I've been going to Schnell's every Sunday morning for breakfast for about a year now, and it has truly become a highlight of my week. When I first started, I didn't know anyone, but that quickly changed. After just a few visits, we got to know Ms. Gale as well as several of the regular customers, and over time those connections have turned into meaningful relationships. What really sets this place apart is Ms. Gale. She goes above and beyond to make every guest feel welcome and valued. She takes the time to sit and talk with you, making you feel like more than just another customer, all while still providing attentive service to everyone in the restaurant. Ms. Gale is an absolute rockstar, and her warmth and dedication are a big reason I keep coming back every week. If she ever retires, I might just have to retire from Sunday breakfasts too! read more

I had the lunch special; hamburger steak, side salad, mushrooms, mashed potatoes, corn and sweet tea. The food quality wasn't great. Lettuce was wilted, corn came out of a can. My lemon for my tea looked like it was petrified. Including tip, the total came to $26 which felt high. I will say the service was excellent read more

I visited for a weekend lunch with friends. Service was excellent. Our waitress was very patient with our large party and extremely pleasant. Everyone in my party enjoyed their food and the portions are enormous. I started with 5 stars and had to bring it down to 3 for how rude the manager was upon leaving. I won't be returning read more

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Was served leftover food that was room temperature - AT BEST. When I sent it back, the waitress returned with the same piece of chicken, about three minutes later. Clearly, the FUNKY COOK opted to drop the chicken into some hot oil. I'd like to tell the cook where to shove his chicken! I WILL NEVER GO TO NOR DO I RECOMMEND ANYONE PATRONIZE SCHNELL'S in Marrero..! read more

I've been going to Schnell's since the 1980s. I have NEVER gotten a bad or just satisfactory meal there. NEVER! It's always delicious! I especially love the half-shrimp/half oyster platter with onion rings as my "side" choice. DIVINE! I also love their daily specials, pancakes, desserts, stewed chicken and their iced tea is yummy and refreshing. I love that it's a laid back atmosphere and just country type setting. Yesterday, my niece and I were in there enjoying lunch and it started to rain outside. One of the staff screamed out to the guests, "Does everyone have their windows up? It's rainin'!" Love that. You can't get that anywhere else. My friend LOVED the fried chicken when she used to go with me there. She told me it was the BEST fried chicken she ever tasted. I almost always order the half shrimp/half oyster platter because nobody makes it better than Schnell's. My oysters yesterday were HUGE and perfectly seasoned. So was the shrimp. It was one of the best meals I have ever eaten and no, I'm not exaggerating. Fantastic tasting. Kerry Ermon read more

The roast beef poboy is fantastic . Service is great. Iv been there 20 times and always had a great experience.

First time there and the food was absolutely amazing !! Everything we got was so good and the atmosphere was great read more

Schnell's Restaurant & Bar Family Dining is a great old school restaurant with a nice rear area with two separate bars. This is the only bar I've ever seen that sells lottery tickets in the entire USA which I would guess there are more somewhere so if you know of any let me know. This is also one of the very few places in the greater New Orleans area that is open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Schnell's has good po'boys, fried chicken, burgers along with a wide variety of other good choices. They also have some fantastic onion rings and a great selection of rotating daily specials each day of the week. Their dessert selection is limited to just the one choice of bread pudding. Before our current "situation" and "troubles" they would host live music which for now is on hold. Overall this is a nice spot to check out especially for the daily specials. My video review of Schnell's Restaurant & Bar is here: https://youtu.be/av0cNXDBHPA read more

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This is not the quality of the old log cabin or Schnells! Way over priced!! No more visits!!

