This is an amazing little restaurant. We grew up in Iowa and now live in Minnesota. Maid-Rites remind us of our childhood. We couldn't pass on by! The place is clean and decorated like a 50's diner. Really cute. The food was delicious! My husband had the Maid-Rite and i had the tenderloin sandwich. (Another childhood fav.) Our waitress was really friendly. Don't miss out on this gem! read more

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Most iconic hometown place. We always like going. The food and friendly staff make it enjoyable experience!

What happened to the original maid rite recipe?! My maid rite was terrible! No favor or condiments what so ever please bring back the original maid rite recipe! read more

Muscatine maid rite was really good. We weren't sure if we supposed to go to the counter to order as we sat for a while but someone eventually said they'll be over in a second. The malt was tasty and the left over cup was enough for a second refill. The maid rite was perfect size and delicious. The fries were fresh and hot! Great location to enjoy great food and ice cream. read more

Muscatine Maid-Rite - Bacon cheese maid rite original size only onion added and fries in the back - Burgers Near Me - Muscatine, Iowa

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This restaurant doesn't look like much when you drive by but it's phenomenal food with great root beer.

Happy Days, Grease, and Holly describes this spot! This is the best fast food place I've ever been to. Originally founded in this town, this unapologetically nostalgic old school legendary joint oozes charm. And the service is good. Things to try: Shakes, Real root beer from an Aspera wood keg, Buttermilk battered onion rings, Chili, Aaaaand the motherhuggin MAID RITES! It is in fact the name and their own invention, the Maid Rite which is a loose meat sandwich. I like to be a non conformist and get it as a Cheese Rite. A choice of several cheeses are available. To the uninitiated it's a doggone loose meat sandwich so like imagine a sloppy joe miles the sloppy. And no they're not that greasy but have a bit of sauce and juice which the recipe of that sauce and meat is hotly contested. I have it but anyhow. It's good. It's a small chain so go; it's all Rite. Maid Rite! read more

So. Remember on the show Roseanne... when Roseanne and her friends open up the restaurant that sold "loose-meat" sandwiches? That restaurant idea was entirely based of THIS restaurant. Maid-Rites are the ORIGINAL loose-meat sandwiches. When I was growing up there were three Maid-Rite restaurants in Muscatine. In recent years, it's been whittled down to one location. The interior of the final location (located on Hwy. 61, north of Wal-Mart) is designed to look like a 50's diner, with chrome and red everywhere, and a juke box in the corner. You seat yourself upon arriving. Depending on when you go, it can be quite busy, and hard to find a table. The menu is basically what you'd expect. Maid-Rites of several varieties. Fried foods. Fountain sodas. One thing that they are famous for is their root beer, which arrives to your table in an icy, chilled mug. I always get a cheese-rite (or if I'm SUPER hungry, a MEGA Cheese-Rite). This is basically just a Maid-Rite with cheese sauce... and the MEGA is just larger than a regular Maid-Rite. You can opt to get your sandwich "extra juicy" which basically means they don't drain the meat at much when taking it out of the hot pans. With the combo baskets, you get a choice of regular or beer battered fries (go with the beer battered). We also usually get an order of fried mushrooms. At the end of the meal, the waitress give you a ticket and you go and pay at the register. Maid-Rite is something that you should try if you are going to be in the area at all. Even if it's not your thing (though I can't IMAGINE someone NOT liking a delicious Maid-Rite), it's one of those famous local places that you should give a shot. :) read more

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Maid Rite is a Midwestern thing, for those of you who are not indoctrinated. These are "loose-meat" sandwiches made with finely ground, steamed and seasoned beef on a white bun. The standard toppings are yellow mustard, minced onion and thinly sliced dill pickle. They are really good, when at their best and are a local favorite. Maid Rites are franchised and you will find them in a number of Midwestern towns. Muscatine is the original home of this delicacy, but I knew of them from my childhood in central Iowa, before I lived in Muscatine. The original Maid Rite diner is long gone and there have been as many as three such restaurants open at one time in Muscatine in the past 20 years. There is only one now and it appears to be doing OK. Hopefully it can remain successful. We always go there when on return visits to Muscatine. My sister (Yelper Sue T) and her hubby always stop at another Maid-Rite (Clinton?) on their way back home to central Iowa. My brother and I always stop at the one at the Amana exit along I-80 when we go back home. I will say I have not found them to be identical at every place I have had them. The one in Grinnell (now closed) served them without any salt. They were not good. The one at Toledo, IA did not warm the buns, they were cold out of a fridge. This is four star nostalgia diner food of a local and unique style. For those familiar, it is loved. For others, it may be strange. So stop in and get a couple. Don't put catsup on them! That would be tragic. Don't worry about a little grease. That is part of the deal so don't order them "dry". By the way, last time I decided to try their pork tenderloin. I am on a low key search for the best breaded Pork-T sandwich and have a long way to go. I would rate it three stars out of five. The meat is pretty meager and is in fact, ground or tenderized. This makes it very tender, but there is no texture and not much pork flavor. Ms T's chocolate malt was not worth re-ordering. A little weird in fact. We could not figure out exactly why. I would stick to the signature mug of root beer. There are now a lot of variations of the Maid-Rite; Cheese-Rites, different sizes, etc. If it is your first time, stick to the standard, before you branch out and try to get fancy. Order two with everything and a mug of root beer. read more

