A road trip today to explore thrift shops and coffee shops in Cleveland and Dayton, north of Houston, led me to wonder where I would be stopping for lunch as there are many options up this way. I made the right decision, returning here as the onion rings were as good as I remembered and exactly the way that I like my onion rings. And the chicken fried steak with the cream gravy was mighty fine. Recommended. Service was excellent. Friendly. Water refills. All boxes checked. Having just come across a book of counter service restaurants in the state of Texas called Counter Culture, I was really pleased to see that they had kept the original counter, stools and counter set up here. read more

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Food was hot and service was great. Old school vibes for the ambiance. The restaurant has a lot of history in it. read more

Texas Kountry Kitchen - Christmas vibes on our way back from LSU game. - American Near Me - Dayton, Texas

Casual home town dining experience. The food and service is good. My husband loves their liver and onions. They have a very good breakfast and I really like their shredded hash browns with white gravy YUM! The only thing I dont recommend is their canned biscuits. read more

Great service, great prices, and big portions. Best place to stop if you're passing through Dayton.

Food was pretty good, but I think we were overcharged. We paid $53 for 3 meals today, and no drinks. Something just seemed off, and of course my husband didn't want to say anything so instead he told me when we got to the car how much it was and that we're not coming back We had a 2 step breakfast or something like that, 2 eggs, 2 sausage, 2 pancakes - I added cheese to my son's eggs. 1 sausage and cheese omelet, with gravy on the biscuit. 1 Philly cheesesteak omelet with gravy on the biscuit, add 1 pancake. Somehow that cost us $53‍ definitely wouldn't say it was worth that much. read more

We love the food and the nice friendly people and clean areas to eat nice stuff, my grandpa favorite place to go eat mine and my family too It can be a little slow, but it made to order not just sitting under a heat lamp all day read more

This place is an amazing place to eat and piece of Dayton history. Loved the owner Andie and her spirit. She is a proud Daytonite and puts her love into her kitchen. 10/10 read more

Great home made sit down breakfast they are so popular you may have to wait for a seat Wonderful home made chicken fried steak read more

The best country cookin in Texas would recommend BBQ sandwich but the train track next to the restaurant can get a bit noisy read more

Texas Kountry Kitchen - BBQ Burger shore was good - American Near Me - Dayton, Texas

This was the best toast I've had in maybe years. It was done in the grill and it was so delicious. The service was really great! Super helpful and great recommendations! I wish there was a home town diner like this in Houston. read more

Texas Kountry Kitchen - a coffee cup on a table - American Near Me - Dayton, Texas

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I love me some Andy!!! She is the reason why me and my family comes. It's 15-20 of us each time and Andy just welcome us in!

Nice little mom and pop diner. Great service and food. We had breakfast. Everything was great. Will be back again.

Kountry Kitchen has been a favorite since I was a kid! They're breakfast is great and they have a very homemade flavor. The chicken fried steak is my favorite! read more

The place was packed and it took a while for the food to be prepared but it was worth the wait!! Everything was delicious and the staff was very nice. Definitely a place I would recommend if you don't mind waiting for a home cooked tasting meal. read more

We eat here several times a month. With the Barber Shop next door, my husband gets a hair cut and then we go eat breakfast. TKK serves great food! My favorite is biscuits and gravy with a side of Tater Tots. Or for lunch, I will have the small cheese burger and tots. MY hubby always gets the small (LOL) chicken fried steak! It is NOT small by any means! A large CFS is actually TWO steaks! Great food and friendly staff. I HIGHLY recommend this place for breakfast OR lunch! read more

Everything is so good here. The servers are so sweet, the food is good (and homemade) and the price is reasonable.