Service could be friendlier. Food ok.. Grits too thick, not creamy... Went there about a month ago. read more

There's no excuse why it has taken me so long to sing the praises of Schnell's. Behind that glorious German name is some of the most delicious fried chicken you will ever put in your mouth, but I'm getting ahead of myself. I stopped in here months ago for an easy dinner and I was the only person in here on a Friday night. I had a man's hunger, so I decided to tuck into their fried chicken and some onion rings. In case you weren't aware: I'm an onion ring snob and only the best will do. Schnell's rings passed the "dip" test (the batter stays on when dipping into ketchup or other dip of your choosing). Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside- perfect. The fried chicken is out-of-this-world. For $10 you get all the white meats fried to juicy perfection. Unless you are looking to break some sort of record, you are going to need a go-box. The waitress couldn't have been nicer and she even apologized for the wait time for the fried chicken. Look, I don't mind waiting for fried chicken at all- I know the good stuff takes time. If you didn't grow up on the Westbank, this place might not be on your radar, but it's definitely worth a visit. read more

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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 4th 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. read more

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Enjoyed our food. Thanks This site want me to write more. Good food Staff is always friendly, the roast beef sandwich is my absolute favorite read more

Schnell's Restaurant & Bar - Gumbo and potato salad. - Sandwiches Near Me - Marrero, Louisiana

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The food was great and it was a great experience. The wait for the wait staff was a little long but the food came out with lightning speed. I ordered the meal of the day and it ended up being barbeque ribs. The food was pretty delicious but it did not taste like anything you could simply buy. The plate was full of food and flavor. Highly recommended if you're in the area. read more

Schnell's Restaurant & Bar - Sandwiches Near Me - Marrero, Louisiana

Pivot was great From first view it looked like a restaurant it's not desirable but the food is great piece for atmosphere and the service was it was awesome read more

Schnell's Restaurant & Bar - It was the Pinot to have - Sandwiches Near Me - Marrero, Louisiana

I won't return. My family and I (husband) had a seafood platter. The seafood had a nice crust but bland, the only thing that was pretty good was the stuffed crab which I didn't know what it was at first glance bc the outer crust was really dark, and it wasn't in a crab shell. It was more like a fried crab stuffing. My son had a burger and fries, which wasn't filling. It was just a handful of fries and small burger with one round slice of pickle, and I had a $16 shrimp salad that had old harden grilled shrimps, one piece of unripe tomato and the end cuts of the lettuce burg. I asked the waitress can I substitute my bread, and she said, Yes. Well I ordered mixed veggies( that I had to separately pay for), I wouldn't have served that to my dog! It was also old, over cooked and discolored! I went on to pay for everything bc my husband didn't want me to make a fuss, but I will never go there again! read more

Food is delicious, Dallas is the best waitress ya'll have.

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! read more

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They need to do better on hamburger steaks. Not everybody likes fried food. Management failure. Lost a customer. read more

It is always good to have a old Westbank establishment that you can meet old friends and family. You can also be recognized in that old westbank fashion. Someone in that restaurant knows your dad or ya Ma, and will always have a story to tell you about the olden days of the good ole Westbank! Now on to the food.. If you are expecting to get small portions, please do not eat here! They do not believe in giving you small portions for any item that you request off of the menu. You will get a big meal and like it. If you are expecting high class dining, you came to the Westbank and you should know better! Enjoy this place for what it is, a local diner that is stepped in the history of the area and is there to feed ya, not amaze you. read more

This place was recommended to us for lunch. Great atmosphere! Roast beef Poboy was delicious! A 5 napkin Poboy! Shrimp Poboy had about a pound of shrimp. Delicious! read more

Schnell's Restaurant & Bar - Sandwiches Near Me - Marrero, Louisiana

Staff is always friendly, the roast beef sandwich is my absolute favorite i also love that you can get the gravy on the side alot of places dont allow you to do that, mash potatoes need alittle more seasoning but nothing some extra gravy cant fix read more

I've come here a few times. Despite the usually slow service, dirty restaurant and mediocre food, it's decent. Today, my family and I showed up, we were given one menu for a table of 3. When we finally got the other 2, 10 minutes later, we had already decided what we were going to order. I ordered the French fry poboy with chili. Upon receiving, I ate one half and was surprised to see mold growing on my chili. This is beyond disgusting and disappointing for the reputation this place receives. The management took the sandwich off of our bill as we payed for the rest. read more

