Maggie's on Meeker — Restaurant in Kent

I had high hopes for this place based on the reviews. I saw that the prices were said to be very reasonable and felt that was a little misleading when I received my check. I came with my wife and two daughters (1 and 3 years old) and ended up paying just under $60 with tip for breakfast.. I got the "large" homemade corned beef hash (with two over easy eggs instead of one) as opposed to the small. It came with peppers, onions and potatoes as well as a pretty generous portion of corned beef. It was good but I felt like it was missing something, the potatoes weren't seasoned very much and weren't crispy. It was all kind of one note and bland. We all ordered orange juice for a pretty hefty price and I was extremely disappointed as I feel that an old school diner should have a good OJ, it tasted like something you would get out of a hotel machine honestly. It was extremely busy and our server took a very long time to even acknowledge us, however she went above and beyond afterwards because she could tell it bothered me. I had to flag someone down to get a coffee refill... at a breakfast joint. My wife said her food was just okay too. My girls all got basic breakfast plates (pancakes, eggs, toast and bacon) so there isn't much to review there. The best thing I can say is they give your kids a fresh fruit plate and arrange the fruit in the shape of a bug to keep the kids happy. All in all it will probably turn me off from coming here again unfortunately, at least on a busy weekend morning. Just to mention, my wife was a server and restaurant manager previously and she was surprised by our lack of service with the size...

I want to like this place. I really do. But there are too many issues with the service and presentation of the place. The food is pretty good, there's nothing wrong there really. However, the interior is like a cafeteria. It's not cozy or comfortable. You feel like you're in a high school cafeteria. It's loud, too. There are a ton of waiters and bus boys, too many in my opinion. There were more of them running around than customers. I think I had 5 different people deal with my table from serving, to cleanup. I went with my son and my food came out first. Rookie mistake. Everything we ordered came out at different times, even our sides. I got my food first. He got his after about 10 minutes. Then I got my side after another 5 minutes, and then 5 minutes after that he got his side. Is it that difficult to serve everything at once? It isn't for other places. Also, everything seemed to be rushed. Except for getting the food out. We were rushed to sit then as we got our food we got our check immediately. Basically saying hurry up, eat, and pay. Not very welcoming. Again, the food was great. The rest...

So my experience inside of this establishment Maggie's was a pleasant experience It was a very clean place it was a very friendly atmosphere and the food was delicious I had the crab and mushroom omelette which was very delicious cuz that was real crap meat like you can taste imitation or at least I can It was really good and that pancake batter whatever they do to that pancake batter I hope they keep it I normally go to IHOP but I sort of wanted to step out of the box because she I know IHOP is good to me but I know there are a lot of other great restaurants out here and this was an example of one I really enjoyed the food really really good it just tastes fresh and homemade like it really did not taste processed and that is what I loved most about the food really good and the presentation on the plate was actually good I'm really big on that I went to culinary arts school so I learned a lot about presentation and food and all of that and I look forward to dining with this restaurant again so kudos to the owner and the staff keep doing what you do.... Oh I almost forgot That hash brown...