Maxx Bar and Grill

One star. That’s for our waitress who was attentive and sweet. We went on a Saturday night, Because My hubby really wanted to try the broasted chicken. They had a broasted chicken and rib special.
We did like the chicken (the banner did say it was good).
The ribs were not special (not a fan of ribs anyways) but these were terrible!
I am cook. I know what happened here. They buy frozen, pre-​cooked ribs. Heat and eat. But these also tasted freezer burned! Yuk! Then covered with sauce. The sauce wasn’t bad thou. Ate one rib and left the rest.
When we ordered, I asked he waitress what she liked, she pointed at the wraps. That should have been my clue.
Usually I check reviews here on Unilocal,Didn’t.
Let me say this; it is typical bar food. Which I’m Not a fan.
But my drink, was strong! So maybe this would be a great place to get a strong drink with friends?
Maybe not, your choice.

Arrived for dinner, to find they were playing radio. Loud. Too loud. And I’m mostly deaf!
The band was setting up as we left. No complaints there.
Food was on the lower side of mediocre. Unless you are referring to price. THAT was top shelf! The onion rings were so greasy they were actually slimy. Fry oid needs to be changed too. Fries had a little fishiness to them. Burger bun was soggy.
Best part of the meal… The pickles. And people watching. But mostly the pickles.
So, if you want expensive tasty
Puckles and loud people watching, this is the place for you!

My family thoroughly enjoyed this restaurant. The food we ordered was absolutely delicious (hot turkey sandwich and mashed potatoes, burger and sweet potato fries, French toast and fruit). The service was great and the pricing was good. Clean and friendly environment. We will definitely visit again. My only regret was asking my husband to grab my to-​go box. guess what was forgotten at the table? ;)

3 Times … Your out!
It’s really hard writing this review BUT I just left this place paying a hefty bill for food no one enjoyed.
The ambiance is very interesting with allllllllll the dead carcasses over the bar from Africa but not enough to counteract the: Slow service, apathetic, rude wait staff, cold food with no flavor and ear exploding /​heart distressing loud crude atmosphere.
EVERY time I walked in I knew we should have walked out!
We’ve tried: drinks for fun.. lunch menu.. dinner now… Don’t get the ribs = Yuck!
I’ve had to send food back with still receiving bad reruns an a fish lunch… I can still taste the horrible slime on the fish.
Salads /​Sauces are boring… There is not even any fun drinks on the menu.
My husband had a burger there once with a raw center, soggy rings and mushrooms that tasted gooey or «past their prime».
Steward your time and save your dough… = avoid till better management takes over.

This place is really pretty good. We are here visiting family and it’s close so we have gone several times. Service was very good and we have had several servers. Food is very good! Had the Walleye sandwich, huge potion, crisp not soggy and the homemade chips are excellent. You gotta try them. Everything was clean and fresh. G-​kids were treated great. Tater tots are really good. Will be here for another month. I’ll try to give another update.

I can’t rate the food here because I didn’t get any. We came in at 930 on Thanksgiving morning, there were only 2 occupied tables so not busy at all. We sat at our table for 15 minutes and never had a server come to our table even though I know he saw us because he helped a man 2 tables from us. He seemed to be by himself, although there was another waitress outside, smoking a cig. We will not be returning

This is my 4^th trip here. The food was excellent! The bartenders were fast & friendly.
Last Saturday I was there to see one of their live bands that they have every Friday & Saturday night ! Fantastic music, Great time & no cover charge!

My favorite party Bar in the area … Great bands. Fun atmosphere. Cheap strong drinks

Let’s just be honest… I only starred this placed cause I needed to put some sort of rating on it. I I had the choice to not star it I would. Where to begin u may ask? Let’s start with the service… Time and time again I come into this dead ass joint to find that it would have been easier to walk behind the bar to get my own drink than to inconvenience the socialite bartender. Waiting over a half hour with and empty drink before being served is NOT okay. On top of that their wings are drowning in the sauce u choose as if they cook the wings plain and then dump a bucket of sauce on them before being served. And lastly to have the waitresses, bartenders and other staff to just plainly ignore your requests.

