BRONWYN

• BRONWYN is the best German restaurant in the Boston area.
• It is the perfect place to celebrate Oktoberfest.
• Don’t miss their house made sausages, schnitzel, or spätzle.

(October 8, 2023) We visited BRONWYN (I have no idea why they capitalize their whole name.) Friday because October calls for German food. I love German food and there aren’t a lot of German restaurants around. I’ve been there before, but this was a wonderful visit. We started with the pretzel, big soft and covered with coarse salt. It comes with a very nice horseradish mustard, spicy but not overwhelming. For an up charge you can also get beer cheese, but I greatly prefer the mustard. 

They were celebrating Oktoberfest, but I’m not much of a beer drinker, so I started with a cocktail. They have a variation on a Negroni called Czech Yourself, made with Czech fernet, gin, and Campari. Although I’m mostly Irish-German, I do have some Czech ancestry and as you well know I’m a gin guy, so I had to try it. Very nice, I actually preferred it to the traditional Negroni. After that I had a couple glasses of Austrian Grüner Veltliner. I’m not Austrian.

For dinner we split the Spätzle and the Schnitzel. The spätzle is larger than I’m used to but nicely browned and served with spinach and onions. You can add a sausage to it if you like. We added a bratwurst. This dish is delicious but huge. I took some home, and it heats up nicely in a frying pan the next day.The schnitzel was also excellent. It is topped with a mushroom cream sauce and served with warm, bacony potato salad. I would get both of these dishes again with no hesitation. I’d even get the spätzle to go because it reheats so well. 

For dessert, we had the Apflestrudel, apples and golden raisins stuffed into a pastry and topped with buttermilk whipped cream. With it, I had a shot of Jäegermeister, which I didn’t shoot, I sipped. 

The staff was dressed in traditional German attire and the small space was decorated for Oktoberfest. There aren’t many seats and it’s crowded, but definitely charming. The service was very friendly and the atmosphere was casual.  It was a relaxing feast. Union Square is about the worst place to park, but once you find a spot everything is great! I’m excited to go back to try the sauerbraten and of course more of their haus sausages.

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Oktoberfest 2025
The best time to visit BRONWYN is during Oktoberfest and the best day to visit is on Sunday. On Sunday they offer the Uber Okto-teller, an immense feast of wursts, pork shank haxes, and turkey legs with Sauerkraut, Potatoes, Gurkens, and Rotkohl. This Oktoberfest we didn’t stop there. Here’s the feast.

BRONWYN
255 Washington Street
Somerville, MA

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