We ARE SO GLAD we chose The Rock Inn Restaurant for lunch on our way home from vacation. Bill got a chicken fried steak plate with fries, salad and gravy. I had a Hatch green chili burger and fries. We topped it off with a piece of cherry cheesecake. We met the owner who was very gracious and working in the kitchen. Our young waitress took good care of us. And the price for all this great service and food is as reasonable as a fast food restaurant. So, stop by the Rock Inn right on the highway in Memphis. There's plenty of parking and good food and service await! read more

No service! Waited 20 minutes and they never took our order so we left. Waitress who seated us was friendly though

Nice place to stop and have dinner. Some of the BEST gravy! I'd recommend giving it a try if you're driving through the area. read more

Traveling through to Dallas going to stay the night at the Old Towne RV Cotton Gin. Saw the reviews on this place decided to give it a try. We were very pleased. Easy pull into he large parking lot for our Motorhome & trailer. Staff were quick to take our order & helpful with answers to our questions. I had the Chicken fried steak with baked potato. Wife had the pork chop plate. Seasoning of the CFS was perfect. Pork chop was tender & delicious. Both were very good. Seating area was large, fun history on walls, good ambiance to eat in. You will not be disappointed in this great place read more

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Overall good BBQ, decent wait times and relaxing ambiance. Right off the highway so it's conscientious to fill the tank alongside the stomach! read more

Rock Inn Cafe - Great Rock Inn Rib Eye steak sandwich - Cafes Near Me - Memphis, Texas

The service is questionable, the food is really good. We did have to move tables because of the flies. You take care of the bug issue and you got a good place. read more

Family traveling by from a far distance and not too many options where to eat in this town. The environment was humid, not fast service, never asked if we wanted more coffee, food was ok, and restroom smelled like cigarettes. Would not be stopping again. read more

Driving through and stopped for a bite. Food was delicious, their onion rings were my favorite. We went early in the morning so it wasn't busy. Place was clean and warm. read more

Rock Inn Cafe - Their sign out front. - Cafes Near Me - Memphis, Texas

Good place to stop. We enjoyed the food and friendly atmosphere. Lots of locals made you feel welcome. Good prices.

We eat here because it's the only decent place between Wichita Falls and Amarillo. It's always had good service and great food. It's a local gathering place, too, with a nice atmosphere. This time we had a burger and a club sandwich, but we've had the chicken fried steak in the past as well as fried catfish. Always solid. read more

This Chicken fried steak is 100% handmade and I've never met its match in any other restaurant or diner. This one is by far the BEST! Service is above and beyond great. So happy we stopped for my best friends birthday. read more

Rock Inn Cafe - Chicken fried steak - Cafes Near Me - Memphis, Texas

When you're on your road trip and pass through Memphis Texas no matter what time of day it is I would recommend that you stop at the rock Inn Café. Our server was so sweet and kept my water full. When you walk in your greeted with a display case of pies. I couldn't wait to order coconut cream pie for my appetizer. That was the right move, and I had all you can eat catfish as my entrée. My wife had ribeye steak and a baked potato and we were both very happy with our choices. read more

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Been coming to this little cafe for years . Stopped in this evening to eat and wasn't 3 tables of customers . Ordered the chicken fried steak which was good but the service this time was terrible. My salads came out at the same time as my meal did and I just told her to keep it I wasn't going to eat it along whit my meal. I guess you just can't hire help anymore that has any common sense read more

I thought this place would be kickin, it wasn't. They only had another table of costumers when we arrived and they was already eating so we was a bit confused as to why it took forever for a waitress to show up. We ordered and waited and waited and I pulled that old truck of "I'll go to the bathroom so the food will arrive" and it did The menu said their country fried steak is what made them famous, we have to disagree. It was very tough and soaked with grease. The fries also drenched with grease and cold. I didn't even bother with the salad at that point. The waitress was very sweet and the inside was very clean. Just wasn't very happy with the food. read more

Driving through we stopped for breakfast. We both chose Papa's breakfast. $6.95 for two eggs, hash browns, toast and choice of bacon, ham or sausage patties. The toast was grilled, but could have used more butter and the hash browns could have been crispier but otherwise a delicious meal. Oh, I love salsa with my scrambled eggs and the salsa they serve was delicious. Definitely worth stopping. read more

Rock Inn Cafe - Breakfast after a few bites! - Cafes Near Me - Memphis, Texas

This is the second time we have stopped here as we passed Memphis. The first time it was dinner today it was lunch. We ordered the green chili burger which came with fries and the chicken salad on sourdough bread. My husband enjoyed his chicken salad my burger was basic but tasty. The fries were limp like noodles instead of fries. Not much to enjoy there. So if you stop be prepared to "sit a spell" they don't tend to be fast and a lot of locals eat there. Be sure to specify you want extra crunchy fries and maybe you'll have better luck than I did. Safe travels. read more

the food was under cook , nasty taste and the waitress smells that she smoke cigarettes, so bad , we were driving looking for a good restaurant and he found this one. read more

