Bootshaus - Gießen

I'd rather have drinks here, but we had lunch with our family. The waiting staff must point out that if you have children, they must quickly take over the order they did not. The carvings and burgers we ordered were nothing special, only average food, so my proposal is a good place to meet friends for drinks because of the view and atmosphere.

I liked to come here before on my annual trip to friends and colleagues for a conference. Eating is ok, standard German pub food, sometimes a bit greasy, but the view and atmosphere are great. Yesterday waitress was openly a disaster and I would let her go! Drilled/uninterested posture, minimal conversation with us, really did not want to be there. Obviously no training in the gastronomy. When I joked with her that the parts were so big that we couldn't finish her, she actually said that 's a shame and a face made!? Unacceptable!

Great place to come for a few drinks during the summer. Come early and get an nice place close to the river..

I have always liked the Bootshaus for its views and that you can watch people punt and row on the river. I like the new looks too but I don 't think the food has improved much. Starters were hessische Tapas , with a Greene Sosse that was too runny, a fried sausage that only tasted salty and greasy, a Spundekaes cheese that was probably bought ready-made and a moderately good Handkaes mit Musik (if you like that type of strong cheese). The main was supposed to be a pork meat skewer (meat was nicely cooked) with a creamy mushroom sauce, but there was nothing resembling a creamy sauce. Instead a gravy that tasted suspiciously of glutamate (probably ready-made). The salad was mostly green leaves with a tiny bit of grated carrot and cabbage hidden somewhere underneath. Some dressing, which is always a bonus. My partners main had a very nice dark beer sauce that came with the meat (pork). The Spaetzle however that came with both dishes also looked very generic/ ready-made and were supposed to be buttery. Well, they had actually been in the pan way too long and were dried out. Possibly afterwards added a bit of butter, but that really couldn 't hide the bad cooking in the first place. So, overall, I am underwhelmed, and if it wasn 't for the nice terrace and view, I am not sure I would recommend the Bootshaus at all. Prices are ok, by the way.

The Grutze! Huge serving. Good feel along the water- tons of outdoor seating. Friendly crowd, on the younger side. Very friendly to Americans and Germans alike. Try a radler (like a shandy) or colabier (cola beer) for something you won't find stateside.