The Goni's Schnitzelria - Marrickville

Wow, are these schnitzels huge!We turned up with my two teenage boys, both of whom have incredible carnivorous appetites.We had been told that the schnitzels were huge, but we were still expecting a pretty standard size serving (albeit bigger than normal). We ordered three schnitzels between the 4 of us, and we ended up taking more than 2 and a half of them home!Wow, these things are massive. It was like something out of the Flintstones!We came back a week later with the extended family, and we all enjoyed it just as much as the first time.The service is nothing special; essentially they will bring your food to your table, but you need to order and pay over the counter, much like a Bistro.We've had several of the different schnitzel toppings now, and while we have our favourites (my boys are fond of the hawaiian and the carbonara), we haven't tried one that we didn't like.It's a long way for us to travel, and the parking is unspeakable at times, but when we want a coma-inducing meat-fest, this place is always on the shortlist.

Wow, always heard about how big the portions. My husband and I got one serving, have dinner again for more nights. Make sure to buy the takeaway containers as you will definately have left overs. Not a fancy place, very family friendly, worth the money but be sure to share and not buy big. The meals are huge as well as the salads. Staff are very friendly and the food is very fresh, nice, generous and lots of it.

I went with my girlfriend and her parents on the recommendation of a friend, we ordered the montevidean and asado, a traditional Uruguayan cut. We felt at home (we are Uruguayans) the food was very tasty and in really large quantities for the price. The place is nice and clean. It is not a fine restaurant but a nice place to go with the family, eat well and spend little.

I've eaten at this restaurant before when is was at a pub in Petersham and I was excited to try it again now that's it's branched out on its own. The schnitzels itself are massive and can easily be shared between 3-4 people. The schnitzels come on their own so the sides are extra. We paid $29 for the Mexican schnitzel which was nice. You have a choice of chicken and veal. The veal is really nice and tender. We were a table of ten and had about 4 schnitzels between all of us and still had left overs to take home so just goes to show how big they are. The only thing that I don't like about this restaurant is that it is cash only. Get an eftpos machine!!! I would definitely recommend to come here if you are craving a schnitzel.

Aside from being forced onto the set menu, which is not worth the money unless you're prepared to turn a night out into a game of Man vs. Food, the food here is far below standard. The prices are fine, $30 for a giant family-sized pizza worth of schnitzel, but the schnitzel you get would make you hate schnitzel. It's dry, the toppings are pathetic, and the chicken ones were barely cooked. As we were forced onto the set menu for booking 12, though only having 10 in the group (we were told that we had to have the set menu or we'd be charged $20 for the two missing party members), which meant a table full of chips and poorly dressed greek salad. We ordered 4 schnitzels - three turned up and 1 of them was not even the one we ordered. Later we ordered a 4th again and guess what... it never turned up. The waitress was short and rude and treated us as if we were a hinderance for wanting gravy with our dry, cold chips. We ordered coke and that never appeared but plenty of substandard sangria did. I guess if you drink enough of that you can overlook the awful schnitzel. You can also deal with the fact the place looks like a downstairs toilet with white tiles and lots of mirrors. You sit on worn chairs, or if you're lucky a hard white bar which is only comfortable if you sit on your jacket, as I did. The place has the appeal of a cafeteria, you even eat off plastic plates the size of a kid's cafeteria tray, it's far from a restaurant. Add that it's down a unnervingly steep flight of stairs, like a good downstairs public toilet, and you really get some atmosphere. I would recommend this place if every other place (including Oportos) in Marrickville is closed otherwise I'm sure the Tavern next door has a better atmosphere, better staff, and nicer food.