What a great place! The food was so good. I had the brisket omelet and she had the pancakes. The service was great and prompt. The atmosphere was unbelievable. If I ever find myself in Trinidad again I will make a beeline for this place. read more

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This place is AMAZING! We had the fettuccine Alfredo pasta with shrimp, and side salad with apple honey dressing. Blackened red snapper with jasmine rice & broccolini covered in Cajun andouille sauce. With praline cheesecake for dessert. The best meal ever!!!!! The atmosphere and the service is amazing. read more

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This place is a true gem hidden in a small town! Excellent, excellent food. Great service. Clean, with good ambiance. I came for a late lunch and will definitely come back soon for dinner and maybe a game of corn hole! read more

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My favorite restaurant!! Everything is great. Love the live music. Also good for special occasions. Great cocktails! read more

Best chicken fried steak!! Their grain bowl is so incredibly fresh and I recommend going early so you don't miss out on their fresh fish specials! Atmosphere is so fun and every dish we tried has been incredible! Great service too. Oh and the live music! The pianist Matthew Segawa was fabulous! read more

Great New stop in Trinidad. Small menu but they execute well. Awesome ambiance and quite frankly one of only 2 decent places to eat within 30 minutes. As has been mentioned in other reviews they do have some execution issues with being out of ingredients and wait times (more waiting for food and drinks now more than waiting to be seated). I choose to rate them positive because I want them to continue working these issues out and to succeed. There are not other options nearby and if they work on their issues this can be a local gem. read more

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The Whistlestop is great. Food great - service great. A gem in Trinidad. I have no hesitation recommending the Whistlestop

Felt like they might finally be hitting their stride as a consistent dinner option, but our most recent experience would suggest not. New fall menu. Ok. But it's not a Michelin restaurant. Can't they just keep the items on the menu that people like? It's cedar creek lake for goodness sake. Seated right by the live music after specifically requesting to be seated at one of the several open tables further away. The hostess just shrugged her shoulders and said "Sorry". And the wait staff? Distracted. Very social with other workers. Not very attentive to customers. We're really not high maintenance. Just need a check in every once in a while. read more

We eat at the Whistlestop frequently, and have been there on relatively slow nights and extremely busy nights. On our visit tonight (the day after Christmas) the restaurant was packed with multiple large parties. I've seen this overwhelm countless restaurants in my travels. However Taylor (the manager) had the place running like a well-oiled machine, and our waiter (Caleb) was attentive, even though he was serving multiple tables. The food was fabulous as always. I had the Chicken-fried Steak and my wife had the Salmon. And, of course, Taylor's Apple Crisp for dessert. read more

Wonderful food and atmosphere. We love the restaurant! The service is always impeccable, music is great and the food never disappoints. Keep up the good work! read more

We have eaten here several times. Tonight was ridiculous. We had a 6:15 reservation. By 7:50 we had received our drink order only. When asked how much longer for our meal, we were told they hadn't even started because there was a '12 top' before us! FYI, we literally ordered 2 salads and a fettuccini!! Won't be going back! read more

Great food & atmosphere! The live music was good too. The server was extremely friendly & knew the menu well.

Beautiful atmosphere and amazing food creates the perfect combination for a memorable moment. read more

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Love the food. Looking forward to listening to the music. Whistle Stop is a cool place to enjoy with friends.

We love The WhistleStop. Food is always great, everyone is always so friendly and we love the atmosphere. read more

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This place is a dreamboat and so are the people that work here. As the eloquent Billy Bob quote goes, "A ten.. a fu*king ten." read more

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Service was nonexistent and they blamed the kitchen. Even the slow drinks were blamed on the kitchen. ‍

We will consider going back when weather is cooler & we can sit outside & just order an appetizer. Our first experience (on our 39th anniversary) was a nightmare. Horrible service. We ordered fish. 1hr 30 minutes later we got fish which was not close to being even warm. My husband took 1 bite & pushed his away. I tried 2 tiny bites. It tasted funny so I was done. We had shared the wedge salad. It was just OK & we were hungry so we ate most of it. They didn't seem concerned, but removed charges. This next day I was sick for most of the day. Don't think I ate enough fish for it to be the culprit. Lettuce and dressings can also make me I'll if they are tainted. Ambiance is very nice and the place was packed. I've heard both bad & good reviews from neighbors. Only reasons we will consider going back. Anonymous read more

Great restaurant and great food and ambiance. I made reservations for a birthday dinner. Service was slow, not from server, but from the kitchen and food delivery. Some of the food ordered was a bit cold for my liking ( not warm enough). I gave it 4 stars because it is a bit pricey for the type of food you get. I am willing to go back and reevaluate and possibly rate it 5 stars. read more

Our fault for making reservation at 4:00 (next available was 8:00) BUT they did not explain on phone it would be lunch menu. We were NOT told between 4:30 and 5:00 you can only order appetizers and salad. We ordered soup and salads and the very nice waitress came back and told us we could not get the soup. Keep In mind - restaurant was pretty empty of customers. We told them we'd like to just pay for the drinks we ordered and the appetizers we had eaten. They charged us for the soup (which they came back saying we couldn't order) and salads we ordered but did not eat. Sorry, Whistestop. Enjoyed the other times we ate there but due to this last experience we will not be back! Can't believe you charged us for food not received! read more

