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Floyd R. Turbo

(32,913 posts)
Sun Dec 7, 2025, 09:57 AM Dec 2025

Seven hour wait for a $17.00 waffle!

A new diner owned by the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond has become the hottest spot in Los Angeles.

The Larchmont eatery, named Max & Helen's after owner Phil Rosenthal's parents, has been flooded with food bloggers, celebrities and loyal Raymond fans since opening its doors in late October.

When Daily Mail tried to get a table for two last Saturday, we were informed that the waitlist was seven hours long and that they weren't taking reservations.

Together, with head chef Mason Royal, the trio have come up with a menu of 'elevated' diner food that includes a $17 waffle that has already been branded 'one of the best waffles in L.A.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15342875/everybody-loves-raymond-max-helens-larchmont.html

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Seven hour wait for a $17.00 waffle! (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2025 OP
I have a waffle maker Marthe48 Dec 2025 #1
Just tell me the time NJCher Dec 2025 #3
If only! Marthe48 Dec 2025 #4
Freeze some and pop them in the toaster when needed. I do that with yogurt pancakes. Hotler Dec 2025 #5
Count me in! 😋🧇 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2025 #9
No waffle is worth a seven hour wait, I'm sorry. Diamond_Dog Dec 2025 #2
Or $17. cloudbase Dec 2025 #6
It's a SoCal thing! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2025 #10
it is ridiculous Skittles Dec 2025 #16
I mean, True Dough Dec 2025 #7
Sad news! They were a total disaster! 😥 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2025 #11
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." True Dough Dec 2025 #13
😵‍💫 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2025 #14
Oh, and happy 9th DU anniversary, Floyd! True Dough Dec 2025 #8
Wow! Thank you TD! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2025 #12
$9.50 for a cup of hot chocolate? $27 for a patty melt? red dog 1 Dec 2025 #15
We agree! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2025 #18
I have a recipe for chocolate brownie waffles that is probably mwmisses4289 Dec 2025 #17
Seven minutes and I leave! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2025 #19

Marthe48

(23,175 posts)
1. I have a waffle maker
Sun Dec 7, 2025, 10:15 AM
Dec 2025

and a recipe for Belgian waffles. I bet the $17 waffle isn't any better, and I wouldn't have to wait 7 hours to get it. I only wish I could get enough people together to help eat a batch



Marthe48

(23,175 posts)
4. If only!
Sun Dec 7, 2025, 10:38 AM
Dec 2025

If we don't meet, I can share the recipe. I took the waffle iron with me on family beach vacations several times and we'd have a waffle morning in our rental. Then everybody got all hyperaware of carbs and sugar, so there went that




Hotler

(13,747 posts)
5. Freeze some and pop them in the toaster when needed. I do that with yogurt pancakes.
Sun Dec 7, 2025, 10:45 AM
Dec 2025

I agree, homemade is better.

True Dough

(26,674 posts)
7. I mean,
Sun Dec 7, 2025, 12:00 PM
Dec 2025

I'd wait all day and pay $50 for one of Floyd's Yorkshire Puddings, so who am I to pass judgement!

True Dough

(26,674 posts)
13. "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."
Sun Dec 7, 2025, 02:23 PM
Dec 2025

or maybe, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

red dog 1

(33,063 posts)
15. $9.50 for a cup of hot chocolate? $27 for a patty melt?
Sun Dec 7, 2025, 07:10 PM
Dec 2025

Everybody Loves Raymond"?
Not me, I hated that crappy show.
(I'm not too crazy about Ray Romano either)

mwmisses4289

(4,186 posts)
17. I have a recipe for chocolate brownie waffles that is probably
Sun Dec 7, 2025, 08:14 PM
Dec 2025

worth about 17 dollars, lol. Used to make it with the grandkids, they loved it.
No place is worth a seven hour wait, I don't care who the chef/owner/head honcho is. If the wait is longer than an hour, it ain't worth it.

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