Marie Callender's

Pros: good food, great pies
Cons: terrible service, kids screaming everywhere

It was only a couple of years ago that Marie Callender's was our family's most visited resturant. We seemed to go there every 6 weeks or so - for a family that rarely eats out, that was pretty often for us. We were just drawn to it. It was so...

Pros: Omelette bar, cheap
Cons: Uneven service and bland food

Maybe I am getting more picky, or maybe civilization is collapsing, but Marie Callender’s brunch just isn’t what it used to be. But then again, it may just be that I missed half the brunch because I didn’t know where it was. Read on to learn more about ...

Pros: Good burgers and pie crust.
Cons: Egg trauma

Until recently, I didn't know that Marie Callender's was a restaurant. (MC was just a frozen food label to me.) Imagine my surprise to learn there was a MC just minutes from my home!

Things To Know
• Sunday brunch is $13, and...

Pros: Tasty food
Cons: You need to pin a waiter down to get service or information on what's available.

Marie Callender's in Sunnyvale, California was the site of this year's Brunch-Off myself and a couple of other Epinionators. The greatest restaurant reviewer I know, Tanster, organized this Brunch-off. The list of participating brunchers...

Pros: Delectable breakfast
Cons: None

Marie Callender's has received a three-star rating from my fellow epinioneers but hell, yeah, I was impressed and I'm damned fussy.

I guess that's cause I'm Canadian and our taste buds are usually frozen and take one heckuva lot to...

Pros: Great pies!!!
Cons: Poor service, low quality salad bar, bland or too salty food, expensive

One of my fondest childhood memories was going to the local Marie Callender's restaurant for Sunday Brunch with the relatives. Cornbread with honey butter, warm chili, to-die-for turkey pot pies, and of course, just about any flavor of pie you could...

Pros: Excellent food, variety of choices, comparable prices.
Cons: Not a location in Dallas/Ft. Worth :-(

It was so nice of Epinions to alert me to their placement of Marie Callender's onto the Chain Restaurant category. NOT. I did request the place, after all.

That being said, I have to tell you that I have not eaten at a Marie Callender's...

Pros: Large dessert selection
Cons: Service, food quality, portion sizes, and service.

So, my family and I finally ate at a Marie Callender's after living in California for a year. We'd heard a lot about the place from coworkers, neighbors, and friends so we figured, "Why not?". Luckily I had eaten not long before but my family wasn't so ...

Pros: Reasonable prices, good pies, conventional and conservative menu
Cons: Typical coffee shop food quality - not bad but not great, either

Since there are 31 other reviews on Marie Callender's, I will not try to rehash the same old stuff and will just mention a quick overview of the facts. The part that I wanted to add is the variability from location to location. First the basics - ...

Pros: Good pies
Cons: Very bland food

I ask myself that very question every time I eat at Marie Callender's. I know I don't like their food, and yet somehow I still go there once every few years. I guess I just keep hoping that the food will somehow improve.

I first started...

Pros: Excellent selection of Pies
Cons: none

Marie Callender’s Restaurants and Bakery started out as a bakery in 1948 and has established over 160 restaurants primarily on the West coast and Southwest. I recently ate at the restaurant in Waco, Texas and have eaten at their Tulsa, Oklahoma...

Pros: Fast service, great pies, good food
Cons: --

Last night, I saw a sneak preview for the animated movie "Chicken Run" The movie is about a group of chickens trying to escape from their concentration camp-like farm before they are made into chicken pies. After cheering the chicken's escape...

Pros: Great food at good prices!
Cons: I wish they would deliver, now that would be perfect.

My family knows me all too well, and to say that cooking isn't my calling card is an understatement! Last year I stumbled upon the perfect solution to the age old question, "What will we do for Thanksgiving dinner?". My local Marie...

Pros: great service, great pies, family friendly, kid loved food and ate it without a fuss
Cons: way too much fat, but that's what made it taste so great, none on the east coast near me

I was first introduced to Marie Callender's after I moved to Santa Cruz California almost four years ago. I had never seen one on the east coast where I grew up, so when our hungry family of five, who was living in a hotel room until our worldly goods...

Pros: the PIES! the PIES!
Cons: the food and service

We have a Marie Callender's right up the road from the house I grew up in. Just past the 76 way stop where I was careened by some idiot running a stop sign, over the bumpy and sometimes deadly <on the shocks of you car that is> train tracks, is...