Max's Place in Cranbrook
21 10 Ave S, Cranbrook, BC V1C 2M9, Canada
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Welcome to Max’s Place! Locally owned and operated, we are a Café/ Restaurant/ Bakery serving delicious food and exceptional service. With a wide variety of breakfast, lunch, and dessert options, and a different menu each day, we’ve got something for everyone. From scones and muffins to soups, salads, pizzas, and our famous cinnamon buns – our menu is catered by our Red Seal chef and made from scratch in-house daily using fresh and seasonal ingredients.
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Max’s surpassed their excellent reviews today. My husband and I each had perfect lunch sized tasty quiches, specialty teas, and shared a flavourful sausage roll and took a soft yummy cinnamon bun to go. While enjoying lunch in the cafe, it was lovely watching the three staff members interact so warmly and cheerfully with each other and with each customer. We live 90 minutes away, but Max’s has now become our go to place next time we are in Cranbrook. Kudos to the owners for creating a gem of a lunch spot with great staff. Thanks so much!
Stopped here for a quick breakfast, had two great big cinnamon rolls and a little cheese quiche that was warmed up for me. Everything was delicious, there was a great selection and the service was fast and friendly!!
Great little place for a stop over. Good coffee and refillable, good scones, friendly folk. Highly recommend.
The staff are amazing, go for the cinnamon buns, they are the most delicious you will find and all the other food is very good. The best cappuccino I have ever had.
This is the second order of Max’s infamous cinnamon buns that I’ve brought home, one the end of April and one today! I get six buns at a time! There’s absolutely no cinnamon on these buns! What a disappointment! I don’t know who’s making these buns, but your products are dismal, at best! I come to Cranbrook to specifically buy your cinnamon buns because they’re usually delicious and there’s no better cinnamon bun to be had in Kimberley! Please check your buns/baker! They are failing terribly at their job! I will give your business one more try and I do hope that when I ask/pay for six (6) cinnamon buns, that’s what I get! If not, I will spreading the word to all my friends! I would like to become a satisfied customer, once again, please!!! When looking at the buns, there was no cinnamon seen, as had been in the past! Today, I will try them again and decide! I also hope that when I order 6-8 buns that they’re put into a box and not shoved into a paper bag, where they’re flattened to half their size!! Please use some common sense when packaging these buns for your customer to take home to enjoy! Many thanks! I have finally had a few positive experiences with Max’s and their cinnamon buns. The cinnamon is in abundance and is phenomenal! When I get my buns, they’re neatly displayed in a box, for takeout and not merely squashed into a bag! Thank you Max’s for your superb tasty and quality cinnamon buns. I will be coming back, on a regular basis, to buy your exceptional cinnamon buns and highly recommend them to all who enjoy the taste of cinnamon, together with the tasty dough it’s packed in! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This cafe is great and owners support the local community. If you land there on almond crescent day, you’ll wish it was always on the menu. I love the fresh baked goods instead of reconstituted fast food at other coffee joints.
What a nice little cafe this is! I was feeling a bit dizzy and thought I needed some thing to drink , so I got a delicious decaf and Unfortunately they didn't have anything that I could eat because obviously they're super popular and everything was sold out except for some yummy looking chocolate muffins which I can't eat. I'll have to go back earlier in the day and Sample their f a r e. The staff are very friendly.
I miss Max's place in the morning now that we have moved to Kimberley. Stopped in on Friday to pick up a treat for another local business, the staff are always so welcoming and positive in the morning. Any of the food options from sandwiches to quiche, muffins to cookies are wicked good. Myra loves the espresso. Thanks for being awesome. On a side note the store looks amazing in the winter time with Christmas lights on the street and the windows all fogged up in the AM! My favorite from here is the ham and cheese quiche, best enjoyed in the morning, out on the patio, with the sun warming you.
Food is good service is always amazing
Great service staff were great
Great food and desserts. We loved the Sticky Toffee Pudding!
Delicious always fresh food made daily! Great staff!
A wonderful place for that 10 oclock tea. Nice customer service beauties who will always smile at you. Always the best place for that chocolate. Vegetarian options: Vegetarian foods available Dietary restrictions: The place offers Gluten free foods. Wheelchair accessibility: Its just next to a street. Anybody can just access.
friendly helpful staff. great food.
I love this place
While the food is AMAZING. The hours are wildly inconsistent and are often closed when the website says they are open, today was no difference, checked their website says they re open drove into town only for it to be closed. Watched several people attempt to go in while I waited for a friend. Very frustrating
Ham and cheese sandwich today. Way too much bread, it was difficult to eat. $7.00 To much. Chic chip cookie had no flavor. Needs some vanilla or cinnamon. Sorry, wont eat there again. MO
Nice little spot to meet friends for a coffee. The food is always fresh and tasty. Amanda is the best!!
Friendly service. Good coffee. I really liked the veggie sausage roll. Great flavour and the right amount of spice.