O U C H O U C H O U C H
We stopped in here for lunch. Probably not gonna happen again.
FOOD: Weak … O Rings, Mozz sticks, Tenders, Chinese Chicken Salad
OK… Potato skins, ham & cheese sandwich
SERVICE: Pretty bad
MENU: Varied and interesting
GENERAL CONDITION: Dirty and rundown
It does look like there are daily specials, so at a discounted price the food may not be so disappointing. I have a feeling this is a good place to frequent at night when the drinks and beer are flowing. Lots of good drunken times here, I’m sure. Just don’t eat here. Unless you are desperate. Or don’t mind lesser quality food.
T R A I N Y O U R S T A F F P L E A S E

I went to this fine establishment on Hunting Widows weekend for Hunks the show. There was so much estrogen flowing in the place I thought there would be a riot when the boys came out. Anyway, it took the waitress 25 minutes to finally take my order (chicken Caesar wrap) and another 20 before the food actually came out. The drinks, albeit good, were in those tiny plastic cups! I may have picked a very bad night to go there but the food was tasty and drinks were well good and strong.
In case you were wondering, yes the sexy firemen (costumes) did molest me on stage and I loved every minute of it sans the thongs. I just don’t find that attractive. At all.

This place is close to home so we go pretty often. I was debating between 3 and 4 stars but the description of «A-​OK» is pretty accurate. The food is decent bar food. Nothing to write home about but not bad. Their battered fish is good. Inside needs a little updating (please get new bar stools Maxx!). Service is good most of the time. Their drink selections aren’t too bad for Ham Lake.

I have been 2 times now and not really impressed, the atmosphere is good, however the food i have had is marginal. It seems as though the food is all cooked in the same oil, and my baked potato tasted old. We went for dinner on Valentines day and our server said she would allow us to get something off of the special menu they had for t hat day less the appetizer and the desert, I got a smaller steak and still ended up paying more for the meal after all of the ala cart add ons, then I would have paid had I just gotten the biggers steak with appetizer and Desert. Disapointed. wont go back

My review will solely be based on my drinks and the service from the bartender as I was FAR too hungover to actually consume solid food.
Kyle and I had to meet up with the father unit and as he lives in St. Francis and we live in South Minneapolis we chose a place a little closer to him, but still not way the heck out in the middle of nowhere to meet. We also all agreed there had to be booze there as it had been one of those nights, and was a suffering morning.
We pulled up a stool to the bar and ordered, I was the smart one and got myself a Bloody Mary made with Pappar, with a finger of Coors. I pretty much pounded the first one and greatly enjoyed the olive, pickle, and meat stick that they include in the drink.
Here’s where it gets kind of… bad.
I ordered my second Bloody Mary and the bartender (friendly though she was) hurriedly made it and didn’t include an olive, pickle, meat stick, or my finger of beer. When I asked her about it she said she would just knock off $ 1.50 rather than just reaching behind her and grabbing them out of the little plastic holders on the bar… I mean seriously, I could have just reached across the bar and thrown them in my cocktail myself if they wouldn’t throw me out for doing that.
The meat raffle was a nice touch, but this definitely isn’t somewhere that I would go back too unless I somehow heard about a gourmet food they are serving, which doesn’t seem very likely.

Great food great service– lots of fun!

We stopped by Maxx for breakfast on Sunday and it’s your typical greasy spoon. The service was excellent, the atmosphere is nothing special.
The breakfast menu consists of the usual suspects: omelets, pancakes, french toast and your basic egg dishes. I decided to order the breakfast sandwich with scrambled egg, ham, and American cheese on an English muffin. The sandwich was good, but it seemed really greasy. The portions are generous. I couldn’t eat my whole sandwich and barely made a dent in the hashbrowns.
I can’t attest for the other items on the menu, but the people I dined with really enjoyed their omelets and breakfast scrambles. The pancakes are nothing special.

we went here to see a band called Ovation play the music of Prince! the band was Great, the bar was cool with good food I had a Burger that was huge and tasted real good seen a guy with a porterhouse that had to be 3 lbs it was 2″ thick and as big as the plate and even looked good next trip i guess I think it’s a good bar with good bar food and I will go back again!

Visited here today during the Vikings game. They had good drink specials $ 2 taps, 2−4-1s and free pizza at half time.
BF and I shared a nacho and a bacon cheeseburger. The nacho wasn’t very good, though I find restaurant versions rarely are — never enough cheese and too many toppingless chips. Burger was ok, tasted fine but it was a pre-​made patty (my burger nemesis!)
Go for the food and drink specials, the meat raffles and bar bingo.