back to the ‘scotch egg’ days of recent years gone by 😂). Our very friendly waiter suggested a pretzel which was huge and absolutely delicious. If you are lucky you might see one of the green parrots. Apparently (according to our waiter), in years gone by 2 green parrots escaped from a house and never returned, they have mated and the family grown over the years. The noise they make is very distinctive and they are very beautiful. A really nice spot and we will be back.

Good quick eat, with great location and atmosphere next to the Thames. Easy to walk into and grab something well priced and tasty

14.30 10/9/2022, Table 7. We ordered using the recommended app which worked well, although it did take an automatice service charge before we had experienced service and had a choice. Wine arrived quickly with a promise food would be with us soon. 30 mins later I asked where our starter was and if the salad which had been sitting on the serving bar was ours. We got the salad BUT someone else was complaining at the same time they were waiting for their meal. They came and took our salad and gave it to them as well as asking an adjoining table if they could take the food they had been given in error. After a further 10 minutes I complained again. Young waitress apologised for the delay and left quickly. Short while later the salad starter arrived only to be followed 3 minutes later by our main courses. No apology or acknowledgement as the plates were left. The food was okay if not startling but it was hard to enjoy the salad of cheese and pear. We ate and left still waiting for any acknowledgement there had ever been a problem. We did notice that we were not the only people complaining and the staff seemed harassed and not in control in any way. I should have asked for a refund of the starter cost and the automatic service charge but I had no confidence any decision maker would have been on site. Overall an incredibly disappointing experience and I would advise people to avoid this restaurant and go to Gaucho just next door.

Walking the Thames dropped in for lunch. Location gorgeous. Our waiter was really friendly and helpful. Large portions and nice drinks. We were very happy with our experience and came back next day for drinks and snacks.

Walking by the Thames we stopped at Stein’s w German restaurant for lunch. We ordered Pork and Chicken Schnitzel with oven baked potates - served on wooden platters. The dishes and drinks arrived promptly. Both dishes were very tasty but for some reason the pork dish was twice size of the chicken dish. The restaurant was busy and overall the service was friendly and attentive. The bill including 1 beer and 2 small bottles of water £58.54 including tip. This is Richmond and it can be expensive.

Greasy food, very slow service, expensive for what it s, with no service to speak of. This place is entirely without merit. Avoid

Great food, fabulous chicken schnitzel. Great service, friendly staff. Lovely setting right by the river and walking distance from Richmond shopping high street

Couldn't book online, couldn't get an answer on the phone. Turned up and "luckily" a table was available or so we thought. CCouldn't use the App as no signal on the phones. Had to find a waiter who would actually make eye contact to get the wifi password. 3 couples all ordered separeately, but food and drink came sporadically.. Prices don't include VAT so that was on top plus they add service charge on top. One friends schnitzel was so burnt it couldn't be eaten, His partner broke her tooth on her Schnitzel. Potatoes were under cooked, the plastic cheese sauce that came with the Pretzel was indesribable. The Currywirst had literally a spoonful of sauce. Totally overpriced mediocre food with no atmosphere or service. We won't be back.

This was the second visit. The situation is wonderful by the river and the waitress thar served us was really delightful. However, our Schnitzels were really terribly - so dry and tasteless they were almost like cardboard. We had the impression they had been pre-cooked...

This place used to be so much better. The menu is now very short, and lots of the nice stuff they used to do is no longer on offer (the meat and cheese platters were great) You have to order on an app, which is...

Great location, friendly staff and food OK. But the the App is truly awful. Clunky, slow, focussed on data capture, multiple verifications (phone number etc), bank details (no Apple Pay or alternative secure method) and after all this it does not work since the “venue...

I can't eat the food at Steins, it is greasy German style sausage with souerkraut and greasy potatoes. I tried to order a German lager for my wife and myself but was told that we had to eat if we wanted a drink by some...

Very disappointed- concept fab - nice heaters . Rugs on seats, nice view over the river but the hassle of ordering on app then when the very expensive coffee arrived it was cold. Staff very friendly

70 quid for 4 people. One person had half a pint. The beer tastes a little weak V v v expensive for what it is even more if it's weak. 7 quid a pint. I know Richmond is a rich area . German school.local One...

We made a reservation a week in advance, requesting a table outside. We were given a table inside a conservatory extension of the restaurant, and were told by the waitress that this was considered "outside". It took ages each time for drinks to arrive and...

Very good and fast service Friendly staff we went with no booking vet accommodating Plentiful dish fresh and well cooked We did a mini birthday celebration Good value for money

- Waited more than 1 hour to be seated and served, even though some tables were empty. (Others in the queue we’re leaving to go elsewhere.) - Multiple waiters deliberately avoided eye contact. - Multiple waiters would not listen to requests, said “I’ll be with...

