The Nags or as the locals call it, the nags. is located in Adamstown http://www.thenags.com.au/

Kroony

Chicken Schnitzel With Diane sauce and Chips. A bit over $20
Side – Chips. Pretty average, just chips.
Topping – Dianne. Was almost bolognese in texture (like spaghetti with out the pasta, not like the breed of dog dog) Over all it was quite satisfying but perhaps they could have given me 80% less. Perhaps i should have asked for it on the side. Perhaps.
Schnitzel – Chicken. After a long dry spell any rain is welcome, even if its acidic rain from the local sulfur plant. You run out to dance in the rain with the rest of the towns folk but an hour later while applying burn cream to your face u realize it wasn’t actually that good*. While eating it I was saying “by golly gosh darn skedoo, this is an awesome schnitty” but in hindsight it could have been better. It was just pretty average, the only thing special about it was that i had not had schnitty in a while. This schnitty would have impressed me a lot more if i didn’t pay over $20 for it.

Overall i give this 3 schnittys out of 5

*In no way did the schnitty chemically burn my face or any other part of my person

Amos

They had James Squire Golden Ale on tap for less than five dollars, which both surprised and pleased me, so my first impressions were good. They have this cool waterfall thing at the front entrance. It’s full of swank.
The meals were pretty expensive; I ordered a chicken schnitzel with ‘Mexican topping’ (i.e. cheese, beans, avocado, tomato, sour cream etc) and that was about twenty dollars. My partner ordered bruschetta and ‘beer battered chips with aioli and pesto’, which were about seven dollars each.
Despite ordering later than the rest of the party, all our meals came out quickly and at roughly the same time. The bruschetta was cold, poor quality bread, and over saturated in caramelised balsamic vinegar. The beer battered chips however, were wonderful and the aioli was very flavorful without being overpowering.
The schnitzel was mediocre.

Scott

Coming soon to your local schnitty.com

James

The presentation of the premises was immaculate and I was quit impressed by the amount of space that could be found in what, from the outside, appeared to be a small building. The staff were very polite and also very well presented. Dining in the back room gave the feel of a small hotel restaurant which generated a very nice atmosphere. I was quite surprised how European it looked, which is unusual for Newcastle.

The Shnitty itself was large and looked very nice. It was moist but not wet and the sauce (Standard Hawaiian – Pineapple, cheese and Bacon) was very liberally offered. Some other places I/we have been only offer 2 or 3 pieces of Bacon but here, the entire thing was covered.

The meat was a little bland but had enough taste to stick with it. It was large which made up for it and the topping added to the flavor bring it out about par.

The price was slightly on the expensive side – a shade over $20 for the full thing but it didn’t completely disappoint.

4.5 Schnitties for the premesis,
3 Schnitties for the Schnitty
3 Schnitties for the Price
4 Schnitties over all

The sort of place for a quite meal

Initial expectations were low.
Me: Hi Id like to order, Im from the table for kroon. *insert order here*
Lady: Hi no worries, what table number will that be?
Me: The table reserved for kroon
Lady: Wheres that?
Me: Um?
Steve: He is with our table, the reservation for kroon
Lady: Oh ok, thats fine.

The tables were blow-moulded cheap style from bunnings. Not kidding. The chairs were hard plastic, worse than what you would find at TAFE. The corner the ‘kroon’ table was in was in the dim-lit corner. There were kids everywhere. There were people everywhere come to think of it, all wanting food and popping out extra kids as the night went on. Table wasnt the cleanest, I say this as there was an unknown substance rolled up in a napkin that rob removed gracefully by smacking it with the table sign.

The wait was pretty normal, about 10-15 minutes. There were quite a number of people so this was understandable. When the food came out first impressions were kinda.. low – The schnitty looked small. It was also on the plate, not piled on the chips which surprised us all. I ordered the schnitty with a ‘Triple Cheese’ topping, pepper sauce (which came in a bowl on the side) chips and veges. The veges were ok, the carrot was chopped up pretty fine though, which made it hard to get on the fork. Corn was fine, beans I skipped and the cauliflower was pretty bang-on. The chips were really nice, top quality with a nice crunchy exterior texture. The pepper sauce tasted like an entire 6L pot of gravy was mixed with one sachet of pepper from mcdonalds, and they decided that that was enough.

