Gasthaus Zum weißen Schwan

It's a good job we like people watching since the service is pedestrian. It took us well over minutes to have lunch with a couple of beers. The food was decent but towards the end we could wait to get on our way again.

In this historic place with modern elements (especially quotations on the wall) there are various, predominantly regional specialties. The service is friendly, the dishes (I had Sauerbraten) taste excellent. Prices are appropriate for the category of restaurant.

Able to get a table outside here on a busy Saturday night. Pleasant efficient service. Not a great variety of dishes and nothing particularly inspiring. Decent food, but I would not make an effort to return. Strangely all the beer on tap was Bavarian, not...local.

The restaurant is located next to the Goethe’s Wohnhaus on the Frauenplan. The history of the Gasthaus goes back more than years, and Goethe himself was a frequent guest here. The food is traditional and regional Thuringia food, and we had a good lunch...with excellent beer.

We went for a dinner in Zum weissen Schwan. The terrace is nicely situated next to Goethes home. In the evening we went for dinner, there was far too little staff. Although the staff did their very best, they could not compensate for the shortage...of staff. It took too long for taking the orders. It also resulted in Fawlty Towers like situations, such as our meals being served at another table. The quality of the meals is ok, not special, but also not bad.

One of the best tarraces on this lovely square. Very good cuisine, local Thüringer dishes with a personal, inventive touch, like the Forelle Mülerin art, however stuffed with fresh herbs and perfectly fried. importantly also some inventive summerdishes like cold cucumber soup, maatjes salade...or dish, roasted sander (white fish) with red cabbage risotto and Dijon mustard sauce. The cook clearly knows his job. Excellent wine list including local Saale- Unstrutt wines we recommend the Riesling). Very kind and effective service.

My family gets here for lunch or dinner every once in a while. It is a bit of a treat and actually on the pricey side. On our last Christmas visit the four of us had goose with typical Thüringen dumplings (Kloesse) and red cabbage;...a typical german cold-meat dish (Suelze), and rabbit ragout. All in all, the food was surely worth the money, the service of staff in fact impeccable. You can’t really go wrong here (do make reservations in advance) since they know what they are doing. However, my family is still struggling to find better value for money in this area. Nonetheless, this place is perfectly recommendable.

A year-old historic guest house and restaurant recommended by Goethe back in his day. As American tourists we loved the traditional look and history of the place. We were able to get our party of seated outside right away only steps from Goethe’s...House on a scenic square. The food was all traditional local German for the Thüringen region and delicious. The menu was in German but not a problem with a cell phone and google translate. We ordered very nice local bratwurst, sauerbraten, and beef Roulade that came with a mild purple cabbage sauerkraut and round light potato dumplings called Klöße. It was a great meal and very pleasant setting.

We were looking forward to a pleasant dinner in a historic restaurant, but the food was mediocre and the staff were unfriendly, unwelcoming and possibly xenophobic. We had booked a table online and received a confirmation message on the restaurant's website, although the promised follow-up...email did not arrive. The restaurant claimed to have no knowledge of our booking and tried to make a big issue out of the fact that we had not received the promised email, implying that it was our fault. (The restaurant wasn't full and they had loads of empty tables We very nearly walked out at that point, but unfortunately we chose to stay. Not recommended.