Hessen Haus Menu

101 SW 4th St, Des Moines, IA 50309
  • Kid's Menu

    • Frankfurter

      $8.75
    • Grilled Cheese

      $8.75
    • Corn Dog Bites

      $8.75
    • Brat Basket

      $8.75
    • Popcorn Shrimp

      $8.75
    • Kids 3 Piece Fish And Chip

      $8.75
    • Mac N' Cheese

      $8.75
    • Chicken Tenders

      Hand-battered tenders fried golden brown. served with our house curry sauce, french fries.
      $8.75
    • Cheeseburger

      $8.75
  • Cold Drinks

    • Apple

      $3.74
  • Salads

    • Grilled Chicken Salad

      Fresh mixed greens topped with grilled, juicy chicken breast, Roma tomatoes, shredded cheddar and Jack cheese, served with your choice of dressing.
      $16.25
    • Side Salad

      A smaller serving of our Haus Entree Salad. Mixed greens, tomato, cucumber, red onion, and cheddar-jack cheese with your choice of dressing.
      $5.00
    • Crispy Chicken Salad

      Fresh mixed greens with Roma tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, and cheddar jack cheese, topped with chicken tenders. Served with your choice of dressing.
      $16.25
    • Haus Salad

      An entree sized mixed greens salad with cucumber, red onion, tomato, and cheddar-jack cheese. Served with your choice of dressing.
      $8.75
    • Hessen Salad

      Spinach, Tomato, Mushroom, Cucumber, Red Onion and Asiago Cheese
      $15.00
  • Soups

    • BIER CHEESE

      $5.00
    • TOMATO

      $5.00
    • JAGER CHILI

      $5.00
  • Sides

    • $Side Mac & Cheese

      $7.81
    • $Side Of Mixed Veggies

      $4.69
    • $Side Of Brocolini

      $4.69
  • Fingers & Wurst

    • Wurst Basket

      You pick the Wurst! Your Choice of Traditional Bratwurst or Weisswurst. Served on a fresh bun with our haus made kraut with your choice of one side
      $12.50
    • Fish Basket

    • Wurst Platter

      Choose two of your favorite sausage, served on a bed of Haus Sauerkraut, with mashed potatoes and red cabbage. If wanting 2 of the same sausage please note in comments
      $18.75
    • Chicken Tenders

      Hand-battered tenders fried golden brown. Served with our haus curry sauce, French fries.
      $18.75
    • Schnitzel Fingers Basket

      A half-pound of tender pork loin strips, breaded and fried crispy and golden brown. Served with fries, and our signature mushroom and onion jäger gravy, or bier cheese sauce.
      $16.25
    • Fish & Chicken Combo

      $18.75
    • Currywurst

      Germany’s most popular street food! Your choice of one or two Knockwurst or Weisswurst or Bratwurst or Smoked Sausage links diced and smothered in our haus curry sauce. Served with French fries and a side of mayo.
      $13.75
  • Extra Sauces & Dressings

    • $Side Haus Mustard

      $1.25
    • $Side Bacon Aioli

      $1.25
    • $Side Bacon BBQ

      $1.25
    • $Side Tarter Sauce

    • $Side Parmesan Peppercorn

    • $Side Haus Ranch

    • $Side Beer Cheese

      $1.25
    • $Side Thousand Island

    • $Side Marinara Sauce

      $1.25
    • $Side Haus Salsa

      $1.25
    • $Side Jager Gravy

      $1.25
    • $Side Bleu Cheese

    • $Side Sour Cream

      $1.25
    • $Side Mayo

    • $Side Brown Gravy

      $1.25
    • $Side Honey Mustard

    • $Side Curry Sauce

      $1.25
    • $Side Haus BBQ

      $1.25
    • $Side BBQ (Ray's)

    • $Side Balsamic Vinaigrette

  • 20 Oz Bottle

    • Diet Coke 20 Oz Bottle

      A crisp, refreshing taste you know and love with zero calories.
      $4.38
    • Coke 20 Oz Bottle

      The cold, refreshing, sparkling classic that America loves.
      $4.38
    • Sprite 20 Oz Bottle

      The cold, refreshing flavors of lemon and lime, perfectly blended.
      $4.38
  • Pasta, Schnitz & Specialties