The pancakes were hands down top 5 I've ever had!! The chicken fried steak was absolutely delicious and top 1 I e ever had! The customer service was great and the atmosphere was great! read more

Rock Inn Cafe - Chicken Fried Steak - Cafes Near Me - Memphis, Texas

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Old school north Texas cowboy dining room. Head in here for a quick bite if you're between Amarillo and Dallas/FtWorth. Scenario: I was driving from Denver to Dallas and needed chow badly. I stopped here as it was an oasis in a desert of sand and big mother truckers. Much to my surprise they serve breakfast all day. As luck would have it, I eat breakfast all day. So I fired down steak and eggs at 4 in the afternoon. It was bad ass. read more

Rock Inn Cafe - It's steak and eggs of course... - Cafes Near Me - Memphis, Texas

I would not recommend this place to my worst enemy. Do not waste your money on this garbage. I would have given 0/5 if I could. Although it was almost empty, the restaurant was very LOUD. One customer was chasing her two children around the room as they screamed, and no staff said anything. The tables and bench seats at the booths are cold metal, which made sitting there very uncomfortable, especially because the building was also cold. The weather was in the low 50's outside, despite the weather being cold and rainy, the restaurant was frigid. The menu is fairly small, and all the items are fairly similar. The bathroom was dirty. The waitress brought out our food and I saw her BARE hands touch both my salad, and my steak (separate plates) because of the way she held the plate. Gross. I ordered the most expensive item on the menu, which was the ribeye, and it was completely inedible. I took 2 bites before completely giving up. I'm the polar opposite of a picky eater, if I give a restaurant a bad review, it's generally based on service, cleanliness, or prices. I'm not picky about food, so I almost never review based on food quality, as I'm not the best judge of bad food. I don't even bother sending food back if it comes out wrong, because I'm usually fine with it regardless. I cannot emphasize enough this was the worst meal I've had in my life, and that's including the time I got food poisoning from a Mexican restaurant. At least the Mexican place managed to make the food edible. The waitress asked how our food was, so we first told her everything we liked and what was good, then I told her my steak was terrible and I only took 2 bites. The intention of putting the positives first was to be polite, and to recognize what they did well, but she didn't seem to care what we said positive or negative. I expected her to offer me my money back, or at least offer to replace it with something else.... she didn't. She just said, "ok." No. It's not ok. read more

Rock Inn Cafe - This is how much of my steak I left behind. Essentially the entire thing. It was that bad. - Cafes Near Me - Memphis, Texas

Half price burgers on Thursday and some of the best onion rings I have ever had. If traveling on 287 to Amarillo stop in Memphis and eat here. Delicious read more

Great food and service! A nice find while traveling down 287. Fantastic homemade steak fingers and fries!

Stopped here on our way from Amarillo to Abilene and so glad we did. The chicken fried steak was amazing!! The best we've had in a long time, The prices were very good and everything looked great! Janet, our waitress was awesome. So friendly and welcoming. This will be our stop every time we travel thru here! The Odom's from Georgetown, TX read more

Food is excellent Ambiance is perfect Service is genuine with great hospitality The owner took the time to stop and chat with us. Thanks so much Nancy read more

I'm all for Mom and Pop places staying in business, but this place has some issues. First the cram all your food onto one plate instead of trying to make it more appealing by separating it alittle. One of my biggest pet peeves in any restaurant is service! Not once was I asked if I needed a refill of my tea. Both "waitresses" walked by my table twice. And the tragedy amongst all of this is We are in Texas and I ordered a Hamburger Steak with a baked Potato, I received no roll, slice of Texas Toast, or anything like. That place should be ticketed for that alone. read more

Good food, friendly service, very reasonable prices. Based on the usual diner experience, we expected a bit larger portion sizes, but everything we had we liked. Big booths, clean restaurant. Loved the sweet tea. If you're looking for a lunch stop between Amarillo and Fort Worth, throw Rock Inn cafe into the mix of options. read more

Good small town texas local cafe with country cookin' favorites and west Texas hospitality. If your from Dallas think Mama's Daughters' Diner. We were on our way back to Dallas from Breckinridge having stopped overnight to see Alamogordo Canyon. It was Sunday and we wanted a good hearty meal. There was a buffet or we could order from the menu. Our experience was so good we've referred friends to it. I was sorry to see that not all the reviewers had our 's and others' good experience. But then I've experienced a restaurant's off days in Dallas and elsewhere. I hope your visit is as good or better than ours. read more