Schnell's Restaurant & Bar - French Fry Sandwich with Chili. - Sandwiches Near Me - Marrero, Louisiana

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I ordered two hamburger steak dinners. It came with one scoop of mashed potatoes, one scoop of shredded lettuce that was supposed to be a salad, and probably about a 1 pound hamburger steak. I ordered over the phone and didn't ask the price. I figured it would be 20 or 30 bucks or. But to my surprise when I got there It was more than 50 bucks. This place is way over priced and the food is nowhere near worth it read more

After almost an hour waiting, we received cold gumbo and an incomplete order of onion rings (11 instead of 12). The manager was non-chalant about how slow the kitchen was (she was busy sitting at the bar, playing on her phone). This happened in August of 2014, I work next door and I still have refused to return. read more

My wife & I ate there last night. We were impressed by everything we had. Of course the roast beef po-boy is a standout. Go for what I'd call pressed & dressed as it is grilled like a panini. Just do it. Probably one of the best roast beef po-boys in NOLA & surrounding area. Shrimp stew with fish was excellent. For dessert the bread pudding was quite good. Service was quick and waitresses were nice. We were both impressed enough to plan on going back on a regular basis. So we know it going to be a roast beef PB P&D along with something else next time. I hadn't been there in years. Some mixed reviews were not helping me get there. I'm glad we went and plan on returning. read more

I went to this restaurant again today for lunch, it's a neighborhood diner I really love. I had the seafood stuffed bell pepper with Mac and cheese And potato salad and my best friend had their famous grilled roast beef poboy dressed. We both agree that it's the best sloppy, crispy, tender roast beef anywhere. And we are both From New Orleans! My lunch was also amazing, homemade with love. Lots of seafood with a simple stuffing in a beautiful green pepper. Their Mac and cheese is always creamy and hot, and their potato salad is just like my mom made. I'm sorry I didn't take a photo, I got too excited when the food was put on the table! Our server was friendly as usual, no matter which lovely lady you get. Always up for a quick chat(even though they don't know us!). So welcoming! And the prices are down right cheap for the quality and quantity of food! We'll be back soon y'all. read more

I never think about writing reviews for places that seem like institutions, but I'm making an effort to expand what I write about. Now looking at all of these other reviews up and down the list and seeing a bunch of bad calls I'm not sure if it's just that I can't think of a bad experience at this place ever. They haven't changed with the times though, so you're going to find a lot of fossil items on the menu. The Shrimp and Oyster Poboys have been my go to for over 20 years and I recently stopped in for one when my dad was in town. The place seems like a time capsule, and I think I enjoy coming here for just that reason. read more

The food is okay. The service is horrible. The owners and the waitresses are rude and unfriendly.

The worst. Bad service. Server did not refill drinks. 25 minute wait after ordering (server did not come baxk to table during that time) gumbo was bad(as in spoiled) fish tasted like oysters. Manager was nice and apologetic but I will never go back. read more

Horrible! They didn't clean my chicken before frying it. It was strips!!! They just pulled it out the freezer, defrosted it, dunked it in batter and fried it. Nasty. Jambalaya had no flavor or zest. I think a Zatarains boxed dinner would have tasted better. Salad was a pile of shredded lettuce and a tomato slice. Dining room looks like a Bingo Hall. A waitress with severe tooth decay, was friendly, but that smile...I was so embarrassed. My Dad was visiting from out of state and wanted to go to a local, unchained restaurant, bad choice. Would have been nice if the person who recommended it had said he hadn't been there since '94! The regular locals are all that's keeping this place in business. You have been warned. read more

See my review under Schnell's Restaurant, same place. Addendum: Yelp! keeps prompting me to finish my review, which I did under Schnell's Restaurant, but because they turned this attempt by me to redirect to the actual review into a tip, I was again prompted to "finish your review," and since I'm not smart enough to cut and paste, I'll take this opportunity to expand on the original review, hoping I type enough characters to satisfy the Yelp! Computers that I've done my best. . Schnell's Restaurant was probably nice at one time, most likely during the Eisenhower administration, but is today a sad and dreary place with all the hallmarks, down to the dated plastic flowers, of a neighborhood-and-locals-only has-been dump of a restaurant. Nothing is fresh. The server explained to me, in detail, that even though they're located in one of our nation's seafood capitals, everything they serve comes frozen in bags, even their Catfish Dinner is, according to my server, "...not really catfish. It's some kind of overseas fish that comes in frozen." I cannot recommend this restaurant. read more

