Maxdons Cocktails — Restaurant in Lancaster

Good news first: Our drinks came quickly. The staff was very friendly. Servers do not appear to have zones so you get more than one person making sure that you are OK. I did like the pub atmosphere, and I will most likely return for drinks again, they were pretty good. Their patrons, when I was there, were older people. They are talkative but in a lower voice to be respectful to those around them. If you are looking for a more mature environment away from adult children and bad karaoke this appears to be a good spot on Friday.

The bad news: The sign says best steaks in town. Well technically I suppose they can say that seeing that there really is no other steak houses in this valley that are not a chain. I really did hear great things about the steaks here, sadly I was disappoined. The steaks are tough, and under seasoned. I ordered mine medium rare. You can see the server cooking your food since the kitchen is in the dining room. I use the term cooking loosely. All of our sides were microwaved. The worst part is that the girls hair was not tied back so she was touching her hair while cooking our food. I most likely will not be ordering food again...

OMG the steak was EXCELLENT! I have lived near this place for 7 years and never thought to go there thinking it was a dive bar. It kinda is... no one under 21 admitted, pretty dark inside and the mouths of some of the loud locals hanging out there can be offensive. The neighborhood is a little sketchy but I left with my car intact. We had a mixed appetizer of Clam strips, Sweet potato fries and onion rings. All good but the clam strips were a little burned and the cocktail sauce was weird. The dipping sauce for the sweet potato fries was weird too but DELICIOUS! My steak was unbelievable! Fat and gristle trimmed so that I could eat every bite and the waitress ( yes the waitress) grilled it to perfection right there in the back of the dining area. I thought that was kinda strange but it felt like I was eating with friends and she was right there to prepare it. The bartender was very friendly and makes perfect apple martinis. It is not your average steakhouse but somewhere you definitely should check out if you are steak connoisseur...

Thank you for your response Neal and my apologies it was the girls working today 7/17

My husband and myself just walked out after sitting there waiting for the 2 waitresses behind the bar who were to busy conversing between each other to come take our order. It wasn't busy there were 3 people besides us in the bar. We use to frequent maxdons alot before we moved always great food great service figured we are in town and wanted a good steak. I honestly feel because we weren't ordering drinks we didn't really matter but we were about to spend a minimum $100 on dinner and we tip good. Neal you need to tell your waitresses (the ones working 6/17 @ 5)just because someone orders a water to drink doesn't mean they're not going to spend good money and tip well. You lost a customer to black...