Like in many places in this small town places don't open until 11am. Yes except for Walmart and McDonald and such. I ordered the chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables. My Chicken Fried Steak was overcooked dry and very tough. I informed the manager and they remake the chicken fried steak and it was much better. The service was excellent and we enjoyed our meal. I recommend this restaurant. GN3 read more

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Love the dining room and the staff. Food was mediocre and the flies while we were eating got annoying.

Have been here 2 times within the same few weeks. Our first visit was pretty good fried mushroom and chicken fried steak. It was all fresh and good and a little heavy on the batter. The rolls were hot and fresh. The service was good and food delivered hot fresh. Second trip poor service. The waitress girl was flirting with the other waitress guy the whole time. We watched 2 other tables eat & leave before we got our food. The food was cool & the rolls were hard as a rock. The fries were too cold to eat. The fried cat fish was good & still warm. As always we're good tippers but they really shouldn't have gotten anything from n that second visit. read more

First time here in ages. Ordered a chicken fried steak, and it was pretty darn good. Sides of mash potatoes & corn. They were both ok. Corn was pretty much straight out of the can Sysco. Rolls & cornbread were warm & tasty. Service was adequate Overall, decent meal. Nothing fabulous, but I'd come back. read more

First and foremost, Erica was excellent. The atmosphere was impeccable. I had the fried pickles and they were on point. I also had the shrimp and catfish and was also delightful. The service was the thoughtful and respectful. read more

Elijah's Cafe - Fried pickles. - New American Near Me - Woodville, Texas

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This was not my first trip to Elijah's Cafe, nor will it be my last! The waitstaff are friendly and helpful in their recommendations, and service is generally quick, though they can get quite busy at times. Upon a recommendation from our waitress, I ordered the Sweet Heat grilled catfish - three catfish filets with habanero pico de gallo on a bed of rice. Possibly the best thing I've had there! The catfish was excellent, and I'm not generally a huge fan of catfish. This dish, however, is worth a try and I'll likely order it again. read more

Excellent comfort food, great service, and the menu has a good variety. I came to this place twice for the food and service. The food is delicious and the portions are fair for the price you pay. The waiter I had on the first visit was a young man with excellent manners. Im not from the area and was impressed by so many young adults saying Ma'am and Sir often. I wish most people had these manners. I returned the next day and got the fried catfish that came with three sides plus a roll and cornbread. It was yummy! Service is fast and ambience is friendly. I highly recommend this place. read more

Elijah's Cafe - Fried catfish in cornmeal batter. Sides are fried okra, french fries, and red beans and rice. Sweet tea was just right. - New American Near Me - Woodville, Texas

Food was good. Service staff are courteous and friendly. Ate the blackberry cobbler to complete meal, fabulous!!

The food was fair. Vegetable servings were very very small. Rolls and cornbread were bite size, and stale. The worst part were the employees dragging tables and chairs - banging and clanging and high shrills as guests looked around wondering "what's going on in here?" Not impressed at all, but it was fair. read more

Nice selection of food, great Service and reasonable prices. In the heart of Woodville. Don't forget to ask for a Discount Card!

Excellent waitress (just out of HS!), very helpful with menu suggestions, kept the coffee cup filled, taco soup very filling! Good experience and recommend! read more

I had chicken and dumplings and it was excellent! Home-cooked, not canned or frozen! Biscuits and corn muffins delicious! Service was great. Prices reasonable. We randomly stopped there during our travels and will definitely stop again next time we travel through! read more

Pros Great food and service Prices are really a good deal Central location Cons Does not honor Yelp coupon they have It was a little warm inside, but this has been a hot summer read more

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Just popped in while passing through. Great food and service! I had the grilled chicken with broccoli and corn. The chicken was well seasoned and cooked to perfection over a bed of rice. My wife had the blackened talipia with corn and yams. My son had the chicken strips and said, " Dad the chicken strips taste so different.... You can tell they aren't frozen!" What a gem of a restaurant in a small town! read more

