This was my first time at this location. I was waiting for a to-go order. They are so so so accommodating! The team working today was very short handed, but made up for it with customer service and a clean store! A couple came in and waited for 5 minutes to be helped in the Togo section. They decided to harass the employees and tell them how terrible their service was. The employees handled the abrasive customer with grace and empathy. I appreciated their hustle and organization when dealing with incoming guest and new order while dealing with short staffing! Thanks again! read more

I don't know how many times I've driven past this place and wondered if it was any good. Well, I went in yesterday for the first time and found out. It's got a nice seating area with lots of booths and a few tables. You wait to be seated and then order. Our waitress was nice and answered our questions as well as gave us plenty of time to look over the menu since it was our first time. My friend and I saw friend green tomatoes and were all in. Can't pass that up. We got the feel this was a southern cooking kind of place and what do you know? The restaurant was born and raised in Nacogdoches, Texas. Been around 30 years serving up classic Texas recipes. The rolls were buttery delicious and the fried green tomatoes were a-okay. They had two dipping sauces, ranch or avocado ranch. So we chose both of course. I'd go with the avocado ranch. It was good. When I'm eating out, I tend to order things I don't get to eat a lot of when I'm home feeding my crew of 7. So I went with the grilled salmon and veggies. The waitress asked if I wanted skinny veggies and I didn't even ask. Just said sure! It was all seasoned well. Nothing to blow my mind but still, it was some southern home cooking done all right. The one weird thing was the water. Tasted a bit off to me. Not to be a snob like the gal in "Return to Me". But I almost wanted to ask if it was just tap water. Oh well. I still drank it. I'll let ya know if I grow an extra ear or something. read more

Cotton Patch Cafe - Fried green tomatoes, yummy buttery rolls - American Near Me - Spring, Texas

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Chicken and dumplings are delicious! I like that I can go somewhere local and get a variety of good vegetables, which in this little area is hard to find. The fried bacon as an appetizer is a must here. I find it best dipped in the warm gravy and my wife prefers the ranch. The steaks are well seasoned and so far have been cooked to requested temp. Fish and shrimp are tasty and their fries pair nicely. My wife loves their chocolate cake and all the other deserts. Service overall has been great the 20 or so times we have been, so overall this is a well rounded restaurant. read more

Our first time at Cotton Patch! Isabella did an amazing job!! Very informative, courteous & punctual! We will definitely be back!

I've been to this Cotton Patch many times. I often go to work and may be there 3 or 4 hours. The service is always amazing and the food is always top notch. I literally have never had a bad experience there. But on Aug 8th I went there to do some work. I kinda pressed the issue with the host to let me sit in my favorite spot. (corner booth with an outlet) They were hesitant at first because the server already had a large group (12 or so) and had another waiting (again 12 or so) plus 5 or 6 other tables. Even under the stress of two large back-to-back groups plus other tables my server did an absolutely amazing job. I was there for a few hours and never needed a single thing that she had not already anticipated. (I'm not kidding about this...at least twice I literally sat my drink down only to look up and she was setting a new one on the table.) At the height of it I was one of probably 20 customers she had and yet I felt like her only table. She was very cheerful and always had a smile even when literally being pulled from person to person and table to table with customer demands and questions. I was there for maybe 3 hours working so once the rush died down I was able to talk to her a bit. And she is a senior in High School AND new to the area. Impressive work ethic and exceptional attitude. All that to say Cotton Patch Cafe you need to treat her very well because she represents you very, very well. Her name was Hailee W. So ask for her section if you are ever at CPC in Spring, TX. read more

I went on 12/31/2021 and there were only 2 other people eating when I walked in, took forever for our waitress to come to our table and to even be seated. waitress was pretty much breathing down our necks. food wasn't good at all. read more

Placed an online order for pick up at 2:00 and said it would be ready around 2:36. I went to pick it up close to 2:40 and they had not even started my order. Waited another 20 minutes and it still wasn't done. All I ordered was a grilled chicken meal and a kids grilled cheese. I don't understand how that would take over an hour to make. Some of the employees handling the food weren't even wearing mask or gloves. When I asked for a refund she told me she had to reach out to corporate office to complete the refund and that she couldn't handle it at the store. Ridiculous, could have been avoided if they were more on top of the situation. read more

From the time we walked into the door till the time we left the service was great. Our waitress Gharneqa, was awesome. The manager went to every table while we were there asking if everybody's meals were okay I thought that was superb. Did I mention our waitress? Gharneqa. She was very friendly and considerate. She shared with us a favorite of hers which was avocado ranch to eat with the fried pickles which now, by the way, has become one of our favorites, thanks to her sharing that with us. read more

They are not following the safety standards set to keep their guest safe during COVID-19. Every single person was wearing gloves which is fine but the all touched all over their faces and never once changed gloves. I told my server to please serve me without gloves on because ppl wash their hands less when they wear gloves. He took his gloves off served me my drinks and never washed his hands. That is disgusting. DO NOT EAT HERE. I left after being served my drinks read more

