Last year, my friend's and I stopped here on our way back home to Chicago after visiting Ann Arbor. This restaurant had a fantastic small-town feel, the waitress was  friendly, and the food was good. The parking was even free on Sundays (as opposed to 10 cents/hour the rest of the week - so refreshing compared to Chicago prices!)
Review Source:Our frequent dining trips to restaurants throughout Florida, Michigan, Virginia, and Arizona during the past 14 years provided us with a variety of up-scale experiences. For sheer enjoyment of culinary artistry, gustatory pleasure, professional/personable service, and hospitable environment Schuler's Restuarant achieved our 5 star level of joy.
Review Source:Too expensive for what you get, which was average at best.  Their signature appetizers-lovers salad and meatballs were bad. Seven people got the salad and everyone agreed it was nothing special and not enough dressing.  Meatballs were cold.  The entrees were average but the price is not!  On the positive side our waiter was good and the atmosphere is still nice.  They really need to take a critical look at their food and improve it  and drop the prices.
Review Source:Stopped in here for lunch after a meeting in the area, sat up at the bar. Our bartender was great, very friendly and she offered some great recommendations for lunch. I decided to go with the fish and chips which included an awesome house-made tartar sauce. The food was great and I am definitely coming back here when I return. The restaurant has a warm, comfortable feel with all of the dark wood at the bar and at the tables. Great service, great atmosphere, great food!
Review Source:Loved the old world decor and charm of Schulers building. Â The historical feel gives it character unlike the cookie cutter new age no charm neutered restaurants so popular now.
I got the turkey potpie; hubby fish and chips. Â That potpie was the best i've ever eaten. Â Hub wished he had also order it, just because he is a potpie fan not because the fish and chips were not as good. Â Fries/chips were those wonderful coated but not coated with seasoning kind. Â Just can't describe them properly. Â Portion sizes could feed two, and this was lunch. Â $15 for most entrees.
we both were somewhat full from the cracker sticks and cheese, then the rye hot rolls and butter. Â but the waiter kept bring more crackers and cheese. In fact he gave us a large takeout box full of more plus 2 more cheeses just because we ask if he had lids for the two containers of cheese untouched (after the two we ate.!) Â guess he was working for a better tip; and it was much deserved cause he did put lots of effort into keeping us fed and watered.
Dessert list was fantastic but we were too full to order.
Definitely would return, happily!
We met up in Marshall with my boyfriend's grandparents on our trip back to Tennessee. Â The meal at Schuler's was SO good. Â I had the grilled cheese and tomato soup with house made potato chips. Â I could have done without the chips (they were really hard), but the soup and grilled cheese was delish! Â Our server had a very unique personality too, which we love to see. Â Who wants a cookie cutter server??
Review Source:Outstanding service. Â We ate dinner the first night in town and the waiteress, Julie, was wonderful. Â Fried chicken with real mashed potatoes was great. Â My husband's white fish was good, but he loved the chicken (3 big pieces-I couldn't eat it all). Â The next day we when back for lunch and had the best pot roast sandwich. Â Matt, the bartender, had advised it and wasn't wrong. Â Also, they have Dark Horse and Bells on tap, for that alone it is worth the 2 hour trip.
Review Source:This is a 100 year old restaurant...and kind of feels like one.  I suppose I'm more partial to open space dining with lots of natural light and this place feels like  a German pub of days gone by with plenty of history in the woodworks.  Went here for a team dinner and were seated in a private room.  The appetizers were a bit forgettable and the prime rib was only ok.