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The waitress cares more for her friends sitting behind me and gives them better service than me or other tables. She also had the Gaul to serve me and my wife microwaved cheese fries. I had to send it back and have them make it fresh. My order was wrong I ordered fried catfish and they made grilled so they had to remake the order instead of making it right the first time. I guess the cooks and wait staff don't know their jobs and need to be trained properly to do their jobs read more

Erica was an outstanding waitress. I have a four page list of food allergies and she was able to answer my food prep questions.The food was excellent and the servings were generous. There's a left over meatloaf sandwich in our future. read more

Usually the service and food is excellent. But today was the second time where we ordered and weren't served our food. Other people sat down after us, ordered, and got their food. I called this to our waitresses attention and she said she was checking on it. We waited a long time after this, debating leaving. We were finally served, ate, and when we went to pay it was the manager, and we explained what happened and our displeasure. The response was, "Oh no, I'm so sorry." That was it. There aren't many places to eat in Woodville, but from my property I can drive just as easily to Jasper. More options and most likely worth the drive. Get your act together Elijah's! read more

It was Really good food for a small town. Nice ambience!! Small town food is always good!!! read more

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Food I'd pretty good, while prices have increased it still is a reasonable value. Recently, we noticed they added a "service fee" added to the bill. That's a backdoor way of raising their prices. Since this is not published or explained anywhere, it feels deceitful. We gave a $1 tip and committed not to return. read more

Ignore the food snobs. I've traveled around the world and have a discerning palate. I'm not a picky eater but I know quality food. The food here is some of the best I've ever had anywhere. It's a nice surprise to find such good quality in a small town. It is a must whenever we visit Martin Dies Jr. State Park. I can't recommend a single thing because everything is amazing. The last thing I had there was the meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Amazing. Okay there is one standout - the cobbler! If you don't order anything else, at least get the cobbler. Some of the best I've ever had. Even if you have to drive a bit to get here it's completely worth it. read more

I was in 1/ 3/ 2025 We had a waiter name Jennifer she was a very sweet young lady and fast on waiting on us , she check on us every few minutes to make sure we you're okay. I'll give her 10 , keep up the good work Jennifer read more

Concerns: Average food. We tried the chicken & dumplings, salad, baked potato, & club sandwich. The dumplings were average and just warm (not hot). The dressing for the green salad was bottled and was not tasty. The baked potato was not cooked all the way through. The club had cheap processed sandwich meat in it instead of quality deli ham. The photos of their food online and reviews were good. We were disappointed. What they do well: Service was excellent! Rolls and cornbread was great! read more

We got the steak and shrimp special with onion rings and carrots with blackberry cobbler! Oh so good!!!! We will go again!

If you have an experienced pallet this place is not for you. The food is pretty much your average East Texas fare.. Fried Catfish, Chicken Fried Steak, comfort foods. Don't expect anything creative or fancy. There is also somewhat religious paraphernalia in the restaurant itself. This doesn't surprise me much considering the area but I hate dealing with religion while I eat. Its just not something I want, I prefer if everyone kept their delusions away from my dining experience. Sell me food .. but dont push your religion on me while I eat please. The food is edible but not great in anyway. I've eaten here maybe 10 times because there are only 3 maybe 4 places to eat in this town my family lives here and when I come to visit I always tend to take them out to eat somewhere. If there were more options that involve driving an hour. I would never eat here. Skip out on eating here if you can. If you cant well.. good luck trying to make the best of it. read more

I eat here every few months when I take road trips from the Austin area. This is definitely my favorite place to eat here. Its just simple, down home cooking for a good price (compared with Austin pricing). Having one of my favorite dinners, Pot Roast with baby carrots over rice. Don't expect amazing, epicurean (whatever that even means) delights. Sometimes simple small town cooking is just what fills the bill. And this place does it. read more

Elijah's Cafe - The pot roast dinner over rice, with baby carrots and loaded baked potato - New American Near Me - Woodville, Texas

The Chicken Fried Plate entrée is a scrumptious treat that epitomizes the absolute best of American cuisine. The gravy and batter are perfectly seasoned and are complemented by the steamed vegetables that are cooked to perfection along with the buttery-goodness of the squash casserole. The plate can only be surmounted by the blackberry cobbler with a cinnamon-vanilla ice cream à la mode. The staff is exceptional in every way. Make sure to visit when you are in Woodville! read more

