Maggie’s Diner — Restaurant in Shiner

This was my first time eating here and I have to say," Not bad not bad at all. As a matter of fact it's Great! " I must admit when this episode began I wasn't wowed or too much impressed. (at 1st,) I mean it's a small clean atmosphere which serves good old American dishes ,( like chicken fried steaks and blts,etc) there was one waitress an older middle aged woman and a cook( I expect) , but there wasn't much that popped out at me yelling ," look at me I'm special!". No fancy seating, no fancy get up, just your average mom n pops place/ trying to get a meal ticket out of serving em. The company who invited me noticed my looking around and may have noticed the look on my face and that's when he said,"you know, that I owe them a good tip cause the last time I was here she(referring to our waitress) was here running the place on her own , the cook couldn't make it ,so she did it all herself. She waited tables, took orders and would check on everyone go in the kitchen and fix the meals herself , delivered orders and even ran the register. when I left I knew she was busy so I left the money but after redoing the math I realized I shorted her." And there it was( as I listened to him go on about it) ilike a vail of fog lifted up I could now see what was so special about Maggie's..) a middle aged woman sitting at a table probably doing inventory and paying bills.. I Wondered if she were Maggie or Was it her mom's name? Who evers name it was this woman now appeared so different.. I understood that her soft voice and smile a more soothing look of a mother who is exhausted, but won't ever give up even if she has to do it all by herself was the from what I just heard was the special thing...

October 1, 2021: Unfortunately, after I thought about taking pictures of my food & the establishment, the food was gone! I loved the country home, welcoming feeling upon entering the diner. The catfish & french fry plate was soooo good! It reminded me of the fish fry's my family would have growing up. Also, had coleslaw, which was very milky & fresh. In addition to my plate, I enjoyed their chips & queso! Fresh, homemade tortilla chips! Kim, my server, who did a great job at managing the front of the diner, has perfect customer service etiquette. Ensuring customer satisfaction was her main concern!! Carla, who prepared my food, nice presentation!!! Overall, great experience at Maggie's Diner. Pretty cool first impression. Looking forward to going back...

Brother and I traveling through Shiner and stopped in for first time for both of us at Maggie’s! A gentleman was walking out as we were about to enter and we asked him what was good to eat here. He said just about anything, but the burgers were what most people came for.

We decided that sounded good so I got the Flame burger and he got the Smash burger. We both decided on fries, but once the burgers came out, we should have skipped them since the burgers were more than enough. Each tasted wonderful.

A definite spot we will visit again. The staff were friendly and our order came out within a reasonable amount of time.

Kuddos to Maggie’s!!!

Oh, btw…they have a burger challenge that I would like to see someone...