First reviewed by bartndr
I cannot say enough good things about this place. Having lived in Germany for 8 years, I was sceptical about the Schnitzel Haus. Suffice to say that I was blown away how authentic the food was. The Zwiebelschnitzel and the potatoes are simply amazing. I highly recommend the GSH to everyone.
Chris, the owner, is an authentic Schwab from Stuttgart. They make really good German food & also real brick-oven pizzas. The ambience is great - it really reminds me of a southern German restaurant. Try the pizza - its good & its HUGE. I think they even have real Spaetzle! If you see Chris hard at work, you can tell him: >>Schaffe, schaffe, Haeusle bauen!
The people who run it are very friendly. My wife and I like the autnenticity of the restaurant. Can't beat their sauerbraten. I recommend giving it a try.
We have been there at least 6 times so far. At lunch time they are less busy, and we have been able to talk to the owners and learn about the background of how they started the restaurant here and how they operated one in Germany. Some of the furniture was imported from their restaurant in Germany.
Edmund
The German Schnitzel Haus combines authentic German cuisine and ambiance with reasonable prices. The food is obviously fresh, well-prepared and comparable in taste to what you would find at a German or Swiss restaurant in Europe. (Not surprising since the head chef is German-born and has extensive experience on the continent.) The servers are polite and attentive, even when the restaurant is crowded. The menu also offers brick-oven pizza, which seem strange at first but is just as well-prepared as the German dishes and adds a nice familiarity to the menu for those not familiar with typical German fare. The restaurant also offers a nice selection of excellent German beers of many types. Overall, the restaurant is a nice change of pace from the ubiquitous chains and will leave feeling satisfied and glad you came in.
A trip to GSH is a pretty good lunch, and walking in you may be a little put back by the fact that the place is somewhat empty of other patrons... its really other peoples LOSS!
The place is friendly and inviting, wood panel walls, windows, large tables (most seat 4 or 6, I don't recall a table for just 2 in the place). Alternately, there's a nice hardwood bar to sit at.
Both times I've been there has been a small party, 2 and 3, and both time I got the WeinerSchnitzel. A scary sounding word thats really, breaded pork chop. And both times, its been very good, cuttable with a fork, and piping hot.
Oh, but then there's the potatoes you get with it - which have a nice Geman name I can't even remember. They're sliced like thick chips, and cooked in a herbal oil (probably pan fried) with onions and bacon or ham. They're the type of potatoes that go good with anything from prime rib to a pair of eggs over easy. Man, they're worth the price of admission alone.
Others in my parties have gotten personal pizza, a sausage on sour kraut, and the weinershcnitzel, and not a one had a bad thing to say about it.
Even the dinner rolls we got the first trip were good. I'm not sure if it was a under cooked pretzle or what, but, it was very tasty white bread, and I think there was something in it, but I couldn't put a finger on it.
The service worked for lunch time, in and out in under 40 minutes both times I recall, from sit to tip. Its easy to have good service when the waitress only has three or four tables to handle, and I thought both did a good enough job. the first one we had was a perky twenty something, who did take time to explain what some of the dishes were to my friend who is Columbian, so that was a nice touch.
I'll defintely be going back. its nice, quiet, and with good food at what I'd call an above average value.
" Keep up the excellent work on those pies... "
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