It was a long, 10 hour drive to arrive in Memphis. I've enjoyed a lot of the cuisine that this city has to offer but had never been to the Cupboard before. Upon walking in I knew that this place was gonna represent. My server was so precious. I have the feeling that she's been working here for a very long time. She was so friendly. 10:10 I started off w their sweet tea. So many places in town put so much sugar in their tea that you may as well ask for tea sugar. But the Cupboard has it just right. Everything that I ordered was deeeeee-LISH! Southern Comfort food at its best. 10:10 The ambience isn't much to brag about but that's fine for me. It tells me that this place has been here serving fine food for so long that no one has ever left here not feeling satisfied. 7:10 Seriously, eat here!!!! read more

Cupboard Restaurant - Pecan pie à la mode. - Southern Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

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When you walk into a meat and three and it is completely packed with folks older than 70... you know it's gonna be a good meal:) And that it was! We've had dinner here before and loved it. Today, we tried breakfast. Delicious! Everything you'd expect from a home cooking longstanding cafe. Service was fantastic! I especially loved that the regulars would just come in, sit at their favorite table, the servers already knew what they wanted and had it to them immediately. Service was fast, servers so sweet! It has that old school, 80s diner feel. And I loved everything about it! read more

Cupboard Restaurant - Southern Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

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My favorite place to eat in all of Memphis. The food is so good, very much like mother's or even better, Like Grandma Daisy's. As far as service, there is no better. Dexter, Will and Shannon (who I just met today) make it feel like family. Every single person I've met there, from the welcoming staff who seat you to the efficient people who ring you out are so nice! Big smiles from those clearing tables lifts my spirits. Special treats like pork rinds, fresh peaches and wonderful fresh tomatoes are available in the entry. So delicious!! On top of all that the music, pictures, everything being super clean - simply a delightful experience every time. read more

Stopped in for a late night dinner. Food was good, but overall needed a bit more seasoning to make it great. Warning, the Mac and cheese was VERY heavy and had a bit of a sweet taste, maybe made evaporated milk? However, any restaurant that lists Mac and cheese under the vegetable options makes kids happy. Server was attentive and helpful throughout the stop. Eclectic pictures of celebrities both local and international who have visited are all over the walls. Sorry, no pics, it was late night and I forgot! read more

This is a great meat and 3. Service is quick, polite and efficient. The veggies are among the best l ever had. I think the catfish would have been better blackened but it was as pretty good. I came in a few minutes after opening and got seated right away. By the time I left it was over 3/4 full and no line. They have a lot of seating. I'll be back to try other things. read more

Cupboard Restaurant - Grilled Catfish with cabbage, turnip greens and italian spinach. - Southern Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

This place is A-Ok! That's really the best I can say. It comes up a lot when I search for a place to eat and I wonder, "why I have I not been back there"? I seem to be unable to remember why I don't frequent here in the interim between visits. I don't dig bad reviews, but this one is selfish because I don't see my memory getting any better. I am writing this to either, "Future-Adam" or "Alternate Universe-Adam", whichever decides to come here next and will read this. I hope between the three of us, we make wiser decisions at some point. The staff is often quirky, sometimes super sweet, mostly accommodating, helpful, attentive, and in some cases higher than I am. I'm down with all of it. Inside is run down considerably and it probably hasn't been remodeled in 20-30 years at least. It looks like an old Shoney's inside without the bad ass salad bar. Some of you may not even know what that is. It's that old... There are high booths to sit in that were haphazardly built in a response to COVID I assume. I am pretty sure we are over it all now, on top of the fact that those did nothing to stop the spread, we can probably move on and tear out all that unsightly paneling mess between the booths. One of the managers was still now even wearing a mask, I salute you for that man, more will to live than me. Food is fair. It's good enough to eat, it's has calories and other stuff. The little cornbread muffins are the best thing, but they fuck that up with the whipped vegetable spread cups that they call butter. Ugh. My last visit I had the smothered pork chops. The rice under it was the shape of footballs and soaked with old moisture, inedible. The sides were body temperature cool and are frankly just bad. Pork chop was pretty good though. Kudos on that. I am sure Dumb-Adam will be back. You can't tell that guy shit, man. '24 - 68/101 read more