Review Source:eehhhh, it was ok. Â I took my staff here for lunch. Â We agreed on Schuler's after I posed the question "where is the most expensive place in town??" Â I was told in unison, "Schuler's!" Â I was excited, but with Marshall being a small town, I didn't expect much. Â The place is very cute, kinda throw-back old timey German pub feel, with a decent menu. Â The avocado bruschetta was weird. Â Nice try to be a bit avant-garde or forward-thinking in a small town, but seemed out of place on the menu. Â My salmon was marginal, at best. Â The sauce was a nice beurre blanc, but the fish itself tasted of brown sugar?? Â It had an odd sweet taste that was so off-putting, I only managed a few bites. Â That flavor profile belongs on pork, not fish. Â Gak. Â I'm thinking my fish may have been prepared on a surface shared by another menu item. Â The bread "sticks" are hand-made (also for sale in the lobby) were very good. Â The pastry area in the lobby was nice and a great place for tourists to stock up on interesting bakery items. Â As for the food, stick to the staples.
Review Source:this review is specific to the Easter Sunday Brunch. Â what a huge disappointment. Â since shuler's primary demographic is the nostalgic senior citizen, you would think that they would specifically cater to that person. Â they should offer some menu selections so that people with walkers, canes, wheelchairs can order from their table. Â there was no menu. Â all these families who brought elderly parents for easter brunch had to navigate them to the food line - past two sets of one-step stairs, no handicap accessibility or ramp indicated. Â the buffet line was crammed into the main dining area, with a lengthy line. Â many items were out when we got to them. Â our 84 year old mother was almost knocked over by people cutting in line. Â the food, what was available when we got there, was okay. roast beef, but no ham. Â whoever heard of a traditional easter dinner with no ham. Â to top it off, our waitress was absolutely unseen, making me wonder how much of a tip do you leave when you serve yourself and you're coffee is ice cold when you return to the table with no warm up. Â inexcusably bad planning and complete disregard for the customer. Â they get two stars because i'm generous. Â i would probably give two stars to the country buffet as well, just to be nice. Â we expect so much more out of a place like Shulers.
Review Source:You go to Schuler's for cheese spread, prime rib, and ambiance. Period. I've never been disappointed by any of these, not when I attended nearby Albion College a couple decades ago (when we were lucky enough to have someone's 'rents pick up the check!), nor on stops on many return trips from Chicago or Milwaukee, like one last week. The prime rib is always just the temperature you want, tender and tasty, served with real jus. The timbered dining room is a cozy throwback to another time, and you can't not love the Bar-Scheeze (now called "Heritage Cheese Spread" I assume to differentiate it from the plastic-like stuff you find in the grocery stores, which has nothing to do with the delicious, made-fresh spread served here). Service last week was great, and it was nice to see some better choices have popped up on the wine list.
Review Source:A dinosaur of the restaurant world. I remember scooping crackers full of Schuler's cheese dip as a kid...I had heard they had a restaurant in Michigan and finally made my way there on a recent trip to Chicago. I do love the feeling of the restaurant. I doubt it's changed much since it revamped from a bowling alley to a restaurant. It's clear that there's much pride & nostalgia to Schuler's for many people just by walking in. There's a whole slew of Touristy breads and syrups and high ball glasses with the Schuler logo. It's an establishment that appears to be banking on it's own hyped up "fame."
To start off, the hostess was nothing short of rude. I don't normally comment on the service unless it's one of the extremes: great or terrible. The hostess gave us a terrible first impression. We walk up and she goes, "Can I help you with something?" In a very unenthusiastic tone. Let's see here, oh we're standing in the entrance to a restaurant...I think that means we would like to dine here...?! We look inside the monolith of a dining room and not even half of the tables were full, yet she stood there whistling a song to herself while looking at some chart on the wall for a good minute or so. My husband and I exchanged a serious of perplexed looks. What in the world was that?! I mean, we were driving home from a whirlwind weekend in Chicago so we weren't in our Sunday best or anything but we surely weren't in any state where we should be treated like that.
The rest of the meal was just ok. The cheese spread was dry & crusty on the outside as if they had prepped it a day ago. Nasty. Come on, Schuler's! This is one thing you're known for! Maybe don't deliver it dried up and sad in a little plastic ramekin. Weak.
