Our girls group of 8 went here for our monthly lunch. I have learned a hard way pleasing eight women at different lunch place. Every time is a quest and I scored on all counts with Magnolia and May! Typically, we eat at a different place every month to "test the market." But it was unanimous that we come back here next month. We all want to try something different as everyone thought their entrée was the best. Everyone was a bit concerned about the location and parking, but it was easy to locate and easy to park. Service with impeccable and food was fabulous. There were many varied choices for lunch so we all got something different with no complaints!! That's a win for the home team The entrees were savory, cooked to perfection and spot on. The decor was very comfortable, the lighting was perfect as were the fixtures . And now that I'm writing this, my mouth is actually watering so to treat this I'm going tonight with my husband for wine and dinner. It's a win-win! read more

I ordered the double cheeseburger with all the fixings. And it was simply delicious and the fries with cheese awesome. Everything was fulfilling and more than enough. read more

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We actually came back a second time because we couldn't even remember much about the first visit, and that kind of says it all. This round was better--still solid and definitely delish in spots, but not something that blows you away. Foodwise, the pork chop had good flavor and came out tender, though it leaned on the fatty side, which distracted from how tasty it could've been. The trout was fine, cooked well enough, but just didn't bring much to the table--it was one of those dishes that fills you up but doesn't stick in your memory. Service and ambiance were both relaxed and easygoing, making it a comfortable place to hang out. All in all, it's a decent neighborhood spot with a few highlights, but not the kind of meal you find yourself craving weeks later. read more

This is a cute little place, but kind of tucked away. It's on a side street and parking is scarce. My husband and I came for lunch a when they first opened for the day and there was no one there. Our waitress was nice and attentive. The food is okay. Looks really nice but the tastes are just... off. The fries were too salty and this was a kids plate. The chicken and French toast were good together, but the sauce (tasted like a sweet chili) was odd with it. The brunchwrap was very bland. It had a lot going on, but needed some more seasoning or some kind of flavor. The fried green tomatoes were the best part. Those were good and crunchy. The charcuterie board was interesting. It was all good, but together the flavors just didn't work. If you are in the area, try them out. read more

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My husband & I came for lunch a little after noon. Plenty of seating and the ambiance was wonderful. Our waitress was very knowledgeable and attentive. The food. The best thing we ate was the Fried broccoli the sauce was great. He had the Bruno wrap tha was supposed to come with chorizo but they gave him unseasoned ground beef and a mixture of things in a tortilla. I ordered a patty melt that was supposed to have 2 patties but it was just a unseasoned BLAND patty cut in half. The food was portioned for the size of toddler plates for the price. We spent $75. But hey if you're in the area try them out. read more

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This was my first time having brunch at Magnolia &May. The buffalo broccoli was my favorite appetizer,freshly fried and stuffed with blue cheese. The deviled eggs topped with caviar were delicious just need more seasoning. Next I had the grilled ny steak strip with hash-browns, fried egg and side salad. I did order the steak strip medium just so I can taste the flavor and juice. The waitress was very friendly and checked on me multiple times. It was a little hot in there but I was able to manage the heat. The parking is kind of small, I ended up parking on the street. read more

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Very loud. Very difficult to carry on a conversation. Short staffed but they did a great job. Food was ok.

Shoutout to our server and wonderful hostess! I simply adore the decor of this hidden gem of a restaurant! It is a quaint local place that has wonderful and delicious food. My friend and I wanted to try brunch after church Sunday. We were not disappointed. We started off with the fried green tomatoes which had a lovely corn meal coating and tasty tomatoes with a delish sauce. Perfectly fried. I had the pulled pork tacos that were seasoned well and had a nice flavor. I ordered a side of biscuits that came with butter and homemade mixed berry preserves. It was good but a little dense for me. I also had the caramel macchiato bread pudding with coffee. That bread pudding was out of this world! My friend had the french toast and fried chicken. The bacon marmalade was a nice touch with the fried chicken. She also had the peach bourbon crisp. It was good but I really liked the bread pudding the best. The gelato was awesome. All in all we had the best time! We will definitely return for another dining experience! read more

I have been coming to Magnolia & May with my family for at least the last 5 years - it truly is one of the best spots in the city for families with kids. I highly recommend enjoying the beautiful weather outside on the patio - your kids can play around while you enjoy a delicious meal, and there are always other families. If you love a holiday celebration, you can't miss their festive decorations and themed events. Highly recommend visiting at Halloween, Christmas, Mardi Gras, Easter, and the summer block party! Their house charcuterie is to die for - you have to order the hummus and the sausage and cheese board - I dream about that sausage and pickled veggies. Plus you can make your reservation on Resy, so if you use have an Amex platinum card, you can sign up for the benefit and get $100 per quarter back in statement credit! Definitely going to be maxing out my 400 here this year. read more

