This medium sized restaurant has just about everything you'd want served all day long. Breakfast,…read morelunch, and dinner? They serve it all day long. It's a cute nostalgic space with old-timey instruments displayed in the corners and has a really unique feel. The wait staff is friendly and funny and very knowledgeable about the menu. Personally, I've had the big thick burger and the pulled pork sandwich. Both are delicious. Others have had the chicken fried steak, the lasagna, and everyone I've gone there with loved it. Great comfort food and delicious pie for dessert. Try it, you'll like it!

TLDR: Restaurant in an old high school band hall that delivers on nostalgic vibes but falls short…read moreon food. The fried green tomatoes are great here but for me, almost everything else was a disappointment. Not as kid-friendly as you'd expect. It pains me to leave such a low rating (and I rarely do) but this was one of the most disappointing restaurant experiences I've had in a while. And it didn't have to be that way so hopefully my review can grab someone's attention. This place has so much potential because it's in such a cool location -- the band hall of an old high school (fun decor and cool nostalgic vibes). I had really high hopes for this restaurant but it let me down. Here's what went wrong. THE FOOD: First and foremost, the food was disappointing... except for their vegetable appetizers. The fried green tomatoes were fantastic. Nailed it in terms of texture and flavor. My husband and I were both surprised by how good they were. Their Brussels sprouts appetizer was really good as well. After that, it was all downhill. I had the Mom's Meatloaf with two sides: Cowboy Caviar and green beans. The meatloaf wasn't bad but it wasn't exactly a loaf -- it was like meatballs connected together? I didn't taste the bacon in the tomato sauce and the portion felt tiny -- same size as the sides. The sides were a real letdown. The green beans tasted like they came straight from a Jolly Green Giant can. The Cowboy Caviar (which I usually love) was so bland. It was like they just poured beans and corn and pepper and onion in and that's it. I didn't taste any seasoning. Cowboy Caviar needs to have that zing (many simple recipes use Italian salad dressing). Moving onto my husband's dish which was probably the worst part. His tomato soup tasted like marinara sauce but we were hoping the filet mignon would deliver. It was simply not good. It wasn't as tender as filet mignon needs to be -- it was chewy. It did seem to be cooked as requested (medium rare) but it didn't taste good and seemed flavorless -- almost as if the meat was poor quality. Now, I know that filet mignon is a much more mild tasting cut and less flavorful than a ribeye for instance, but still, something felt very off with this steak. Neither of us enjoyed it and that's a bummer (especially at that price point). KIDS: Usually restaurants like this one are more kid-friendly so I was a bit surprised. Our kids are 3.5YO and 2YO. They brought a booster for my youngest. It had no straps at all (which I'm not even complaining about because those straps are broken at literally every restaurant). We were in a booth so it worked okay mostly. What I'm unhappy about is the lack of coloring options and kids menus. We were not brought any crayons and coloring paper upon seating so we inquired. The waitress said she'd look and ended up coming back with crayons and some paper placemats to doodle on? I respect the ingenuity but I was confused. They have crayons on hand but they don't offer them to the kids? What's the deal with that? They didn't have a kids menu printed anywhere and the waitress just told us the offerings out loud. So is there an official kids menu or not? I'd like to be able to see the prices as well. Also a bit perplexing. We went ahead and ordered one grilled cheese for the kids to share and I'm glad because it was big but also not very good. The bread was too dense so it was more of a bread sandwich. My kids weren't that into it. Almost forgot -- the fries that came with the grilled cheese were actually very good (got to give credit where it's due). TIME: Our food took forever. It wasn't a fun wait -- the kids were getting super restless. The waitress stopped by a couple times to tell us that "our food is just around the corner." Even though it ended up being untrue -- I appreciate her checking in.

Your local sports bar that serves the best cheese sticks. Yes of course its greasy and heavy but oh…read moreyou would want to eat it all!!! All we go here for is beer and cheese sticks lol Sweet staff and chilled out laid back place.

