Schnell Restaurant & Bar

This was my first time at Schnells but it won’t be my last. My dad and I came for a Saturday evening dinner. It was about 7:30, and it was pretty quiet.‘our waitress was friendly and helpful all evening. We each ordered fried chicken. He got potato salad. I got sweet potato fries and gumbo. And we shared hush puppies. The chicken was delicious! Hot, crispy, not greasy, moist, juicy. Perfect. The sweet potato fries and gumbo were also very good. The hush puppies were okay. And my dad said he liked his potato salad. I ordered a «side order» of the spaghetti and meatballs to take home and was shocked at the huge tray full of pasta, sauce and two giant meatballs that came. It was very good, hearty and a little sweet but spicy too. I’m looking forward to trying more of the menu!

This place is horrible. The service is horrible because they are always under staffed and the servers are over worked. You have one good waitress there and I feel bad for her. I honestly don’t know how she handles it. The manager is the worst! She is always sitting on her fat ass in the bar then when something in the restaurant goes wrong she will flat out lie on the server to make herself look better. Nothing is ever her fault. She will yell at the workers in the middle of the dining room and downgrade them in front of everyone workers and customers alike. Once when I was in their she yelled at one waitress because she didn’t know where the other waitress was at really? Isn’t it her job to keep track of them? She is a complete piece of shit. She is running the restaurant into the ground and it will not last another 30 years if the Combels don’t get her out of there!!!
Let’s not forget you have an amazon girl who is always loaded serving your food and another server with yellow teeth! Not looking good schnell’s!
The only person there that is worth a shit is tiffany. I pray she gets out of there soon.

For years I have heard how great this place was, but despite several trips, I am not a fan.
Schnell’s is about as local of a place you can get. It is located on 4^th street and has been around for a very long time. I would imagine they have a very steady stream of locals which means they aren’t exactly friendly to the new comers.
I have been here three or four times and every time the service has been lacking. I have felt like asking where to order, or for a drink refill was more of an imposition than it should have been. On my most recent trip I asked if we should order at the counter or grab a table and the server grumbled something along the lines of go sit down and someone will be with you eventually.
I ordered a roast beef poor boy and side of gravy fries. I think they used some sort of liquid cheese on the fries and they were not very good. The roast beef looked great, but lacked flavor. Their version is a grilled roast beef, so the bread gets very crispy. The crispiness prevents gravy from soaking into the bread which I think takes away from the sandwich.
It is doubtful I will give Schnell’s a fifth chance to impress me.

Get yourself a Roast Beef Po-​Boy! The most tender tasty Roast Beef and perfect french bread makes this sandwich fantastic. The chicken stew over rice is just about as close to my momma’s cooking as it gets. I suggest making a special trip on the days this dish is offered. Service is friendly but not very fast so make sure you have the time to spend.