This is one of the local restaurants I've been trying to support in the pandemic. The food has always been decent if not outstanding. The servers are great and the kitchen is accommodating. Unfortunately, their prices have gone up considerably to the point that outstrips the value. I get the feeling that it is more of a gouging than a justifiable increase because of important changes for their staff. read more

I'm giving this place five stars because it's about as good as hometown goodness can get - a true 60's diner experience. A Maples roast beef sandwich is something that you have to experience if you live in Pittsburgh - that hot beef with crispy fries and gravy all over is a 'burgh must - so traditional and so damn good. The servers move fast and get you your meal (and if you're smart a slice of delicious homemade pie and some good 'ol diner coffee) as quickly as possible - so if you want to stop in for a quick bite and some Pittsburgh history - visit Maples - and get a hot beef sandwich :-) read more

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Simple, unassuming, and affordable, but ultimately delicious. People come here for their famous hot roast beef sandwich. The dish is incredibly simple. Roast beef placed between to places of plain white bread, fries on the side, and gravy all over, in the traditional local style. Doesn't get more basic than good old meat and potatoes. Everything was very tasty, especially the gravy and the fries. For less than $10, it is very good values. Service was very friendly. I'm definitely open to coming back. Some of their other dishes looked good too. read more

The hubby and I ventured down here after a way-too-long sabbatical from Tom Pappas' Maple Restaurant, and once again delighted in a pair of hot roast beef sandwiches and French fries smothered in brown gravy. They are so yummy, and we visit so infrequently, we've never tried anything else. Some day we'll get up the nerve to stray from our tried and true. read more

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Here's the deal. If you're looking for comfort food in a nice atmosphere, you'll find it at the Maple Restaurant. Pleasant mom and pop restaurant with great food and excellent service. I had their famous hot roast beef sandwich with mashed potatoes. Delicious! The beef was sliced thin and tender between two slices of white bread. The potatoes were hand mashed with lumps and all with enough substance that your fork can stand up in them. Cover all of this in a rich brown gravy and every bite bathes you in soothing comfort. Top this off with a baklava sunday for desert and wow, complete satisfaction! Will definitely stop by again when I'm back in the area. read more

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April 2019: Hot roast beef sandwich!! Yummy!!!! July 2018: The Maple!! Love this place. Are usually get breakfast, and the serving of bacon is huge. Thick sliced five pieces. They always make my breakfast perfect... Sunny side up eggs etc. Breakfast is not all day. I've had the turkey mashed potatoes stuffing dinner, too. It was awesome. I had coleslaw on the side, it was fresh and cold. The service is fantastic. Customers are nice, the place medium quiet, But there is a radio playing in the restaurant. Lots of free parking right across the street. I'm a local in the area, and whenever I want to eat out, this is the first place I think of. Never disappointe read more

We both got the signature hot roast beef sandwich. Very good! Rice pudding for dessert. Truthfully we only needed one to share but the server said they were small. Yes, they're served in a tiny glass bowl but it is stacked very high. One order would have been enough. Need to update the interior. read more

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I took my aunt to the Maple Restaurant and was reminded of my childhood. Outside of the credit card machine, everything else was the same. Same set up, same decor, and same everything. I loved that as it was a time machine back to the past. But the food, the food was so much better than what I could remember. And the staff...the staff were so polite and well-trained. read more

I have been going here for 65 years and as of today will not return. Since the change in family ownership it had gone steadily downhill. Menu looks the same but taste and quality is totally different. Should stick to what worked with existing menu, makes me want to cry that I will not return to my go to restaurant. Shame on you for trying to fix something that wasn't broken. read more

The best damned hot roast beef sandwich in Western Pennsylvania. Home fries, real mashed or French fries in that order of preference for me I can see why others would give them a lower rating. There other fare is fine. It's just that the HBS with hone fries makes this place a destination restaurant for me. read more

Great everything about this mom n pop restaurant is delicious food down to the real milkshakes with real ice cream. Hard to locate that in a restaurant these days, you get Ice milk with vanilla or Powdered cocco read more

Always great food for the money. Great fish sandwiches and love the roast beef!! And good servers make you feel like family.

