Schreiner’s Restaurant

The definition of a road-​side classic. The food was mostly good and plentiful, the atmosphere relaxing, and the staff absolutely great. In a nice touch, each of them wore an ID badge which included their years of service. Lots of great bakery to take along.
Only downsides were a frozen vegetable side and the rather small coffee cups with tiny handles. I’m just too used to mugs to appreciate their delicacy, I guess.

I stopped by to grab some of there clam chowder and chicken dumpling soup because my taste buds like them from here to take home.
I didn’t realize that you can take home there home made sausage and soups from a freezes off to the side in the waiting area. For some reason I like the clam chowder but today’s visit was a little different from the last one. I took home a quart of the clam chowder and it was a little gritty this time com paired to my last tasting, not every bite but one was. I just sampled another spoon and nice chunks of clam with no grit so I don’t understand. Maybe a cup vs a quart is the issue because my cup last time had no grit, maybe the quart increase the chances of a gritty clam piece.
The place was very busy with plenty of people waiting and non stop walk ins, they must be doing something right because all ages of people were in here.
They have a wonderful looking baked goods section and since I don’t have a sweet tooth I never took photos but today I did for the sweet tooth’s out there. I wish I had a sweet tooth because it looked like heaven in those cases.
Even though today’s visit lost a star I will always stop by even if I’m not eating there for take home, if I’m anywhere close I’m stopping.

My boyfriend and I were passing through and thought we would stop (since he and his family used to stop in on their way up north as kids). It was great food, great prices, and a great atmosphere!

Extremely slow service
Food comes out cold
Don’t get very much food
For home made desserts, there Frozen!
What a BIG Disappointment
It’s more of a retirement home, where they don’t expect to much.

I really enjoyed stopping here for lunch!
We sat at the counter on the restaurant side, and the vintage booths and counter reminded me of a Woolworth’s restaurant I once peeked into in the 1980s. I could be way off on this considering I don’t think I ever ate at Woolworth’s, but that’s what it brought to mind.
At Schreiner’s the décor seemed to have a Dutch flair to it, complete with blue and white tiles and china plates mounted near the ceiling.
There were no TVs in the dining room, which I think is great. The dining room booths were almost all full with people of all ages sitting down for a comfortable meal.
Our waitress was charming and had been with the restaurant for 37 years, and she said another lady had her beat with 39 years.
Mr R ordered hot turkey with house made gravy and due to the menu making the crock of French onion soup sound homemade, I went with that as well as an egg salad sandwich, which arrived cut into triangles.
The soup indeed tasted homemade and was very well made, and the sandwich was just like Mom would make.
Upon arriving and paying we were greeted with a tempting case of baked goods, and near the restrooms there was a refrigerator case of soups to go.
The restaurant is convenient to the highway, and they feature their daily specials online.
I would definitely stop at Schreiner’s again if I was in the area.

Service was great, however not a lot of choices on the menu for breakfast. Food didn’t have a lot of flavor. Not a favorite breakfast restaurant.

Bland, Not very good. Saw them on public tv. Had fried xchicken, kind of dry, salad was nothing special. Tried a chocolate shake — and that was the worst part of the meal. It is the Dairy State for cryin’ out loud — how do you screw that upexcept by not caring? Waitress was kind of bored, kind of slow. With tip — $ 20 — too much money for the quality.

I don’t know if it’s a midwest thing or not but the food is very bland and lacks flavor. My waitress was pleasant. Her name was Karen. She sneezed and then proceed to handle the «fresh baked rolls» and pour glasses of soda. Yep, that’s right who needs to wash hands when serving food?

We were driving past Fond du Lac on a Sunday evening. We stopped to grab an early dinner and had seen a recent review on Wisconsin Foodie TV show (PBS).
We were traveling so our lunch was our comparison (laughable food at a different diner). We knew we were going to have a pleasant experience her. The hostess, waiter and all help were friendly and acompodating. Our waiter brought water right away and kept it filled. I ordered brinner– breakfast for dinner. The pancakes were huge and I ordered meat as well as American fries. The pancakes and the fries were outstanding. My hubby ordered the broiled pork chop-​yup, mashed potatoes, peas, roll and applesauce with a drink and a salad. That was a lot of food. He had the home brewed rootbeer which he said was good. I have to say, the place was clean. There were ages 8 – 100 in the place. I think it was a good solid meal with many choices, diner style, clean and efficient. Oh-​and we were treated like a regular, I loved that. Total bill $ 20.00. We will be back if the need arises.

We stopped here as a convenient midpoint to meet up on the way to begin our vacation. Let’s hope the rest of the trip is better.
We have kids, so we’re happy to see the kids menu, though they only had one at the table and we had four kids. The waitress was incredibly inattentive. When asked about omelette options, she said there was a breakfast menu, but they only serve it until noon. After pointing out it was only 11:15, she be grudgingly brought out breakfast menus.
It took about an hour for the full meal to come out, though some sides came out 20 minutes before the main meal. One meal was completely forgotten. When it finally did come out, the food was mediocre to bad.
Portions were meager. Food was bland or very basic. A vegetable omelette had mostly vegetables, hardly any cheese and little egg. It didn’t even come with potato of any sort, which is pretty standard. The fried haddock sandwich was a small piece of fish on a large roll with one piece of lettuce. Everything was bland. The only highlight was the clam chowder, which was very tasty.
Our waitress was barely seen and bordering on rude. She constantly forgot things we asked for and would take an incredibly long time to bring the things she did remember. It was not particularly crowded and she only seemed to come out from the back to service two other tables that only had two people.
Needless to say, we will not be back.

