Dinner Bell Cafe and Bake Shop

I was very impressed with this cafeteria. Growing up we used to eat at Wyatt's Cafeteria on Griggs Rd but they shut down decades ago. Dinnner Bell gave me that feel. It was very cozy, customer service was exceptional, and the food was good. I tried the chicken fried chicken, with mashed potatoes, and cabbage. I had cornbread and a slice of sweet potato pie. The spinach lemonade was so good too! I will definitely be back. The reviews don't lie. It's a little hidden gem. I hope they continue to stick around. We need more home cooked restaurants like this.

Home style cooking. Lunch was phenomenally good. I had fried fish and broccoli rice casserole but my friend had enchiladas and they looked equally and good. This place is a gem.

Picked up an order from Bed & Breakfast Burrito Co which looks to be working out of Dinner Bell. The Spinach and Mushroom lacked and seemed more of a potato burrito, and the Morning Bacon Breakfast was your typical taste for a Tex Mex burrito. Nothing special. I usually have enjoyed Dinner Bell Cafeteria in the past, but this experience was strange. The young lady behind the counter welcomed me with a teenage attitude. It was funny actually. She walked off after I repeated my pick up order. So I gathered I needed to follow her (cafeteria line) with only three patrons in the establishment eating (usually is slow). After she figured out how to package my order that was sitting at the counter in front of her, she handed my order with such a dismissive handoff, walked off with no thank you. Girl, find employment if you are unhappy dealing with customers. Oh wait...this may be the perfect job for you since this place is usually dead. So if you like a basic Tex Mex Burrito with soso salsa, and a side of who the F cares, then this place is for you.

Generous portions, good food, courteous staff. Breakfast and lunch has been great. I'm

It's been over 60 years since I've been in the Dinner Bell Cafeteria!!! My dad took my mother, brother and me in there when I was around 4 or 5 and that was about 1959!!! I remember it well because they have the same seating and booths! At that time we sat in a booth and my dad for on to me and told me to turn around and quit talking to the patrons sitting behind us trying to eat their food!!! I told my wife about that story from long ago as my father is interred at Forest Park Cemetery just a little ways down the road and we almost always go by here going to the cemetery. I've been wanting to stop for a long time and we finally got to do that today with my 5 year old!!! The inside is just about the way I remember it from back then. And the food is very good!!! Today's special was Stuffed Bell Peppers which looked delicious, but I opted for the Meat Loaf as did my wife which looked every but as delicious as the stuffed peppers! We passed on getting salads. They also had sliced Roast Beef, Fried Chicken, Baked Cod, Chicken Fried Steak and there were a few other items as well. It all looked really good! We got sides of Mashed Potatoes, Broccoli with Rice and Cheese. My wife had the Mashed Potatoes and Cooked Cabbage with hers. We got Easton our 5 year old a Fried Chicken drumstick and Mac and Cheese. He said his fried chicken was really good!!! He also got himself a strawberry shortcake!!! We all had Iced Tea for our drinks. All in all it was a very great experience to come back in here after so many years and really enjoy our food!!! And I didn't have to get on Easton for talking to the people behind us because of the social distancing protocols being followed!! I really Highly recommend trying out the "Dinner Bell"!!! As a side note, the owner recently lost his son. He was going to close the doors, but there were so many people who wanted to keep it open and even run out for him that he decided that he would keep going for his soon and all his faithful patrons. I want to support that endeavour to keep this treasure open.

In speaking to one of the employees we found out this place has been here for 68 years! Located on Houston's east side, we happened to be in the area and had heard that this was a nice non-descript cafeteria with good food! Well it is! One thing that made the experience good was everyone working there was very friendly and nice! That to me is a big part of the experience. They had these "mini plate" deals which are basically an entree with two sides and bread for $7.99. Believe me, that's plenty of food in my opinion. I was quite full! I ended up getting the meatloaf with a side of macaroni and cheese and okra. Very good! My wife had the salmon, squash casserole and okra. Plenty of food! She couldn't even finish hers. We topped it off with a slice of lemon pie and the filling was just right! Not too sweet. Very good as well!I was surprised at how good the food was. It doesn't look like much when you see it but the taste was really good! Down home cooking, priced well and served with a smile!You can't beat that!

Great food and friendly staff !Building needs some TLC but definitely worth coming back. Pastries are really good !!

No, you guys...no! You guys be lying to yourself if you say this food is good. Come on now child.I bought 3 plates (#1- meatloaf, mash potatoes, arancini #2-roast beef, mash potatoes, Mac and cheese #3- beef enchiladas, Mexican rice, and beans) and 2 pies (lemon meringue and raspberry cheesecake). Total was $51.47. All I can say is..where is the salt?! Seasonings?! Love?! I regretted going in the moment I walked in, but I ordered anyways. The meatloaf was probably the best out of the 3 plates, and even that wasn't good. The roast beef was not good. Let me tell you, you can get a cheap cut of meat and still make it taste good. But this cut was cheap and not prepared correctly. It was a sad sad lunch. I got side eyes the whole time at lunch because I chose the lunch spot. The pies were good. Out of the lemon meringue and cheesecake, I preferred the lemon meringue. I would be surprised if they made the pies in house, because if they do, great for them. They should just be a bakery. Regardless, I will never..NEVER return. I'm sorry to whoever's mamas or grandmamas in the kitchen, but they need to retire. I said what I said.

Great place! Good food with excellent service. Everything is hot and fresh. Like eating at a family reunion.

Today I went to buy 1 dozen donuts and well as advertised on the back of HEB reciept you get a few dozen donut holes. Well they didn't have donuts. This isn't the 1st time this has happened. Why advertise if you're not going to have it. The service and food quality has gone down since they took over. They no longer have all the delicious pastries they use to have. I guess it will be a Shipley morning.