Best hot beef sandwich around! Good, Old fashioned home cooked meals! Service is always great and so are the prices! read more

Their roast beef is out of this world. A family favorite for sure! We frequent them often!

Oh my, where do I start? This little restaurant has been in business for decades and I'd say no one has touched the decor since it opened, but that's not why I go there. I go for the hot hamburger and mashed potatoes smothered in brown gravy. I'm telling you it is ridiculously delicious every single time I go - and it's always consistent! The owner's wife makes the rice pudding and it is to die for. I don't care how stuffed I am from eating, I will always have room for that rice pudding! The Maple is a great little hidden gem off the main drag in Ambridge! read more

The Maple restaurant is one of those not highly known, yet highly famous for the locals. It has always been one of my favorite restaurants, even since childhood. Even during covid-19, with everything being delivery or takeout usually, this spot is still open for 25% capacity. If you're in or around Ambridge and hungry, there is nothing to decide, you have decided go to the maple you will not regret it. read more

I love the history here. I love the fact that the Ambridge community celebrates this place. And I love how it's been family-owned for decades. I just wish I liked the food more than I do. Many of the dishes are legitimately tasty (for sandwiches, I always go for the Rachel or Reuben, which are usually really good). But so many dishes are humongous servings of so-so food: giant blobs of overcooked meat, buckets of salt (er, I mean gravy), towers of mushy french fries. I stopped getting their salads when I realized they were an iceberg lettuce delivery system for 15 pounds of french fries and an ocean of dressing. If you like this kind of thing, great! You will LOVE this restaurant. If you don't love this kind of thing (like me), there are plenty of other places nearby that you'll probably like better. (And yes, I am a local, and yes, I've eaten here much, much more than once.) read more

Best hot roast beef and mashed potatoes. I forgot about this place until yelp brought it up. See you for takeout on Friday

This was my first time at Maple Restaurant. I got the Hot Beef Sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy all over...wow. I had heard how great this place was but after trying it for myself, I completely understand all of the rave reviews. The service was quick and my waitress was very pleasant. I look forward to eating here again soon! read more

Maple Restaurant - New American Near Me - Ambridge, Pennsylvania

Great stuffed pork chops thursday special, I always try but I'm usually too late for 'em. I made it this time. My great grandkids usually go for the spaghetti which I'm not big on but I love the meatballs so I often swipe them to take home makes a great lunch for next day. This place is lost in time, nothing changes except for some modernization in the kitchen every so often. The nostalgic pictures around the cash register area are great, I always seem to find something or someone I haven't noticed before. read more

Maple Restaurant - New American Near Me - Ambridge, Pennsylvania

Twice now have had sandwiches from here and the food was outstanding. 10 thumbs up. When calling to order the staff is also very personable. Can't wait to be able to sit down inside and try other menu items. read more

