We love the Mabank. We are in there at least once a week for either breakfast or lunch. Friendly service and good food at reasonable prices. Don't forget to ring the bell on the way out! read more

Every Saturday morning they have an all you can eat buffet. The new manager removed the apple filling, pancakes and waffles. I loved the all you could eat waffles. BTW You can get a single order of pancakes/waffles but you have to know to ask. The regular menu is good overall. Price is decent. read more

The food was good, but the service was the issue. I never complain on here. But the service today was truly an issue. Worst customer service I've had in a restaurant. They were not that busy and had 4 girls on hand. Waited 45 minutes to be checked out, no apologies, very rude waitresses. Don't come here if you don't intend to stay. read more

Much better now than they had been ... Very affordable... Brunch for three today wa $38. The food was terrific, also a little salty for us... That's a preference issue ... Nice service, atmosphere with really good food. read more

The folks at the Mabank Cafe redirected the tone of the morning.... What a wonderful spirit, nice ol' small town feel.....Christian radio softly setting the vibe for the place and patrons... Food was just like i had hoped..... cause you never know ........ But, Dang good. Simple breakfast....but dang good !.... Ladies were attentive and kept the coffee cup full. Kind & considerate to this ol' chunk of coal customer passing through on a workday morning. I'll look forward to getting back here sometime. read more

Good buffet, has Texas size Belgian waffles to make yourself. Needed fresher biscuits, don't get off bottom. read more

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We stopped around noon for catfish lunch special. This is a great deal and we love the onion rings here. We have had nothing but great service and kind and attentive staff. It is a cafe, not a 5 star dress code restaurant. For a cafe with nice atmosphere we like eating lunch here. I saw a review commenting on the fee for using a CC, and I understand, I do not like paying a fee either, but they are charged so pass it along. I suppose it may be good for a restaurant to increase prices by 5% to everyone then charge the same. I guess a restaurant could increase prices by 5%, then give those paying cash a discount. so no fee :) read more

Food was very good and service was good as well. I don't like businesses charging a fee when using a credit card. In this case the upcharge was 3.83 percent of the bill and I believe the fee was also applied to the tax! I will not eat here again or any other place that is charging this fee. I questioned the upcharge and the cashier told me it is happening everywhere and they don't have a choice! That is TOTAL BS, each business makes the decision to charge the transaction fee. I may not have as many choices on where to eat but I DO HAVE A CHOICE and will support the restaurants not applying the fee. If they need more money just increase the price on the menu. read more

Went there for the first time this morning. They were very busy. (They had a big group in the back) even though they were slammed the servers kept up. Our food was hot and very good. They even have a breakfast buffet. Our server was very sweet. Will definitely go back. read more

My family and I really enjoyed our breakfast at this quaint country diner. Service was polite and responsive and the food was solid. read more

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Great reasonable price food. Make sure you get the onion rings, they're great. Service was fast and the server was very nice.

This is one of the greatest restaurants!! I have been coming here for 10 years and it has only gotten better! Spectacular service as well as a warm smile to welcome you in! read more

absolutely amazing down home country cafe. April is amazing, they are all good Christian people and super friendly. I highly recommend this place. read more

This little Cafe serves a great breakfast! It's a small place. Not too crowded. The waitress was very nice and she kept the coffee coming! I'm new to Mabank and I'll be going back for lunch and dinner. read more

Great fried catfish. Not sure what they use for seasoning but it's delicious. The sides are excellent too.

Poor poor everything. Poor service, poor coffee, poor food management. Got here at 12:45, an hour later not seeing our food or much of our waitress. Had to have a different one get us a refill and tell us our food would "be right out" 30 minutes ago. They ran out of cornbread and catfish early one (it takes 20 minutes to make more cornbread, hello). Hearing other people around us complain that they have never had to wait so long for their food before. The waitresses aren't wearing masks, not a single one, despite website saying people had to, and the coffee is so thin it is light brown, not dark. We walked out after the manager said our ticket had only shown it was put in 16 minutes ago. Waitress fail, believed by the manager. Okay, scratch it off the list... read more

