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Max's Oyster Bar

964 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT | Map it  

06107 41.761700 -72.743301

(860) 236-6299 | View Website

  • Hours

    M-Th 11:30a-2:30p & 5p-10p F-Sa 5p-11p Su 4p-9p
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Price:
$$$
Cuisine:
Seafood
Categories:
Restaurants

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Restaurant Special Features:
Dine At The Bar, Bar Scene, Group Dining, People Watching, Notable Wine List, Online Reservations, Romantic Dining
Payment Methods:
MasterCard, Discover, Visa, American Express, Diners Club

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DivorceSupport1dotcom

Member since Feb, 2011 View Profile
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Joined 1 year ago
3.0
February 18, 2011

Nice place to meet a client for a drink. I am a Divorce Coach/Consultant with clients in CT, MA, and NY. I enjoy the Max line of restaurants to meet clients for a drink. I have always been pleased. No complaints! Taylor DivorceSupport1dotcom

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foodie1909

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1.0
February 13, 2011

Horrible service and undercooked food. Honestly, I will never come back to this restaurant ever again, and would not recommend it to anyone. This was my second time coming here. We made lunch reservations and were promptly seated. That was really the only plus out of this entire experience.

Our waiter was horribly slow and inattentive. It felt as if we we inconveniencing him. The only time we actually experienced any personality out of him was when he was preparing our check! And considering that it wasn't horribly packed with patrons for lunch, I would have liked to see more efficient service than what we received.

Our waiter did not listen to us when we placed our drink orders and omitted specifics, and didn't come back until much later. (So if you are brave and decide to go there, don't go in hungry, because it might be awhile--which kind of defeats the purpose, right!?).

My husband and I each opted to try their paella--which was excellent when we were there previously. I could not believe that the rice in both entrees were semi-cooked! Since the rice was not cooked thoroughly, I wondered how thoroughly cooked the seafood was.. Unbelievable, what kind of restaurant (namely a *seafood* restaurant with a Zagat rating) serves food that is undercooked!? Thank goodness we got appetizers! (The spicy calamari, was very good, by the way). Bread was not served until requested. Thank goodness we asked after we spied one table of patrons who did have a bread basket.

We did have our turtle of a waiter take the food back to be cooked thoroughly. There was no apology and no compensation. Twenty minutes later, and with disappointed appetites, we received our paella cooked.

My husband and I are both foodies and love to go out and experience different restaurants throughout CT and the surrounding areas. At this point, I hesitate to even suggest another Max group restaurant. I have never had this type of service or food served in this manner. Zagat rated!? Hahahaha! Save your time and money and go to Flemmings (which is right around the corner with excellent food and service) or any Billy Grant restaurant. With much regret, we should have gone there.

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graddis

Member since Nov, 2010 View Profile
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Joined 2 years ago
4.0
November 24, 2010

good scene. bad drinks but a fun scene. lots of yuppies can be found on most weekends. i prefer going on a weeknight

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md2phd

Member since Jun, 2010 View Profile
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2.0
June 09, 2010

Max's is more important than your complaints. I had the salmon tonight and found a piece of cracked plastic or glass in the meal. Upon my complaint, they didn't feel that it was particularly important to make the situation right. No apologies were rendered and no compensation was offered.

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RachelMT

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1.0
August 31, 2009

Disappointing meal. Someone needs to teach these folks how to make bloody mary's. Terrible drinks.... it was more like a tomatoe and horseradish. Wait staff spent plenty of time talking to folks at the table next to us...in fact while handing us dessert menu's he was still talking to them. Shrimp wrapped in proscuitto was so salty!!!! And paella had no flavor at all!!! Way too bland. Will not return.

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