Is this the same as the old Restaurant joHanns Hof steakhouse?

In the building, yes; in concept, no. The house has changed both its name and its kind — what was a steakhouse now presents itself as a tavern, Benediktiner Wirtshaus im joHanns Hof — though the steaks and wine list survived the change.

What does the kitchen serve?

Regional German tavern cooking: the house says its meat, sausage, bread, vegetables and fish are bought regionally before it says anything else, alongside the surviving steaks and wine list, with Benediktiner beer — pale and wheat — on tap.

Benediktiner Wirtshaus im joHanns Hof

Name: Benediktiner Wirtshaus im joHanns Hof
Address: Scherfgasse 1, Weimar, 99423, DE
Telephone: 03643/493617
Price range: €€

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Address

Scherfgasse 1
99423 Weimar

Phone

03643/493617

info@restaurant-weimar.com

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About Benediktiner Wirtshaus im joHanns Hof

Benediktiner Wirtshaus im joHanns Hof is a Bavarian-brewery tavern off the market square: it used to be a steakhouse and has been turned into something noisier and more sociable, keeping the steaks and the wine list while adding Benediktiner beer on tap. The kitchen buys regionally — meat, sausage, bread, vegetables and fish — and says so before it says anything else.

A steakhouse that became a tavern

The house is open about having changed: what was a steakhouse now presents itself as a tavern, in its own words a place where things are hearty and sociable. The two promise different evenings, and reviews or recommendations older than the change describe a restaurant that no longer exists in that form. The steaks and the wines survived the transition; the beer, Benediktiner in its pale and wheat versions, is the new centre of it.

Questions visitors ask

Is this the same as the old Restaurant joHanns Hof steakhouse?: In the building, yes; in concept, no. The house has changed both its name and its kind — what was a steakhouse now presents itself as a tavern, Benediktiner Wirtshaus im joHanns Hof — though the steaks and wine list survived the change.
What does the kitchen serve?: Regional German tavern cooking: the house says its meat, sausage, bread, vegetables and fish are bought regionally before it says anything else, alongside the surviving steaks and wine list, with Benediktiner beer — pale and wheat — on tap.