Cutest little spot. Delicious/huge cinnamon buns. Wonderful staff/atmosphere!
The best sausage rolls and hot chocolate in town!
Would give it 4.5 stars, only looses half a star as its too popular. Needs to ramp up production of all those edibles or reduce hours
Loved our visit here. Amazing cinnamon rolls and the sausage roll was great as well. Staff was hilarious!
Good service delicious treats and good coffee Lovely blueberry scone and moist date bran muffin.
Great tea, coffee, cinnamon roll, and cookie.
The cinnamon buns here are amazing. Among the best I have had. The lemon poppyseed muffin was a bit dry and the taste was very delicate. The staff were great and there is no shortage of choice.
I stop in every time I pass through Cranbrook. Its the only place Ive been able to find the veggie sausage rolls in BC!
Love the energy of the staff and friendliness! Ps, I also use them when I need to cater for small events.
Take away order of soup sandwich and 2x trailmix cookies . All delicious and will return soon to try their Much talked about cinnamon buns with cream cheese. Very friendly service.
Absolutely great food and the people make the place have a really homely feeling. But highly recommend this place to anyone. There s cinnamon buns are to die for.
I typically get a sandwich and soup for lunch (and maybe a cookie or baked treat for dessert) Always delicious, fresh and served by friendly staff with a warm smile!
Best cafe in Cranbrook hands down
Have the best cinnamon and other baked goods in town
Great bakery, delicious coffee, friendly service. We saw lots of locals stopping in to pick up something on their way to work.
Super yummy food and amazing staff! Great little place for a quick bite.
Perfect!!! Quiet, welcoming, and clean. Thank you so much. Perfect!!!, calm, welcoming, clean Thank you very much.
Max s Care Cafe in EKRH Honestly the lady that worked Fri Aug 12th afternoon was amazing. She stayed an extra 30mins+ to help staff & patients out with coffee & food. 10/10 would recommend. You don t see service like this anymore!
Go for the baking and avoid the weak coffee. Sure, its kicking horse, but not really kicking horse..more like dragging its hooves horse...Coffee made by people that dont drink coffee. Its too watered down. Drink it if you went through the 1930s depression and coffee was reused over and over, until all it was doing was tinting the water....like tea. Save your money
Friendly service and great cinnamon buns.
Maxs Place has the best baked goods and even better service!
Cinnamon Buns!! Friendly staff and continuous stream of smiling, chatty people coming through the doors in the morning
Try the flying zebra
Thank you Lisa for the Beautiful Birthday Cake at such short notice. And for personally delivering it! It meant a lot. It was unreal both the service and the cake
Always the nicest staff in there, so friendly and they make the best baked goods! 6
Always had great service! Food is always on point and fresh!
I always enjoy the service here :) Smiles, great eats & hot and cold beverages. New specials each day too! Ill be back!
Excellent cinnamon buns
Great coffee, great staff.
Friendly efficient staff, great food and reasonable price
Everything was amazing!
Nice people, good price, good cofefe
We just had coffee but it was very good
The coolest tucked away coffee shop with the freshest variety of baked goods!
Great cinnamon buns
Friendly. Great treats.
Nice place for coffe and very nice staff
Chicken Curry Salad. I moved out of Cranbrook a while ago but, every time I come back for a visit I always stop at Maxs Place for the best chicken curry salad in Canada.
Fresh , tasty , and friendly !
Excellent coffee and friendly service!
A go to for good coffee and treats
Friendly staff, delicious treats and good coffee.
Amazing berry scone and London fog, definitely worth a visit! Very COVID safe, staff wore face masks and had barriers set up. Perfect spot for a treat and a coffee!
The best cinnamon buns weve had this week on our western Canada road trip.
We happened upon this bakery while on a business trip to cranbrook and we are so happy we did. They serve our favourite coffee (Kicking Horse) and even sell it by the bag. But the real highlight of this place is the service and the ah-may-zing cinnamon buns with cream cheese icing quite literally the best cinnamon buns and icing we have ever had, and we went ahead and ordered a dozen that we are picking up fresh tomorrow morning on our way out of town. The service was the friendliest, warmest, most helpful service we have experienced anywhere in a very long time. We will be back here every time we are back in town and we highly recommend it!
If youre downtown and need some caffeine, Maxs is where its at!
Fresh food served hot and fast!! Moms kitchen moved here!
Amazing baking, great coffee, stellar staff, awesome owners. Eat here, and eat here often.
Excellent food and service
Great people
Excellent food and great service. Only downside is that the washroom is not accessible.
Great food. Good place for coffee, lunch or a snack
Friendly service, calm and chill atmosphere, tasty decaf (hard to find!), tasty gluten free treats, outdoor seating really couldnt ask for anything more. Will definitely return many times during my stay in Cranbrook!