The best chicken pot pies in Woodville. The service is always great. As with any restaurant these days staffing is sometimes an issue. If you have to wait anything short of an hour the chicken pot pie is definitely worth the wait. It's right up there with KFC chicken pot pies. read more

Great hospitality, great menu so many awesome choices! Definitely a great southern feel!!!! read more

Elijah's Cafe - New American Near Me - Woodville, Texas

Ok it was nice friendly environment!! Felt little lost you do have to order rolls and corn bread... we thought we got it with out drinks waited about half of the meal then they told me I had to order 1st time being here soo that my fault for assuming right... order an appetizer fried pickles kind of left it in the oil little long or time to change the oil I don't know.... Then I got today special chicken parm my spaghetti was over cooked or just left under the heated lamps to long but shocked chicken was nice and moist everything else just sat waaaay to long and the veggies wasn't ready seems they forgot how long the the drop it..... my kids they did eat the shrimp herb shrimp over cooked onion rings really over cooked sandwiches club wasn't bad my daughter ate it all and the fries little cold when they came out soo didn't want them all the veggie meal that my father got wasn't bad.... Soo hopefully it was just a bad day right but not in a rush to come back!! read more

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Some of the best food I've ever had. The prices are some of the best. My group was quickly seated and served. Will definitely come again. It's an overall awesome place to eat. The one con is there aren't many health oriented options, but nothing we got was just covered in grease. Will definitely recommend to friends and family, especially when they have a large group. read more

Great food, excellent service, wonderful people. 10/10 would recommend for basically anything. Burgers, chicken strips and chicken fried steak / chicken are all extremely good and are some of my favorites in the entire county. read more

Great service. Food was good and fresh. Chicken and dumplings were delicious. Fish special was one piece of catfish and four shrimp with fries. Only negative about the dinner was the fries were undercooked. Next time will ask for crispy. The salad was really good and the ranch was delicious. We will be back. read more

Elijah's Cafe - Fish special - New American Near Me - Woodville, Texas

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ELIJAH'S CAFE: CHRISTMAS EVE DISAPOINTMENT Today was a Christmas Eve RUINED!! Ordered two fried fish dinners with mashed potatoes and fried okra. Very disappointed when I opened the foam take out box. The mashed potatoes were 3/4 of an ice cream scoop in size. Then I took a bite of fish. So salty it was hard to eat. Scraped batter off to make it tolerable to eat. In addition to the meal, there were NO napkins, NO flatware, NO red sauce, and NO tartar sauce. Called the restaurant to complain. First person hung up because I told her I was calling to bitch. Second call a young lady answered "pick up window". I asked to speak to the manager and I was rudely told "we are closed " And click. Third person was having a hard time hearing me. Needless to say she hung up as well. Wasn't but about five minutes and a young man called to say he was a manager. Seems as if his customer service ears weren't turned on. Young man, I don't care that your restaurant was about to close for the day. WHEN YOU ARE IN PUBLIC SERVICE, THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT. NO MATTER IF THEY ARE NAUGHTY OR NICE. I WAS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 7 YEARS. Probably won't go back. And to add insult to injury, old decrepit inept Uncle FJB, has caused such price hikes this meal was nearly double the price from last year. Grand total $33.00. Robert Weldon Jr read more

This is my new favorite southern home style restaurant. Walking in you are greeted by numerous people. We were quickly seated, even on a super busy Sunday afternoon. Our waitress was very knowledgeable about the ingredients of all the entrees. Our glasses were never empty. Even if our waitress was busy, another one would fill our cups. The food itself was very flavorful and bountiful. The prices were very reasonable. I highly suggest the Swiss mushroom chicken and the grilled tilapia. read more

The food was very good. We were served fast and the waiter was attentive. Definitely recommend!

Very friendly service! Wonderful home style food. I ordered vegan, the vegetable plate. Your choice of five hot vegetables or three vegetables and a dinner salad. I had the three vegetables and a dinner salad. Mine included spiced cinnamon apples, mashed red potatoes and gravy, and roasted butternut squash. our child had the mac & cheese, corn and cinnamon apples. My spouse had the red beans and rice option. The food was delicious. Very friendly service. Quiet family type place. We were just passing through but thoroughly impressed!! read more

Service slow. No bread. Lettuce on salad was yellow and wilted. Baked potato was dry. Flies buzzing around my head.

