Albert’s Schloss is enormous. The Peter Street bierhaus sprawls across multiple floors and spaces – the main hall with its long communal tables and overhead lighting rigs, the cookhaus kitchen turning out Bavarian-inspired food, the stage where live acts play almost every night, and various nooks where you can actually hear yourself talk. It’s one of those venues where you can start with a quiet dinner and end up staying until closing time because the band was too good to leave.
The food is better than it needs to be for a venue this size. The cookhaus serves proper schnitzel, flammkuchen that’s crispy and loaded, rotisserie chicken, and sausage platters with all the trimmings. The pretzels are massive and come with beer cheese dip. Wash it down with a stein of draught lager or one of the Bavarian wheat beers on tap. The cocktail menu is decent too, though this really is a beer hall at heart.
The Music
Live acts run from acoustic sessions to full bands, burlesque nights, and DJ sets. No cover charge most nights. The atmosphere on a Friday or Saturday is electric. Book a table if you want to eat – walk-ins for drinking only are usually fine. Budget twenty to thirty quid for food and a couple of steins.