Changed their recipes, especially for the kartoffelsalad which is now really difficult to swallow and schnitzel was therefore very dry by itself. Bratkartoffelet speck was soggy, not crispy, Drinks ok, as difficult to get almdudler elsewhere, but net net is after changing the recipes, we...

This outdoor restaurant is perfectly located by the river Thames in Richmond, and perfect for a safe COVID setting. The food was nice but it's a shame how slow the staff is.. we had to literally wave even if we sometime got eye contact with...

We arrived at 13:00hrs. Electronically ordered our food at 13:30. By 14:30, I asked a waiter where was our order. I was informed that if it is ordered, it will be on the way. Meanwhile other customers, who came later, ate and left. By 15:30,...

I booked a table weeks in advance. On the day, it was sunny and our table was in the shade. I asked if we could move into the sun. Numerous requests were refused because the other table was reserved and they were waiting 30 minutes...

Great location and set for COVID world. The lentil soup which though tasty was luke warm and too many peppercorns. The currywurst with potatoes and sauerkraut gave a good wurst experience but potatoes were not crispy. Poor value at about £13 which was almost double...

Delicious! VEGANE BRATWURST (Vegan sausages with new potatoes and sauerkraut) SCHNITZEL VOM SCHWEIN ( Tender bread-crumbed pork escalope (Viennese style) served with potato salad and salad garnish) salads are always fresh, wash down with ice cold beer.

One member of staff was very rude to me and my mum. I assume he was a manager/supervisor because he appeared to be overseeing everything - very overzealously might I add.He abrasively confronted me and my mum when we made our way to the toilets not knowing we were customers. We had just bought three portions of their overpriced currywurst and I was annoyed that when we explained the situation he did not immediately apologise for so harshly accusing us of using their facilities as a “public toilet”. In fact, when my mum was in the toilet he decided to reprimand me further for being in the way of a man waiting for the gents’ toilet.He later apologised to my mum when I was in the toilet but I was still annoyed. You shouldn’t work in hospitality/customer service if you’ve got an abrasive personality. The interaction really really ruined my day.

Whoever has tried proper German food knows that this is more than an embarrassment. Its a joke. Overpriced lidl sausage that costs nearly 14 quid. Lentil soup for £6.50 is completely tasteless and looked like dishwater. For the same price you can visit the Ivy and eat incredibly well. Ordered a dark beer and instead received something completely different, a white beer with attitude from the staff claiming that thats exactly what I have ordered. Once I insisted on my original order, received a lacklustre watered down dark beer with no head. 1 star only for the great location. I will definitely not be returning or recommending this place.

Very good authentic German food, nice cold German beer, vegetarian and vegan options available, good environment, we have been there few times and always come back during Summer.

Good on a summers day for a small taste of Germany by the Thames

The proper way to finish an afternoon in Richmond by the river.The place offers an amazing selection of German sausages and typical German Beers.If you are in doubt of what sausage to order you can go for a plate that comes with one piece of each type and smashed potatoes.

Honestly. If you are familiar with bavarian food you will notice this is a JOKE within seconds. We ate here after a long pleasant walk down the river. I got menus for our table since the waiter refused to acknowledge our arrival. I ordered mini bratwursts with mashed potato and sauerkraut, which you order yourself at the till which they then bring to your table which you then have to take around the corner of the seating area to the self-serve condiments (mustard; ketchup, not sure whyt hey don't just put bottles on each table..). the sausages were literally the same as the ones you can buy from Lidl or Aldi. However, the biggest disappointment was the mashed potato which was actually Smash - dehydrated potato powder mixed with water resembling a trampled turd in both texture and appearance. I paid £13 for Smash and Lidl sausages with a 'salad garnish' that didn't even had any dressing. The best thing about this place was the cleanish toilet.

Some people think it's great German food and it's nice to be sitting by the Thames. Really? In truth, it's one of the worst meals I've had in 5 years, and what you eat is not German, but fake meat sausages and meatloaf with reconstituted fillings served with frozen or dried mash potato mix. A small portion so-called German meal here costs around £16 with beer. People taste the beer, but not the food it appears. Avoid this place if you want good German food at all.

deutsche Spezialitäten direkt an der Themse, leckeres Essen, schönes Ambiente (wenn's trocken ist). wir waren wiederholt zum Essen dort, man serviert deutsche Spezialitäten wie Bratwurst,, Brezel etc.. Preise englisch typisch für uns recht hoch, aber nicht ortsunüblich hoch. Ein Besuch lohnt unbedingt.