Schnell's Restaurant & Bar - Sandwiches Near Me - Marrero, Louisiana

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. read more

I love their mozzarella cheese sticks! Gosh! Again, the staff is not so friendly to certain people (hint hint) but you can enjoy yourself there if you are one to ignore stupidity. The burgers are so so; depending on the cook on the shift. I truly only recommend the mozzarella cheese sticks lol read more

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. read more

I've had pretty okay food here for reasonable prices. I've had breakfast here that we're really convenient and quick .But I've had Terrible terrible food that was so greasy I couldn't even eat! The last time I ordered food from there I got an omelette to go and when I opened it,it was sitting in a Huge puddle of black grease. The hamburger steak has been consistently alright and acceptable. The po boys are really not that great. Just skip it read more

This is a no nonsense staple on the Westbank. Quality food, decent prices, and good portions. The place still looks the same as I remember it as a kid 30+years ago. They sure adhere to the "if ain't broke don't fix it" motto. I'll be back next time I out that way around feeding time! read more

Schnell's hasn't lost their touch with Grilled Roast Beef pretty good if you ask me and the Onion Rings are to die for.

I Give them NO STARS This morning I went to Schnell's on 4th St. with a colleague to have breakfast. We ordered our food. The waitress (short,stout,red hair lady) brings out our food and my order was wrong. I told her that I didn't order the hash brown that I ordered cheese grits. This lady grabs my utensils that are in a little white bag and dumps it on the table , picks up my fork and goes in my plate and takes the hash-brown off the plate then puts my fork back onto the table and leaves. HOW NASTY AND UNSANITARY IS THAT??? Never came back to bring me a new set of utensils. My colleague at this point read my facial expression. Mind you, I am trying to hold my composure after what this waitress just had done. She (colleague) tells me just go get a set (utensils) off another table. Which I did. The waitress comes back with my grits. Never once did this lady refilled or even asked if I needed a refill on my drink and don't get me started about her walking from table to table not having her mask on covering the parts that need to be covered since we are still in Phase 2. When it was time to pay my bill, I didn't leave her a monetary tip instead a tip of some constructive criticism! YOUR SERVICE SUCKED!!! I always leave a tip but in this case I was NOT! The waitress then tells me that I was wrong for writing that on the ticket. Sorry if the truth hurts but she should not have gone in my plate ! I asked to see the manager at this point. She replies with, "You will have to get her yourself"..... so I knocked 2 separate times on the door to the kitchen and a lady comes out asking why I knocked so I told her because the waitress told me I had to get the manager myself. I told her what happened and the waitress tells her manager I was lying! Manager said she will talk to the waitress about it. Come to find out , get this.... the waitress is the manager's sister!! Yeah like something is going to be done.... I WILL NOT patron there ever again. #RUDE #PURE NASTY #UNSANITARY read more

I take time to write about Schnell's. First, it's been around forever and exists perhaps on its isolation of opportunity or simply tradition. But what the hay, for a blue collar restaurant of yesteryear it's pretty good. This place was old and established when I was a kid in the seventies. And to this day it's got reasonably good eats. But what it has that is exceptional, unique and stays true to origins is its chicken and sausage gumbo. It's made with the chicken avec Le bone! Sausage of dubious origin. And it's a light roux. Devoid of the ya ya mud roux. And it's been the same for the 45 plus years I've had it. Great late night, lunch or even breakfast on a frosty morning. The sandwiches are great and in general the food is good and it's a bargain. The decor is original, some would say dated, but it's humble brick building houses a crusty old dudes bar, reliable waitresses and food true to New Orleans origins. I'm glad I get to eat there when I can to enjoy the grub. read more