Courthouse Whistle Stop Cafe

Great food and service!! The owners have made great updates and staying open into the evenings now.

Cute downtown cafe. Very busy Saturday morning, but service was still really good. Food was outsanding. I had the chicken and waffles and my daughter had the Breakfast Burger and it was a lot of food. We may just split the breakfast burger next time :-)

I always stop in here usually for breakfast when I'm in the area. The waitress is really friendly and helpful. Food is always fresh and well prepared. It's fun to sit and look out the windows in the front if you can get that table. It's usually not too loud. A lot of locals come here.

Was passing through with my boyfriend and we wanted some local diner food. This place was in a convenient location in downtown Livingston and had plenty of parking. I ordered the chicken fried steak breakfast combo (it usually comes with country fried steak but she Substituted the chicken for me) with grits. The chicken fried steak was battered lightly but enough to have flavorful. It was moist on the inside as it should be. I devoured the entire piece of chicken. The grits were all right. Needed some butter and hot sauce added to it which was easy. Luckily the server already gave us hot sauce for the grits. My boyfriend ordered the Philly cheesesteak. It wasn't greasy, and the bread was good. The meat was decent, not gristly. The onion rings were also battered lightly which allowed us to enjoy the onions inside more (sometimes the batter overwhelms the food inside). I was able to taste one to confirm - yum!Service was great. Everyone was friendly and accommodating as we had multiple people come by our table to help.

Service is just ok, food is plentiful just not that good in my opinion (especially for the price)... I've been there many times, and the preparation is always hit or miss, sometimes it's great, but most of the time it's really not... the times that it's great or rare. I think I have spent my last dollar there.

Yay! Fun spot we stumbled across while taking care of business. We were so happy to find this place! Yummy! We started with the fried green tomatoes, they were served piping hot with plenty of ranch! Finally a place that understands a Texans love of ranch and serves a Texas sized ranch!! Loved them, so tasty and even more fun to have fried green tomatoes at The Whistle Stop Cafe, since Fried Green Tomatoes was a favorite movie of mine for so many years, so many years ago! It smelled so good when we walked in, all the nostalgia of cafes from growing up with great food came flooding in. The atmosphere helps with the nostalgia too, just felt so cozy and comforting. I had a really hard time deciding between breakfast, since it's served till 2pm, or lunch. I finally opted for lunch and had a chicken salad sandwich on croissant with ruffle type chips, so tasty, and hit the spot! One son had the breakfast tacos and hash browns and the other son had the French toast. Even the ice tea was good, Texas sized glasses (thank you, we're thirsty and it's hot out there!) with enough tea and it was brewed good! We all really liked our meals and will certainly stop here again when this way! There is a collection of shops that share the entrance area and we had to stop through to browse, found really fun things at great prices and left with a few early Christmas presents for family!

Second time at the cafe. We stop on the way home (San Antonio) from Rayburn. My kids ate the fried fish and hamburger. I had the breakfast buffet. It's was delicious. Also, the waitresses and buffet lady are so sweet.

The absolute best breakfast buffet I have found. This isba great place with great people that really care about making a good impression. From the moment you walk in until you finish, you are treated like family. I can't find a single thing not to like about this place. The sausage on the buffet is the best I have ever had. The place looks like it could be stuck in the 90's but that is fine with me- the 90's was a great time! Don't miss this gem!

A little disappointing. We expected a full-service buffet where you serve yourself. Sausage and bacon were really greasy. Eggs were dry. They do not have any real butter on the table. The biscuits were nice and fluffy and they were delicious with the gravy. I was hoping for some more options like fresh fruit, etc..

The restaurant setting is original and nearly the same as I remember it as a kid. But the food they make is terrible and taste synthetic. Food is caked with vegetable oils and the butter is fake. If you're looking to be heathy stay away till they make some changes. The service is ok but not the best. Would be nice if they used these reviews as improvements and not as a personal matter. Best of luck.