Maxfields Pancake House & Restaurant

Maxfields is a cute family restaurant that made me feel like I’d gone back in time 20 years. The décor is very homey. The menu contains all the basic items that you’d expect from a traditional American restaurant/​diner. I joked that they were trying to fatten you up because the sandwiches are served with soup, fries and coleslaw. Yes, that’s an AND not an OR. I ended up ordering the mushroom and asparagus breakfast skillet which came with hash browns, two eggs and toast. There was something a little off about the taste of the asparagus. I couldn’t quite place it. Everything else was fine and about what you’d expect. Nothing fancy, just filling. This wouldn’t be my first choice of a restaurant, but I’d be okay with tagging along if that’s where everyone else wants to go.

I will drive unholy distances for good soup, and Maxfield’s is one of those places I will trek out to when I have a craving for a fantastic chicken noodle or cream of chicken rice soup.
This is my go-​to pre-​shopping at Woodfield destination. Located in a strip mall, it is your typically decorated family restaurant, with a nifty old-​fashioned soda fountain and always pleasant service.
The menu is extensive; filled with plenty of breakfast and lunch options, but my order never changes. A bowl of soup and a side salad loaded with creamy garlic dressing. They always serve it with a basket of assorted rolls and crackers (including packaged crunchy bread sticks, which you just don’t see too often anymore!).

Was there yesterday with my daughter for lunch. Very good. Burgers are the best!
And our favorite place for breakfast. generous portions!

We go for breakfast. Nice size portions and good food. We order carryout often and everything is hot and made correctly!

Environment is pretty good. Service is pretty good, but waitresses are not the nicest and in the best mood. They also are not the most cleaned up people in the world. Wish they were a bit better waitresses. But pretty good service. The best part — GREAT food! Love the food. Go a couple times a month to get Sunday breakfast. Will continue to go.

First time here, I enjoyed the food. Nice family friendly restaurant. Staff was friendly. Good place to enjoy family time over a delicious meal.

This is my favorite place for lunch on sundays!!!

I AM a fan of Maxfield’s. I can only comment on breakfast, but it’s definitely worth a visit. My family and I have been here multiple times for hearty breakfasts. I love their breakfast quesadillas and my kids adore the pancakes. Another draw is the friendly service. The host always greets my husband with a handshake and we’ve found the waitresses and bussers to all be friendly. The service is a little slow, but as long as you go in knowing you will have to wait a bit, it’s manageable. Maxfield’s gives that small town, family-​owned, multi-​generational dining experience that the chain restaurants lack. Check it out!

Even on the most crowded Saturdays, we still get seated in a reasonable amount of time (15 minutes or less). The staff is always very friendly and polite and we are never disappointed with our food. Our favorites for breakfast are the pancakes, corned beef hash skillet or a cheese omelet with a side of «ham off the bone.» One thing I also appreciate is our coffee is never cold because the servers constantly check on you. Also, those clearing tables are fast and courteous too. This is a great place for breakfast, family meals or a business meeting. There always seems to be specials and a wide variety on the menu too. Hardest part about coming here is deciding what to order. Thanks Maxfields, for being a gem in our community!

Went there tonight for dinner started off very nice soup was good. Then entrees come out Greek style chicken breast oven brown potatoes. Food was cold potatoes were white sent it back didn’t have much time asked just to nuke it came back the exact same way. Asked for the manager 15 minutes later she came over. Tried to explain she says her name was Liliana as I’m explaining she tells me to calm down. I was done at that point she didn’t care that she lost a customer. She wanted to sit back down with her man friend.

How have i not reviewed this place yet?! I’ve been here dozens of times, we usually go two or three weekends a month for breakfast and have never had a bad experience. There’s usually a short wait, but i’ve tried pretty much all of the breakfast foods and think they have all been excellent.
Also it’s a great deal! you get a lot of food for the price. And the staff is just awesome! Love this place!

Service is amazing, both the waitresses and bus staff are extremely attentive. Refilling coffee and water cups efficiently. The food is amazing, we moved to the area about 1.5yrs ago and recently discovered this gem and have been here almost every weekend since. Must check it out.

I absolutely love this restaurant. I come here often and I’m never disappointed. The food is good and so is the coffee and people are always around to refill your coffee cup. I often come here for breakfast. Tried lunch once and even their burgers are yummy. Needless to say I don’t mind coming for lunch now. I also tried their chicken noodle soup and it was delicious. It’s homemade and taste like it was made when I was a kid.

They were busy but seated us in 5 minutes. Coffee served as we were sitting down. The Denver omelette I ordered was enough for 2 people. And, with hash browns and 2 pancakes. The meal was delicious. I will be back.
My wife had a BLT with fries and coleslaw. Bacon could have been cooked better, less fatty.

Had a great breakfast here last Saturday. Split an omelet (huge, includes potatoes and pancakes)! And it was served on 2 separate plates – nice! Mentioned to server it was our first time and asked about their soups for lunches, and she was kind enough to bring us small samples of their soup of the day, which was quite good. Prices reasonable, food good, clean and nice atmosphere– what’s not to like?

Outsanding food, burgers and fries are very delicious, when ever they have creamy chicken soup with rice that stuff is to die for. The only reason why I’m giving Maxfields 4 stars is becuase there service I’ve noticed recently has been very poor. Which includes waiting a long time for refills and just taking a customers order. So besides the service Maxfields is a place to go while your in the schaumburg area.

