The food was amazing. They apparently on have the onion rings every other week, so if they have them just know they are delicious. The service was good. The restaurant itself was busy. We went in about 7 pm on a Friday night. The ambiance was like a friendly restaurant where everyone knows everyone. We will definitely come back. read more

Sadler's Kitchen - Onion rings... so good.., apparently they only have them every other week. - New American Near Me - Jacksonville, Texas

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We drove down from Tyler after seeing lots of Facebook buzz about Sadler's. The service was definitely a highlight--our servers were sweet and attentive. The food, however, was hit-or-miss. The Brisket Nachos looked nothing like the promo photos--plainer with less brisket, though still tasty. Entrées like the Country Fried Chicken Strips, Brisket Quesadilla, Grilled Salmon, and the Wagyu Flat Iron Steak special were good, not great. Sides were average (the wedge salad stood out, but the green beans were forgettable), and they were out of the fried Brussels sprouts I wanted to try. Dessert--the chocolate cream pie--was fine but unremarkable. For what we got, the $140 bill with tip felt overpriced. Sadler's is a pleasant restaurant with good service, but the food quality doesn't quite justify the cost. Worth a stop if you're already in Jacksonville, but I wouldn't make the special trip again. Service: 4/5 Food: 3/5 read more

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I stopped by one weekday afternoon, assuming that I might be able to order a takeout. I was told that they mostly catered. However, I had been told that people actually dine in as well. I was immediately informed that they were just preparing to cater a business event. I'm probably being over sensitive, but I left feeling like I was a "nuisance"...... I don't understand why a "Closed" sign was not posted. I always enjoyed their desserts at catered functions, so perhaps I'll call prior to making another attempt. read more

! Great Roast and Gravy and the sides are fantastic, especially the Mac & Cheese! My side was sautéd fresh spinach ... And the pie (Lemon Ice box with a homemade gram cracker Crust! Soooo Good! read more

WOW!! I have been wanting to try Sadler's for quite sometime,regret not going sooner!!! I'm more than impressed! The service was great,the Jalapeño margarita was excellent and the food was delicious! I went with two of my girlfriends and we all ordered something different , EVERYTHING was good. It's decorated cute and the ambiance was fun!! Def going back tonight with my hubby!! read more

Waitress was very nice, but I ordered fried catfish at $19.00. I thought it was a mistake when it was brought out. The catfish filets were so small they were bite size. I had to think it was an appetizer, but it wasn't. It's a nice place but the food for what you get is overpriced. read more

We visited this restaurant last night for the first time. It was awesome. There was a bit of a line for a table, so we checked out the bar side. It was a hoppin' place, too. We both had an adult beverage while we decided what to order. Wine and a Manhattan, both great. Service was quick and very friendly even though we could see they were almost running to take care of everyone. We started with crab cakes, a first for both of us. And then moved on to catfish and Crawfish pasta. The crawfish had a little bite to it but not a burn. It was a perfect blend of spices. The catfish was fried up just right. I'm not a fan of salt, and this had just a little salt, like they had read my mind. Carlos took great care of us, was friendly with a sense of humor. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone because, even at its busiest time, the food, the service and the atmosphere was fun, friendly and delicious. Come enjoy it for yourself. read more

We've been eating at Sadler's in my family since it was a buffet at a motel on 69 run by Rob's grandparents. The food has always been absolutely delicious from salad to main courses and veggies to desserts. There's a reason they are famous for their pies. So glad you are still around. Don't know what we'd do without you. read more

Okay, I'm sure I'm gonna sound a little bit redundant but again I'm not sure if I'm bias or what but I absolutely love Sandler's! We eat here almost every Friday night and we will love the staff, the owner is hilarious, and the food is great! I'm actually super tough generally and hardly ever get five star reviews but there are some places that I find myself eating out over and over again and at that point I think they just deserve a five star review because they put up with me as a regular and I'm a tough customer read more

