Magno Terra Cafe — Restaurant in Yarmouth

A person I know worked here and was given tips many times and not allowed to keep it! A tip being left for an employee is for the employee not the business owner to keep and spend on how they see fit. I and others I know frequent this establishment on a regular basis and the food is awesome. Friends and associates were also confused about the tips they left behind for the employee not making it to the employee! Gratuity" is defined in the Labor Code as a tip, gratuity, or money that has been paid or given to or left for an EMPLOYEE by a patron of a business over and above the actual amount due for services rendered or for goods, food, drink, articles sold or served to patrons. Patrons assume when they leave a tip for the employee that they will receive it and be able to keep that tip that was specifically left for them. Under Maine law a tip lift for a employee is the employees and owner manager supervisor are not allowed to collect on that tip. Another way it can be done is that tips can be pooled together and at end of the shift or work week they get divided up appropriately. From what I've seen and told this never happens and employees never seen any portion of the tips left for them. Again food is awesome I believe you should rethink how tips being collected. If employees can't keep tips don't accept them because your customers are leaving the tips for the employees not the owner or management. I'm more than welcome for someone to prove me wrong and don't have a problem with being wrong If you're never wrong then you don't have a chance to learn. I believe 99-100 % of your customers leaving tips believe employees are receiving them and they would be upset to find out that they are not. Again food and service is 5+ stars 🤩 This is the only negative thing I have to say and a customer wouldn't know and wouldn't affect their experience. I only know this from prior employees experiences and I've left tips for them and they never received them so I tipped them again when I seen them again waiting at another establishment. I left that tip for her not the owner. She left because of this and other issues but makes twice as much now allowed to keep her tips. I wouldn't have left a tip if I had known they...

🎶 Atmosphere: very relaxed & serene. Not loud but not whisper voices. Giant globe spinning around is fantastic! 💗

🍴Food: Delicious! We had a turkey sandwich, some chips, and two different cookies. All was yummy and filling! They had plenty of other delicious looking options as well.

💲Cost: It was either $25 or $28 (I can’t remember exactly) for one sandwich, a juice box, two cookies, a bag of chips, & 15% tip.

🪴Indoor/Outdoor: indoors! It is inside the Garmin building on the first floor. There is limited seating near the cafe but a couple benches & chairs scattered around the spinning globe.

🚻 Service: Great! I don’t remember the girl who helped us name but she was very attentive, kind, & paid great attention to detail. We were there Jan 10th from 12:15pm-1pm!

♿️ Accessibility: Yes! If you look at the Google view picture, it is handicap friendly entrance & doors. I’m not sure for height for tables & chairs right next to the cafe as they are heavy to move but there is lots of other open seating by the globe, like the chairs and couches.

🚘 Parking: ample parking!

🍤 Allergies: Not sure, didn’t have to ask about mine here

👶🏽 Child-friendly: Yes but children MUST be accompanied at all times. They are not allowed to run free in the area. In the back of the cafe there is a small play area with a play check out desk/grocery store & construction set-up thing 🦺

📨 Reservations: no

❓Recommend: yes! It’s perfect if you’re looking for a quick, unique, hidden little lunch spot! We enjoyed the food &...

I really love this place! We are visiting for a wedding, and my love for coffee led me to locating this gem. The cute globe on the lobby really made an out of this world atmosphere! But by far the food and drinks were what stood out, as well as the service. Their delicious and crispy fresh blueberry hand pies, a staple of Maine, truly made for an aw inspiring experience, and the homemade syrups that I ordered with my coffee made my morning much better. The service was super nice and informative. While I don’t live far from Maine, I do live far from Portland and this town in particular, so I am happy to see such a cute cozy place nearby when visiting. 10/10 would...