Cafe Max Richardson

Since the selling of Cafe Max, things have gone down hill fast. The son now owns it, not the Dad. Had Lunch today with a friend and some of her salads on her sampler were not fresh and my quiche was down right uneatable. The crust was soggy and the custard spoiled. With my last few visits being unacceptable, this with be my last visit.

Thought this place was just ok. All the salads are already dressed so I couldn't adjust the amount of dressing. Chicken salad was weirdly sweet. I'd give it a 2 star rating. Definitely haven't had a chicken salad like theirs. No Mayo dressing. Cucumber was good. Quiche was the star of the lunch. Definitely 5 stars. Crust was flaky. Quiche filling was flavorful. The place is cafeteria style and very simple menu. Drinks are self serve with lots of seating in the dining area. Chairs are also weirdly straight and uncomfortable.

Thursday 1/16 was a very disappointing visit for this cafe. I ordered the same thing I have always ordered. For the second time the seafood salad tasted horrible. I always had a very good experience and found that to be my favorite seafood salad. I complained about the rubber like texture and taste like it was from day before leftovers. I spoke to the lady that had served me the following day and she said I should have called at the moment because it would have helped them by checking the quality. They couldn't help me and basically sorry for your luck. I live way too far to make special trip to eat there and be let down. Almost $20 for my salad trio.

I'm rarely impressed and yet I was thoroughly impressed at Cafe Max. Went for lunch because all those Chicken Salad Chick commercials had me jonesin' for some chicken salad. My go to is usually MarketStreet for one of their very good chicken salad sandwiches in the to go case. That's not close enough for a Richardson lunch so I found Cafe Max via a Yelp search. They offer 8 different salads, sandwiches and a quiche and soup of the day in addition to desserts like brownies and cookies. Most people get the trio of pick your salad. I chose Caesar salad (huge and better than La Madeline), chicken salad and seafood salad. The Caesar was fresh and creamy. The chicken salad was delicious and consists of large strips of chicken, green bell strips, cucumber strips, apple strips and a sweet tangy dressing. The seafood salad is julienne strips of imitation crab in a creamy dressing and it's generous and phenomenal. The trio with both chicken and seafood is $15 which may seem high but consider the quality is high and the helpings are enough for either two people or two lunches it's very fair. I'm going to be returning with coworkers and will use this as my go-to for catering office working lunches. I used Jason's Deli last time and this blows it out of the water.

The salads are always fresh and delicious. I would say you can definitely share as they are very generous with their portions. The staff are always friendly as I have been going to this establishment for over 14 years. The ambience is friendly and relaxing a good place to have lunch and catch up with good conversation!

A family member asked me to stop in. Not my choice but I did it anyway.Anyone notice that the reviews for the last 6+ months have not only been mostly all negative, but there has not been one reply from the owners. It means they don't care anymore than the people working there.Such a loss for anyone in Richardson.

Had lunch here the other day-meeting an old friend. We wanted to eat here because when we worked together we ate here often. More than nostalgic, it was a happy discovery that the food is still fantastic. Salads were fresh and plentiful-just as we remembered. We both did the trio and were very happy with our choices. Both of us had the Caesar which is quite excellent. I had pasta and vegetable salad for my other 2. Normally pasta salad is blah but not this one. And the veggie salad was fresh and just lightly dressed. My buddy was thrilled with her potato salad and thought the seafood was excellent. Thanks for an excellent lunch and rekindling of fond memories. If I lived near, I'd be here often.

So disappointed, drove 25 minutes because I enjoy the freshness of Cafe Max salads. The vegetable salad had one piece of cauliflower in 2 orders. They were out of cucumber and German potato salad. The other salads are not vegetarian friendly so did not get to enjoy my favorite, the cucumber salad. Lesson learned, call before you go to confirm they have everything.

Genuinely one of my favorite restaurants ever! Everyone's super friendly and they never fail to amaze!

The food is outstanding, the portions are two meals and the prices are great!!!! We use the take out service.