Well-this time I was stranded with no way of getting something to eat. I was Doggo-sitting my son's…read more4 (YEP 4!!!) dogs Saturday /Sunday and by Sunday, mid afternoon -I was pretty hungry. My daughter-in-law had gotten a new refrigerator right before they left for vacation so there was barely anything in it. They have a wonderful pantry and I ate a Ramen out of the pantry Saturday night for supper but just couldn't find anything. I was hungry for in there on Sunday. Anyway, I was hunting some food to have delivered on Sunday. I had never even ordered takeout from any place in Taylor or Hutto and it took me a while to find something that could accommodate all my needs -but Randy's Icehouse to the rescue!! The first time I ate there I had my grandsons with me and we all had burgers along with some fries and onion rings we shared and everything was delicious and cooked to order. Yesterday, I chose a Chicken Fried Steak dinner with a baked potato , a side of mushrooms and a side salad. I enjoyed the CFS once I removed most of the breading (don't get me wrong. It was nice and crispy-I just wasn't in the mood for it) it was easy to remove, and the steak itself was cooked properly, there was cream gravy to go over it, and I ate it with my canned Mushrooms on the side. My Baked Potato was on the small side, but it was delicious and all the logical condiments like shredded cheese, sour cream, & butter were all included (in little cups) so I could use what and how much of those I wanted. It also came with a slice of Texas Toast and a Side Salad, which was freshly chopped lettuce with bacon, and croutons, and had the blue cheese dressing I had ordered on the side. Even without the breading on the meat, I was full before I ever made it to the Texas toast. I focused on the chicken fried steak, the gravy and the baked potato. It was all very good. Not sure why, but I didn't care for the mushrooms too much , I knew they would be canned, but they had a little bit of a tinny flavor so I ate a couple of those, but then left the rest. The blue cheese dressing was great, not sure if it was homemade, but there were small chunks of blue cheese evident, which I appreciated. Because I had filled up on my steak and potato I only ate about a third of the salad. The only thing I missed was the woman who was our server last time I went with my grandsons -as she was very pleasant and nice to talk to! I'm very grateful they were open on the Fourth of July weekend and even more grateful that Toast was able to deliver it to me out at my son's house-which I consider to be in the boonies -but then a lot of Taylor /Coupland area is! Looks like this is going to be my go to place if I need some good home cooking out that way!! If you haven't been it's worth the drive!!!

I'd probably give it 4.5 stars if yelp would let me. Place is super clean and quaint to start…read morewith. It's very inviting and friendly fast service. As for the food: I got a Texas cheese steak, the steak was under seasoned and quite a bit greasier than I would have thought. Roll was toasted great, fries were nothing special. Chicken Caesar salad for my kid, chicken was a little dry, but a decent salad for the price. All in all worth the stop just remember it's a little town cafe not a high end stop. If you expect small town cafe you'll love this place.

Day trip to Taylor for work and stopped by Lucky Duck Cafe for lunch. Lots of parking and very…read morespacious inside. The place was super busy / clearly popular. We were in a large group and still got our food within 20 minutes. I got the southwest chicken sandwich and enjoyed it - pretty flavorful and good portion size. Staff were friendly.

Quite easily the best burger in the area. Fresh beef, hand formed, hand pressed thin but still a…read moregood texture. Wide patty, wide bun, fresh vegetables. What a burger used to be before fast food. Fries or tots are extra on the side. Side salads are also available. Eat in or take out. Easy access at Hwy 29 and Hwy 95 just north of Taylor and east of Georgetown. A great stop to/from Granger Lake or the drag races in Little River-Academy. I didn't take pictures because I ate it before I thought about it. :)

I ate there today for the fried chicken special. Chicken pieces are a Lot smaller than they used…read moreto be. One piece of chicken was hot and one was cold. Sides were good. Don't know if I will go back.

Our first time here and we really liked the ambience, food choices, and service…read more The food overall was delicious. It did take a rather long time for our order to be served and our server apologized a couple of times for this. Staff was friendly and came by regularly to refill drinks and make sure we were attended to. The biscuit with Tasso gravy was phenomenal. It really hit the spot as did the Wagyu hash. We had ordered the corn beef and hash that was on the menu, but that was not available that day so subbed for this instead. They also offered us croissant service that came with strawberry butter. The croissants and butter were delicious, but the croissants themselves very small. The lobster roll was yummy. The fries and roasted red potatoes that came with our dishes were only okay - nothing special here. The steak themselves were seasoned well. I ordered my steak medium, but it was served medium well. It was still delicious but a little disappointing. They have you cut in to make sure everything is good when served, but since it had already taken so long, I didn't want to waste food or time so didn't say anything in the moment. This place is a nice spot to celebrate or have a romantic night out. We did enjoy ourselves and would definitely return.

