Sandwiches
Mara's Southern Kitchen Formerly Mara's Homemade

Mara's Southern Kitchen Formerly Mara's Homemade

236 West Jericho Tpke.NY 11791, Syosset, United States

Cafés • Coffee • Seafood • Barbecue


"Great food with a warm welcome! I was so glad I did. When we came in, we were greeted immediately and loved the New Orleans decoration. The restaurant was extremely clean and followed the governors COVID protocol. My friend and I split a pile when it's dishes. We have got the Gator bites, roasted shrimps, jambalaya, Canceree, Banana butterscotch rye pie and Prosecco cherry pleasure. The starters came fast and fresh. The Gator bits were okay. They were kind of small and not much Gator taste, but the fried taste and the sauce were very good. The shrimps were very lightly coated and very tasty. The most important courses were the best I had in a long time. The Jambalaya was perfect. Beautiful and thick, tasteful and exactly the right amount of spice. The Krugefisch etouffeee was so hearty and had such a unique taste. The crust meat was abundant and the garlic sauce in it was amazing. It was a hard choice to choose a favorite, but I like the cancer best. I'm not one who saves space for the desert, but this time I had to. The dishes served are huge and heavy. The cherry prosecco was this beautifully picked and fluffy pane but was heavy and thick due to the curved lady fingers. The clear winner was the Bannana Butterscotch rye cake. Words cannot describe how good that was. The thick custard with huge banana slices was as good as the dense rye infused crust. If you still read this review and don't go to eat here now, I either failed to publish a food review or you're crazy. Go eat!"

Applebee's Grill

Applebee's Grill

4329 S Tamiami Trail, 34293, Venice, US, United States

Pasta • Burgers • Chicken • American


"This is not something I usually do as I have worked in the restaurant business for 23 years. Today my son and I came for lunch and we were greeted very promptly by a nice man(may have been the manager) we were seated and told that someone would be right with us. They were not busy at all and I do understand staffing issues, but it was 15 min before we were even approached for a drink. A young girl came over stating she was not a server but she was getting our drinks.. We finally got our drinks and waited another 10 minutes for our server to show up. She was very cold and short with us almost seemed annoyed we were there. We ordered our entrees and 2 salads. It took another 15 to 20 minutes before our salads were brought out again by the 1st young girl. Our food eventually showed up and and was definitely not prepared the way it usually is. We order the same thing every time. By this time our drinks were completely empty and our server Jenny C had no intentions of filling them as she began to walk away. I asked her for refills which she eventually brought although she seemed annoyed. She never came back to check on us although although our entire side of the restaurant was completely empty. I was very disappointed in my entree as I mentioned before it was prepared differently with A different sauce. I did ask her to bring extra sauce and she brought a teriyaki sauce and flung it on the table. I poured it all over my pasta and chicken entree then realizing that it was teriyaki sauce instead of the honey barbecue sauce it was supposed to be. As mentioned before she never came back to check for me to complain. So $50 for a very disappointing lunch. We came here specifically for this meal because it is my son's favorite and we were celebrating him getting his license today. Jenny missed out on a good tip by being annoyed with us. Do better! Very disappointed"