The food was okay. The best part was the Bloody Mary but besides that I didn't really care for the food. It was good but not the best I have ever had. The other thing was I order eggs, toast potatoes, fiancé ordered biscuits and gravy and the biscuit was a sugar biscuit and it was too sweet. He got his plate first and mine came 10 minutes later so i was able to enjoy breakfast together. I didn't want his food to get cold so I told him to go ahead and eat and we had to ask for my plate. I would only go back for the drink. read more

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Went there this morning no cash in hand use their ATM and was charged $17 for $100 withdrawal breakfast was $15 for 2 cups of cold coffee for 50 for a mocha coffee 350 for two poached eggs 250 for two pieces of horrible white bread toasted. Never again service was also slow served with no silverware. Used to be a great place but no longer.!! read more

Excellent breakfast spot. The bloody Mary's are amazing. I love the chorizo and eggs. Service is excellent and food quality is very high. Always at Max's for breakfast at least once a trip. read more

This was my 3rd visit to Max's, the first 2 were pretty good, both times were for dinner. First visit I split the chateaubriand & second visit I had the filet au poirve which was excellent. The sauce was watery which is unlike what I'm used to (thick & creamy) but was still delicious. Our last visit was around 1pm, we ordered 1 chicken strip basket which took close to an hour to get. It's a small place so I'm not sure how it could take that long even with it being full. The lunch was good but it was frustrating that it took so long, especially with a hungry toddler. read more

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Had breakfast here. Friendly customer service took our order and mentioned the wait time, due to how busy they were at the time. I think this was very important because she set the expectation. My daughters had the chorizo and egg. With flour tortillas. I had the chilaquiles, red, with egg over medium. I give this place four stars because they put shredded cheese on the chilaquiles and the beans, big no no. Sorry, that is not traditional Mexican cooking. Also, the flavor in the chilaquiles was not very good. I tried the chorizo and egg and that was delicious. The flour tortillas were very tasty and made the beans stand out, after removing shredded cheese. Not a bad spot to eat some homemade breakfast. Not sure about the other items in the menu. read more

One of our favorite places in RP! We come here for breakfast without fail, my husband and oldest daughter LOVE the Bloody Mary's! Had chateaubriand last time we were there and it was amazing!!!!! We never miss Max's when we're in RP!!! Jeff & Debi Elder read more

Best bloody Mary's in town! Must try them! The food is great as we come here for breakfast and get the Mexican omelet which comes with chorizo! read more

Max's Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Puerto Peñasco, SON

The breakfast was Amazing, coffee was great! I highly recommend this place!! We went first to Kaffee Hause, there was an hour wait. .. So we came here and there was no wait and the food was Amazing! We dont want to wait an hour for food, doesnt matter how great the food is! read more

This place was such a nice surprise to stumble upon! We were trying to decide where to stop for a quick bite between Max's and Skullyz next door. Skullyz looked like the kind of place we weren't really feeling after a full day in the sun having adventures, so we chose the quieter-looking Max's. I am so glad we did! We started with an order of their Shrimp Poppers, which were not spicy at all (sad) but DELICIOUSLY fresh and crunchy. The breading was perfectly crisped, and not too thick. The shrimp was so fresh and plump, and the raspberry chipotle sauce they came with was also so fresh and had a slight kick. It was the perfect complement to round out the dish. My husband ordered their fish & chips. I snagged a couple of pieces of those to try, and was absolutely delighted with them as well. Again, the breading was crispy and not too thick, but the fish was not overcooked and was super fresh. (I'm originally from Wisconsin, so I know a good fish fry. This was a good dish. :) ) For my entree I ordered a pizza. What can I say? I just wanted pizza. The crust and sauce is handmade from scratch at Max's. The sauce was SO flavorful and had such great seasoning. The crust wasn't my favorite, but you could definitely tell it was made from scratch and it was fresh. It could have been crispier, or fluffier, but it was caught somewhere in between the two in the weird thick way pizza crust is sometimes when it's handmade. The cheese and toppings were also very fresh, and I really enjoyed the pizza. We also really enjoyed it for breakfast the next day, I think it was even better after a night in the fridge. Overall, I would come back here again and even though I want to try other things I can't imagine changing our order it was so good... :) read more