On to the entrees...I ordered the Turkey Pot Pie & my husband got the Prime Rib, Michigan Cut (9 oz) ...the regular cut is a whopping 11oz slab of beef! My pot pie was pretty good, the crust was a bit much. I'd have liked less crust and more filling but the savory gravy & white meat turkey was pretty delicious. I just wish there were more turkey morsels in there. My husband had a bit of a Ron Swanson moment with the prime rib. He really enjoyed it, but even with the Michigan Cut, still couldn't finish all that beef! It came on a big oval plate in a nice savory beef au jus sauce. If that's not a meal for a man's man, then I don't know what is. It is the saving grace from me giving Schuler's 2 stars. Dessert was coconut rolled ice cream with chocolate sauce. I was disappointed in the mediocre quality of the chocolate sauce but it was a good combination of flavors.
Schuler's seems to be riding on it's own coat tails of decades past. I just don't see what the hype is about. I get tradition. I do. But something needs updating at Schuler's and I think what they're missing is taste to match their steep prices. I don't mind paying big $ for great cuisine. What I do mind is paying big $ for mediocre, resting on it's own laurels/reputation cuisine. I think Schuler's needs a tour from ghosts of Restaurant Years Past...or it might just bite the dust when older generations fade away...a relic of Restaurants past...Step it up a few notches, Schuler's!
There have been only 2 places in Mi. that I would travel over a 75 miles to get a meal from, Iva's Chicken in Sterling and a Clydes hamburger in St. Ignace. It's time to add a 3rd.
Going on the countless stories my late dad told me of great meals here I stopped with my friend on the way back from Chicago. We originally sat in the dining room but moved to Winstons pub. For apps we ordered the meatballs, served in a pewter mini stein they were melt in your mouth yummy. We were also served the "Schulers" cheese, which is not to be confused with the stuff from the grocery store. According to our server the store version is from years ago when the owner sold the recipe which Campbell's soup cheapened and changed. The original made fresh every day at the restaurant was great, light with a good chedder bite, served on housemade crackers.
For dinner we both ordered the French Dip, talk about good, this was slap my momma and call me sally delish. Fresh shaved prime rib with onions and cheese on  fresh baked rolls with a au jus that was real, not the salt lick liquid you get at most places. Service was also spot on.
This is now my gold standard for French Dips from no on. Take a nice leisurely drive and visit Schulers.
Wonderful staff, lousy food.
All of the staff were very welcoming. I asked for a recommendation from my waiter and ordered the marinated steak. He had no recommendation for wine though and hadn't tried any of them, which was disappointing. My steak tasted like solidified soy sauce.
I really wanted to like this place, but they desperately need some new kitchen staff.
We visited Schulers yesterday on a road trip back from Detroit. We'd seen the billboards and figured it was a break from the usual side of the road fast food options. Going by these reviews we sat in the bar. It was pretty filled up for a Sunday. I overheard a waitress telling another table that they get a lot of weekend traffic with travellers.
Service was prompt and attentive. We had the cheese and cracker spread even though that usually is just a dining room perk. Food was decent. Had the Bistro Chicken sandwich which, when all assembled, would never have fit in my mouth. So I made it into a little chicken salad. The bread looked like it would've been dry. Fries were good. My husband didn't mind his meal but he's had better fish and chips elsewhere.
In all, it was a bit expensive with drinks (40 dollars after the tip) but it was a nice change from Wendys and McD.
The reviewers here have provided a pretty accurate synopsis of the Schuler's experience. Â I am glad I went given its history, but it's not somewhere I will be hurrying back to anytime soon. Â The dimly lit dining room has a storied feel to it, and the Heritage cheese spread and crackers is a tasty and fun tradition. Â For Mother's Day, the baker was providing complimentary raisin rolls as an appetizer, which sounds really strange, but they were not too sweet and actually quite good.
The rest of the meal was decidedly mediocre. Â The roasted red pepper soup was bland. Â The Lake Superior Whitefish was sauteed well and generously portioned, but again, the preparation was a little too bland. Â The vegetable accompaniment was uninspiring and looked as though it may have come from a bag (there were baby carrots). Â I haven't eaten in the Pub, but I am told that the bar food is actually better.
The rest of our dinner party, who grew up with this place, seemed apologetic and conceded that the quality of food here has gone down in recent years. Â The innumerable Schuler's billboards along highway 69 indicate to me that this place is coasting on reputation and history alone, and the reviews here seem to suggest that reputation may be slipping.
It's one thing to coast on a 100 year old reputation. It's another thing to fall as far as this venerable institution seems to have fallen.
We started with a soft drink (since we are doing a road trip), ordered some lunch, and nibbled on the famous Win Schuler cheese and crackers. We nibbled. We sipped our drinks. We nibbled. After around 1/2 an hour or so, we inquired about our orders.
"Oh, we are so busy," was the answer, "the kitchen is struggling. They are way behind."
In other words, they had not even started to prepare our lunch, the maitre-d admitted. (The waitress was avoiding us.) We could see that more than half the tables in the copious dining room were empty -- so the claim of being busy wasn't credible. Obviously, our wait was only beginning. So we asked to pay for our drinks (they declined the money). And we left.
Too bad. We remember better. But it's been years since we had a good meal there. Anyway, the whipped cheese tastes the same as it ever did -- not worth bothering about.
The last of the Schuler restaurants and fittingly the original - there isn't much to say that hasn't been said below. Good service, good food. I enjoyed it. It isn't somewhere I'd crave but it was somewhere I am glad I went.
Especially for the avocado bruschetta.
However, as tempting as it may seem (or not) don't get the end cut prime rib. The middle is the way to go!!
Love the atmosphere and service but food is lacking. Â
We had a fish chowder that was served luke warm and lacked much flavor. Â Our daughters had fish and chips and chicken strips which they did not think was very good. Â My husband had walleye which he said was very bland. Â I had fried chicken which has corn flake coating. Â I have never had it this way before but I did not care for it at all. Â It was fried nicely, crunchy on outside and moist inside but did not care for the taste. Â I guess they are using corn flakes because of Kelloggs close by. Mashed potatoes were again lacking much flavor. Â
I think using some salt and pepper would do a world of good.  The green beans  and cole slaw were good.  Â
We don't live in the area and stopped because we had heard so much about it. Â I don't think we would go again because it is too expensive to not have really good food.
Schuler's is one of those Southwest Michigan experiences that you cannot miss in terms of dining. Â Always a great place to go for a business meeting with a colleague for lunch. Â It is also where I took my wife for our anniversary dinner recently. Â They have great booths, and cozy alcoves so you can have a quiet conversation and enjoy the company of whomever you are dining with. Â
The place has great German hardwood, and details from history around the region. Â Schulers celebrated their 100th anniversary recently! Â The food is very nice, and there is a good variety on the menu which makes it a great dining experience for just about anyone's taste.
They also have very nice event rooms for larger gatherings. Â I would not recommend a late night group dinner, as they will usher you out at closing time, so start earlier in the evening if you have a long event planned. Â Other than that, it is a perfect place, and I would highly recommend it to anyone coming through the area looking for a great Michigan dining experience.
Been to Schuler's a few times over the years, but have never been blown away.
The decor is lovely, very dark and "pub"ish. The cheese is of course the highlight - so much better than the processed stuff from the grocery. But the actual food has never left me wanting to head back anytime soon.
Most recently we stopped in for lunch on the way back from Chicago, I had thought my mom had never been there, but I was mistaken - it had just been a long time. Honestly, if I had known that we probably would have kept going. I had the prime rib po' boy - it had all the right components to be good, but it was very dry. The meat was very well done and there was not enough moisture from anywhere else in the sandwich to help it out. Mom had the seafood cakes, and never found the "seafood" part. Aunt had the fish & chips, which was cooked well but had a LOT of batter. Every item on the lunch menu was at least 12.95, so I felt it was a bit overpriced for the quality.
The 3 stars are mostly due to the atmosphere and the fact that everyone from Michigan should go at least once and experience some local history. It's not awful, but expect to pay for the nostalgia.
