buttermilk cafe

miss rooker. they just want mediocraty instead of excellence as far as wait staff goes,they are afraid to raise the standard.they just don 't understand the front of the house really keeps the flow going and determines the kind of flow.if you have an excellent waitress it makes the food even taste better.i determine they have much room for growth after being in the business 20 years.the managers put up with that standard . that tells you something about the restaraunt as a whole.

just went pn the recommendation of a friend..
it was great..service,great...food,plenty...exceptional, the soup...
will go back...

great food and service. whenever we are in the area we make sure to stop and have breakfast or lunch. love their food.

hit and miss local cafe.. if i knew when the good cook was working maybe i would go back. on a good day you can get a decent home style meal without driving too far. but there have been some clunkers...under cooked beans, hockey puck pancakes i couldn't cut with a knife, or over salted/canned sides.

great food, low prices. i recently moved back to the area and this has become my favorite local restaurant. this place has always served good food. years ago it used to be a sizzler and had the best burgers. now the buttermilk cafe continues the tradition and serves excellent burgers on homemade buns.

their daily specials is full of choices and will fill you up. i have yet to have a bad meal here.

however, my one criticism is the wait staff. they are very friendly, but they are easily distracted and frequently mess up orders. for example, you know you're in trouble when the waitress takes your order and that of the table next to you. this happened to us a few days ago and not only did the next table get their order first, part of my order was messed up and missing.

there are some places where the waitstaff are friendly, efficient, and can take orders correctly--and if they are really good, they can do it without writing it down. unfortunately, the waitstaff at buttermilk cafe are below average in every area except friendliness.

good greasy breakfast joint. we shared so we could compare. biscuits are really good (better than pancakes), home fries really good (better than hash browns), eggs over medium done correctly, bacon not as done as we like it but good flavor, and a surprisingly big selection of hot teas (used to bad tea at a coffee joint like this one). service was fast and nice. i'd highly recommend it for old school breakfast in heb area.

appreciative. this is one of my favorite restaurants. i come here often with my two children and husband and they always leave the restaurant satisfied. the food is delicious, the service is excellent, and the management is commendable. one of the things i noticed that separate buttermilk from other restaurants is its use of fresh ingredients. being a mother of two children who are allergic to most food from other restaurants, i know when a restaurant's food is fresh and clean. every time i go to other restaurants with my children, they always suffer from allergic reactions and have problems with the food. but with buttermilk, i've been coming here for about a year now and we've never had that problem. that shows that buttermilk uses clean oil and fresh ingredients.

i applaud them for being able to put aside the cheap food in order to satisfy their customers fully. my family and i appreciate the care they have for their customers and the quality of their food. i can see that the management at buttermilk takes great care and effort to please all of their customers.

long time customer, always satisfied

half & half - half good half bad. we tried buttermilk cafe again after saying "never again" after our last visit. the reason we decided to try it was after seeing a steady crown there. this time, my husband had a burger & fries. he said the burger was very good but they brought him chips and then later brought the fries. i had the reuben sandwich w/fries. the fries were great. the reuben wan not. the meat was more like jerky than thinly sliced meat. you could look at it and tell that something was wrong. in fact, it was the waitress who called it jerky. i filled up on fries so the waitress suggested that i try a piece of pie since the sandwich was not edible. she was very nice and did bring a piece of pie. when i went to pay our bill, the owner/manager looked at the ticked and yelled at the waitress for not putting the pie on the bill. even when i explained how bad the sandwich was, she was still very angry and voiced it not only to me but by yelling across the room to the waitress who, in my opinion, had tried to satisfy a customer who was served bad food. the owner/manager was only interested in the bottom line and did not seem to care about the bad sandwich. very unprofessional!!!

i am not sure if we will try it again due to the treatment by management.