Food was great. Service was great! Ambiance was just what I needed to start my Sunday. Not too crowded, just enough people for them to be busy. I loved it, and I will be back soon. read more

Nice venue with both bar and table seating. The brunch menu is very extensive and provides an opportunity to get a range of appetizers to steak. I enjoyed the brunch wrap supreme and the chorizo was not spicy. The service was a bit slow, although my friends and I arrived before the room filled up. However, the server was gracious and friendly. read more

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Food happy hour and drinks were awesome also bartender Austin was fantastic! We will return!

Great food Great service. The ambiance is great. It stays crowded. So that speaks for itself. Must make reservation to get in.

We needed a quick bite after flight bf coming home. Magnolia and May delivered! Cute patio with lush real live plants! Loved the pimento cheese appetizer, and the Cobb salad. Bloody Mary's were solid! read more

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The eggplant bacon dip was so good we ordered a second. The drinks were all Golden Girl themed and we had like six. They were all amazing! The manager Austin was absolutely wonderful but the entire staff really made it great! read more

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I came here a couple of times, the buffalo broccoli was actually pretty good and you get a good portion of it. The restaurant wasn't overly loud, there's a patio option available as well as an outdoor area on the side. The servers are really good, Mary is really funny and made us feel welcomed, she suggested the Mustard & Cornmeal Fried Lake's Catfish; super delicious! Can't wait to come back and try more menu items! read more

Food was great. The porch ambiance was incredible. Service was top tier Thanks Chasity for a great experience! read more

My parents and sisters with their families have periodic meals out. We love Magnolia & May as those who are foodies and those who are more basic eaters all get a wonderful meal at a great price. The more basic eaters love the shrimp and grits, the burger with cheese skirt, fried chicken,... The foodies look forward to seeing what special menu item are available that day and week. The foodies generally order different things and share so they can enjoy it all. Like everything different food preferences exist but you can rarely find a restaurant with good well prepared food that everyone can get something they love at a reasonable price. read more

Had the Buffalo broccoli and the double cheese burger. The Buffalo broccoli has great flavor, and the "cheese skirt" on the burger added and excellent crunch! read more

Bookclub meeting on 1/14. Many parties present around noon. Mardi gras menu in effect. We had two mimosas setups and enjoyed chatting to review the book. Noticed a few menu items had been changed since last visit. The snow moved in earlier than projected so we quickly exited as it was coming down pretty fast. Thankfully we all made it home safely. Little did we know that would be the beginning of the winter weeklong shut in read more

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Love this spot! Shrimp and grits is amazing but everything else is good too. Great brunch spot! read more

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Let me preface this with, this place is a solid 3.5 but yelp won't let me give half stars. We came here for brunch. The ambience is whimsical and fun. The service is amazing. The staff is Friendly andattentive and really helpful. And the drinks? Star of the meal. Creative and delicious. We had a couple of the seasonal drinks and they were truly unique and flavorful. The food is meh and I'd say unnecessarily ambitious. None of the food was bad, per se, but all of the more ambitious options over promised and under delivered. For example, The Okinamoyaki (which kinda doesn't fit anything else on the menu) was cooked and browned weirdly while the short rib sandwich was juicy and tasteless. Neither were bad but there were missed details on both. However, the more simple staples like buffalo brocolli and the eggs, bacon and biscuits were fine..good even. I'd recommend coming through for drinks only, these are one and a lifetime fun cocktails. If you're going to order....keep is simple. read more

What a cute cute restaurant! It gives "cozy" Minimal menu, nice cocktails, colorfully decorated for the holidays... I could easily live here. Pricing is on par with the neighborhood and diverse enough for any budget. Our server Daniel was attentive and polite while very busy, and I never felt neglected. I will be back with my husband for a date night dinner! read more

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Happy hour with friends for my first time at this quaint little restaurant. Definitely gave me creole vibes with the menu and Mardi Gras decor. Our server was really personable and checked in often. The environment is casual, they have a good selection of cocktails and happy hour specials on food and drinks from 4-6. We tried the jalapeño cheese fries topped with a spicy cheese sauce and pulled pork and buffalo broccoli, the fries had good flavor, but weren't freshly cooked, the buffalo broccoli was fresh and good, batter was super crispy. I had a frozen drink with chaos in the name and it packed a punch, but was fruity and delicious. read more

