Ingolf’s Kneipe German Bar and Restaurant
November 9, 2007One of the nicest thing working in Jabil is getting the quarterly profit sharing. Every quarter all the employees would get a share of the company’s profit based on the performance in the past 6 months. The last quarter was the highest percentage of all time, and it’d be a very tough record to break. So I treated my family a lunch in Ingolf’s Kneipe German Restaurant and Bar.
Kneipe means bar in German, it is well known for its nice, big portioned and resonably priced German cuisine.
Since we went in the afternoon, only lunch menu is served. Still, they have quite a wide selection of food to choose from. Their special lunch set would be lamb shank at RM23 something.. I ordered a Duo New Zealand Lamb Chop with mint sauce. It was OK only, maybe because I didn’t like the mint taste.. and the meal was kinda dry because there was no gravy, I had to steal Siang Leng’s 
Anyway that day earlier I already decided I must have lamb for the lunch, so my choice would be either lamb shank or lamb chop only. Now think back I should have ordered the lamb shank lol.
Siang Leng’s order, German minced pork served with salad and mashed potato. The gravy is super nice and went soooo well with my lamb chop.. I can still remember her first reaction after tasting it.. “Wah, so nice laaaaaah!”
My mom ordered German pork sausage, which is also served along with mashed potato and salad. The sausage is almost thrice the normal thickness of a normal sausage, and tasted superb. The meat is very tender unlike normal hotdogs which are soft. This is a must try if in Ingolf’s Kneipe, it costs only less than RM12.
My brother and father ordered the same dish, chicken (with mushroom sauce?) but different parts. You can choose either chicken breast or drumstick, but give me drumstick anytime!
For dessert we had Julian’s dark chocolate mousse. Don’t mistake it is like ice-cream because it is not cold at all and had creamy butter like texture. If you love chocolate you’d definitely love this one 
Ingolf’s Kneipe is located at Tanjung Bungah, right opposite Conthorpe Orchid Hotel/Penang Chinese Swimming Club. There is a winding road leading to the restaurant on your left just after the petrol station along the way to Batu Ferringhi.
With all the food we orderd, the bill was only around RM76, and everyone gets a free glass of iced lemon tea. I highly recommend this restaurant for Western food with some German touch. Besides the environment here is relaxed and cosy, the perfect place to wind down and have dinner after work. Prior reservation is advised.
Ingolf’s Kneipe
Jalan Sungai Kelian
Tanjong Bungah
Penang
Tel: 604-899 5796
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[sigh] when I see you and Celine blog about this place. I feel so kek sim… the last time I went they shut me away as they are closing off from lunch… [sigh] But am happy that you blog about it… so that I know what to order next time.
Yummmmmmy!
Chicken chopppp looks delicious. XD
Shi-
I’m craving for western food again! T_T
yums, germans …. niceeee
hehe .. drink and drink more 
Just wondering..i heard they say the staff there are rude..But they will treat u super nice if u are ang moh..is it true?
yni - I think all restaurants will treat ang moh better, won’t you if you own one?
But they weren’t rude to us when we went there.. The service was normal, nothing out of the ordinary. They were very very busy due to the number of guests though
The staff were OK.
Althought… I believe all Penangites are generally rude… IMHO. Hahahahaha~
erm, a few friends and i want to go there for dinner this weekend, my friend tried to call to make a booking. before she can give her name and phone number, the waiter just cut her off. she had to call back to leave her name and number. so we wonder should we still go for dinner this weekend..
vkeong,
actually, i treat ang moh worse. i love my fellow malaysian! =) anyway, thanks for the gorgeous photos
xweing, lol I can’t really agree with your statement, it’d be shooting my own foot. Penang drivers are a terror though
yni, Maybe it’s just one particular staff.. I called to ask their restaurant location before I went too.. They were quite helpful, giving me the full directions
i hope so..will pray hard the waiters will treat us well, so my trip to penang all the way from melaka, will not be a bad experience.. ^_^
yni, why pray? It is their duty to serve customers well. If you are not happy with their services, voice up your dissatisfactions. I went to a rather famous restaurant once and had their mix grill that cost RM35++. The lamb stinks and spoiled the whole dish. When I complained to the waiters they only offer to reduce 20%, but when I brought the matter to the manager, he apologized and offered not to charge the mix grill on the bill.
