Marie Callender's

Pretty mediocre in my opinion. A step above a Denny's but only a small one. On the other hand, back in college I used to date a woman with a similar name to this, and while I have no idea what her skills were in the kitchen, she had remarkable abilities in other rooms of the house.

Marie Callendar's food is better than average but their service is very - very bad. Last night (7pm May 11, 2010) at the . Marie Callender's on Ventura Blvd near Kester in Sherman Oaks, Ca my dinner required two hours of waiting, not counting the time spent eating. Waited 20 minutes to place an order for a hamburger with a piece of pie and coffee. Waited 40 minutes for my hamburger to arrive. Waited another 30 minutes for the server to get my pie. Waited another 30 minutes for a check. To add insult to injury I never got a coffee refill. Marie Callender's had only 12 or so customers where normally they would have 50 or more. The servers seemed to spend all of their time in the back chatting. I know you would never guess it, but my tip was very small! It looks like marie Callender's has found a very simple way to go out of business.

stil not like before....dont like the pasta dished stick to dinners.

I think Marie Callender's is great. It has great tasting meals, and the meals are usually not dry like Lean Cuisine can be. Between this and Stouffer's these are actually both very good tV dinners, although I lean a little more towards Marie Callender's. The pot pies are good!

Nothing really sets this place apart from other generic restaurants. Good basic food at moderate prices. The only thing I probably won't be having again is the Sunday buffet - it's a cholesterol laden greasey paradise if you need that sort of thing, very tasty, but absolutely unhealthy.

MC's Creamy Mushroom Chicken Pot Pie was by far my most disappointing food purchase of 2008. The chicken was tasteless and full of fat and gristle. I wrote to ConAgra Foods to let them know how gross their product was, and get this...they sent me two coupons good for FREE Marie Callender's Frozen Product! Wow! If the first one I tried was so horrible, why would I try another??? I have another type of pot pie in the freezer that I am afraid to eat!!! To ConAgra Consumer Affairs: Thanks, but no thanks!

I really like Marie Callenders food. I really liked the chicken and dumplings but I think they stopped making them which is a horrible shame. They were so healthy and great tasting I used to eat one everyday. The dumplings were perfect. Does anyone remember those or am I thinking of a different brand?

Marie Calendar foods have really helped change my lifestyle eating habits. I am a diabetic, and have been hospitalized twice within the past year. I have been told by hospital nutritionist that I must not go over forty five carbs per meal. I really don't know how to count carbs for meals I would prepare for myself. While there are some MC meals that go over my required number,the majority of my foods are within my nutritionists required range. I eat MC frozen foods; I cannot say how thankful I am to have found foods that I truly enjoy. I wish I would have been fortunate enough to have had these meals served me in the hospital, because I would rather not have eaten their foods. When I got out of the hospital in late October after having stayed in the hospital for four days, I finally decided what to do to better my health, and found Marie Callandar foods. The food is so tasty; and in perfect portions. I have not found one meal that I have disliked. If it was up to me, I would hav... Read more

Meals are good but why, why, why, can't you use real potatoes. I end up eating the rest of the meal and throwing out the potatoes. Even banquet uses real potatoes and they are the cheapest frozen dinners around. Yours are the most expensive and would be well worth the price if you would just use real potatoes.

Food like grandma used to make. Good home-style cooking and service has always been fine for me. Mostly eat at one in Salem, Oregon. The pies are really good too.

The sweet and sour chicken was NASTY threw it out after 2 bites.

The people that rate these dinners poorly could not possibly be eating Marie Calendar's. These are the best frozen dinners around, hands down. And the calorie count is much less than others. My favorites are the turkey and chicken. I have been dieting and these dinners make it enjoyable. They are very flavorful.

Dont ever eat the French onion soup!! it is terrible... Im afraid to try anything else there. They really need to find a group of staff that cares about what they are serving to their customers.

What is going on? These were my favorite frozen dinners now they are on the same playing field with Banquet. I'm going back to Stoffers.

I have never been to a Marie Callender's restaurant but I have had their frozen dinners which are pretty good.

I think these meals are the best available out there --- especially when you factor in price [on sale] and taste! They are very good and the meals give you a decent amount of food. They have a variety of really good ones, there has not really been one that I have not liked. My favorite is the Grilled Chicken Alfredo Bake. The rice ones aren't my favorite, but I"m a rice eater and it just isn't the same for me. Also, the mashed potatoes are so good! Buy these!!!

CrockPot bags are generally good - most times I add a little of my own stuff to it.

The Turkey Breast with Stuffing is outstanding in all reguards and the stuffing has the best taste,favor,and true to home made as possible.

Marie Callender's ,adn whoever helps her with her food, should be ashamded of themselves, nearly every meal I have bought so far, which would equal up to about 9 or 10 meals, has been only fairly decent, with the catch being that they are so F'in cheap they have no soul, they will market 2 chicken tenderloins, and gie you a half of one, Marie, give me some sucky sucky with your meals or get the F out of the business, peopel sue these meals to provide for their families, and here you are taking food out of their stomachs to make an extra dolar or two.

