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Place was packed. Old style diner with great food and wonderful service. My wife had the lobster mac n cheese. I had their diner burger. Both were ver…
Rfranke0429
Maine Diner
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Another Route One favorite of Food Network fans, the promise of World Famous Food like Grandma Used to Make brought to the masses when Diners, Drive-I…
Michael U.
Maine Diner
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This place is outstanding. The service, food, and even the little gift shop next door was all a delightful experience. The wait time was about 25-30 m…
Ryan Ard
Maine Diner
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6 Reviews on “Maine Diner”
Place was packed. Old style diner with great food and wonderful service. My wife had the lobster mac n cheese. I had their diner burger. Both were very good. We both splurged on dessert. My wife’s blueberry pie was delicious. I had the Indian pudding. I had never had this before. I am hooked. It was amazing.
Another Route One favorite of Food Network fans, the promise of World Famous Food like Grandma Used to Make brought to the masses when Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives decided to visit during a trip to New England, The Maine Diner has been serving locals in Wells for over thirty years and although options including Baked Beans, Pot Pie or All-day breakfast may beckon the real calling remains that of the Atlantic Ocean.Bustling at all times, a gift store next door providing distraction to those awaiting the call of a vibrating pager, it was just past two oclock on Saturday that seating was found in a corner alcove, part of the offerings displayed on the placemat while more interesting signatures are presented via rather substantial menu.Offering diner-style service, our particular waitress working at the restaurant for over 15 years, it was after long perusal of several named specials that meals were selected, the bills total not much different than that at Bobs Clam Hut with far better service and a significantly larger amount of food.Opting for coffee and water, the brew strong if not particularly well-paired to seafood, it was after perhaps twenty minutes that the table was flooded and beginning first with two styles of soup plus a corn muffin and biscuit the oldschool approach was immediately noteworthy, the Sherry-infused She Crab a full-on cream potage while the chowder was of a thinner variety, both rife with seafood and made to be wiped clean from bowls with breads that are difficult to stop eating.Taking a different approach to the lobster roll by presenting a butter poached beauty tucked into a toasty roll with more butter at its side it was with glee that each diner took two-bites before tasting the crispy cod cake, the texture similar to Brandade as opposed to a fish stick, but still not in the same league as Maine Diners signature Lobster Pie that sees a half-pound of sweet meat baked till bubbling in a sauce of butter and crumbled golden crackers.Stuffed but finding it inconceivable to forgo desserts, the in-house bakeshop presenting no less than a dozen styles of cookies, cakes, puddings and pies, it was with deference to novelties that the table passed on ice Blueberry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream or Bread Pudding, the trio presented highlighted by bursting Mane Blueberries in an all butter crust alongside a thick block of Grapenut infused Custard and New Englands creamy Cornmeal and Molasses Indian Pudding. endoedibles.com
This place is outstanding. The service, food, and even the little gift shop next door was all a delightful experience. The wait time was about 25-30 min for breakfast on a Sunday, but it was well worth it. I had the Irish Benedict, and it was one the best benedicts I’ve ever eaten- 2 poached eggs on corn beef hash and an English muffin all topped with their hollandaise sauce. We got a side of blurry pancakes (3) for around $4 and we couldn’t finish them. They were massive. Come with an appetite, because you will be fed well! I highly recommend this place, and I believe it’s been featured on the Food Network channel as well. Enjoy!
Go there at least twice a year on our trips to Maine. I have had nothing that wasn’t great, but the seafood chowder is far and away the best food on the planet.
Great seafood chowder. The seafood chowder is so extraordinary that everything else doesn’t really matter. The hostess skipped our name and we had to remind her after a 20 minute wait, lettuce in the lobster salad was bitter, cold lobster roll was relatively flavorless and overcooked, but the chowder was GREAT.
Worth The Wait. Saw This On The Triple D Show, So That’s What We Ordered, Plus The Awesome Lobster MaC’n’cheese. Very Yummy.