The food: amazing, so many different options. Chicken fried BACON Wait staff: quick, SUPER friendly and made the experience great. It's always nice to come eat dinner surrounded by people who are enjoying their job and atmosphere. 10/10 Michael (in the earlier shift) was a SUPERB waiter. read more

I saw this place on Yelp and decided to give it a try. The place is clean. The staff was friendly and accommodating. Our waitress kept me with a fresh glass of ice tea without having to ask. The manager stopped by but didn't stay too long. They play music, but not too darn loud. (I hate it when the music is too loud). Granted, these are small things but they add up. I had the meat loaf with mashed potatoes and green beans. Everything was delicious and the portions were generous. My wife had grilled salmon she was quite pleased with her meal too. After reading some of the negative reviews l half expected to wait on my food. I'm pleased to say our food came out in a timely manner. It was hot and fresh. That takes time. All in all, my first trip will definitely not be my last. I honestly cannot say I was disappointed or unhappy about any aspect of my visit. I recommend giving this place a try. For those of you who were upset because your food didn't come out immediately, remember they start your meal AFTER you ask for it. Real food takes time. If "fast" is your driving force, try a chinese buffet. read more

Heart condition be damned..!!!! Get the Country Fried Bacon appetizer. You can thank me later.

Didn't even make it to order food. I was told that the Ribs aren't in the menu because...... they are " SEASONAL " This is the south! This is Texas. There's no such thing as seasonal when it comes to ribs. read more

Unbelievably slow service. We were not greeted until 15 min after we sat down. It was not busy. Mind you.....we were only greeted after I complained to the manager. Our meal took forever to come. Then it was inaccurate. Positive note: The skillet cornbread was good. read more

We use to go to Cotton Patch in Ft Worth & loved. Since we been home we were so happy one opened here. The first 2 times were real good & our waiter Nash was great! Not this time! The waiter Keith was terribly rude, mumbled at us & didn't tell us about an upcharge until we asked about it. My chicken Fry Steak was tiny, all tore up, thin & tuff. When I was a waitress I would never have served this! We are done!!! Thats how bad it was. read more

Cotton Patch Cafe - small tore up chicken fry steak yuck! - American Near Me - Spring, Texas

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Took the fam here. After being sat down, we waited 30+ minutes and we're never greeted by a waiter. Had high expectations and was disappointed. We walked out. Never again. read more

I have been to this restaurant several times and recently recommended it to friends. However, today was a different story. My daughter and I arrived for lunch about 2:30 p.m. and were seated at a booth in the back section. Our waitress greeted us and took our tea and food order. I had flavored tea which was too sweet for me so I asked the waitress to exchange it for regular unsweetened tea instead. She seemed annoyed at my request and arrived soon with my tea and plopped it down angrily without even looking at me or asking if we needed anything else. Im in my 70's and have never encountered such a rude waitress. My daughter and I left without our drinks or food. I will not be back to risk an encounter with this waitress again. I hope that management observes her so she doesnt treat other customers in this rude manner. read more

Picked up lunch from here today. Food was great! Order prepared on time and was accurate. The staff greeted me upon arrival and the restaurant was very clean. Normally we dine in and are very pleased with the food and the service but it is nice to know they prepare to go orders just as well! read more

You have to teach these kids about customer relations the girl didn't even say thank you, after I picked up my order, Even hesitated when I walked in to pick up my food. Liability needs to be communicated. Food is always great! read more

This was our first visit. Lauren waited on us, and was extremely good in every aspect. We had a sizable group and each ordered the chicken and dumplings. I, having eaten a few hours previously, ordered just the bowl. Everybody else ordered the bowl with one or two sides. This is southern comfort food, almost everything is fried; thus, we ordered the fried green tomatoes as an appetizer. They came out quickly and were hot. The chicken and dumplings was ever so good. Not soupy at all, but with lots of chicken and tasty dumplings. Good food and good service by Lauren. read more

First the good news. The meal was free. Lousy service. Food sub par. Order incorrect. Tres Leches cake cold and not moist enough. Wednesday 4:30. Waited several minutes to be seated. At table waited 10 minutes, no waitress. Talked to manager. He said he would comp our meal if we stayed. Took forever to get food. You could tell it had been sitting on the line for awhile. Congealed gravy. Okra cold and over cooked. Forget about it. Save your money honey. read more

Great food and excellent service! I use to go to the nacogdoches location all the time when I was in college. So glad they opened a spring location! The chicken fried chicken and garlic mash potatoes was amazing! You have to try the chicken fried bacon too! Our waitress, Shelby, had a great attitude and the manager even delivered the food to our table and checked on us. We even got a complimentary dessert! We will most definitely be back!!! Best service we have had in weeks! read more