With very few customers, we had to wait over 45 minutes to receive cold food. No type of concession to make up for the long delay. No manager ever came out after several complaints to the waiter. We asked the waiter repeatedly after 30 minutes on the situation. He finally told us that the food was being plated. 10 minutes later, the food arrived. read more

I have never had bad service here, the staff is great and all other food I had gotten was amazing. Now I ordered the salad and I had three long hairs in it. read more

For my first time it was better that I was expecting the crawfish soup was excellent and a chocolate pie oh my God to die for it

After seeing the movie Tomato Republic at the Dallas International Film Festival (great documentary about Jacksonville, Texas local politics), the family went to Jacksonville, Texas for the Annual Tomato Festival and to eat at Sadler's Smokehouse - both featured in the movie. Sadler's did not disappoint!! Not only was the ambience fun and the service incredible, but the food was delicious. We also LOVED visiting with Rob Gowin, Sadler's owner and star of Tomato Republic, as well as his sweet mother who makes the amazing pies... discussed below! We went first for dinner and started with the guacamole and the brisket nachos. Yummy! For the main course, my husband and I shared the the filet which was perfectly cooked and the ribs which were fall-off-the-bone good. The BBQ sauce was the perfect blend of sweet and salty. I do not know how they make them, or what secret ingredients are used, but the baked beans were the best I've never had! Seriously... the best. Others ordered the brisket tacos and said they were great. Then, there are the homemade pies, made daily with love by Mrs. Gowin. Wow! We tired several and all were amazing. We had chocolate, strawberry ice box, and a few others. My favorite, however, was the lemon icebox. I could have eaten several pieces. The next day, was Tomato Fest - so much fun! Rob Gowin was there with pies and frying green tomatoes! We (of course) had another piece of lemon icebox pie, and several orders of the fried green tomatoes. So delicious that we decided we would head back to Sadler's after leaving the festival. For lunch, we ordered sandwiches, which were delicious and generously portioned. My husband had the pulled-pork-stuffed potato and really liked it. I split the chicken fried steak with a friend- there was plenty for both of us. Soooo good!! The asparagus, spinach, fried okra, and mashed potatoes were great too. If you are in Jacksonville, or just want an amazing foodie experience, go to Sadler's Smokehouse! read more

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Delicious food, but the wait for everything was absolutely ridiculous. We waited well over an hour for food. That was after waiting probably 25 minutes to even order. If you have nothing else to do then by all means go, but if you're hungry or have some place to be then skip it for sure. read more

Unusually surprised at finding this place here. Food was good. Good selection of drinks. Good service.

Most small towns are clannish because most people have at least heard of each other. Being a newcomer, the constant theme was "support local businesses". With this theme in mind, Sadlers was one of the local businesses to try especially since most word-of-mouth reviews were favorable. The old jail has been transformed into a barbecue restaurant. The exterior is painted in a distinguishable color combination. Their claim of "best pies in town" proudly displayed on one side of the building. I was an unknown and treated as such from the moment I arrived until the moment I left. During the duration of my time in "jail", I was witness to discrimination of a different sort. They didn't treat the races differently, just members of the clique. If you were a member of the clique, you were treated well and served by very attentive servers. If you were not a member of the clique, you were treated like an unwelcome intrusion to their little world. Knowing barbecue is expensive, i expected to spend about $30 for two sandwiches and tip. Two sandwiches of dry meats on stale buns with fries plus two small servings of bread pudding ran $40 plus tip. I didn't pay that much for the best barbecue in Dallas. I have learned there are other local businesses who do not have this snobbish attitude toward patrons they have never seen before. read more

