Maynard's - Silverdale

Went there for mother's day brunch today. The buffet selection was very little compared to last year. Probably 1/2 of what they had last year. Most trays were empty. Food quality was great but for about $50 a person, it should have been extraordinary. Good atmosphere. Wish our server would have told us about their **** Mary bar too! Didn't see it until we were leaving.

All you can eat crab $69 plus tax *2 .Food was good service terrible. After finishing 2 and a half crabs I couldn’t finish about 3 legs worth I was full. Eyes a little bigger than my belly. I put my napkin on my plate with all my silverware and the bowl of spent shells all on top of my plate in a nice pile and pushed it to the end of the table for pick up. A few minutes later the server appears with my plate after unburying everything down to the bit of crab I couldn’t finish. He wants to know if I meant to do that and if I wanted to still eat it. Honestly I thought just for a second I was being pranked. I replied no, he then says “I would hate to see that go to waste, does she want it”pointing to my lunch date. She replied no. I’m pretty sure the 200 I spent was way more than what I couldn’t eat. Also I am one of a family of 9 so I didn’t grow up wasting food. What a terrible experience. I do not recommend unless you want to be shamed for leaving some food on your plate. Wonder if they inspected all the shells in the bowls I sent back to the kitchen.

Food was outstanding. Great Mocktails which is always a plus for me. Service was fun. A bit slow but just like every where they are doing their best. Staff was kind and friendly. Beautiful building. I will be bringing my family back often.

The atmosphere and service is great at Maynard’s. I was not a fan of the veggie pizza , but the ingredients were of excellent quality. The smoked beet appetizer was a surprisingly good appetizer with great flavors . The tuna poke was pretty good as well.

This restaurant would be outstanding if they could get their shift changes between 4:30 and 5:30pm streamlined (they don't know which table each server covers. Seriously! . We would come in weekly on Fri's and have the same poor service experience. Sun's was no better. Usually different host or hostess, and different servers. Hostess would give us menu's, then server never materializes. We waited 20 min's most times, then had to go get the hostess and request a server. No other restaurant has this problem. We now go 5 min's away to waterfront dining, with impeccable food, ambiance, AND service.Hope they can iron out this wrinkle, as it is a nice place.