Went for a big chicken fried steak but settled on the buffet. Good, but also a buffet so you know what you're going to get. What made this place so good though we're both the prices and the friendly waitstaff. Met the owner briefly. Just an overall good place. We'll be back. read more

I live in Spring but work here in Dayton. Honestly, it's wonderful to see that authentic food and most importantly, Authentic People are the order of the day at this place. So many places dump so much money on decor when not many people care if the place looks old and possibly historical. The waitstaff brings me back to when places were really like this. "Honey" and "Sugar" were just really nice things to say when a waitress addressed a customer. I just like the feel of the place and wish there were more like it these days. Focus on the quality of food and service, Heck with all the new frilly pretty stuff going into designs for a restaurant these days. read more

What a find!!! Fast friendly service and delicious down home breakfast. We highly recommend this place and will definitely be back when we're in town. read more

Great Hole in the wall Breakfast spot with Very friendly service! The food is always great! I am currently eating the lunch special here that is $6.95 and has a lot of great options! read more

Texas Kountry Kitchen - a whiteboard with a menu on it - American Near Me - Dayton, Texas

This place is your typical small town diner. It's not fancy by any means but they serve a good breakfast and are reasonably priced. Breakfast on the weekends, is usually a full diner and may have to wait just a bit. Hours are a little odd, only open for breakfast and lunch I think. Parking is limited so you may have to park across the street. Staff is always friendly and helpful. read more

I find it funny that some of the people that are putting reviews on here or saying oh it smells like smoke one that isn't true ,there isn't one register on one side of the restaurant you can actually pay at the front on either side it's a hole in the wall restaurant it's not Cracker Barrel or some other fancy-schmancy restaurant but it serves very good food I always get excellent customer service and I think somebody's people go to Dayton diner so they don't want them to go over there- you can obviously tell some of the reviews are from people who don't know anything about the restaurant such as there's registers on either side of the restaurant read more

This is one of those Mom and Pop type places where you just know the food's going to be good as soon as you walk in. One of the waitstaff told us to sit where we wanted and she would be right there. We must of looked like a couple of city-slickers, because she told us, "This isn't fast food. We make everything to order so it make take a little bit." I told her we were in no hurry. We waited longer than a regular chain restaurant, but it was well worth it. My two dining patrons ordered a large chicken fried steak each. Large was an under-statement. It should have read "Humongous chicken fried steak" since a large order just meant two chicken fried steaks. The oval plate they were served on was probably a foot wide, and they easily filled it. It came with a trip to the salad bar and mashed potatoes - all for $9.95. A bargain if I ever saw one. I had the grilled chicken breast, which was tiny in comparison, but delicious nonetheless. I was envious of my friends and their chicken fried steaks. If you're ever passing through Dayton, skip the 5 or so fast food joints lingering around this place and stop in for some real "home cookin" read more

Tho restaurant serves delicious homemade food, served in giant portions at reasonable prices. Chicken Fried Chicken and Chicken Fried Steak are served on a large oval plate with a generous amount of mashed potatoes and toast. They also include a trip to the salad bar. The hamburger options are also a good value and appear to be hand patties. No one will leave this place hungry or disappointed. read more

Before Hurricane Ike, Kountry Kitchen was the place to be! We loved going there for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Their waitresses were always kind and good local folks. We were never disappointed. After Hurricane Ike, the kitchen was destroyed and lost nearly everything. We waited months for it to reopen. Excited the first week back in operation, we went to have a bite to eat for breakfast. They had remodeled everything and opened the space up a lot. We sat ourselves as before but the wait was very long and almost unbearable with our children crying from hunger. We went back for dinner some weeks later and we waited for about 5 or 6 minutes when the waitress asked us what we'd like to drink. She took our drink order and since we already knew what we wanted to eat, we asked for her to take our food order as well. She disappeared to the back and never brought us our drinks. We waited for a good 15 minutes after that. We watched several more families come and go. Two others walked out before we decided to leave too. I'm not sure if their staffing has been short since Ike, but we decided as a family to not go back. Two bad experiences in a row was just a turn off. Once you get your food, it's amazing. That's not a doubt. Their orders are much larger than chains and the price is reasonable. If you've got small children, you'll only need to order one plate and split it between two! read more

The waffle was light and fluffy. Probably one of the best I've had lately. Bacon was thick cut and tender. Not too crunchy. I want to come back and try the linch next time i'm in town. read more

