It’s been a long day day of fun. Now you’re hungry and looking for some New Braunfels TX restaurants that can soothe your hunger.

Don’t despair, you won’t go hungry, and you don’t have to resort to a fast-food joint… unless you want to, of course.

There are several very good restaurants in New Braunfels. Some of them are quite unique too.

Here are a few of our favorite… 

New Braunfels TX Restaurants

Oma’s Haus

New Braunfels has a strong German heritage and you want to be sure you don’t miss out on that. For this reason, you must visit Oma’s Haus.

Oma’s Haus has a variety of traditional German meals, including Wiener Schnitzel, Pork Schnitzel, Sausage & Sauerkraut, and more. My favorite is the Chicken Schnitzel.

If you’re not in the mood for German food, they also have several American meals, like Chicken Fried Steak, Tilapia, and sandwiches.

Alpine Haus Restaurant

The Alpine Haus restaurant is another excellent German restaurant in New Braunfels. They specialize in Bavarian-style cooking, and the owner is also the head chef.

The Alpine Haus also makes a variety of different schnitzels, sandwiches, sausage dishes, and of course, wonderful German dessert.

The Alpine Haus is slightly more expensive, with most lunch items around $10 and dinner items around $20, but it is well worth it.

I recommend that you make reservations because seating is limited at the Alpine Haus.

Clear Springs Cafe

The Clear Springs Cafe is located a short drive outside New Braunfels. It has been around for a long time!

The Clear Springs Cafe serves traditional Texas foods, like fried pickles, fried catfish, fried shrimp, chicken strips, chicken fried steak, chicken fried chicken, burgers, and delicious desserts, like homemade peach cobbler.

If you visit the Clear Springs Cafe, go early. The place fills up pretty fast!

Gristmill Restaurant

The Gristmill Restaurant is another favorite New Braunfels restaurant.

The Gristmill has an amazing range of appetizers, burgers, sandwiches, entrees, and desserts.

The spinach artichoke dip is very good, and so is the pepper filet! Also, don’t miss the apple crumb pie!

These restaurants will give you excellent food for a decent price, and let you experience a little local culture. If you would like to see a few more New Braunfels TX restaurants, you can look at them here.

PS. Also see our pages on things to do and hotels in New Braunfels!

After a long day tubing or perhaps at Schlitterbahn, you may be looking for a decent place to sleep in New Braunfels. Luckily there are several New Braunfels TX hotels to choose from.

There are some very interesting hotels in New Braunfels, like The Faust Hotel.

If you prefer a more mainstream hotel, there are several “chain” hotels in New Braunfels too.

Either way, you should be able to find very nice New Braunfels hotel to stay over in.

Here are some of our favorite… 

New Braunfels TX Hotels

Sleep Inn & Suites

First up is the Sleep Inn & Suites.

It is located on the I-35 frontage road. This close highway access makes it easy to get to cities like San Antonio in the south, and San Marcos in the north.

The Sleep Inn & Suites is also close to New Braunfels attractions like Landa Park and Schlitterbahn.

With free breakfast, a very nice swimming pool, and a hot tub, this is a great hotel for families. The Sleep Inn & Suites also has free Wifi. Each room has a refrigerator, microwave, and LCD TV.

La Quinta Inn & Suites

The La Quinta Inn & Suites is another great hotel in New Braunfels.

It is also located close to I-35, but is slightly further away than the Sleep Inn & Suites.

A Chili’s restaurant is just a short walk away. So is Oma’s Haus restaurant.

If you’ve stayed in another La Quinta hotel before, you know more or less what to expect. This New Braunfels hotel has a nice pool and hot tub. It also has free breakfast and Wifi.

If you travel with your animals, this is a pet-friendly hotel.

Hill Country RV Resort & Cottage Rentals

If you want something different, take a look at the Hill Country RV Resort & Cottage Rentals. (Yes, it’s not strictly a hotel, but it is a nice place to stay.)

Other than RV stands, they have nicely furnished cottages that each have a kitchenette. Having a kitchenette is really helpful to make quick snacks and other meals.

The cottages also have barbecue grills and picnic tables outside.

The Hill Country Resort has two heated indoor pools and hot tubs, a fitness facility, a game room, and some other activities to keep everyone happy.

Hampton Inn & Suites

The Hampton Inn & Suites is another great choice when looking for New Braunfels TX hotels.

