Essen Haus Restaurant and Bar - German restaurant in Madison - 514 E Wilson St, USA

I timed this perfect. It was near empty so I had a great table and view. The location is awesome. The food was great and i saved room for dessert. Not the place your coming to pound beers with college buddies but if you like classic German food this is where you should come.

I highly recommend the fish fry Fridays. Our family loves the ambience, the polka music and food is delicious. Parking is free (but it is usually full). You can make reservations but they also accept walk-ins. After 8pm it is very busy on Fridays. We usually go earlier to enjoy dinner without the live music. Even though a lot of big groups enjoy the fun in this restaurant, we love to bring our children and enjoy polka music with them as well. The restaurant is very good for family, friends, companies or students gathering.

The Essen Haus is a German restaurant with traditional German cuisine. The prices are surprisingly cheap for today's standards, especially for a restaurant downtown Madison. The Meaterwurst platter was amazing, so Delicious, and enough food for both Ronno and I for the night, but we like to go all out, so we got meals too. The fries are chunky and thick, which are delicious, and the beer comes in huge glasses. I would not recommend the Wiener schnitzel as it was very dry and flavorless, also the spatzle was lacking. When I go back I will try another meal. When we went on a Friday night around 6:30, there was live music!

Really delicious, traditional German menu. Portions are generous for the price. Our whole party was so happy with the food. Great beer list. Too hot to sit outside today but the patio looked so nice. Very good service!

Loved Essen Haus. The food was excellent, flavorful, and had a variety of traditional flavors. Biers were cold and fresh and there was a great selection. Service was great and friendly. If we are ever in the area, we will come back.

The jaegerschnitzel and spaetzel were awesome and the kraut was delicious. Oh, and the mustard with the pretzels was sooo good. The horseradish was off the charts! Just the way it should be.

Been too much better German places but it was a lot of fun a good time especially the people that were trying to tackle these 2 L beer mugs in the shape of a boot. It was worth it for the people watching and the band

Really wanted to have a nice dining experience. Unfortunately, this wasn't the case. Wine list is really bad, in case you're not a beer drinker. The tap beer was flat, and the Combo platter for 20 bucks included one "bratwurst" on a tablespoon of yellow, greasy sauerkraut and a gray, pounded piece of pork with canned button mushrooms and "gravy" on top. Atmosphere is dark but you can still smell and see the place needs a serious cleaning.