Note: Maple Restaurant's parking lot is directly across the street. Street parking is also available if the lot is full. Maple Restaurant celebrates its golden anniversary next year, and I certainly wish it enough longevity to earn a 10 carat diamond. When you first walk in, you get the impression that this diner has remained in a state of suspended animation since it opened in 1963. Aside from a few young employees, even the help was past middle-age and thus seemed to be profoundly loyal. I overheard one waitress proudly tell a customer that she had been with Maple Restaurant for 17 years. Even before we entered MR and waded through the heavy, thawing snow on quaint Maplewood Avenue (I didn't find it at all 'sketchy') early this bright afternoon, I could tell that WQED's Rick Sebak would have great fun filming a segment here. Our waitress, who served up our food in mere minutes, fussed over us as if we were her grandchildren, watching happily as we gobbled up plates of comforting chuck wagon victuals. Burgundy MR t-shirts, which are worn by the staff and can be purchased by patrons, are emblazoned on the back with "America's #1 Hot Beef Maker." Roast Beef is their staple and can be had in a number of variations. Kay loves hot roast beef sandwiches and ordered accordingly. She did let me try the mashed potatoes, and to me they only confirmed that the mashed potatoes we had last night on a Dad's Pizza (of Beaver Falls) pierogi pie were in fact instant. MR's mashed spuds were fluffy but not overly so, had just enough lumpiness, and did not have one hint of the aftertaste found with instant synthetic potato flakes; MR's are the real thing, and for that I was grateful. I almost ordered a Maple Burger, a burger that has their signature roast beef on it as well as a "special sauce," but our server advised against it, telling me that she "don't care for that one." Man, I love an honest server. When I put my finger on Big Charley, she nodded in approval. "You're gonna like that one," she said with a smile as huge as the clear, blue sky above. And like it I did. My only real complaint with the sandwich was that the roast beef got somewhat dry towards the end, but the nicely liquefied cheese, caramelized onions, fresh, beefy tomato, snappin' BBQ sauce, and toasty bun more than made up the difference. The fries that came with it were soft, crisped, bronzed, salted excellence. I got a taste of Kay's Chocolate Cream Pie, and found that whipped cream definitely works better than meringue (I'm lookin' at you Dick's Diner of Murrysville), with this sort of dessert. I yet again went with a hot fudge brownie sundae, one that MR calls the Maple Sundae (?), and it was up to the same level I have come to expect from such an unheralded treat. The chewy, igneous brownie was buried under vanilla ice cream and a lake of equally decalescent fudge. If you're ever hungry when traveling on Route 65, and it's not too late, give Sheetz or Eat 'N Park a pass; try Maple Restaurant instead for a home-cooked, mom/pop change of pace. Let's help keep them in the black and sustain a part of Americana along with it. read more

This place is not in touch with reality. I recall going here as a child for hot roast beef sandwiches so when I came home recently my mom wanted to go to Maple. This very old and disgustingly nasty woman was our waitress. My mother ordered a hot roast beef and asked for gravy on her French fries. The waitress stood there and said noting so my mom, thinking the woman did not hear her she repeated herself. The waitress looked directly at my mother and Said "what makes you think we have to make a special menu for you". I thought she was kidding but she was serious! Maybe she had dementia, maybe she was a nasty old woman I don't know. But what I can tell you is this actually occurs just as I stated. Its sad and abusive treatment. Shame on you ! read more

I'm going 5 since I found no fault with our lunch here today. Boy is this place old school! On the back wall above the doors are numbers from 1-9 that light up and make a "ding" sound when a server's order is ready. Most of the servers are older and act like loving grandmothers. Speaking of LUV, my Hot Roast Beef Sandwich, one of my favorite comfort foods, was awesome. It was served up fast,with rich gravy, great fries, soft white bread, and a smile. YUMMAY! I had chocolate cream pie for dessert and it was the best ever. Darren wouldn't let me try his sundae. He said he would but "forgot." :( Meanie. I'm kidding Sexyman. Everyone was so, so friendly here. The dark-haired young girl who rang us out was adorable and complimented me on my purse. I would definitely come back and am glad I bookmarked it. The neighborhood's just fine too. read more

Perhaps the Maple Restaurant has high reviews simply because it is the Best of What is Available in the area, I get that. But it's not very good. I didn't order the signature beef, I ordered another item on the menu, fried haddock. Everything on the menu should be as good as the beef. If it isn't, make it better or get it off the menu. My fish was overcooked, my mashed potatoes were like paste and the gravy tasted like it came from McCormicks. The cole slaw was tasty but all white and green, throw in some shredded carrots and it will be AOK. One of the people at my table has Celiac's, gluten intolerant, the Chef worked well with her, that gave you an extra star. Another at my table got the prestigious roast beef, it was fine but served between two slice of white bread and drenched in brown gravy. Just looking at it made my cholesterol levels elevate. "Oh, the 'mixed greens" on the salads are a mixture of different colors of iceberg. Not my lettuce of choice, ever. Again, the locals flock here, I get that. Drive a few more miles toward Pittsburgh and taste some good food, for the same price. read more

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Just a quick update. Maple is still great but I have noticed this past year each time I order the amount of Roast Beef seems to decrease ever so slightly. Food is still great but I removed one star since prices stayed the same but the portion size seemed to decrease slightly. Still stop by if you get the chance. read more