Onto the schnitzel itself and it was pretty damn perfect. The cheesy aroma was good, the coverage of the schnitzel was perfect and they didnt skimp on thickness either. It was about as good as cheese toppings can get on a moderately thick perfectly cooked schnitzel. The chicken held together really well and tasted pretty real as far as schnitzels go. The batter was thick and held together like araldite was used as the main constituent and then they covered it with liquid nails just to be sure. Id go as far to say this was a $20 meal. Cost? For me, since I had the pepper sauce side, $12. For everyone else it was only $10. $10! This would have to be one of the best $10 meals you can purchase. Points lost for cheap feel of furniture and minimal lighting however the surprise of a brilliant meal more than makes up for it. Highly recommended, 4.5 out of 5.

Check soon for ‘www.schnitty.com endorsed’ advertisements in the newspapers and large banners over the bar haha.

Amos

Ten dollar schnitzel with a napolitana sauce, cheese, and spinach on top. It generally comes with bacon too, but I had just bought a copy of the Qur’an and didn’t want to be rude. Everything about the food was perfect. I think the corn was cooked in honey or something, or otherwise it was just really nice corn…
The beer was lacking. Nothing decent on tap, so I just drank Tooheys Old. I couldn’t even see any bottles of Coopers anywhere, but they might have just been hidden.

Kroony

Chicken Schnitzel With Diane sauce and Chips $10.00!!!
Staff - The staff were pleasant and welcoming. only complaint is that they took a phone off the table and put it in the rubbish bin by mistake.
Side – Chips. These were some awesome chips. they looked normal and i still cant tell what they did to them but there were very nice.
Topping -Dianne. This was one of the finest dianne sauces i have had. It was thick unlike far too many others. It also used real crushed garlic that you could see.
Schnitzel - Chicken. Keeping in theme with the rest of the plate the schnitty was a delight. The cooks obviously not afraid to leave them cooking just that little bit longer to make sure they are not soggy. the outside was crispy and the inside was juicy. My only complaint was that compared to some others on the table mine was quite small. Shame really cause i was enjoying it so much.

Over all 4.5 schnittys out of 5. For $10 it does not get much better then that.

http://www.thekenthotel.com.au/

Gman

First let me set the scene. 

It is pouring down rain at 7:30pm. To misquote Morpheus from the Matrix, “Unfortunately, no one can be told where the Bar on the Hill is. You have to see it for yourself.”

In short, there are next to no signs of how to get there. I know where it is, but as for parking in front of it, I am still at a loss. For this, the Bar on the Hill loses a mark.  Secondly, the music was too loud, another mark lost. Thirdly, the kitchen was closed, there it loses its remaining possible marks.

0/5

The decision was then made to………..something………….go near Hamilton?   No…. Darby St?   No……. Beaumont St? There wasn’t really a decision made apart from following Scott’s Failcon…..

So we arrived at Oasis on Beaumont St after driving km’s to find parks. Scott covertly found us a table in the Kent.

The Kent

The Kent has a smallish pub/bar area up front and beergarden type restaurant out the back. It is not very inspiring due to the cream, cream and more cream colour scheme, or lack thereof. 

Everyone chose the Parmigina (their spelling) style schnitty as that was just about all there was to choose from. This was quite a big schnitzel and had a layer of ham, tomato sauce and cheese. I also got the chips and salad.

The schnitty was not dried out enough for me and parts of the batter were also a soggy mess. The chips were only lukewarm and the schnitty was like a fireball it was that hot. The salad was passable.

From my point of view it felt rushed. The meals didn’t take long to come out and that showed. I didn’t bother finishing it. I will go back to the Kent but probably for the pub area and upstairs, not the grub.

Remember, if you have a leaking roof, poke it with a broom and forget about that whole “water & electricity combination” thing.