I wasn't impressed if you already couldn't tell by the low grade. The service was really slow for there not being many people there. The waitress would walk by, notice empty glasses, and then keep on walking by. She acted annoyed to be there honestly. I had a question, she would answer it, then just walk off. No saying that she will give us a minute and be back or for us to take our time. She just looked at the ground and got out of there. I just didn't feel welcomed to be there. Like I was a burden. Anyways, I ordered the chicken strips and I wish I would have saved a couple of bucks and walked into Chick Fil A instead right down the road instead. Most of the chicken had fatty pieces inside which Chick Fil A will make sure you don't get. The only thing going for this place was the cute, country atmosphere and that was it. If you want something like chicken friend steak then do yourself a favor and head to Goodsons in Tomball over The Cotton Patch. read more

I have eaten at these before and usually love the food, so was excited when this location popped up. Unfortunately, the couple of times I've eaten here the service was too bad and slow to make the food worth it. Had an especially poor visit today with a large group celebrating Baptism. Waited 30 minutes for a table. Had to ask repeatedly for everything - utensils, napkins, drink refills, our appetizers, the check. My entree actually never came out. From when we sat down at the table to when everyone (but me) finished eating was 90 minutes. Seriously, i ordered fish and chips. Reminded waiter twice it hadn't come. Then he still rang it up on the check and had to ask for credit. Manager seemed annoyed but didn't ever come check on our table or apologize. It's a shame. Good food and location, could be very successful with proper management and staff. I won't be going back to find out. read more

I went on to try it for the first time. It was a few minutes past 8PM. People were waiting and the hostess did not give me an estimate of the time I would have to wait. She asked if I wanted to sit at the bar. I am a disabled veteran who has leg braces and uses walker or cane because I have to. I told her I did not want to eat at the bar. One is I do not drink nor did I want to sit with the drinkers. She did not offer another option of sitting at a table. I would have appreciated that ,but she did not offer it to me. I called and spoke to the nighttime manager. Told him how I was treated acted like he could care less read more

Finally tried this today for lunch. Service was awful, even though we were the only people in the restaurant. Ordered the lunch special of the burger patty with gravy and a side salad. The lettuce was brown and wilted. Had a spoonful of awful dressing. The burger patty and gravy was obviously sitting on the heating pan all day. Absolutely not edible. Do yourself a favor and eat somewhere else. Terrible service and worse food. If there was a way to give negative stars, this would be the place to give them. read more

Food was ok, we ordered two kids meals and a lunch item. My chicken fried chicken was sadly small, probably for it being a lunch plate. The kids meal was a hit with my two little ones. But they didn't have corn and no butter cake. Really sad about the butter cake and my server didn't offer a different option. So just made me more sad. Price was fair considering the small portions. Don't know if I would come back. Food was ok but whole experience was missing something ( butter cake and corn) the read more

I liked it! I had the Chicken Fried Chicken with Sautéed Mushrooms and Broccoli and my daughter had the Cotton Patch salad. I'd definitely go again. I ordered the Southern Fried Chicken Tenders with Fries for my husband to-go. Also an order of Chicken Fried Bacon. I had a order of Fried Green Tomatoes for the appetizer. Everything was reasonably priced and surprisingly had FLAVOR!!!! I really didn't care for the Sautéed Mushrooms. I didn't try any dessert on this time, but next time I will! Parking wasn't bad either. read more

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Giving this place a 1 star, because upon entering the place looked clean and inviting... goes down hill quickly. Walked in and there was a lady at the front host stand. She grabbed a menu while looking at my husband and I, and walked to the back counter near the to go door. She started taking to two other ladies behind the counter while playing with one another's hair. We scanned the restaurant to see if anyone was going to come back up and greet us or acknowledge our presence. After a few minutes of waiting my husband and I left the restaurant since the staff seemed more interested in their conversation among one another than having another patron. Won't be back. read more