Sunday bloodies are exceptional and include mini beer. the waiters always remember our order — try Bernies pub.

I don’t get the hype for this place. Yes, it’s been around forever and has become a Fond du Lac institution, but I just don’t get it. Not that the food is bad, but it just isn’t good either. Every meal I’ve ever had there has been bland and uninspired. Coleslaw that’s watery and has no flavor, fish that is over cooked, and clam chowder that is too thick and somewhat bland-​I grew up on the East Coast and this is not Clam Chowder to brag about.
Like so many places around here, this place gets by because it is okay. People continue to frequent this place because it’s what they know. Luckily, they’ve built up quite a business catering to tour busses and the older clientel, because if any decent diner were to come along they’d be out of business in a heart beat.

Great find! Going through town and starving and decided to stop here to fill up before heading back to Milwaukee. Great clam chowder and the house dressing, creamy garlic ranch, I could drink out of a bottle. I had the Haddock and I liked the light breading– kind of corn meal breading to make it crispy. Great diner atmosphere and it was super busy at 5 pm on a Wednesday night. Lots of older folk, but the ages ran the gamut. Good comfort food and choices for everyone. Lots of locals all saying «hi» to each other.

Classic old-​school Wisconsin diner where the waitresses still wear nurses uniforms. Food (and ambiance!) is def higher quality than Perkins or IHOP, and I appreciate the somewhat homemade bakery items and especially that the house-​made sausage has no nitrites. But my breakfast was still bland and white, with greasy food service bread for the toast (please, let me butter my own toast at the table and don’t slather margarine on it before bringing it to me), American fries that were literally in a puddle of oil, and thin curled sausage patties. Providing higher quality bread with butter at the table, WAY less oil in the potatoes, and thicker more «homemade» looking sausage, would go a long way to making a more appetizing breakfast. Pecan roll was nice, but I’d prefer it to be less like sweet cake, but instead have a more wheat-​y and a cinnamon roll-​like texture.
I had lunch here last year and remember liking that more, although the clam chowder was too salty.
I will probably be back to Schreiners’s since my mom is in a nursing home here in Fond du Lac, and admittedly I love the old-​school Wisconsin kitschy atmosphere, but will probably not get breakfast again (which is really a shame since it’s my favorite meal of the day!).

We were in town for a half marathon and we stopped in to Shreiner’s the night before. The service was fast and friendly and the food was pretty good. The atmosphere is kind of an older restaurant feel, but was very clean. We both liked what we ordered (chicken salad and chicken tenders) and for what we paid we would go back.

2 of us in this morning for breakfast. Was good. Both us had eggs, hash browns and meat items. I also had a pecan roll. All was just right good and equal service. Thanks folks. Well done.

This place was better than the previous day’s breakfast, but not by a lot. The waitress was almost overly friendly — after asking the boyfriend if he wanted more coffee, he said no, and she topped it off anyway. For folks who like cream and sugar, the constant top-​offs are kind of annoying… Also, I am approximately 50 years too young to be dining here. Just an observation.
The best thing I can say about the food is that the clam chowder was good (yes, clam chowder for breakfast), and everything was hot. Beyond that, the most exciting thing on my plate was the raisin toast. My scrambled eggs had been cooked into one large, oblong blob, and the bacon was draped across it. I guess someone thought it was artsy, but it just looked kinda weird. Also, whatever oil they’re cooking the eggs in had completely permeated the eggs, making for a really gross aftertaste. Yuck.
Honestly, I can’t say I would ever eat here again or recommend that anyone else do so. It seems like they have lots of bakery, so maybe that’s better, but breakfast was a pretty poor showing.

For a travelling business woman, this place is an oasis! Friendly waitresses, decent prices and better than average diner food. For Fond Du Lac, this is as good as it will get for you. Give it a try!
**note: I came and revised this review to five stars now — I just ate my to-​go Coconut cream meringue pie — holy cow! Best pie I’ve had at a diner. Ever.

Imagine if a Culver’s restaurant mated with an unusually large sized 1950’s diner. This would be the offspring.
Pretty good «comfort food» menu. I hate that term, «comfort food.» Ugh. Menu/​food was more of a Mom & Pop’s version of Perkin’s. They serve beer. I would imagine their breakfast food is probably a little tastier. I wonder why that is.
Older crowd. 1950s styled servers. Or maybe that’s just Fond Du Lac. Service was great though.
Big pie selection which I was excited about. My piece of pie was kind of disappointing though. :/​
Full bar attached, separate entrance.

Stepping into this restaurant is like a trip back in time. I used to stop here with my Mom and Dad on our treks back and forth to Milwaukee. Back then the Waitresses wore white dresses and little White caps and the male workers wore crisp white shirts, black pants and black bow ties. today was no different. Back then the average age of the customers was probably about 75 and at 10 or 11 I was the youngest person there. Today at 50, I wasn’t the youngest, but I definitely brought the average age down a bit!
Our food was high quality diner fare. A nice corned beef sandwich served with Horseradish in a fancy little crock. Light and fluffy French Toast with Real Maple Syrup and a to die for, Banana Cream Meringue Pie which came out already split on two plates for us, because our waitress over heard us planning on sharing. Diane also raved about her coffee, which came with its own little pitcher of cream.
I remember Schreiner’s being one of the first wheelchair accessible restaurants I was ever in as a kid, so, of course it is still accessible today. Schreiner’s is by no standards Gourmet, but for what is and what it has been since 1938 it definitely deserves 5 stars!