Visited early NYE pretty slow, 14 taps, 8 german taps and 6 other. Reasonable mix among the German taps a dunkel, optimator, a hefeweizen. Tried the food and it ok., You like German food and beer good place to try. Metzger’s has better food. I’ve been three times and always empty.

The Heidelberg is a fun place to head to when visiting Ann Arbor. If you want something different, get a big boot while you’re there. There’s a big deposit, but it’s always fun to pass around the giant glass of beer. The atmosphere is only okay. It is very loud downstairs and gets awfully crowded. Not a place to go if you don’t have a table. The beer selection isn’t great, and I haven’t really tried the food. Head upstairs for dinner, or all the way upstairs for some blackjack and poker (it used to be more of a dance club or place for bands to play). All in all, there are much better places to go in Ann Arbor. But if you want the German pub experience, this place does the trick.

When I visited: March 2012. What I had: Bell’s Two Hearted Ale (draught), Flying Dog Road Dog Porter (bottle), some of my friend’s Spaten Optimator. What I liked: Raucus and dingy dive bar vibe, quirky German beer hall decor, hilarious servers with lots of attitude, respectable tap list, 1L boots of draught beer, out-of-place Wolverines memorabilia. What I disliked: Beer selection and cleanliness could improve, but this place is really fun. Would I go back? Yes. Overall Rating: 76

Fridays in Ann Arbor,. . . their happy hour is classic. $2 bottles, and free food. A lot of german imports, and domestic bottles. The food is nachos and tacos for free. The atmosphere is great, a cellar like basement of this german restaurant. Always a busy place.