    • Brisket Mac & Cheese

      $20.00
    • Goulash

      $20.00
    • Sauerbraten

      Traditional German slow roasted beef. This delicious dish takes days to make! We marinate the beef for a minimum of 72 hours, and slow roast it until it is fork tender. Served over a crispy potato pancake and topped with red wine sauerbraten gravy and slow-cooked carrots. This dish melts in your mouth and warms your soul!
      $25.00
    • Jagerschnitzel

    • Wienerschnitzel

      Tender veal freshly breaded and fried to a golden brown. Served with German potato salad and pickled red cabbage.
      $21.25
    • Black Forest Schnitzel

      $15.00
    • Hähnchen Schnitzel

      Tenderized chicken cutlet hand-breaded and pan-fried golden brown. Topped with your choice of mushroom and onion gravy or brown gravy. Served with mashed potatoes and red cabbage.
      $21.25
    • Veggie Spaetzle

      Spaetzle, sautéed mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, Roma tomatoes, and fresh spinach in a garlic white wine butter sauce.
      $16.25
    • Schweinshaxe

      Extra large, seasoned, mild- avored pork shank, served with sauerkraut and German potato salad.
      $25.00
    • Mac & Cheese Baden Bäden

      Mac and cheese the German way... A tasty blend of Muenster, Swiss and Parmesan cheeses mixed with spaetzle. Topped with your choice of chicken, pork or beef for only $2.00 more.
      $16.25
    • Rouladen Entree

      $22.50
    • Bavarian Stroganoff

      German spaetzle presented in a rich sour cream sauce with mushrooms, onions and your choice of lightly-seasoned beef or pork.
      $20.00
    • German Meatloaf

      Homemade with beef, pork, black forest ham and bacon, topped with mashed potatoes and gravy. Served with a side of red cabbage.
      $20.00
  • Appetizers

    • Giant Bavarian Pretzel

      $15.00
    • Pretzel Basket

      A superb companion for any brew! Four Bavarian- style pretzels served with beer cheese dip or haus mustard. Perfect for sharing.
      $12.00
    • Bavarian Nachos

      Crisp tortilla chips piled high with chopped brats, Cheddar Jack and Mozzarella cheese, banana peppers and pico de gallo. Served with sour cream and salsa. Substitute chicken for $1 more.
      $17.50
    • Pretzel Crusted Sauerkraut Balls

      A tasty combination of corned beef, pork, ham and sauerkraut rolled into balls, hand-breaded and fried. Served with Thousand Island dressing.
      $12.00
    • Cheese Curds

      Cheddar cheese curds breaded and fried to perfection. Served with ranch or haus curry sauce.
      $13.75
    • Fried Pickle Chips

      Thick sliced kosher dill pickle chips, hand-breaded and deep fried golden brown. Served with ranch dressing.
      $10.00
    • Hessen Starter Combo

      $21.25
    • Peasant Plate

      Perfect to share for any size group! A delicious assortment of Muenster, pepper jack, Swiss, and Colby jack cheeses served with Thuringer sausage, salami, & landjäger sausage. Served with Haus Mustard, bread, and assorted crackers. \r\nAdd a jumbo pickle for $1.50\r\n2 pickled eggs for $2.00
      $14.00
    • Monster Muenster Cheese Sticks

      Four giant slabs of muenster cheese hand breaded and fried golden brown. Served with our haus curry sauce or marinara.
      $12.00
    • Crab Cake App

      $6.25
    • Pork Rinds

      $8.00
    • Rouladen Rolls

      The German classic in a fried spring roll! We make this masterpiece with a tasty blend of roast beef, bacon, dill pickle, onion and mustard rolled up in a spring roll and fried golden brown. Served with our haus mustard.
      $12.00
    • Bacon Wrapped Pork Skewers

      $18.75
    • Jumbo Soft Pretzel

      Freshly baked to order. Served with beer cheese dip or haus mustard.
      $9.00
    • Armadillo Eggs

      A South Texas specialty made in our kitchen...bacon-wrapped chicken tenders stuffed with sliced jalapeños and pepper jack cheese. Served with ranch dressing.
      $17.50
  • Red Bull

    • SF Red Bull

      $5.00
    • Red Bull

      $5.00
  • Burgers & Sandwiches

    • Cheeseburger

      Our 1/2lb Angus beef patty topped with American and Swiss cheese, with lettuce, tomato, onion and pickle.
      $16.25
    • Wild West Berlin Burger