The food was very good. The service was not that great. It took approximately 15 minutes or thereabouts just to get someone to take the drink order. I would understand if the place was packed, but there were only customers at approximately 3 tables. After we received the drinks we placed our order and it came out wrong. I will probably give them another try to see if the service has improved, but you know the old saying fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. read more

While evacuating from Hurricane Laura, my friend from Dallas used door Dash and sent me and my Mom a meal from here. I ordered Fried fish, green beans and corn. My mom ordered Chicken fried chicken, mixed vegetables and mashed potatoes. They sent me fried fish, hush puppies and fries. They sent my mom chicken fried steak. Even tho the order was wrong, the food was very tasty. It was seasoned well. I would give this place another try. read more

Food is good, service needs a lot of work. Decide to give them a 2nd chance but still the same, the service needs work.

Food arrived cold and fries were stale. Order was deemed not ready for pickup but then why is the food cold on arrival?

Great home cooked favorites. With adult beverages to choose also. Logan was a new server but very attentive ! read more

Cotton Patch Cafe - Bread and butter - yum ! - American Near Me - Spring, Texas

My wife and I dined at this establishment on July 13, 2022 she ordered the fish platter and I ordered the chicken fried chicken plate with appetizers of fried mushrooms and dessert, she ordered the Dr Pepper chocolate cake with ice cream, I ordered the peach cobbler with ice cream; the ice cream is the closest I've ever had to my mothers homemade ice cream all in all there was absolutely no complaint whatsoever I would recommend this to anyone who loves southern cooking read more

The wait staff was friendly. We were seated in a timely fashion. Anthony was our waiter. He took our order accurately. We received it quickly. It was exactly what we ordered. The food was good. Anthony checked on us to make sure everything was all right. Would highly recommend. read more

Even during these strange days, this place is awesome. Thank God we don't live closer. I would be huge! The food and service is tops. Though working with the COVID restrictions the staff and food shine. Thank you for a great lunch! read more

The pictures should speak for themselves. By the way, I did order a full order of onion rings, and got the picture order. I ordered a salad and got rotten lettuce throughout, not wilted. read more

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Favorite place for country staples in a clean, friendly environment. Grace did a great job!

This place has the best southern style meals. Corn bread is soo good! Love the chicken fried steak and sweet tea!

So it's 7:49 and we're walking out with our food in boxes. We've been sitting in the non- crowded restaurant since a little after 6pm. I can't even tell you if the food is worth the hour and a half wait or not, because by the time I get it home to eat its going to be cold. The server was sweet and apologetic. The manager gave us a buy one get one free coupon for our next visit and we came home with free desert. I'm sorry, but my first time coming to this establishment will be my last. You would think a restaurant would take care of their seated customers before their to-go orders. read more

So. We arrived right after the Sunday rush, and was seated pretty quickly even though they were full. Didn't take long to get our table, and the server was prompt. The server said he would bring bread, but it felt like he forgot. Eventually he brought it, so it may hace just been that they had to wOt for a new batch to be done - he didn't say. The food was good - chicken fried steak and chicken fried chicken. The server never did bring more rolls or drinks - in fact he seemed very distant, inattentive - we even had to wait for him to see that we were done and waiting on the check. This was my first time here - not a bad experience, but the service is extremely lacking. read more

Food was good, service was terrible! Like epically slow and only 4 tables and 10 servers. Clearly run by untrained young adults who have very little interest in customer service. Won't be back. read more

The food was delicious and quick. Service was friendly and parking was sufficient (Just watch out for a rush because they can get busy). I went Sunday during the lunch rush and was still seated in around 10 minutes. We both had chicken fried steak and it was delicious. Definitely try the brocolli rice casserole! read more

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Our order was missing 1 side per meal the dessert was a tiny portion even for a child.

First time we went in they said 20 min wait. 45 mins later we were still not seated. We tried two nights later with door dash. Half our order came in and the other half was half way done and messy. This place is a joke. Tried to call and let them know and they put me on hold for ever. Awful service needs new management for sure. read more

Cotton Patch Cafe - This is their banana pudding - American Near Me - Spring, Texas

Main gripe they over salted my whole meal!!! tex mex tacos with chips.. the chips the queso the fries.. my server was delightful and apologetic for the cooks. The chicken fried steak was very good. The drink glasses are very small the side portions are small.. The biggest deal breaker for me and why i wont go back is they call themselves a cafe but the don't serve breakfast and that is just not a cafe at all Really expected more from our new business read more

as soon as we walked in was immediately seated and ordering, order an appetizer and received it in just 60 second, ordered our food and received food also in a timely manne. over all: service, 10/10, food 9/10, price, 9/10. will definitely be coming back to try the rest of the menu read more