Yeah I don't know...the food that they had was good, but they were out of almost everything we tried to order. They advertise 600 beers on their menu, but all 600 must be bud light. They were out of the first three beers we ordered. We tried to switch to mimosas and it was unclear whether they were out of champagne or didn't want to open a whole bottle for the promise of drinking 4 mimosas... The main course was only missing the pulled pork (which we WERE all craving), but I have to admit our substitute meals were all pretty good. On to the Pie...we ordered the lemon and the Oreo and two of us were tempted by the promise of "a la mode" to order the brownie pie. But alas the brownie pie was delivered without the ice cream. I can honestly say that this was the first time I have ever pushed a dessert away unfinished. But (I'm told that) the lemon and Oreo pies were good. In summary, most of what they have tastes good. But they are out of almost everything. read more

It is OK if you a part of the snobby clique that obviously frequents this restaurant! Since we are not a part of the "in crowd", we waited for a table, waited to be waited on, food was OK at best, had to search for our waitress to pay! Felt like we were at a party we were not invited to! Prices were high and they were "out" of a lot of menu items, Pies were great but will not go back! read more

Started with appetizer of chips, salsa and guacomole. Chips were good, guacamole okay and salsa was not good at all. We had pot roast, mashed potatoes and pinto beans. It was delicious! Key lime pie was very good, too. The service was terrible. Tea was awful. It was freezing cold because the heat wasn't working. We were miserable during the meal. If the service had been as good as the food we would return. read more

Great food! Great service! We heard about Sadler's through a film called Tomato Republic. We came for the tomato festival but it was rained out so we slipped into Sadler's to escape the downpour. Jan is the owners mom and our lovely waitress. Rob, the owner came by to say hello and chat. They were out of green tomatoes and they basically went out and bought more just for us. I also had fried shrimp and fried pickles; both were delicious. I would recommend Sadler's to everyone! read more

Sadler's Kitchen - The group with Rob the owner - New American Near Me - Jacksonville, Texas

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HOMEMADE. FRESH. DELICIOUS. awesome waitstaff- they remember you and your preferences. no pretension. PIE HEAVEN ( and I dont like pie!). go here now! This is my fried green tomato lunch.- yummo. read more

Sadler's Kitchen - New American Near Me - Jacksonville, Texas

Best dinner in Jacksonville. Delicious food. My favorite is a true home-cooked-flavor pot roast with macaroni and cheese and mashed potatoes. The healthier items are also delicious. read more

This is a uniquely decorated restaurant for Jacksonville Texas. The vibe is great and the food is even better!

Recommended by our host, solid place down town Jacksonville. The brisket quesadilla was amazing. Solid fried fish and chicken fried steak. read more

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The food and service is excellent!!! Love the food and our waitress was very attentive. It is so cool that it is in an old jailhouse. The only thing I would say is that because it's an old jailhouse and it's all brick and concrete, the noise is hard to hear over. It would be great if there was some sort of sound boards to absorb the sound or some sort of insulation. My parents absolutely love the food and the cool history behind the building but they dont enjoy eating here very much because they dont hear well and they cant have a conversation at the table. I'm here visiting and I'm glad I got to try this place and would love to come back! read more

I have had Sadlers on two occaisions. Once for my sisters wedding we had tasteless fajitas...how you go wrong with fajitas no idea but everything was bland till i took home leftovers and revampted them. The second time I actually went into the restraunt. Its in this old Post Office building and it was gorgeous! I loved the scene hands down. I ordered a seafood Gumbo or something...it tasted good ill give it that but it reminded me of a gumbo with cheap american cheese realyl thick and cheesey. I remember eating it and thinkign about the Cup o Noodles i buy from walmart that i put cheese in. read more

Enjoyed the chicken fried steak and fried green tomatoes. Fun atmosphere and nice service. Chocolate pie was best!

