Whenever we visit Brownwood, Tx. we always visit Cotton Patch Cafe. Not just because it's close to the hotel we stay at, but because the food is delicious, reasonably priced and the staff is friendly and attentive. The menu has a large variety of options, if you can't find what you want you're not hungry. The restaurant is clean and well maintained and although they do play background music it's not so loud you can't hear table conversations. It's very family oriented and we have seen many families dining there. To be honest, it's one of the better eateries in Brownwood. read more

After passing by here a number of times, I decided to check them out for lunch. I was the first one to arrive at 11 am but by the time I left at 12 noon, the parking lot was full. I originally ordered the Turkey and Dressing but after being informed the dressing would have to made from scratch after a morning catering job, I decided not to wait for it and changed my order to the fish. The fish was excellent. It was lightly breaded and tasted so good I didn't add any condiments or tartar sauce. I choose the seasoned rice for my side. It was good too but a bit too wet. There were a few more menu selections I'd like to come back and try sometime. I ordered the Funnel Fries for dessert. They were good but I would have preferred more powdered sugar than the icing provided in the cup. read more

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Four years later, an update on my first Cotton Patch experience. GF and I had spent the first part of our weekend with car club peeps. Our yearly tech day sponsored by a local shop. Once we were done we headed toward our personal objective of picking up our new kitteh. Flash forward to Stephenville for a one nighter. Blast down I-20 toward Abilene. Tiny package picked up. And then, Texas. Just a little over an hour to nowhere Brownwood for lunch. Three hours to home after that. And just like that we dined bringing our second spynx home. We arrive to a small wait. A few minute later kitty carrier on the same table from a few years ago. You'll want to start with the cornbread even though your server will bring rolls minutes later. Regular butter for the purist on both. Both excellent bread bites. I guess that's an appetizer if you ever need one. I suggest you don't order anything more. As for entrees my first choice was the Shiner Bock fish and chips but no beer...boooo. Went back to my first pick from my initial visit. The dish had changed a bit. The sorta cream sauce has been replaced by a remoulade sauce. I omitted the rice and hoped that the squash casserole was as good as old fave from Black Eyed Pea. Good bites and the most of the staff stopped by to see the new little one. She liked her chicken and dumplings too. read more

I stopped in yesterday around noon and got the only table available. They were swamped. Service was still good, as was the food. One of my favorites is the Cobb salad with grilled shrimp. It never disappoints. read more

Cotton Patch Cafe - Big ol Cobb Salad with grilled shrimp - Southern Near Me - Brownwood, Texas

I am not one to normally like chain restraunt s food but Cotton Patch is consistently good food. Is always fresh. I have always had excellent service here and it has a pleasant atmosphere. read more

I ate at cotton patch one other time and the food was incredible. This time it was horrible I may not go back. My waitress was also bartending I ordered a medium rare steak it was well done rather over cooked. My salad was not fresh the corn on the Cobb was ok and green beans were very good. She did a great job of keeping my glass filled which I needed with that dry steak.i did not leave a tip. read more

Our second time back, since the first was very positive. Second time, on a Monday, 8-25-25, around 2:30 pm., well past the noon rush, should have been as good or better, but our waitress was slow and inattentive. We asked for salad before our meal; didn't happen. It came with the meal. The fries were cold, so we asked for fresh, but by the time they arrived, we were done with the rest of our meal. Not going back. What a shame. It's in a good location if you're passing through. We had hoped to make this our 'spot'. But not. read more

Fried green tomatoes are perfectly battered and served w/homemade Ranch dressing! Service was good. Restaurant is always clean. My go to is meatloaf, chicken fried steak or cf chicken! read more

Food was ok .except we didn't get all that we ordered and paid for when I asked the waitress about it .She said sorry and walked away. This place still has a long way to go before they can consider themselves a decent restaurant.. read more

The food was great. I had chicken fried chicken and garlic mashed potatoes. The fried okra was a little greasy but I ate it up. Richard had Cajun grilled fish and shrimp and he said it was very good. read more

Not necessarily bad food but not good. The cornbread skillet was cool not even warm. When I said something to our server she was like the bake them early and they sit in the warmer.that's it cool and dry. The meatloaf flavor was good but not really hot. Potato soup was delicious with real bacon pieces read more

On Saturdays their steak special is awesome. Reasonably priced and very good. The service is always great. Just the food here in general is like a home cooked warm feeling. read more

Good food nice environment pleased with all the people that work in there. Good food and a lot of it. Good place to get chicken and dumplings. Love it. read more

House sitting for our son we ordered dinner to go! Easy to order and all the food was delicious. The fried green tomatoes were great, lightly browned and just the right thickness to had a nice crunch. I got the grilled shrimp and rice with garlic mashed potatoes! I am not a fan of rice but they did a fantastic job. My husband go shrimp fish and loved it. So did our son. When you take food home and it's still good that says a lot! We will go eat there before we leave. read more

