Tasty diner breakfast served with a side of small town charm. It's the kind of place that feels friendly the second you walk in. Choose a booth or table, or sidle up to the counter and chat up the staff. I dunno, it feels like America's losing its places like this. Glad the Bull Pen is around. The food might take a little longer here to come out, but that just gives you more time to savor a top off on your coffee and really get into your conversation. Speaking of the food, it's great. Blueberry pancakes were light and fluffy, and stuffed with so many fresh picked blueberries I almost thought I ordered the cobbler. And omelets here have that really thin egg layer that envelopes a pile of meat or veg or cheese. All jam packed with flavor. Prices are reasonable and staff are friendly. read more

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You would be a fool to not make a stop at this spot. I stopped in heading back to Chicago. There's something to be said about o bout small town diners, and hospitality. Also the food was soooo good, best western skillet and huge portions. Adding this to one of my favorites read more

Bull Pen Cafe - Western skillet - Cafes Near Me - Fremont, Indiana

Tried to stop in today, Saturday, 1/3/26 at 8:30 a.m. and they looked permanently closed.

Stopped on my way home to Illinois from Ohio. My server was just a peach! Friendly, quick and even offered to put my leftover coffee in a to-go cup. I had the chicken fried steak and eggs. Eggs were cooked perfectly over-medium and the food was great! Highly recommended! read more

We came in on a Sunday 7/14 at 10:20am. The restaurant was half full. We were served promptly with iced tea and coffee. Our food did not arrive until 11:35am. Others who arrived after us were warned that service would be slow and food could take an hour. We did not get this warning. The food was average and reasonably tasty. read more

It's a calm restaurant in the morning. The food took a very long time to come out, and there was an okay amount of food.

This is one of my favorite places to go. The staff are warm and friendly and the food is great. I love that a place like this still exists in America - good food, good people, not pretentious. You sometimes have to wait a little while for your order. I suggest savoring the time by getting another cup of coffee and enjoying your morning. read more

Fast friendly staff and great food I recommend the biscuits and gravy they are yummy and you get enough to make you full really great place read more

Bull Pen Cafe - a plate of food on a table - Cafes Near Me - Fremont, Indiana

The best food anywhere around the Steuben County area. Large portions. The best breakfast! The best lunch.

Stopped here on a chance driving across the country and I'm so glad we did. Super friendly staff (very prompt with the coffee refills) and excellent food. My wife got a farmers omelette and it was amazing! Full to the brim with veggies and crispy hash browns. I had the biscuits and gravy which was good but after seeing the omelette I felt like I should have chosen one of the skillet options. read more

Really good breakfast, pancakes are large, bacon crisp and tasty. Eggs and potatoes are very good.

Good plain diner fare - nothing fancy, but well prepared and served. Caveat: no sign requiring masks, and no one in the place wore one, including the server, which made us very uncomfortable. read more

Cute little restaurant. Unfortunately their prices have raised. For me and my son for breakfast (he had a ham and cheese omelet with rye toast and i had a skillet) and it cost us $25! I barely had any hashbrowns on the bottom of my skillet and it was pretty greasy. read more

I stumbled upon this small town diner after enjoying a lovely morning stroll through the woods. The only thing on my mind after exerting energy for a couple hours was some meat. The front of the show says "nobody beats our meat." And they were right. This place is what is city folk dream of when coming to rural America. A small town diner with a large counter, average coffee, and a damn good breakfast. I think for less than 10 bucks I had biscuits and gravy, sausages, eggs, coffee. Easily one of the best breakfast that I've ever had.The sausage and bacon were on point. Cooked to perfection and tasted even better. Now if your some dirty vegan like health nut. I'd advise you to stay away. Vegan you can stay away because nobody wants to here you talk, health nut you need to stay away because this breakfast is gunna put some meat on your bones. So if your looking to beat some meat, go ahead, just don't try to do it at the here, or at a park or school.... read more

We just ordered our food. The people there said it would be here in 10 minutes! How excellent! Very fast! I come from this town And their food is great at the bull pen from my past experiences. I just have to wait a couple more minutes until I actually taste my food. I can't wait for our food!!I'll add pictures of my food when it comes. I just found out it would be here in like a minute! They have great customer service. I also love the fact that here they have lunch all day; sometimes I don't like breakfast.We just got our food!The chicken strips I ordered are soo good! Now for the French fries...eww they taste bad.Well it's a great place to go but don't order french fries unless you're not feeling particularly hungry. read more

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The Bull Pen is near my family's lake house, and as I only get up there 1-2 times a year, I usually stop in here for breakfast before hitting up Gay's Hops & Schnapps. It's a throw-back kind of place, deer heads on the wood-paneled walls. Typical stick-to-your-ribs fare. I enjoy the small town atmosphere, though it's blatantly obvious who the locals are versus the city slicker weekenders!(I'd be the latter). But I've always had good service, though they can get slow on the weekends when a rush is on. My father and I waited about 45 minutes for a simple order which usually I wouldn't worry about, but he waited far too long to take his Parkinson's medicine as a result and could barely walk back to the car. Other than that, it's the kind of place that rents out spots on their paper placemats for local advertisements. Decent all around, nothing crazy. The kind of place you'd probably get a killer piece of pie, though I've never saved room. read more

