The Bavarian Haus in Mount Dora - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

I always try to frequent small businesses and hate to give a bad review. My mom was German so i know how it should taste and I know people cook differently. But this food was just gross. The schnitzel was SO thin. It was like a sliver. Dumpling was mushy and tasted like boiled grits. Sauer kraut tasted old. Roulade was dry. Server did fine job and was friendly but the air freshener was overwhelming and shouldnt be in a restaurant. Im glad other people enjoyed it.

Himmel auf Erden. Gutes Essen!!!!! My absolute favorite German restaurant. It’s a quality place with a vibe that’s feels Authentically German. My Oma and Opa Love this place also.

Great place! Highly recommend. Everything tasted like a good home cooked meal. Hands down the best place in Mount Dora!

Great customer service, amazing AC, especially after the Mount Dora farmers market. Good food.

Authentic brats and pork shnitzle!!best dark beer!incredible server!resteraunt is small,cozy and very bavarian.

Amazing bavarian food in a beautiful USA small town!

Fantastic place. Great food and beer. Love it.

10 out of 5 stars ! Be adventurous and try everything. Wonderful staff as well

Website suspended. Health inspector would give this location a C grading but since Florida doesn’t give letter grades, this location has been deemed an eat at your own risk eatery. Stay clear.

Poor customer service. Sign clearly states: Close at 4:00pm on Sundays. Kitchen at 3:30pm. Show up at 3:30pm virtually no one in restaurant. Walk in open door and get an order barked out from Patio...Kitchen closed!! Nothing like I am so sorry or let us see if we can squeeze you in. Just barked a command and went back to his beer. In today's economic climate it was surprising to turn customers away without a welcome and a bit of conversation about better times/days on which to return. Not a good vibe convincing us to try again on another day. People do have a choice on which small businesses to patronize. Review obviously not based on quality of food just the method on greeting potential customers.

Food was greasy, yet meat was dry; flavors were bland. Lettuce was wilted and spotted. Potatoes were lumpy, dry, awful; gravy was from a packet. Waitress complained about replacing an extra plate that was obviously chipped with a chunk missing; for their $5 extra charge, I expect a clean unbroken plate, especially when charged their mandatory extra fee. Place was near empty on Easter Sunday, which should tell you everything. Don't pay extra for lowsy food and bad attitude. Grapefruit beer was only redemption, but we went to eat.

Had the best authentic German food I've eaten in years. My wife said it reminds her of home. The schnitzel was to perfection and the brat's wurst where cooked to perfection as well. If you want real German food you must visit them in Mt Dora.

Lettuce in tiny salad was wilted and spotted, not fresh; prabably good that there was so little of it. Meat was dry, yet greasy; gravy was terrible and potatoes seemed store-bought; not flavorful. Waitress complained about replacing the extra plate that: we asked to not have, they charged us for, and had an obvious chip with a chunk missing; I require that $5 mandatory extra plates be in proper condition and meet basic health standards. We were never offered refills on water or anything else and waitress never returned so I could request a water. Place was nearly empty for Sunday lunch, which should tell you everything; their food is lowsy and attitudes are terrible. Don't waste your money; they could care less if you like it.

The food is not authentic.the atmosphere is old and not very clean. Not recommended.

Went here and really enjoyed the food and service. Had the Roulade and some Black Forest cake for dessert. Outstanding. The kraut was pretty decent. Wife had the apple strudel which she absolutely loved. Quaint and small, and a nice German flair.

Quaint little restaurant in Mt. Dora. Definitely has a German vibe about it. The menu is simple. Definitely take a look before you sit down to make sure it has something that appeals to you. That being said, I found my brats to be super tasty and worth ordering again. The German potato salad was also delicious. Service was friendly, but we never got our waters refilled, so that was a bit uncomfortable.

I couldn't say how many times we've walked by this restaurant and never stopped, but this time we actually stopped in. My expectations were not high since I lived in Germany for nearly three years, so I didn't have a great deal of confidence that an authentic version even existed nearby. I have to admit that I - and my wife - were pleasantly surprised. I had the Weiner Schnitzel and my wife, the Jagerschnitzel with potato salad and both options were very good. We chose the applestrudel for dessert and that was also a good one. The food arrived in a timely manner, was delicious and piping hot. The evening was nice. so we had dinner outside and the service, atmosphere and the service were all very good. While we were there, a couple came in and told us that they eat there often and always enjoy it. We've agreed that we'll come back again and maybe more often. There was one 'problem': The portions are on the big side, so you need to be hungry.