OVERVIEW: A beautifully renovated historic spot - 1930s post office turned modern day restaurant!…read moreLive piano music and a speakeasy jazz bar in the basement. A great date night or special occasion spot to splurge a little and have a fun time in Georgetown's town square. Service was excellent and we were able to get a same-day Saturday night reservation. Food was good and worth going back for! QUICK FACTS: - Parking? Yes, free parking around the area. Can get busy on weekends. - Reservations? Yes, recommended but not required. I called ahead on a Saturday night to ask about availability and was able to snag a 5:30pm. FOOD RATINGS: - City post salad (4/5): Great flavors and large portion! Great value. They split it between two plates since we were sharing. A little too heavy on the dressing, but otherwise tasty. - Bread service (3/5): Warm homemade white bread loaf with salted butter and a seasonal butter (ours was rosemary). It was just okay for charging $4 for bread service. You would get this complimentary with your meal elsewhere. - Scallops (4/5): The orange beurre blanc sauce was delicious. Scallops were good and perfect size. - Oysters (3/5): Gulf coast oysters and some from Virginia. Not bad but not the best I've had. A little grainy. The sauces were great and the hot sauce had a nice kick. - Ribeye with peppercorn sauce (4/5): I thought it was weird they halved the steak lengthways...but it was good. Less fatty than we had hoped, but tasty nonetheless. The peppercorn sauce was good but not worth $6, especially when you're already paying a pretty penny for the steak! - Mushroom risotto (2/5): This was a special side for the night. It was unfortunately not very good. Had a weird off taste to me, like the mushrooms weren't very good. I've had better risottos. We didn't finish it. - Cheesecake (5/5): A strong ending to the meal! All of the desserts looked great, but this was a good pick. Loved it.

This restaurant is off the beaten path, but crazy good. Delicious onion stacks, steaks, chicken…read moretenders and burgers. Ask them to go easy on the salt as you order, otherwise, drink plenty of Whatever is wet. Beautiful setting. Great customer service. Enjoy.

They recently combined the steakhouse and icehouse under one roof and one menu. Not all of the…read moreicehouse menu made it over to the new combined restaurant but they had the classics. The chicken tenders are literally 4 whole chicken breasts... HUGE. The Mac n cheese was so perfectly creamy. The cheeseburger was amazing, I'd definitely get that again! The steakhouse options are pretty pricey and the wine list was outrageously expensive for Rockdale, Texas. We liked this experience but were definitely surprised when we showed up to eat at the icehouse and instead had to eat at the steakhouse.

10/6/26. We visited and FOH Taryn recommended the linguine pesto pasta and she did not disappoint…read more This young lady has excellent customer service. So We sat at the bar and the lovely bartender Carel was amazing. She had excellent customer service. No bias but we love her energy and good vibes. She really took care of us until it was closing. 10/7/26. We came back and got the same food orders and unexpectedly the same people who helped us the night before were working. You know my skinny big back self tried to be incognito But I ain't too proud to say I love good food. Today the lady and I chose to sit at a booth and Ian took care of us. He was good No lie but we should have sat at the bar. The ambiance is amazing. Got a nice fireplace and outdoor seating. Just a heads up, they only serve Porterhouse on the weekends. Also 20oz equals to 1 pound of steak. So for the price you pay at a high end restaurant you really can go to Costco and buy a 4 pack of ribeye and cook it at home. Just saying. 10/7/26 As you see we ordered the same dishes minus the drinks. But the steak was pretty bigger today. I'm guessing because we came in around 8pm instead of 8pm which we did the previous night.

