Schnitzel Viennese Style Schnitzel Viennese Style
Schmidt’s Restaurant und Sausage Haus

Schmidt’s Restaurant und Sausage Haus

240 E Kossuth St Columbus, OH 43206-2119, United States

German • Venues • Casual • Fast Food


"Party of five for lunch, at 11:00, when they opened. Be prepared when you go, there was a line to get in, even then but to be fair, it is a Saturday. My husband ordered the Wiener Schnitzel, our granddaughter ordered the Chicken Griller with waffle fries and I ordered the Traditional Corner Beef Reuben. Our granddaughter (16 yo) really liked the chicken sandwich and fries with honey mustard. My Reuben was good, the corned beef was lean and the bread did not come out soggy always a plus. My husband said the Wiener schnitzel was very tough; it was difficult to cut and chew and ate less than half. He ordered the German potato salad and sweet kraut, he liked the potato salad but the sweet kraut just wasn’t his thing… Our friends ordered the Sausage Sampler Platter and the Haus Sauerbraten. They enjoyed both. I tasted my friend’s order of Sauerbraten, it was very tender. We ordered desserts to go, cream puff, apple strudel, chocolate pie and German Chocolate cake, which all traveled well and made it home to be enjoyed. The portions were large and filling hence taking our desserts to go. Parking is an issue, if you need to park close; there are a few directly in front of the restaurant, street parking around the building in various places and at least one full parking lot behind the building- with a sign that says to lock your car and do not leave valuables… sounds reasonable and seems like common sense to me. The brick roadway, and entrance to the building, while beautiful and charming, was problematic for our friends (one senior in a “boot” from surgery and one senior walking with a staff) and for my husband (40-something year old) who was also in a boot. If you have the option, you may wish to drop the person(s)at the door; if not just take it slow and watch your step. Overall, it was a good experience but I would definitely try something different if we go again."

The House Of Glunz

The House Of Glunz

1202 N. Wells StreetIL 60610, 60614, Chicago, United States

Wine • Drinks • German • Burgers


"This tavern is historic, but don?t eat. We went for lunch Sunday and were served food that should have made the restaurant embarrassed. The menu was not as posted online: a stripped down version which was disappointing but we thought we would still befine. But the quality and value turned out to be uncomfortably bad. Top of the list was an $18 entree priced schnitzel sandwichwith lingonberry on brioche (sounds nice? ? which turned out a slider sized chicken puck looking portion on a 5 inch appetizerplate, no plating. Bun that looked like it came from jewel. No fries (the server had said yes, it did come with fries , whichwhat appeared to be a packaged mayonnaise. Literally thought they sent the wrong item. Our server (who was kind throughout ,even looked embarrassed when she sat down the sandwich ?These used to be a lot bigger.? The brat they sent was supposed to be?grilled? and was in fact, boiled to mush and served on a dry hot dog bun. The cheese fries were served in a bowl with whatlooked like a pump cheese in the middle would have been happy with these from a street food cart perhaps. Turns out the ownerwas in the house and she said she?d ask him to stop over. We watched him turn her down and send her back to us to say ?foodprices are expensive? and then he walked away and ignored us. I felt terrible for the server who was put in the middle. This wasunreasonable. We know what we should pay in Chicago for good food and happy to do so. This was below the professionalstandard. We walked in positive and walked out negative. The historic pub and family story here is cool. Enjoying anOktoberfest beer in this space, probably would have simply enjoyed. But the food experience was in the realm of embarrassing foran established restaurant. Ps looking back at some old photos of food on these reviews, these look much better. Full sizedportions, etc. Nothing like our actual experience, so it seems like something has declined."