Rheinlander

Cold Food, AGAIN!!. We went on Thanksgiving day and had to wait 1.5 HOURS AFTER OUR RESERVATION TIME for our food. Then the food was mediocre at best! Some manager came around and asked us if it was ok, and we said we were disappointed, and the mgr didn't seem to care! I said something to the waitress and the waitress told us that they have a hard time keeping mgrs and that they were all new and inexperienced and hadn't worked a major holiday before at rheinlander. Then to top it all off, we picke rheinlander specifically to hear singing and music and we didn't even see a musician (we like the heavy set blonde guy) let alone hear any singing. I guess the new mangament has it under control! We won't go back!

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I said we won't go back, but we thought we would give them a try again thinking it was a bad night, WRONG!!!!!

Went there on 12/23/10

had reservations for 7pm, didn't get seated till 7:45, didn't bring fondue until after we ordered, food came @ 8:30, cold, schnitzles were so dark we thought they were burned. fav accordion player wasn't there again (short, heavy blonde guy) mgmt apperently cut his hours to 1 night a week. In an economy where restaraunts are competeing for $$$$, I will take my german dinner $$ to Otto & Anita's. The food is always good, it is operated by the owners (Mom & Dad cook, daughter waits tables) only problem is no accordion player. maybe the guy from Rheinlander should go there....  View Less … View More

rheinlander. well the rheinlander is the best place around im a 17 year old boy from kelso and i know my food but dont forget the optimeiter beer it is a good imported beer from germany they used to have black forest rabit but not anymore just try everything u can its all fantastic  View Less … View More

Great Austrian/German Style Food!. The Rheinlander is one of the top five restaurants in Portland, in my estimation. I have never had such good wienerschnitzel or fondue as at Der Rheinlander, and their shpatzle is tops, too. I've had slightly better bratwurst (at The Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, VT), but overall, the Rheinlander has everyone else in its class beaten. The Mozart Cafe in Leavenworth, WA isn't even close. GREAT environment!  View Less … View More

Even vegans have options.. I went to the Rheinlander with my company which was dining there for an annual event. I was expecting a lot of meat and cheese and animal fat which there totally was. I've been a very strict vegetarian (vegan) for over 10 years I figured that I'd be just be eating a dinner salad. To my surprise my job had let the Rheinlander know that I'm vegan so they made up a meal for me. I have to admit it was weird but I'm not very picky about vegetables. It was fried sweet potatoes which were breaded and then covered in mushrooms. They used olive oil instead of butter. The mushrooms were amazing. The waitress explained the entire plate of food to me in detail. I'm sure they make much better food when you order off the regular menu but I liked what I had. They met and exceeded my needs.  View Less … View More