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Consistently delicious food and great service. We've been to Szmania's many times and always have a good experience whether dining in the bar or in the main part of the restaurant. I love sitting by one of their two fireplaces. We were most recently there for Father's Day and the place was packed with families. It's great to see a family-owned restaurant consistently provide such delicious food over the years. They are always adding new things to the menu along side their traditional favorites, which we have worked our way through several times. I like the variety of appetizers and desserts. I always find something to complement my entree. I'm impressed with the work they do to support the Magnolia community even though I live on Queen Anne. I hope to try one of their occasional special dinner nights where they pair different regional wines with each course and I would also like to try one of Chef Ludger's cooking classes. They look like fun.…
Great neighborhood restaurant. Terrific dining experience. I wish I lived in Magnolia to take advantage of it more often. A very bright and pleasing decor, professional (but not stuff) service, and chef Ludger is a talented guy in the kitchen. Crab cake appetizer, grilled tuna entree, warm romaine salad...all were tasty and perfectully prepared. Reasonable wine list too. Enjoy!…
Great Food, Great Service. Attentive waiters, sat quickly. Food was delicious. The trio of german sausages was incredible. Real sauerkraut.
Think twice. a very mediocre dinning experience in terms of atmosphere and taste; a great disappointment and waste of our money
Great atmosphere! Not what I remembered Magnolia to be like. Great Steak.
In short: GREAT food, RELAXED atmosphere.
Um...In...long(?): I haven't been here since I last lived in Magnolia and everything was as good as I remembered. I started at the bar while waiting for late friends and while only a 5 or 6 seating bar it provided full service with a dedicated bartender. Service overall from the bar to the table was good. To be honest, when I eat somewhere I only the notice the service if it ISN'T excellent. I rarely go eat somewhere nice, especially without kids, so when I do I want to get away and not have to think about anything. The service here did that.
The food was sensational. Being a meat-lover without much love for anything else it also takes some seriously good vegetables for me to eat them (I'm seriously that steak-centered). The asparagus (sp?) and the mashed potatoes that came with my meal were great.
The decor and atmosphere were relaxed and intimate despite the place being busy. I'm not too keen on crowds but the place didn't over do anything with loud music or bright lights. Again, very relaxed and what you would expect a place to be like in laid-back Magnolia.
I think I'll be back first for the bar, it really did surprise me that this small bar was full service. You don't see that often as most restaurants only have little-bars like this for show and never have a dedicated bartender.
My previous idea of eating in Magnolia was either going to the Subway, which is coincidentally, across the street, or going to the Magnolia Pub, which is now closed. Now I can make a night-out of going to Magnolia rather than just driving through to show my son where I used to go to school and live.
OH! Going back to the meat-lover thing, I will definitely be back for their Oktoberfest brats!…
