3.5 stars
The place I usually go to was swarming with students (from the nearby college and junior school) and I was with my 4 month old in her stroller. They caught my attention by placing a picture of Wiener/Vienna schnitzel with potato salad as Today's special. They had just opened in June of this year.
The place was pretty empty (two elderly ladies brunching and another lady reading at the window seat) though it was a Friday around noon.
The girl at the front was brand new and she was very nice. She asked if i wanted ham, eggs, mushrooms or various other things to add onto my meal. I opted for mushrooms.
The total came up to $17 and I didnt even order a drink (just water).
Apparently the lovely new girl rang something in wrong so the owner (in a blue sugar for my honey t-shirt) came over to apologize and explain that she charged me the wrong price and that it was $2 more then I had originally paid.
I noticed then that the mushrooms were a $2 charge. The owner seemed greatly confused that I wanted mushrooms on my schnitzel and asked me had I ever had real Austrian schnitzel before? Anyways, we just agreed to leave off the mushrooms to make up for the error.
While I was waiting I was entertaining my daughter on my lap and the waitress came over to compliment her. Again, such a lovely girl but she stood there hovering way too long that it became very awkward, also she was pretty much launching into her entire life story. I possibly misled her by talking as well but I noticed she launched into it with another customer as well.
Keep doing what you are doing but coming from a person who has waited for many years, try to tone it down a little.
My daughter started to get a little fussy and hungry so I opted to take it go and they were very accommodating.
The schnitzel was delicious, a tad salty but I enjoyed it (wouldve been nice with some pan fried mushrooms on top but i digress) and it was the size of a large dinner plate cut into three pieces to fit into the container. Quite thin though... pounded out to an inch of its life.
The potato salad was tasty, not quite creamy. I enjoyed it and I am not the biggest fan of potato salad. The rest of the menu was very interesting, looked yummy though a tad overwhelming.
All in all for a "special" it was very pricey but beyond that I hope that they do well. It is the kind of quaint, hip place that lakeshore/ long branch village needs.