I LOVE this Maid Right it is really good. Every time I go there " once a year every year" it just melts in my mouth. I 100% recommend this and if you live in the area you should go. The service is really good too! One time I went and I ate inside and it only took 8-15 minute wait. That restaurant is also pretty clean too! You should come here read more

The original town of the maid rite. This place is nostalgic and amazing. It's a bit of home feeling. Stop in here you won't regret it.

Hi I like food! Food is good! You should eat it! Or else you will starve! Then you will be too skinny and people will think you are creepy read more

Muscatine Maid-Rite - Burgers Near Me - Muscatine, Iowa

Sat in the drive thru for 20 minutes to be given incomplete order. Went inside to complain and the blonde boy in the back was rude. As he was remaking my food he was scolded and reminded to wear gloves by the manager. He then made a joke about my underwear being up my ass. I will NEVER return and advise others not as well. Tee's and Dairy Queen out these people to shame. read more

Created here in Muscatine, Maid-Rite has been the same for all of my life (68 yrs!!). CheeseRite with a RootBeer is my choice

Oh man where do I start? Best food ever. Ev-ver. The meat so juicy and so full of flavor. The cheese gives the perfect background god I'm drooling so bad writing this because the food is so good. No places compares no place is better. Don't miss out of stopping here you just have to. read more

Classic, unchanged, simply delicious. I've been craving a Made Rite for a while and the new location on the bypass didn't disappoint. I had a bacon cheese Rite with mustard, onion, and pickle, the beer fries, and a frosty mug root beer. So freakin good! I also ordered(and ate) a cheese Rite. The 50's diner decor was perfect and not campy. I hope they stay put because I will always come back when in town. I also bought a t-shirt to show my love for the original Muscatine hamburg! read more

Whenever I think of my old man's hometown of Muscatine, the Maid-Rite comes to mind right away. I enjoyed the 50's look to the restaurant. This place is better than any other fast food joint. I ordered the Mega-Rite. A lot there to eat! I got filled up. I barely had room for the sweet potato fries. And those were equally good. Excellent service! The waitress would constantly check back with my lady friend and I. Making sure we were doing well. We left her a decent tip. The two of us had no complaints but plenty of compliments. read more

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When I visited my family I always get 8 cheese rites to take home.Muscatine is the only one that's makes them right.

The maid-rite practice of squeezing every bit of moisture out of the meet, which also reduces the flavor, makes it very difficult to actually pay the ridiculous price for a maid-rite given the size has also gotten so small. I simply asked for every bit of moisture to NOT be squeezed out and added "..., but not dripping, just not turned into sawdust." I get back to the hotel, open the bag and find 2 gooey soggy buns wrapped around soaking wet meet. Apparently if it isn't dry as dust it must be dripping wet. This has happened in the past at this location which is why I over explain that I don't want it dripping and I don't want sawdust either. Unfortunately there isn't an alternative location in Muscatine because they are all closing down due to corporate greed and piss poor management. I grew up eating maid-rites, so there is a fondness I have for them and get one every time I get back to visit family. Unfortunately none of us get a real maid-rite any more. Instead we get a subtle reminder of the flavor and for that we pay just a stupid price. read more

Server was rude, she and others were complaining about the customers coming In to eat and the lady doing the drive through stuff was yelling at the cook telling them her customers were waiting to long that the dine in customers didn't matter. Tables were dirty and floor was nasty in stead of complaining about the customers coming in the restaurant take that time and clean the tables and floor. Meal came out cold and when we said something she got an attitude. Do not recommend and will not be back. read more

The reason I am giving this place a one star BC every time me and my wife go and eat there at night there always this same waitress Abbie and she never comes over and checks on us or ask how r things and we have to ask for her to come over and get us refills this about the third time we went there and this happens very upset customer read more

