(718) 963-3973
113 N. 3rd St
Brooklyn,
NY
11211
40.7166
-73.9617
Neighborhood: Greenpoint
Radegast Hall & Beer Garden
What People Are Saying About Radegast Hall & Beer Garden
The Editor
Joshua M 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…
08/10/09
Good beer, awful service
by visualgirlPA
On a Sunday afternoon, we visited for a beer and some food. The place was not busy although there was a little kids party outdoors, but still, fairly slow and no one but the 2 of us inside. Took 15 minutes before anyone even acknowledged us. Waitress took our drink order and they came fairly quickly. Only one of us was eating, she ordered and that took quite a while but it was okay because we talked and drank our beers. When the food came, the waitress pretty much just dropped the plate and took off. Did not ask if we needed anything, not even if we wanted another beer! Our glasses were empty! The Sunday brunch included a peach bellini, which the eater decided she wanted and it took at least 15 minutes to catch the waitresses eye to have her come over to order the drink. My glass still empty, still no mention of a refill. Bellini came, dirty plate finally cleared and then we sat there for 45 minutes until we had to go to the bar to ask for the check. That's when we were told the system was down and we would have to wait for it. 10 minutes later we threw $20 on the table and left.
- Pros: Beer selection
- Cons: dismissive, lackluster service
03/11/09
Do Not Heed Negative Reviews!
by kenobebe1
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!
- Pros: Ummm--Massive Beer Hall with tasty, fresh beer
- Cons: They could shave 1-2 bucks off the beers
07/22/08
Complete waste of time
by ms1370
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.
- Pros: None
- Cons: Everything
The Details on Radegast Hall & Beer Garden
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.
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