It is located on the same road as the La Quinta (Hwy 46), but is a little further away from I-35 if the potential of highway noise bothers you.

The hotel is also located next door to Oma’s Haus if you feel like enjoying some of the local German food.

The Hampton Inn offers free breakfast. It also has a nice fitness center to help you ease your guilty conscience over the good time you had at Oma’s Haus the previous night   

The rooms are comfortable and the staff are friendly too.

As most hotels have these days, this hotel has free Wifi and a great pool.

These are some great hotels to get you started when looking for accommodation for your vacation. They should offer you all you need, but if you want to look at a few more hotels before deciding, here are some more New Braunfels TX hotels.

You might not think there are many fun things to do in New Braunfels Texas since it is quite small.

However, my family and I were pleasantly surprised when we first visited New Braunfels.

New Braunfels has a rich German heritage, a famous water park, and tubing the Guadalupe river is great fun!

Our favorite things to do in New Braunfels are a visit to Schlitterbahn (water park) and tubing the Guadalupe river.

Things To Do In New Braunfels Texas

Schlitterbahn New Braunfels

Schlitterbahn water park in New Braunfels is the “mother of all water parks”… and I am not the only who says that!

I know that the Travel Channel agrees with me… They rated Schlitterbahn New Braunfels as the #1 water park in the US not too long ago!

Schlitterbahn New Braunfels is split into two water parks, Schlitterbahn West and Schlitterbahn East, with a free tram running between the two. In all, Schlitterbahn has 7 children’s water playgrounds, 17 water slides, 3 uphill water coasters, and for the surfer in the family, the world’s first surfing machine.

My kids LOVE water. If they have to choose among the things to do in New Braunfels Texas, a day at Schlitterbahn always wins. We go every summer!

Tubing in New Braunfels

The Guadalupe river runs from Canyon Lake and through New Braunfels. There are several locations along the way where you can do tubing, i.e. float down the river on a tube.

This is my favorite of the things to do in New Braunfels Texas!

Some people just lay back on the tube and enjoy the ride. Others try to have as much fun as possible. I’ve even seen a few try to stand up on the tubes! Most people take coolers that float along in its own tube.

I usually don’t mind doing a bit of driving to get to fun. A stretch of the river called “Horseshoe Loop” is a great place to go tubing. The river makes a big loop. This means that the point where you exit the river is only a few minutes’ walking away from where you enter the river. So you can go round ‘n round all day long!

If you’re not really in the mood to drive out of New Braunfels to go tubing, try Rockin R River Rides to tube on the section of the river that goes through New Braunfels. They also have a location out at Horseshoe Loop.

Landa Park

Landa Park is another of the fun things to do in New Braunfels Texas!

There is a lot to do there. You can rent paddle boats, play miniature golf, ride on a small train with the kids, and swim. There are also hiking trails and a playground for the kids. You can also go picnicking in Landa Park.

The Comal river is also right by Landa Park, so you can go tubing here as well.

This is really a great place to spend a day!

Snake Farm and Exotic Animal Park

About 4 miles south of New Braunfels, just off I-35, is the Snake Farm and Exotic Animal Park. It is a small, clean animal park that is a lot of fun for little kids.

It is a snake park, so you will see a lot of snakes, including some venomous ones and a big python.

The petting zoo is fun for the kids. They have some goats (and you can feed them), some pot-bellied pigs, and a mild-mannered llama.

I think the snake park is definitely worth a visit, and it’s quite affordable too.

As you can see, there are at least four major fun things to do in New Braunfels Texas. We live within about 90 minutes’ drive from New Braunfels and my family and I love going there for a weekend of fun.

Whatever you do in New Braunfels, I’m sure you’ll have a good time!

There is this awesome place near New Braunfels called Natural Bridge Caverns. 

It is one of the most beautiful caverns in the world and is a must-see if you’re visiting in New Braunfels or even San Antonio.

You can take a few different tours in Natural Bridge Caverns. 

The Discovery Tour is an incredible underground world of natural beauty. It lasts for 75 minutes and goes through a half mile of the cavern.

There is also the Hidden Passages tour that takes about an hour. We’ve seen some amazing formations on this one, including what they call “soda-straw stalactites”.

