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  • Ashley M.

    Went twice over the past week while on vacation. Both times it was delicious. They have the best philly omelet and homemade wheat bread!

    (5)
  • John S.

    We mostly go here for breakfast, and they have very good dinner style breakfast food. Their home made whole wheat toast is worthy of special mention. Lunch is also quite good. I have had their cheese steak twice, and though it may not be completely Philly-style authentic, it's yummy anyway.

    (4)
  • Loren B.

    Two words: Waffle Fries! One of the best places to eat in the small town of Culver. They definitely make the food with love and it's delicious!

    (4)
  • Jennifer B.

    I have been here many times, as my family has a house on this beautiful lake. I've only ever been for breakfast and it's usually very busy as it is really the only breakfast place in Culver. Nicely decorated with historical items from the Academy and outdoor sidewalk seating, but that's about the only good thing I can say about this place. My food is consistently "meh". I've tried several different items and all have been underwhelming, but not awful. My main issue with this place is that the SERVICE is awful. Partly because it's so busy, but partly because the owner, who walks around the entire time "socializing", keeps calling the waitresses away to refill her own coffee cup when she's out. Tip: maybe let them focus on your paying customers. Another tip: maybe leave your paying customers alone and let them eat their "meh" breakfast. We saw this woman sit down and make herself at home at several people's tables (including ours, without being asked btw) and she stayed there for a good period of time, flapping her jaws, while they were clearly waiting for her to leave so that they could eat. A THIRD tip: Maybe instead YOU could help run orders or walk around with coffee/water/soda refills to help speed up things. I'm sure your waitresses and your customers would appreciate it. Anyway, obviously give it a try and come to your own conclusions about the place, but if there were another breakfast place in Culver, I wouldn't go back to Cafe Max.

    (2)
  • Susan M.

    Sinful French toast for Mother's day brunch.. The best French Toast ever! Also got a free Mimosa.

    (5)
  • Angela S.

    What a gem Cafe Max is. This time I tried the Poblano Chicken and spinach salad... outstanding!!! Love this place!!

    (5)
  • M M.

    A visit to Culver would not be complete without stopping at Cafe Max. Great food, friendly staff, and a Culver Academy history gem. Highly recommend.

    (5)
  • Allison F.

    I had the fried chicken. Blehhh...it wasn't anything special, mainly because it wasn't as crunchy as one would hope. I doubt it was hand-breaded or homemade. Maybe I should have come for breakfast?

    (2)
  • Hayley S.

    Farmers Skillet and the Bloody Marys are to die for! All you could hope for for a lovely brunch!

    (5)
  • Terry M.

    A trip to Lake Maxinkuckee wouldn't be complete without a breakfast at Cafe Max. The food is delicious and very moderately priced. The eggs Benedict with poblano hollandaise are delicious. The scrambles are also great. We don't have as much experience with lunch, but the kale and bean salad is delicious. The restaurant is on Main Street so you can do some shopping or visit the museum before or after you eat.

    (5)
  • Don N.

    Quite possibly the worse service I've experienced in years. We had a group of 6 and at least 2 tables with 6 or more were seated before us. After waiting 50 minutes to be seated it took 35 minutes for us to get our order and when it arrived my over easy eggs were cooked hard and barely warm. Coffee refills no where to be found. 1 hour and 50 minutes for breakfast. Awful. One star because zero is not possible.

    (1)
  • Matthew N.

    I wasn't impressed. The ingredients in my veggie omlette didn't taste fresh. They used kraft singles cheese slices in the omlette for crying out loud. The menu is rather limited too, nothing much beyond traditional breakfast items. Its too bad that the city tavern ( I think thats what it was called) closed, because this is uninspiring.

    (2)
  • Randy D.

    Great food, great local atmosphere and wonderful service! Watch out, service can be slow and error prone during Academy weekends, but that's when it might be wise to take advantage of the buffet it you're in a hurry.

    (3)
  • Tina A.

    I have enjoyed coming to Cafe Max since moving to this area in '00. Atmosphere is great. Breakfast, lunch or dinner.... Doesn't matter, I always leave happy! My favorite has got to be their spicy Bloody Mary's and breakfast Burrito!! Might I add, the burrito can feed three lol the owner is quite friendly always making her rounds to say hello. Culver would not be the same without Cafe Max!!!