-----25 may, 2012-----

so wanted arlington to be better. i so wanted the arlington location to be better! we were in arlington on 05/25 and when we saw the restaurant, we circled back really hoping that it was better than the hurst location. i ordered a reuben sandwich and onion rings which should not be a problem. the waitress took the order and brought complimentary soup which was listed as chicken gumbo. the soup was okay but not gumbo - only chicken & rice - a lot of rice but had a good flavor. i managed to get 2 bites of soup down before she showed up with the sandwich & onion rings. the sandwich is advertised as being on marbled rye - not served that way. the saurkraut was not drained so the sandwich was mushy. the onion rings were prepared so fast that the inside of the batter and the onions were not cooked. the outside appeared crisp until you tried to pick them up. they fell apart because they were not done. i ate less than half of the mushy sandwich and left all of the rings. my husband had a sandwich & fried that he said the fries were not done. he had coffee which was good and i had water. to pay over $20 for uncooked food does not leave me with a good feeling at all and we will not be back to this restaurant. i did voice my disappointment & was told "i'm sorry and i will pass this on to the kitchen."


-----13 apr, 2012-----

if momma wasn't a good cook.... if your momma wasn't a good cook you might like this...but, mine was and this is just average or less in quality and taste. last night i had their chicken fried steak which they advertise as "voted best". i would like to know who is doing all of this voting. i live in the area and have never heard of a chicken fried steak contest and there are other restaurants in the area that make better chicken fried steak. it was just okay in taste and was tender but not as tasty as some others. i also had mashed potatoes and green beans. the green beans were the worst i have ever had and could not even eat them. my husband said he could smell them across the table and nearly jumped out of his chair when i suggested that he try them. the potatoes are real mashed but have no seasoning whatsoever and also have no taste. they are not creamy and appear dry and crumble when you cry to get a bite. the rolls and cornbread had been reheated in the microwave and would not even melt butter.

they do have cakes and pies in their cooler but they all looked like they had been there for quite some time so i didn't have the courage to even try those.

i'm afraid i won't be rushing back to try them again any time soon.

i don't care what other people said.... good or bad... for me l just like there service and there food that's all i gotta say.... i will keep coming back....

great food and service.they are doing something right.they get busier every time we go there. food comes out fast.love the free soup.nice to finally find a good cafe.

dead to me which almost killed me!. omg, the worst case of food poisioning i have ever had last wednesday. buttermilk has now become sourmilk. 3 grueling hours of having to endure their lasagna special...not sure what was so special about it but never again. oh well, just another place to write off! so long!


-----14 mar, 2011-----

homemade cooking at it's best! it is so wonderful to find a place for good food that is not laced with sodium!! great place to visit for many times to come!

like family. i’ve been going to this restaurant since it opened. i go there like many people because its got great food at a great price, and its staff is like family. it is common to run into old friends and next door neighbors here. in most restaurants, customers pass like ships in the night, but here complete strangers’ strike-up conversations and get to know each other. it is like an old-time restaurant in a small town. it has become the meeting spot for the community and that is its charm. i couldn’t pick a better atmosphere to hang out and eat. another fact is that it is a senior mecca. they love the food and the service. my father even says, “let’s go to the buttermilk and see my girls.” i figure that the buttermilk would have more excellent reviews on-line, if more seniors had the internet. they love this place! by the way, if you have a problem at a restaurant, talk to the management. i have never seen a manager turn down an honest complaint, and this restaurant is no different. things happen in business, and an excellent business will take the time to address the issue. oh ya! get the pie, it is excellent.

good experience. i was there the other morning and i had the breakfast and it was very good and the price was good also. the coffee was complimentary and service was excellent. i live in this area and i will definitely go back.

don't go. what a joke... don't go ever. worst food and service ever. this place needs help. also very dirty. my food was all cold. never will i waste my time or money going there.

horrible. we have been there for breakfast. it was ok. we tried for lunch. yuk! food was cold , fried okra was mushy too. i'll find another place which is a shame it's close to my house!