schneider's german gasthaus & bier garten

great food. second time to eat here and it's a great place for a change of pace.

excellent german food and great service. this is a place we will return to again and again!! we ate in the beer garden where the music volume was just right, the lighting ample but subdued. while we ate we enjoyed watching some children dancing and playing. our waitress recommended a beer for my husband that he really liked. he had the beertrucker and loved it!! i had the schnitzel which was also very tasty. we shared the peach cobbler and are now miserably full but it was great!!

an order for 2 people on a friday night (3/4/16) took two hours. not exaggerating. the other tables around us took a similar amount of time as well. my food was just ok. my date ordered potato soup and it was honest to god refrigerator cold. i don't know, it's possible that it is supposed to be a 'cold' soup, but i doubt it. yuck!

i heard the waitress telling other tables that they were out of many menu items that they wanted to order. the kitchen is advertised as being open until 10pm, but they completely ran out of food and had to close for the night at 8:30pm. not sure what's going on there.

awesome staff. we called the day before to make a reservation for 10 people. since it was going to be a holiday (cinco de mayo), we wanted to be sure they would have the room. when we arrived they had out table ready for us. we had the very best waiter. his name was nick. he knew the menu like the back of his hand. with the liqour flowing we bacame a loud bunch, he not only took our order and put up with us, he also joined in on the fun. i can;t say enough good things about this restaurant. we have been coming here for over a year now and we have never been disappointed. if you don't mind waiting awhile for real home cooked german food, this is the place to go. the service and food are always a treat . keep up the awesome work.

we made reservations for 10 on a wednesday night.  our table was mot  ready.  we had to put 3 tables together ourselves and find chairs .  the service was the worst and when we paid the bill they automatically charged 18% gratuity because there were more than 6 people.  i thought a tip was suppose to be  for good service.    they served our salads 1 min before the meal arrived.  the server was never around.  1 person in our group had his meal served minus the meat because it was not ready till we were almost all finished our meal.  he was not happy.  the server was never near unless we went looking for her but guess what she new she was getting 18% so why give good service !!!
the food however was good.  they were  not busy that night so no excuse for bad service.  we will not return as there are many choice places to eat in the mcallen area.

handled huge party and was great!. we held a retirement party with 110+ people in attendance on feb 1,2014. they did a great job. guests were all happy and they even handled the last minute guests without a hitch. many thanks for a job well done!

customet. 30 people from our park, alamo. palms, went to your restaurant last night, sat mar 28. we had made reservations. 2 out of 28 got your special as you were out at 6:30. the poorly seasoned food was way overpriced for pork and medium portions. i would never come back for your not seasoned pork and cold bratwurst. i don't know anyone f tom our park who was happy with the food and service. only good thing was the beer.

awsome beer. staff is outstanding, but the beer is even better !!! true german beer !!! highly recomended by abundio bernal. no they dont serve coronas. thats just a pic before i found this place.

hidden gem. was in mcallen on business and found this place had good reviews on the "spoon". pulled into parking lot to be cautious on the short walk through an alley to get to the place. don't let this stop you - fantastic german food and beer and all homemade. really nice setting and everyone was very friendly. portions were huge and the check was small. this will be a "must go" place if i ever make it back down (and they take amex).

nothing to be happy about. we went to celebrate a birthday. we called in advance asking if it was possible to arrange some tables to be all together (22 guests), told us was ok.
when we arrived, the owner told us it was not possible to change the tables. was an unpleasant surprise, and even when we stayed, the bad taste in our mouths killed any chance of enjoying the meals.
i'm positive i'm not going back.

great food and atmosphere....love the beer garden out back and the owners are amazing

what a surprise to find this gem in mcallen! authentic german food by the border of mexico!. this is kind of hard to find for its tucked away and the google map system is wrong. if you want to meet a lot of winter texans, this is the place to come. everything from service to the atmosphere could rival anything in new braunfels or fredericksburg texas. schnitzel done right,spatzel done right. would come back if i visit mcallen again.

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26.257158,-98.254189

mediocre. first and last time we visited.
the salad was very good along with the red cabbage.
of course, the beer is always good.
the schnitzel is supposed to be much thinner than how they served it, and it was stringy.
the potato was burnt to unhealthy levels.
the homemade apple struder was weird tasting inside and out.

a friendly family-style meal. i visited schneider's for the first time last friday night, 8-16-13 at about 2020. there were several people there but it was not crowded or noisy. there were about five people sitting at the outdoor bar. there was some irish singer doing a good job of singing popular oldies.

i started off with a medium-dark beer suggested by the knowledgeable waiter. i didn't catch the name of it but it was not a strong, bitter beer, it was quite good actually and it was served in a foot tall glass.

i had the beertrucker steak ($14.50) which is a pork steak one inch thick and about six inches across covered with a dark beer gravy and onions. it was served on a hot oval-shaped cast iron skillet on a wood plank. the steak included a side dish covered with veggies. this was a full-sized plate; about half of it was fried potatoes with the skin on; very good, and there was at least three other veggies including shredded carrots, coleslaw, and thin cucumber slices in an oil and vinegar dressing that was very good. the coleslaw is made in the german style without mayonnaise. normally i never touch the slaw but this was good stuff and i ate it all.

i got to sample the apple strudel ($6.50) which is a piece about three inches wide and at least six inches long, it is covered with whipped cream and has vanilla ice cream on the side. it is enough for two people to share and it is not too sweet and quite good.

all food in their kitchen with the exception of sauerkraut is made from scratch if not every day, the day before depending on what type of food it is. according to hartmut, the local climate does not allow sauerkraut to be made properly here and it takes about two weeks to ferment. everything else is made fresh.

the house salad ($7.50) and the goulash ($10.50) looked very good. the goulash is cubed beef served in a large bowl with tomato-onion gravy.

the owners hartmut and ursula schneider come out to visit and are very friendly. they'll explain menu items to you and make recommendations. all our wait staff was friendly.

sitting outside here is more like visiting someone's home and hanging out with friends and family in the backyard and less like a traditional restaurant. the owners remember your name and treat you like close friends and family on your next visit.

they even had a friendly cat wandering around the yard!

this is a casual place worth visiting and i plan on trying out more of the menu; one of the schnitzels or the goulash on the next visit. i'll try the rest later!

the food is great. it's different and worth the price and experience. i had the first entree (pork) and i would go again.