      $21.25
    • Reuben Sandwich

      The classic sandwich with sliced, lean corned beef, our haus sauerkraut and melted Swiss cheese. Served on grilled marble rye bread.
      $17.50
    • Rhine Valley Parmesan Chicken Sandwich

      A tender and juicy grilled chicken breast, and topped with thick sliced pecan smoked shoulder bacon, smoked Cheddar and Parmesan cheeses, and a creamy Parmesan dressing. Served with lettuce, red onion, and pickle on toasted sour dough bread.
      $18.75
    • Haus Club Sandwich

      Black forest ham, roast turkey, colby jack and Swiss sliced thin. Topped with spicy aioli, thick-cut bacon, Roma tomatoes and green leaf lettuce. Served on thick-cut, lightly-grilled sourdough bread.
      $15.00
    • Bier Cheese Burger

      Served open-faced on toasted rye, smothered in rich beer cheese sauce, topped with chopped bacon and green onion. You will need a fork to eat this one!
      $18.75
    • Pork Tenderloin Sandwich

      Tenderized pork loin covered with a light breading and fried golden-brown with lettuce, tomato and onion. Served on a toasted bun.
      $17.50
    • BLT Sandwich

      Thick cut cherrywood smoked bacon, lettuce, tomato and spicy aioli.
      $13.75
    • Rachel Sandwich

      $17.50
    • Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger

      Topped with thick-cut Cherrywood smoked bacon, honey mustard and cheddar cheese. Served on a fresh pretzel roll.
      $17.50
    • Big Haus Burger

      Can’t decide on burger or brat? No worries, the Big Haus has you covered. We top a 1⁄2 lb burger with two strips of cherrywood smoked bacon, a split bratwurst and top it off with melted American and Swiss cheese. Served on a bakery fresh bun.
      $20.00
    • Bavarian Ham And Cheese Sandwich

      Black forest ham piled high with our special honey mustard sauce and melted Swiss on a fresh pretzel hoagie roll.
      $16.25
    • Knock-Out Currywurst Burger

      This delicious absurdity is guaranteed to knock out any appetite! A nod to the Germany’s most popular street food; one half-pound Angus beef patties, spicy Hungarian candied bacon, caramelized onion, and chopped knockwurst (see what we did there?), on a fresh-baked potato rosette bun and smother it with Haus-made curry sauce and lots and lots of cheese, and top it all off with fresh hot fries and mayo. Bring you’re A-game! You are going to need a friend, a cot, and a ride home after this bad boy!
      $20.00
    • Bismarck Sandwich

      Sliced roast pork sautéed with mushrooms and onions in a creamy sauce. Served on a French roll with melted Swiss cheese.
      $17.50
    • Hahnchen Sandwich

      Crispy or Fried, a hearty chicken breast cooked to tender, juicy perfection. Served on a bakery fresh potato rosette, with lettuce, tomato, red onion, and pickle. Make it spicy! Tossed in Lola’s Fine Hot Sauce and topped with Pepper Jack cheese and pickled jalapenos for $1.50!
      $18.75
    • Turkey Bacon Melt Sandwich

      A delicious combination of roast turkey, crisp bacon, American and Muenster cheeses, dressed with a spiced aioli. Served on grilled Texas toast.
      $17.50
    • Red Baron Burger

      Sweet, crispy, and tangy, this burger is your ace! A half-pound Angus beef patty, topped with thick sliced pecan smoked shoulder bacon, smoked Cheddar, Haus-made BBQ Sauce and two fried pickle slices on a toasted pretzel bun.
      $17.50
    • Patty Melt

      Our version of the classic! Served on Rye and we’re not skimpin’ on the cheese! Plenty of melted American and Swiss with caramelized onions and haus sauce.
      $15.00
    • German Burger

      Topped with sauerkraut, Muenster cheese and haus mustard. Served on a soft pretzel roll.
      $17.50
    • Black Bean Burger

      A blend of black beans, roasted corn and smoked peppers make up this avorful patty. Topped with Muenster cheese, lettuce and spicy aioli.
      $15.00
    • German Grilled Cheese Sandwich

      Plenty of melted Muenster, Swiss and American cheese. Served on grilled Texas toast.
      $13.75

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