Schuler's is a true Michigan establishment. All of the dark wood paneling, the German-inspired main dining room, and the plush looking entrance/lobby area make their place a perfect family gathering place. When I was at Albion for college, my dad would take me to Winston's Pub towards the front which has more reasonable prices, but still the same Schuler's quality for service and food. You can never go wrong with the Heritage Cheese and Crackers platter or their Seafood chowder. Â They also have several good Michigan beers on tap, so do ask your server what is on tap that day when you go. When my boyfriend was working in Michigan Senator Carl Levin's office in DC, they shipped in giant blocks of Schuler's cheese for his re-election office party. That's how awesome Schuler's is.
Review Source:I want to second Liz W on the Pub at Schulers. Nice place. Liked the decor, the atmosphere and the service. Has a nice British pub feel tucked under the German restaurant above. Perhaps that's why they call it "Winston's".
The food was a little pricey, but more reasonable than the upstairs menu. The quality was there to match the price.
I had a bowl of Salmon Chowder and it was chocked full of seafood. $6.00 was a tad high, but I'm not not complaining as it was delicious. I also had a sample of the Tomato Basil soup and it was thick and delicious. Definitely not ordinary tomato soup.
At first I thought that $11 Prime Rib French Dip Sandwich was a bit over priced until I took my first bite. Best French Dip I have ever had. You could tell this was from high quality prime rib and not some shaved shank of a geriatric cow.
What really blew out the budget though was the Ladies Martinis. The bill surprisingly ballooned into $65 (with tip) for lunch for two. At fault were the $10 Martinis. Steer away from those and your bill will be reasonable.
As Rodger W said today, many bars are using the name "Martini" as a license to charge an outrageous amount for 25 cents worth of Alcohol combined with 60 seconds of labor...
Outrageous even if shaken, not stirred.
I got a tip from a local to eat downstairs in Winston's pub for equal food at cheaper rates.
We did just that as we are cheap. It was my mom, dad and me on the way home after a weekend visiting friends, me in Kalamazoo and them in Battle Creek respectively. It made sense to carpool. We stopped off here as we all wanted a bite pretty soon after we started out.
We started with a combo appetizer platter which had Schuler meatballs, chicken drums, potato skins, cheese spread, carrot and celery sticks, and house-made crackers for 12 bucks. Honestly two of us could have happily split it for lunch, we should have just gotten soup with it. The cheese spread is so much better than that crap you get at the grocery store. The portions of each item are ginormous too.
Not realizing it would be a major graze we all got sandwiches too.
I had a reuben with turkey, tavern slaw and Swiss cheese grilled on Schuler's cranberry walnut bread, with cranberry relish on the side. Yummy stuff. I should have gotten a loaf of the bread to go as they sell it.
My dad ate a french dip with prime rib, grilled onion and Swiss cheese on an asiago ciabatta roll, au jus for dipping on the side. He really enjoyed it.
My mom got a bistro grilled chicken sandwich with smoked gouda, avocados, tomatoes, baby greens and salsa verde on house-made focaccia. Everything was super fresh and the flavors made her happy.
We ended up trucking a bunch of stuff back to the area leftover wise, luckily my parents are the be prepared type and already had a cooler in the back. yep that so does not happen when I road trip solo or even with James.
When next I pass by Marshall I will stop in.
Quaint, for sure, a bit musty. Someowhat like a ye-olde-knights-of-the-roundtable-haunt for C-list gladiators. Meatballs were not bad, swimming in bbq sauce. I don't remember too many meatballs I've met that I didn't like, so I may be too much of a meatball whore to be completely reliable or unbiased. The orange cheese stuff in ramekins that accompanied the meatballs--everybody else was devoring the stuff, but I cannot stand horseradish, and it permeated through this appetizer. I had the French dip, which the waitress raved about. I give it a 4 on a 1-10 scale. Not all that tender. After lunch, they brought a tray of cookies, big-ass cookies full of nuts and regular choc chips, white choc chips. I'm trying to do low carb whenever possible, but the cookie was calling out to me. Man was it good. I was filled with self-loathing for at least an hour.
