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    Bertha's Cafe

    4.5 (19 reviews)
    InexpensiveSouthern, American

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    David D.

    This is a diamond in the rough. Great breakfast...eggs, hash browns, bacon , sausage cooked to perfection. Enormous pancake. The only reason I gave 4 stars is they don't use filtered water. I drink my coffee black so you can really taste the difference. Will be back often.

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    11 months ago

    Great food and great service. Where else are you going to go in Maydelle? No better place to hang out!

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    2 years ago

    I have been twice on Fridays for the catfish and it is really good. The fish is crispy and the sides are decent. Friendly service.

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    2 years ago

    Downhome hospitality. Food was delicious tasted like it was back in the day. Thank you all

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    3 years ago

    Great breakfast place. Very old building in a tiny town which makes it an interesting stop between Rusk and Palestine

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    2 years ago

    Great food simple but delicious service is excellent they make you think your eating mothers cooking again

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    8 years ago

    This restaurant has some very good burgers staff is very friendly. Definitely a place to come back to

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    I feel like I have to give this place 5 stars. The food is 4 to 4.5 (so far) but the fact that it's…read moretiny, local, family run, everything made from scratch just pushes it up that extra notch. Chicken fried chicken was juicy and properly seasoned and the best we'd ever had. Ditto for the green beans and the okra. She wouldn't tell us what she puts in the green beans, but it's some combination of bacon grease and magic, I swear. The okra was fresh cut, fresh battered, fresh fried, unlike every other place I get it where you can tell it's out of a bag. Hot water cornbread was ah-mazing. I only wish I had honey to slather on it along with the butter. White gravy was fantastic, with just a hint of sweetness we couldn't quite put our finger on. Chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes were delicious, but also the only things I can say were on par with some of our other favorites. Prices are extremely reasonable. And the service is as down home and personal as you would expect at a place like Sylvia Mae's. But don't expect quick delivery of your food. Everything is made to order and it takes time, so settle in and be patient. We will definitely return here as often as we can when we are in the area.

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    What an absolutely delight of a soul food restaurant! My husband has clients in Palestine and I…read moreswear, they pick the best places to lunch! 4J's was no exception. Today's choices were liver & onions, beef tips & rice, chicken spaghetti, collards, scalloped potatoes, corn and pinto beans. I ordered the liver & onions, scalloped potato, collards and cornbread. My husband ordered the beef tips & rice as well as the collards and pinto beans. Everything was so delicious but my favorites were the beef tips & rice and the scalloped potatoes. Th restaurant is simple but very clean and the service is polite and attentive. I would definitely come back. I heard they have oxtail on Saturday....oohhh La la!!!!

    This is a small, relaxed, cafeteria style restaurant. Usually a choice of 2-3 entrees and about 4…read moresides to choose on a plate. You get 1 entree and 2 sides with roll/cornbread for about $15. If you want a drink that is extra. If you want something other than fast food but more like what you would cook at home - try it. Everything that my husband and I had I can cook better at home. For starters, I would buy fresh mustard/turnip greens to cook and not get mine from a can. Same with the sweet potatoes. The rice was instant rice that was not cooked properly and was crunchy. When I asked for rice and gravy, the young woman serving me looked confused because there was no "gravy" selection and I had to point to the gravy with the hamburger steak- which by the way was frozen hamburger patties, not fresh hamburger meat hand shaped. So, if that sounds like good home cooking, go for it. I'll probably just stay home and cook.

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