What a discovery on the banks of The Thames River at Richmond. With a beautiful Monet-like willow drooping it's leaves in the water, an excellent variety of Bavarian food and drinks awaits you. You might want to eat here several times to get the full Bavarian feel of this excellent cuisine. Many a German accent was heard around us as we ordered and then ate in the sunshine by the river. Tables are abundant and we enjoyed watching the tide come in so quickly as we ate and drank surrounded by happy people, their kids and dogs and quite few cyclists fuelling up for the popular tracks along the river banks. Sauerkraut, warm potato salad, sausages, steins of Bavarian beers and Bavarian wines are all to be had in this authentic restaurant.

We've been regular patrons over the years, and the setting remains excellent - next to the river, well shaded, lots of tables and with a safe place at the back for children to play including slides and seesaw. But sadly the staff are changing, and for the worse! My wife is allergic to potatoes, and on previous visits they've always happily swapped the side of potatoes for a bread roll, with a smile. Not any more though - despite bread rolls being on the menu at 90p and the fried potatoes at £3, apparently no swaps are allowed at all. What really upset us though was the sheer rudeness of the staff - "we've never made substitutes" (not true, we've been eating here for years) and sneering "I very much doubt that's true" when we said it's never been a problem in the past, followed by more arguing and attitude as the queue behind us grew. Setting aside the sheer pettiness and and refusal to accommodate any reasonable allergies, the real problem is the nasty attitude - there's really never a need for such offensive response to courteous requests. If the policy on substituting or removing sides has changed, just tell us politely and we'll head elsewhere, don't be rude... This place will no doubt continue to prosper thanks to the idyllic location, and the food remains good (albeit increasingly pricey for what it is) but this experience suggested that either staff training is falling away or Stein's is resting on its laurels, and sadly I'm not sure we'll be back.

Charged me nearly £3 for a Apple juice which tasted like a cheap supermarket brand drink ,staff our not very helpful either.Bad experience!

Very much enjoyed Stein's. Came here when it was a rather miserable and rainy day, but had a lovely time with friends over good beer and simple yet very tasty food. I picked the 'Münchner Bratwurst mit Bratkartoffel Salatgarnitur', which is basically sausage, fried potatoes and salad - all of which was excellent; I also liked that you could add a selection of different mustards and ketchup - reminds me of when I have been to Germany (or Switzerland). If I was in Richmond again I'd certainly come back for more sausage and beer!

Went here on our last day of a holiday, have wanted to go for nearly a decade. Beer is excellently kept and coffee (?) is also very good. My wife had an excellent schnitzel with a fantastic potato salad. My pork meatloaf was basically hot dog meat formed into a cake but the sides were excellent. Location is brilliant and on a sunny day there aren’t many better places.

Friends recommended this German Beer restaurant and were right! The food was great and portions too! Really tasty food and quick service! Great choice for Sunday lunch in a sunny day!!

The food came very quickly, huge portion and tasty too. We were the last to be served and the security guy was rushing us to eat our food. I’m not a slow eater and did not appreciate being rushed!

We found this place whilst doing a walk along the river from Kingston to Richmond. It’s in the waterfront just before the bridge. We just wanted drinks but you must order food due to licensing reasons. Beers are fantastic and it’s nice on a summers day to be there. Food is German cuisine and was just ok. We had the sausage which came with a small bun and tired salad. Worth a visit.

We came on a sunny Friday evening and were able to get a table straight away. Great menu with a good selection of different sausages. The chicken escalope was really tender. Generous size side dishes. The food did come rather quickly and I think if they had been any busier we would have struggled to get our drinks first. Good to be able to sit by the river, child and dog friendly. I thought it was good value.

Having spent a lot of time working in Austria and Germany and enjoying Bavarian beer Gardens with simple Bavarian schnitzel and Bratwurst, it was an absolute delight to be told by my son that this kind of place existed in Richmond down by the river and what a delight. Simple food great beer what else do you need on a summers evening

You will get good authentic German food with everything your heart desires from spätzle to Würstchen to Schnitzel but at hefty prices for rather small but nevertheless tasty portions.

Excellent food and location, last weekend I met my friends for a drink and some food and we ended up in this lovely place. I absolutely love it of course they should improve something against the weather in case of rein but was very nice, excellent food and beer ❤️

Very fun and cute little place, reminding germans throughout the community of home! Very well known within germans in the UK and for a good reason! 100% recommend

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He ido varias veces a comer al restaurante. Es al aire libre, frente al rio, por lo que es ideal para los dias soleados. Es muy agradable y la comida es de calidad. Lo recomiendo.

