We will only go to the crow canyon location. Group of 4 for lunch. No wait. Fast service. Thank you. However, our 9 yr old complained about the max and cheese. She never complains. I took a taste and immediately noticed a decidedly bitter after taste! Either the cheese was stale or there was soap/cleaner residue in the cooking pot or the serving bowl. It was chemical. We had the item removed from the bill, of course but did not order a replacement. The crow location is usually a hit--don't think Blackhawk will make it especially with the review of Michelle below. read more

Original,San Ramon location much better. Blackhawk Maddie's has weird service. Odd, arrogant, I-don't-care vibe. Food is ok. Servers more in tune with themselves than with their customers. We won't be back. read more

Fat Maddie's - New American Near Me - Blackhawk, California

So happy Fat Maddie's expanded into Blackhawk. Same great food as their San Ramon location, but with a FULL bar & big screen TV's. If you want the best service, make sure you sit at the bar & chat it up with the bartenders - they are all so friendly! The guy from England is one of the best mixologists around! He makes the best gin drinks - he made me a believer of a gin & tonic (the Maddie's gin & tonic comes with a bunch of fresh fruit ). Favorite dishes: Jalapeño & Cali Chicken Sandwich. Also can't go wrong with any of the burgers. The onion rings here are some of the best in town! And their daily soups are delish! Over the holidays we tried the buffalo chicken salad for the first time & omg talk about big portions! The flavor of the dressing & the juiciness of the chicken was off the charts. Side note: this is a women owned business (mom/daughter). The mom is always at this location & making sure the kitchen is running smoothly. Love supporting women owned businesses! read more

Very mediocre and outdated food here. Staff was nice therefore 2 stars. Not much to miss if you never make it. I went there once in the 5 years I lived in Danville and I won't visit back anytime soon. read more

Great ambience nice to sit around the patio, good staff but the food and drinks are very mediocre and not worth the price.

Food was great, drinks were great, service was great. Overall a wonderful place. Will definitely be going back. So many things I wanted to try on the menu. read more

Great ambiance, great food very professional customer service skills, our favorite server always treat us like family, thank Luis

Normally a big fan of Maddies particularly for dining on the premises. However the takeout service was disappointing. The kitchen forgot to include a side salad and the burger was definitely not worthy of the price tag. There were at least three staffers yakking when I arrived (no customers to serve) - maybe one can be spared to provide QC for takeout orders. read more

We ate here before, and had terrible service Our friends wanted us to eat here again to give it another try. There were six of us three meals had to be returned, and they billed us incorrectly. Two really bad experiences. I highly recommend you avoid this restaurant third time is not the charm. read more

Having been a fan of Fat Maddie's in San Ramon we decided to try Blackhawk tonight. The restaurant was virtually empty and we opted to sit at the bar. We were thrown off by the sheer number of fruit flies swarming the bar. We moved down to be away from the fruit and they were still relentless. We made a comment to the bartender and he replied with "ya, I know". We ordered our sandwiches and fries. One of the sandwiches was more bread than chicken. The fries were undercooked and soggy. The bartender never checked on how our food was until I waved him over so I could get a refill on water. This will be the last time we visit this location. read more

We went there for brunch. Food service and ambiance are all great. Will try to make happy hour one of these days.

This is becoming my neighborhood favorite! I hope my cholesterol stays in control! Everything on the menu is tasty.

Family ordered dinner last night from the Blackhawk location. Fantastic food and very convenient to have the curbside pick up. Food was fresh, flavorful, and cooked perfectly. Highly recommend the Roasted Pear & Blue Cheese flatbread. Has to be one of my all time favorite pizzas! Curbside attendant very friendly and fast service. Thank you Maddies for a great family dinner! read more

I love it there! The place there is so good! And there food ais absolutely the best! I love there root beer floats. Fat maddies the place to go for anything! Family dinner, date, ect. The service is fantastic and usually its not that crowded. The place is super nice and the dessert is so good to! I recommend this place 10/10. read more

I've been here a few times with friends and family and I enjoyed the food and outdoor patio. Dog friendly too

Food is yummy, staff are great and love them being so close. I would recommend Fat Maddie's .