It's a blessing to come home. Especially to a place that hasn't changed a bit - in the best ways. I walked in on Memorial Day weekend - ight as Texas was lessening restrictions. I heard there were very few cases in Van Zandt/Kaufman/Henderson Counties, so I decided to stop in. As I recalled when I used to frequent this place more than 8 years ago, this place was quiet as could be. It was "seat yourself," and the tables were quite spread out. I noticed white poster board on the wall, and was told that was the "touch-free menu." On another wall was another, and it had breakfast foods. Fortunately, at 2PM on a Saturday, they had both. I noticed a man and his wife staring at me, but went on my way about my business. Browsing, and eventually ordering biscuits and gravy (no meat) and hash browns. The waitress served me very casually. No suggestions or comments. That was okay though. Despite the menu being written on poster board written in Sharpie, I recognized every item. I waited but a short time, looking at the Mabank Football paraphernalia and goofy signs. It was nice. I felt like I was indeed home. The food arrived and it was exactly as I remember. The place has always had dodgy hours, strange peaks and a menu that never changes, but go in and you will get a piece of Mabank's small town, slow living charm. As I went to pay, the man that was looking at me went to the register. It was the owner, Victor I soon realized. "You're that guy, right? The one who worked at Vetoni's? I heard you moved away. I wondered where and how you were. Good to see you!" It meant a lot, amid the chaos and strange times, to come back home to a place and time, seemingly untouched. read more

Wife and I were looking for a Sunday breakfast spot serving traditional southern feasts with a smile. We think we found our leading candidate. The building is nondescript. And the interior is bright and simple. Our waitress was very nice but clearly does not believe in masks. Service was slowish but we were not in a hurry and the staff were super friendly. Breakfast is not the hardest meal to prepare but still surprisingly few get it right. Our eggs were cooked to our specifications side dishes were all good. But as i write this several weeks later, I cannot for the life of me remember what either of us ordered. Either it wasn't memorable or was memorable for being decent food at great prices. I know we will be back and next time so let's agree the former is a more accurate opinion. I know not to wait so long to write a review. read more

Great Place in town. Has that old school feel, homemade flavor. Prices are more than reasonable and the service is just like mom's house.

I know this is the popular place in town, but unfortunately our only encounter here ended with food poisoning from meat. I really want to try it again but am so nervous to. Given how popular they are I don't think its a common occurrence. read more

Mabank Cafe use to be a great place with great food and service. Key there is "used to be." My wife and I went there almost a year ago and it wasn't good but I figured a year later, maybe it had improved. I was wrong. Server gave us two orange juices and two waters as we ordered. No straws. I asked for straws and only got two instead of four. The food is sub-par. I ordered biscuits and gravy to go for my father who has cancer and can't easily leave the house. I got the ticket and there was an extra dollar fee. I asked the server what it was for and was told it's for the to go container. I've never been to a restaurant that charged for a to go container. I've managed restaurants, my wife has managed restaurants, my dad owned a restaurant. Again, never heard of being charged for a to go container. Her excuse was that the cost of styrofoam went up. Sam's has 125 containers for $17, so try again in that one. To make matters worse, we live less than a half mile from the restaurant and when we got home the biscuits were already hard as rocks. The good people of Mabank deserve better service and food. We got better service when the post office was in that building. read more

Delicious. I came for the brunch (at 6am)..great selection hot eggs biscuits n gravy pancakes waffles potatoes and every breakfast meat! A hearty breakfast. Clean country type diner. read more

The food is awesome and staff is on key but I have to share one big downfall. They let people in their that put church stuff all over the table and they interrupt your meal to ask for donations. I'm cool with God is good but not while I'm with my family trying to enjoy a night out. This guy actually went into detail on how they take in drug users / prostitution ..... I'm like dude, we have kids at the table and this not the place.. If the owners read this please know I'll probably come back for the homecoming but if another one of your holy rollers interrupts my meal I'm gonna definitely not return again. Thanks , A. Brian Smith read more

Great little place to get breakfast and it's served till noon. The biscuits were home made "Not Frozzen". I ate the Wild Hog Omelet. Pretty good stuffed with lots of meat. It your passing through its worth the stop. read more

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We enjoyed the food and the service was good and everyone was friendly. My first thoughts were uneasy and the structure needs HELP. The celling needs replaced and you don't want to take someone there for a special celebration or meeting. It is just an old home place. The price is good and the friendly staff help balance out the negative. We ordered off the menu read more

When we moved to Gun Barrel City, we tried every restaurant we could find. This place was just OK. Nothing special and everyone was staring at my husband & made him feel very uncomfortable (he has a beard and kinda looks ethnic). I think there's smoking allowed too, if I'm not mistaken. Pretty gross. The place felt ANCIENT, like it hadn't been updated since it opened. Like most places out here, they don't have fresh real food, just mostly fried or from a can. VERY hard to eat healthy in Mabank/GBC. Not for young people who may look different than your average east Texan. read more

Great little country restaurant . Good service. Good breakfast and great catfish. On Saturday and Sunday they have a breakfast buffet. Good prices read more

Mabank Cafe - Saturday and Sunday they have a breakfast buffet. Nice country food - American Near Me - Mabank, Texas

