Think 1930's or 1940's AUTHENTIC Diner This is the real deal folks. Subway tile walls and all. This is blue-collar country and the food is from way back when. We're talking Blue Plate Specials, hamburgs fried on a flat top with grilled onions. Chicken & dumplings, Turkey Hot Shot, Roast Beef with mashed potatoes and a side dish. CLASSIC COMFORT FOOD. Small dining room and sometimes you have to wait. Chill, it's worth it. Call the day before and order your homemade pie to take home with you! Awesome. read more

Schmucker's - Diners Near Me - Toledo, Ohio

Schmucker's is a time capsule in both atmosphere and dining options. Everything you'd expect and want from a classic American diner is available, from traditional breakfasts to cheeseburgers and gravy covered meatloaf, and for the most part it's all solid. It's also an establishment known for their more traditional values, which are represented in the encouragement of prayer on their menu, and a crowd that often visibly reflects extremely conservative beliefs. My recent visit found us sitting next to a group all wearing MAGA baseball caps, for whatever it's worth. That said, it's the service and the pie that get dinged a few stars from my perspective. The waitstaff do a good job taking orders and delivering food, but that's about it. On my last visit, our waitress was visibly annoyed at the hint of a custom order, and never returned to offer us drink refills. And for the pie? While it's something they are known for, I'm not really sure why beyond the fact that you just don't find pie around town much these days. They offer a wide variety of seasonal flavors, but the quality is low and often ever so slightly disappointing. I brought a friend from Ann Arbor who only took one bite of his custard pie, and my strawberry cheesecake was not worth the calories. I suspect Schmuckers will always be a part of the Toledo community and for that I'm grateful. Just don't let the high praise from locals fool you. While predictable and classic, it's not great. read more

See all

The 1st time I ate at Schnmuckers was about 5o years ago, and I have enjoyed it from time to time since then. Today my wife and I stopped for lunch (12:10pm) and ordered the hot roast beef lunch, and the meatloaf lunch. Both came to us cold. The meatloaf was overcooked and tasted terrible. The mashed potatoes were cold and covered in the same out of a can brown gravy as our entre. My wife had requested that they heat her plate in the microwave as her food was cold. The server brought it back and gave it to the wrong table. We had to yell at her and let her know that that was ours. I usually stay for pie, but I didn't want to ruin that part of the Shcmuckers experience. Nothing Home Cooking about it. I will still purchase their pies, but will not sit to eat again. read more

Food was outstanding. Will definitely go back on our next trip. The chocolate peanut butter pie was a big hit.

An old style diner with fantastic homemade pie. They are even open til eleven. We saw this pop up on Yelp on the way home and decided we needed to stop rather than take our chances on nothing open but fast food in Belleville. My husband had a grilled ham and cheese with real ham. The fries were skin on and fresh. I had veal cutlets. They were crispy and juicy. The gravy on top was fantastic. The side of the day was peas (happy sigh) with pats of butter to make them especially awesome. The side salad was fantastic and crisp with great ranch dressing. My only complaint was the bland over processed mashed potatoes. The gravy really helped them out though. The absolute highlight was the homemade pie OMG that pie. The server told us the most popular are peanut butter chocolate and the apple caramel walnut. She had me when she explained it was similar to a Dutch apple but even better. Not an exaggeration. That was some of the best damn pie I've ever eaten. My husband raved about the strawberry rhubarb. I'll have to take his word for it as he did not even offer me a bite. It disappeared before I could blink. That's a solid testimonial right there. I want to return and will our next trip south. read more

Schmucker's - Veal cutlets and mashed potatoes with awesome gravy. Not shown were the buttery peas and great side salad with ranch. Under 10 bucks! - Diners Near Me - Toledo, Ohio

See all

This was our first time here and we selected it because of the yelp ratings. Overall the establishment has an old diner feel, unfortunately felt a little bit drab on the inside. Maybe there's a draw for some but I just felt it was a little drab. The menu is huge and I ultimately decided on the hot roast beef sandwich based on some of the reviews I seen from other people. I wasn't sure if I wanted gravy on my fries or not so the waitress volunteered to put some on the side for me. I'm glad she did that because honestly I didn't really care for the fries that much, they were definitely homemade fries but needed to be cooked longer. Technically, they should be double fried so they get crispy. I had so much food that I took part of my sandwich home with me and the gravy on the side from the fries that I didn't use. You could definitely tell this is homemade gravy and not something out of a can! I normally don't like gravy but this gravy knocked it out of the ballpark! And speaking of things being knocked out of the ballpark, I got a side of horseradish to go with the sandwich and that is the best damn horseradish I have ever had in my entire life! read more