Came here for lunch. Authentic German schnitzel! Not very busy for Sunday lunch. Will come back again.

We've eaten here a few times and have really enjoyed it. Got on their website tonight to confirm how late they would be open. Their website and Google said 9pm on Friday and kitchen closed 30 minutes prior to closing which is reasonable in my book. We arrived around 7:15pm just to be told the kitchen was closed and they were doing drinks to-go only. Unfortunately, we took our business elsewhere tonight. Hopefully it'll be a better experience the next time.

This was our first time here in the German restaurant, and La took such phenomenal care of us!! We had some delightful dishes with the most scrumptious sauces and mustard for the pretzel and bratwurst as well ~ we will definitely be back to sample more of the authenticity from the menu again and again! Friendly atmosphere where the patrons were so inviting as well, and in an adorable little place in Mt Dora

OMG!!!!! The best food ever!!! Top rated chef, who waits his own tables!!!!! This place is a must!!!

I am from Germany and this is by far the best German restaurant in the area. We came during the Mount Dora art festival so they had a limited menu which is understandable with the amount of people. Highly recommend this restaurant.

The staff was friendly, the food was beyond disappointing. The red cabbage was mush, the mustard was not homemade, it tasted like gulden's brown mustard. The brats were overdone and tasted packaged. The schweinbraten was a watery "hormel" pork loin with packaged brown gravy. The pork actually left a pool of water on the plate, under the gravy. It is unfortunate that at an arts festival, when you should be showcasing your best, you limit the menu and provide sub-par food. Sad.

Had a limited menu for the special event going on this weekend in town, however it was good and covered a fair spectrum of their foods.

I try not to give small businesses poor reviews, but this was some of the worst food and beverage I've ever had the displeasure of having. I went during the art festival and guess I that's their excuse to serve watered-down beer and dry schnitzel, that or that's their normal fare. I'm normally an easy guy to please with beer, but this was hands down the most watery beer I've ever had. The busch light would've been better. The owners are from Munich. If you served beer like that in Munich, you'd be imprisoned or exiled, which the latter may have happened. The schnitzel was dry and flavorless. The only thing that was any good was the brats...which were not made in house. The gravy I suspect was bought at the nearest Walmart. The closest thing to flavor in the food came from the owner's grandkids blowing dust into my food from the disgusting outside facade. If one of the spider webs from the ceiling fell down on my plate that may have been better. As a final insult they tried to charge us for the 2 beers I sent back. The second beer was sent out after the server insisted the "new girl" watered it down just a little too much. What's the right amount of watering for a german beer? Absolutely criminal. I implore you do NOT go.

But if a drive(Mt Dora) but good is 5 Star Waitress LA her name does whatever it takes for you to feel at home. Sauerbraten and potato pancakes with red cabbage with succulent gravy to die for. Why are they so far away from Citrus County 🤭

Great German food.bratwurst,German potato salad and sauerkraut were wonderful and authentic.wife Loved her potato cakes with red cabbage.atmosphere was nice and service perfect.

We stopped in here for dinner on our first night in Mt Dora. The atmosphere was great and our server was awesome. The beer and mulled wine were excellent but that's where it stopped. The Wiener schnitzel was thin and dry with little flavor. The Jaeger schnitzel had gravy from a jar. Go for drinks definitely! Not for the Wiener schnitzel or the Jaeger schnitzel.

We're a homeschooling family and this year's theme is World Geography. This was part of our German week. It was delicious. The hostess was so nice. My daughter and I will have to come back for more research: the Black Forest cake and coffee floats!

This is a great place for German food and beer. I’ve been there a number of times and always enjoyed the atmosphere and food.

We've dined at Bavarian Haus every time we've visited Mt Dora for the last three years. But this review expresses great disappointment even though we didn't dine this time. Christmas week is a busy one, but Bavarian Haus fell over itself pushing us away. There may be a lot of reasons, including a large group at the time, but politeness should never be absent the mix. There were no seats, yet other tables that could have been separated or pulled in from outside seating. An explanation would have been nice.

Owner was absolutely rude. Asked if we had reservations which they don’t take according to their website and phone number. 2 tables in the restaurant were taken so we asked if we could eat at the bar which had one person and 6 open seats. NO you can’t but you can buy a beer to go! Atrocious how this woman acted for no reason. This place needs to be shut down. Talking around town and asking about the restaurant everyone said they are rude terrible people.

The food is awesome. Much better than dunderbacks in Tampa. This is THE place forGerman food. Prices are good and the Beer is Prima Gute!

Best sauerbraten I had with potato dumplings and spaetzle.