2.5/5

Kroony

Chicken Schnitzel With ‘Parmigina’ topping Chips and salad – $14.90

Drinks - FireEngine and rum i call it a burning fireengine… unless someone can tell me there is a real name for it and im wrong?
Staff - The staff were a little worrieing. It was raining quite badly and the roof was leaking water from a light. So they decided to poke at it with a broom before turning the light off. I was a little concerning.
Company – Small group of 6 braved the weather on the great quest. Good mates, all you could ask for in regard to schnitty.
Side – Chips and salad. OK. chips were normal chips good but not awesome.
Topping -Parmigina. This was there spelling not mine. IT was fairly average. The cheese on top was nicely cooked under the grill but there was possibly a bit too much sauce on it.
Schnitzel - Chicken. Decently sized heart shaped chicken breast. The meat had a good tough quality about it, not chewy or dry but less falling apart like i have seen. The batter got a little soggy on the bottom. I think the issue here is the traditional chips served under the schnitty. This is not a good thing please everyone stop doing it. steam from the chips condensates on the underside of the schnitty and it goes soggy. The batter was also a little thick, not such a bad thing just that it kept comming off.

Well rounded schnitty, not a bad price, i gave it 3.5 schnittys out of 5

Ben

If I were to review the entire night, including the terrible weather, the planned destination not serving food that night, and the trouble taken to finally find a parking spot near The Kent; then I would have a grim score for schnitty that night.

But The Kent didn’t have anything to do with any of those factors, so I will ignore them for the sake of fairs-fair. The atmosphere in The Kent was everything you could expect from a little pub. There was music playing but not peeling the skin off of the patrons, who were kept very warm thanks to the superb heating installed around the place. The layout of the pub makes you wonder what’s behind that door or up that flight of stairs or around that corner, but I was there for the food and didn’t go exploring.

Pricing was fair; less than $15 for a large schnitty parmigiana, with choice of chips + salad, or mash potato + vegetables, and by that point in the night I was ready to eat it burnt off the counter.

The food came out in a near-perfect time, not enough to have me complaining but just long enough to make my mouth start to water. Presentation was good, schnitty on top of chips (of which the opposite I would have preferred) with a decent serving of salad on the side. The schnitty itself was delightful, with melted cheese, a parmigiana sauce and some ham underneath to top it all off. Plus it was enjoyed with good company, in a busy (but not crowded) setting, where it was warm and (until a leak in the cieiling nearby caused some lights to go off) well lit.

The entire experience left me even more reluctant to wish to leave for a raining walk back to the car and a wet drive home.

4.5/5 - only lost half a point for the fact that nothing can be truly perfect. Thanks to the staff at The Kent for having us, I will definitely look forward to a return visit.

Scott

The Kent = Win. What a soggy night it was, but all that running and driving in the rain, getting drenched etc doesnt count towards their score so we will leave it there.

The Kent was busy, but willing to accommodate us at such short notice and had a big enough table right under a heater for us. Ordering was quick and painless, although there could have been a bigger selection instead of plain schnitzel or parmigiana. I got the parmigiana and chips with vegetables. $14ish, very moderate pricing and well worth it. The schnitzel came after 15 minutes and looked great. The vegetables were ok, standard carrot, beans and cauliflower. The chips were nice, not the best but good either way. The schnitzel itself was brilliant, searing hot and perfect crumbing and size. The schnitzel itself was probably a 5/5 but the overall score will be a 4.5 due to limited menu choices and because on the way back to the car I walked into a puddle of water 30cm deep and my car failed on the way home and has been broken for the 4 days since.

Waratah Rugby Leagues Club

Gman

Mexican Meatball Schnitzel – this was pizza on a schnitzel. Oh yes, it was good.

Large schnitzel covered in cheese, so much so that I don’t really remember seeing crumbing or batter. A mountain of sour cream and lava like pourings of sweet chilli sauce.

Unfortunately, like The Dark Knight, you can have too much of a good thing. The meatballs had a classic sausage taste which I am not a fan of. After a while the whole thing became tasteless and underwhelming which was a great shame.

An idea for……….. a bacon mcflurry…………. was suggested…………….. must investigate

4/5 schnittys

Kroony

Chicken Schnitzel With ‘MeatLovers’ Topping – $18.00
I feel kinda bad now walking into the place i got the initial impression that this was a bogan filled sports bar where outsiders would not be treated nicely. Apart from a little uncalled abuse I was mostly wrong.

