Giddings Downtown Restaurant

The food was good and plentiful. It's southern food at its best. Staff were very friendly. I would go back.

Traveling thru we had high hopes for this restaurant but were disappointed. The chicken fried steak was eatable but not good. The mashed potatoes and green beans were the highlights. The cornbread was so cold you couldn't butter it. The building clean and the service was ok. Next time I will go back to Santa fe steakhouse.

This is southern comfort food at its very best. We took a quick day trip from Austin to Giddings to do some business there and planned it around lunch time so we could try out a local restaurant. We were enthusiastically greeted when we walked in the door and were told that we could have a seat wherever you wanted and the young lady took our drink orders and asked us to just go ahead and go over to the buffet where we would be served. There were quite a few entree choices and side choices but the gist of it is that you get an entree with two sides and a roll or cornbread. All for under 10 bucks. I had the smothered steak with onions and it was absolutely delicious. The mashed potatoes and gravy were very good as well. The waitstaff were very attentive and kept checking up on us to see if we needed anything else. The restaurant was clean, bathrooms were clean, and all the staff that we interacted with were very friendly, helpful and seemed to actually like their job. Some past reviews might be a little too uppity because the food is true comfort food but it has a very good taste and the portions are very very decent for the amount you pay. You want to pay $30 for a plate of food that is cooked by a "chef" then go to the big city and throw your money away if you want to. The next time we're in Giddings we're definitely going to stop here again.

Excellent home-cooked food. Everything is homemade made from scratch everything is delicious desserts everything in the best food on the planet

OH MY GOODNESS!! Wanted some southern food and this place hit the spot. My only regret is that we live in Austin!! It's cafeteria style eating and everything I saw I wanted!!! I settled for chicken and dumplings, corn and macaroni and cheese, all of it was so good! My wife had the chicken fried steak with yams and cabbage and I tried to eat hers too it was so darn good!!! We parked in the back and walked in through the rear entrance and it was just like walking into big mamas house. The food and service was excellent and you cannot leave without getting what I think are homemade desserts!! When we're in Giddings there is NO OTHER place we will go to get some southern cooking with a big ole' side of souther hospitality!!And the sweet tea... oooo-weeee lawd!!! Like it's supposed to be!!!

We ate here today for the first time. We were the only customers in the restaurant. The owner was our server and she was rude and slow. The food was not good, and that is the best thing I can say about the experience. My father's meal was forgotten. The owner threw her own cook under the bus and said it was her fault. By the time his meal came out, my mother shared what was on her plate with him so he had something to eat. The owner then walked up and told them that splitting plates is not allowed. I told her they did that so he could have lunch. She again told us that it's not her fault nor her problem. We told her we refused to pay for his meal. She also called me a liar when I said three of us had salads that never came out. She repeatedly said we never asked for salads. Side note...salads come with every meal. She finally removed my father's uneaten meal from our bill before we left. We told her we will never return to the establishment and her response was, "Good!" Bottom line, if you want a decent meal and service worthy of paying for, I recommend finding another restaurant.

Not a great lunch. We were excited based off the reviews. Should have known when we were the only patrons in the place that it was not going to be good. The quality of food was poor and almost inedible. Keep driving or find another place to eat in Giddings.

We were driving through town on our way to Houston and wanted a small town cafe for our lunch and stopped here. We were greeted and welcomed by 4 different employees. It is cafeteria style. So we had our food within just a few minutes. Everything was delicious! My husband had catfish, sweet potatoes and broccoli casserole. I had chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and green beans. All delicious!! Place is clean and quaint. Try it next time you are driving through. Closes at 1:30pm.

Don't trust their posted hours. They are posted that they close at 3. Got there at 1:45 and were told they close at 2. Apparently they can't read a clock.

The place appears to be CLOSED for GOOD. Hours of operation are marked out. 2/19/22 at 4:00 PM.