It may be due to he thought I am a reporter or something (coz I carry a big camera everywhere I go) so he acted like that. But the main point is that you must use your right as a consumer well
If you do not let the management know their staff is rude, they won’t improve 
WHAT A GREAT BLOG YOU HAVE….
I DISCOVERED IT TODAY AND VERY HAPPY THAT I DID…
NOW I AM GOING TO READ IT THROUGH AND THROUGH
I LOVE TO READ ABOUT MALAYSIA,THAILAND AS I FEEL THEY ARE SO MUCH LIKE US INDIANS, THE FOOD TOO IS GREAT….
OMG!!!!
Why your blogs full of foods one!!!!!
ISH!!!!
make me hungry sia!!!!!!
mahek - glad you liked it
chingy - Food blog lor.. of course many food
[...] at one of the comments I received, a reader expressed her concern towards the services offered by Ingolf’s Kneipe. So it prompted me to ask, what do you do as a customer if you were given crappy services or lousy [...]
Hei there, i think the right way to make a complain if you really think it’s not fair is simply just ask the waiter to call his/her manager. Then from there proceed with your complain and if still not satisfied with the feedback they are giving, then probably ask who is the next highest or maybe the owner of the place. If this is not effective, then go to the Consumer Association and place a complaint(or be a little childish and write a whole BLOG about it)
Cheers ppl!
Your blog is great! Keep it up! Talking about German cuisine, there is one in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur. The food is really good and reasonably priced. The restaurant name is STADT GERMAN CUISINE & BISTRO, located backend of HSBC Bank, behind Carrefour (Kepong). Try the food and let us know your view.
Khor, thanks for the recommendation. I will definitely try it when I am in Kepong, my GF is from there hehe
vkeong,
I agreed with you about the food in ingolf’s. There is another eatery called bistro @ Hardwicke in Penang. It’s located between Northam Tower at Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah. It’s a bungalow style bistro. Cozy and friendly staff. No matter you are local or ang moh, they treat you equally. Don’t get cheated by the interior design because previously they are fine dining and now they changed the concept into bistro dining. Price are very reasonable. Apart from the menu, they even have set lunch & dinner that changes every week. Give it a try and let us know your view. I love that place very much.
Hey Vkeong,
i went there with my family for dinner a week after mother’s day. Their staff are really RUDE in service, asked for order sounds worst then hawsker uncle, serve drink with “flying (throwing) coaster”. And the don’t know what they are serving….geeessss. probably the dinner shift worker are truly bad attitude. i and my husband cant stand the way they served. at the end we didnt voice out, because we were celebrating our mother’s day dinner, they already spoiled our mood.
anyway, we are abit dissapointed beacuse they aint fully cater german cuisine, and the menu served less then half german food. a german restaurant wihout focused on their cuisine? sounds funny. Pork knucle? only available on wednesday…german sausages? took stock from dealer…they have no specialty…..cannot tahan.
wont go there again event the only german restaurant in penang. (as i know)
Is there any good german food in penang? pls tell meeeeee……pls
vk: Sorry I don’t know
their service so bad already? I heard some people getting good service, and some getting bad service.. i think depends on the occasion.. let’s see if i can forward this complaint to them.. they must know about the staff’s bad attitude!
VK,
GOSH!! why do they close for LUNCH!! Plzzzzz Open!
I was a regular when they opened for lunch last year, went there about 3-4 times a week, food was gorgeous and very reasonable & no complains on the service so far. didn’t recall they ever serve lambshank during lunch as it was only specifly on dinnertime..hmmmm. .
Was there on Mother’s Day dinner,I wld say the staffs were rather efficient that nite. The only thing i wld complain is that the portion is way to big for me. The main dish took awhile to come but it was understandable as the restaurant was packed. Other than that everything turned up pretty good. Looking forward dinning there again on Fathers Day!!
I am a long term customer of Ingolf’s. This German restaurant offers superb value for money! The quality of the food has never disappointed me and again and again, I enjoy the cozy atmosphere, the cool beer and the rich choice of excellent dishes prepared by Chef Julian. Recently Ingolf has opened an additional section for non-smokers, as the original space is normally fully occupied. Ingolf and Julian have run Ingolf’s Kneipe for 10 years and what demonstrates better that customers are satisfied with the quality and volume of food, the cozy atmosphere and the service by his staff.
