The Mess Around

The hubs and I decided to try The Mess Around cafe today. The day was cool and we were in good moods so an outdoor (and indoor) cafe it was. The food was delicious, the ambiance was calming and the blended coffee drink was a great dessert! Also, the waiter was so sweet.We'll be back!

First time visiting this place but won't be the last. The service was super. We had the dip chicken salad that was perfect - not too much mayo. And the shrimp and grits is probably the best I have ever had. Give them a try.

Sad day, really looking forward to some HOT grits and shrimp. Well twice the grits and shrimp came out ice cold to cold. My daughter had the creole benedict which she loved. Side of sausage was good also. Waiter was very nice and apologetic and took the grits and shrimp off the ticket. Maybe it's was just a bad day. The place is nice, clean older historic brick building.

Came here this past weekend in the morning at around 11am before heading back to Houston. They told us there was going to be a wait of about 30 minutes and we decided to just walk around the little town while we waited. I noticed that there was tables open when we first got there but figured there was a good reason why they were not seating us there. We waiting about 35 minutes before going to ask where we stood on the list. The hostess proceeded to sit us at the same table that was open the entire time we were waiting...very strange. We were greeted promptly but our waitress definitely did not seem like she was having a great day. I have worked in the industry and I am sympathetic to this especially during a holiday weekend (fathers day) but she gave us pretty terrible service. Thankfully, they seem to share tables there and we had 1-2 other waiters that were in better spirits. To start off I ordered a chai tea latter with almond milk and it was very good! I am glad I had something to hold me over while we waited for our food to be ready because it took about 45 minutes for our food to come out. Our table ordered two plates of the lox bagels and an order of avocado toast. Neither of this dishes have to be "cooked" but they still took a long time. My lox bagel, however, was very tasty. The salmon was fresh and I really enjoyed it.Overall I think this place has the potential to be great, but it really fell short service wise. Maybe it was busier than what they could handle, but service was extremely slow and for that reason I would not come back.

I'm sorry but we did not have a good experience here at this location. We saw that it had good reviews and wanted to try this business out and I guess we maybe came at a bad time.Once we arrived we sat down at the outside seating area and were handed our menus. It was a nice day and the location of the business is right in the corner of the downtown roundabout. Once we were ready we waited for a while until our server came back out. I ordered a large coffee hot with a salad and a side of grits. My girlfriend ordered the meatloaf with a small iced coffee and an aside of jalapeño cornbread. We later were offered to sit inside since it was cooler and we had a baby.We then waited some more and then our coffee's arrived. Except mine was a small and iced. I then tried to get her attention but she ended up leaving. I then waited, and just got my coffee and went up front to ask for my correct order. She then apologized and stated that she was new and get me my correct order. I sat back down and awhile later an employee walked up with our food. He looked miserable and then when I asked for the jalapeño cornbread he stated "yeah, it will be out in a minute". Later I received my correct coffee and as we finished our meal the jalapeño cornbread never came. When our server came back, I just told her to take it off the order and forget about it. I then asked if there was any military or first responder discount and when the waitress asked up front they said no. I then looked over the bill and it was over $50 for everything. I was a little shocked they didn't offer any type of discount for the various troubles we had with our service this day. But with all that, I'm giving this place 3 stars. Food was decent, but for the price and service, I expected more.

Food was delicious. Service was top notch - very friendly and accommodating. Coffee was good , tea not as much. Loved the outdoors option.

Self-labeled as upscale. If that's the case...they have a lot of room for improvement. Our first time visiting, we walked in and there was no host/ess to greet us. Finally seated ourselves...and It appears they don't staff anyone as a host. The servers came in to help the one table seated and ignored us, but helped another group that came in after us. Not a good 1st impression. Once we were recognized, we put our order in. Food came as very quick and somewhat cold like it was not freshly made. Food was good and plated well, but lacked some luster for being "upscale". Also found a whole bay leaf in my dish, I would label this as a unique cafe experience. I hope first impressions for other customers are better. Not sure if we'll return.

Food was very tasty and service was spot on!We just stumbled upon the restaurant and were so happy we did.

First visit and not our last- we will be back. I had a delicious avocado toast with a pineapple cucumber jalapeño mimosa. Cozy atmosphere with an old New Braunfels feel.

So the location is amazing, The service was awful. It took way to long to order drinks then they didn't come back for ever, another waitress notice we were still waiting and took our order. My wife's food came out and she finished her food before mine was delivered. When my food came out she ordered another drink that did not come out until I finished my food. We wanted to eat together but that didn't happen. Good food but will not return.