Gilberts Goldener Adler

A tavern the way it should be: a cozy parlour, a courtyard under string lights and homemade cooking from ingredients grown next door. Guests have been stopping in at our house for more than 150 years.

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Reservations Tuesday to Saturday from 3 pm, by phone only.

Gilberts Goldener Adler: the vine-covered façade with blue shutters and the tavern sign in the evening light

A tavern with history.

First „Zum Weißen Schwanen" (the White Swan), then „Zum Goldenen Adler" (the Golden Eagle). Our house is one of the old inns of Hendesse.

In 1886 the Gilbert family took over both tavern and brewery. Beer was once brewed right here, and our name remembers the Gilberts to this day. For decades the Golden Eagle was the clubhouse of the local gymnastics club Turnverein 1886 Handschuhsheim; since 1997 the Löchel family has run the house as the second tavern of the Alt Hendesse family.

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In the courtyard, under string lights.

Inside, the cozy parlour with its warm light; outside, the courtyard: on mild evenings the loveliest spot on the old Landstraße.

Gilberts Goldener Adler: the courtyard with beer garden tables under string lights — Our courtyard, canopied by vines and string lights.

View from the courtyard up to the vine-covered house with its blue balcony — The view from the courtyard up to the house.

The goose on the illuminated sign above the entrance of Gilberts Goldener Adler — The goose above the door: our eagle, with a wink.

The ivy-covered inn on the street corner in the evening light — Our house on the corner of the Landstraße.

The cozy parlour with wall paintings, old lamps and the green cast-iron column — The entrance to the parlour.

The parlour in evening light with old lamps and the green cast-iron column — Our back parlour.

We're currently closed. Our opening hours:

Tuesday to Saturday
evenings from five.

Closed on Sunday & Monday

Reservations Tuesday to Saturday
from 3 pm, by phone only.

+49 6221 413 888

In keeping with old house tradition, we accept cash only.

Handschuhsheimer Landstraße 96
69121 Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim

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Our partner tavern.

The wine tavern Alt Hendesse, our parent house at the entrance to the Mühltal valley since 1986.

Traditional country cooking, game from local hunts and, in summer, a beer garden beneath old vines. Open daily from 5 pm, Mühltalstraße 4.

Visit the Alt Hendesse website ↗

Whether for a freshly tapped beer in the courtyard or Schnitzel with Spätzle in the parlour:

We look forward to welcoming you!