Ettal
Ludwig Der Bayer

Ludwig Der Bayer

Kaiser-Ludwig-Platz 10-12, 82488 Ettal, Germany

Cafés • Essen • Deutsch • Europäisch


"We selected as own table as no one was around to guide us. Next thing we knew, we were being ushered to the other end of the table because we had to share with others. No problem, but awkward when there’s pleasantries due to OUR lack of German. My trout was good but swimming in butter, as were the boiled potatoes. Didn’t stop me eating it all though diet be damned! Ettaler light beer was excellent in our opinion better than the Hofbrauhof original we’d had the day before in Munich. My partner had gnocchi and salad which as also good. I was not impressed though when I showed my credit card to pay. I was curtly told cash only. I did not know this before we sat down to eat or I’d have gone elsewhere. We had to scramble to find the cash. I was so ticked about this, and the fact that NOWHERE did it say credit cards weren’t accepted, that I went back after visiting the abbey to ask why they don’t highlight this. The manager was taken aback because they DO take cards though sometimes the connection with the credit card centre is iffy during bad weather. This occurred 8/26 with a clear blue sky. And I bought some Ettaler victuals next door using my card. Would not go back there again, even if I was local. On a side note, NONE of the petrol stations I’ve been to in Germany and Austria take Visa or MasterCard, so cash only, unless you have something like a Metro card."