Staff – A lovely little old lady served us who also brought the food to our table.
Company – We had people visiting from Townsville but there was a mixup/communication error and they didnt attend. Otherwise i think there was 7 of us a few non regulars.
Side – Chips. A very generous serving of chips were placed next to my schnitty
Topping – This was the winner, ‘meatlovers’, It started with a BBQ sauce base with melted cheese on that. Placed on the cheese was Bacon, sausage meatballs and salami. Quite the meatlovers indeed. With the Meatballs and the sausage it brought a very Italian flavor to a very different topping
Schnitzel – Wow after all that meat there was still a whole schnitty under it. The schnitty its self wasnt anything fantastic. With out the topping it would have scored low but the copious amounts of BBQ sauce mostly covered up the slight dryness. The batter was a good thickness and over all it was cooked evenly.

Overall I have given this meal a 3.5 out of 5. With 19 other toppings to choose from I dare say i will be coming back here sometime. If your looking for some variety or some peace and quiet I do recommend.

Scott

Before this review, I hadn’t heard of this place. Someone queried ‘Isn’t that the place they are going to knock down?’ and I had no answer… So we give it a try and the pub again is full of locals, one of whom abused our group for ‘standing around’ near a doorway. Now we weren’t blocking the doorway in the slightest – but this is the intelligence we can expect from the people who are locals at waratah…

The menu was quite comprehensive, a list of 20-30 different schnitzel combination’s, all reasonably priced. I picked the $18 ‘Meatlovers’ schnitzel and a $4 old school chocolate milkshake. The wait wasn’t too long, with all of us discussing the recent wedding, and various trips around the place until they arrived. For the money you certainly got a lot of meat, but the sides were a little disappointing. The vegetables were good, but not many and the chips were so/so and there was only about 10 of them. Ah well. The schnitzel was of a decent variety, thickish and cooked but covered with a barbecue sauce that is so strong in taste it, dare I say, ruined the meal? There was ample bacon in large pieces, lumps of sausage and lots of cheese, but the sauce was over the top. If I were to try this meal again at some point, I would asked without sauce and I daresay it would have been a 4 at least, and a 2 with. The milkshake was good – so I will bump it up to a 3.

Scott

MJ Finnegans – Normally this place is only heard of when you are talking pubs, very late (or very early) on weekends spent in town, however they serve schnitzels so we decided to try them. Walking in, first impressions are that the mood lights under the bar are about 30x brighter than they should be, and gave my retinas glaucoma just looking at them. But the rest of the place was quiet, a few guys playing poker in one corner. We ordered at the window and found some pool tables where we proceeded to play. It wasn’t long before our meals were ready – and we weren’t for once (hadn’t finished a certain pool game)

What I ordered was a $15 ‘Mexican’ Schnitzel, with a topping that promised cheese, corn chip and guacamole, vegetables and chips. What I got looked a little ‘plainer’ than I was expecting, but the chef had seen us playing pool, and figured the meal would be sitting waiting and didn’t put the guacamole on until we were taking the dishes. That was pretty thoughtful, he didn’t want the crumbing to go soggy. There were no corn chips however, and this depressed me until we realized the corn chips were in the batter – ingenious. There was beans under the cheese, and at the end it really left the impression of Mexican food.. The schnitzel was pretty thick, cooked/fried to perfection and as mentioned before, the corn chip crumbing was delicious. Could have done with more cheese, less beans though, but thats just my opinion.

The sides were not bad either, the vegetables were a large serving, with carrot, brocoli, cauliflower and green beans (different to the mexican style beans on the topping). The steakhouse beer-better chips were probably the best I have tasted so far, but that isnt a hard thing to beat considering some of the chips we have had of late. All in all, I would recommend this place, it was quiet and the chefs seemed to put more effort in than required. Price was about right, not to expensive – but not a cheapie – and this was reflected in the meal, it wasnt just a small schnitzel whacked on a plate in exchange for $10. 4 out of 5 for me.

Kroony

Chicken Schnitzel With creamy potato and chips – $15.00
Staff – They seemed to be missing a restaurant hand, we were served by the chef. Awesome dude he should just stick to cooking.
Company – Just a small group of 6 of us, Unfortunately the person who picked the venue could not make it.
Side – Chips. A handful of crisp beer batter coating.
Topping -Creamy garlic Potato something. The potato slices were a little green but don’t let that put you off it was very creamy and very garlic. If your out on a date with a new partner i would recommend giving this a miss if u plan to try snog them.
Schnitzel – Very thick. It was rather deceptive cause the chicken was placed on top of the chips and it wasn’t until i cut into it that i noticed it was a good inch thick at the thickest point.