Found this few years back, but was a cold wet winter day, and it was closed. This year we made it, they had all Bavarian favourites, including Spezi drink. Beers by the stein.

Great view and good beer but the service is ridiculous. We had to que first 30 minutes for food and then again for drinks - you even can not split since you need the recent from the food for ordering drinks. Just having a beer is also not possible. Furthermore you need to know your table to order food but which table to choose when you have to que. The que was extremely long even late. They seem not to understand how to draft a beer. Then suddenly it was not possible to get a beer since the bar was closed 20 minutes earlier that the pedantic sign said.

The ordering system is dumb. It's a bit of a wrestle in the queue in such a confined space (and the food queue is competing with the beer and toilet queues). I went along by myself to see if it was worth taking the family and - nope. It is amusing if you go by yourself because you need a table number to order food. Not sure how you are meant to keep a space reserved when you are alone. A towel maybe? Ha ha. I had a hilarious catch-22 conversation with the guy at the till. They could perhaps put a table aside for singles but now I come to think of it, I don't really see it being much fun for couples either. In any case, I do not know why they can't have a system like Wagamama. Well, I can guess that they are just being cheap - and that is the overriding impression I got from the place. I would guess that the ordering system allows them to use cheaper labour to serve the tables. Maybe German sausages are expensive to source, but the food is quite pricey and everything feels like it's done simply to pump up the margin. I've eaten similar in Munich, and places like that are fun and the food is cheaper and better. Stein's feels like a cattle market designed to extract your cash as efficiently as possible, and there's no attempt to make it any kind of experience (other than a Sainsburys till-queue simulation). I didn't half feel ripped off. I'm sure if you're with friends it could be more fun, but then someone has to volunteer to stand in the tedious queue. Anyway, I'd go somewhere else if I wanted to chat with friends. I had a £20 bill for a beer and a bland sausage-based main course inside me. Home made CURRY sauce; really? The £5.50 pint was OK, but German beer is not exactly hard to come by these days.

Great riverside location, good food and very generous portions. Staff very friendly. Lovely riverside walk. Plenty offshoots nearby and food market.

Delicious sausages and schnitzel, good beer, beautiful setting. A bit overpriced for the amount of food you get, especially the sausage portion, and the seating is so close together that your back touches the person sitting behind you. However, the setting is lovely.

Enjoyed this place. Arrived after a long bike ride along the river from Windsor. Feels German - but closes German. Food was good

Paseando junto al río encontramos este restaurante que, a primera vista, no era nada especial y a pesar de eso nos sentamos a comer.

A good German drinking den, right on the towpath. Choose your beers and snacks, go to the bar, place your order and pay, then sit overlooking the river. A wonderful way to spend a sunny afternoon.

Loved the ambiance of the outdoor restaurant. We shared a platter of sausages, sauerkraut on top of mashed potatoes. They were out the beer and dessert we wanted. You pick a seat and order at the window. The food was brought out rather quickly.

Nice food, nice beer, sausages a speciality. Service was quick and friendly and the specials sharing plates large enough for 2 hungry or 3 normal people. Lovely sourcraut (? spelling). Open air woth pation heaters and blankets, lovely view of the river.

Great atmosphere, Fantastic location, Good beer, Average food.

Beside the Thames . Perfect for a sunny day lunch. Need to have food to drink beer, not a problem for lunch but it is not a bar. Would have ranked excellent had the toilets been better!

£7.80 for 2 small beers seems expensive - even for Richmond - but the guy pouring the beer got a glass a third full of lemonade from under the counter that he topped up with beer. Trying to pass off lemonade at the price of beer? Very poor show

Slap bang on the Thames walkway in Richmond, this place is very well situated. We went there on 2018's hottest day when the temperature touched 36C and cold beer was all we could think of. This was supposed to be a short visit and just a drink, but after having queued for a long time we were told that we weren't allowed to buy beer unless we had dinner. I've never ever heard anything like that before, anywhere in England, and wonder if it's really a legal rule or just a way to up sales? Anyway; we bought food which was OK when it came to sausages. Vegan sausage was good and so was the currywurst, whereas my tuna salad left more to wish.

This place is situated on the Richmond riverside and on a hot night you couldn’t pick a better spot. No indoors though so pick a sunny day.