This Cotton patch feels a bit like an oasis in the desert. The reason I say that is because there is not a lot of great variety in Brownwood. Many places are fast food, or one step above fast food when it is basically, really....just fast food, but sitting down. I have had mostly good experiences at this location, but either way I am grateful that it is here. My food has never been cold, always seemed fresh, the salsa and queso are excellent, and always enjoyed the waitstaff. I believe we could solve quite a few problems with current restaurant trends on ratings if everybody just stopped doing takeout and especially delivery. It is very difficult to excel at both of those things and excel at food quality. It does make me miss the days without a cell phone. read more

The food is probably fine. I'm merely trying to make a reservation. The woman on the phone said I could make a reservation, but only on the yelp app. It's not listed on the Yelp app. We live in a town of 20K+ and it seemed that while she was on the phone, she'd just take a 6pm reservation. But, no! I sent an "add" to yelp, and it takes a day+ to be approved. read more

We love Cotton Patch and pick up take out meals frequently. No matter which menu items we order, they never disappoint. The food is consistently fresh and perfectly prepared and the service is excellent. A few weeks back we got home without part of our order. The manager, Hector had tried to catch my husband but he was already driving off. We realized the issue when he got home and I called as we live too far out to conveniently go back for the missing items. Hector was very apologetic and he didn't just offer to refund what was missing but comped our entire next order for two. That is what I call excellent customer service! Many thanks to Hector and the entire Cotton Patch crew. We appreciate you! Go check them out - you will not be disappointed. read more

Stephanie our waitress was amazing. The food was really great! My husband and myself had the Lemon pepper grilled flounder. So good! The sides were cooked to perfection. Just an all around pleasant experience, friendly staff and great service. One of our favorite places to have lunch! read more

Cotton Patch Cafe - Lemon pepper grilled flounder - Southern Near Me - Brownwood, Texas

I'm so glad you have Turkey and dressing on Sundays! I love Turkey and dressing! I actually ordered this lunch through Door Dash. It arrived on time and I got exactly what I ordered. There was a lot of Turkey and everything tasted great. I'll definitely order this again! read more

Service was amazing, very clean, food was just ok I had honey chipotle chicken that was really dry

Good take out this time (a salad & semi-warm cornbread), but did you know that if you use their curbside service, as I did to be on the safe side with my cough & congestion, they will charge a 75-cent "Temp Surcharge"? Never seen that before! I'm done with them. read more

Cotton Patch Cafe - Tough, dry & overcooked cornbread - Southern Near Me - Brownwood, Texas

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Food was amazing! The employees were very friendly! Salmon, chicken, and fried fish were all delicious! Highly recommend!

The Chicken Fried Steak was a little chewy but tasted good. The fries and sautéed mushrooms were good too. Nice and cool inside good for getting out of the heat. Service is good. read more

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Top notch in every way and we are so blessed to have Eleazor and his staff in our little town for real home cooking meals. Excellent family atmosphere and everything is clean and nice and is always consistent which is one of the hallmarks of a properly run restaurant establishment. Highly recommended read more

Cotton Patch in Brownwood seems to be under new management and the service and food have improved tremendously! Will for sure be going back!

Made a delivery order for steak and potato fully loaded and a side salad appetizer was fried green tomatoes and tea with peach cobbler order was delivered promptly appetizer and steak and potato we're still hot and delicious cobbler was awesome great tasting food thanks cotton patch read more

Messed up on our order twice. Ordered salmon ended up with a tough dry flat piece of chicken breast. Should of kept the first mistake it looked better,which was grilled chicken tenders(at least that's what it looked like). The things we ordered that were good was the rice broccoli casserole and the broccoli. My talapia was good but a little mushy.the baked squash was undercooked. Our waitress was friendly but indifferent. A dog came in and we saw our waitress pet it. She didn't wash her hands immediately after and still messed with other tables so we didn't bother to get a to go box. The atmosphere was just like any other cotton patch but a little darker. Anyway eat at ur own risk. It could have been the lunch rush that came in before us that they were not too attentive to the cooking or orders after. I gave it 2 stars. read more

I've been here a few times, and it isn't bad. It's like a chili's, imo. The waitresses are nice, at least the ones I've had. Food: it's decent. Again, reminds me of chili's. Their queso and chips are good. Their burger and sweet potato fries are good. Their chicken fried steak was not good. It was way too bland. Drinks: they're decent. Nothing to rave about. Atmosphere: like your average restaurant. Nothing to rave about. I've been here a couple times and will probably visit again. It ain't that bad. read more

