DOES THE RESTAURANT IN TRAINS SERVE EXPENSIVE FOOD?

Hi,

Me again:) I am very nervous, counting down to my trip.

I will be taking InterCity Express with "restaurant" quite often. May I know it is advisable to buy food in train? Is it expensive? can we consume our own food in the train?

Thank you for your reply.

I'm about 73% sure that an InterCity Express is a german train, so ignore the rest if it is not...

one of my guilty pleasures is food from German train stations.

i'm sure there probably are rules, legally or socially, about eating on trains, but i think so long as it's not anything too extravagant (i.e sandwiches, snacks etc etc) it is fine. I've never eaten from the "restaurant".

You can bring and consume as much food and drink on the train as you want - as long as you still behave (refererring to drink;-)) and don't stain the seats or your neighbour's clothes. I'd also be polite and avoid too smelly foods for the sake of the rest of the train.

The restaurant on the train is notably more expensive than similar food would be in restaurants on the ground.

You can consume your own food on the trains. The restaurants in the trains are good, but priced a little higher than average. Look out for specials or all inclusive menus.

Hi,

Thank you for your replies.

So now I can safely pack something to eat in trains (travelling on ICE from interlaken OST to Basel is 2 hrs!).

Thanks all:)

So you can't go 2 hours without food?

Restaurants on the train are now much better than years ago but very expensive. Much better to bring some snacks

Those who can read German can find the current menus and prices on the bahn.de website here .

good link Riesling and it is not as expensive as I thought or remembered

Us Brits envy the European trains. No more restaurants on ours.... All gone.

Bit stiff having to pay 10.90 euro for what looks like three miniature meatballs with a couple of spoonfuls of rice!

I used the ICE train from Dusseldorf to Munich a couple of weeks back.. Too be honest, I found it to be of superb quality and very cheaply priced... Breakfast/lunches, snackes cost 5-6 euro, dinners cost 7 euro, deserts 2 euro and alocohol beverage are 3 euro.

Bring food onboard if you like, but there is still no harm in having a look at the menu. :)