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| - Kris U hosted the first of the International Supper Club CMYE for 2015 at Schnitzel Hub in Thornhill. This is right on the border of 905 and 416 and I have very fond memories of this area since I used to work up in North York/Thornhill years ago.
This large strip mall complex is directly across the street from Centrepoint Mall near the north west corner of Yonge and Steeles.
If you can imagine this strip mall being a clock, The Schnitzel Hub would be right around 11:30. This mall is pretty large and has two sides and parking and driving around this complex is done in a counter clockwise direction.
The restaurant space itself is pretty intimate. While our party was a dozen with connected tables, there was only about 3 more tables in the restaurant one of 4 and maybe 2 more of 2 as well as the bar. The bar itself is a pretty site. They serve more than a dozen types of infused vodka that are visible along the bottom row of bottles. The bottles are labeled clearly.
We were a large party that took over more than half the seating of the place. It's safe to say that it's not the usual thing for a dozen people to take over this space. Again, it's an intimate place but the seating arrangements were comfortable enough.
We had ordered but our orders were prepared and served not at all the same time. It's understandable that a small place isn't capable of serving a dozen dishes at once with only one server for the entire establishment. Still, I received mine first and between myself and the last to receive theirs I was just about done mine and half of my wife's meal. Also the other patrons in the establishment would also be affected by our large party. So as far as for large parties, I'd have to say no it's not that great. For kids that's probably another no. It's more of an adult scene and an adult menu.
The food is good. In hindsight I wish I had ordered something else however. My wife and I ordered close to the same thing but it actually ended up being the same thing. What I mean by that is I had ordered the "Veal Cordon Bleu" which is a veal schnitzel stuffed with Emmental cheese and ham. What I received was actually the same item my wife had ordered which was the "Veal Tiroler" which is also a stuffed veal schnitzel with Emmental cheese and wild mushrooms. I had received a stuffed version which is really a schnitzel which is then rolled so to speak.
While I enjoyed my food I had wish I had received what I had ordered. I wasn't going to send it back even though I had received mine first and it could have been corrected because the place seemed back logged already. The side my wife had ordered was spaezle which is like a fried pasta while I had mashed potatoes. The mashed potatoes seemed really minute compared to how much spaezle was on my wife's plate. If you're looking to get full(er) get the spaezle as it also tastes great. They also came with a side of roasted carrots which were very good.
Overall the food is good. I have had better and the prices are decent for dinner. Portion wise I think the non stuffed dishes are a better deal though. Why? The servings looked bigger, were less expensive and overall there was more food just by looking at the plates. The flat schnitzels cover the plate so all the sides are underneath, the rolled schnitzels are on the plate but take up space so it looks and seems like less food overall. My mashed potatoes was maybe 4 oz by volume (half a cup) which is minute compared to the amount of spaezle my wife received. My dish had a large lemon wedge on the side which took up even more plate space.
Compared to the other portions servings, mine IMO was small. I end up eating half of my wife's anyway because she can never finish. Still it took me 1.5 meals to feel satiated while others that had only one meal were full. Yes I can eat a lot but one plate for me wasn't that much, probably because portion size (for the money) mine just seemed like less.
There was a Yelp check in for 1 dollar off one of their German beers. The beer was good, I had 2 different ones, (pilsner and dark) served in tall stein type glasses and each was 7.50 a piece.
Overall the food was good, the portion sizes I found to be inconsistent and the service because of the volume of the place was slow. Value wise, it's ok but a little on the pricier side. Still it's a big change from your normal everyday fare out there.
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