We really enjoyed coming to Max's Cafe. Today was our first time and we had the enchiladas with eggs and a bean and cheese burrito. The food was very good and everyone working was very sweet. We sat at the bar and got coffee and a Bloody Mary. We will definitely be coming back again. read more

Max's Cafe - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Puerto Peñasco, SON

This is the best steak restaurant! The filet mignon is the best we have ever had and that includes the states. Start off with the tortilla soup. Has just the right amount of chili. If you order the filet, ask for extra gorgonzola sauce for your potato or pasta. read more

Food was really good, we ordered a variety off menu and no complaints. Great moment of peace.

Gringo fave with very good daily specials. Indoor and outdoor seating. Attentive staff and ok prices. The beef dip was HUGE and not Bundig meat slices... lots of other choices. Not big inside and popular. read more

First time here and I can truly say, by far, the best place to eat in Puerto Penasco! I had the surf and turf kabobs and friends had the chateaubriand (the reduction sauce is to die for). Finished the delicious dinner with the bananas foster.....yummy yummm! Will be coming back for breakfast....heck maybe even lunch too tomorrow! A must go! read more

Max's Cafe - Surf and turf kabobs - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Puerto Peñasco, SON

Just had the New York steak sandwich as they were all out of the French dip which that sandwich has always been good but the way. New York. No thanks more fat and gristle then meat so you end up eating bread and fries. Bummed as they food is usually good here read more

Max's Cafe - That is all fat and gristle. Will not order this again - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Puerto Peñasco, SON

I don't have much to say. I really hate to mention. Maybe I should have read the reviews before going here for my weekend trip to puerto ..... this was the very last place I ate at and it was sad... I should have went for lunch or for the drinks like all the reviews mention..... but the breakfast was not good, at all. I had ordered the chorizo and it was pretty disturbing to see it on my plate. Very greasy. It was not appetizing at all. I still ate it because I'm not one to be rude and I didn't have a high expectation to begin with. But I wouldn't recommend this place for breakfast. Even my family was not happy with their food. I would either wait those 45 min at Kaffe Haus (which was delicious) or made some breakfast at the house I was staying at. read more

Food was presented nicely but lacked flavor. Waitress very sweet and attentive. But again food was tasteless. Onion rings were tough tasted like they had been boiled not fried. Chicken salad billed as crunchy with pecan breading was like eating McNuggets sad. Husbands Alfredo pasta had so much oil he had a hard time eating it. Sad good service but food was terrible. read more

We were staying across the street at hotel and arrived Max's for dinner. Great friendly service. We had fried shrimp with fries. They were hot , fresh and tasted yummy! Fries were crispy and delicious. We also had a cheese pizza with lots of cheese and sauce. We will definitely go back and try breakfast too. Update: We are here this week and everything was fresh and hot. Service was great. We will definitely be back and try breakfast next time:) read more

Great place down in Rocky Point to have breakfast. Try to visit during off-peak hours, there is not a lot of parking. Worth the little drive into town for chorizo & egg breakfast. Staff was friendly and food was great! read more

A deceptive little pizza place with an amazing food problem!! At first glance during the day this small place on a side street in Rocky Point Mexico does not attract. But when you go there you are in for some delicious food with wonderful friendly service and an attentive owner. We had dinner there our first evening and sat outside enjoying a cocktail and a live guitar. At first we thought it was a pizza place but after reading the menu and looking at the specials (Fresh fish and a Chateaubriand!!) we decided to have the flounder and the Beef and seafood kabobs. The fish was fantastic and served with veggies and a salad. The kabobs were shrimp and filet that was extremely tender and tasty. Served at our table by Max himself! Our experience was so good we returned the next morning for breakfast and the bloody mary and breakfast sandwiches were great! We did not try the Pizza but were assured by many that it was fantastic. The area near the rest is not the greatest but Max's is!! read more

We went here before heading out and I definitely will be returning next time I'm in RP. I ordered the shrimp tacos (which are always hit or miss at restaurants over here) and they were very good! Customer service was great as well. Definitely a popular "American" place to eat and worth a try for sure! read more

