Woodbine Inn

What throws me off are the menus not having any pricing. We should not have to scan a code to get the prices. Quite odd. Actually got up and left due to the frustration.

This was our first time dining in. Our usual go-to crab house in Reisterstown wasn 't available so we decided to try this place 's dine in. We 've ordered crabs from across the street (J&T Seafood) to Woodbine Inn before and they were good. They told us at that time if we ever wanted to dine in, we could go to the restaurant across the street and order crabs and they would be sent over to our table. So we decided to give it a try. We called ahead to check their crab availability. We decided to order a dozen large crabs and was told they would be ready and delivered to our table as we came in. The guy on the phone also told us they now had a special for $55 for all you can eat medium crabs from 4-9pm which also would include soup, hush puppies and some other items I can recall. When we got there, the restaurant seemed very busy. We were not immediately greeted and had to wait about 3 minutes before someone acknowledged us. The server told us he had just called our name and how we had a 6:00pm reservation...mind you the guy on the phone never gave us an exact time and...it was exactly 6:01pm. He then told us to hold on and he would seat us. He proceeded to go to the machine to get paper to cover the table and never told us to follow him over. He looked back to see if we were there, at which time we hurried along. He sat us right at the door, on a 2 seat table that would later barely hold the dozen crabs we ordered. After sitting for about 6 minutes we saw the server again and asked him for menus, as we wanted to order more than just crabs. He brought out our hot crabs about 10 minutes after we sat down, still no menus. He then came back and asked what we would like to drink. Each time he came to the table to ask us a question, he would hurry off before we would even fully respond or ask for anything else. We had to catch him as he waited on other tables to ask for napkins and refills on our drinks, as well as corn on the cob and French fries. When the fries came out, they were overcooked and burnt. We asked him to take them back at which time we received an annoyed look. He took them away and about 10 minutes later he came back with some hush puppies that we never ordered, claiming to give them to us in place of the fries. We don 't like hush puppies and again, never order them. I 'm not sure if this is the typical service or if service has gone down since they started offering all you can eat crabs . I also felt and observed the waiter being more attentive to other tables. When we received the check, the French fries were on there. I took the check to the counter where the waiter was and he asked if there 's a problem. I said yes, the fries are on the bill. He said oh really? He took it and removed the fries and somehow pretended to misplace the pen he literally had on the counter 2 seconds before. Guess he didn 't want me to touch it or something. He finally found it and gave it to me with an eye roll. The receipt has the server listed as: Cash S . We will not be eating here again. If we do get crabs again, we will order them from J&T Seafood across the street and take them home. The crabs were good but like I said, they came from J&T Seafood across the street from this restaurant. The restaurant itself is crowded, tables aren’t spaced out well. There are much better places to get crabs and food in Maryland. Don’t waste your time…or money!

We loved our visit to Woodbine Inn. We called ahead and the crabs were ready as soon as we got there. They were jumbos and they were delicious!!!

Great kittle cozy home town authentic Maryland restaurant and pub.

Food was great...service was NOT. If you know, you know.