American-German Club

It has become a family tradition for mom to take all of her boys to Oktoberfest. (started when we were littlekids) some years are better than most this years one of the best and the past 4 years. The main reason more beer choices. I recommend Oktoberfest for the cider I did not care much for the Michelob amberbock

Meh. I’ve experienced better is exactly right. I came here this weekend for Oktoberfest and I was not super impressed. I just moved here from St. Louis where I’ve attended plenty of Oktoberfest celebrations and when it comes to Oktoberfest the people of St. Louis know how to party better. Maybe the warmer weather doesn’t encourage as much drinking because no one needs a beer blanket?
That’s not to say I had a bad time, but the efforts of the American-​German Club had little to do with it, and in fact made things worse. Traffic getting here was horrible, specifically because of the event. They charge an extravagant 15 dollars for parking and for that value you get to wait in line for over half an hour and then park in a sand lot. They only had one person collecting money for parking which really caused the line to back up. Having to pay for everything in tickets instead of cash or credit is just plain annoying. You can either buy a bunch of tickets ahead of time without knowing exactly what you’ll want to buy or wait in line for tickets every time you want something and than wait in line to purchase it, not fun! Living Social and the Oktoberfest website were offering various deals and packages. Many of them came with beer tickets, but no mention of what size beer you will get, making it impossible to figure out what the best deal is. Many of my friends purchased deals that came with a stein or boot souvenir, but they ran out!
The food was good, but nothing to drool over. I had a brat, potato pancakes, and funnel cake for a total of 15 dollars. The one pro of this Oktoberfest was that the port-​a-​potties were in very good shape. I think that may have had more to do with how little drinking people were doing in comparison to other Oktoberfests I’ve attended, than the attentiveness of the cleaning staff.

This was my second time going to the American German club for oktoberfest. The last time I went was about ⁴⁄₅ yrs ago and had a great time. Unfortunately it’s gone a bit downhill since then.
The traffic coming from 95 on Lantana was atrocious. It was legit gridlock. The city should have had police especially at the intersection of Lantana and haverhill as cars were stopping in the intersection to wait for parking and the light would change and the cars in the opposite direction were having to weave through them. This driving nightmare stems from the lack of available parking for this event, an issue they need to address before someone gets in a serious car accident. Even after getting in the line for parking (in a park opposite the event) the lot became full. This was only at 5pm the event went till 11pm. We looped around and found a grassy lot others were parking in and walked the 2 blocks over.
Then we get in and had to wait to a buy ticket. The line went quick but the woman volunteer working the booth was elderly and confused. She told us each ticket was 12 dollars (they are 8 and we had a coupon for 2 dollars off). She then agreed yes it was six and just looked at us while we were waiting for change. We had to then reminder her we gave a 20 and need change back. She then shorted us a dollar and it was more trouble then it was worth to engage in further conversation. My friends inside the event also had bought their tickets with her and she gave them too much change back.
Then inside the event you have to buy food/​drink tickets. The lines are pretty long, and they do have express for cash only which seemed quicker. Then after waiting for tickets you have to wait at the bars/​food vendors to use said tickets. The beers run $ 6 each for a small regular cup. The steiners are $ 18 with $ 12 dollar refills. To eat I had a brat with kraut ($ 6) and a pretzel ($ 3). The food was pretty good considering how many brats they have to churn out on a daily.
The entertainment wasn’t German music. Yes every hr it seemed like they played the chicken dance and i remember hearing 99 red balloons (German version). Other than that the band played Bob marley, la bamba, I will survive, etc.
On top of all of that its PACKED. There aren’t enough places to sit. If you wanted to sit to eat you had to basically stalk tables like they were parking spots. Maybe I’m just getting old but I hate that sardine can feeling nowadays. Needless to say I don’t think I’ll be attending future oktoberfests here. It’s just way too crowded and completely unorganized.