Overall I have given this meal a 3 out of 5. Brilliant if your heading out with a few mates and don’t care too much what the meal looks like, not so great if its a 1st date.

http://maryellen.com.au/

Reviews:

Marker

A turnout of 6 people was good. The atmosphere of the place was awesome. The service was professional and very, very quick.

I was quite happy with my choice. A veil schnitty, with chips and salad.
It cost about $17 for mine, with the Dianne topping.

Planning ahead would have been a good idea, a sign on the wall stated that there cheap schnitty night(s) were Tuesday and Wednesday. We were there on a Thursday.

All up i give it 4 out of 5. I have had better, but this one was pretty good, even with its price tag.

Remember tho that Tuesdays and Wednesdays are they days to go.

Scott

After a frantic rush of collecting people and cars, we got to the Mary Ellen rather late for a schnitty night, 8:40ish. Not to worry though, we all ordered and sat down in a nice atmosphere, inside where it was warm. On ordering, I got a chicken schnitzel with vegetables and chips ($13.90?) and gravy ($1.50) and it was only after paying I saw they had pepper sauce as an item. Bad luck to me part 1. When I ordered, there were two menu choices for the meal, being chips and salad or potatoes and vegetables – I asked if I could have chips and vegetables (best of both) and they said that would be fine.

It was only 10 minutes later when the first 4 (out of 5) meals came through – Unfortunately mine came with chips and salad (I am against rabbit food being served at the table) and this disappointed me. Bad luck to me part 2. Another reviewer got vegetables and chips – and upon inquiring found out that they had actually ordered chips and salad, so I would be guessing the orders got a bit screwed up somewhere along the way which isn’t a big deal, at least it wasn’t totally forgotten. The last meal (a steak, to be different) came a good ten minutes later, but it looked well worth the wait.

Onto the actual meal, the chips seemed really old – and expanding on that, I would probably argue that they had been microwaved at some point. They weren’t crisp at all, but they looked like they had been at one point. The gravy was a runny type, probably packet mixed – and to keep costs down perhaps it was diluted a little – however it wasn’t too bad despite this. The salad I didnt touch (see above point re rabbit food) but looked .. normal. The schnitzel itself was rather thick, the good kind, and the crumbing was delicious. If all I wanted was a plain schnitzel, this would have gotten a 4.8 out of 5 however bringing into account the overall price of the schnitzel being in the high range, the mixed up ordering and the chips seeming stale brings my rating down to a 3 / 5 schnittys.

Moss

To start with, I bought a nice wheat beer: Erdinger Weissbraeu. They seemed to have a good range of beers that weren’t VB. A guy with an acoustic guitar was playing covers. I’m not a huge fan of covers, unless they actually do something new or interesting with it.

I ordered a vegetarian schnitzel with pepper gravy. With chips and vegetables. I actually ordered chips and salad, but got vegetables. Scott ordered chips and vegetables but got salad. I didn’t mind; it was what I secretly wanted after all.

I got the schnitzel and wasn’t sure what to think. I tried some. It was really good, but I’m not sure whether I would have called it a schnitzel. It seemed to be essentially a mass of vegetables bound with a cheesy sort of sauce, and then crumbed and fried or whatever. I did think the schnitzel was a bit small, but I hadn’t really eaten anything that day, so it’s probably not a real issue. The pepper gravy was good, or average really, but your average pepper gravy is still pretty good.

I would be curious to try the chicken schnitzel there, to see which one I actually prefer, but in any case it’s good to have a non-meat version; I can only imagine how hard it would be to be a vegetarian schnitty lover.
4.0 / 5.0

Kroony

Veal Schnitzel With gravy and chips – $16.60

Drinks – New… it was nothing really new just, new.
Staff – Helpful and understanding. as we arrived late they were quite willing to wait for the stragglers.
Company – Just a small group of 6 of us, with work and other commitments taking the others away. This worked quite well there a different dynamic in a smaller group and i enjoyed it.
Side – Chips. Nothing that great, decent amount of average chips.
Topping -Gravy. the gravy was hot, hotter than the chicken which was a little odd. It was also a tiny bit watery.
Schnitzel – The crumbing on this Veal was so fine that i thought initially it was battered. Which in the end wasn’t a bad thing but i did like the look of the thicker coating on the chicken better. The veal was a nice size and thickness though a slight bit fatty.

