i am not really picky when it comes to food …nor do i need to eat in fancy restaurants. so it really takes a lot to get me pissed off about a restaurant. but schroeders in the financial district easily achieved that.

we had some craving for german food, so we decided to try out schroeders which is the only german restaurant in the city we haven’t tried yet. the average rating on yelp didn’t seem to bad, though in most reviews people were cheering about the fact that you can drink beer out of a glass boot (“das boot”)…. anyway.

to summarize it: we arrived at ~7 PM and were out again at ~7:30 PM, with only half of our plates emptied. that was the worst schnitzel and meatloaf we ever had. and to be clear: i am not bitching about the fact that it wasn’t original german or anything like that (in all fairness a czech owner and a korean cook most likely just don’t know how german food tastes like). i am upset about the fact that a meal that costs 25$ is so disgusting (ok it would have been disgusting for 10$ too).

the only thing really german in this restaurant is the horribly bad service …. ah reminds me of home :)

conclusion: if you want to have german food in san francisco, go to walzwerk or suppenkueche but you should REALLY avoid schroeders.