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Bland experience and bland food. $140 for two people including tip and drinks. Husband had fried chicken sandwich special. Looked good on menu because it had hash-browns on it. The hash-brown was a coldish, flavorless frozen hash brown patty. Fried chicken had little flavor. Side salad with it, ranch dressing was tasteless. My entree was Ok. It needed a side vegetable that doesn't come with it ($28). Very cute, small setting but after 2 tries in 2 years, it is getting crossed off my list. read more

This was our first time, which happened to be on Easter, and it wasn't to bad. The staff was friendly and able to help us make our decision on our food choices. The avocado toast was good but needed salt & pepp and I could have e do e without the Balsamic glaze drizzled on it. Even though I'm not a big French Toast person, the chicken & French toast wasn't bad. read more

I had high hopes coming to this place having seen the review. I was able to grab a spot at the bar before happy hour was over. I grabbed a glass of red wine (not bad for happy hour) and the tacos off their happy hour menu. The tacos were delicious! After that, the bartender suggested getting the tilefish over the fish. I had high hopes for this dish, but sadly the fish seemed spoiled as it smelled and without getting into details, let's say my evening was not great back at the hotel. I tried their chocolate bread pudding to which they were out of vanilla gelato. The bread pudding was average, not outstanding. I tried the tiramisu gelato as they were out of the vanilla which had an overpowering espresso taste to me. I'm not sure what the hype is about this place. If the fish wasn't spoiled, I'd have given it maybe an extra star. Now that I think about it, the tilefish is a temp on the menu, and once it was out, it'd be off, makes me wonder how long the fish had truly been in the back if they were tying to get rid of it and if that is why I was pushed towards that entree. read more

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This place has a nice vibe! I stopped by recently during the evening and wasn't disappointed. Local beers on tap and a pretty good wine menu. Their deviled eggs are excellent too. Check it out, they have a great local options for drinks and good service. read more

Always love my experience when at this lovely local restaurant. Service is top notch, food is fresh, gotta try the shrimp and grits. Very cozy ambiance and perfect location in east Memphis. read more

I had some time to explore Memphis before I attended a graduation so Magnolia & May was one of my top spots to stop in during my visit... Just from the appearance and vibe of the restaurant, I knew it would be a good spot. The service was great and very attentive. Since I was solo and exploring on my own, I didn't get a bunch of stuff that I wanted but I did enjoy a good cocktail, the Shrimp & Grits, and fresh berry crisp. @phidingthefam read more

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We had an excellent brunch here with a decent sized group. Service was good, food was spot on, atmosphere was lively and enjoyable. Will absolutely be back! read more

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I got the side salad and the person with me got the Cobb salad. Literally every single cherry tomato was bad. So bad there is NO way they could have been placed on the salad without the preparer not realizing it. They hamburger pickles on the salad had pink something on them . It reminded me of the pink slime that sometimes gets on the ice machines. We sat at the bar, and our bartender was nice enough. Drinks were good. Place has a good vibe. Cobb salad was ok except for the hamburger pickles and the rotten tomatoes. Oh, and the Diet Coke was good too. So I had a pile of greens, but mostly spinach, with some buttermilk watery dressing- which to me is not a salad. Who puts hamburger pickles on a salad?? Don't see us going back unless it's too drink only. read more

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Suchhhhh a cute place! Environment and service was great. We sat at the bar because there were no open tables at the time. Their happy hour looks awesome which is the only way I would come back. It was verrrrrry expensive for what you get. Shrimp and grits, while okay, only had 6 shrimp and cost $27. The chorizo sloppy joe was okay, but lacked chorizo flavor which was odd. read more

A friend suggested M&M for Sunday brunch, so I went online and made reservations. I arrived to a cute location tucked away on Mt. Moriah. Parking looks impossible, but be sure to pull around to the back where there are additional spots and a handicap accessible entrance. I had the breakfast burrito and while it was good, it could've been seasoned a bit more. I opted for a bottle of champagne with pomegranate juice instead of a cocktail, which is never a bad decision. Overall, it wasn't the best brunch I've ever had, but it was decent. But here's why I'm rating it three stars. My friend and I were seated in a spot where we really didn't see much happening around us. It was actually perfect because we haven't seen each other in a while and were enjoying catching up. Our waitress kept interrupting to ask if we were ok and other than assuming she was being overly helpful, we didn't think too much of it. We began to get extremely hot, so on about her fifth trip to the table we asked for another round of drinks. THAT'S when she pointed out that they had been closed for almost 20 minutes. There were other customers still seated at the bar so we never thought otherwise, and didn't realize we lost track of time. Rather than approaching us 20-30 mins before closing for last call/to close out the tab, they literally turned off the air in what I guess was an attempt to sweat us out. The food was ok, but I doubt I'll return. read more