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Parking lot was full it extended into the overflow parking lot. I was almost about to leave but decided to park and see how long the wait was. Glad I did because I did not have to wait to be seated. There was plenty of room inside. The waitress Amber came right over introduced herself and took my complete order. She brought bread and my drink then shortly brought my food. I ordered the vegetable plate consisting of 2 sweet potatoes, corn pudding, Italian spinach and cabbage. The entire meal was hot and good. Of course I never finish my meal but always get a to-go box for later. Amber checked on me throughout the meal even though it was busy. As I paid at the register I was asked if I was satisfied with my meal and asked if I would like a bag for my to-go box which I kindly accepted. Pleasant atmosphere, great service and good hot food. Clean bathrooms a plus. Love this place. read more

Cupboard Restaurant - The whole shabang! - Southern Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

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Food/Taste/Flavor: 3/5 - Country Breakfast with home fries and Cavallo Special (rib-eye steak with 2 eggs) with hash browns. The country fried steak was overcooked and extremely salty and the extra salt from the gravy didn't help it much. The rib-eye steak was decent but slightly on the overcooked side for our liking. The home fries seemed to be some type of roasted potatoes so was quite confused since we were expecting fries. The packaging wasn't done well so the whole bag was oily including the utensils, biscuits, and toast. Service: 4/5 - busy restaurant and they seemed annoyed that we didn't immediately know where to order or what the items were. Waited about 25 minutes for our food to be made. Ambiance: n/a - ordered food to go. Older restaurant but seems clean overall Value for price: 3/5 - such a busy and popular store for mediocre food unfortunately. read more

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First of all the service was excellent! The menu for Saturday's special was extensive and you could also get their other options. We chose the "plates" I posted. The bread was ok- a little in the dry side, butter would have helped, but we did not request any. Cornbread was not sweet- which I was happy about! For my meal, the dressing was delicious, most with the right amount of seasoning. Chicken was plentiful and tender, but had little to no seasoning itself- when combined with the dressing and gravy it was very nice. Mac and cheese was sweet? Texture was good, but I added more salt than I normally would- still overly sweet to me. Baked sweet potato was lovely! My hubby liked the cranberry sauce. His country fried steak was just ok, but nothing he would order again, other sides ok. Portions were generous. This restaurant has many signed photos of local and national celebrities on the walls. Nice clean atmosphere with great service. Desserts looked good, maybe we will come back for pie and coffee in the future. read more

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I drive by this place all the time and I always complain that there isn't enough breakfast spots. This place is perfect. This place has plenty of space for parking and dinning, which is hard to find as well in the Midtown section. read more

The country fried steak breakfast platter looked and tasted previously cook and was very bland. The country fried steak looked like an old salmon croquet. Absolutely bland and served with white gravy that's thick and flavorless. H The country cut potatoes were not crispy and also lacked flavor. The only things that were decent tasting were the eggs, toast and pancakes. read more

Pretty good local cafeteria type restaurants. The food is always seems to be fresh even if it's not the highest quality ingredients. The staff is alway nice and polite but not the most attentive, but the place is generally pretty busy and they don't seem to have much staff so that's understandable. Nonetheless they do a decent job and it's somewhere I like to go when I'm in the area. read more

They sold us four scoops of dressing claiming it was a quart for $15. This is not a quart it's a scam read more

Cupboard Restaurant - Sold 4 scoop sides and said this was considered a quart or dressing for $15.00. This is NOT A QUART. Scammers. - Southern Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

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Generally speaking, the cashiers who work the front counter at the Cupboard have terrible customer service. I was charged .75 cents twice for a takeout order of two entrees, which is excessive so I decided to cancel the take out order and dine inside the restaurant instead. One of the cashiers--Jessica said she had removed both of the .75 cent charges from my order receipt after I asked her for clarification, but when I asked for an itemized receipt to make sure she calculated it correctly, she only took off one of the .75 cent charges. Later I asked the other cashier (with long blonde hair) if the entire previous transaction would be refunded since they had me make an additional payment after I finished dining in the restaurant. She assured me the entire amount would be refunded to my credit card, even though I showed her my refund receipt that didn't clearly reflect that a full refund was issued from the transaction. She said I would likely see the full refund reflected within my transactions soon. However after checking over a week later, I saw that my card was charged twice for the same meal, so I called the restaurant to dispute the extra charge. Darla, the manager did not call back hours after I called so I went up to the restaurant with my receipt and explained the problem. Jessica was there at the front counter again and lied, denying that she had anything to do with the charge, even though she did--and her name was clearly on my receipt. She and the other cashier also didn't apologize for the faulty take out charge or thank me for patronizing the restaurant at the time of payment for my meal. Fortunately my waitress was very attentive, accommodating and friendly, which helped somewhat improve my experience. But after being greatly inconvenienced due to the incompetence, dismissiveness, lack of integrity and overall rudeness of the Cupboard cashiers, I do not plan on eating there again. I'll give Darla credit for eventually resolving my issue and apologizing for the mistake, but it was still unacceptable to have to wait as long as I did after calling and going up to the restaurant to wait for someone to provide a refund. I also gave her feedback on Jessica's rudeness and hopefully she addresses it so other customers can have a better experience. Shout out to LaQuita for her excellent customer service though. The other cashiers would be wise to follow her example of tact, friendliness and professionalism in the workplace. Overall, I would not recommend the Cupboard restaurant to anyone who desires to receive consistent, great customer service and to feel like their patronage is genuinely appreciated because it's apparently not a priority at this establishment. read more