This was my second year attending the Oktoberfest festivities here! The American-​German Club of the Palm Beaches really knows how to throw a party. Last year we came later on the day, I wanted to check it out a bit earlier and I was glad we did, since we were met with a ton of traffic, lines for tickets, lines for food and lines for bathrooms. The fest opens at noon & we rolling in around 1:30 when there still wasn’t much traffic. We were able to get easy parking across the street at the park, then walk over. IT certainly fille dup quickly. Also, I recommend to purchase pre-​sale ticket directly from their website, to save a few bucks and get a free beer. Oh! And another pretty cool tid-​bit I found out this year from their website is that you can bring your own steins or boots to refill to save yourself a couple bucks on each beer! We brought some boots Jen S. had from another Oktoberfest event and it was nice not to have to spend that extra money.
This Oktoberfest is truely legit propduction. This isn’t your run-​of-​the-​mill trendy «Oktoberfest» party at the bar with jaeger girls walking around in their party city bought costumes (but yes you will see some of that too, don’t worry). As you walk in your see all the local vendor in tents. There’s a huge food pavillion, a grand hall, an outdoor hall with stage and lovely Bavarian wooden carvings all aorund. There’s a kids’ fair set up on the side for those of you bringing the whole fam. On the main stage, they have bands playng all day getting folks fired up with the German standbys, and yes, of course, the Chicken Dance.
As for food and drinks, you do have to purchase tickets, but it’s super easy, because one ticket equals one dollar and you don’t have to buy a crazy amount. For example, I wanted exactly $ 12 in tickets to get a meal and I was able to just buy 12 of them. You can use cash or credit to buuy them to, which is awesome. The food prices were quite reasonable. There’s smaller plates outside and full on meat and potatoes and red cabbage sit-​down meals inside. I hadboth options and I think what may have been a pound of just gravy on my plate. Yes, it was pretty damn delicious. The dinner style meals are pretty heavy and include a meat, and choice of 2 sides. Outside has brats, potato pancaskes, pretzels, desserts, etc. All the food was listed on the website, so that was great to get to plan out what I wanted to try!
If you’re in the mood to check out how actual German’s celebrate party planning, you should make it a point to get over to here and experience this. It’s super crazy and fun and everyone is so friendly. Just make sure to have a DD or ride share, bc you will drink alot.

Having a good time with my granddaughter and son. Lots of beer tasting and dancing. Great food. Lots of rides for the kids and LOL not kids.

You won’t find a more authentic Octoberfest anywhere else in South Florida.
The property itself is pretty big with large permanent stages with shade structures and a large German hall.
Bookmark their website, as they have different types of events all year.
The property was designed to host outdoor festivals. I’ll have to see what else they’ve got lined up this year.
PROST!

Love this place! Have been attending Oktoberfest since I was a kid (25+yrs) & I’m really happy to see that they’re finally utilizing the space for more festival type events throughout the year. Beer fest was pretty cool. Hope that becomes an annual thing as well. Just please don’t sell out to groupon again this October. It was waaaay overcrowded!

Attended Oktoberfest here in the past 2 years, and it was very enjoyable. Lots of singing and dancing, food, drink, and festivities. It would be more fun if no one had to drive back home, but we’re working on that for next year!

I went to the American-​German Club this past Friday for their annual Oktoberfest. It was my first time going here and my first ‘legit’ Oktoberfest.
The event was very well put together! I understand that Germans are known for their beer, but as a non-​beer drinker, I wasn’t all that impressed by the small-​portioned low quality chardonnay that they had (this being the only white wine available). Luckily while waiting in line for food (which by the way, the brats were delicious!), my husband ventured off and found one stand that had cider available (score!).
I had a great time and would definitely return next year!

Went to Oktoberfest bought tickets on Groupon ($ 13 for two and 2 beers included) which made it worthwhile. The atmosphere is very community oriented which is nice, would have liked to see more vendors at the entrance area with arts and crafts etc. there could only have been a handful. The main pavilion was pretty happening with corny entertainment and the beer stands were conveniently place around the perimeter.
I wouldn’t say that it was the most entertaining Oktoberfest ever but it did have atmosphere and it was funny to people watch. I feel it was lacking genuine German elements and was very culturally confused — they had a Scottish bagpipe troop doing a ton of entertainment, I really wanted to ask someone, why are they here??? Regardless they were very good, just not very German.

First time at the Oktoberfest Fest… that seems redundant but you know what I mean. and that is beer and more beer. This place is really huge with even a special area for the kiddies even though beer and tons of it plus kids really doesn’t go together especially when the drunkies get a little wild but no worries plenty of nice people just enjoying the music, the beer and more beer plus don’t forget to try the big pretzels and the lovely apple pancakes.
Yum Yum

This non-​profit, all volunteer club welcomes EVERYONE. Check their Facebook page to find upcoming events — usually they have the biergarten open on Saturday nights. And don’t forget the BEST Oktoberfest around! They really do an outstanding job on this traditional festival full of authentic German food, drinks and entertainment.

Great food — great spirits — and great people make it a favorite stop. Always something going on and the prices are always reasonable.