This place is awesome! I've been multiple times and every time the food has been fabulous! My husband always gets the beef stroganoff and I've had the chicken stroganoff, grilled shrimp and shrimp scampi! All very good. And they let you bring in your own bottle of fine wine with. $15 corking fee. Very nice atmosphere and you might even catch the train going by blowing its horn if you're lucky! read more

The Whistle Stop was a must visit on our recent Texas visit. The service was great, food outstanding and the ambiance was cool and comfortable. Sampled a wedge salad, chicken fried chicken and the steak. All were great and well prepared. Every night has a different special, Thursday night was seafood. read more

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Wife and I really enjoyed our night out here. Decor is unique, place was clean and service was great. The filet mignon was the best I have ever had and reasonable priced. The brisket queso was also amazing. Will go here again for sure! read more

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The whistle stop was fantastic. This was my second time there and both times have been very enjoyable. The food and drinks were excellent. Everyone working there was eager to make the visit enjoyable. They were all so very polite. I loved the fact that you could sit either inside or out on their patio and they had live music as well. Thank you Whistlestop for a fabulous night out. 5-Stars is well deserved!!! read more

The service is awful! The food is way overpriced. The live entertainer was a pleasure.

Awesome restaurant!! I've been here twice so far and have gotten the short rib stroganoff twice - definitely my favorite!!! Super good both times :) I've also tried some of my boyfriend's New York strip and the tenderness of the meat was perfect! Love it! Service was great and the atmosphere is really cozy - I could not recommend The Whistlestop enough! read more

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So back again and it was great to see how busy it was. Waiter was newer but did a good job being attentive to our requests. Drinks were good , table repeatedly ordered the maple old fashion and jalapeno margarita on the rocks. New menu item baby back ribs was good. Came with mac cheese and Cole slaw. I enjoyed. Very tender and meaty. Maybe a rib short at $24 Still amazed to have a great restaurant here at Cedar Creek. read more

We have made several trips to this establishment. We have never had a bad experience. The food is always spot on. The skirt steak was amazing tonight. I usually don't eat skirt steak. However, I am fortunate to have made the decision to try it tonight. The service by Samantha was impeccable tonight. So, if you're out at Cedar Creek Lake stop by you will not be disappointed. read more

My husband and I decided to try this place out for dinner. If you don't have a reservation you are pretty much treated like a 2nd class citizen. The waitress handed us our menus and told us to find a seat at the bar. Neither bartender on staff greeted us or even acknowledged we were there. I finally asked one of them if we could get something to drink and place an order. We pretty much felt like an inconvenience the whole time we were there. The Restaurant was nice and we would have liked to come back but after treated the way we were especially for the cost I don't think we'll be back. read more

Hands down the best steak I've ever had. It was so good that I even shared a bite of the 4oz I had with my table mates because it just felt unethical to keep it to myself. I even wrote down the name of the restaurant, city, and what I ordered so that I have an answer ready the next time someone asks me where the best steak is in Texas. "The best steak? That's easy. It's the 4oz petit filet cooked very rare at The Whistlestop in Trinidad, no questions asked." read more

AMAZING! Have to go! My husband and I dined here when they first opened and had such great potential just lots of learning in the process for them. We've continued to go and have spent many date nights here. We absolutely love it and is our favorite spot to go to for date night and to have brunch. The drinks are perfect! We had the watermelon shuttle and margarita. We've had a variety of items from the menu but the stroganoff, salads, and fried green tomatoes are our favorite. Management is amazing and all of the staff are so kind and attentive. Can't recommend this place enough! read more

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I made a reservation for 9 people. I confirmed that morning the reservation was good to go but when I arrived, they only had 6 settings, then pulled up 3 extra chairs so we were all crammed together. There were extra tables that were available around us, but when we asked to have a table added onto our table, the management said no that they couldn't. The hostess was precious, and I felt bad for her under that management. The waiter was great, good attitude. Honestly, the restaurant was nicely decorated. They had live music-- not too loud or obnoxious. She was actually a good singer. The food was good. I just couldn't get over the fact that we had reservations and they weren't willing to reserve the appropriate amount of seats for us. If it's too big don't take the reservation and then they weren't even apologetic about it whenever we addressed it with them. Didn't get any extra seats- they could've moved a table. No apology. No complementary appetizer or dessert. nothing. read more

The food is always amazing, iv tried most of the menu and never left unsatisfied. The staff is very welcoming and friendly, the bartenders are excellent. read more

What a wonderful restaurant. Service outstanding food over the top. Great cocktails. Loved it. Will be a regular.

What a wonderful evening! We had steak and brussel sprouts. Amazing! And the desserts were the best I have ever had. Cookie butter tres leches, key lime pie. Thank you for a memorable evening! read more

not great, not horrible. the spring risotto was overly salted. the drinks were good; spicy margarita was great!

Awesome food. Chicken fry is wonderful. I would recommend this place to anyone service is terrific

Love the ambiance, service was quite slow. I had the stroganoff, it was very good, a bit pricey though. My husband had the chicken fried steak, it was very tough, he was so disappointed at $32 you expect it to be amazing. Not sure we'll try it again. read more

Hector the food was excellent as usual, service was very friendly, and to find this gem of a restaurant in such an out of the way location is fun. We love the staff, food, and the unique building that the restaurant offers. read more

Great atmosphere! Food was good too. server was very friendly but was super busy and slow to get back to us