After 2 unsuccessful attempts requesting they reach out, you are getting a negative review from our…read morevisit on 7/1. I want to express my frustration and deep disappointment in our experience last night. We (wife, 11 yo daughter, and daughter's friend) arrived for our 7:45 reservation with pretty high expectations after a fun day in the waterpark. We got off to a fine start with our server, but I must say it went downhill after that. We ordered our drinks (1 tea, 2 lemonades and a wine). The NA drinks came quickly but my wife had to ask about the wine. We ordered a California roll and some crab cakes as apps - took longer than expected, but not anything I would have complained about in real time. We ordered a medium rare ribeye, an extra rare filet (so rare another employee came out and double checked that we wanted it blue) with bourbon mushrooms, cheeseburger, and the 3 side special. Side note: The server seemed somewhat disinterested, so much that the 2 11-year-old girls thought he didn't like my wife. When the food arrived, I was somewhat underwhelmed by the thin-cut of the ribeye-but it wasn't something that I would have complained about. It looked to be cooked properly. The filet looked good but when my wife cut into it, it was not even close to extra rare (oh and we only had 1 steak knife to cut 2 steaks so I had to ask for another steak and we were short a fork). We were willing to let that slide. Here's where it went downhill badly. My daughter's friend was about to take a bite when she noticed something. She picked out a hair. Not just a random hair but a small clump. It reminded me of a clump you might see when you pull out a pony tail rubbe rband and it was hair that was tangled up in the rubber band that you had to break off. As you might guess, that was the straw that broke the camel's back. I went to the hostess stand and asked for a manager. 5 minutes later he showed up. He was pretty meek and reserved, heard us out, and went back to discuss with the chef (At that point, understandably, we had all lost our appetite. I was almost done with my burger but didn't finish that or any of my fries). Seemed like it took quite a long time to come back to discuss what the chef said. What stood out the most is the comment that no one in the kitchen had that color hair, as if they deep down thought it came from our table. Well, that didn't sit well with my wife. So, they remade the steak orders, which took longer than I would have expected, given the situation. During that time my wife ordered wine, which she again had to check the status on. The remake came and somehow the ribeye was even thinner. It reminded me of the size of ribeye you get in a value pack from the grocery store. If it was ¾" thick, I would have been surprised. Seemed to be cooked as requested. The filet was ruined. For some reason the side of bourbon mushrooms was not on the side this time. They dumped the mushrooms and gravy on the steak! Totally changed the whole profile of the steak and basically ruined it. I commented that to the server and he replied 'yeah I saw that but didn't say anything'. My wife asked him why he didn't say anything and he had nothing to say. She asked him if he had something to say and he remained quiet. He finally offered a weak apology. I did kind of feel bad for him as he wasn't the one that prepared the food, but overall his service and customer service was pretty weak.

So...I have avoided coming to this place since I tend to not like buffets anymore unless I'm…read morebrunching in Vegas. I went here as my friend pleaded that for urgent hunger pains this is the place to go. Well I've tried it and I must say...looks can be deceiving. The decor is old cafeteria style, and very clean. The service are nice, respectful, and unlike any other place, they do not feel entitled to tips (though I tipped highly). The food selection was smaller than Golden Corral. However due to the lack of random screaming children touching everything , and the ability to have select foods only, the food here was twice as good as Golden Corral. Don't get me wrong, some stuff was still stale. But overall it was a great place. Salad Bar Everything good Only room for improvement is the mismatch temperatures between pasta salads and lettuce e Chicken- delicious and perfectly seasoned Spaghetti- I'd eat another bow 3.) Catfish- not bad 4.) steak- very good 5.) pot road-delicious menudo- yeah it was fine Chicken and rice soup- good Desserts All of them were good especially the red cake, and peach cobbler. For $12 it really is worth it, You tel me your experience....

The food was typical buffet style food, it v was good for buffet. The service was great and they…read morewere very friendly. The place itself was kind of empty just ok, so didn't really match the price they had. I feel it's overpriced.

I love this place. Their sausage is unique and very tasty, their brisket is top-notch and I…read morebelieve Arron Franklin earned his stripes at this place. I could be wrong about that but I think that is where he started and even bought a big smoker from them that he uses today. My only issue with them is they are only open I think four days a week so check that out before you go. On top of that it has a very old-Texas feel to it with a screen door coming in and the mature wood interior. Very authentic Texas BBQ.

Great barbeque. Great place to eat the BBQ and just shoot the shit with friends and family…read more I recommend it

Amazing little diner, catfish was excellent as was my husband's hamburger steak…read more Happy, friendly, helpful staff We have been passing by this place for 10 years, never stopping, until now!

Tiny little diner in Thrall we just happened to stumble upon. Sometimes you get lucky. This place…read morefrom start to finish made us question why we ever moved from Texas. People, staff, guests were all polite and genuine. We missed that very much. The walls remastered with reminders of how connected to the community they are. The food is what you'd expect at a roadside diner in n Texas- good, hearty, simple, delicious. Don't come here if you're in a hurry. That's not what they're about. This place is on my special list.