I went with a large group of friends and they closed the whole restaurant down for the day and just catered to us. It was super nice of them!!! Amazing service!!! Next, the place is gorgeous. They painted the ceilings with the sky and vines and they have a ton of pictures and newspapers and overall just little trinkets. The food is also to die for!!! Its fresh and you can hear them pounding the schnitzel in the other room!!

EXCELLENT food and service. The Snitzel was tender, red cabbage and spatzel were awesome. Strudel just came GREAT PLACE in Mount Dora, FL

Still Loving this place! Service and food spot on!

Food excellent the staff was friendly. The furniture was a little dated.

We came today expecting et al like we remembered from our times here previously. It has been about 5 or 6 years since we were up this way. The owners at that time were from a small town in Bavaria and the food reflected this. Did this place change ownership? First off, we ordered coffees. What we got tasted burnt almost, like it had been sitting in a pot on the burner for a long time. We sent it back and, to their credit, they took it off the bill. Three in our party got pretzel baguette sandwiches. They were unimpressive to say the least. I ordered potato pancakes as a starter. They were crispy but extremely thin and rather oily. There was way more apple sauce and sour cream than these three pancakes even needed. One of us got the wiener schnitzel. It was about half the size it used to be. The red cabbage that came with it was a bit overcooked and more sour and salty than sweet and spicy. The fries were ok but portion was very small. I got the rouladen. I was impressed with the size of this beefy roll, but couldn't detect much in the way of fillings. The taste was just ok. There was a lot of a salty gravy on it as well as the spaetzle noodles, which were again, ok. My red cabbage was the same as what my friend got with his schnitzel. We declined to dessert. All in all, I am quite disappointed with the food here. Also, while we were eating on the outdoor patio, which is in the very front, three of the staff were sitting there smoking while we ate. Having worked for years as a server in various restaurants, this is, in my opinion, a no-no. The other tables which were empty on the patio also looked like they needed a thorough cleaning. Our server, a young man, was nice enough but, it irked me when I sent the coffee back and he said it wasn't old and he had just made it. If that coffee had just been made, someone needs to be taught how to make coffee for sure, especially since this "German coffee" was $4.50 a cup. I don't think we will return to this restaurant again. If we hadn't been really hungry, we would have probably would have left much of this food uneaten. I hope this restaurant can turn itself around for the future and get back to how it used to be. Based on some not so good reviews I have read on here just now, I can see from our experience why so many people were unhappy.

We had reservations for 14 people at 6:30pm. We showed up on time and the lady that greeted us was one of the rudest people I ever met. She abruptly told us it will be more than a hour before we would get our food. They tried moving two tables together that would have barely fit 10 people let alone 14. She said they didn’t have another table because they gave it to another party of six. Mind you, this is all after they told us they could accommodate us at 6:30. I guess this place is financially sound because we went elsewhere and spent over one thousand dollars. I’ll travel hours to get German food instead of ever going back to this place which only takes me about 25 minutes!

Food was well-prepared, authentic, and tasty. Friendly service. If you're in the mood for some German food, here's your spot.

Absolutely delicious food! Service was top notch with very friendly staff! Food was fresh and full of flavor!

If you enjoy true German food you must come here. I have been going here for the last 4-5 years, never disappointed. Very good. Lee in Astatula

Lovely little spot in Mt Dora. A beautiful drive up from the Orlando area, this is a quaint little spot with a small indoor and decent outside dining area. Excellent German style beers, makes you want to say "Prost!" The Schnitzel was excellent. Try the pretzel and spaetzle.

The Bavarian House is a great German restaurant and our favorite in central and southern Florida. The food is as good as the best restaurants in Germany and the staff is friendly, accommodating and truly appreciates their customer's patronage. I recommend The Bavarian House to any and all who would like a truly authentic German meal.

Not really German at all, red cabbage out of a can. No flavor, even the schnitzel was bad, very disappointed. Don’t bother!!!!

We love this place we brought my Niece and her husband there we all loved our food. We all ordered the sauerbraten so delicious. We also had a pretzel fresh made and their potatoes soup very good. We look forward to the next time.

Always good food. Love this place.

Great place to enjoy some cold beer and traditional German food. The service on point and the waitress was very friendly. I was looking for something different, and they delivered. I'm definitely going back to enjoy more of their menu. More people need to support local businesses like this one and don’t take it for granted.

I had a great experience. Welcoming place, excellent service, cold beer. The potato salad and the Veil delicious. The sausages great. I don’t remember the name but it has lamb. I totally recommend, different ambiance, great food and excellent service. I’ll be back and try more.

