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Carlene's Place

4.5 (17 reviews)

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2 months ago

Great stop for a reasonable price. I love their breakfasts !!! Their biscuits and gravy are the best !!!

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1 year ago

Not sure what name it goes by (eagles nest?) but regardless has good food. Love to call in orders and they are always hot and ready.

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4 years ago

Great little country restaurant. Staff is friendly and the food is great. If you're a out of towner this is a place to go

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3 years ago

Great burgers and some of the best fried catfish in the whole area. Terrific seafood buffet on Friday and Saturday

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We enjoyed Carlenes place. Good food, good atmosphere. The ladies were very nice and helpful. Good restaurant.

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16 years ago

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13 years ago

This is a good spot to grab a bite if you are passing through. They serve a good country-style buffet on Friday/Saturday evenings.

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The big Carlene sign is still up but they added the Eagle's Nest sign and the menu says Eagle's Nest.

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Y'all Come Back Now Dinner

Y'all Come Back Now Dinner

4.7(3 reviews)
27.1 mi
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We're staying at Powell Park and Marina and this was the closest restaurant. Great food - husband…read morehad chicken fried steak and I had a hamburger and both were really good. Service was good and waitress was nice.

We were spending the weekend exploring lake Sam Rayburn and were up early trying to find a good hot…read morebreakfast to start our day of jet skiing...love to check out new places...never know what gems you'll find...and this one was one to remember.... Twilight zone time!!!!! We drive up to what we think is the diner and the big sign in front says "Dorothy and Debs Redneck Diner" and that they have moved to a new address and listed the address. "Y'all come back diner" was written on the glass which was covered with aluminium foil. It looks like a happening place with all the cars parked outside and people are coming and going, but with aluminium covering the glass you can't really tell so we go looking for the other place and it wasn't there! So.....we go back and decide to go ahead and walk in.... Sure enough it's a diner!!! Aesthetics are definitely not a redneck priority. Freezers out in the open and everything in disarray. The menu was not updated (Dorothy and Debs) and listed the hours on front and closed on Sunday, but we were there on Sunday!! But......in spite of all the confusion, it was the best breakfast we've had in a long time. Everything we had was great!! Eggs and bacon cooked to perfection. Sausage gravy and biscuits.. excellent!! We loved Y'all come back diner or Dorothy and debs...whatever your name!!!

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Y'all Come Back Now Dinner - Big breakfast.

Big breakfast.

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Dolli's Diner - A celebrity decided to have lunch  at Dollie's today. It was pleased so it didn't eat any body.

Dolli's Diner

4.3(340 reviews)
33.8 mi
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We have eaten a Dolli's several times and it is always busy. This visit was no different. However,…read moreservice was marginal. Several apologies later, we finally got our food. I had the BLT with the optional egg and it was okay, nothing to write home about. Coffee was good. Restaurant and toilets were clean and from the sign posted in the men's room, it is highly rated (lol). Nothing like some bathroom humor! We will certainly be back as we are always hopefully that today was an anomaly.

Right in the center of downtown is a corner cafe that is full of friendly smiles as well as loyal…read morepeople who obviously frequent the place and even have their regular tables. Makes you feel like you're in a Texas country town for sure! My daughter and I were in Nacogdoches for college visit to SFA and we looked this place up in the hopes that we would find something different than a normal chain stop. It certainly is different and was exactly what you might imagine. Everything on the menu is decently priced and it seems that Tuesday is the place to be with short stack specials for $2 along with the weekday breakfast special at $6.95 On of my daughter's favorite meals is chicken fried steak and what better place to try that than a local diner??? Unfortunately it fell below expectations. The portions were quite large, enough that we could have just split a plate. The idea of sausage gravy on top of the mashed potatos and steak sounds heavy but also potentially fantastic. However both the gravy and the fry were quite under seasoned. I was able to fix mine with some cholula sauce and some salt and pepper was a quick fix as well for my daughter. The side of green beans and carrots she got were actually pretty good so perhaps there was just a disconnect in flavor at the meat station this day. I did very much enjoy the side salad I chose instead of the veggie medley. Came with home-made ranch which brought me back to my East Texas family gatherings with the freshly shaken ranch.....it was great. The portion size was pretty fair value at $13. Like I said we could have just split it between us. Very hit or miss flavors leaves this at a 3-stars for me. But no doubt some of the nicest folks in town work here.

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Dolli's Diner - Wonderful blueberry pancakes.  :-)

Wonderful blueberry pancakes. :-)

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