The place to go for good southern home cooking. A classic "Meat & 3" restaurant. The spinach casserole is out of this world! Their specials change daily so check the menu before you go. Also one of the few places in Memphis that sell good ole fried green tomatoes. read more

Cupboard Restaurant - Chicken & Dressing, spinach casserole, eggplant casserole - Southern Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

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Think of going to your grandmas house for an meal and that about sums up what the Cupboard is. You walk in and your are amongst locals who are here for a good meal and a friendly face. This isn't some fancy spot but rather good eats. With that said they serve breakfast all day and they have a rotating menu of what's being served that day. However you aren't going to go hungry with the portion sizes. We opted for breakfast as it was between breakfast and lunch hours and we were just starting our day off but it was breakfast with a lunch vibe. I got the country breakfast that was chicken fried chicken with country gravy, two eggs (ordered over medium) hash browns, pancakes and biscuits for about $14. The hash browns needed some love and gravy needs some seasoning. My sister got the steak and eggs which came with biscuits and choice of hash browns or home fries. The steak was thin but was seasoned well also for about $14. I was checking out other peoples food at the tables around me and seriously everything looked delicious. Would I come back? Yep . . . Like I said, friendly folks, good food, great prices. read more

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Food was great service was on point and waitresses were very attentive and anticipated ever needed.Ambiance and atmosphere was very pleasant. read more

This restaurant has delicious home cooking. Most of the servers have been working there for years. That tells you everything. They are competent, friendly and they help each other! It almost feels like your Grandma's kitchen table. Don't miss getting some Eggplant casserole, it's wonderful. They also have breakfast all day! read more

My first time here with family and we were lucky enough to have Evelyn wait on us, she's been here 30 years and the service was fast, friendly and the food is delicious! I had the grilled catfish, squash casserole, turnip greens and speckled butter beans - highly recommend! read more

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Come earlier for faster service but food is good value, tasty, and service is great. Weekends are always pack here so if that doesnt tell you something. Must try homecook southern meals! read more

Old school Memphis Meat + 3 Medium priced usually fast service Daily lunch specials Dependable read more

Classic home style cooking restaurant that has been in Memphis for decades. The service is friendly and the food is consistently good. The chicken and dressing, fried green tomatoes, cucumber salad, Italian spinach, and mashed potatoes are among my favorites on the menu. read more

I had a family member in the hospital so I stopped by for some breakfast. This place has a huge parking lot and majority of the lot was full with cars. I was seated immediately but it took some time for a waitress to come over. I ordered the Country Breakfast which came with country fried steak, gravy, biscuits, eggs, breakfast potatoes, and two pancakes. There was a ton of food and I could barely eat it all. read more

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I used to go to this restaurant at least once a week. After today's experience I'm doubtful I will ever go back. On 2-14-26 at 10:00 am I was quickly greeted and seated by the manager. After waiting for a server to acknowledge me for over 20 minutes I went back to the waiting area to make sure a server was aware I was there. While standing at the front desk I noticed my server appeared at my table. I walked back to the table and said that I wasn't sure she knew I had been seated there. The server (Shannon) immediately became irate stating that she was too busy. I mentioned that she took the person's order at the table next to me before she took mine, and that I arrived over 5 mins prior to his seating. Her demeanor and attitude continued to get worse, to the point I felt my service was going to continue to deteriorate and not get any better. So I told her never mind, I would not be dining there today. She quickly snatched the menu up and threw it toward the front of the restaurant. I requested to speak to the manager, who asked if I'd like to be seated somewhere else with a different server. I left the restaurant with the worst feeling I've ever had inside this restaurant. Again, I go there often and have been eating there for the last 15+ yrs. Occasionally I dine at the Cupboard up to 3 times per week. The food is generally good and I typically receive nice service. I have been served by Shannon several times before and her service is always worse that the other servers at the restaurant, but never as bad as it was today. Suggested that you request Shannon not be your server, or expect a bad attitude along with the terrible service that she tends to give. Not sure how mgmt can continue to employ a person who treats their customers this way. read more

Food was okay but service was awful. Took forever to get our food. Not sure I'll be back

Ordered food to go and didn't get half of what I ordered plus no condiments whatsoever plus food was very plain no flavor whatsoever.