Great price for the amount of food you get. Very nice staff that works there. The apple pancake is awesome and so are their burgers. Cole slaw is good too. Kids love the mickey and chocolate chip pancakes. Would definitely go again!

GREAT FOOD!!! Love the service I get their. My wife and I love coming here even though it’s a bit of a drive for us for breakfast. It is totally worth it. We love their biscuits and gravy! Must try in my opinion.

This is the first time I’ve gone to this place. It’s not a place I would typically consider because it’s near my school, not where I live. I thought the atmosphere was mildly dated, but I thought the food was pretty good for diner food, and the staff was very friendly. My friends that I went with say the fries are to die for!

Good typical diner.
Lots of food options.
Super freaky fast food delivery.
Old décor that needs some TLC.
Really cheap prices.
Coffee is good — including the decaf :)

Let’s face it, breakfast food is the only food that matters. Any place that can get me my pancake fix is a winner to me. Maxfield’s gives absurdly large portions and their pancakes are delicious. The service can be a little slow, but I attribute that to the large crowds (usually of old people) that we always seem to encounter. The bread basket they bring out in the beginning is full of stale and tasteless rolls, so don’t bother with that. In addition to pancakes, their scrambled eggs and omelettes are also very good.

Was expecting a little more, but was quite disappointed. But first the good. I loved the interior. Many who are my age and younger might say that it is dated, but it reminds me of the kind of restaurants my parents took me to as a kid back in the 1970s. It had that Chicago nostalgia feeling to it, so I was alright with it. Still, the booths were a little small. The service was nice and friendly as well. Those were the good point.
However, looks and service can take you so far. The food didn’t live up to the hype. I ordered the traditional Eggs Benedict and the eggs were not prepared correctly. One had only a slightly runny yoke while the other was basically cooked solid. My mother went there a few weeks earlier and had the same experience. As far as the taste, it was great. However, with Eggs Benedict, those eggs have to be spot on, but they were terribly off. If they were spot on, I could give this place a 5-​star review.

We’re from out of town and stopped in based on Unilocal ratings. We were NOT DISAPPOINTED!
Even though the place was packed on a Sunday morning after church we were seated immediately.
The menu was very extensive with plenty of choice. A bonus was they offered potato pancakes as well as regular.
I had 2 eggs with bacon, hashbrowns and potato pancakes. Yea I love potatoes! LOL
My wife had an omelet pancakes hashbrowns.
The serving portions are Large! 5 pieces of bacon a huge pile of hashbrowns and 2 potato pancakes! Like wise my wife had more then she could eat.
Everything was delicious hot and came quickly. The server was very nice but joy overly sweet or hovering.
$ 20 covered our meals and we were plenty full with a box to take home for the dog!

I came here with my family on Mother’s Day around 10AM and the wait was about 35−45minutes. Not bad considering that Wildberry’s was 1.5hrs. The host did a great job of handling the breakfast crowd and we were able to get a table in a timely fashion. But that’s where our experience took an unfortunate turn for the worse.
We were seated in a section with a rude, old waitress who definitely shouldn’t be working in the hospitality industry. Her attitude and demeanor would have been more fitting of a truck stop diner than a family restaurant. I’ve probably never had such a bad waitress in my life.
I ordered the Special Club #3 which comes with chilled juice. Now, I’ve been to many breakfast places and I always order orange juice. It’s a staple part of my breakfast. But I’ve never seen such a small serving. It might as well have been poured into a shot glass. But considering it’s part of a combo I’ll play along. The food although was satisfying but nothing to brag about. It’s hard to mess up breakfast staples. The place was fairly clean but not well lit.
I don’t see a reason to come back here.

One of our favorite places until today
Usually awesome service until today
We never found HAIR in the soup until today
When we brought the HAIR to our servers attention she denied it was a HAIR oh well

Love the mom-​pop feel of this place. The service is awesome. The menu is vast. The corned beef hash was delish and naturally the bacon, crisp like I like it but the pancakes were just okay. I think my expectations were high for the pancake, so my bar was too high for them to reach. Overall nice place.

I love breakfast food so I was more than happy to check Maxfield’s out when my friend suggested it for dinner. The food was decent but service was definitely lacking. I wasn’t expecting 5 star service since it is a diner but what we received was pretty terrible.
My friend and I came around 8pm on a Friday and it was pretty dead except for a couple tables. I had the Fritta skillet with a side of potato pancakes and my friend had the sausage and cheese omelette with a side of bacon pancakes. Both the omelettes and skillets come with a side of buttermilk pancakes, toast, or potato pancakes. Here are some of the pros and cons from dinner.
CONS:
1) I ordered the potato pancakes with my skillet. the waiter came out with buttermilk pancakes
2) The waiter asked us if we wanted more water rather than just refilling our glasses
3) We had to wait a long time before our waiter came to check on us and get us our checks because he was busy cleaning the counters
4) When we asked for separate checks, he looked confused and said «oh.separate checks» and acted like most people don’t ask for it
PROS:
1) Food came out fast
2) Food was pretty good and portion sizes were fairly large for the price
I wouldn’t say this was a bad experience per se but it definitely didn’t wow me. If I’m in the area I might try it again but otherwise it probably would be a pass for me.