What you should know
German restaurants are very relaxed. Once you sit down the table is yours for the evening , if you so choose. They don't rush you in, they don't rush the food, and they certainly don't rush you out the door.BE PREPARED.......to ask for the check. They won't offer it.Tipping is practically frowned on here. They include it with the cost of your meal, like tax. Several German people we have talked to about this have said that because Americans tip so much and so often that they worry it will become expected. The Germans, if they leave anything, will leave a token tip. Just enough to say thank you and not enough to be excited about.DOGS: My favorite subject. It is rude to just walk straight in with a dog. You should enter and ask the first person you see (who works there), "Is the dog allowed?" More times than not its a very enthusiastic "yes" but sometimes they say no. This is a common...

