In response to the comments of June 5 by gill gill, I would like to state that also restaurant customers can occasionally be very rude and should not be surprised to receive a less than satisfying service. During the many times I visited Ingolf’s Kneipe I have never seen any “flying coasters” or otherwise rude behavior of the waiters.
Apparently gill gill has not been in Germany, where the majority of small restaurants (Kneipe) source from suppliers. What makes the difference between a good and mediocre restaurant is the PREPARATION of the dishes from these sourced ingredients, and in my view, Ingolf’s Kneipe ranks high in the group of good restaurants.
I disagree with the writer! Many dishes in Ingolf’s Kneipe are home-made e.g. Goulash soup (you don’t find any better in Penang), the unique Pork Knuckle, Pork Goulash, Beef and Pork Patties, Jaegerschnitzel, Beef Rolls and Chicken Meat Loaf, just to mention a few. And don’t forget all of his tasty sauces! All Home-Made and all German!
As in politics, where there should be an opposition party, Ingolf’s Kneipe cannot have only friends and gill gill has her free choice to find another restaurant and continue nagging about that…
Signed, another regular and satisfied customer of Ingolf’s Kneipe
Everyone is entire to their own opinion …..but…….Geezz, Gill Gill, u dont have a clue about German Food, do u?? Thats a shame, u should make a trip to Germany and learn more.
I have always been a regular at Ingolfs, what I have to say is the food is one of the best in penang. Its purely original german cuisine and my husband and i never fail to be there during the weekend , though I live in another end of the island.
Great compliments to Chef Julian and Chef Ingolf. And please ignore the awful blogs, you are doing great!!
vk: Ms Dora, you are right about every one entitling to their own opinions.. So let Gill Gill’s thoughts be heard
Thank you for your kind comment!
Gill Gill, u dont have a clue about German Food, do u?? Thats a shame, u should make a trip to Germany and learn more.WOW! sound like ms Dora know German foods very well?! hur? how many times you went?Plzzzz lah…German, all the foods you have taste before? if not…please DONT SOUND SO LOUD!ok…really shame one leh!is very rude to condemn people like this, people just to write out there own opinion only,ok!
i just found out that gill gill (even i dont know this lady) is give her own comment in this Ingolf’s Kneipe German Food, did she say anythings wrong? i went to the restaurant 2 years ago, i am a penang “kea”…but shift to kl already…but i miss penang foods a lots always!but i also found out the foods in this restaurant NOt GOOD at all! i dont leave comments cause i tot penang people very high taste can taste out which is good food! but now i GET SHOCK! most of you guys here like the foods….???!!! but is ok, everybody got our own taste rite? the service there…erm,i really cant remember, i just can say is normal loh, not say bad or good! but the food i really dont wish & will not go for second test…but, i can tell the truth is the looking of the foods is very nice!
i went there twice.. ..the price is reasonable and every dishes is in very big portion..the salad, mashed potatoes everything is big portion… i would recomment to try their garlic prawn pasta.. really nice.. the sausage not bad.. but sometimes u have to wait quite long for the food.
vk: Lucky you! I only been there once! The other 2 times when I tried to go back they were closed.. sigh
[...] Bistro which was brought to my attention by one of my readers - Khor after he read my post about Ingolf Kneipe. Actually, I was already here even before my birthday about 6 months ago when I just started [...]
Their service is really bad especially the manager. So rude. I went with my colleagues for a farewell dinner and one came a bit late (we booked from 7.30 to 8.30). We he asked for menu, the manager rudely said ‘I need my table back at 8.30pm’
I went there again last week for my birthday. My friend booked for 8 people and 11 people turned up. The table is quite small even for 8 so we asked whether we can have a table top. The manager acted busy and only answered us after a few minutes. At first he said not enough waiter to carry out the table top and we said we can carry cause got a few guys in our group but later he said too many customers. He didn’t want to disturb other customers. That’s really a lousy reason. We were so pissed off and went to the restaurant beside instead (bulgarian restaurant). The lady boss is really nice. Cause it was last minute and so many of us, she still manage to get us a big table.
Hey..i visited this restaurant last Friday after seen your blog here..
The food are very nice…especially those with mushroom sauce..
Price cheap, food nice and good environment..
Every1 should have a try..^=^
vk: Thanks.. glad you liked the food there.. Was kinda worried because I received some complaints about their service
What good German food? You call this food? My family & I ordered the German Butcher Platter for RM 44.90 per plate. What was on it? 3 sausages, 1 slice of luncheon meat from the can, frozen ham from plastic packs, 2 miserable meat balls & 2 frozen hash browns.