One of the best cinnamon buns Ive had in a long time! Everything looked great, friendly service.
I always feel panicked at the till to pick what I want, no matter if there is a line or I am alone. The servers have gotten more rude and condescending the more I go. They seem to hint at tips when their attitude is lousy and they do nothing to serve besides rush any decisions you have to make. I especially think the red head server is especially rude. I have left when Ive seen her working before. But it has now gotten to the point I dont want to go to Maxs Place at all. I LOVE supporting local. But i get better service and prices at Timmys. Good news is the owner is amazing and the pastries are great.
Thank you sooo much for the delicious Extra hot and tasy London fogs
Great cinnamon bun. Latte was okay but they dont have whole milk (only offer skim and 2%!!). Customer service person was efficient but totally NOT interested in any interaction. I ate my bun drank my small latte and left within 15 minutes. Not at all like my last visit a year or so ago!
Enjoyed an awesome latte and delicious cookie while in Cranbrook!
Always a great location to go. Number 1 place i always seem to run into a friend. You gotta try the cinnimon buns there
Amazing!! In all ways.
Delicious baked goods, mediocre coffee
Great service, delicious cinnamon rolls
Great bakery. Best cinnamon buns anywhere!
Great service, awesome coffee, and even better baked treats! Gotta check them out!
We have lunch at Maxs fairly frequently and have always enjoyed the food and the excellent service. There is always a nice selection of food some of which are our favorites. Staff are always helpful and pleasant and would never hesitate to recommend this eatery to others.
Cute little bakery with a friendly manager who seemed to know everyone who came in. We enjoyed a coffee, cinnamon roll and sausage roll.
Sandwiches were average....too much bread...stop serving soup at 3
Always a pleasant experience!
Good food, generous servings.
OK
Charming staff and a pretty cafe. Opens early, but youll be dìsappointed if youre after a savoury breakfast. Just sweet pastries and a coffee bar.
Best cinnamon buns ever! Always friendly staff and excellent coffee.
Nice little spot. Home made goodies and friendly service. Not super easy on the wallet but is a nice treat
Bagel Tuesday..nuff said
Great place to go for a coffee. The place is small so if you are going with a large group you may not be able to sit together.
Cosy and nice Cappuccinos!
Always good food and coffee.
It is very difficult to just pass on by. The bread. The desserts. The soups, different every day. Beverage selections. Desicision, desicision, desicision. Every thing is so good.
What a great find this Bakery make some very delicious Goods. They also have a small Outlet located in the Cranbrook Hospital. Their bread is amazing as well as all their other baked goods.
Absolutely the best place in town for coffee and treats. Come as a customer and leave as a friend.
Great again Lisa!
Great Cinnamon buns
Great food and very nice staff.
Very good foor and service. Great place for cofee or to grab a bite.
So cute and delicious. Just went there for the first time and am blown away at the quality, variety, price and overall cozy feel of the Cafe.
Homemade organic food. Lovely friendly atmosphere. I would give it 5 stars if it wasnt quite so expensive.
An amazing spot to grab a scrumptious snack and coffee. Staff are friendly and treat you like family.
A nice place for a tasty quick bite. With all of the choice of coffee places in town, this is one of nicest. The pastries are fresh, the drinks are well prepared and the service is quite appealing. The overall atmosphere is that of a homy cozy place. With it comes the warmth of some home baked treats and some well brewed warm (or iced) drinks, add a touch of friendship and you are all set for an adventure for your taste buds. It can get a little too cozy when its really busy but its also a good way to make new friends. The price is not bad but in the upper scale area, which is to be expected with the quality of the products. I will return to this location as well as to the addendum location at the hospital.
They are consistent. A bit pricey. Could improve on quality and variety.
Delicious food for lunch.
Great little coffee shop serving delicious treats. Owners are awesome check this place out.
Inexpensive, friendly staff, unique menu
Maxs had been a favourite coffee place for me for years. The staff are friendly, and coffee and food is delicious. Theres plenty of seating and its usually quiet enough to have a good conversation.
One of the best quick coffee and lunch stops downtown.
The cashier was rude and told me they had no gluten free food when they did, leaving me hungry and my bf to eat alone. so I had to wait in line a second time and eat alone. They dont have proper signage for gluten free food and the staff seems untrained and uninformed. I would not recommend this place.
Wonderful little gem where the food is excellent. The place serves excellent coffee and has a nice vibe you won t find at a chain coffee mill.
Small and cozy. Average food. Not very good customer service; it actually kind of felt unwelcoming, like an inconvenience.
Amazing! Very busy and I can see why. Cinnamon buns are highly recommended (with the cream cheese icing)!
Very nice atmosphere, and great coffee and treats
Good soup and sandwich shop. The cookies and cinnamon buns are an excellent treat too.
Great staff. House made food is amazing. Cinnamon buns are epic
Great place to warm up and wake up in the morning! Awesome and friendly staff