    (5)
  • CM B.

    Updating my review. Have since been back twice. First time things were so-so. My food came out cold and waitress brought me an entire new meal. Then owner ( I'm assuming) came in with this shaggy white dog and proceeded to let it walk all around the restaurant. How is this hygienic? How is this sensitive to people who have dog allergies or a dislike of dogs? Second time we went back, giving it one more chance, my daughter's fruit cup came out and every piece of banana was rotted to the point of mold (I've posted pictures). Who sliced that up and though that would be ok to serve anyone? The waitress was at least embarrassed and apologized. Then the owner comes in again, carrying her dog all around the restaurant. So she is now carrying this dog at the level of the tables that people are eating at. So dog hair could easily be getting on the tables, cups, food, etc. is this legal? May have to call the health department to find out.

    (2)
  • Kyle Z.

    My brother's wedding in Culver brought me to this small Indiana town. Many small homey areas like this have a fair selection of good cafes with nice service and pleasant atmosphere. Unfortunately, Cafe Max is not that restaurant. Sixteen of us ate there tonight, and none of us enjoyed our meal. My chicken sandwich was dry, the chicken alfredo was horrible, even my 10 year old sister decided it was nasty. Two of our party had their "Haystack" sandwich which turned out to be a plate of greasy hashbrowns on top of toast. Another had their lasagna which was frozen in the middle, and, when sent back was brought out cold AGAIN. My mom said it was "one of the worst meals she's had in a restaurant." Much of the food was obviously out of a box/freezer. The terrible food might have been forgivable if the service had been service. Not only slow, but our waiter messed up several side orders, and even brought the wrong dish entirely to one of my friend. My girlfriend, sister, and a friend, never even got their side dishes. At my table, we actually had to ask the waiter for utensils after our meals arrived. After dinner about half of us experienced some sort of intestinal discomfort. My party and I have had much better food and service in third world countries where they might actually care about leaving their guests with a pleasant experience. If you plan on going, bring along some Pepto and Immodium. EDIT: Ambience was nice.

    (1)
  • T L.

    Where do I begin? This is a poorly run restaurant at best. I had a restaurant.com certificate, more on that later, and decided to give this place another chance even though we had a previous bad experience and there are numerous bad reviews. In addition, the owner Susie Mahler is an ass. Let me start with the breakfast. I ordered the Blue Bayou which is scrambled eggs, bacon, tomato, spinach and blue cheese. There was very little evidence or taste of blue cheese. The eggs were overcooked and the bagel was greasy with a poor grade of butter. My companion ordered the eggs benedict with green pepper hollandaise sauce. The hollandaise sauce was separating. Both dishes were cold. I should have sent it all back. I did not because initially there was an issue with my using the restaurant.com certificate via the application on my phone. They had never seen this before. They did not say prior to ordering that we could not use it. They should have. The certificate was for $10.00, unknown to me, they were calling the owner on the phone for approval, and she was in the middle of showing a house to another of her real estate victims. Why is there not a manager to look at the restaurant.com certificate application? The owner made a decision without all of the information. Typical poor business practice by a foolish business owner. The bottom line is the owner told them that there had to be a paper print out. I have never run into this problem at other restaurants. This feature has been available since January 2012. mobilecommercedaily.com/… . I was not able to use the certificate and I am visiting so even if I wanted to return to this poor excuse for a restaurant. If you need breakfast in Culver, Indiana, go to the Culver Coffee Company culvercoffeecompany.com , they have great coffee and great breakfast sandwiches. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable.

    (1)
  • Phil B.

    I am always cognizant of the category I review something in, so let me emphasize I see Cafe Max as a breakfast/lunch diner which also is open for dinner three nights a week AND has a liquor license. I see these as added bonuses, but score them five stars for their bread and butter- reliable breakfast and lunch items at a reasonable price in a lovingly decorated Culver atmosphere. Their "Lean Machine" is my favorite is my favorite dish for breakfast- bluberry whole wheat pancakes with scrambled egg whites. Lunch they have sandwiches etc. but my favorite dish is the spinach salad with blue cheese and candied pecans. Yum!

    (5)
  • Joel T.

