not worth the hype

Posted by tuffwen from Decatur, GA on 7/22/07

I read the review from R and my visit was the same, except it was my first and last visit. We had out of town guest and I had heard so much about Mary Mac's Tea Room. I was very disappointed. Our service was not good at all and just as R mentioned the restuarant was not full at all but we were told they were very busy. The waitress returned to our table 3 times to tell us something that we had ordered was not available. It was very frustrating. Not to mention the food was not worth the price we paid.

A Sad Day for Southern Cooking

Posted by Bobby from Atlanta, GA on 8/9/06

I had heard a lot of good things about this place, but they were all false on the day I visited. My food was stale and bad. The meat was uncooked and old. The vegetables were not fresh and seemed to be canned and old. The service was not friendly and my waiter was rude and abrupt throughout my meal. The final insult was the check: This place is overpriced and expensive. Not a good value and not a good dining experience. I would NOT recommend Mary Mac's to anyone.

Been twice: 1st time Fantastic, second time Horrible

Posted by R from Atlanta on 11/29/05

We had some visitors from the north that wanted to enjoy some good southern food. We had been to Mary Mac's once before about two months ago and had enjoyed it quite a bit and thought it would be just the right place. On this visit, we were a party of 4 and arrived apx 7pm. There was not a show this night we dined; however, after we had ordered, the waitress returned to our table and told us there was a delay due to a busy night (the restaurant was only about 1/2 full!). Then, shortly after that she returned again advising that the item my wife ordered was no longer available (ironically this had also happened the first time we visited and she had ordered a completely different item then). We ended up waiting more than a half hour for our food. The fried chicken I ordered was luke warm and dry when it was brought out. As a matter of fact, none of our food was not "hot off the grill or out of the oven." So why was our food delayed then? Clearly it wasn't because they had to cook more of it!! We didn't even get an apology for the delay. A steak one of my table mates ordered was over cooked. We had to remind the waitress to bring the side of cranberry sauce, then ask two more times before it was brought to us! The waitress never checked on us to see if we were enjoying our meals (perhaps she knew we wouldn't be). The only good part of the meal was the cinnamon rolls and cornbread to start the meal. I'm not sure if we'll go out of our way again to return to Mary Mac's as we did this time.