Turn back while you still can. Moms shrimp was raw , a chicken leg would have been better than the breast I got. Our waiter was rude and the food was cold. Hats off to the young people who are trying is the only reason for one star. This place sux read more

This place is so clean , food is fresh and hot, staff was amazing . Our sever Meagan was AMAZING she made sure all My family's needs were meet ! We didn't have to ask for refills or anything, she was on it without hesitation ! Her attitude was great and had the personality of sometime who truly loves their job ! I hardly ever write reviews but I honestly felt like she needed to be recognized for her hard work ! If your on a long road trip passing through (like we were) or just a resident of Brownwood I highly recommend you stoping by to enjoy their yummy food ! Thank you Meagan for your unbelievable customer service! We will definitely be back in the near future ! With Love . -The Cropp Family read more

Ok, decided to ignore all the reviews and try Cotton Patch for takeout. Bad decision. I wish it wasn't though. We had: -CFS with Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Broccoli Rice Casserole -CFC Sandwich with Onion Rings and Chicken and Dumplings -Meatloaf with Baked Squash and Fried Okra -Fried Shrimp CFS was just so-so. Breading wasn't crispy and it wasn't very tender. The Mashed Potatoes were good, and we like them with skin on, but there seemed an inordinate amount of skins in the mash. The ratio was way off, leaving us wondering where the potatoes were. The Broccoli Casserole was also uninspiring. Again, with the CFC Sandwich, it was average and you can find a better sandwich elsewhere. The Onion Rings were thick-cut. Really thick-cut and not like the photos the business uploaded on Yelp. Not a fan. The Dumplings were at least the warmest item, but it was a soupy and flavorless, with about 2 dumplings in the cup. Meatloaf was sort of a watery, tomato-ey mess. It was certainly not presented in "loaf" form. The Squash Casserole was bland and needed seasoning. The okra, was fairly crispy which was a good thing. We added a side of Fried Shrimp and they were pale and soggy, instead of a crisp golden hue. The breads that come with the meal were good, while still warm. *Looks like they have a Bar and Daily Specials not mentioned on the webpage.* read more

Well I love Cotton Patch just not in Brownwood Texas.. we stood at the podium for 5 min before anyone acknowledged us!! No Apology, they sit us at a booth because they haven't cleaned tables!! Even though they have a full bar they don't serve Lemon Drop Martini nor even tried to make one, just said no we don't serve them.. don't tell me they don't have , lemon, vodka, and sweet n sour!!! read more

Always a good meal! Prices are affordable, quality of food is good, and the portions are fair. The servers are friendly, but service can be a bit slow... read more

Food here is excellent! Started with the jalapeno corn bread in a cast iron skillet. Nice kick without the sweet and salty cornbread Shared the chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and broccoli cheese rice thing. Chicken fried steak had great seasoning in the batter and was a good sized portion. Potatoes were fresh and not packaged. Rice was delicious too Tried the fried green tomatoes. It was tasty but the batter seemed a bit gooey underneath the crispy outside They have lunch and daily specials which are really affordable. Overall, enjoyed the food and would totally be back here! read more

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Enjoyed a family dinner for our large group. Our waitress, Ember, did a great job with our order and handling our kids constant need for refills. The food was good and the service was great. We will be back again for sure. read more

Always the worst service literally every time I go here the waitresses are all gathered up talking to each other while everyone waits on their food. Don't get me started about the creepy management flirting with their coworkers. If there was a way to put negative stars on a review I totally would read more

We had lunch after church yesterday. The place was empty except one other table. Our food arrived fast and hot. I have always loved CP but wasn't feeling it yesterday I guess. My husband liked his steak - cooked his way and juicey! My boys rarely actually eat so their lack of enthusiasm was normal. I had the meatloaf and garlic mashed potatoes - I just didn't enjoy it. But I really wanted Chicken Pot Pie, which isn't on the menu on weekends :/ However, our waitress (Erika) was TOP NOTCH! She was very attentive and friendly! There were 5 other waitresses standing around but Erika took every table that came in while we were there! She rocked! 5 stars for her! In conclusion, we will still continue to eat there bc I'm just a big CP fan! One off day won't deter me :) read more

This place is awesome! Outstanding customer service especially from our waitress Alyssa Salazar.

One we was seated by a server with dirty dishes in her hands. Two it took about 20 minutes to just get drinks. Three this is the 2nd time have been in Cotton Patch and have not received rolls. But other than that the food is great. And when my mother comes to visit I will be bringing her in. read more

Yummy! Stuck in Brownwood for a week and got to eat some delicious southern food. The cotton patch did not disappoint. Country fried steak, country fried chicken, broccoli and rice casserole, even fried green tomatoes!! Everything was served piping hot and fresh. read more