If you like to do more daring things, they have the Adventure Tours. This is where you become more like a cavern explorer! You get to climb, rappel by rope, and hike through the caverns. On the Hidden Passages adventure tour, your only light comes from the light on your helmet. This is awesome!

Because of the nature of these adventure tours, there are age limits. For example, you have to be older than 12 to go on the Hidden passages adventure tour. You also have to make reservations to go on the adventure tours.

There is lots of stuff to do there with the kids! There is this mining thing where you can buy a little pouch and you can go pan it in water and find jewels, arrowheads, and even gold!

You can also have business meetings and birthday parties at Natural Bridge Caverns!

Just outside of Natural Bridge Caverns is a GIANT zipline and a huge climbing tower. Someone said these are the biggest in Texas.

 If you’re going to be in New Braunfels, don’t miss out on this fantastic place! I’m going there for a field trip this week and I can’t wait! It’s gonna be SO much fun!

I highly recommend going!

The Faust Hotel in New Braunfels is actually a historical landmark and is over 100 years old. It has period furniture and a rich history.

Some even say it is haunted!

The Faust is a nice and clean hotel, and the staff are friendly and helpful. Rooms have wireless internet, flatscreen TVs, and even Keurig coffee machines.

They have their own micro-brewery and bar in the back of the lobby. Here they have four self-brewed beers and a handful of other beers on tap.

Just walking distance from antique shops, boutiques, and a fabulous coffee house, it is a great location right in the center of old New Braunfels. It is also almost across the street from the oldest bakery in Texas where you can find German treats and breads to eat and bring home.

On the Fourth of July, you can walk to the town center and watch a real, small town parade complete with horseback riders, antique fire engines, and lots of children’s groups. Best of all, the hotel is only minutes away from Schlitterbaun and the Guadalupe river.

We have stayed at the Faust Hotel in New Braunfels many times and have enjoyed our stay in this unique, historic hotel.

And no… we have never seen a ghost!

Landa Park, in New Braunfels, is a beautiful park.

It has huge trees, and the Comal River runs right through it. There are ducks to feed (so we take a cheap bag of bread), and water to wade in.

There is also an Olympic-sized pool($) and a spring fed pool($) (with slides, zip lines, swings, islands, and an area for smaller kids).

The water is cold, but it is lots of fun for the family. I take my children a life jacket, because the spring fed pool is quite deep. There is also a treated water area for the little tykes.

You can take a cooler in and picnic. I have seen people actually order pizza delivered! Twice a year, Landa Park has “doggie day” where you can bring your dogs to the spring fed pool to swim with you.

In the summer, Landa Park has free concerts, too. There is also a mini train ($) that goes through the park. When we went the first time, the conductor threw nuts to the squirrels. The squirrels knew to expect them, because when they saw the train coming, they came running!

If you go just before dusk, there are deer roaming the park. There is also a hiking trail and paddle boats.

We love Landa Park!

Wondering if you can have fun in New Braunfels?

New Braunfels (also Gruene, Texas) in Comal County has a large variety of activities and attractions to offer anyone visiting the area.

Here you will find a one of a kind cavern, a dinosaur museum, a wildlife ranch, Canyon Lake (water skiing, sailing, fishing, and more), a water park, and the Guadalupe and Comal rivers.

Along with the regular activities of eateries and live entertainment, water parks and our rivers, our wonderful restaurants, wineries, scenic day trips to near by towns (Wimberley, San Marcos, Boerne, Stonewall, Luckenbach, and Fredericksburg), and specialty shopping, New Braunfels has two wonderful live theatres, the Brauntex Theatre and Circle Arts Theatre. Enjoy throughout the year a live production from musicals to small town acting. There is a wonderful variety of talent in New Braunfels and surrounding area.

New Braunfels also offers a variety of festivals including Folkfest in April that promotes historical preservation and awareness, and in November, Wurstfest, “A 10 day Salute to Sausage!” where local charities and no profit groups raise funds. Wassilfest, an English tradition takes place each year just before Christmas and the turning on of the Christmas lights. Sing carols on the plaza also occurs during December.

“I am a local resident and there is always something to do here. This year, for instance, my whole family and I attended the new Hill Country Christmas. Wow! Many visited during the event and it was great for the local economy. A little touch of the Texas Hill Country and a little magic from Santa Claus, and a hint of magic from Disney World.”

You may have so much fun in New Braunfels that you end up staying longer!