Rolf’s Bar & Restaurant

One of my coworkers told me about Rolf’s because he walked by the restaurant one night and walked inside because he wanted to see the decorations. When he walked in, he was surprised and amazed with how beautiful the decorations were and suggested I stop by since it’s so close to my apartment. He suggested I make a reservation since the restaurant was packed so I called for a reservation and went with Yuko last week! The restaurant is extremely tiny and the seats are almost like little sleighs (very tiny sleighs). The restaurant has a bar on the right hand side and seats for eating on the left and the ceilings are covered entirely with Christmas decorations:

There are also dolls everywhere (which is a little scary) but it’s so beautiful and festive inside:

The restaurant is on 22nd and Third and they even have a little street sign inside:

They initially didn’t want to seat us without the full party there (a huge pet peeve of mine) but let us sit down because we promised we’d order without everyone. The bread we started with was a bit on the stale side:

Yuko and Mark ended up ordering the same thing as me and Ken – the girls ordered the wiener schnitzel with green beans and spatzle:

And the boys ordered bratwurst with mashed potatoes and sauerkraut:

The food is definitely not great (the schnitzel was super flat and barely had any meat) and the ambiance was really beautiful and we had a lot of fun going to dinner with Yuko and Mark. I’d definitely return for a drink at their bar (if it’s not super busy) but definitely not again for food. It’s definitely beautiful enough to just walk into during the holidays – I wonder what it looks like during other holidays (Halloween, Valentine’s Day, and the 4th of July must be crazy!)