"Every three or four weeks my twin brother Stephen and I pick somewhere to go for a weeks holiday, been doing it for many many years ,we pick out all the main tourist sites to visit and as big fans of real ales,craft beers and...brewpubs we always pick out the best places to visit in any city or town we venture and add to this the great local pubs we find makes for a great weeks holiday but it funny how the simplest pub such as Bei D'r Tant leave such a lasting impression on the memory, found this locals pub years ago ,loved it,had a great time and so on all subsequent visits to this city on the River Rhine I always look forward to visiting here ,its got everything I love about a pub. The interior is superb,an island style serving bar, chunky wooden tables and chairs, great decor and furnishings including plenty of seating options spread throughout this two floored pub both inside and outside looking out onto the busy and bustling streets around this pub,its without a shadow of a doubt my favourite pub in Cologne. My twin brother Stephen and I were here on a Tuesday afternoon, pub was as always busy with a great atmosphere, we could only manage to get seats near the serving bar were two Gaffel Kölsch beers were deposited on the green tiled serving bar and two pencil ticks were put on one of our beer mats to indicate how many beers we had drunk. My beer was really good, Gaffel Kölsch beer is such a wonderful, light, hoppy and unpretentious beer bursting with taste,very easy to drink,a beer style both myself and my twin brother Stephen really appreciate and served in its distinctive narrow glass, it's a totally refreshing beer. On this visit I cannot really comment on the meals as we were here only for beers but I have ate here on many occasions over the years and the meals are just superb, hearty German cuisine tasty and filling. We really enjoyed our beers in here, stayed for three each before we moved on and as on every other visit to Bei D'r Tant we had a great time. Bei D'r Tant is easy to locate along Caecilienstraße. Opening hours are; Monday to Thursday, 11am till Midnight . Friday Saturday, 11am till 1am. Sunday, Closed. A fantastic Cologne locals pub,one I highly recommend you visit if your in the area."