The Marie Callenders frozen meals that I have tried so far are very good and very filling. I love their broccoli, imagine that one! My favorites are the stuffed pasta medley, the southern fried chicken tenderloins, grilled chicken with mash potatoes, and the peach cobbler..Plan to work my way thru the whole lineup. Some items are hard to find like the chicken and dumplings..Still looking for that one. Super Walmart prices for the frozen dinners are less than three bucks, really how could you go wrong.

Quite possibly the worst meal I was ever served. I ordered the pot roast and it arrived as one piece of meat and two fist size pieces of white gelatinous fat covered in gravy. The vegetables served with it were partially rotten and black inside. It was disgusting and completely inedible. It seemed like the kind of food one would find at the bottom of a dumpster. I grew up with Marie Callendar's and have eaten there probably once a month for my entire life. No more, this place has totally gone down hill.

I used to love Marie Callenders until their broccoli fetish- nice way to shorten the consumer!  Anyway, I dont mind their saturated fat content, though high, I love to know im eating real food without chemicals. But after cheapening their meals with mass amounts of broccoli, as if trying to pawn them off as healthy, is an unfortunate campaign tactic.

I always buy Marie Callender's Spaghetti w/ Garlic Bread for an inexpensive healthy fast meal. Today I grabbed one and got it home only to find they cut the spaghetti amount in half and substituted broccoli of all things. I guess they want to go cheaper, but spaghetti and broccoli?? I'll be getting something else next time.

NO THANKS to Marie Callenders NEW Swedish meat balls with green beans. Forget the beans. You've ruined my easy dinner prep. A money saver for sure. Green beans are cheaper than meat. P. Tray

i'm a little pissed of today cause i love marie callender's stuffed pasta. the one with shells, ravoli, and roll with ricotta cheese. but NOW they cut the stuffed pasta in half and the other half is now broccoli! yes, broccoli! who in the hell likes broccoli. only girls and i'm pretty sure they can cook. i hope to god (lol) they read this and change it back. oh and how about that rice, chicken and cheese meal?! yeah they added broccoli to that too!

there are some pretty good Marie Callender meals. I like the chicken meal with mashed potatoes. and the spaghetti meal with garlic toast. the fettucinni is nice too. the marie Callendar company puts together many different meals. the lasagna is a pretty generous serving. I eat these on occasion and cannot complain.

Marie Callender's has some good dinners I have tried a few of them.  I like the Chicken alfredo, fettucini alfredo with garlic bread, and the chicken parmesan.  These are good for frozen dinners.

I came home from work and grabbed a Marie Callender's fish, rice and broccolli dinner out of the freezer, went to peel the plastic film back from the fish and it shattered and ripped into hundreds of tiny pieces! Plastic film pieces were all over the fish and rice. I tried to blow them off but could still see little pieces of plastic in my food. I cooked and ate it anyway because they are expensive dinners and I was too tired and hungry to mess with anything else. The rice was hard and dry while the fish was soggy and the broccolli was mostly woody stems. It tasted ok but I was still hungry and had to warm up some corned beef hash and fry an egg for dessert.

I love all of the frozen TV dinners but why do they use only cut-string-beans in their dinners. - it would be nice if other vegetables are used once in a while

I have only had their pot pies and they are very good, especially the chicken pot pie.

Their food is actually really good. And down homey also. I loe their chicken pot pie, soup, THE PIES. Everything their is good. And in California you can definitely tell the clientele is more Old fashioned, kind of southern belle type. Ladies who you think would be named Betty and Rose instead of Michela and Kriztyne But yes, I would reccomend everything there. Life is just too short to live on diet food. Dig In!

i've tried SEVERAL "flavors" of the marie callender dinners including the turkey, baked chicken, chicken alfredo, and meatloaf and they are alwyas yummy and make me feel like i am eating a REAL meal, not a tv dinner. thanks marie! =)

Did they every reply to you? I will never buy their products in the future. Yuk....

We live right up the way from this place and my grandmother and I always like to go here for lunch. I love their turkey and desserts.

Ugh. Other than the pot pies, which are delicious but really high in fat, calories, and other bad stuff, these are awful. The fried chicken/mashed potato meal was inedible. The chicken was gummy, the potatoes were tastesless and watery, and they are expensive! Stick with Lean Cuisines.

Marie has great frozen dinners. In fact I think they are the best! The chicken alfredo bake is awesome, along with the sweet and sour chicken, and the parmesian. Kudos!

