Location: Jena
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Discover Restaurants offering the best German food in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. Jena (German pronunciation: [ˈjeːna] ( listen)) is a German university city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a population of about 110,000. Jena is a centre of education and research; the Friedrich Schiller University was founded in 1558 and has 21,000 students today and the Ernst-Abbe-Fachhochschule Jena counts another 5,000 students. Furthermore, there are many institutes of the leading German research societies.
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10. Braugasthof Papiermuehle
Overall Ratings
3 based on 117 reviews
Reviewed By 88StangGT
I visited the Paper Mill several years ago and again this year and it was just as I remembered. Great food and awesome service. They even have an English menu for those of us who can't read or speak German.
9. Hotel & Restaurant Schwarzer Baer
Overall Ratings
4 based on 37 reviews
A house with a 500-yearlong tradition as Hotel and restaurant - where Martin Luther and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe stayed.
Reviewed By 763dennisb
This is an old classic building in Jena. We ate in the Luther room under the gaze of Martin Luther. The menu had many local choices. I wanted something lighter and chose from the fish menu. The trout was excellent, fresh, and perfectly cooked. The wine list was very limited so i chose a local beer.
8. Kartoffelhaus Nr.1 Inh. R. Hoffman
Overall Ratings
4 based on 109 reviews
Reviewed By Kath_Lau
I like the food at Kartoffelhaus very much. It's one of those places I keep going back to. I especially like their pfanne and auflauf which are very German but not the cliché schnitzel or sauer kraut. The atmosphere is casual/cosy. The service could be better but it is what it is.
7. Fuchsturm-Berggaststatte
Overall Ratings
4 based on 46 reviews
Reviewed By francescon941
We had lunch in this very nice place and suggestive environment. The food is typical German food and it is tasting. One more star because of the place.
6. Daheme
Overall Ratings
4 based on 45 reviews
Reviewed By 279SharonB
Visited this place often with locals and others. Never disappoints. Good range of traditional food of this region... and other wider german speaking regions...
5. Restaurant Bauersfeld
Overall Ratings
4 based on 63 reviews
Reviewed By Peter S
Glad we had plenty of time before the show next door, because we needed it. The service was rather laid back. However I liked my meal. Rostbrätel meat came with potatoes and pickles.
4. Grillteufel
Overall Ratings
4 based on 69 reviews
Reviewed By coffeebean11
This one is quite straightforward: good bratwursts and braetel, generously sized, served on fresh bread rolls. It turns out that there are other mobile locations around the centre, incl. outside the Zeiss shopping centre.Fair warning: putting ketchup on your brat or braetel really is like ordering cappuccino in Italy after 11am - it's naff, and it will make you look like a tourist. They taste better just with mustard, anyway. Recommended for a good value bite on the fly.
3. Zum Ziegenhainer
Overall Ratings
4 based on 74 reviews
Regionale und saisonale Frischküche mit Herz . We cook fresh and lokal but for all with Heart & Passion :D
Reviewed By spamobile
We visited here with a large group on an early evening (with reservations). We had fun sitting outside on the forecourt and the drinks were welcome after a long walk in the heat. However, it was all self service and with the food prices I think it was overpriced by a considerable margin specially since the food, was good, but was nothing special really. We had fun though.
2. Stilbruch
Overall Ratings
4 based on 265 reviews
Reviewed By Rodney M
The restaurant is located in an older building with lots of character. The building was very unique in that he had 3 floors, at least 3, with a spiral staircase leading up to additional seating areas. My German is pretty poor but they had an English printed menu. The staff (Torsten) was exceptional in taking my order and providing recommendations. Was in Jena for a couple of weeks on business and ate there twice.
1. Zur Noll Hotel & Restaurant
Overall Ratings
4 based on 247 reviews
Reviewed By spicegrrl
This is the special occasion restaurant in Jena. Quite good. Vegetarians in particular will be pleased with the options, and I am sure the Indian-inspired vegetarian dishes on the menu (surprising) are better than youâd get at the very poorly-reviewed Indian restaurant in Jena. We loved our meal. Our server was dicey on the English but that was OK as one of us spoke German.