Tried the place out for lunch on a busy but not overwhelming Saturday. I was greeted politely and seated promptly--tables were empty but not quite clean, so they are probably still having some of the service issues mentioned by other reviewers. I started off with the chicken-fried bacon. It's a novelty item, but one that actually works. The breading is very crisp, and the bacon inside is crisp enough to snap with it. Great flavor with gravy, I kept going back to nibble at it. For my entree I tried one of the Holiday skillets. The beef tenderloin skillet comes with beef tenderloin tips in a red wine reduction sauce, over mashed potatoes. The beef was reasonably tender and cooked well, with a nice char. The sauce was nothing special, basically just a mildly sweet brown sauce with just enough wine flavor to keep it from being off-putting. The mashed potatoes were OK but could have used more help from the sauce. Overall fine but not good enough for me to finish. I went for dessert and got Mama's Butter Cake. Who doesn't like butter? But again, nothing special. The cake was supposed to be kind of a cheesecake but was a bit mushy for that. Cake and crust were pretty much the same texture. The sauce was basically just a mild syrup, and only a tiny dab of whipped cream. Piling it on might have saved this dish. Cotton Patch is moving into the vacuum left by Black Eyed Pea, and has lots of demand--I've heard the wait is still long in the evenings. But there are plenty of places to get good southern food here, like Neal's Restaurant or Mel's Diner. You can find things on the menu to eat if you're accompanying someone that loves Cotton Patch. If you're tempted by that chicken fried bacon, go ahead and get it, it's absolutely worthwhile. The service issues are getting better, and I think may be caused in part by a restaurant labor shortage in this part of town. Several new places are opening at once. read more

VERY DISAPPOINTED. My family used to come here at least 2-4 times a month. We moved over to cypress and it's been months since we were here. We decided to drive over today for an early dinner so that we could get in and out before the dinner rush. When we arrived the parking lot was almost empty so we walked in and we're seated almost immediately. I think I counted only three other tables with guests. It took at least 15 to 20 minutes before anyone came over to get a drink order. After another 10-15 minutes waiting on waters, (YES WE ALL ORDERED WATERS) we were finally able to order food. My kids both ordered the CHIPOTLE MAPLE SALMON my wife the CHIPOTLE MAPLE CHICKEN. None of them were served with the "CHIPOTLE MAPLE" the whole reason you order them. I ordered the avocado grilled chicken sandwich with loaded french fries. After about 5-10 minutes our waitress comes back and says they can't do loaded fries. So I asked if they could do loaded mashed potatoes. She replied "Yes of course. You can also order the loaded fries as an appetizer just not a side". REALLY!!!!! You can melt cheese and put bacon on a side of mashed potatoes and an appetizer of fries but not a small side of fries. WHAT!!! How does this ever make since. Then to top it all off the manager NEVER ONCE even made eye contact as they walked by our table let alone stop by to offer any solutions or apologies. DEFINITELY WONT BE BACK EVER!! read more

Great service! Great food and caring staff! They have really good alcoholic beverages!

I haven't even tasted my food yet I'm currently waiting for my order that was supposed to be ready at 5:30. I ordered curbside meaning that my food was to be ready AT 5:30. It's currently 5:44 and still no food. Changed my stars because the food was BOMB. Maybe I was hangry read more

Ms. Kat was a tremendous waitress and the food was to die for , my wife and I will be regular customers from now on. I got the chicken duo and my wife got the tilapia and she loved it. This is a very family friendly establishment. I would highly recommend it to anyone.x read more

The food was very good had their chicken fried steak excellent gravy was very good . Let's bed the Mac and cheese and cinnamon apples . The rolls were good but could have been hotter and the corn muffin was very good slight sweetness Gabe it excellent. They have a lot on the menu that I would Like to try . Fried catfish will be next read more

Second trip was much better! Brittany was a great server and did a great job taking care of our table. Try the fried bacon with maple, it's an experience. Great kids menu with real food! The lines are long because everyone wants to try this southern fried joint! read more

I'm actually surprised at how full this place was. I don't think I've ever seen a restaurant in our area get this packed! Our wait for a table was 35 minutes. The only rough part is that they don't have buzzers so you have to stick close by to ensure that you don't lose your spot. I had seen a post on facebook about registering my email on their site and getting a free appetizer so I took advantage of that. We ordered the fried green tomatoes. O-M-G delicious! They were cooked perfectly and seasoned to perfection! I ordered a NY Strip steak with a baked potato and Caesar salad. The Caesar salad was super delicious! The steak, salad, and baked potato are only $15.99. You definitely get your money's worth here. I had no room for desert when I was done! Their free rolls are delicious too! read more

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I always give restaurants the benefit of the doubt. Especially when it comes to good food. The only problem with this place is that they take forever to bring out your food. Most recently we waited almost 45 minutes for our food and it never came. To make matters worse is that it was just one plate of food that we were going to share and there were only two other tables with customers sitting at them. We ended up leaving. Customer service to me goes hand in hand with the food. If you can't deliver good service with good food then what's the use. Unfortunately for me I won't be patronizing this restaurant any more because of the service. read more

Food was good. Portion sizes are very large and came out piping hot (we had the chicken fried steak and it was delicious). Our server, Hailee, was awesome and very attentive! read more

