Railroad Cafe

Had a classic Indiana pork tenderloin with onion rings Very good and huge as normal for this itemI get dinner too

After a day of touristing on a Sunday the wife and I decided to have lunch at a local eatery while in Mitchell, IN. A quick Yelp search revealed the Railroad Café & Lounge. It was also about the only local restaurant opened that day so it made the choice pretty easy.The Railroad Café & Lounge is a "take a seat anywhere you like" kind of place, so we decided to sit in the side dining room. We sat for quite a while before anyone came over to us. By "quite a while" I mean close to 20 minutes. Two other tables that came in after us got service nearly right away. I don't know why we were largely ignored.The restaurant is Railroad decorated, and nicely so. Train signs, pictures, models, lanterns, and paintings we were place all throughout the dining room. I love trains, especially vintage railroadery, and I LOVED the theming.Our server finally came to use to see what we wanted. By now we had looked at the menu long enough to know what we wanted, so we ordered everything right up front. I ordered a taco salad and my wife had a salad as well. We didn't order an appetizer, we were ready for food.But we had to wait again. We had to wait over 15 minutes for our food after waiting nearly 20 minutes to get any service at all. Meanwhile there was one table that came in, ordered, got their food, and left in the amount of time we sat at our table.The salads finally arrived and were largely portioned. They were good, but not remarkable. The tortilla chips came from a bag and the salsa was clearly from a jar. It was very filling, though, so at least I didn't walk away hungry.Railroad Café & Lounge is about a local and neighborhood as a restaurant can be. The menu was extensive and it's very nicely themed, but on our visit the service (that is to say, the speed of service) wasn't exactly moving us down the tracks. (get that railroad reference? :) )

Split a tenderloin sandwich in two and left with still a half a sandwich! But also had the amazing onion rings and outstanding fried pickles. Everything was fantastic and fresh!! Service was spectacularly nice and welcoming! We will definitely be making this stop again next time we are in the area. The place also has really fun and historical decor. Definitely worth a trip!

We found this place looking for a new place to try on Yelp. Was a little bit of a drive but totally worth it. To say the portions are large is an understatement. This was the largest tenderloin I've ever seen. It was delicious. The service was excellent. They have daily specials, today was meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans also a marinaded pork chop mashed potatoes with cajun gravy. They have house made desserts. We also tried Krack korn dip with tortilla chips. Think gourmet queso was sooooo good.

My family and I stopped in here while we were in the area to try something new. I got the club sandwich with chips. It was decent but the average of a three stars wife got a fish sandwich. She said it was decent. My mom got a cheeseburger same thing everybody gave their food to two or three stars. It was small place had down home country field, which I did like but overall three stars sounds about right.

The pork tenderloin was massive! And not some skimpy piece of pork pounded to oblivion. It was a nice big cut of meat and fried perfectly. Staff was friendly and service was good.

So if you're trying to eat healthy I'd pass. However if you don't mind indulging in crazy portions and fried deliciousness this is the place for you. The place was packed, but service was great. You can tel it's a locals spot. We ordered fried pickles for the table and they were great, they actually tasted like pickles. I got the fried chicken liver special with green beans and potatoes. I think it was around 11.00 and I only ate half, so left overs will be had. My son got the fish sandwich, my mom got the train wreck salad and the two guys got the tenderloin sandwich which was massive and thick. We heard dessert is great here but we were too full.

My friend and I stopped here for dinner today. We both ordered a tenderloin and fries. Out fries were soggy. The tenderloin was undercooked and beyond salty. Neither one of us could eat it. I told the waitress and she said sorry. We boxed it and left. $38 I'm out for terrible food that we couldn't eat. They should have offered to remake it or not charged me. Our food looked nothing like the photos online.

Visiting Spring Mill State Park, which happened to be "under construction", with restaurant within the park "closed", a couple of friends and myself left the park tired and hungry. We got out our iphone and searched for the nearest place for lunch/dinner. Railroad Cafe came up so that's how we ended up there. The ambiance as we walked inside was small time diner. The Staff were very polite and helpful. We asked for recommendations, which lead us to our order. 1 grilled Tenderloin sandwich, 1 fried Tenderloin sandwich, and 1 Chicken Salad. The food was absolutely DELICIOUS! I would definitely go back again!

Everything tge owner is a crook she over changes. Prices are too high ridiculous she's making a profit a big big profit on cheap stuff cheap food. Chemicals are right next to the fryer should never be. And Friars should never have to carry a hot grease without proper equipment on then. A lot of gossip too much for a business.