Radegast Hall & Beer Garden
(718) 963-3973
113 N. 3rd St
Brooklyn,
NY
11211
40.7166
-73.9617
Neighborhood: Greenpoint
What People Are Saying About Radegast Hall & Beer Garden
The Editor
Joshua Bernstein
Citysearch
In Short
Time-travel to 19th-century Europe at this sprawling Austro-Hungarian beer hall, outfitted with soaring ceilings, iron chandeliers, beer-barrel trash cans and a massive heated beer garden. Conforming to the Alpine peasant cliche, barmaids clad in dirndl dresses serve up 12 European drafts, while blouse-wearing waitresses flit across the concrete floor to massive communal tables fashioned from 150-year-old barn wood. Artists and trendy Billyburgers order sobriety-quashing mugs of dark Weihenstephaner Dunkel Weisse and sparkling Pilsner Urquel, which are clinked loudly and lustily long into the night.
Hits: Need a space for 25 of your closet comrades? Arrive early, and you can hijack a candle-topped wooden table nearly as long as most railroad apartments.
Misses: If you like lots of beer, then you better like opening your wallet wide--a liter of draft brew runs an eye-popping $13, while bottles average $7 or $8.
User Reviews
kenobebe1
March 11, 2009
Note to negative reviewers: This is a BEER HALL! This is not a 4 star restaurant. It is where people come to drink really large beers; hence you might see some people getting drunk. This a place where, at 11pm, you might not get the best table service b/c it is crowded (due to the amount of people that like this place). The lude, poor excuses for people mentioned in the previous review are what we in the unpretentious world like to call "people having fun." And yes, you might hear some curses as well (mormons take heed). Listen up folks, the beers are fresh and plentiful, the atmosphere is festive and their snacks rule! Naysayers can go back to Roosevelt Island and sip on midori in their million dollar apartments!
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ms1370
July 22, 2008
My husband is a beer lover, with a special interest in European brews so we thought we'd give it a try. I looked online at the dinner menu and there was a steak dish I was interested in trying, but the rest of the menu was a little too frou-frou for me. It was a Sunday evening, not quite dinner hour, but the place was packed. We spotted an empty table that hadn't been cleaned from the previous slobs....I mean...patrons but we grabbed it because it was the only table available. Well, in addition to waiting about 15 minutes for a "waitress " to clean the table, she spilled a whole cup of leftover beer on the table that came dangerously close to spilling on me. We asked dinner menus and were told in a dismissive fashion, "You have to give me a few minutes to find a kitchen menu." So we waited and she finally returned with one menu, and proceeded to drop it in the still-drying beer spill on the table. I fiddled with the menu with my fingertips, and I noticed that the online menu was different from the actual menu, and we decided that it was better to leave before we owed any money. Now, aside from commenting on the food, which I cannot do, the place was full of 20-somethings, Williamsburg's finest "trustafarians" yelling, screaming, and generally being obnoxious. I understand it's a beer hall and I expected loud conversation. The people in this place were foul-mouthed to the point where I was offended, and I'm not easily offended, having grown up in Williamsburg. If you want a nice time in a German restaurant with nice beer, there are more to choose from. This place is a crap-hole, filled with Williamsburg's latest crop of garbage, a bunch of really ignorant people, and I use the term "people" loosely. If you think I'm wrong, check out the 5-star reviews -- I'm sure each one has at least one spelling or grammatical error.
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Anonymous
July 21, 2008
German-style biergarten with long picnic bench seating, proper sized giant mugs of mostly Czech, Belgian and German beer, and extremely tasty German food, (the bratwurst especially). A festive atmosphere, and if you like there is a regular bar and restaurant area inside. Service is excellent. A great place for a large group.
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Food Served:
Banish the munchies with a hearty array of meat-centric, old-European fare such as veal schnitzel, braised rabbit and roasted quail; bratwursts and burgers are flame-cooked on the beer garden's grill.
The Extras:
Weather permitting, the beer garden's canopy retracts, welcoming in sunlight and fresh air.
Fun Fact:
Though Radegast may look like it's been serving frothy pints for centuries, the previous tenants catered to addictions of a different kind: The building served as the headquarters for Empire Candy & Tobacco.
Category:
Restaurants, Beer Gardens, Neighborhood Bars, Bars & Pubs
Payment Methods:
American Express, Diners Club, Discover, Visa, MasterCard