I was expecting more but it was just okay. The service was great, everyone was polite and food was served fast. We were served complimentary mini cornbread muffins and butter. They were good, We started with jalapeno fried Mac n cheese bites. My son enjoyed those. I had the biscuit chicken pot pie and my son had the buffalo Mac and cheese. He said his was really good, although a few new noodles were crunchy and my food was bland and really not enough. I added salt and pepper toakebit better and it helped. Would I go back, sure, the prices are reasonable and I can try other things. They have a lot to choose from. read more

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No. This place just wasn't it. I was extremely underwhelmed with the food. They did get our curbside order wrong and when she went in to correct it she still brought back the wrong items so we just left. read more

Isabella was friendly, personable and made sure we did not run out of tea. The food was hot and delicious! read more

Cotton Patch Cafe - Chicken fried chicken with green beans and sautéed mushrooms. Yum! Make sure to get the jalapeño gravy. - American Near Me - Spring, Texas

Had to sit and wait an hour & 20 minutes before our food came out. They kept telling us that the kitchen work really busy. No excuse. Service BAD - Time BAD - Food - BAD, Chicken undercooked, never recieved our corn, Manager didnt seem to care. Will never come back. Shame on Cotton Patch. They are better than this. read more

This restaurant is trying to get their business back to normal. They have recently reopened the dining room. The service was very good. The food is tasty, but is not always hot by the time it gets to the table. read more

This was my first time at this location. I was waiting for a to-go order. They are so so so accommodating! The team working today was very short handed, but made up for it with customer service and a clean store! A couple came in and waited for 5 minutes to be helped in the Togo section. They decided to harass the employees and tell them how terrible their service was. The employees handled the abrasive customer with grace and empathy. I appreciated their hustle and organization when dealing with incoming guest and new order while dealing with short staffing! Thanks again! read more

I don't know how many times I've driven past this place and wondered if it was any good. Well, I went in yesterday for the first time and found out. It's got a nice seating area with lots of booths and a few tables. You wait to be seated and then order. Our waitress was nice and answered our questions as well as gave us plenty of time to look over the menu since it was our first time. My friend and I saw friend green tomatoes and were all in. Can't pass that up. We got the feel this was a southern cooking kind of place and what do you know? The restaurant was born and raised in Nacogdoches, Texas. Been around 30 years serving up classic Texas recipes. The rolls were buttery delicious and the fried green tomatoes were a-okay. They had two dipping sauces, ranch or avocado ranch. So we chose both of course. I'd go with the avocado ranch. It was good. When I'm eating out, I tend to order things I don't get to eat a lot of when I'm home feeding my crew of 7. So I went with the grilled salmon and veggies. The waitress asked if I wanted skinny veggies and I didn't even ask. Just said sure! It was all seasoned well. Nothing to blow my mind but still, it was some southern home cooking done all right. The one weird thing was the water. Tasted a bit off to me. Not to be a snob like the gal in "Return to Me". But I almost wanted to ask if it was just tap water. Oh well. I still drank it. I'll let ya know if I grow an extra ear or something. read more

Cotton Patch Cafe - Fried green tomatoes, yummy buttery rolls - American Near Me - Spring, Texas

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Chicken and dumplings are delicious! I like that I can go somewhere local and get a variety of good vegetables, which in this little area is hard to find. The fried bacon as an appetizer is a must here. I find it best dipped in the warm gravy and my wife prefers the ranch. The steaks are well seasoned and so far have been cooked to requested temp. Fish and shrimp are tasty and their fries pair nicely. My wife loves their chocolate cake and all the other deserts. Service overall has been great the 20 or so times we have been, so overall this is a well rounded restaurant. read more

Our first time at Cotton Patch! Isabella did an amazing job!! Very informative, courteous & punctual! We will definitely be back!

I've been to this Cotton Patch many times. I often go to work and may be there 3 or 4 hours. The service is always amazing and the food is always top notch. I literally have never had a bad experience there. But on Aug 8th I went there to do some work. I kinda pressed the issue with the host to let me sit in my favorite spot. (corner booth with an outlet) They were hesitant at first because the server already had a large group (12 or so) and had another waiting (again 12 or so) plus 5 or 6 other tables. Even under the stress of two large back-to-back groups plus other tables my server did an absolutely amazing job. I was there for a few hours and never needed a single thing that she had not already anticipated. (I'm not kidding about this...at least twice I literally sat my drink down only to look up and she was setting a new one on the table.) At the height of it I was one of probably 20 customers she had and yet I felt like her only table. She was very cheerful and always had a smile even when literally being pulled from person to person and table to table with customer demands and questions. I was there for maybe 3 hours working so once the rush died down I was able to talk to her a bit. And she is a senior in High School AND new to the area. Impressive work ethic and exceptional attitude. All that to say Cotton Patch Cafe you need to treat her very well because she represents you very, very well. Her name was Hailee W. So ask for her section if you are ever at CPC in Spring, TX. read more