    You woke up on the shores of Lake Maxinkuckee. Hungry, you stumble toward what appears to be a downtown. Cafe Max will set you up with the best breakfast for miles around, and they offer a pretty decent lunch, too. Stop in for an amazing omelet plus a chance to check out the local flavor. Here you'll get a sense of Culver's population mix, rubbing elbows with construction workers stopping in to fuel a hard day's work and sitting nearby those with a bit more money and much more leisurely intentions for their full stomachs. No worries -- they provide tasty salads in addition to heavier fare.

    (4)
  • Katie R.

    I was promised that my one hour drive to Cafe Max in Culver Indiana was well worth it to experience the Sinful French Toast. It did not disappoint! Two huge cinnamon rolls flattened and iced, dipped in egg and fried to caramelized goodness. No syrup needed! I definitely will return when my sweet tooth needs to be satisfied!

    (4)
  • Alan S.

    If you are looking for a small local cafe with yummy food, look elsewhere, because Cafe Max will disappoint. Ill start with a few positive points... It has a comfortable small-town atmosphere and is located right on main street. They also exist, which is a relatively lame positive, but there aren't a whole lot of options in such a small town. Some of the staff is rather friendly and they generally help out where they can. However.. The food is sub-par. Those other postings here that say the food is delicious should reconsider their definitions of that word, because the food was remarkably average. Actually, "average" food would have been an improvement, because it was really not even up to that level. How could food be that remarkably bad, you might question? Well, here ya go: I started my meal with their version of french onion soup. An overpriced rip off. It was essentially Campbells french onion soup with week-old croutons topped with, I kid you not, a Craft cheese single. Yuck. After having perused the menu, I'd selected a "local favorite" or some other such promisingly labeled term - the Haystack sandwich. While the description sounded delicious: "A slice of prime rib with a crispy pile of blackened hash browns on a sandwich roll"... which was delivered as "a few strips of day old fatty fajita meat with a few small pieces of pepper on some cheap white bread, smothered in flavorless greasy hash brown mush. My wife's meal was equally disappointing. Dry and tough chicken fried steak smothered in brown salt (ie, their gravy) with a side of reconstituted-from-a-box mashed potatoes. They were supposed to supply a side of vegetables as well, however those never seemed to arrive at the table. The rest of my dining companions had similarly poorly done food. Additionally, most of us had issues with food being prepared incorrectly from how we had requested it or even to suitable delivery standards. I am not talking small things like food not meeting expectations or steak being overdone.... I am talking about forgetting one persons meal completely "because there were two italian items on the pad" ,delivering cold food, or completely ignoring side selections, etc... Our particular waitress was rather snippy and not particularly friendly. While she did appear to be trying to act kind, it came off as insincere and slowly degraded from there. She was never really around and only came back a few times. Finally... the cost is much higher than the quality of the food. My wife and I ordered two entrees, two sodas, and a cup of soup. Grand total was about $30. Not horrible, but also pretty high compared to the quality! In summary.... You don't have a lot of options, so you will probably end up eating here. But consider yourself warned, you are going to be ripped off with cheap processed food being prepared inadequately with very little flavor. Will you survive? Probably. Will you be satisfied? Unlikely.

    (1)
  • Michael D.

    Late summer found me visiting a friend's house by the lake here in Culver. A classic midwestern lake summer vacation. My copy of "The Sound and the Fury" went unread, but I did get in lots of time enjoying swimming, sunbathing, and BBQing. If you're having difficulty deciding on a restaurant in Culver, you're really in trouble -- There aren't very many in this little two street downtown. But Cafe Max is one of the pleasantest places to go for breakfast here. The pancakes are fluffly, the chorizo omlet is spicy and avocado-y, the WiFi kept us in touch with the outside world, and the staff didn't throw us out, even though our photo files were taking all day to upload!

    (4)

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Opening Hours

  • Mon :6:00 am - 2:00pm

Specialities

  • Takes Reservations : Yes
    Delivery : No
    Take-out : Yes
    Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
    Good For : Brunch
    Parking : Street
    Bike Parking : Yes
    Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
    Good for Kids : Yes
    Good for Groups : Yes
    Attire : Casual
    Ambience : Casual
    Noise Level : Average
    Alcohol : Full Bar
    Outdoor Seating : Yes
    Wi-Fi : Free
    Has TV : Yes
    Waiter Service : Yes

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