Texas Kountry Kitchen - Awesome homestyle breakfast. - American Near Me - Dayton, Texas

First of all, when you walk through the door you are slammed by cigarette smoke. They have two sections that appear pretty separate, but that doesn't help. The traffic between the sides keeps the non-smoking side smoky as a bar. It doesn't help that the cash register is over there so you have no choice but to walk over there and pay. Asthma sufferers either stay away or bring a friend that pays! I've had breakfast and lunch here. The breakfast was good but bland. No salt or anything on any of the other food but the waffle was alright. The Chicken Fried Steak was passable but CFS enthusiasts won't find it compelling. Service was ok. I've been there and waited 20 minutes to get a refill but only once. I've kind of stopped going since I just wasn't that impressed. read more

Living in this town my whole life I've eaten here a good amount of times. I don't really like it. Honestly I avoid the place. Nothing matches. It feels run down. And you end up with three different people taking care of you. It's cramped and the food is okay. Their breakfast for staters.. the eggs are good but if I order it with cheese I expect for it to be mealted. The bacon is good, nice and crisp. Though the gravy taste awful. Their lunch foods are pretty good. Like most places down south lots of meats and fried stuff. Their fried pickles are delicious though. They're a town favorite. Just not mine. read more

The food is good but every time my family and I come here, we don't get good service. It seems like you have to know the waitresses or be a "regular" for them to even notice you lol. Smells like smoke all the time. Love the pecan pancakes tho‍ read more

Waitresses are all nice and friendly especially Thacker. Never had any of them get rude especially when dealing with some of the assholes that come through town. read more

We walked in and waited about five minutes to get seated. Never got a table and was talked to disrespectfully by Thacker. Never coming here again. read more

Texas Country Kitchen is one of the local morning hangouts. Very good country style breakfast (I wished you got to biscuits with breakfast instead of one) the kitchen serves a daily steam table. Very good hamburgers. But make special note. They close at 3 PM daily their chicken fried steaks are there calling card. Also they make old style malts and milkshakes. read more

This place is very good amazing service I ordered the chicken fried chicken and FYI it comes with a lot of gravy the burger so good love this place definitely recommend coming here ! read more

Stopped in for breakfast with my son, for the first time. LOVE this place. Excellent service and Awesome food. I had bacon, eggs and hash browns and he had an omelette with hash browns. It was all delicious. They serve the entire menu all day and they're open 7 days per week. We will definitely be going back. read more

idk how they have even managed to stay in business!! set your expectations a little higher people!! it's your money that you work hard to earn and so should they! servers please note: you know your guest will need menus... not excuse 》 full hands in & full hands out! this is not your living room. organization is key. set yourself for success. smile and be personable. be blessed threw all things! xoxo read more

This place is a great local spot. They love their locals coming in for a meal. If you move to the area and attempt to eat here, good luck. Since they don't know your face, they think you aren't local and simply ignore you so you will leave. Been here twice in the last month and that was the experience. Business owners have that right. Another thing I respect is they encourage smoking, with ash trays on most tables. Smokers can light up before, during and after a meal to enhance their dinning experience. This is a great thing. Even though I'm not a smoker, I do not support the government telling business owners customers can't smoke in their place of business. That decision belongs with the owner. Only the owner should make that decision and benefit or suffer financially from it. Since after two attempts to have breakfast here with no luck at getting it, I will move on to another local spot. read more

Nice, friendly staff with good Kountry Kitchen Kookin' Good bacon cheeseburger, onion rings and old fashion milk shake made with an old fashion Hamilton milkshake blender! read more

Love the home cook feeling every time we eat there.It like I am at home.you will not leave hungry

I've only eaten here once but it wasn't good. The chicken fried steak was a pre breaded one, the restaurant smelled like a bar (cigarette smoke) and the service wasn't great. read more

Several people had recommended this place so we tried it for the first time Sunday for breakfast. Like other reviewers have stated, there is quite a long wait for your food. But it came out hot and fresh. I'll take the wait over a crowded Ihop with cold food any day! We will be back for sure!! read more