Grumpy's Mexican Cafe — Restaurant in Schertz

I have to say first off that grumpy here they are not. I received no less than two "howdies" when we entered the cool, old ramshackle house still busy in this late lunch hour with plenty of area blue collar types deep in conversations of cubic feet of concrete for the pour to i.d. of the replacement pipe needed for the hydraulic rammer all while unabashedly shoveling down mounds of potatoes and gravy, burgers, and other oversized menu items. On the way out it was no less than 5 "have a nice day and thank you for coming" salutations! Mighty friendly!

With the idea that we would share half of each other's order we requested the chicken fried steak and the chicken fried chicken. Unfortunately the cook was new and had not quite achieved a consistent cfc as the waitress commented that some came out undercooked and some overdone. This cfc suffered from the latter malady with a chain mail batter that was rather knife resistant. The server was quick to mitigate the situation with a replacement that yielded to the blade and had an acceptable crunch. Accompanying mashed potatoes were good with extra ($.69) cream gravy and the cfc plate with steak fries substituted ($.99) for the mashed taters. O.k. green beans were canned served with processed bacon bits, perfect for a boy scout campfire meal.

The crunchiness of the batter on both chicken frieds was commendable in that hard to achieve range between gravy wimped out soggy to bullet proof flour Kevlar. The cream gravy was a good consistency while hot. And it goes without saying that all cream gravy worth a hoot will still get gloppy as it cools down. The Texas toast dripped with butter, but hey! This ain't no low cal / low fat plate of rabbit food to begin with. The whole shebang has excess written all over it. So it's either learn it, know it, love it or point your car towards the nearest soup and salad bar. Not a statement of condemnation as I like soup and salad too. Just a realization you must internalize if you are going to enjoy eating here.

Service was punctual and might even approach Radar O'Reilly's clairvoyance with a little effort. Lots of pies in boxes labeled and stacked around the entrance area were ready to go for an average price of $16.99. One might expect the prices of this country road restaurant in a dusty, quasi-industrial area to range more toward the working man's daily lunch budget. Our bill was over $44 for the two CFs and two Cokes just to give you an idea.

I will say that if you should buy one of the plates we had for lil' Johnny, he will be eating the left overs for the next five days. The waitress also qualified the food portions with a comment that "nothing served here is small." And neither might you be should you arrange for a meal contract...

Ok first timer review for Grumpy’s

We enjoyed the rustic look of the restaurant as we visited on a late Sunday morning. We assumed the wait would be long, given it was a Sunday and the church lunch crowd. Our wait was no more than 35 min and our hostess and waitress were friendly and attentive.

As you walk through the restaurant you’ll see many delicious baked goods and the pies definitely caught my eye, specially the strawberry rhubarb as a favorite flavor. I didn’t buy one because we had plenty sweets at home at the time. The smell and look of all of the food as we were seated was fantastic.

Most of us ordered breakfast and from my understanding it’s served from open to close on the weekends. As we waited, the coffee was great and my kids had a nice serving of chocolate milk. I ordered the chicken fried steak with eggs, hash browns, and toast. When our waitress brought it out, I was immediately impressed. I should of asked how big it was! The flavor was better than I typically experience if I get a similar dish elsewhere and the hash browns were cooked well and had a nice crisp to them like I prefer. Toast was a bit over-buttered but I didn’t need to eat much of it haha.

The food my family ordered was all a hit. Everyone thought the pancakes were delicious. One of us ordered the crispy taco plate. The Mexican food is Tex-Mex style and was enjoyable. The portions are large and unexpected for the price we payed. Our waitress kept our drinks full and always hade great timing as she checked up on us. We felt welcomed throughout our experience at Grumpy’s and will return with more family/friends. I pass buy and will be tempted to stop in to buy a pie as I drive by their place often. ...

First of all, the service was really great. Although I will never go back and eat there again I asked for soft scrambled eggs and my plate had water underneath my eggs. It was the most horrible presentation of a plate I have ever seen. Everybody talked about this place. How popular was to me I can't even imagine how does it pass inspection i actually felt that it was very dirty. The doors were so filthy. The handles adjust didn't give you that clean. Feel that you almost need when you walk into a restaurant. The presentation on the outside should have given me a huge warning. But like I said everyone talked about this restaurant of the food. How great it was after I told the cashier. Everything she did not charge me for my plate. She only charged me from my mom's plate. If they hadn't been me I would have taken the whole bill that way. The experience probably would have been a little bit better i don't know what it is about. The San Antonio restaurants. I can't seem to find a restaurant for the food. Is so delicious I sure miss home i actually felt very, very uncomfortable there. It just wasn't what I expected. I think it just never is. People are very easy to please in san antonio they like everything. Call me picky call me whatever you want. But I believe a restaurant should be clean. And you should see & feel how clean it is the waitress was a very nice. It was not her fault at all. The cashier was a very nice lady as well. I will never go back. And I will never tell anybody about this place. I think they can afford to have a deep cleaning and organized. A little more paint the doors...