This was a frustrating experience. They have an extensive beverage selection, but our party of 5 made multiple attempts to order from the beverage menu and they were out of all of our initial selections. They were out of pulled pork. We got our free pie by checking in. Glad it was free. They told us they had a brownie pie a la mode, but they showed up with the brownie pie and said they were out of ice cream. If the waitress had come back to the table to say that it wouldn't come with the ice cream, we would have ordered something else. I'm sure she was scared to tell us because we mentioned that it wasn't funny anymore that they were out of everything during our initial (failed) attempts to order. Either way, the food that we did get was okay. The brownie pie was not great, but the 2 others looked good. Probably not going back. read more

We were passing thru Jacksonville and this Yelp stop had a free pie with check-in. I had chicken spaghetti (which was pretty tasty) along with some creamy Mac n cheese and FRESH sautéed spinach. My wife had chips guac and salsa and she thought the salsa and guacamole was fantastic and fresh. Pies were good too. Service was a little rusty but in a cute folksy way where you just don't care that much because everyone was so friendly. If yelp would let me give 4 1/2 star reviews this would be one. read more

Can't beat it! But doesn't show up on the yelp restaurant list. Don't be fooled. It's awesome.

Delicious and icebox lemon pie to die for! Catfish was nice and crispy. Definitely go there for great meal!!

Yummy and a great atmosphere! I can't wait to come back. We had the brisket nachos and catfish and I can't wait to try the pie!

They hosted and catered my grandfather's 90th birthday party and it was really great!! The staff was very friendly and eager to please. Food was good, and atmosphere was very nice! read more

What a treat! Stopped on our way through town for lunch. Huge baked potato, with or without brisket. Barbecue sauce was exceptionally good, warm spicy and slightly sweet goodness. The grilled asparagus was very well done as well. Then the pie, home made pie crust, light and flaky both the coconut cream and the chocolate were very good, with real whipped cream. The graham cracker crust was also delicious and topped with lemon ice box and whipped cream. Shame we don't live close Sadlers was a great restaurant would love to stop here again. read more

I came with a party of 5 and all of us enjoyed our meals. I got the brisket enchiladas and they were awesome! Save room for their homemade brownie pie and ice cream! Also, server was friendly and attentive. Will definitely come back! read more

We had 26 family members in for a wedding in Tyler last Saturday morning. We were looking for a place that could handle all 26 of us on short notice that night. We had family in from California, Colorado, New York and all parts of Texas. We are a well traveled bunch and have had fine meals all over the world. We were all very pleased with our meals, some went for the comfort food - the juicy pot roast, some for the healthy - the grilled salmon, some for the bar-b-q. Everyone enjoyed their meal and we shared several desserts and appetizers that were all eaten with gusto. The service was great. The restaurant is now in a converted police station/jail so the ambience is definitely on the casual side. There was a cute bar that I think I would have enjoyed a drink at under different circumstances. All in all a great evening. Thank you Sadlers! Oh and one more thing, we divided the checks 4 ways, and when we really could believe how affordable our portions were after all the appetizers, main courses and desserts. read more

Visited Sadler's for the first time and very impressed. Have used them many times for catering and they always exceed expectations so I was eager to check out the restaurant. I was not disappointed. Great food. Fast and friendly service. Reasonable prices. And wonderful pies to top it all off. A great family owned restaurant that rivals any franchise eatery but with better food. Rob and his staff are doing a fantastic job. I strongly recommend paying them a visit. I will definitely return soon! read more

what a great Yelp find! Impressive menu, great service, cool old historic building.....will definitely be back for more!

Have been twice. Last time was in the converted jail. Food was good to mediocre. There were 18 of us. Slow to be served. Several orders wrong got there at. 6pm left at 830pm. Everyone was nice and friendly casual dining. Prices about average read more

The food is amazing to say the least that is why I put up with horrible service every time! The last time I got up and refilled my husband's tea and a couple of complete strangers at table next to us. The owner needs to be more professional ordered a drink from bar asked me how it was followed by there was quite a bit left over and he drank it (so I paid for the owners drink?)... Now when I go in I just stop at coke machine and grab a drink and seat myself....and always have to wave a waitress down... read more