It might’ve been a great place to be, but they can’t accommodate a party of six without putting them outside and being asked several times are you all done was not very nice, being told we can’t pay cash. We all were forced to pay by card. I have not experienced this anywhere and I have been to German, not a good representation of them at all, especially when the waitress was from Massachusetts

As German, born and raised, I simply cannot advocate for the taste and quality of the food and this place. We were greeted rudely, with: “kitchen closes at 7:30pm”! I just wanted to turn around on my heels and leave. But by the pressure of my family, we stayed and dined. My husband is spoiled with my German cooking and agreed that this was the worst German food he ever tasted.Tut mir Leid, aber I do not recommend this place at all!!!!!!

Disappointed in the German potato salad & dumplings. I make this better. Cute place but I won't go back.

Amazing pretzels. Staying true to the Bavarian gene.

Brats were a little over cooked but everything else was excellent!

Absolutely 👍 terrific , the Rolanden was wonderful 👍

This is a unique restaurant in downtown Mt. Dora for those looking for a change from American fare. We enjoyed very tasty potato pancakes for an appetizer. The sauerbraten and schnitzel were delicious. They were served along side the traditional German red cabbage and spaetzle. The service was personal and friendly in a very cozy atmosphere.

Bland food, old restaurant, service was barely there, just enough to be noticed not enough to be good and mandatory 20% gratuity. Will never see me again or any friends that visit Mt Dora.

I went with my mother in law, brother in law and my husband and it was good, the service is great, we will definitely come back to this place

My family and I were so excited to go here, the service was awesome! the manager/hostess was very charismatic and amazing at informing us about the German cuisine. It was a nice touch to have the great chef personally brining us our food from time to time. Great ambiance to go with family or friends, and prices are very reasonable for the great quality of food you’re getting. Don’t forget to try the cheese strudel, we ended up getting both the apple and cheese they were fantastic! Will be going back

Went here for lunch with a group of 10 friends. One person ordered soup that was so salty- it was inedible!! We passed it around and everyone said it was terrible!!! Another person ordered a ham sandwich and asked for some cheese on it-/ the server said that’s not how it’s served. The server spilled a glass of water in my tote bag! We asked to see the manager and the owner came over- she wouldn’t do anything about the soup or the sandwich!! She was also Very Rude! Needless to say. None of us would recommend this place!

Great service and great food! The strudel was wonderful too

I saw German food and wanted my visiting family to try something different, along with good beers. We got potato pancakes and a large pretzel for apps, both were really good. Then the entrees came, very disappointing. The dishes with mushroom gravy were smothered with it, too overwhelming. The sides were okay to awful. The German potato salad lacked the zing one normally tastes with the dish. The red cabbage and sauerkraut were way to vinegary and sour. The spatzle were mushy and with a bland sauce. I made the mistake of ordering the Apfel Strudel, terrible. How a German restaurant can mess up strudel, making the normally crisp baked delicacy into a soggy, mushy heap that looked more like a soft taco, swimming in melted vanilla ice cream, is beyond me. On the bright side, the service was very good and so were the beers.

Authentic food and good German beer

Came to Mount Dora to check out the town. Stopped at this German place to get a quick beer and bratwurst. They served me this. Other things on there menu might be better but what's on the pic is a disgrace to Germany. Beer was good to be fair.

Everything about the place was five star absolutely beautiful we'll go back again

Excellent German food. We really enjoyed it. Service was great. Its hard to find German food so this was a treat for us.

Awesome! Undoubtedly the best German food my wife & I have ever eaten! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!

The Apple Strudel was a great dessert.

This is a review of the Bavarian Haus Restaurant in Mt Dora, FL. Yes I've only been to one German restaurant someplace in North Carolina I didn't really know what to expect from this restaurant. The two young ladies that we had interactions with to seed us take our orders and bring us food we're absolutely the nicest you could ever find. 🥰 The interior decor is very nice and gives you that old German mountain house style feeling to it as this is a fairly small restaurant it was actually not overly packed or crowded as far as furniture or decorations just right. We ordered an appetizer to share which was potato pancakes which were absolutely delicious and served with applesauce and sour cream. Main dish was sour broughten, red pickled cabbage and potato dumplings. Everything was fantastic very flavorful moist hot served quickly good portion size. My only not perfect rating would be the fact that I'm not a gravy or sauce person and every item is heavily covered however that's something I could have controlled by ordering had I known. Overall I would definitely recommend it and would most definitely come back here if I was in the area 🥰

Phenomenal food, super friendly service, and the beer was incredible. Great prices and authentic German food and atmosphere. Will be coming back as much as possible.