Max's Cafe - Shrimp tacos with rice and beans - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Puerto Peñasco, SON

Our favorite place right in front of our hotel! Bloody mary half priced during happy hour, super huge! and thursday half price wings were bomb. Highly recommend the asian sauce chicken bone in! read more

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Great cup of coffee. Very clean and cozy, easy to park in the morning. Very nice and pleasant servers. Would had given them 2 stars but the servers is what made me give them 3. Food was below average. The pancakes were cold. The over medium eggs were to well done on all three orders (at least they were consistent) the over easy were fine, so if you like your eggs any other way than OM your fine. Rib eye steak was of the worse I've ever had. The potatoes had great presentation but were uncooked. Over all not a place we'll be visiting anytime soon. read more

We love Max's!! Great go to spot for people with kids ... mine was a toddler when we first started coming here and we're celebrating his 16th birthday in RP this month. Its definitely not a Peter Piper kid place but they have such a variety of food which is great for picky eaters. It's a sports bar that's very chill and family friendly and never too busy... and the food is EXCELLENT... everything we've had has been really really good. Great for a late night pizza and by the end of our trip were kinda missing burgers and stuff lol we are pizza, wing and burger snobs these things are hard to get perfectly in the US so I was beyond surprised at how amazing their ginormous sirloin burgers are, the pizza was very good (great cheese and brushed with garlic oil ... yum), their wings are small so they come out extra crispy which is how we like them and we didn't even have to ask. They also have the best onion rings on the planet! I would have given them 5 stars but the servers are not very attentive after they take your order , I had to get their attention twice but the food is so good I didn't mind LoL the food gets 5 stars the servers get 1 Star even tho they are very nice but they're just like hostesses and not servers ... read more

Delicious great bloody mArys and super affordable. I ordered the huevos rancheros with red sauce amazing. Don't forget to try a side of French toast for some sweetness. The cafe latte too fancy cup and great flavor read more

Stopped here in the morning before we headed back to phx. We really wanted to go to kaffee haus but the wait was too long. Max's was cute and definitely had more of an American feel to it. The servers were nice but seemed a little out of it and talking amongst themselves. We did not try the bloody mary because we were about to drive across the border, but they looked pretty crazy. My boyfriend got the chorizo and egg plate and I got the breakfast burrito. Both entres were good but not great. Coffee was good. I would recommend if you are looking for something fairly americanized and pretty good. Would go back for breakfast possibly. read more

Great breakfast. Chorizo was spot on (particularly in the breakfast burrito), tortillas were fantastic. Best of all was the Bloody Mary! Highly recommend it particularly if you're staying in resorts closest to town as it is walkable up sandy beach. read more

We dined alfresco here 3 days ago and had a nice dining experience. It was a dry (no alcohol; elections) weekend, so a number of our favorite restaurants were closed, but we like the comfort of the consistency of their menu and their fluency in English, so here we dined. And they were open. Companion chose the Shrimp/Linguine in Lemon-Butter with veggie (zucchini). He liked it enough to mention that he would maybe order it again. I ordered salmon which was pretty well prepared. Our salads were a nice size (grape tomatoes cut in half; REALLY Max?) with our choice of dressing and kind of an enlarged crouton for bread. Our tab was around $40 for the food, bottled water and iced tea. I've eaten here in the past and have found the pizza mediocre. A friend raved about it, so perhaps my expectations were too high. I've also had their Eggs Benedict, and it was probably the best value EB I've ever eaten. It was perfectly prepared and cost around $6. I had a Bloody Mary at that same time, and it was pretty darn good. There are a couple (or 3) things to note: They only accept cash. They assess 16% tax. We honestly haven't noticed or cared enough to check if the other restaurants do the same. Maybe Max is just being upfront and honest about it with the posted information on the door/window. The air conditioning has never been on, in the indoor portion of the restaurant, when we've eaten there. We've eaten outdoors in front or on the sidewalk (it's fairly nice), but the heat and humidity can be oppressive because the restaurant is a little boxed in with little breeze to cool us. So. There you have it. My (our) opinion. Max's is a solid, dependable restaurant for American cuisine. Bring cash and note the weather conditions. Enjoy! read more

