Michael's Restaurant & Pub

If you do go , make sure "shell" isn't your waiter !

I'd just like to say don't ever, ever, ever, ever, ever go to this place!!  Especially don't go there with 5 or more people. We went there for dinner tonight for the first time. The waitress sucked, the food for the most part was bland, out of a can, or box, and the little bit of spinach they had at the salad bar was out so long that it was all wilted and shriveling up. My daughter wouldn't eat her breaded fish because it was disgusting (the child will eat almost any fish, even sushi, she loves it), my other daughter wouldn't eat her ravioli, she said it was because she wasn't hungry, but the child was "starving" until she ate the first bite. My baby got the grilled chicken sliders. The waitress said they had chipotle mayo on them and they would be a little spicy. She likes spicy so we said it was fine. When she got them they were just regular old tiny pieces of chicken on rolls. No sauce, no seasoning, no chipotle mayo, no lettuce, no tomatoes, NOTHING!  Just chicken and bun.  She took 1 bite and looked at me like I was nuts for giving her such bland crap food. So we get the check and my husband says "what? 18% gratuity?" I said "On 4 people and a baby with $#%&$# food? They are *%&$#*& nuts!" So when the waitress came back I asked her why we were being charged gratuity. She said in their restaurant a party of 5 or over was 18% gratuity automatically. I guess it's the only way the waitresses get paid because they are so rude and the food is so horrible.  So on top of $#%& food, and $#%& service, we ended up tipping via gratuity more than the food was worth! I warn you all! Never ever ever ever ever ever eat there. EVER! BTW the waitress didn't even notice that the fish had a greyish color to it, nor did she care that none of my (not picky at all about food kids) wouldn't eat their sorry excuse for food. Also never ever had a waitress ask if we needed anything else the put her finger up for me to hold on like I'm some kind of child when I respond. Being a former waitress I would NEVER EVER EVER do that to a customer. EVER! How rude!

LISTEN UP PEOPLE!  I wish I could stand on the side of 95 and tell every single person to stop at Michael's Restaurant, but I'll use Yelp instead.  You don't need to have a stale slice of Sbarro's or a nasty chain-restaurant dinner if you're traveling from NY to DC!  Go to Michael's!  I am a frequent traveler of the I-95 DC to NY corridor and am so sad I didn't find this place earlier.  The restaurant is right on the other side of the DelMemBr.  

We had a huge pizza, unlimited access to the salad bar, and soft-serve for only $20 for two people!  The salad  bar was fresh, spotlessly clean, and delicious.  Even came with chilled salad plates!  We were also very pleasantly surprised by the delicious pizza - cooked in a coal-fired oven, all fresh ingredients.  Our server was also spectacular.  I think we left a 50% tip (on an admittedly small check).  This place really had stand-out service, an impressive menu, and a friendly atmosphere.  It is a treasure for when you're just getting on or about to get off the Turnpike.