The schnitzel was good and the cabbage was excellent, as was the black forest cake. But the spaetzel was ok and the German potato salad was mediocre.

Literally one of the best meals I've ever had

Delicious German food. We truly enjoyed it.

Nice, good food prepare at the moment you order

Old place, nice staff, but the food is so so but plenty of it.

My Wife and I had lunch here during our last visit to Mt. Dora. Small restaurant. Cold beer. Our Schnitzel's were both really good. My Wife tried the Potato Dumplings - she did not care for them at all. I had the spatzle, it was better than the dumplings!! Service was good. Schnitzels were very good. We would try this place again.

If I could give this place 10 stars I would! Amazing food and AMAZING service! We got a hax’n and it was 10/10, the pork schnitzels were perfectly crispy and the cheese strudel was the best thing I have ever tasted!! I love this place and will definitely return.

Great little German restaurant in Mt Dora

The worst food ever! Inferior and very disappointing! Cappuccino was awful with high sugar content.Frankfurters were served with Sara Lee bread..Far from being authentic German food.

Pleasant place we sat outside and it was nice. Food yummy and plenty to bring home. Parking sucks

Just average German food. We ordered Bratwurst platter. The 3 wursts links were devoid of spices and had little flavor. The sauerkraut was nothing special and might as well have come from a can. No bread served. The apple strudel was a "house special" but was a mess not strongly tasting like apple. The bland homemade vanilla ice cream overshadowed the strudel. This was our first, and only visit. The food quality was not worth a return visit. Our server was attentive and prices were OK. It's the food flavor that was disappointing.

Bad service and food that was a pretty bad American take on German food. I know I won't ever go back

Small but very nice german food resturant.

Delicious food and wonderful staff

We arrived 3.05 pm and the owner just told us we're closed, I explained just read it on the website the restaurant is open on Sunday till 4pm, but they do not wanted to listen and we just drove there for 2 hours to get our first try. Awful experience

I always wanted to try this restaurant because of my German heritage. Extremely disappointed. The older short haired lady seemed angry and in a tremendous hurry. Even the sign on the counter was rude and uninviting. The bench inside was so uncomfortable it hurt my back. All of my food was covered in salty brown gravy and they were out of chicken. The atmosphere was very uncomfortable. I can not recommend, especially at this price.

Place was closed, locals said it was terrible and the staff extremely rude.

Food was excellent can't wait to go back.

Food was fantastic, and the outdoor patio is lovely. Desserts was so-so. Would definitely go back.

On a Saturday night I showed up at 735 to eat. The website and Google both show this restaurant open until 10pm. Rude girl out front said "we are closed!". Needless to say I won't be back here. Luckily I found another eatery around the corner open and happy to take my money.

A small restaurant that does great business. During season, you might want to make a reservation on weekends. We enjoyed the accordion player, food, drink, atmosphere...everything!

I ordered die Käsespätzla with sautéed Onions. When I got the plate first I see the watery saucy substance the Spätzle where sitting in ( that happens when they reheated in water and not drained well) and hardly any cheese to find in the Spätzla. Then a Tbl spoon French's fried Onion instead of in Butter sautéed onions like the menu stated. I would not recommend that dish, grossly overpriced for what you get. My Radler (half beer and half Sprite) was more Lemonade with some beer for the color. The place itself is cute inside and out.

Worst service and restaurant- they refuse to serve even when they are open and 2 hours before closing - avoid!

I called and got a prerecorded message. No indication that they close excessively early.They do not take reservations their web site hasn’t been updated to indicate they close at 730. I do not care if they only have two people. Update your information. That doesn’t take but one person. Very poor customer service.

For German food fans, you must try it here. This surprise resturant in this small Florida town was a surprise surprise. I recommend this resturant for everyone. I respect good quality food like this one. Their server was genuine too. Cheers

Brats were cooked well and tasty. Schnitzel had been pre-cooked and was served lukewarm. The breading was soggy. Sides were okay. Will never return!

A total waist of money. The worst German food we have ever had. The food had been reheated. I have told everyone I know in Mount Dora

Delicious food and good service. They make you feel at home. Goulash soup like mom used to make, and fantastic desserts.

The music was too loud. Someone was hammering on something in the kitchen and never stopped all the time we were there. They do not give you any bread it costs $1.00 for a piece of white bread and a little butter. I had the Sour Braten . It had way too much vinegar in it. The dumplings were like glue. The food overall was not too good. We have been here many times before . It is not the same food. Service was OK not too friendly.