Tasty dishes and a lovely outdoor setting. (There is also indoor seating, but we took advantage of the weather.) Really nice cocktails, too. Friendly service. read more

If you're a Fat Maddie's Fan - I Am - stick with the San Ramon location. This Black Hawk location does have better atmosphere but you give up quality of the food. Example: The pita bread with the Med. Salad was dried cardboard and the chicken breast was shoe leather. The CA. Burger was .....OK....meh... Service was OK in terms of speed and sitting outside by the water made it tolerable. I'm not sure this location will be here in a good year unless they can bring the food up S.Rs standards. read more

Yummy local restaurant. They can easily accommodate large groups. Interior decor is really cute. The food is a mix of salads, flatbread pizzas, burgers, sandwiches, as well as some "main course" nicer options. The Cali club sandwich and spring salad are 2 of my favorites!! They have lots of Gluten Free options-- GF bread, pizza crust etc. As well as most their salads are easily made gluten free! read more

So excited. Just got four containers of clam chowder to go, so delicious. Thank you for making it today Mr. Stephanos. You rock! read more

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On December 1, 2023 the restaurant hosted an 80s cover band called Salvage Title. My DH and I really enjoyed the music and evening. We did not love the macaroni and cheese bites appetizer. It was salty, and I just didn't love the Gouda instead of cheddar. We both ordered entrée salads. His came overdressed, and mine came with dressing on the side, which I had not ordered. Personally, I can't stand having dressing on the side because the dressing never gets thoroughly mixed in with the lettuce. I can only assume that because I am a woman, they automatically served it on the side? We waited a really long time for our food so I wasn't about to send it back to have the dressing mixed in. Given how busy the night was with the live band, I can forgive a few mess ups in the kitchen. Blackhawk needs good restaurants and I hesitate to ding this restaurant another star. I really want them to succeed. The reason for taking away one star is pretty simple: the restrooms, starting with the doors into the restrooms from the restaurant. They are filthy and disgusting! You would see something nicer in a gas station. The inside isn't much better. For an establishment that seems to want to be an upscale brewpub in an upscale shopping center, the state of the restrooms is unforgivable. We're not talking about a lot of cost here. Pay someone to come clean and then repaint the doors. That can't cost that much. When I saw the door, my first thought was, if this is how they allow the restroom door to look, what corners are they cutting in the kitchen? Please, Fat Maddie's, invest in some self respect. You're not a dive bar so spruce up a bit. read more

The food wasn't too memorable here but the environment was. It is located in Blackhawk Plaza- a pretty space to walk around with a lot of shops. The restaurant is clean and the staff are attentive. We went around 6 p.m. and it wasn't crowded at all. I ordered their Cobb Salad. I thought it wa pretty standard. For the amount that they charged, I would say that their portions aren't exceptionally large. The Cobb Salad was pretty standard. I think I went to Marie Calendars for a Cobb Salad and was blown away just by how much stuff they put in. It felt very impressive and plentiful. For the prices that they charge here, I would expect that their Cobb Salad would rival Marie Calendars. All in all, I thought the ambiance was nice but the food not too memorable. read more

I do like this place and we order food from it frequently on DoorDash. However, I always get the wrong item delivered. This is not a DoorDash problem: the driver delivers what is given to him or her. While I do get a refund, I still don't have my dinner. The wrong item is always something I don't want to eat. So check your orders before you send them out for delivery! I don't think I will be ordering from this restaurant for a while. read more

My office brought in Fat Maddie's for lunch this week and it was such a treat! I ordered the Buffalo Salad, one of my favorites on their menu, and it was so fresh and delicious. I love the Buffalo dressing. They're doing a great job and I can't wait until they can open again at full capacity. In the meantime, this is a great place to grab amazing food to-go, and you can even enjoy it on a bench at the beautiful Blackhawk Plaza. read more

Fat Maddie's - The Buffalo Salad, featured here with no blue cheese and added avocado. Yum! Love this salad. - New American Near Me - Blackhawk, California

Decided to take my daughter out for breakfast. It was our first time at Fat Maddie's. Hostess greeted us with a lackluster greeting but okay maybe she wasn't having a good day. We grabbed a table outside to enjoy the view. We ordered French toast and a basic egg/bacon/hash brown breakfast. It was probably the worst breakfast I've had in ages. The eggs/bacon/and hash browns all tasted the same...like old grease from a dirty grill. Gross. Daughter disliked the French toast. I tried it and it had a strange after taste. So $45.00 plus tip later, I was regretting my choice of restaurant. One and done. Too bad because I like to support local businesses. read more

The owner of this establishment, Kelly, is completely unprofessional. We had a late lunch there on a Sunday and realized two days later that the wrong credit card had been returned to us. I called and spoke to Kelly and she asked me what time we were there and what we ordered. I gave her those details and she said it would take some time, but she would research it and get back to me. Three days later, no word. I called and asked to speak to her - she was in a meeting. When she called back, she had no idea who I was! When I refreshed her memory, she said I must have been mistaken about when I was there and what I ordered. The information I gave her was absolutely correct. She can't find anything that resembles our bill. She should have called me to tell me she was stuck! Meanwhile, we have had to get a new credit card overnighted to us. We have had to contact all the companies who we have automatic payments with to update them with our new credit card information. Kelly said what do you want me to do. I said, I would think you would want to promote good will by doing something for us. She thought that was unfair. So, I've estimated approximately what we should have paid on our bill, because we clearly paid for the other guys meal and have disputed it with my credit card company and now I'm posting this "glowing" review of our experience at Fat Maddies in Blackhawk. I hate to think how she would have handled things if we found a hair in our food or broken glass! read more

First of all, we couldn't find the damn place. No signage, not on the shopping center map- it was like a damn secret. We tried to ask some of the businesses, but they didn't know either. Found a security guard who graciously walked us over to it. The place is pretty- sparkly chandeliers, mirrors, a rustic chic type of decor- but it wasn't what I had imagined for a place called Fat Maddie's. I imagined more of a diner type feel. I know there's another Fat Maddie's in San Ramon, but I had never been there either. The place was fairly empty. We were seated promptly, but at a tiny ass table. It was def not enough space for the 4 of us sharing apps! We thought since it was St. Patrick's Day, they'd be serving up some green beer or some some kind of themed drink or dish, but no. The menu matched the decor- pretentious and boring. So we just ordered a couple drinks and apps- both were just ok. There were a lot of staff, but I wasn't sure what they were all doing. And for there being so many people- the service was weak. The waitress spoke so softly and she seemed bored out of her mind- no enthusiasm, no facial expressions, zero personality. And apparently they don't use serving trays or something, because the waitress brought us two drinks at a time- mind you, there was 4 of us and we all ordered a water and another beverage. It was probably so annoying to me because she served us so slowly... like she did something in between dropping off set of 2 drinks! What looked like the manager came over to our table right before we were going to get up to leave and asked how everything was. We lied and said it was good- we just wanted to go. We won't be back. We won't recommend the place. It'll probably go out if business like many of the other spots in that complex. read more

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Had spent the day at the plaza with the kids. Figured we give fat maddie a try. Nice place and seating area. Service Haili? (Forgot her name) she did a great job. Food. I ordered Seafood Pasta. Which was Okay. Both kids got mac and cheese and man it was bland and watery. Which now I have to figure out another place to get the kids something to eat since they only took like two bites. Not sure I'll be coming back. read more

Fat Maddie's - Mac and cheese is watery........... - New American Near Me - Blackhawk, California

Very bad service! I took my college friends here, who were from out of town, and I was embarrassed that I suggested this place after they commented on how unwelcome it made them feel. We had 8 people and the server only gave us 4 menus. When we asked for water, she only gave us 6 waters. She didn't seem to care that she didn't bring enough either since she didn't bring the other 2 waters until we asked for them. Overall our server seemed bored and unfriendly towards us, which ruined the whole experience. I wanted to go here because I really like Fat Maddie's Grille in San Ramon, but the service was terrible at this restaurant and the food was not as good as the San Ramon location. read more

Location outside is nice by the water. Strawberry salad was great. Took 10 minutes to get out orders taken. Had to ask someone. Lose 1 Star. Found a piece of plastic in my salad. Most likely from the blue cheese container. Lose 1 Star Need better attention to detail. read more

Fat Maddie's - Mystery plastic in salad. - New American Near Me - Blackhawk, California

Went yesterday and had the gyro nachos, the topping was lovely but was a flatbread base not tortillas so was really dense and heavy. My husband ordered the fish and chips and he was really disappointed as it was like a kids portion. Wasn't a fillet (should have asked rather then presumed) but certainly not an adult portion. I had the lamb burger and that was lovely. Staff were really nice and attentive though. read more

I am a HUGE Fat Maddie's fan, and I work here in the Plaza. I was beyond excited to get to eat here in my lunch break. I ordered one of my favorites, the Cobb salad. I am sadly disappointed. They forgot my pita bread and avocado that come with the salad. And my bacon is burnt. I will give them another try, and hope to be able to update this review but this first try has been a disappointment. I will say what they did with the space was beautiful and the service was friendly. read more

Higher-quality ingredients pushed out efficiently in an "Erik's deli"-style ambiance/business model. MENU: Burgers & sandwiches, soups. They highlight salads, which my daughter likes (my opinion is the salads are a little heavy-handed and unbalanced). They have Gyros- but I prefer the Shish Grill in the San Ramon Marketplace. PLUSES (its the ingredients): It's a nice option if you care about the quality of the ingredients which per the website are: "local, sustainable, and organic ingredients. The family is committed to serving only free-range and antibiotic free chicken as well as hormone and antibiotic free beef. FAT MADDIE'S eggs come from chickens on the family's personal working farm and food waste is recycled to pigs on a neighboring ranch." read more

Amazing service and the cocktails are phenomenal! I will surely bring my family back.

My husband and I have been coming to Fat Maddies in Blackhawk since before the pandemic. The bartender at that time made the best margaritas. Fast forward to tonight. We walked in to hear country music, since when did Fat Maddies go country? Now to the food. In the past, I've pretty much enjoyed my meals but tonight not so much. I ordered the balsamic chicken. The sauce was good however the asparagus was WAY over cooked, it was literally rubber and the chicken was dry. We order margaritas and they had run out of grand marnier, Draegers is steps away, why couldn't they go buy a couple of bottles? Then the bartender went on a quick break and the person who took over or maybe he was just cleaning did not have a mask on. We love coming here because we live close and want to keep coming. I hope they do better with the dish and the mask wearing and the music :) read more

Do yourself a favor and try Fat Maddie's in San Ramon. I'm so disappointed to have to write this review on the Blackhawk location - but I was so disappointed with my visit today. Every single item we ordered today had something wrong or missing. Maddie"s Melt served on a hamburger bun, and well done - neither of which was requested. The cob salad was served covered in a big pita - no avocado. This is the second time I have been served. Cobb with no avocado. Asked for ranch - was served blue cheese. Was nearly finished with the salad before I got the ranch dressing. Fat Maddie's has delicious food when done right. Just so inconsistent at the Blackhawk location. San Ramon has amazing staff and the food is always spot on. read more

It's a decent spot if you want to sit outside and just talk. Food is ok, depends what you get - definitely better on apps or simple entrees. Don't order anything fancy. Drinks are weak, but the bartenders are nice folks. read more

Impressive beer selection, awesome food and great service! My go to here is the gyro and sweet potato fries. The beer selection is great and, so if you are looking for Fort Point, Altamont, Henhouse, Russian River, Sonoma Springs to name a few they have it. read more

Fat Maddie's - Henhouse Stoked - New American Near Me - Blackhawk, California

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Went there for Halloween - great service! Very friendly staff, fun ambiance. Great drinks, great food! The patio area is very nice as well when the weather is nice. Will be back! read more

Great food our family love the gyros and the french fries. everything at fat Maddie is delicious. No complaints