My first visit. Had heard good things. I must've hit on an "off" day. Server struggled with timeliness. First coffee not hot. Extended wait for food. Ordered poached eggs medium. They were very runny. Pancakes barely warm and appeared not fresh and hot off griddle. Served without syrup. By the time syrup arrived, they were cold. Bacon was good. Like I said, maybe an off day. It was a Sunday 11am, and busy but no wait at door. May try again since most reviews are positive. read more

I asked why a wall that used to be covered with pictures was now empty and gave the place an abandoned vibe. I was told new owners took over in Nov 2022 (this review is from Mar 2023). I am surprised the new owners haven't done anything with the wall to make the place more appealing. At least put ip new paint or wallpaper or something. The food was okay. I had a Meat Meat Meat. Now, being all meat I was expecting the omelette could be a little greasy. I wasn't expecting enough grease that I could have lubed up a automobile garage. Only ate a portion of the food. My guests ate their food and said it was "fine". I personally feel that other than the grease on my omelette, the ambiance is what really brought down the experience. read more

Wait staff needs lots of training! Sweet young girl but needs to pay attention to customers. Had to walk up to counter to get refill on coffee, she was too busy reading something. Breakfast came out with just bacon and eggs, no potatoes or toast. She thought only wanted bacon and eggs. Cute place but that will not make it successful. read more

I had the MEAT, MEAT, MEAT burrito (steak, bacon, sausage, egg, and I got light cheese) and it was both mouth-watering and scrumptious! The sauce is flavorful, fresh, and fit for a king! Staff and owner are very sweet and the coffee is everything read more

Rising Sun Cafe - MEAT, MEAT, MEAT burrito (steak, bacon, sausage, egg, and I got light cheese), yummy!! - Cafes Near Me - Denton, Texas

With friendly service, Rising Sun Cafe cooked up a nice breakfast for 11 of us. The food was plentiful and tasty. The avocado, tomato melt was mouthwatering! Excellent. And their iced salted caramel latte made with almond milk was decadent. I highly recommend! read more

The service was wonderful. Kind and welcoming!! I got a hot honey lavender latte and it was phenomenal. Also a bacon, avocado, tomato omelette was so delicious!!! read more

This is a safe spot for breakfast. Very well priced and something for everyone. My initial thought is not much flavor from the items we ordered this time. I got the sausage egg muffin with hashbrowns and my partner got the pulled pork burrito. I asked for cheese on the hashbrowns and a very small amount was put on. The food was more on the bland side so I asked for their house salsa which helped elevate the experience. The pulled pork in the burrito was more flavorful. Cirilo is an incredible server. We sat at the bar top and he was super attentive. We loved chatting with him. While talking, we met new owner Michelle. I have so much hope for the business after hearing what her and her husband have planned!! She shared that their coffee menu will be more robust. You can typically order coffee or a basic latte, but they plan to create a whole experience with various flavors. Mimosas are also in the works for the brunch experience a long with many more delicious menu items! I can't wait to check it out again once the new ownership gets acclimated. read more

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Bella did a great jobs with our table. The coffee was good, pancakes were fluffy, and it was a good breakfast. Thanks!!

It's a very cute hidden gem! Great for hang outs with friends and family, cozy atmosphere, and good food. Service was great and the people are so nice and welcoming. Would definitely recommend for a nice day out. :) read more

Great food and service! Staff and new owner were very attentive! Looking forward to going back and trying the lunch menu!

This little diner cafe is a hidden gem! The food was delicious, the atmosphere cozy, and the owner was incredibly kind and welcoming. You can really tell they care about their customers. I'll definitely be coming back! read more

I watched the owner help her customers into their car! The food and the service is amazing here please support them! read more

Rising Sun Cafe - The owner helped her customers into their the car what a wonderful act, they deserve our business. - Cafes Near Me - Denton, Texas

We love this place! The owner is extremely friendly and always goes out of her way to make you feel special The BLT is my absolute favorite thing to order. So much delicious, crispy bacon! Their specialty pancakes are also top-notch! Highly recommend! read more

