Teske's Germania Beer Garden

Wonderful place to have dinner for New Years. Food is always good.

Quality has gone way downhill at Teske’s German Restaurant in downtown San Jose. In the past the wiener schnitzel (veal cutlet) was always good, but this week, it was such poor quality that I ate only half of it. I told the waiter how poor the wiener schnitzel tasted. He was so poorly trained and insensitive that he did not apologize, nor offer an alternative, nor offer a discount, nor call the manger. Obviously, that is a reflection on Tekke’s management and training. It is a German restaurant, so the appropriate music would be a soft (not too loud) German music. Nope. They played moderately loud rock music, which was irritating to my ears. At noon lunchtime on Friday, there were only 7 customers at three tables, so that is not a good sign.

Wanted something different sat at bar alone, this place was a definite a must return. Service was 5 star Danielle) lok atbthst perfect pour, food was awesome probably the best sausage I have ever had Bavavian Brat) the cheese jalapeno pretzel while not traditional was the best, and I have been all over the world to German restaurants. I felt like a regular even on 1st visit.

I was on a business trip to San Jose and a co-worker took us all out to this restaurant. It was delicious. I had the Beef Paprika Goulash. So yummy. I love German food and this did not disappoint. Highly recommended.

We had a nice dinner out in their patio area on a Saturday night. When we got there we were greeted, but the first few minutes were not pleasant: 1) The hostess sat us at a table we liked and then demanded that we sit at a smaller table for no reason (there was plenty of empty tables) that had wobbly legs. Luckily the other staff member said we could return to the table we originally were sat at. 2) They do not follow all COVID=19 rules. They do not clean the chairs as one is supposed to do. 3) They have on-line menues which is nice. All the restaurants we have been at do have a few copies of single use paper menues for those who forgot their cell phones. This is the way to do things as some are older especially for German food and its good to have the option if needed. All other restaurants we have been to are quite nice about it. They need to fix this. Yes, direct people to the online menu, but then have a single use paper just in case. These are the issues we saw in this restaurant regarding COVID. Social distancing, masks, etc. were fine. We liked our dinner. We had their tasty pretzel. We enjoyed the pear salad. We liked our German dinner. We had black forest cake for dessert which was tasty. They also have an awesome beer list. We liked our beers. We ordered the largest size. i will opt for the mid size next time. All in all we had a wonderful night out. We made our reservations on open table. The server who served us was good and was attentive.