Many years ago, I tried MC because their marketing campaign made it seem like the high-end product in frozen food. I was sorely disappointed at the money I spent thinking I was going to have a "restaurant" quality meal. Two weeks ago, MC was on a good sale, and I thought "maybe they've changed". So I bought several. THEY WERE LOUSY! Today, I FINALLY finished the last one (for lunch at work), throwing most of it away (the meat was like plywood so I really only got to eat mashed potatoes and vegetables) and got home as fast as I could for dinner because I was starving! Every one of them was truly a disappointment and I will never EVER buy MC again. (At least I'm sure now!) DT

This is one of the most over rated places you can find. Most of the food tastes like it was made from one of their microwave meals. Last time I ate at one I was near the kitchen and it did not look very clean. Have never felt well after eating at a Marie Callenders.

I enjoy Marie Callendar's frozen dinners because it taste like Grandma's Kitchen, well, my kitchen. When I have it for lunch, all I need when i get home is a salad. I only wish there were more choice, and a side salad with the sphagetti instead of the bread. No other frozen dinners can compete.

I have been a purchase of Marie Callender's frozen dinners, since they have been at the various retail grocery stores, I haven't been able to buy my favorite (Fish Filets with macaroni and cheese) at either Safeway or Albertsons. They no longer have this Filet of Fish order on their shelves. Safeway does have it if you request a delivery to your home. Why is this selection being ignored on the shelve's of these two marketers? al Arellano Sunnyvale, Ca.

Just ate a Marie Callender's Honey Roasted Chicken Pot Pie, and WOW! Excellent!!! Tasty, flaky, but firm crust, juicy grilled honey roasted breast chicken pieces, tender green beans, savory hint of honey gravy, succulent corn, sweet carrot slices, delectable onions, and satisfying potatoes. Absolutely the BEST frozen pot pies you can find! Banquet is junk by contrast, and uses crap meat pieces and dark meat chicken. The only thing that tastes good in a Banquet pie is the gravy. You'll find nothing but premium ingredients in the Marie Callender's Pot Pies! Pricey, but worth it.

My birthday was the other day and instead of a cake, I wanted to try something like a pie. I always like the home to smell of baked goods so I purchased the Marie Callender's Dutch Apple pie. It was the best and most appetizing desert I have ever tasted. The flavor just stayed with you. Even with a scoop of your favorite ice cream on top didn't distract from the rich taste. I have tried other frozen brands and the crust was hard and flavorless. Marie's on the other hand was moist with a generous supply of fruit. The holidays are just around the corner and I am making room in my freezer for her assortments.

Have found the food to be bland. Every time.

Being a newly diagnosed diabetic, I religiously pore over the nutritional content, especially the carbohydrate number. I am a Marie Callender's frozen food fan but was outraged to realize that after eating a whole frozen chicken potpie that I had eaten TWICE my normal allowance for carbohydrates per meal. I wondered why my blood sugar shot up after eating that potpie. After doublechecking the nutritional label, the potpie is considered TWO SERVINGS!! How deceitful this is and how dangerous for people on restricted diets. Shame on Marie Callender's for not being honest.

I have tried several of the Marie Callender's dinner and I have not found one that I did not enjoy. This is the best frozen food I have ever eaten!!!!!!!!!!!!! It taste just like mine and I must admit sometimes even better. Thanks for the good lunches

Marie Calendar's has good food and excellent pies. I have only had 1 bad experiecne with the food and all of my pie experiences were wonderful. I reccommend the pumpkin pie and chocolate satin. The chocolate satin is a very rich, chocolaty pie with an oreo cookie crust. Anyone who needs a pie for a special occasion should try Marie Callendars!

Stop cleaning the floors while diners are eating. Keep those curtains washed-they usually have an 1/2 of dust on them. When you order a meat sandwich, there should be enough meat in it that you feel like you are getting your money's worth. Don't go in the middle of the afternoon-takes forever to get service-as has been my experience. Due to a bad experience today, I am off of this restaurant for a long time. They could have handled my bad experience there today much better-they chose not to.

Marie Callender's Meat Lasagna tastes so much like a homemade lasagna, that I will not take the time any more to make my own. One 21 oz. container is all that my husband & I can eat along with a salad and a little garlic bread. Also, The breaded chicken alfredo with 3 kinds of cheese is an excellent meal for one person, especially one that lives alone. I will continue trying more of these dinners. Keep these delicious dinners coming, so I can keep getting praised for making such good dinners.

My husband and I found these frozen dinners about two weeks ago and that's about all we want to eat anymore. The turkey and gravy with mashed potatoes and green beans with cranberries is a special favorite. The chicken alfredo is also great, as is the pork chop with mashed potates, gravy and mixed veggies. Have tried a couple of others but can't remember the names and it would be too long to keep describing. All of them have been excellent! I was surprised that a frozen dinner could be so good and was very happy to make this wonderful discovery.

This used to be great, I loved the big ham stack sandwich that they used to have. I read that Don Callender sold off all of them except three. He still owns the oringal I think it's NewPort Beach, Costa Mesa and one other place. Has anyone been to one of Them ?