Elijah's is probably one of the best places to eat in Woodville and the surrounding area for sure! They do home cooked country cooking here and they do it well! I have been here a handful of times because well they are always open and like I said the best option. My most recent visit I got the meatloaf. I specifically chose this because it was a $6.99 entree option and when you check in on yelp there is a deal where you buy one $6.99 entree get the second for 50% off. Steve H also got the meatloaf. I got mine with red beans and rice and mashed potatoes. Anytime I order meatloaf at a restaurant I fell like I am taking a chance. It's a chance of something horrible or a chance of something amazingly delicious. In this case it was a good chance. The meat load had a red sauce almost stew like on top of the meatloaf and it was great! Both sides were delicious! I can tell everything here is homemade like it came out of my grandma's kitchen! I have also had the chicken fried steak and chicken fried chicken on previous visits and they are also fried perfectly to a crisp. The service at Elijah's was far above and beyond as well. Our server was a young man, maybe high school age or late teens for sure and he was totally on top of his game. The manager on duty was awesome too! I saw him make the rounds in the restaurant at least 2 times and he did not hesitate to help out the servers if they needed it. He was definitely setting a great example for the younger employees. If you are in the area looking for a great meal then Elijah's is your best bet! They are literally as good as it get when it comes to southern home cooking. read more

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This was my first visit here, even though I have lived in Woodville for nearly two years. On a Sunday between lunch and dinner (3:00-4:00pm) we decided to give Elijah's Cafe a try since practically every other dining establishment, besides fast food, was closed on Sunday (Senor Toro, Captain Ron's). In many small towns such as Woodville, many businesses are closed on Sunday so that owners can be with their families and have a day of rest. The parking lot had about four cars and we wondered if they were even open. We were greeted warmly once inside and were seated in a booth. While being seated I noticed a couple eating catfish and the proportions looked very generous and well presented. The interior decor was country rustic, yet was very clean and inviting. I could imagine the place during peak hours and how grand the noise level could escalate to as there were no walls or separators in the main dining room to break up the sound. My dining partner and I both ordered the small Chicken-Fried Steak. Even being the small size, the steak nearly covered 1/2 of our plate. You can order two side dishes from the menu to accompany your entree but also please be aware of the daily vegetable selection posted over the kitchen, behind the counter. Had I noticed this earlier, or was told about the daily vegetable selection, my selection would have been different. I ordered baked squash and cinnamon apples, both which tasted like homemade and were delicious. Our Chicken-fried steaks were relatively standard and not overly seasoned. The batter was golden and was amazingly crisp, even beneath the covering of white gravy. The plating could have been done a bit more neat as any turn of plate left me licking gravy off my finger but otherwise was presented well. I was pleasantly surprised upon checking in with Yelp, that a 50% off coupon was available to use on a second entree with the purchase of one over $6.99. Quite a good deal! The coupon had some typos on it that needed clarification from the waitress, whom in turn had to clarify from management. It all worked out in the end. Apparently Woodville is not technology inclined so not many people were aware of the coupon to begin with. All in all my partner and I had a good dining experience. The food was as good as expected but did not stand above any other place I have been to. I don't know why it took me so long to stop into this place (maybe the one negative comment from 1 of 2 reviewers), but I will definitely be returning in the near future to try other menu items. I hope this review encourages you to at least stop in. read more

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After spending hours in traffic returning from Louisiana, we were cranky and getting hungry. Can't remember if it was the sis or brother-in-law who had pointed out this place to us previously but takeout from Elijah's hit the spot perfectly. Here's what we ordered: Grilled pork chop with fried okra and broccoli Chicken fried steak with rice and mashed potatoes Fried pork chops with squash casserole and collard greens Hamburger steak with squash casserole and carrots Meat loaf with collard greens and fried okra Chicken steak over rice with mashed potatoes and corn And thanks to a yelp check-in offer, we got 50% off 2nd entrees! read more