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It's definitely not the same. We spent $90 for bacon, eggs, grits, one pancake, and I had two small pulled pork tacos, and one French toast. One cocktail and one mocktail. The tacos were hard and they fixed it but over all we didn't think it was worth it. read more

Had good service until later in the evening she pretended to not acknowledge us in the later night. First we are served the charcuterie board which was splendid but the bread pieces were cheap. We waited on drinks, it took way too long that I was running out of things to say talk about with my bf that happened today. Just picking at the appetizer and the dinner took too long. We were growing so restless after 20 mins, then 30, we want to cancel the meal out of annoyance. Food finally comes out, I hated my pork chop, so full of fat and my bf had the short-rib dish as he deem as "alright". Ruined V-Day, I will make him his own dinner on his upcoming bday. Never going here again, overrated. read more

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So... I'm conflicted as I write this review. When I pulled up to our designated brunch location, I thought the restaurant was quaint. It was definitely small and parking was tight, but quaint nonetheless. Upon entering, there's a sign that indicates a 20%gratuity will be added. So far, I'm not overly alarmed. My party of 8 was seated, and we actually had an enjoyable brunch. The food was tasty, and the service was good. We specifically arrived at noon because signs noted that they closed at 2:30p on Sunday. At about 1:48p, we were asked to finish up and leave because our table was specifically going to be used for a party arriving at 2p. Hmmm? I thought they closed at 2:30? And was there no other table in the place to accommodate another party? *The world may never know because we politely paid our bills and went outside..... where we continued to talk and take pics until 2:15p (and of course, we never saw anyone else enter...... Sooooooo... yeah.... that kind of ruined it for me. read more

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A dear friend and I ate lunch here yesterday and it was absolutely delicious! We had not seen each other in several months so we had alot to catch up on.We started with a mocktail and a cocktail which were so refreshing. We talked for awhile before we ordered any food, so the waiter returned a couple of times before we actually ordered and he was so kind! In fact, everyone from the time we were seated until we left was kind, informative and fun. We asked our waiter for suggestions some and he did not steer us wrong. He was on point and very kind. Everything that we ate was so good and so unique- I think it's really rare to go to a restaurant and like everything you eat, but we did! So many restaurants seem to think that everything needs to be hot and spicy to taste good, which is not true- great flavor can be imbued without being mouth numbing hot! We had the Roasted pepper and bacon dip with avocado salsa with chips, and we made it a happy plate. Then, she had a strawberry salad with grilled shrimp which she said was very tasty, and I had a patty melt with fried green tomatoes.WOW! I have not left a restaurant so satisfied and happy in a very long time. In fact, my husband went by today and ordered the Roasted pepper and bacon dip and an order of pimiento cheese to bring home and again, it did not disappoint. You have new followers! My compliments and respect to the obviously talented chef and the excellent staff-you are a new Happy Place for me! read more

I love this place so much! Have been 3 times, including last year for Magnolia & Mistletoe which was SO FESTIVE and FUN! Each visit has been a complete delight. Service is great, food is spectacular (love that the menu changes), everyone we encountered was so friendly and welcoming, and everything is just on point. Our latest visit was tonight for my daughter's birthday. We were a party of 5 so I made a reservation and we were given a great table by the bar. The host who greeted us was super friendly and attentive (I wish I had gotten his name), as was our server, Tucker. We ordered wine and cocktails -- always love the choices! Now let me tell you about the food. We started off with the smoked redfish dip, which was to die for! The chips that accompanied were homemade and very, very good. We also had the sourdough w/apple, ricotta and hot honey which was also very good. For entrees, I ordered the butternut squash gnocchi which was absolutely melt-in-your-mouth delicious. Other dishes we sampled: the collared green and fried chicken melt, patty melt, roast beef sandwich, pork shank grilled cheese. All were equally unique and delicious! I can't say enough good things. I just really love the overall vibe here. It just feels so cozy, you want to sit back, have some cocktails, enjoy the delicious food and stay a while! read more

We wanted a nice farm to table salad and this restaurant didn't disappoint. All 3 of us were so happy with our meals. I would love to come back and try more items on their menu. read more

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