Chicken Fried Chicken Sandwich was absolutely disgusting waited about 45 minutes for our food if not longer and once it cake me and my mom were very disappointed in what we had put in front of us. The chicken sandwich while looks amazing taste like cat food that someone had infused with chicken broth and for $9 you think you would get a decent sandwich and which that I'd rather run down the street to Popeyes or Chick-fil-A We also had the chips salsa and Queso the chips were floppy and gross the queso was gritty and dark and down right disgusting The manager began giving us attitude after we had continued to request to fix all the mistakes they had made and all we got from the sever and manager was a measly "sorry" not anything else I can do to help you so we didn't have to ask a million times and just terrible service in general please was decent in the beginning and definitely has gone down hill from there read more

I visited the Spring location today for lunch,now this was my first time to the Cotton Patch it had been suggested by my mother, well I tell you I hade the Lunch Chicken fried steak with rice brock.Side and i also tried the fried green tomatoes, I absolutely love it all its, put CrackerBarrel to sham and i love the Crackerbarrel. I hade the best Waitress (I didn't get her name) darn it ! she had only been there a week . I will definitely go back and also highly recommend the Cotton Patch!!! read more

Great Food! Great Service!! Strawberry pecan salad is so delicious Chicken tortilla soup is really good too read more

Only thing good about this place is the service. Avocado left off my BLY-A. Wilted lettuce. Cold French fries were inedible. My chicken fried steak and chicken were under seasoned, very sparse gravy, okra was terrible. The fried food is over fried in old grease. Other than that, very disappointing. Will not return. read more

Great service. Turkey and dressing was excellent. Will definitely be back. Kat was awesome. The chicken at sandwich was amazing.

Generally good - be prepared for almost everything to be offered up as breaded and fried. The place was dead at 6:15-6:30p today when we came, but service was friendly and attentive. A good meal in general. read more

Wanted to try this place since it's new, so we stopped in for lunch. It didn't seem too busy, but we left after waiting 15 minutes and no one came by to greet us or take our drink order. Should have read the other bad service reviews here first... read more

This was my first time to eat at Cotton Patch, as I walked in I was greeted and sat down quickly. As I looked at the menu I noticed most meals consist of deep fried items so if you are staying away from carbs there is nothing for you here :-) I was craving fried catfish but the photo on the menu showed two very small pieces on a bed of fries for $12 (not a good value) I decided to try the Rib eye steak that was on special for $15.99 and when it came out I was very disappointed. The cut was approximately 3/8" thick which as you can guess was overcooked and no taste. This also came with a very small baked potato and I ordered the Squash which was inedible due to some sort of fibrous material in it that did not resemble squash. Yes I realize this was my first try but I think after observing the other food items that the quality of food could be compared to dining in a school cafeteria but paying premium prices. I highly recommend passing this place by. read more

Just moved to the area and drive past this place a few time and decided to bring my family here. Service was good and friendly. This place style of food reminds me of Black Eyed Pea. I got the chicken fried steak and was happy with my choice, my dad got the chicken fried chicken, which he enjoy but he did receive the incorrect side order. My partner got the grilled chicken and shrimp which was good. Only real reason why I gave this place only 4 stars was but to the fried mushrooms we ordered were not drained well of the access oil and were under seasoned. read more

Service was a bit slow and not overly attentive but my chicken fried steak and garlic mashed potatoes were excellent and definitely worth returning for. The bread and butter before the meal were pretty standard but nice to get the meal started and even better...free! The baked squash was decent but I'd probably try another side next time. The cups are either too small or the service needs to be a little faster on the refills. There were 2 times that the majority of our table needed refills and waited for a while to get it. Overall a pretty great meal with a little room for improvement with the service. (Although the servers were pleasant....just not really on top of things.) I'll definitely be back for another try though. read more

Stopped in for lunch few days ago. Service was excellent, appetizer was delicious, Entree tasty, price was good. No doubt about it, I will return. read more

Wonderful airy open restaurant friendly staff great service unique menu started with the maple fried bacon. bacon was nice and crispy as well as the crust but could not taste the maple in the bacon at all The crispy crust overshadowed it. Had the chicken fried steak with white cream gravy onion rings and fried okra everything was perfectly crisp the okra was a very small portion what was made up by the wonderfully sized portion of onion rings which were some of the best tasting onion rings reminded me of the old school onion rings are used to get at princes hamburger when I was little hope I can find enough words to say how wonderful the chicken fried steak was perfect tasting cream gravy really complemented the chicken fried steak the crispy covering on the meat and it made the gravy cling to it even more perfection For dessert my friends and I shared the Dr Pepper brownie sweet chocolate my only complaint was the air-conditioning was way too cold even after telling the waiter they still did not bring down the thermostat it was freezing and I saw most people had brought a jacket with them to come into the restaurant read more