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Cute diner with huuuuuuge portions, particularly for the daily specials. We really wanted to try their homemade pies but were so full we couldn't manage. We all enjoyed our sandwiches, kids meal selections, and particularly the brushfire fries! They treated our family like... Family. It was a lovely little stop while passing through on our road trip. read more

Only really ate breakfasts here, awesome place, highly recommended! Great staff, clean place, quality food! read more

A few friends and I stopped here for lunch. The cheeseburgers were outstanding as were my onion rings, I had the camp fire burger and the others had the mama bull. We were very happy with our choices. I just wish they were open a few more evenings. read more

Great food from steaks to burgers and anything in between. Homemade pies and unique dinner specials. A small town local gem in Fremont. Good breakfast all day. Highly recommended read more

Very good food! Excellent service ! I would highly recommend the bacon ranch chicken sandwich!

Been here many times...it's worth a 20 min drive. For some reason I always get breakfast it seems but the tenderloin was very good the one time I had a lunch. No more road apples in the back parking lot is a big PLUS now. read more

Well, not happy. 60 minute wait after order placed. Some customers got up and left. One was a family of 5. There were only 6 tables with customers. There was one young waitress for both sides of the restaurant. Young boys cleaning tables and helping. Really did not see an older person. Not sure who the manager was. New people came in and were told about the wait and left. I guess, we could have left, but decided to wait. We didn't want to have to drive into Angola. We were told they put the wrong sauce on my husband's wings and made new ones. We did get a discount. read more

I got my food and what I was given was incorrect, after a 45 minute wait. Notified a waitress, not mine because she didnt come back after drinks. She notified a waitress, again, not mine, I was then told to put what I didn't order on to another plate and they would bring me what I ordered. No apologies for the wait or the mess up. Had to ask for our to go order and check because after our meal we sat 10 minutes waiting while 4 waitresses were at the counter. Upon paying my husband had to ask for our card back because she gave him the receipt and not our card... GOOD GRIEF.. read more

The younger I was the better the food seemed to taste and the more I enjoyed the overall experience. Unlike wine, the Bull Pen has not aged as well as many small town niche diners I have visited over the years. Food is average, grease is above average, and it is appropriately priced. Service is acceptable, they don't sell it as something it isn't. Would I go here if I was hungry... yes, but would I take someone I wanted to impress... no. read more

Delicious food! The best Reuben I've had in a while. Great fries. My husband loved his burger too. Fast service.

Best breakfast in the area, all the breakfasts I have had is a great tasting meal. Prepared to your order, large portions and so affordable. Coffee/Tea doesn't run out, as they will fill it before you have to ask. They will remove your dishes as you finish with them. Nice place to catch up with friends/family and this visit won't cost much. Very affordable breakfast in a small town with one 4 ways stop in the middle of town where this place sits 3 blocks on the main street through town. A 5 minute drive from Indiana Toll Rd Exit 144 or I-69 exit 357. read more

This place is a great small town place to eat. The staff is friendly, prices aren't bad, and it is like a blast from the past. The food is great, one of the best omelette's I've ever had. I recommend this place to anyone! read more

This place has pancakes so big & fluffy you could lay down on 'me and go to sleep! Food is awesome, service even better, prices are reasonable. One flaw...the chef...the magnificent chef cannot prepare soft scrambled eggs. However...he can make every other style of egg FLAWLESSLY so in my book that is FINE! Sparkling clean place too. ALWAYS PACKED! No Wifi folks gotta use your hotspot. read more

Great food, fantastic service, and they serve breakfast all day long. Love their pancakes, and their tenderloin sandwich is amazing... And big enough to feed me for two meals. Love this place, always leave satisfied... Unfortunately I also leave so full I don't have room for dessert. read more

10 of us went to this restaurant for Sunday breakfast. My husbands eggs were not right so we asked if we could get them recooked. The waitress took them to the kitchen and a few minutes later the owner came out and loudly said there is nothing wrong wit these eggs an literallly threw the plate down in front of my husband.. shocked he asked since he can not eat them can he at least have this portion taken off the bill. She screamed through the restaurant and said I am not taking "SH**" off your bill. I asked her why she is being so mean and she again used profanity. I was shocked she was treating us this way and more shocked she was swearing in front of these little kids. I would not recommend this restaurant to any one. Two out of the 10 have terribe stomach aches now so I know my husband was right about the eggs. read more

This place always makes the food perfect for me. I have never had an issue with my order. The waitresses are caring and love to have a good time, But are also very professional. Definitely my to choice to have a nice breakfast. And I'm happy to have it right in our small town. read more

This place is disgusting. Cooks were drunk on Friday night and drinking while cooking and fighting with each other. Floors and tables were horrible. Waitresses were horrible and confused. People walking thru the kitchen hacking and coughing as they passed thru. Girl bussing the table was rude and lazy. Fish was so greasy I told the waitress and she stated its not worth the fight your gonna have with the owner /cook. Just left and will never return. Grossssss read more