This restaurant is sort of a functioning museum. The Maid Rites are great and the staff is efficient. Portions are generous and prices are very competitive for comparable food. A spoon is provided with your delicious Maid Rites. Unfortunately I could not rate this location higher due to the cleanliness of the restaurant and the condition of the restaurant, although I still recommend stopping by to enjoy the food.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$10–20
Great local spot with a long track record of unique food and atmosphere. Under same ownership for 50 years! Maid-Rite is 97 years young! Fun food and stop!
Food: 4
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 4
The Cedar Falls, Iowa MAID-RITE is not only rocking out their famous sandwich, they are making made from scratch PIES every day!! I had three slices! Coconut Cream, Fresh Strawberry and for nostalgia Rhubarb! All three were amazing! From the perfect flaky crust to the filling, so tasty! This location has been open for the last 77 years and owned by the same Family for the last 44 years!! Had a wonderful time with the Owner Penne and her staff, but also with My Mom, My Sister and her Family and my Best Friend Drew and his Wife Angela! Miss you all already! To see the Maid-Rite video subscribe to my You Tube Channel A Biker Dude!
Great experience
Was taken there to eat when I was a kid
Took my kids and now taking the grandkids
Such a friendly place
Great food always
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$1–10
I love Maid rites soooo good. And their pie! Delicious every time
Service
Take out
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$1–10
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Mega Cheese Rite Basket
Good spot for lunch. Service and food were great, wish the indoor seating were open when I visited, the flies around the outdoor seating area must have been very hungry as well :)
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Awesome atmosphere! Very 1950! The food and staff were great. They were very friendly and full. The kids talked about it for hours.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$1–10
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Burger and Fries
One of the great Iowa foods in a setting that feels historic without being fussy about it.
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$1–10
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Made-Rite & Fries
Was in town for a wedding and decide to stop in to see my brother who was eating there.
After a little visit and some conversation with the waitress and the owner I got interested in the menu. I saw one item offered that always hard fine tasting good. Potato Salad! They said it was homemade and really good. A relatives recipe. So I thought I would give it a whirl.
Shazam!!!! So good I ate every piece of it!! After being hooked and not having an appetite I ordered a Maid-Rite. Delicious. Before I ate all the potato salad I mixed some of the maid rite meat with it. Oh! soooooo goood!
Friendly waitress and owner who has a ketchup trick to show you.
Highly recommended this place.
Tell them you saw this review by Jorge from DBQ, IA.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
This place was dripping in flavor and history. The food was amazing, and you really feel the connection to the GENERATIONS of folks who sat at this very same counter.
The staff was welcoming and engaged with me. It really made my solo road trip stop memorable.
You are missing a piece of burger history if you skip this place. A loose meat burger is something you have to taste to really understand.
And the burgers DO travel well. Grab a few to go for late night happiness.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$10–20
