Us Northerners chuckle at the different laid back business service in the South. Open at 6 am can mean "..or whenever...6:15". We pulled into the restaurant at 6 am to dark and after parking for about 10 min. Drive to the back of the restaurant to ask someone sitting in a car if the restaurant was open. They stated, yeah-6 am. Then noticed it was going on 6:15 am and threw out there...or whenever Pat shows up..any minute now. It was slow going through the whole process but everyone was friendly and the food was good. My husband had the pancakes and sausage. He said it was good-pretty hard to screw up pancakes. I had an everything omelette that was tasty. I had the biscuits and gravy for my toast selection. The biscuits were light and fluffy and the gravy ok. I probably should of added a pinch of salt. This is a small town and you can tell this a a local favorite. We were passing through but I would stop off again if I. The area. read more

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Oh my god it is SO GOOD my family is so happy with the service. Food wise they have a daily special and they also have a permanent menu, and the pancakes are deeeeeeelicious. read more

Was in town for business and was hungry. So I look up diner and pat's cafe popped up. So I decided to try it out the servers were amazing never let my coffee get below a half of cup. I order my food came out in the matter of ten minutes. It was delicious. When I am back in town I will be visiting pat's again . I will send anyone that I know that is in town to this diner. Amazing food and amazing service!!!! read more

Pat's Cafe - Bologna and eggs with biscuit and homemade gravy - New American Near Me - Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

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Good breakfast place. Fresh cooked with killer biscuits. Both times I have been here it was full. Service was attentive, but slow if you don't speak up. Probably due to the crowd. If you are in a big truck. Parking behind big lots. Thier parking lot is small and tight. . read more

I was wondering exactly when this.place is open...me and my wife went in on a Saturday before. 12 noon and the lady said we would have to leave because they were closed and there we're people in there eating..and her rude behavior wasn't appropriate either...so we left without saying anything to the lady....How can you operate a business and have a attitude like that.... read more

Love going here. Great hometown atmosphere. Good food is a plus. Breakfast and lunch only

Pats Cafe is one of my favorite places to eat! They also catered a party for us and the food was awesome! Great people and great place to eat! read more

Always been friendly and a enjoyable place to eat. The staff is curious and a pleasant to be around foodbis always good and fresh would recommend it to any one who likes the café stylebfood read more

In the area early for business, so went Pat's Cafe for breakfast after reading the Yelp! reviews. Oh My! One star is too high! (Attention: 6 picture posted by user "Holly W" are not related with this establishment. Be aware of this, if you were attracted by those photos, like myself. ) We ordered 2 coffee, two omelette (come with biscuit and gravy), country ham, hash browns, bacon strips, and French toast. The southern omelette is a pre-cooked egg shell, with uncooked veg mix and diced ham thrown on the shell, and fold. The cheese they used, is some cheapest sandwich cheese, slightly melt and mix with tomato juice, so it just looks like some throw-up. The tomato (from a can), green pepper and ham are all cold. The whole thing is just grossss. See pic. Negative 2-star. Biscuit is from bisquik bag mix and also uncooked inside, a small chunk of some wet flour sticked to the back of my teeth for a long, long time. Negative 3-star. Gravy is straight plain glue, no flavor, no butter, just slight salted luke-warm glue. I added black pepper, it didn't help. Negative 3-star. Country ham....can not have a half order like most other breakfast places; it is pre-cooked and then browned a little upon an order, very salty and tastes salty only, not cooked properly (should add some brown sugar and mix w/hot water to simmer the ham for a few minutes, then finish with slightly brown. To pre-cook ham in quantity is okay, but at least, pre-cook ham in the right way ok?). 1-star. Bacon is alright...guess it is difficult to mess up with bacon. Not awesome, but alright. So 3-star. Bacon cheese omelette is eatable, maybe a 2-star. This is the only eatable and filling item. 2 of us ordered $26 worth of breakfast food, so we are not eating cheap, nor just had some bad luck and ordered the wrong things. Ok this made us didn't leave too hungry so bump it to 3-star. Coffee mugs are huge, so if you don't drink it super fast, you will have half mug of cold coffee constantly. 1-star. Waitress comes to ask "if you need more coffee" with empty hands. 0-star. Hash browns are plain and eatable, 2-star. French toast....lack of egg, my max guess is: dipped in a thin layer of boxed egg beater. 1-star. That is about all that we ordered, left almost one omelette, one country ham and 2 biscuit and gravy, untouched, on the plates. Waited for a long time to get a bill, nobody came. We went to the cashier, and helped the staff to figure out our orders and paid $26.xx. Negative 2-star again for the waiting person lack of attention and service. Nobody apologized, guess it is normal. Still left a $2 tip. We usually tip 25% for decent service and food. In all, we sure will not come back. The parking lot and restaurant are both almost full on this rainy Tuesday morning, so they must be a very very popular place. One review said it is owned by 3 generations from the same family. But, the food quality is amAzingly...poor. Thought there would be some grandma-touch on the food...nah... Cooking breakfast is not rocket science. At home, I cook the whole family awesome biscuit and gravy, mouth watering country ham, fluffy and moist omelette, heart warming French toasts, etc, for Saturday breakfast; and they are look good and taste good from my first try, and I am an immigrant from Asia...., we don't have any of these in our cuisine. I read from Internet then duplicate what I had read and voila! So to tell from my experience,cooking a good American traditional breakfast is Not rocket science....come on, where has the good ol' southern breakfast gone, where did the grandma biscuit and gravy go?? read more