Love love love love love Maid Rite. I took a friend here for the first time after raving about the loose meat sandwiches the entire 4 hour ride from Chicago. I have been to a few Maid Rite's, but this one I especially liked because of the old-time feel inside. It reminded me of a 50's style diner, with a small juke-box on each table so you could individually select the music. The root beer came in frozen frosted mugs which was phenomenal after a long hot car ride, and as always the sandwich hit the spot. We even opted to get the beer battered fries as opposed to the regular fries - excellent choice. If only they would expand the franchise a bit more to the east, so that I didn't have to journey so far to get such fantastic food. read more

Better than going to a big chain like subway, but this food is not healthy in any way. Love the wood panelling ambiance. Voted best dining in Durant, however there are only 2 places to eat here. One plus is that you can opt to have brown sugar on your sweet potato fries!! read more

Yummy! We stop here every time we visit and as usual, it was fabulous! Cheese rites, fries and shakes - you can't go wrong!!!

We have been to many Maid Rites around Iowa and Illinois, But this Maid Rite is absolutely the very best. They use cheese sauce on their Cheese Rites, (The loose meat doesn't fall all over the place) Why do so many Maid Rites use sliced cheese? Corporate decision most likely. It is on the edge of town so we make the trip from the Quad Cities quit often. They do go through a lot of young workers but the service has always been good. If our local Maid Rite was anything like this one I would eat there five days a week and with the kids on the weekend. read more

The food is good and greasy....just the way a Maid Rite should be. Very unhealthy but sometimes that's ok.

I went back home over Christmas and had a cheese rite and a pork tenderloin - both things I can't get in Ohio - they were fabulous!!!!! This location out on the bypass is very nice and has a wide menu selection. read more

I just returned to New York following a weeklong trip to visit my dad back in Muscatine, Iowa. Let me just say - I was excited about going out to dinner for Maid Rites! This was my second time eating one and it was delicious. I had the Cheese-rite with mustard. I'm sure my dad would tell you that it is wrong to eat one with cheese on it. He gets his extra juicy with mustard, pickles and onions. Mmmmm! So good! That root beer is out of sight as well:) I bought a t-shirt to commemorate my visit and picked up one for my boyfriend. Can't wait to have another delicious loose meat sandwich when I return to Iowa! read more

Not particularly tasty, I like the ambience and the waitress, but the"non-sloppy Joe" was simply boring.

A Muscatine classic (so I heard from one of the servers) is in my opinion a must go. I had coffee, a cup of chili and a chicken salad and the food was prompt and absolutely nothing wrong with it. Cannot wait to try their famous burgers! You could argue that the restaurant is too packed with stuff from the past, but for an $11 lunch I don't really care about those things as long as it's clean - and it is! read more

I was expecting a hamburger. I was served a sloppy Joe. Had I known this, I would have come here when I was in the mood for a sloppy Joe. It was a let down. Atmosphere is cool, fries are good, root beer was excellent. Service was Mediocre at best. Our server was like a robot. She was just going through the motions. Sorry muscatine, this is not a place to brag about. read more

Always love the Muscatine original Maid Rites, most other places don't make them like the original here using sliced cheese instead of cheese sauce. Saucy rites are my favorite along with the homemade chips. Sometimes they're pretty greasy but you can ask for them "dry". read more

First time here. Had the All American meal....and it was very tasty! Our waiter Andy was fantastic!

The malts were very good. The Maid Rite mash was interesting. Loads of cheese, but otherwise not much flavor. For a strip mall restaurant it had a 50's diner look, which we like. Server was friendly and the food came out very quickly. read more

this place makes delicious hamburger/ cheese burgers. definitely a heart attack meal with all the grease, but that's what makes a maid rite good! they keep it clean and pleasurable. read more

Awesome original lose meat sandwiches! The rootbeer and corn nuggets are great too.

Every time we visit from Sacramento this is a highlight of our stay. The maid-rite "wet" is always delish. Paired with the beer battered fries and a root beer from the barrel is out of this world. If you haven't had Muscatines famous maid-rite you need to get your priorities in order and try one today! read more

For what it is, i had a great experience. Appreciated the waitresses, as im used to "order at the counter" service from the location in amana on i-80. Enjoyed a mega cheese-rite, brew city fries, and frosty mug of root beer. If youre staying at the hampton inn, this is a quick and memorable dinner option. read more

I have been eating here since I was a child and love it. It's a little on the expensive side but still worth it. Great memories, good food friendly staff. read more

Ate here the day after New Year's 2015. Fantastic food. Best root beer I have ever had.