Maranatha — Restaurant in Madera

Came through for a rainy day brunch with a few friends and this place did not disappoint. At all.

Started out with an impressive looking bloody buddy. Anyone fearing a bland tomato drink should not be concerned ordering one of these. An excellent amount of spice along with a couple olives and an onion and a shrimp and a stalk of celery, a couple pickled green beans and a wedge of lime AND some bacon were combined with some booze and tomato juice in a tall glass rimmed with spicy salt for what could be considered a great first course of a brunch meal.

My chile verde omelet was not on the brunch menu, but it was on the regular menu and it was great. The pork was cooked so well that it was still quite moist in the green sauce. Also ordered were the chilaquiles, a migas scramble and a machaca con huevos and I heard no complaints about those.

The seating was cozy as it was dumping rain outside so everyone was indoors. The patio, however, looked like a great social space when it dries out and warms up a bit.

If you are in to them, try the Fully Loaded Breakfast Bloody Mary. Don't order too much more unless you are willing to take some...

The owners are lovely people, but the waitresses on the other hand lack any type of good customer service. I called in to make an order and got stuck in traffic so ended up picking up my order late. Mind you didn’t think it would matter as they always say a certain time and once you get there they leave you waiting 20ish minutes or so.Well, I get there and ask for my order and the lady in a very rude tone tells me that i had to call and say i was running late. She said she had to throw the good away and seemed angry. I would have been okay if she would have been civil about it, but no she was straight out mean and rude. She still expected me to wait and pay for my order. No way lady not after the way you treated me. I just walked out feeling disappointed. I will not be going back. The owners need to train their waitresses so could have decent...

Ordered 2 plates, enchilada plate and chile relleno plate. I preferred the chile relleno over the enchiladas, especially because it doesn’t have any seeds in the chile relleno , which is a plus for me! So my husband and I swapped plates..lol. The rice and beans, they were ok, for me they needed a little bit more sazón. Anyways , I didn’t eat them because I was enjoying the chile relleno with handmade tortillas! And no, not the tiny ones! These are pretty big! I was not fond of $3 side order of crema!!! For a little container (the salsa container) That killed it for me here. So, I would recommend it for the chile relleno definitely. I asked how much is a “side” of just the chile relleno before I ordered the plate and it was $13.00!!! Like what!! Either way I might stop bye again when I’m in...