WHAT CAN YOU SAY, AN ANG-MOH CANNOT POSSIBLY MAKE WANTAN MEE/HOKKIEN MEE & CHAR KUEY TEOW PROPERLY RIGHT?
GILL GILL you are so ignorant! You obviously do not anything you are talking about or worst you ARE related to the owner.
EVERYTHING TEHRE IS FROZEN DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go to Cold Storage and look for the Packed Ham, the sausages, go and look for meat wholesellers (selling frozen food ) like POK BROTHERS for instance……you can find the sausages, hash browns (which they call potato cake) …………………………………………….
You are so ignorant you should not even be allowed to write anything here.
Give me a break………………people like you really exist???
vk: Hi Shriyn, no need to be rude
Thanks
Sorry. My remarks were meant to Haaksma not Gill Gill. Solly leh!
Just read what I sa about what they serve and tell me. I am sure you agree that you don’t like to be cheated eating frozen prepared food in a “German” Restaurant. Emmes I wish you see this
vk: Actually I am not that geng to detect whether the food is frozen or not lor. But me and my family quite liked the food there, we had a good time. Anyway do you have any other German restaurants to recommend?
evry1 have emotion dun blame them =p mayb u in the wrong place at the wrong time … @@
Yes, Beach Garden in Langkawi
No.1 !!!
Never had anything but good food and service there.
Presentation is always nice looking and food is fresh!
TO SHIRYN,
I AM INGOLF, REGARDING YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT GERMAN FOOD.
OUR BUTCHERPLATTER CONSISTS OF: ONE PIECE OF GERMAN PORKSAUSAGE(YOU CANNOT BUY AT COLD STORAGE!!!) ONE PIECE OF SMOKED COUNTRY SAUSAGE AND ONE PIECE OF CHICKENSAUSAGE, AS WELL NOT AVAILABLE AT COLD STORAGE OR ANY OTHER SUPERMARKET IN PENANG!!! THE PIECE OF “CANNED LUNCHEONMEAT” WAS A BAKED CHICKENMEATLOAF! AS WELL THERE ARE TWO SMALL PIECES OF PORKMEATBALLS, TWO SLICES OF GRILLED HAM, TWO GRILLED PORKBACONRASHERS AND TWO CHICKENCHIPOLATAS, SIDE DISHES ARE: APLATE OF GERMAN SAUERKRAUT, MASHED POTATOES AND HOMEMADE ONIONSAUCE, AS WELL AS TWO PIECES OF EUROPEAN POTATOCAKES NOT HASHED BROWNS!!! THESE POTATOCAKES ARE SEASONED WITH HERBS AND ONIONS, HASHED BROWNS ARE JUST SHREDDED POTATOES.
BY THE WAY: EVERY K0AY TEOW STALL BUYS THEIR NOODLES FROM THE FACTORY, YOU CONDEMN THIS STALLS AS WELL BECAUSE THEY BUY THEIR PRODUCTS?
JUST FOR YOUR INFO I WAS THE EXECUTIVE CHEF AT BEACH GARDEN RESORT IN LANGKAWI FROM 1996 TO 1998.
ONE OF MY ASSISTANTS IS STILL THERE, MY OTHER ASSISTANT IS NOW WITH ME HERE IN PENANG.
INGOLF
Shiryn,
QUOTE FROM YOUR COMMENTS:
You are so ignorant you should not even be allowed to write anything here.
Give me a break………………people like you really exist???
YES, AND YOU BETTER DON’T MEET ME OR “You be Solly leh!” AGAIN!
Even VK agrees, “Shriyn, no need to be rude Thanks”
Argument over comments on food? :s Been to Ingolf’s a couple of times. Food is good albeit a bit salty for my taste but it’s not as horrible as commented. Btw, do you seriously think rumors wouldn’t spread by now if the food is frozen or canned food? The waiters or waitresses who seen it would have done so for your part.
Nobody likes to be cheated after paying for their food. I used to work in Secret Recipe, and i don’t encourage ppl to go there because it’s not worth the price. 
hiiiii mr ingolf..1st of all a would like to thank you coze the food is really dam nice,more the lunch staff is nice 2 me aso and service good..tq