Mabel's - POWHATAN

The food service did not stand out as anything special. We were surrounded by dirty tables dirty floors. Trash food was even under our table. Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: $20–30 Food: 3 Service: 3 Atmosphere: 2 Parking space: Plenty of parking Parking options Free parking lot

I normally don’t give bad reviews but I was so disappointed today. First, it was a hot day around 90 outside so we thought it would be a perfect day to try their famous crafted milkshakes! When we walked in we noticed the door was propped open and it was hot. We asked the waitress what was going on and she said the AC stopped working yesterday and they don’t know why. We decided to stay anyway and began to order food. The restaurant felt dirty and the table we sat at was sticky. There was a table that hadn’t been cleared behind us full of dirty plates that hadn’t been cleared yet even though it wasn’t busy when we came in. We waited to be served and ordered their adult craft burger and a child’s cheeseburger. They were ok but not full of flavor or what we expected for the price. Then the waitress asked us if we wanted to try their famous crafted milkshakes. We ordered two and waited. It took over 20 minutes to finally get them. The table that came in after us even received theirs before we got ours. Again, it wasn’t busy when we came in, maybe 2-3 other tables had people sitting. But when we asked the waitress why it was taking so long she apologized and said they were backed up with orders? When the milkshakes finally arrived, we were hot and ready to leave. The milkshakes were ok but definitely not worth almost $20 each. I wanted to love this place but unfortunately after spending $80 on two burgers and two milkshakes in a hot and unclean restaurant in a strip mall shopping center, I was definitely disappointed. I’ve been waiting so long to try this place but I don’t think I could ever recommend it.

First time visit. Went just for ice cream. My husband ordered the Banana Split. It was not worth it's price of $13.49. The strawberry topping listed on the menu description was not on the sundae. And, it's just a regular banana split made to look larger by the amount of whipped cream on it. I ordered the Black Tie Affair. It was not worth it's price of $18.99. The slice of cake that came on it was too frozen to eat with the flimsy plastic spoon that I was given. Also, the menu description lists it comes with raspberries. There were none. When I asked the server about it, she stated she didn't know if they were out or not. She made no attemp to go and ask. Also, after we were served our order, she never came back to ask how we were doing, if we needed anything or if we wanted anything to drink. An all around disappointing visit.

We only had milkshakesalthough they were fantastic looking, there was absolutely no ice cream in the shake. It was very expensive and disappointing. Would have gotten a sundae but they were out of Chunky Monkey! Service: Dine in Meal type: Other Price per person: $10–20 Food: 2 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4

My family and I went to Mabel’s recently for the first time. It was a cute restaurant. Loved the atmosphere of the whole place. We were seated right away. Our server came right over to take our drink order. Our server was very attentive the whole time! The menu had a good variety of choices! From food to ice cream! We ordered an appetizer, the appetizer sampler. It was very good. It was enough for the 3 of us, and if we had our other son it still would have been enough. Then it was time to order our main meal and it was a tough decision but I settled on the Copenhagen burger with fries. It was delicious! I asked for lettuce and tomato on the side and it came with it. It wasn’t listed on the description. Mabel’s is known for their crazy shakes and ice cream, so I ordered the chocolate sundae, my husband ordered the peanut butter sundae, and my son ordered a traditional milkshake cookies n cream flavored. It was very good, but I thought for the size of the sundaes we ordered the price of $12.49 was pretty steep. Overall it was very good and I will be a return customer! Parking: We were able to park very close. Kid-friendliness: There were families that had kids dining at the same time and it was ok.