The food is well-seasoned. I ordered the western omelette and added jalapeño. The ratio of ingredients inside the omelette was perfect. They grill the toast, which makes it crispy & delicious! I travel the panhandle all the time and will make this my new stop. read more

Rock Inn Cafe - Cute decor - Cafes Near Me - Memphis, Texas

We had a great breakfast here! Service was super sweet and friendly. And the restaurant itself is really cute.! Not sure why more restaurants don't have stainless steel table tops. It was very clean as well. I forgot to take a pic before so here is a pic after lol nothing left! read more

Rock Inn Cafe - It WAS the Eggs Benedict's. Said it was really good!! - Cafes Near Me - Memphis, Texas

I make it a habit while traveling across country to Eat in the places that the locals eat. Its better food and service normally and I like to get the local ambience. The Rock Inn Cafe was one of those places. The only place in Memphis Texas that had about 12 pickups surrounding it.... I knew I had found the local eatery. The atmosphere was pleasant inside with a Rancher town feel. Service was outstanding with the kind of attention that only a Southern food server can give. Food was excellent as always the case with highway Restaurants. If you find yourself in Memphis Texas, Eating here is Mandatory!! Johnny Little read more

That was tasty. Friendly staff too. Not large portions, but enough to fill you up. I liked their sweet tee too.

It can be a challenge finding a decent place to eat when driving between DFW and Amarillo especially on a Sunday. This place in Memphis was a find. Breakfast all day long or selections for lunch or dinner. I had grilled chicken strips with a small side bowl of thick, delicious brown gravy. Decent side salad. Perfect French fries with skin. Perfect fried okra. Yes I was bad, but this was dinner and I had very little lunch that day. Very relaxing place. read more

Rock Inn Cafe - Dinner time - Cafes Near Me - Memphis, Texas

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If your headed to Dallas or going the other way via Amarillo to Colorado this is a wonderful restaurant for a stop. They have great service and food and the wait staff is always super nice and accommodating. Love their breakfasts; everything tastes from scratch, home cooked, a family owned business. Texas Tech decor is also fun. So sad and sorry to hear owner passed of COVID couple of years back. Highly recommend and will always stop here when traveling through these parts! read more

Stopped in on the way back to DFW from Colorado on spring break. We went with another reviewer's recommendation and had a bacon cheeseburger and the steak fingers. The cheeseburger was perfectly done and delicious and the steak fingers were crispy and hot served with a delicious cream gravy. The only points off were due the French fries. They are home style but were a little bit soggy. Will definitely visit again. read more

We had breakfast. There were only 6 to 10 customers in the place. It took forever for us to get our food. It was cold when we got it. Don't bother with the biscuits and gravy. The gravy is out of a can. read more

I stopped by as I was working in the area and didn't expect much. My mind is now blown because this place has one of the best chicken fried steak and mashed potato meals that I have ever had. The person that cooked it will be at a special place in heaven. I found the chicken fry on their Lunch Buffett and it was incredible. They also had hamburger steak with brown gravy. The found was not bland and it was made by someone that understands seasoning. Well done! Out of this world tasty. read more

Yes! Yes! Yes! This is what a cafe should be. Local folks serving good home cooked food Daddy had Chicken Fried steak. Good! Mom had Catfish. She liked it! Both would have preferred the fries a little crispier. But I win! Chicken Livers with gravy. Mmmmm. Baked potato. Mmmmm Nothing else needed! read more

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Stopped by here on the way south. Saw plenty of cars in the lot (good sign) and went on in. They had a brunch special with fried chicken, bbq chicken, and a few other items for $13. Good deal. Fried chicken was good. Ate several pieces. BBQ chicken was in sauce but dry. Not bad but not as good as the other chicken. The sides were all ok salad bar kind of stuff. They had cobbler and pie for a bit extra. Both were ok but the pie probably wasn't worth the extra. Plenty of room inside and the waitress was friendly and reasonably attentive for a buffet. There was a large group close to us ordering off the menu and that took up more of her time. Can't speak for the rest of the menu but the buffet was a great value with good friend chicken in particular. read more

Rock Inn Cafe - Chicken and corn from buffet - Cafes Near Me - Memphis, Texas

Great food, friendly service at a reasonable price. We stopped here to eat at 4pm Saturday. There was one waitress. Ashara worked very hard to take great care of all of us in the restaurant. We will be coming back. Thank you! read more

I wish I would have just gone to Sonic. This review is strictly for the food. The one girl working all the tables alone by herself was very sweet and really did the best she could. Shame on the owners for making her work alone. Sub par food. My wife enjoyed her burger but we were starving. I wish I would have just gotten a burger. Catfish plate had over salted fish, undressed salad, soggy fries, and no condiments. read more