There's absolutely no way all of these five star reviews are legit. I live right across the street from this place and was excited to see there was new management recently, as it sucked super bad before new management, but believe it or not they are way worse now. I've been twice since management change. The food sucks. The menu isn't great, and the prices have to be a joke... 2 eggs, 2 bacon, and 2 pancakes is $20!!!!!!! And it's not even anything to write home about. Beyond that I have had the absolute worst service and experience here every time I've gone. I went today and they got my order wrong TWICE, blamed it on them being busy (even though this place has 10 tables max and there was at least four servers working that I counted). The waitress left us sitting multiple times and we saw people come and go while we were still waiting for our food order to be taken. She literally messed up everything down to separating the bill and running cards. They did nothing to try and rectify their multiple errors. The manager brought my friend her food and I was still waiting for mine and he looked at us and asked us what he should do? Like what do you mean? You should go get my food?! He also told us he's always having to babysit his wait staff which felt super unprofessional and embarrassing for him... if you have to babysit your wait staff there is a larger problem. The other time I went we actually got up and left because they brought our drinks in filthy cups that had finger print and lipstick stains on them. No idea how this place gets any business. Crap service. Crap food. Crap prices. Zero cleanliness. read more

The food is definitively worth the price and tastes great. The service is wonderful and the owners are gems. The atmosphere definitely ties the whole place together. Also they have a drive through which is pretty neat-o read more

I recently discovered this little gem. Had a lot of meetings near by and to beat traffic I would often leave early and have time to stop here and have breakfast and coffee. Michelle and her staff are great and all have been very sweet and excellent service. They also feature local artists work that you can purchase. This really adds to the vibe in here and helps the local art community. It's breakfast type foods which are hard to mess up. I highly recommend coming here. read more

We LOVE this hidden gem! It's our favorite breakfast place but they have amazing lunch dishes as well. And, they are thinking about opening for dinner! Definitely come try it and you will not be disappointed! read more

What a great find in Denton. Food is delicious and service was great. Not your everyday breakfast, everything is next level. Best latte I've had in a long time, maybe ever. Kid friendly read more

I love eating here. Lately it's been a few times a month. The staff is so nice and food is delicious.

The Haystack dish made a beautiful picture but the taste was lacking. Start with the hash browns. Not too bad with salt and ketchup. Sausage gravy lacked Sausage, flavor, and consistency. Eggs were lost and probably better ordered fried. Menu said home made biscuits. Well ok but mine was dry and crumbly. Service was outstanding but unfortunately food disappointing. read more

Rising Sun Cafe - Haystack - Cafes Near Me - Denton, Texas

Friendly service every time! The food is amazing, the menu has so many options and the atmosphere is always welcoming and clean. read more

We went during rush hour on a Saturday around noon. For how short-staff they were, they made sure to hustle through. The food and coffee were really good. They have art everywhere which is nice. The only thing that was inconvenient was waiting, but again, it was during rush hour. read more

Rising Sun Cafe - Cafe Affogato - Cafes Near Me - Denton, Texas

Slow service. Took too long to be waited upon and it was a slow day. Food wasn't hot when delivered to the table. Toast was stale, it was like eating a crouton. Not coming back and cannot recommend. read more

What a great find on our visit to Denton. Great food, very friendly and quick service, and nice ambience! Julie was our server and took great care of us. Highly recommend! read more

My friend had the pulled pork sandwich with the salad and the raspberry vinaigrette. She said it was very good. I got the regular house burger with fries. It was really good. The waitress, was Very kind and helpful. She went out of her way to make sure we had everything we needed. Yes, I will go back again. Thank you. read more

Love this place! The owner is so sweet and caring! Everyone working their is friendly and hard working, the food is delicious and their chai lattes are yum! The owner also puts up art to help out local artists, so theirs always pretty picture and paintings to view and purchase! read more

came across this cafe randomly one day and it's now my go-to spot for breakfast! my meal was delicious, the service was amazing, and the workers and the owner are so kind and really make you feel like you're taken care of. nice ambiance as well! read more

Rising Sun Cafe - two eggs over medium, with a side of toast, hashbrowns, sausage, and bacon - Cafes Near Me - Denton, Texas

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The best place to get brunch in town. We love to bring people here. Michelle is the best!

