Saturday, 10/7/06. Arrived at 6:30 and ordered immediately. Food not served until 8:00 p.m and arrive cold. By 8:15, they were coming up and asking if we were done yet! Male waiter was a deranged psychotic, who we saw twice and could never catch again until we received the illegible check. Waiter then screamed at us for asking him to explain it. Another woman took soup plates and asked if one person if he wanted something to drink. He said beer. She said she was underage and couldn't serve him and if he wanted something like that to ask the waiter. This, at a German beer hall! Then she walked away and didn't ask anyone else. Only twice in two hours did someone come by and ask us if we wanted drinks. Waiter was massively incompetent, angry and frightening, shouting garbled words and incomprehensible. Ocktoberfest ambiance is like attending a wake at a dusty Elk's Club with massive dead animals (including the shoulders) hanging over our heads and the next door neighbors have a small German beer garden party which no one in the restaurant could attend because it was full. Other diners were glum while waaaay in back, in the small back yard, loud polka music played. For 8 people, our bill came to $243.00 for inedible food. The mashed potatoes couldn't melt butter and were obviously made from flakes, the onion and cheese noodles were congealed, the pea soup was grainy, and there were no other staff to turn to. The place was packed and the staff totally incompetent. Don't get suckered in. AVOID Oktoberfest. TOTAL RIPOFF!
Pros: A good example of what a restaurant in Hell must be like.
Cons: Terrible cold food, way overpriced, poor service (1-1/2 hours to get food!) Waiter psychotic. Dirty Elk's Club ambiance.
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