Quaint little cafe in Watertown just off the square. Has a very friendly staff and a great menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I had a great cheese burger today and highly recommend it. Saw some pretty plates full of catfish as well. Also, my friend just RAVES about their potato salad side dish. She always orders a to go container before she leaves. We asked today for the recipe and it is a trade secret. There is a special ingredient for sure. read more

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Love this place! It has a warm and inviting atmosphere, with great food. Reminds me of food made from home by loving hands. And the cost for the meals is very fair! Better than most around! read more

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The train-themed dining room is in a repurposed storefront just off "The Square". It even has a train that circuits the room near the ceiling. Our server was kind, efficient, and helpful, even with a packed dining room. Not at all like Kandi. I had the patty melt with fries and my wife had the club with onion rings. My patty melt was just like I'd make at home very tasty with two kinds of cheese. My wife reports the club was good. The fries ordered crispy, were somewhat soggy but the onion rings were fantastic. All in all the crowd seemed to be enjoying lunch and there seemed to be some local/regular customers mixed in with those of us from the train. Tip - get the onion rings Tip 2 - Watertown has about 2000 residents and there were about 500 "tourists" from the train so getting a seat may take a few minutes at any place in town. Tip 3 - Restrooms are at a premium in town when the train is there. read more

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The food was a little to basic for the price. The sandwiches were low quality as if your kids made them at home in your kitchen. The service and décor each get a star since they were pretty good. If you are just looking to eat and have no one at home to cook, this place maybe your place. But quality and quantity not high on the list here. read more

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This quaint small cafe diner is located in historic Watertown, TN. I had the 1/2 lb Diesel Burger with cheese and bacon. The hamburger appeared a bit thrown together and cooked well done. It appeared to be a frozen patty and not made fresh. The lettuce was partially wilted. The small things matter. Friendly service and the price was reasonable for a regular burger. I wouldn't recommend the burger for out of towners. Try something else. read more

Depot Junction Cafe - American Near Me - Watertown, Tennessee

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Food good . Service great. Still needs a good cleaning before I can recommend to friends.

This is a great small town cafe!! Breakfast was amazing - pancakes and omelette were huge and server was friendly and accommodating. Don't bother with the comment about it being dirty -- it's just a small town cafe so there are areas that may need upgrading but that adds to the charm! But no doubt the food was awesome! read more

Depot Junction Cafe - American Near Me - Watertown, Tennessee

Recently moved to Watertown and this place is perfect for several visits a week... very friendly staff, food is consistently good, prices are great. Would love to see them get the toy train going again that goes all the way through the restaurant. Wonder how much trouble that could be... read more

always A good time, mac and cheese is great And family atmosphere Also great service.

I made a reservation at this cafe for my wife and myself for our 48th wedding anniversary and rode the Tennessee Central Railroad from Nashville to Watertown. The Tennessee Railroad was an awesome ride and I highly recommend it. They actually provided entertainment during the trip and the crew were outstanding. When we arrived at the Depot Junction Cafe I realized that the menu was not the one I read on line. It was a one page train menu with 8 items. I ordered the chopped steak with 2 sides for $15.99. What they brought me was a small hamburger patty with 2 little plastic cups with the sides and a small cold out of the package roll, no butter or anything to put on it so it looked like I paid $15.99 for a TV dinner barely heated up. Now I am not a real picky person but my mom owned 2 restaurants before she passed away and I know what you should serve to your customers. The problem is in Watertown they have the depot junction and 2 Mexican restaurants so they have no competition. Suggest if you take that train trip eat breakfast before you go then when you get back around 4:30- 5:00pm go eat dinner. My wife had the chicken fingers for $12.99 and it was the same like an inexpensive TV dinner. read more

This place is great, and so is the food, it's a perfect example of southern cuisine at it's finest , I grew up less than a hundred miles from here and the food really reminds me of the wonderful southern food I grew up eating, right down to the corn bread ! and The service is great too ! read more

This is the worst restaurant that I have been to in ages. The food was awful. BBQ pork: mushy, out of bag. Onion rings: bag. Bun: bag, not even toasted. Iced tea: weak. Cobbler: flavorless, doughy mess - they should've stuck to Cysco bagged foods. Service was completely discombobulated. No organization to seat people, not even a simple list. Only one person to work register to cash out. Bathrooms were so gross! And the ladies restroom had 2 toilets and a sink, just open in one small room. What was going on with that? There was not even a divider. Oh and I hope you like heavy handed political displays while you dine. The owner's favorite political candidate is represented prominently in wall art and a HUGE flag over the main dining room. Do not go to this restaurant! Everything is terrible! read more

We ordered beans, onions and cornbread. When they brought the food to our table were told they were out of cornbread and gave us dinner rolls instead. We would not have ordered if we knew there wasn't cornbread. Used the restroom and it desperately needed cleaned. would not recommend this restaurant. read more

The train-themed Depot Junction Cafe is a great choice for lunch in Watertown -- our party of eight had no wait. The menu is extensive. I finally decided on the patty melt, which was much larger than I was expecting. The patty itself was cooked perfectly -- juicy and well seasoned. The patty, two slices of cheese and grilled onions were held together by an upside-down, buttery hamburger bun which had been grilled lightly to a golden brown. The accompanying fries were relatively standard -- nothing crazy, but they paired well with the sandwich. Overall, it was a great lunch. read more

