Main Street Tower

Address:	29 S Main St, Bel Air, MD 21014, USA
Phone:	+1 410-838-8007
Site:	mainstreettower.com
Rating:	3.6
Working:	11AM–2AM 11AM–2AM 11AM–2AM 11AM–2AM 11AM–2AM 11AM–2AM 9AM–2AM

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S Angel

Disgusting . This was my third trip here and for the third time I was disgusted. Why did I return.... because the first two i was a guest of someone else . The third time it was my idea because i thought JUST MAYBE i had been ordering the wrong kind of food and maybe change up and get something good. Sometimes it happens that way.... ya know!!!! NOT!!!! OMG, lets start out by the fact the runner or cook or whomever carried out the tray and the waitress came over from the other direction. This guy states to her its been sitting in the "window" forever so he brought it out( might I point out I could visually see one other table of guests in the dining room so not exactly overflowing with customers. My plate of seafood nachos got set down and I immediately notice the burnt black perimeter of nacho chips. So this all makes me touch my companions plate to see if his expensive steak dinner with seafood topping is actually warm. UMMMM nope, plate is stone cold. Im hopeful and ask him if I can have a bit. The whole thing is stone cold "EXCEPT as he points out the very top middle is actually steaming hot and yet everywhere else the food is stone cold???? Upon further inspection my expensive seafood nachos are on a plate so freaking hot it would burn me. Kinda like when you microwave stuff and plate becomes unbearably hot and never cools down. Waitress just stands there offering NOTHING in the way of fixing anything when Im pointing it all out. My companion is aa nice guy and hungry and not a complainer so just says forget it and says he will eat it. My SEAFOOD nachos with shrimp and crab has over microwaved cheese (so it seemed ,as it was so hard). The shrimp was, Im not sure what, but was like bits of rubber balls. The crab was suspicious as well because it looked like uniform baby corn kernel pieces and tasted like.... well who knows. After like two bites my stomach was so upset I pushed it aside for taking home to try and eat later and possibly it would taste better because at that point it couldnt taste worse. My friends steak Oscar, aside from being cold everywhere except the steaming middle, was a bit tough and absolutely tasteless. The mashed potatoes were cold from jump and basically a soupy bowl of lumps. Last thing left was the rolls...Welllllll once again all three types were stone cold, but the flat type bread was edible. The crusty rolls were so tough and hard along with cold you could have seriously ripped a tooth out taking a bite. Was there anything good??? Well coffee was pretty decent so that was the ONE star!!!!!! So now I just spent $50 on a disgusting dinner when the 2 for $2 menu at McDonalds would have been a great improvement. Oh yeah... as Im leaving the hostess asks how was everything. I tell her not good whatsoever.... HER ANSWER to that one was not to ask me what was wrong or any type of inquiry to better the restaurant ...but to paste a stupid smile on her face and tell me enjoy my night. Posting bad reviews is NOT my thing . I LOVE alot of places in the area, but this place just had no redeeming qualities for me except maybe the coffee

Anonymous User

Let me start this with saying I NEVER write bad reviews unless I really mean them. In fact this is my second in my life. I read the reviews on this place before eating here. After weeding out the best and the worst, it seemed worth a shot. We went on New Years Eve. The first thing we found is that they had chopped their normal menu short and jacked up the prices on the "Holiday Menu". I was really wanted in leave at this point, but did not. Lets start. Crabmeat and spring onion dip. HORRIBLE! You could not even get any texture of the jumbo crab that was supposed to be in it. It was like eating flavored melted cream cheese. Fried Crab Cake. Completely raw and running inside. Much more bread and filling than crab and no seasoning at all. Just terrible and cold inside. Some sort of chicken entree that is not on the normal menu. Was supposed to come with jumbo shrimp and jumbo lump crab. Also ordered a side of angel hair pasta with alfredo sauce and mixed vegetables. NOTHING was seasoned, like the other dish. There were two tiny shrimp and traces of crab meat tossed on top of the chicken. Just hideous looking. The pasta was completely overcooked and covered with butter but no sauce. The mixed vegetables only came when we had to ask for them after we were served, HOWEVER, they were by far the best thing that came out of the kitchen that night! I do not know if the cook was new or disgruntled because he/she had to work on New Years Eve or something, but this dinner was a waste of time and money. I did say COOK because there is NO WAY a Chef would have sent unseasoned, unprofessional, and misrepresented food like that out to a customer. Do yourself a favor, go to the Tower for their Brunch. That is pretty good. BUT, stay away from their microwave grade dinners! You would have a better meal by going to the Grocery store and picking up a Swanson Frozen Dinner. I wish there was a 0 Star rating because the slow and incomplete service topped off the sub par food!

Alfred Jones

Setup: The Tower often has special entertainment deals on certain nights like Tuesday and Thursday. The downstairs layout is downright weird, drinks are on the pricier side, but the upstairs roof deck is worth a look. If that is not open Id take your business to a better bar (Looneys, Magerks, or Sean Bollands). Otherwise, not really much going on here. Staff: Waiter service was decent although had to remind them a few times for the check. For night shifts they seem to hire 4-6 bouncers who are itching for some sort of physical confrontation with a patron. The manager, a short chubby Italian guy, also seems to condone this generally aggressive demeanor towards any person that has any sort of issue with a bouncer (whether it be their fault or not). Bottomline the bouncers/manager are extremely unprofessional compared to their counterparts at Looneys and Magerks. The bartenders were decent, but still dont compare to other bars in Bel Air. Food: Pretty bad across the board. Havent had a dish here Ive been happy with in recent memory. Conclusion: Just a weird/shady atmosphere. This place is essentially a waste of money in terms of dining or nightlife. There simply are better eateries and bars to go very close by in Bel Air.

Sarah Kampes

We came in for dinner tonight, August 15th, to celebrate my grandparents 60th anniversary. Our server, Jen, went above and beyond in the service department. She was very attentive and friendly. Our food was delicious but what really stood out about our experience was the service. Jen not only gave us spectacular service, but she was unbelievably honest. We paid the bill and tipped based on the total. As we headed to the parking lot she caught up to us and made sure we understood that there was gratuity already included in our bill and that what we had given was on top of that. We didnt know about the gratuity added and she certainly didnt have to tell us. Her honesty and consideration in this case really impressed me. Jen is a wonderful employee and she reflected well on the main street tower by going above and beyond. We will most certainly return.