This is a hidden gem. The breakfast is great. I hD the pulled pork burrito that's a 12" tortilla that is stuffed with goodies and under $5.00 ! Lots of cool local art work on the walls that are fun to look at as well. Clean restrooms Good service Great food Fantastic prices What's not to like ? read more

Rising Sun Cafe - Dining area - Cafes Near Me - Denton, Texas

We have been to Rising Sun several times. The food is always cooked to perfection, all tasty dishes. The staff and owners are so kind. We love it here! read more

So happy we found this gem! First time here and it was delicious! Potatoes, bacon, sausage, Belgian waffle, all so so good! We will definitely be back! read more

Amazing food, amazing coffee, and amazing service! I would come back here every time we come to Denton/Dallas area. I had the bacon, tomato, avocado omelette and it was phenomenal. Their cinnamon roll pancakes taste like you're eating the middle of a cinnamon roll with each bite. They also have local art on the wall for sale. Such a cute spot!! read more

In one of our many drives to Oklahoma and back we decided to find a new breakfast place in route. The Rising Sun was a great diversion and had awesome staff. I really enjoyed that they had a table below all the artwork with to/go containers and more coffee cream if you wanted extra. The food was enjoyable and all the coffee cups came in to go foam containers that they offered lids for at the end so we could take them with us when we're ready to leave. I really love the feature of self service. I had the 2 egg breakfast with eggs over easy their homemade sausage and hashbrowns. It was fantastic. Another member had a mushroom Swiss burger with okra and it was really cooked perfect and great seasoning. The sausage burrito was really good And so was the haystack. I highly recommend this place that is small but exactly what we were looking for. read more

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We were looking for a restaurant that served breakfast this morning, we stumbled across this place on the internet close to home. There was no waiting to be seated, service was great, and so was the food!! Definitely recommend to family and friends. read more

Excellent food! We frequent another business across from them but wanted to try something different. The biscuits and gravy are fantastic and the shoe string crunchy hash browns are so yummy! We went 2 days in a row for breakfast! Will be coming here more often now! read more

I just stopped here today with my family. I got the haystack which is biscuits, gravy, eggs, hashbrowns and it was really good. The pancakes were good too. The food and service were really good. This is a small cafe style setting and it wasn't even half full on a Sunday at 12:30. We had tried to to go to Old West Cafe and it had a an hour wait. No thanks. So we found The Rising Sun. One wall is covered in portrait paintings that's really neat. The waitress we had was really friendly and very attentive. She made sure our glasses never ran low and checked on us several times as well as another server. Great service all around. The food is really good here. I mean it's breakfast but they do have burgers and other things. So as far as the breakfast goes it's good. It's tucked back in the shops right off Unicorn Lake. Easy to get in and out of with no hassle. It's nice because living close makes this a great little cafe to go to when I don't want to deal with the crowds at other larger restaurants. Sometimes small cafes have their appeal and charm and this one does. Will definitely be going back. read more

Rising Sun Cafe - Haystack - Cafes Near Me - Denton, Texas

gone numerous times , staff is friendly they greet you as soon as you walk in , and say bye once you leave , feels like home , the food is delicious , cinnamon roll pancakes are to die for ! read more

Rising Sun Cafe - avocado toast with a scrambled egg - Cafes Near Me - Denton, Texas

I had the cheesy grits bowl, unfortunately there was not enough cheese added for all the grits to be considered cheesy. Also the sausage and bacon added was not even a whole sausage or a whole piece of bacon. It was not very filling and I had to steal part of my wife's omelet which was pretty good. This was the first time and the last time I will order this. The waitress was very nice and attentive. read more

I love going through their drive through for breakfast sandwiches! Thick, high quality bacon. Freshly made biscuits and English muffins. Quality sausage. Unique PoBoy donuts, which are fried sticks of cinnamon and sugar coated crispy toast. They're greasy, but delicious. I normally receive good service. Their hours are pretty limited, but it's a great place for breakfast. read more

Super cute & delicious cafe! Friendly staff & has been one of our go to breakfasts places recently. read more

Rising Sun Cafe - Pulled Pork Burrito - Cafes Near Me - Denton, Texas

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