Szmania's Restaurant

11/08/09

Great Food, Great Service

by MAGNOLIA at Citysearch

Attentive waiters, sat quickly. Food was delicious. The trio of german sausages was incredible. Real sauerkraut.

• Pros: The Entire Dining Experience
• Cons: n/a

04/08/09

Think twice

by Demet at Citysearch

a very mediocre dinning experience in terms of atmosphere and taste; a great disappointment and waste of our money

• Pros: neighborhood
• Cons: uninspiring

10/09/08

Great atmosphere! Not what I remembered Magnolia to be like. Great Steak

by ceejaydub at Citysearch

In short: GREAT food, RELAXED atmosphere.

Um...In...long(?): I haven't been here since I last lived in Magnolia and everything was as good as I remembered. I started at the bar while waiting for late friends and while only a 5 or 6 seating bar it provided full service with a dedicated bartender. Service overall from the bar to the table was good. To be honest, when I eat somewhere I only the notice the service if it ISN'T excellent. I rarely go eat somewhere nice, especially without kids, so when I do I want to get away and not have to think about anything. The service here did that.

The food was sensational. Being a meat-lover without much love for anything else it also takes some seriously good vegetables for me to eat them (I'm seriously that steak-centered). The asparagus (sp?) and the mashed potatoes that came with my meal were great.

The decor and atmosphere were relaxed and intimate despite the place being busy. I'm not too keen on crowds but the place didn't over do anything with loud music or bright lights. Again, very relaxed and what you would expect a place to be like in laid-back Magnolia.

I think I'll be back first for the bar, it really did surprise me that this small bar was full service. You don't see that often as most restaurants only have little-bars like this for show and never have a dedicated bartender.

My previous idea of eating in Magnolia was either going to the Subway, which is coincidentally, across the street, or going to the Magnolia Pub, which is now closed. Now I can make a night-out of going to Magnolia rather than just driving through to show my son where I used to go to school and live.

OH! Going back to the meat-lover thing, I will definitely be back for their Oktoberfest brats!

• Pros: Ambience, Food, Drink selection, variety of seating, good neighborhood
• Cons: Parking can lack on busy nights, not much else around the neighborhood to do.