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Great place for dinner on the way to Scout camp in Athens as well as Sunday breakfast on the way back. Catfish and salad bar are a good choice on a Friday during Lent. read more

This place is NOT TO BE missed while in the area. Took the grandkids there for dinner and was well satisfied with the Menu, Service and Food. The owner Victor is almost always present to oversee service and quality of food. It is on our list of MUST DO's when in the area. Don't miss the Buffet on Saturdays, hard to beat the food or price. read more

Very unfriendly and unprofessional staff and service. Went there for breakfast. Upon entry I was ignored for 8 min. Once seated, no one came to take my order. Anytime I tried to get someone's attention, they said someone else is going to take my order. I felt an uncomfortable feeling that I was not welcome there. I finally left after 20 min of waiting. Horrible unprofessional and perhaps bias people. read more

I can't believe this is the first review of the Mabank Cafe -- where has everybody been?!? This place is special to my wife and me for a specific reason: after leaving Texas for a couple absolutely miserable years in Wheeling, WV (don't ask, it was horrible), we finally returned, and on the day we were to take possession of our just-bought lakefront home, we arrived a little early, so we stopped for breakfast at the first place we saw after exiting US 175 -- the Mabank Cafe. This is a locally-owned, family friendly place that serves some of the best southern home cooking you will ever find, and that is saying a lot out here in small-town Texas. We tend to visit for breakfast but the whole menu is a wonderful collection of culinary Americana. The Mabank Cafe is also a favorite with locals. There is absolutely nothing fancy about the place -- linoleum flooring, Texas dance hall-style corrugated steel covering the lower half of cinderblock walls, a suspended ceiling that has seen better days, and a collection of fading B&W photos of old-time Mabank that would be a lot more interesting if they each had some caption underneath them to explain what we're looking at. But the home cooking is great, prepared from scratch by experienced hands using fresh ingredients. My fav is the "Wild Pig" -- an omelet with ham, bacon AND sausage. Can you say cholesterol? I knew you could. If you're from the Cedar Creek Lake area you probably already know the Mabank Cafe, but if you travel US 175 between Dallas and Athens, exit TX 198 for a change and check them out, they're only a minute south of the highway. read more

Best grilled cheese I have ever eaten. French fries are delicious. The bacon is perfect. Everyone else at my table said their plates were delicious also. One ordered chicken fried steak. Another ordered all- you- can- eat catfish and shrimp. They serve breakfast all day. Very reasonably priced. Friendly and attentive wait staff. Cute little hometown cafe. Will definitely be back!! read more

This is an awesome, and I do mean awesome place for food. The catfish is fried where you don't get a bottom fish taste at all and the service is always great. This is a small cafe with great talent, my favorite place after church. Oh ps, try the chicken fried steak it is soooooo good. Thank you so much Mabank Cafe you all rock!! read more

Went to mañana for lunch on a saturday. Cute cafe was busy but not overly so. The wife and I ordered a chicken fried steak and a hamburger steak and then shared both meats. Both were delicious. The sides were fresh and hot as well. A great stop for lunch if you are in the cedar creek area read more

We stopped for lunch today and ordered the lunch special which was chicken fried steak with sides. The meat was so tough and full of gristle that it was not edible. We notified management of the issue and were told nothing would be done. We have eaten breakfast at this little café previously without problems. After today, never again. McDonalds is a more viable option. If you want slow service, a long wait for your food, horrible meat quality, and unresponsive employees and/or ownership, this is your place. In a word, YUK! read more

Waitress threw food down and ran back to her area to check her phone..... another employee was sweeping around and under our table "WHILE WE WERE EATING" - food was ordinary read more

This is a great hometown restaurant with a wide variety on their menu. I cant speak for any meal other than breakfast, but it's good. We've been a few times. Today me and my 9 year old went. She had the breakfast buffet and Inhad breakfast burritos. Mine was great! She seemed to enjoy hers for the most part but was disappointed by the pancakes. She got one with some eggs, sausage, and a biscuit. She ate everything leaving the pancake for last. When she tried to eat it, it was hard. I told her to get another one thinking it was because it had gotten cold. It was hard too. I couldnt cut through it. Overall, I recommend this place. I would just recommend ordering pancakes off the menu if that's really what you want. read more

This place is really a good little home cooking kinda place....love hometown feel and home cooked meals

Stopped here for breakfast one morning service was great, food was great, and can't complain about the price fair and good amount of good also will stop again if I'm in the area read more

Great local restaurant. Love their chicken fried steak and fried catfish. If you are still hungry for breakfast at lunch their chicken fried steak and eggs are perfect. The service is always friendly and you must try their fried green beans! read more