Schmucker's - Hot roast beef sandwich with a side of horseradish sauce. Tip - skip the fries and get mashed potatoes instead. - Diners Near Me - Toledo, Ohio

Pretty good homemade breakfast food! The ambiance will take you back to the old days. No matter what time of day you dine make sure you leave room for one of their famous pies! They have so many choices of pies your mind will be blown! Calling all pie lovers. read more

I've only had the pie here, but I've been coming here for pie since 2010 and I LOVE THIS PLACE. The chocolate peanut butter pie is my usual favorite. During the Michigan v. OSU Game they make a Buckeye Pie that is outta this world!!! I wish they offered it always. I seem to always miss this specific week. read more

Really good food and prices. They were fast and provided great service. I would like to keep this place as a secret gem to myself but can't be selfish. We look forward to going there again the next time we are in the area. read more

Schmucker's - Delicious chocolate peanut butter pie - Diners Near Me - Toledo, Ohio

Looking for that perfect little old-school sit-at-the-counter diner, with your typical greasy spoon breakfast platter...then this is your spot! Met up with some friends before a recent round of golf for just that kind of experience. Coffee came quickly and refills we ready at the waiting. Our waitress was kind and took good care of us. she took our orders and the cooks got to work. I decided to "upgrade" my usual eggs, bacon, potatoes and toast order by adding in a biscuit and gravy. It was the "pro move" and helped the meal really stick in there as our round of golf got underway. My eggs were cooked just the way I like them, over-easy and ready for dunking. Bacon was crisp and the hash browned potatoes were well done just as I requested. The thick, creamy gravy had a great peppery flavor to it, and it clung deliciously to the moist biscuit underneath. If you are looking for a rock-solid diner breakfast experience, get your butt on over there and give 'em a try! read more

See all

Wow. I used to go to Schmuckers several years ago. I don't live close, but decided to "treat" myself. I got a salad and a slice of apple pie "to go". Makes me sad and mad at how disappointing it was. Maybe I got the wrong thing. My salad was ALL Romaine. Why? Half Romaine and half Ice Berg would have been so much tastier. I'm not picky and didn't want to finish it. Now...on to the pie. New baker????? He/she needs to read a recipe. Needless to say, I will not be back and it really makes me sad. A Toledo staple really losing ground. A shame. read more

Delicious greasy spoon diner, the service is prompt, perfect place to grab a quick bite, leave your technology behind.

Great prices. Old time atmosphere. Free coffee with the special. Friendly staff. Best breakfast in town for the price.

The quintessential American diner. Small, busy, friendly, 1940s decor...original, including a working phone booth where they take to go orders. The food is higher end diner fare. Tastes great and and does not spare the calories, of course! Three must tries are the wimpy burger, meat loaf special, and the chicken fried steak breakfast special. If you can save room for a piece of pie, which is reason enough to come, do so - all are delicious. Pro tip...get a piece to go. Better yet, a whole pie so you can share. read more

Schmucker's - Chicken fried steak breakfast special. So so good! - Diners Near Me - Toledo, Ohio

I went today and ordered the Swiss Steak special and a side salad. The food came up and I took it out to the van, the bag didn't feel warm. I figured maybe the Swiss Steak container just held heat well inside so that meant it wouldn't be hot on the outside of the container.......I WAS WRONG!!!! The darn meat wasn't even Luke warm. I took it back inside and the young lady looked at it and said, "Yeah it looks cold" and proceeded to go to heat it in the microwave. No remake, no offer for something else.....THE MICROWAVE? I told her no thanks and left the food there. One of my favorite breakfast spots just lost a customer due to your poor for and service. I guess that food temp would explain the 76 out of 100 on the health score. You're supposed to get temps of the food you hold hot and the food you hold cold and NEVER serve hot food below temp and cold food above temp. read more

A good old fashioned diner experience . Come got the good stay for a piece of their famous pies. zOnly drawback is the small seating area, as the place is usually hopping, plan on a possible wait or call for carry out read more

Home cooking with lots of choices. Several pies to tempt you. Service is fast and friendly

First restaurant I ate at in Toledo in 1969. We moved in down the road. Not always great, but usually pretty good. The menu hasn't changed much and that's a good thing. Comfort food and pie. read more

Came back again - this time with the same grand daughter and my husband. He and I had the hot roast beef sandwiches - his with gravy mashed (real) potatoes and mine with gravy and horseradish on the side. YUM! Reminds me of the beef served at the former Red Wells Restaurant. Great! Grand daughter had salad with crispy chicken - she loved it and took home half. Husband and I split the strawberry pie. WOW! Will be back. read more

Small little diner. Does not look like much from the outside. The breakfast was good! Fried potatoes with breakfast were cooked just right. Did not have room for pie as the servings were huge. I will have to come back for pie! read more

Always great diner food, reasonable prices and servers who have been long time employees. Always a good sign

Lovely restaurant, a classic. Just be prepared to wait for a table, and typically the service is a tad slow compared to my favorite diner in the area but if you know that going into it it's great. read more

I don't know if we just got a waitress having a bad day or what. She was short with us and rude. Outstanding place for pie if it wasn't for some the staff. read more

My wife and I are visiting from Cincinnati, decided to check out. WOW what a find on a scale of 1-10 we would give them a 15 Try the meatloaf sandwich, phenomenal 8-stars read more

Terrible SLOW service food was cold when we received it for take out. We texted to pick up our order and it was still slow text back reply. Plus they missed so many things in our order like drinks and salads. I usually don't complain but this was pretty bad. read more

Schmucker's - Perch - Diners Near Me - Toledo, Ohio

A beautiful cool place and a great place to buy their products! The atmosphere was cool and you could also dine there a little! read more

Schmucker's - Smuckers building - Diners Near Me - Toledo, Ohio

We were in Toledo for the weekend and wanted something other than the traditional chain restaurants. We found this great throwback diner and had a wonderful lunch. I had the chili and a grilled cheese, wife had a burger and fries and our daughter had a BLT and chips. All of the food was great. Oh and then there was the homemade pie, pecan and chocolate which possibly are the best we ever had. Definitely recommend and will be back if we are ever in the area. read more

Food-9/10 Service-8/10 The serves is good but it's a small restaurant also there is like one or two waitresses so on some packed nights it's a little slow Pies-10/10 best local pies you can get read more

I heard someone say the burgers patties here are not thick enough. GOOD, I say! If I wanted spherical burgers, I'd order a meatball sub. I've tried the sirloin burger and the double Wimpy platter. The burgers ARE pressed thin, and they ARE a little crispy around the edges. I understand that not everybody likes burgers this way, but personally, I do. I have to agree that the fries were not that great. Skip 'em. Burnt, yet, soggy. I've also finished my son's hot roast beef sandwich. It was damn good. It wasn't as good as Red Well's used to be, but then again, Red Well's isn't as good as Red Well's used to be. Large menu with lots of classic selections such as Swiss steak, meatloaf, chicken over biscuits, etc. Pretty much everything sounded good. Everything I saw on the other tables looked good, too! The service was excellent. I'll definitely be back to try some more of the entrees. Of course, they are know for pies... read more

Schmucker's - The last (functional) wooden phone booth in Toledo? - Diners Near Me - Toledo, Ohio

After reading some of the other reviews, this was a huge disappointment! A small, and very dated establishment. Some would say that is charm and others might say in need of repair. I sat at the counter directly across from the flat top and fryers were located. I watched at 2 different people worked that area and one gathered raw bacon on placed in her left hand, used her right to close the food drawer and open the next. Then she reached in that food drawer using her left hand still holding the bacon and grabbed some thick sliced bologna. One of the slices dropped into another compartment and she actually reached in with her left hand holding the raw bacon and bologna to grip the other slice. There were items strewn all along what looked like a salad prep table and the cutting table used for pies looked like someone took a bunch of unwanted pie crust and crumbled it on that counter. No one used gloves when handling pies and some of the staff would get more than one pie out at a time wiped the spatula off with their ungloved hand only to use it for the next slice! There was pieces of what looked like discarded french fries underneath the flat top and it did not appear to be well maintained. I was really looking forward to trying this place out but I will not return. An astounding 2 thumbs down!!! read more

Schmucker's - Look underneath the flat top, you will see discarded french fries and other food items that have been there for a while. Yuk! - Diners Near Me - Toledo, Ohio