Had a great meal with colleagues and friends. Lovely location by the river but importantly probably the best German food I have had outside of Germany! Highly recommended

We came here in the summer, which has to be the best time to visit, as all seats are outside. There are outdoor heaters, but a warm summer evening by the river has to be the best time to come here, although competition for the tables closest to the river is strong. The view of the river is wonderful, always interesting, and this is a great place to spend an evening watching passers by and river life whist enjoying your food. The tables are long trestle types, so this is not personal, romantic dining, but it can also make for interesting conversation with your neighbours at dinner. You order at the counter, then pay separately for food and drink, not my favourite system of paying but it works ok. The menu is Bavarian - wurst in a number of disguises, with traditional accompaniments - sauerkraut, which I love. The salads looked good, but we had all gone there for the wurst, so we chose bratwurst, currywurst and cheese and pork sausage - all tasty and filling. We also stuck to beer rather than wine, enjoying the blonde beer on a hot summer night. There were options other than wurst - including a vegan dish - with schnitzel or salad looking good. The desserts were interesting, the friend who chose the Germknodel felt that it was rather heavy and uninteresting, I chose cheesecake, which was what I epected for baked cheesecake, a goo balance of flavours, but again a very filling end to a meal. This is a great restaurant for a fun evening with friends and family, but take it as it is and be prepared for Bavarian food and the functional set-up, it works and can make for an enjoyable and different meal.

Went to Stein’s with friends for lunch on a hot day . This place is located by the river in Richmond and has a great view of the River & Richmond Bridge.

I visited Stein’s for lunch on a very hot day in Richmond. This place is located straight on the river in Richmond and has a wonderful view of the River & Richmond Bridge. All the tables are outside and you have both sunshine & shade. You need to order at the bar for both drinks & food. Service was quick but the place was pretty empty when we arrived, being midday. Food is good and well presented, recommended if you are after a big aperitivo or with a group of friends.

We stopped by as the location is gorgeous. Ordered 5 salads, a side and a beer for over 65£. Portions were small and the sauce on all salads was so salty we couldn't finish our food. Chicken was too salty too. We won't return and don't recommend it.

Coming back to Steins, one of our favourite hang outs on a nice sunny day we were up for a nice surprise! The now have the wonderful fresh beers of German Kraft on tap: Heidi Bonde the Lager and the super refreshing Hopfenkiss, a Wheat Beer.

If you are looking for large helpings of sausage and mash and German beer overlooking the Thames then this is THE place to go. Trestle tables and speedy service .

Walking along the river on a boiling day, seeing ice cold "steins" of beer was tempting, daft cue, you order a few drinks but must order food first, why? Anyhow, order the cheapest of sausage which was around about 5 quid, it was ok, Stein was about a 10a, good beer, pricey, but it's not like im staying here for a session, pay it and just enjoy the experience.

For sure: the bald man is welcome here; the stein ist gut! And the waitresses delighted me! Real good treat!

Fantastic location along a picturesque stretch of the River Thames. Can't go wrong with sausages, sauerkraut and beer. Good food, chill atmosphere and gorgeous views!

On a sunny day like last week it was impossible to have a good place. The queue to order drinks was huge. Not to speak about the queue to go to the toilet!

This is a 'genuine' German sausage/wurst type diner with German lager - served in Steins! The food is very good and the beer choice is OK. When we went it was packed with tourists but the ordering system meant that we got our food fairly quickly. London prices so take your credit card!

The place is perfect to enjoy a nice and sunny day cause the view of the river is fantastic. Also while watching the view, having a cold beer in your hand is also fantastic. Eating as well while you re drinking and watching the view...mmmm not that fantastic. The food is nothing special and with those kind of prices I would say not good at all....the service was good, but they can't feed you right?...

Been here on the Friday, best German food what you can get in London. Will be back, as soon as I will be around! Well done Stein's!!

It was a warm sunny day and we were excited to going back to Stein’s for some nibbles.

Great view and good beer but the service is ridiculous. We had to que first 30 minutes for food and then again for drinks - you eben can not split sind you need the recent from the food for ordering drinks. Just having a beer is also not possible. Furthermore you need to know your table to order food but which table to choose when you have to que. The que was extremely long even late. They seem not to understand how to draft a beer. Then suddenly it was not possible to get a beer since the bar was closed 20 minutes earlier that the pedantic sign said.

Makanannya lezat dan enak, masakan ala jerman. Rasanya bumbunya pas, gurih dan segar. Suasana nyaman, cocok buat makan sambil kumpul...

After a lovely spring walk along the river we stopped in at Steins for a really enjoyable meal and lovely German beer. A great setting on with superb views of the river and the passing scene

Located by the River at Richmond, this is a pretty authentic outdoor German restaurant, offering decent portions of (non-fancy) German food and a small selection of draught and bottled beer (you need to order food if you wish to drink). Recommended, and prices ok for the area, but not exactly for the health conscious!