My family and I have been coming here for years. The food is delicious, the meals are pretty much like home cooking, and the atmosphere is like your in your grandma's dining room. You csnt go wrong with the cajun chicken salad. You get a huge portion and the chicken is cooked perfectly. Also another great item is the hot roast beef sandwich. We will continue to go back for as long as this place is around. I would give more than 5 stars if we could. read more

This was a regular place for us to eat. They have one of the best Ruben Sandwiches we've ever eaten! It's the best I've had in years. You should always get gravy with your fries! They breakfast menu is great too. They do get busy but you shouldn't have to wait long. read more

Maple Restaurant - New American Near Me - Ambridge, Pennsylvania

The gravy is amazing. Combined with the fries also amazing. It is an old style diner, they do what they do really well. Should be more places like it. Reuben is excellent too. If you want homestyle cooking it's a lot more satisfying than most places in Pittsburgh in spite of what Pat G. suggests. read more

Due to Covid-19 we sadly cancelled our family gathering for Thanksgiving this year. Since it was only my husband and I, ordering Thanksgiving dinner from the Maples restaurant was the perfect solution to a relaxing day. The Turkey dinner for 2 was not only delicious but they even provided enough food for leftovers! The staff was very friendly and helpful. Even though there was a line for pickup they were very organized and the wait was short. Thank you Maples for providing such a wonderful experience during a very difficult time. read more

Mmmmm.... The hot roast beef with fries and lots of gravy is wonderful. I always try this dish at other restaurants around the country and none compare to the maple restaurant. They have adequate parking just across the street and servers are nice with a diner type feel. Definitely recommend! read more

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My 5-yr-old son says "and my brother seven years old. Hey maple I have a silly joke to tell you it's from Henry hey maple my my moms 100 years old sorry that's just a joke" read more

Delicious hot roast beef sandwich! Even during the pandemic, it travels well in a takeout container. French fries are delicious

Whenever we travel or for that matter go to any town, we find some of the most memorable restaurants are the ones run by families and where the locals love to eat. The Maple restaurant is a perfect example of a local favorite. In an age of chain restaurants, it is a great experience to visit a favorite of the local folks, and the Maple Restaurant is a perfect example. This is what I love about small towns. The Maple is one of ours. read more

I have been visiting the Maple for seven years now, ever since I moved to Ambridge from Georgia. At least once, probably twice a week. That makes roughly *700* visits. The food is always great, the service (especially from Margarita) has always been impeccable. However, recently, the female half of the owner ruined everything for me. For the FIRST time, I took the liberty of hosting a business meeting at the Maple, and I asked for two separate checks to be rung up for tax purposes. The owner was manning the register that night, and she simply said "I'm not going to do that. I already pay TOO MUCH in credit card fees as is." (Not a "let's do this," or a "here's what I can do," just a "I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT." Well, lady, you left a sour taste in my mouth, which was quite unpleasant after the tasty hot beef. I understand that NOW is the age of "to hell with customers, as a business owner, I am gonna stand MY ground..." but if you will remember, and Margarita certainly does, I routinely bring 5, 7, 10 colleagues to YOUR establishment with ME. Food quality regardless, I am not willing, as a customer, to compromise my experience because you have a problem with taking TWO card payments for our $40 check. From now on, I'll travel five minutes down the road and give my business to Eat 'N Park, who have NEVER given me any selfish problem with some fifty cents' worth of credit card fees. read more

Best Hot Beef Sandwich, depending on when you go they run out of a lot of stuff. But otherwise all great home cooked food, the gravy is to die for! read more

There food is sooooooooooooooo good!!!!!!!!! I love there beef and home fries!!!!! Their sevice is good!!

This is one of the best places in all of Beaver County! If you go here you must get the roast beef! It's famous around these parts. The staff is also very friendly. read more

Really sucks they only sell yellow gravy on Saturday and Sunday. They would make more money if someone can order a hot turkey with yellow gravy whenever. The food is good but who the heck makes yellow gravy a specialty item read more

Best place to get Hot Roast Beef, hands down. I always leave the restaurant super stuffed. They have a great selection of food...but I don't suggest the spaghetti. Favorite dishes: Hot Roast Beef with fries (gravy on all), Chicken Parm sandwich, and Chicken Delight Sandwich read more