Overall i have given this a veal a 2.5 out of 5 schnittys which is generous cause im normaly impartial to a veal. It was average the whole time, the price was too much for what u were given and it was only brought back to an average ranking cause it was veal.

The Shaft Tavern – Be careful flash only site :S
Check the map page in Elemore Vale for the exact location.

Reviews:

Scott

From a long lineup for ordering to being seated outside in the cold, this place did not look promising. Packed full of people, the only table big enough was in the smokers area outside, with a loudspeaker blaring numbers for the old women bidding silly amounts of money in exchange for the chance to win old meat. We waited probably 20 minutes before being invited back inside, where a table large enough for the 8 of us opened up. From there it was about 10 minutes before the food started rolling in.

I ordered the ‘tropicana’ which was $10. It came with a choice of salad or vegetables with chips, and going with previous choices opted for the vegetables. Unlike other places however, the vegetables were beans, corn, broccoli and carrot which were a nice change from the usual. The side of chips was a little small, however they were beer-battered steakhouse. The schnitzel itself came topped with bacon and mango, with cheese melted all over. Delicious. The mango was a unique menu item which I had not seen before, and it is something I will definitely order again, the entire meal meshed really well. This was a $20 meal in value being sold for $10, unlike a few places we have been to selling $10 meals for $20.

I will happily recommend this place (just not the pasta!) and give the meal 4 out of 5, half a star lost for slower than normal service (understandable due to the amount of people who wanted in on this secret portal to schnitty goodness) and half a star lost for bad pasta I had had there on a previous outing.

Kroony

Chicken Schnitzel With Satay sauce and chips – $10

Drinks – Fire Engine & Rum. A very girly drink indeed, but it was so sweet u could not even taste the rum… easily could have got trashed on this drink.
Staff – Cool and Attractive. While we were outside they were keen to have a chat to the patrons while collecting empties. Most of them are young and quite the lookers.
Company – 9 of us made the trip a first for Ollie and Samii. Thanks again to everyone for making it out for my Birthday.
Side – Chips. Superbly cooked steakhouse chips. Crisp on the out side and moist on the inside.
Topping – Satay sauce. This was totally new to me. it was the nights special so if its offered every week I’m not sure but if its offered when u go I highly recommend it.
Schnitzel – A very large size for the price. the schnitty did that thing where air expands between the crumbs and the chicken while is it cooking, so the covering didn’t stick well to the chicken. This minor detail was far more than made up by the meat itself. Served boiling hot I knew it was cooked less than 3 min before i received it. The chicken was thick and cooked to perfection.

I had an awesome night and wont let the fact that the venue is popular and we didn’t book affect my judgment. I do recommend calling ahead for larger groups.
Overall i give it 4.5 schnittys out of 5 – Highly recommended

Ndroo

It has been a while since i truly felt a $10.00 meal could be recommended to anyone i have an interest in talking to again, but The Shaft has corrected my ill thought.

The cattle class service started pretty much as expected with a long delay in being served. The delay gave me the opportunity to look around the room and ask myself “Why so busy?”. The dining room was nothing spectacular, paper table clothes for easy turn over, self serve on the drinks and very little variation from the typical club style dining experience. Initially due to the number of meals being served we were forced to sit outside, a bit of a disappointment! To add insult to injury outside was very cold, suffered from a severe lack of heating and encouraged the company i was keeping to continue their self indulging habits of smoking…i wasn’t that excited at this point.

After 15 minutes outside we were invited inside! A table had opened up…and we had the chance to sit inside where it was nice and warm. I was very pleased as not only did this remove the cold but also the smoking was forced to stop. Another 5 minutes passed and i was served, quiet possibly, the best $10.00 meal I’ve ever had in my life. You see recently i spent a week in Melbourne, having been very spoiled in my dining choices for that week I was finding it difficult to readjust to the ways of Newcastle (Ugh…we need some better food options, seriously!). However this night was to remind me that it is not the quality of the cooks which hold Newcastle back, but its client requirements which prevent us expecting anything better than pig feed.

I ordered the Satay Chicken Schnitzel. Not too spicy but with a gentle tingle there was no lack of flavor. I ate the chips first, perfectly crunchy with some great taste there was no disappointment yet. I moved onto the greens which did cause me some surprise, celery, who serves celery when you ask for salad? I’m used to the normal lettuces , carrot, tomato and maybe some sprouts or similar. I had a bit of a neutral reaction to this change in menu. Finally i went after the meat…and this is where my pleasure reached its peek. Tender, very well battered and in a sauce that tasted as if the person cooking paid attention to what they were doing, something I’m not familiar with when going out in Newcastle. Really i should mention that sauce again, they actually left a few peanuts whole in there…and really why not, what does a peanut cost? (I wont pain you with the pun thats lingering). Generally we find that $10 meals have cost cuts where ever possible, the fact that they used a half decent sauce, very good piece of chicken and experimented with the salad…well its a 5 out of 5 for me.

While i was initially disappointed that we didn’t have an indoor seat, i now understand why. 5 out of 5, give it a try…you wont be able to complain about the value.

Marker

Satisfactory, but not great.
I had the tropicana.
Schnitty, topped with cheese, ham and mango.

I was excited about bringing in mango to the equation… I couldnt taste it.
The cheese had no taste, it was a bunch of chewy nothing.

That is all

http://www.thegrandhotelnewcastle.com.au/

Reviews:

Scott

Parking was good, right outside the front doors. The outside looked a bit dingy, but once inside the atmosphere was what some people would call ‘romantic’ and other people would call ‘annoying’. The meals were quite decently priced, not as cheap as some however at $10 for a schnitzel with vegetables/chips it was decent. Any topping seemed to be $2 extra, and some herb bread went around at $3. The bread was probably the most decent herb/garlic bread ever. The schnitzel, arrived about 9 minutes after ordering and was designed to be pleasing to the eye, a lot of time spent making it look right. The portions were smaller than I feel we were used to, but the taste made up for that. Thick schnitty, with the perfect amount of Dianne topping was awesome. Im still hanging for a place that uses roast potatoes with their vegetables though.

3.5 out of 5

Moss

I arrived at the Grand and ordered a Guinness. The guinness was poured fairly well. For foodstuffs, I had a chicken schnitzel with boiled vegetables and green peppercorn and whitewine sauce. The sauce was brilliant. The schnitzel itself was good; it was nice and tender, and had all the things you’d normally expect from a schnitzel. Boiled vegetables, yeah. They were good, or at least as good as boiled vegetables can be, although I think I could have done with more of them. Overall, I think the rocking sauce was what made the money shot.
4.0 / 5.0.

Kroony

Chicken Schnitzel With gravy chips and salad – $11

Drinks – Guinness. I really like a good Guinness with my schnitty and i was glad to see they had it.
Staff – Fast. No time for pleasantries… or my jokes were shit, either way no laughter.
Company – No Lights. the lighting was very lacking, i assume to create that lovely ‘romantic’ effect. So i could not really see my company that well. I assume thats what makes such lighting romantic, the fact u cant see how ugly the person is your on the date with.
Side – Chips and salad. the servings were quite small and decently nothing to rave about.
Topping -Gravy. I was pleased with the gravy. They didn’t have too much and it was a nice flavor and consistency.
Schnitzel – Chicken. This was a little disappointing, The chicken was very hot and quite dry. Not to mention that again its was rather small.

Overall i was a little unimpressed i give it 2.5 schnittys out of 5

Marker

The building was quite nice, the room was cosy, the lighting was shithouse.

The meal was shithouse. Too thin, too small, the salad had no dressing on it.

The herb bread was definitly the best part of the meal.

Cant give it 0 out of 5 schnittys, because it was at least a schnitty. Not a shoe.

I give it 1 out of 5.

Worst schnitty i have had in a long time – apart from one I have cooked myself

However, the company: Fantastic!

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Reviews:

Kroony

Veal Schnitzel With gravy chips and salad – $8

Drinks – Beer. I had like 1/4 of moss’ beer as we left cause he had enough.
Staff – Friendly. the staff were good, Service was fast and there was no messing around.
Company – Good. There were 8 of us and that always makes for a good night out.
Side – Chips and salad. I think the chips were beer battered. Thick and not over cooked. Just right but i would have been happier with a little more. The salad was quite fancy and had a nice dressing.
Topping – Fucken Yum. Best gravy i have had in a long time. Nice and thick but defently not dry or lumpy at all. Not too much or too little, just right.
Schnitzel – Juicy. The veal itself was brilliant. All too often i get veal schnitty and its chewy and has fatty veins through it but this was the exact opposite. Nice soft consistency with a good amount of thickness. I was a little unhappy about the crumbing on the bottom. It was a little soggy as if they only cooked it from one side.

Overall i give it 4 schnittys out of 5

Scott

Chicken Schnitzel with Pepper Sauce, Chips, Vegetables and a coke – $10.90

Pulling up outside we were immediately alarmed at the lack of car-spaces – the car park was full and there was limited spaces nearby. Walking into the restaurant, it was busy and there didn’t appear to be any tables free, especially not for 8 people, however the bar staff immediately offered us the private dining room. Extra nice of them, however when it came time to order, there was space and we voluntarily went back to sit in the main area. Meals were $8 (not too long ago they were $6) and came with a condition of buying a drink. Acceptable. The menu for schnitzels were chicken or veal, with a choice of chips/salad or veggies/salad, with topping choices of gravy, dianne, pepper or some other sauce. I went the veggies/chips and chicken schnitzel, with pepper sauce and a coke. all up $10.90.

With 8 ordering at once, we figured it would take some time for the meals to start arriving (looking at last weeks 40+minutes) however between 6-8 minutes the first 3 meals were already out. They are quite a large plate, which come full with a nice sized schnitzel, large helping of vegetables and some decent steakhouse chips. Everything was delicious, priced right, and worked well. The schnitzel was probably a little tougher than normal, which probably indicates they have a few sitting on a hotplate ready to put on meals to get the fast service times – but if you serve complete meals with drinks for $10.90 inclusive, that are that large and nice you are allowed to have small things like that.

Overall i give it 4.5 schnittys out of 5

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We have 3 reviews this week, from Kroony, Scott and Marker.

Max said the schnitty was not worth his time reviewing.

Reviews:

Kroony

Schnitzel With gravy and Veg – $16

Drinks, mix coke – (Was riding ) at 2.50 for a soft drink it perhaps was a bit rich but ehh same old.
Staff – 2 1/2 – Bit confused not that hot
Company – 4 Markers jokes… sad as always.
Side, Veg – 2 Quite big, just boiled but perhaps not for long enough. Was a bit crunchy
Topping, Gravy – 3 Plenty of gravy. Perhaps a but too much but i did not specify. was a bit watered down and had a little lemon tang to it. Not sure if i liked that yet. The fact that it was watered down kinda let it down in the end.
Schnitzel – Very big. Impressive. It had a good crunchy coating with out being too thick. Chicken was nicely cooked and not too skimpy.

Overall i give it 3 schnittys out of 5

Next weeks: Wallsend Diggers?

Scott

From the start I was annoyed with this place. They make awesome pizzas sure, but ‘Belissimos’? Doesnt sound like they specialise in schnittys at all. Meal? Once earth got over a rather long ice age, my schnitty/veges ($15) with gravy ($1) and chips ($1) eventually came. The gravy first off was watery, and only on the schnitzel (not over the veges or chips). The chips looked overcooked but cold at the same time. Tasting confirmed this. The veges were nice, needed more gravy. The schnitty itself was pretty soggy from the runny gravy, and really thin. Thin schittys look ‘big’, but the fatter ones are generally better. The service was lousy, the food was lousy and the only thing that place had going for it was a half-heated outdoor area. At least they didnt get the coke wrong. Overall, 2 out of 5.

Marker

For the first week we decided to goto the Colliery Inn, Wallsend

I had a Chicken Schnitzel, with the “Monty Carlo” topping. – and vedgies.
(Sauteed in butter, Cream, and Mushroom with Wine. Topped with Cheese & lightly grilled)

The meal took too long to arrive in front of me at the table

It was worth the wait.

The potato was solid, too solid, and the large slices of carrots suggested they may have come from genetically modified carrots.

The actual schnitty, was fantastic. The topping hit the spot.
my taste buds were all like, “oh rly”, the meal was like “ya rly”

A bad schnitty can taste too artificial. Made up of the crap bits, like what lobster is to seafood extender. This one wasnt too bad, but its not the most real schnitty i have ever had.

I give it 3 out of 5.