By writing about Auerbachs Keller Restaurant in his drama "Faust", Johan Wolfgang von Goethe created an important memorial. Inside this historic tavern, you will find the Großer Keller restaurant, which offers classic, hearty Saxon cuisine, the Mephisto Bar with cocktails and live music and the Historische Weinstuben, a traditional wine bar located in four lovingly restored rooms suitable for groups of 20 or more and bookable for special events.
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Openings
Mephisto Bar (opening hours that differ from the "Großer Keller"): Monday to Thursday from 12 midday to 10 pm, Friday and Saturday from midday to midnight, Sunday from midday to 6 pm.
Kitchen opening hours
Monday, Thursday and Sunday from midday to 9 pm, Tuesday and Wednesday from 5 pm to 9 pm, Friday and Saturday from midday to 9:30 pm
Price info
€-€€
Specialties
Traditional, hearty Saxon meals such as Saxon marinated pot roast or Leipzig dark beer roast.
Seats
Seating (hall): 45
Seating (adjoining room 1): 46
Seating (adjoining room 2): 40
Seating (adjoining room 3): 30
Seating (adjoining room 4): 45
Eligibility
Bad Weather Offer
Suitable for any Weather
For Groups
For Forms
for individual guests
Languages
German, English
Kitchen offers
Lunch table
Dinner
Accessibility
Accessibility Information/Deviation From the Pictogrammes
- Separate entrance with a lift for wheelchair users, please contact the Mephisto Bar in advance. Door 120 cm, floor space 200x180 cm, lift buttons 140 cm.
- Accessible toilets for wheelchair users. Door 93 cm, 95x150 cm in front of and 83 cm left of the toilet.
- Two menus available in braille and two in large print, reading glasses available in various strengths.
- Guide dogs allowed.
The restaurant is also prepared to handle food allergies and intolerances.
Directions & Parking facilities
On public transport, take an 89 bus or suburban train S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S5X, S6 to "Markt" or get off at one of the following stops and walk a few minutes – Thomaskirche (St. Thomas Church), Augustusplatz, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz, Goerdelerring, Hauptbahnhof (Central Station). By car, use any one of the inner city car parks
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Organization
Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH
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