Toledo, Ohio - the staff at "Schmucker's" (since 1948) has changed my "O-hi-NO" attitude! Their "O-Hi-YES" positive spirit was FUNtastic! The food selection, quality & quantity was truly amazing ... the atmosphere retained the "spirit" of the past too ... even included a trivia card game of "Schmucker's" past ... a "Run-A-Way Bill" Favorite eatery & serving team #RunAwayBill #DUSA2018 #FoodUSA #FoodRAB 09.13.18 07.29.19 "Schmucker's GOOD FOOD" is a "Run-A-Way Bill" FAVORITE sticker award-winner! I did not mention their pies on my previous review - BIG yummy-riffic selection! For entertainment, there is the "Schmucker's" Trivia Game - trivia about "Schmucker's GOOD FOOD" history & staff. Finally, each server wears a name tag (I so like using people's names) & the year they started - "Jessica" (since 2006) served up my smiles today. "Run-A-Way Bill" was here! - AGAIN! ... and will return! 07.29.19 read more

See all

This was the worst 2 meals I have ever paid for. The coleslaw was disgusting. The peas tasted like they were fresh out of a can, not even warm! The French fries were burnt they remade them but they were so greasy and tasted terrible. The meatloaf and mashed potatoes were very bland but the gravy was good. We left food on the table that that was uneatable . The the server wiped another table off with her bare hand. As I was waiting to pay my bill the servers cleared my table as I stood there, the did not use any sanitizer on the table. We ended up going to Texas Roadhouse to satisfy our hunger. I must give at least one star, but this experience wasn't worth even that. read more

Did not disappoint Authentic and good food. Wish I lived closer to try breakfast but will be on my list next time Im in town read more

One of the best little diners in the city of Toledo. Always have to end our meal with a piece of pie whether we have breakfast lunch or dinner there! read more

Ate a late breakfast here this morning. After a short wait, our party of 5 was seated. This place is like a throwback - vintage cash register, 80-year-old tile on the walls. It's a great vibe and the kitchen & staff were hopping. Lots of people serving and the kitchen seemed to be pumping out a lot of food. Our order came out quickly and everything tasted very good. The coffee was really good as well. Our server did a good job of managing many tables but checking in on us. Great place - happy we found it and stopped in! read more

Great pie Local Jem. Enjoy the simple home cooked food. Small but special. Don't make a long drive to go there but if I'm the area, go. read more

Oh my schmuckers. Where have you been all my life? We stumbled upon this gem a few years ago when we were in the area looking for dessert. So we got pie after a yelp search. I've been here twice now in 5 weeks even though we live out of town 2 hours away. This is my review from today's meal. Family of 4, including two kids age 12 and 9. I got the meatloaf full course dinner. Includes potato, soup, plus 2 more sides and a slice of pie. I got peach. It was all so good and so much food. True home cooking. Others at the table got Swiss steak (excellent), mac and cheese (basic kraft) and Dagwood sandwich (ok). All for about $50. The place is small and doesn't look like much from the street. Only about 6 booths, maybe 4 tables, and about 5 counter spots in the COVID setup. Give it a shot if you are really hungry,mor looking for amazing homemade pie. read more

Me and two friends traveled from Michigan over 45 minutes during our Covid lockdown to have a nice meal and we chose Schmuckers. We were BLOWN AWAY at the quality of the food! (We all got the open faced roast beef plate with mashed potatoes and gravy.) The roast beef was so tender and delicious. My friend got some coleslaw for us to try: Great flavor and not too much Mayo! Of course we all had pies because that's what you do when your Governor keeps our restaurants closed. Those pies = sooooo good!!! Eat at this place! We WILL be back...even after our restaurants open! read more

See all

Breakfast was very good! Service was quick. Staff was pleasant. Ordered pie to go Very happy

So traveling through Toledo today, decided to give this classic Toledo place a try. Walking in, I felt like I was stepping back in time. Traditional "diner" type place, with many of the fixtures looking like they've been around for a long while. Lol. Counter service, with the vinyl covered stools, low back booths, and a few tables and chairs in the middle of this small, quaint local establishment. Watching burgers and gravy covered "hot" sandwiches coming out to the guests leads me to believe that these are the staple items here. I opted for the special of the day, which was beef and noodles, with a side for $6.79. The beef and noodles were good, nothing to write home about, the French fries are fresh cut, and fries just right. Service was friendly, and prompt, although I was never offered a refill on my drink. Overall a good local place for "comfort" food. read more

See all