While visiting friends in Memphis, we had dinner at the Cupboard. I wasn't in the mood for meat, so I got the 4 Veggie dish. Baked Applies, Corn Pudding, Cucumber Salad, and the Fried Green Tomatoes. My husband got the Country Fried Steak with the Cucumber Salad, and the Fried Green Tomatoes. My veggies were delicious - with the exception of the tomatoes. I wasn't a fan of them - and neither was my husband. Could be a personal preference. He enjoyed his fried steak. It is down home southern cooking and their sides are definitely something to come in for to try. read more

The morning after the St Jude run, my wife and I had breakfast here. It was just what we needed. If you want good home cooked breakfast in midtown this is the place. read more

Ordered a short stack of pancakes with bacon and never got my damn bacon. Was outraged!!!! Then later we asked for the bacon to be taken off our order and the waitress who was very kind, came back with an order of bacon. Waited quite a while for food and receipt.!! read more

Cupboard Restaurant - Southern Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

This place was everything. Very friendly service and great food. I visited this place about 3 days straight while traveling in Memphis

Visited The Cupboard, this past Thursday for breakfast. I had the Cavallo special. Which was the ribeye, hash browns, 2 eggs and toast, you can swap out with biscuit, grits, and home fries. This was my first visit. It was fantastic, great people great service. I own an online local radio station called Finely Tuned Music, I will be giving them a shout out for sure !!!! https://link.radioking.com/finely-tuned-music2 read more

Cupboard Restaurant - Southern Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

Five of us went there for breakfast, got seated immediately and had a nice table in the front corner of the restaurant. I ordered the vegetable omelette with grits and biscuits with a side of sausage. Was very delicious the other diners with me ordered three eggs and different Sides all liked their meals a two were children and they actually ate their meals .wait staff was wonderful . read more

Good home cooking with lots of options! We order take out there regularly! I recommend for the times you just want some home cooked vegetables and tired of the fast food options! read more

Excellent food and good customer service as well definitely will be going back. Homemade cooking's

I don't know what they had going on this morning, but they burnt the mess outta my pancakes and still sent them out. I was just going to suck it up and eat then anyways, but they were too tough to even cut into. Only reason I came here was because my first choice was closed. I will not be coming back! read more

Cupboard Restaurant - Pancakes - Southern Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

When we drove into the parking lot it appeared to be boarded up and closed. Was not open during the posted hours. read more

First visit...just mediocre...a basic breakfast. If you are looking for pancakes and basic eggs, this is your place! A Sunday after church place...busy early around 9am...and then again 11-1... so plan ahead but I cannot say it's worth the wait. Our server was great...the coffee flowed and was good. Plenty of parking...BIG lot! read more

Nice menu with lots of choices. Daily specials are listed on their web site. Plus, their $5.99 allgday breakfast. Great for groups... Just give them some notice. read more

Cupboard Restaurant - Hamburger Steak w/ Grilled Onions, fries and Italian Spinach. - Southern Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

I had SUPER high hopes for the cupboard. My coworker set up my expectations a couple days in advance. She was telling me about their great home cooking and I was salivating. We go in and are seated pretty swiftly. We get your menus and begin the search. I found many different options but settled for chicken fried chicken and mashed potatoes. It took forever to get our meals so I'm thinking this will be some super fresh chicken. It's comes out and is just warm. The waitress set it down and practically sprinted away. Well she was in her upper years so that may be an exaggeration. But it was sad because I was starving. So I ate my barely warm meal. It wasn't cheap either. Big let down. read more

Stoped in for breakfast at the cupboard Restaurant and was greeted with by a very friendly staff the waitress Shannon sat me at the table and did an Awesome job making sure everything was okay! The food was amazing and the staff were very friendly and full of energy. Definitely recommend! read more

Cupboard Restaurant - Veggie omelet, hash browns, biscuits - Southern Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee