Zum Schneider

August 8, 2008
Overrated. Rude waitstaff, poor selection, and mediocre food. Loreley is better.

June 22, 2008
Litres of Spaten, communal tables and sausages galore. This is a really great place although hard to get to.

February 6, 2008
Fun place to hang and have some big sized authentic German beers as well as some real authentic delicous German food. Great place anytime, for dinner, just beers or on a crawl to add some diversity to your drinking day.

December 9, 2007
This was a fun place to visit as the crowd on Saturday afternoon was just getting over a huge Santa convention in Tompkins Sq Pk. We were lucky to get a table in a momentary slow period for the place, but it soon filled up again as we plowed into the menu. The beer selection was reported to be small, but the tap selection was good. They were serving these huge 1 liter steins of Weihenstefener (to my delight) as well as small examples of Kolsch. The food and service was good, even when the crowds came in. I was amused as the waitress gave me a quick lesson on how to pronounce some of the menu listings. We left the place and gave away our highly coveted table near the door while making a note to return for some more fun.

June 18, 2007
Very nice place. Quite busy, but fantastic food and beer after the wait. One of the few places I’ve seen 1L steins of beer being sold (outside of Germany, of course). Most of the people that work there speak German, so I was able to brush up on it. The place is pretty small for the number of people they pack it with, but that’s all part of ’biergarten’ ambiance. Downside = they only accept cash!

March 8, 2007 [ Updated December 6, 2007 ]
I love this place. If only it weren’t so out of the way. The food is really delicious and goes great with some nice german beer. The variety is not great, but the quality of beers is wonderful. Prices are a little on the high side, but still reasonable. It is a little cramped and very beer hall in decor and service. Don’t skip the camembert with lingonberry jam or the kaesespatzle. They seem to change their beers (or run out of stuff) between each of my quarter-annual sojourns yet Aventinus and usually Optimator are reliably available - get a 1/2 L of each!

September 15, 2006 [ Updated October 25, 2006 ]
Great place. I went here with my girlfriend who is Austrian so we realy can appreciate the German beers & food. This is the place to go when seeking great German beers and food. The weisswurst is awesome.

July 31, 2006
Awesome German-style Beer Garden. Many amazing German brews on tap, (for me) rarely seen anywhere else. If I can get a Weihenstephaner Hefe on tap served to me in a Weizen glass, I’m as happy as I could possibly be. Of course, this place has all of the necessary proper (German) glassware. The food was (as I’m told) authentic German cuisine. I’m not much of a fan of this sort of food, but it’s probably very good (and it did look good) despite my own personal tastes. Service was alright, I never sat around for too long without a beer in front of me. The seating was somewhat limited--as the place filled up, many people were standing and just couldn’t get seats. The somewhat cramped seating did provide the opportunity to interact with others (like it or not) and to make some new friends. I’d definitely suggest paying a visit to this place, it is a German beer-lover’s paradise.

February 2, 2006
They vaguely have a patio in good weather, but it’s your typical nyc outdoor restaurant seating, not like an actual beer garden. And hard to find a seat. If you’re not in the neighborhood it probably is a trek. Selection was good.

March 28, 2005
This place has a great selection of hard to find German brews, very good German food, and hot German beer wenches. A must visit when one is in a German mood.