Went here for dinner on a Monday. Our first of a three night trip so wanted to stay close to hotel. Love the option on the kids menu to create your own pizza. My three year old just picked the toppings she wanted and they brought the dough already for her to add her sauce and cheese and pepperoni. It was so fun for her. Hubby ordered the filet ya poivre which was deliciously flavorful as well as the side of veggies. So much flavor. My order came out incorrectly...I ordered the surf and turf kabobs but ended up with the shrimp linguini. I never even told the server it was wrong because it looked amazing. And it was. Same side of veggies as the hubby. We didn't expect to get basically phenomenal American food in Mexico since we never find that much flavor in America unless we cook ourselves. It was just as delicious reheated next day. Highly recommended. read more

Max's has amazing food. I mean off the chain great food. But please Max's you have to fix your AC! It is too hot and uncomfortable in your restaurant to enjoy one's meal. We enjoy your food each year, but We are currently avoiding another trip till we can sit without sweating to death. Again food is great, but please get the environment correct. read more

This place is seriously one if my favorite must go to locations for food. Staff is friendly and food us always delicious. I recommend the spicy bloody marry . trust me ;) -Espi read more

First place I went when I visited Rocky Point. Great pasta. Very family owned and feels very intimate like a mom and pop diner in the states. read more

Stopped here on our way out of puerto penasco and loved it!! Definitely the best food we got here by far. We got the breakfast burritos and loved them! I highly recommend this place, they have american and mexican options for breakfast and lunch. Do keep in mind that they are cash only but they do have an atm inside! read more

Waited for over an hour on a Monday morning for breakfast that never came. Not even busy at that time. After four cups of coffee and multiple promises that the food was on the way we left. Had an amazing breakfast down the street at Los Magueyales instead. read more

Judging from other reviews we must have gone on a bad day. It seems their system of switching shifts for breakfast, lunch, & dinner is very inconvenient if you show up 20 mins prior to shift change. We showed up at 2:40 wanting to order pizza but were told we couldn't order pizza until 3. If we wanted to order from the lunch menu, we had to order NOW or wait till 3 when the cooks arrived. 3 o'clock rolled around & no one came to take our order. We flagged the waitress down & asked if we could order & she said no her shift is over. We had to wait for the next waitress who didn't stop by until 3:20. At that point we paid for our drinks & left. Disappointing service especially when you're on a weekend getaway. read more

WE LOVE MAX'S! We go to Rocky Point 2 to 3 times a year and always go to max's 2 to 3 times each trip. The gal's in there are so nice. The atmosphere is friendly and inviting. Food is good and drinks are cold and yummy! Make sure you bring cash. They do not accept credit cards. read more

Max's is one of the best places to dine at when you're at puerto peñasco. The food, service, and atmosphere is great. The food is served fast (in a good way) and the pricing on the food is good. We ordered a bunch of food and it was surprisingly under $100, the food was even out before 35 minutes. One of the small complaints I have is how small the interior of the restaurant is. To get to the bathroom you need to squeeze through people at the front ordering and the workers taking the food out to the people at times. There are also times where when you're trying to get to the back table of the restaurant you need to squeeze through everyone sitting at the tables before. Other then that, the outside of the restaurant is good and the food is great. One of my favorite things to order at Max's is the Tropical Shake. read more

This place is sooooo delicious Mexican and American style. The Bloody Mary's are probably the best that I have ever had. The atmosphere is cute and the wait staff is so friendly and understands English. I am Gluten free and they modified my Ranchero style Ross with corn tortillas. read more

Max's Cafe - Bloody Mary's are not small at Max's! LOL! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Puerto Peñasco, SON

Great place for late breakfast. Quick, good portions, and right price. Bloody Mary's are impressive. Close to the hotels but also easy drive from condos. Cash only which is getting rare here. Very clean. Friendly staff and English is no problem. read more

Had to give them a five star. We got in ten minutes past breakfast but the owner still brought us a plate of chilaquiles for our table to share. We got chicken and beef enchiladas with fried eggs on top. They were surprisingly good for someone who isn't an enchilada person. Definitely stop by and try the delish chilaquiles and get a fancy Bloody Mary too read more