Review Source:Great Roadside Find: You are on a road trip and you see a sign off of the interstate that tells you to go to a restaurant that has been standing since 1909...you have to get off the road and go there. I was only let down to find out that the restaurant was not a traditional German Restaurant...but the food was excellent and creative. There were two dinning rooms to choose from. The Restaurant which was very over priced but the food looked very good. And the Pub which was a cozy little bar and reasonable prices. We choose the Pub side. My wife had the French Dip...it was really good. I had the iron skillet steak sandwich with roasted red peppers, puree of onion and blue cheese...what a delicious combination of flavors!!! I could hardly believe I was finding such a yummy meal on the road and all because I followed a road sign. You must also try onion rings too. They also have there own brewed beer here...it was really good...I had to have the beer because I found out I could only get the beer in two places in town...now that is a beer I must have. The waitress we had was very nice and friendly. She was a great person to hang out with but a terrible waitress when it came to selling the food on the menu. She could hardly recommend anything to me on the menu. When I asked her about the iron skillet steak, she said that is was tough and that alot of people set it back. I was kind of shocked by that comment because the best thing about an iron skillet steak is that if done right it is so tender. I didnt trust her judgement and still tried the steak and it was very tasty. The waitress said that she was a chicken finger kind of girl and could recommend the chicken fingers as being really good...at that point...I could have went to any fast food joint off of the road. I am glad I did not trust her judgement in food. I would highly recommend you stop here and have a great meal in a cozy warm spot. (Dined here 2/11/07)
Review Source:My parents lived in Marshall for 12 years. Â It is a quaint little town. Â Shuler's is certainly one of the big attractions there, if not the biggest. Â In addition, it is (apparently) state-wide famous--people always ask you about Shuler's when you tell them you're from Marshall. Â
The food here is perfectly good bar-type food. Â It is not novel, it won't win any awards for presentation, but if you want good basic menu items, salads, appetizers, steaks, etc., it won't disappoint. Â
If you happen to find yourself in Marshall and you don't know what to do, there are far worse things than eating at Shuler's.
Attended my aunt's (big Schuler's fan) birthday dinner at this bustling restaurant this past Monday evening. Word of mouth is that this 100 yr old restaurant is one of the key attractions in Michigan, but I have mixed reviews. Located amongst a nest of nearby beautiful churches, you get the feel of entering the home of a hobbit when you walk into the dining room with its exposed wood beams, Gothic written pearls of wisdom scribed over the walls, and dim light. Atmosphere is that of a loud, rustic, busy, open feel. Service was excellent by the host and our server. The long waits between seating, drinks, appetizers, main course, and dessert was evenly spaced, therefore plenty of time for conversation within our group.
We started off with an appetizer of tangy meatballs served in pewter mugs. Â I suppose an attempt to connect to their pub past. I chose a caesar salad which was disappointing. It looked as if the kitchen staff went down to the local grocery produce section, picked out a head of lettuce and chopped it in half and laid it on the plate. I am not a connoisseur of lettuce, but it didn't look at all like romaine. Pretty hard to screw-up a salad, but they did. Â And the house dressing tasted oddly similar to the cheese that we used to dip our crackers in. For the main course I had the pecan crusted stuffed with spinach chicken. Sound good? I thought so. There was so much butter in this dish overpowering the flavor I thought the Land of Lakes butter girl was going to bust through the kitchen door. You have to dig to find the spinach (*please don't be frozen box spinach), but it was there. But as the saying goes, I saved the best for last....dessert. I had the peppermint ribbon pie which every bite tasted like a refreshing cool wind on a wintry day...de-lic-ious! Â Definitely get the peppermint ribbon pie so you can leave Schuler's with a smile and lighter wallet.
All in all, the food was lacking for the price and for such an upscale restaurant, but a terrific atmosphere to take a group for a couple hours.
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