Pat's Cafe - New American Near Me - Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

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Ehhhh this is a real southern redneck greasey diner not my kind of vibe the smell of second hand cigarette smoke was strong inside the restaurant where people including the waiting staff are right outside the door smoking cigarettes stepping out of the way for customers to come in and clouds of cigarette smoke plume inside, then our waitress makes it worse every time she comes to our table she reminded me of that dirty character from Charlie Brown with the dirt cloud surrounding him, well our waitress had a cloud of stale nasty cigarette smoke around her. It's the first time I hoped our waitress didn't come back to our table read more

This place is busy as hell. They tell you take a seat and what do you want to drink. Takes awhile to get back to you but the food came quickly. Fish was awesome like and flaky. Potato's tasted like instant. Corn fritters were also very good. As was everything else. We'll be back. read more

I've been coming to Pat's cafe for more than 20 years. I love this place. I usually get a cheeseburger with a side of ranch, but for those of you who haven't tried chocolate gravy, if you get there early enough on the weekend, you're in for a treat. I have and always will love Pat's cafe. If you're in Lawrenceburg looking for diner-style eating, definitely check it out! read more

Don't let poor reviews persuade you to not try this place. Stopped in for breakfast. We had the all meat omelette and wife had two eggs with hash brows and bacon. All was good and served promptly. Coffee was great. This is your typical small town family restaurant that takes pride in their service and food. Lots for locals in the place. Everyone was friendly and inviting. read more

Not many places you can get a great breakfast for under $10. If I'm ever in the area I'll go back.

Family owned restaurant that is known for their hamburgers. My parents loved the hamburgers which are thinner than I like them. It was good but not great. Service was incredible. read more

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Stopped here with my grandfather while traveling. Food was above average but nothing special. One of the better places in town though for sure. Gravy was a bit too thin for my liking but was smooth with a nice buttery flavor. Would go back but wouldn't go out of my way to eat here read more

My sister and I were in Lawrenceburg for my Nephews baseball tournament, and found this place, Food was awesome, and the people were friendly. Would eat here again. read more

Found this place just by looking for best breakfasts in Lawrenceburg , TN. Food was fantastic. Portions are huge. We could not eat it all. If you are in this area you should definitely give it a try! read more

There food is the bomb if I got paid everyday I will so be there for morning and noon and dinner time great food food serves

2015 does not accept credits, cmon! Service was good, but food was below average. Very slim on the choices and 3/4 of menu choices we're tired and unoriginal fried foods. Would not recommend or return. read more

The food was nothing to write home about and the service was okay for the time of day.

My waitress smiley Teresa, an owner, told me the food can be described as "down home" and I agree. It is tasty simple country cooking. I like that it has been owned and operated for 20 years by a combination of three generations of the same family. Open all the time, it seems--hours most days are from 5:30am to 10pm. At 10pm most of this little town rolls up for the night. read more

The owner whom has an unusual cowboy hat with a rattlesnake wrapped around his hat is very nice. You will mostly see him at nite. The one thing that separate him from others is he gives all children a gift. His ribeye steaks are awesome! My girlfriend and I try to get they as much as we can. Prices ok check this out two thick ribeye steaks baked potato and salad for 20 dollars! Cheap! For two love it read more

This ONLY draw back I had was that they did not take Credit Cards and we have a family of 8... I heard this week that they now accept them! YEAH!!! read more

It's a diner type place with decent diner type food and nice people.

Good food! Good price! Order tea though if you drink alot with your meals because soda is sold by the can!

I ate breakfast at Pat's Cafe several mornings during a recent trip and was not disappointed. There is nothing fancy about Pat's; however, the food was tasty and quickly prepared. This cafe seems to cater to local folks since it is located about a block off the main north-south road through town (US 43). I found it through Yelp and decided to try it because it opened at 5:00 AM (except Sunday). I tried the "three meat" omelet one morning and the western omelet the next morning. Both were tasty, but I think I like the western better. The omelet was served with biscuits and gravy or toast. No question -- get the biscuits. Would I eat there again -- You betcha. My kinda place! read more

Great food, wonderful service, good country environment and everyone is nice and I have no complaints but they really need to get with the times and get to accepting credit and debt cards like everyone else. read more

An old Lawrenceburg cafe in a newer location. I would describe Pat's as a very country, home style restaurant. The food, for the well-healed traveler, isn't that great and the service is not the friendliest I've ever encountered. Although the food is inexpensive and affordable for the less than picky. read more

Ok service but food was mediocre all five times I went.... Tried different menu items each time with no luck.

the absolute best meatloaf i've ever had!!! even beats boston markets meatloaf. the mashed potatoes are devine, the squarsh caserole and the broccoli caseroles are better than my grand mother used to make. the rolls are as fresh as you can get. em read more