Reviews for Maria's in Reisterstown, MD
Our party of 3 called ahead and made a reservation for the restaurant. It was a bit confusing on the phone, but I chalked that... up to a possible busy night. We arrived and parking was limited, but we did find a spot. If you are driving a full-size truck,the parking spaces are tight. We were greeted warmly once arriving and were seated immediately. Our waitress came by and askedfor our drinks and a few minutes later we received the drinks, and she took our order. Where we were seated there were about1/3rd of the tables occupied. Once we gave our order a fair amount of time passed. I ordered a steak with the Ceasar Salad andFries for sides. The other two ordered a steak dinner and a salmon dinner. While waiting for my salad our drinks were leftalone and empty. We had to wave down another waitress to fill them. When my salad came out, it was light on the Ceasar sauce. I took a few bites, and the salad was warm. The temperature suggested that the salad was either left under a heat lamp or hadbeen sitting out for most of the day. I did not finish that salad. We had two separate servers bring food to our table thatwas not ours. During this time, we had to ask them to bring out more drinks as our waitress had not been back. Once our foodcame out, the coleslaw was missing. We asked for Malt Vinegar. Another lady came out, said they did not have malt vinegar andasked if we would like anything else. We asked for ketchup and A1 sauce. If we are keeping count this is server #4. Myguest's steak was ordered Medium Well. It came out as such and was warm like it should have been. My steak came out MediumWell, though it was ordered Medium. The steak knife brought out with my meal was broken and had two sharp metal protrudingpieces. I had to use A1 on my steak due to it being dry and overdone to my liking and more charred than preferred. It wasbrought out hot. I had to flag down a waitress to get my knife replaced and was given another brok Read more
oh man, I am so torn. First off let me say I still order from these guys and will continue to do so. There is just a consistency... issue. Some days, it is the best freaking pizza I ever had. Others, the pizza is not very good and often the order is incorrect.I think the staff is kind and like I said, I continue to roll the dice to get that GREAT pizza. I am writing this in hopes theowners will see this review and try to improve whatever the issue is. PS- If consistency improves, I will HAPPILY change myreview. When the pizza is good, it's really good. Read more
Crab cake special was a great value at $19.99 between 11am and 3pm, Mon thru Fri. Includes medium crab cake with lump crab and 2... sides. I had stewed Lima beans and roasted potatoes. My friend had cole slaw and onion rings. CC had some filler, but it wastasty. Worth your taste buds. Read more
We drive pass this restaurant daily and decided to give it a try. When. We arrived, we were asked if we had a reservation and we... did not. So we did have to wait for about 15 minutes. Not too bad for a Friday night. Once we were seated it was an additional12 minutes before our waitress came to get our drink order. She was really sweet however you could tell she was very overwhelmedand the restaurant needed additional staffing. I did not have much if an appetite so I just ordered a peach crush and crabpretzel. My husband ordered rib tips for an appetizer, cobb salad and lamb gyro. My husband said that his food was average. Hedid fill like the gyro was a little small. My peach ???? crush was good but the one thing I ordered, (crab stuffed pretzel) wasnot that great. I felt I ate half of it just to coat my stomach since I had an alcohol beverage. The crab pretzel was notstuffed with much crab at all. It was more like a soft pretzel cut in half and then a very thin layer of crab meat inside asadding a little cream cheese in a bagel. It was very scarce. Then there was melted.cheese at the top. The waitress noticed Idid not complete my pretzel and asked if I wanted to take the remaining pretzel home, I did not. Since I was not really happywith my food she did offer me a free dessert. I chose the Smith Island cake to take home and I just tried it and it was reallydelicious. I am rating this restaurant a 3 out of 5 because the food was average, service was a little slow, and seating wasuncomfortable and desperately needs updates. Not sure if this restaurant is worth refurning..... perhaps to pick up a slice ofSmith Island cake. Read more
First visit here and it just was a little underwhelming for me. I will admit that I do have high expectations but even for... visiting during happy hour, it was just meh.... We sat for literally 10 to 15 minutes before we were even acknowledged. Ok,it's busy, only see two servers, I can deal. We ordered seafood Egg rolls, wings and steamed shrimp. Well....the wings were thehighlight. Eggs roll were imitation crab meat with mayo, steamed shrimp were a great size but boring. Overall, I woulddefinitely come back for the drinks and maybe just give dinner a try, definitely no rush to visit again unfortunately ????. Read more
First time at Maria's..we visited for Happy Hour. We weren't sure when we first arrived - no one was at the front to greet us.... We waited for several minutes - nothing. We walked around to the Bar and had to ask the Bartender (who was on his phone) forassistance. While talking to him, someone - who turned out to be our server - came to assist and escort us to the dining room.The dining, which was beautifully and simply decorated for the holiday, was relatively empty, so social distancing was easy; ourwaiter wore a mask as well. Our drinks were good - though light on the liquor; however all of our food was delicious! Southwestand Seafood Eggrolls, Shrimp Di Diavolo and Lemonchillo Cake. We will definitely return!! Read more
Excellent customer service from our server Marie! We came here to celebrate our 3rd anniversary and had a wonderful time. Marie... was very welcoming and made sure we had everything we needed throughout the entire dinner. Our food was so good we didn't evenhave a chance to take a picture of it! The grilled lamb chops appetizer is amazing! We ordered it well done, and the lamb was sotender and mouth watering. We ordered the Fettuccine Alfredo (Cajun) with blackened chicken and it tasted really good. It wasnot salty at all like some other Italian restaurants serve it. The portion size was so filling we had to take home some of thefood. Marie went the extra mile and even provided us with a complimentary cream of crab soup and offered to take our picture forus. Marie's extra effort to make our night special made us feel so happy. We will surely be back and bring the rest of thefamily! Read more
The food and service here is awesome! I ordered the chicken souvlaki with mashed potatoes and onion rings. No complaints chicken... with moist with flavor, the onion rings were perfect. Read more