Craig H. 3/10/2012

 

Schwabenof’s is now my favorite Friday night fish fry – all you can eat for $11.95 served family style. Wife and I dined here on a recent Friday night and although we did not have reservations it was only a 10 minute wait despite about 20+ people ahead of us in line.  I was a bit skeptical when the hostess said it was only a 10 minute wait, but once we were seated I realized it was fast because their restaurant/banquet area is immense.  

We both ordered the Friday night all you can eat fish fry and fried chicken served family style – $11.95 served hot with rye bread, cole slaw, choice of potato, soup, or potato pancakes.  Service was very fast – about 5 minutes to have our fish and chicken served and about 3 minutes to be served our seconds of fish and chicken.  It was very good.

Meals are served in the banquet room which can put some people off but I think food and service made it worthwhile.  I’ll be back.  They have other items on the menu and Wednesday night is a prime rib special, and Thursdays is pork ribs.

 

 

David Z.  6/16/2010

We took two Germans to show them a Milwaukee Fish Fry. Three of us had Walleye and one had Cod. I was surprised that the German potoato salad (vinegar and bacon style) was so good. There were about 350 people there and the waitresses struggled with the heavily laden trays. I think it was a good experience for visitors who don’t know Milwaukee’s Friday tradition. We will go back on our own and try the chicken or the Prime Rib on Wednesdays.

 

Dei P. Says:

Never a disappointment!  My family and I love Schwabenhof’s, which we affectionately refer to as ‘Schwabby’.  While I can only claim eating in the resturant on two separate occasions, I have had the pleasure of picking up my Fish fry bucket on countless Friday nights.

The fish is always hot, fresh and battered crisp.  The potato pancakes are some of the best in the city- not pre made, but hand shaped.  They serve the fish with fresh rye bread with course salt imbedded in the crust. The family sized meals come with rye bread, lemons, tarter sauce & lots of fries.  Really you can’t beat this for a Friday night fish fry.  Schwabby’s doesn’t get five stars because they still allow smoking inside of the hall, it can be a bit of a wait and over all it is rather crowded on Fridays unless you go uber early. Still we love it!

 

From Urbanspoon.com:

 

Diner Review • Nov 30, 2012

We have driven past the Schwabenhof on Silver Spring Drive many times, and decided this past Friday to give it a try, and boy are we glad we did! This place has the best fish fry my husband and I have ever had! Its served in a large dining hall, with waitresses that run their tails off! Great all you can eat cod fish fry. Next time we will try the all you can eat chicken! We would recommend the Schwabenhof if your looking for an awesome all you can eat fish fry.