• 4
• Something for everybody!

After several visits at Sattgruen in Essen i can tell that it's quite great. The diversity and freshness of the dishes is great, pricing is really okay and the staff is friendly. There's lots of space to sit inside and outside and the opening hours are just a blast (i've been there after 10pm or so, still open, still very fresh - very uncommon in Germany if you expect quality food). The location is just in downtown Essen, very close to the central station but not overrun by people because seating and entrance are in a side street of the main shopping street. If you don't finish you can take the remaining food on your plate with you in plastic containers they offer (for free if you ask nicely). It's not super-cozy but the atmosphere is nice anyway. Although you possibly "stand in queue" the food bears no resemblance to "fast food" because of it's diversity, freshness and overall quality. If you're in a group and don't know where to go for lunch/ dinner in downtown Essen because everybody's got his*her own taste go there, they serve something for anybody. Updated from previous review on 2016-10-26