Depot Junction Cafe - Patty melt and fries - American Near Me - Watertown, Tennessee

All the reviews telling you this place's flaws are correct. Perhaps their biggest flaw is the reliance on frozen and canned foods while being surrounded by Tennessee farms. read more

We have been here a few times as a family with young children so we don't have to cook and do dishes and each time I go I can't help but think about how gross the kitchen must look because they don't dust the trinket decor or clean the windows, main door, bathrooms, chairs or customers' splatters on the walls. The entire place looks like it hasn't been cleaned in years. Sometimes after I drop my kids off from school, I think about getting a quick biscuit to go because I'm pregnant and craving it however, I called them this morning as I pulled in across the street at the bank to wait, and I asked how long it would take and they said at least 20 minutes for a to go biscuit. I think we are done with this place. Wishing for another restaurant in this tiny town. read more

My friends and I stopped in here for something to drink. Ended up getting a milkshake, which was great! My friends got the hot fudge cake which was HUGE and also delicious. I ordered some hot wings. They were all right. Not that hot. They were a bit fatty and small. Main concern was the glasses. We all ordered waters, and the glasses were somewhat grimy. My friends could wipe this grime off the inside of the cup, which was nasty. But the server was happy to bring out waters in to go cups. Yes read more

Ambiance is great. Food leaves a lot to be desired. I really want and wish this place was better. Seems to be a whole lot of not caring when it comes to food here. read more

There's so much potential in this place. We visited on a VERY busy Saturday afternoon during Watertown's Jazz Festival. So... the food was passable. I had a grilled chicken breast (a tiny chicken breast for the money), a loaded baked potato, and green beans. The green beans were seasoned well. My guy had fried catfish, coleslaw, and a loaded baked potato. His catfish filets were of pretty decent size. Food wise, it wasn't memorable. A HUGE drawback was the line to pay the check. It stretched back almost to the restrooms. I just LOVE strangers hovering all over our table, breathing on us. (I hope you get the sarcasm in that last remark.) A suggestion: have your servers ask folks to decide who is paying, and let them stand in line while the rest of the party waits outside. I mean, how many people in a party of more than two does it take to pay the check? Another suggestion: lose all the political propaganda. We can agree to disagree on politics, but we shouldn't have to look at that mess while I eat. And you probably want to improve on your health score. 91? Had I known how low you scored before we arrived, we'd have kept walking. The one really bright spot in our visit was our server, Ashley. I watched her working very hard, and she took good care of us. It's too bad she is only a part-timer, but she saved you from a one-star review. Will we be back? Probably not. Y'all have too many negatives that need correction. read more

I dont wanna be so negative BUT my 6 year old was the last to receive her popcorn shrimp. My BLT had very little bacon but decent. Husbands burger was luke warm , cheese wasnt melted , he asked for grilled onions and had fresh onions the burger patty broke in half. Which means the PATTY wasn't fully cooked. My daughters philly steak sandwich looked good and she devoured it. read more

----------- Updated: Even those safe bets on the menu from before are becoming harder to trust, the steak salad (I always order it medium rare) most of the time it is well done, once we get home with the food and realize it and call it's a real pain to go back because they don't know the difference between well done and medium rare (and we get it to go 95% of the time ...because, we'll see other reviews) I still say the salad BAR is the best way to go hands down, but obviously it's best to do the salad bar if you dine in and we just don't do that very often. I have started getting the salad bar to go more often since the steak salad has become to difficult to get correct. My son likes the steak salad as well, and the cheeseburger (he is eight) Husband the salad bar and pizza, and patty melt Breakfast has become hit or miss which is disappointing since it is the only option for breakfast in this town .... but maybe that is why they have quit even trying at breakfast. More often than not the hashbrowns are half burned and half raw (shredded scattered style hasbrowns for those who haven't eaten them there before) if you order scrambled eggs they are Ok (but if you order any form of fried eggs, you get what you get and you don't throw a fit ...no seriously over easy, over medium, sunny side up ... they all come out exactly the same) Pancakes are more often than not a bit on the "over dark" side on at least one side ( I would it go as far as to say they are burnt, but you can taste char on them...and we don't like charred pancakes in this house) oh....and ditto on the toast Remember how I said always go with the specials .... I stand by that most of the time ....problem is knowing what the specials are (they do not usually update routinely online) typically we call to ask what the specials are .... and we are told, or we are told "I don't know", my personal favorite happened last week or the week before "oh, we don't have one tonight" so I ordered my stand by steak salad, hubby and my son decided to order pizza from another restaurant in town ... hubby gets there they DID actually have a special after all and it was something all three of us would have actually ordered had I been told what it was instead of "we don't have one tonight" Also if you call to place a to go order anytime after 7:45 they ask you over and over again if you realize they are about to close (they close at 8:30 sun-th and 9:00 fri-sat, so that's a bit ridiculous....also you can't get a salad after 8pm) read more

The food is not that good and not worth the money spent. The restaurant seems a little old and dirty. If headed to Watertown stop and eat before you get their because choices are limited. My son's pizza was burnt on the top and my daughter's burger was over cooked and tough. Do not recommend this place at all. read more

Great atmosphere, terrible food. They have done a fabulous job of harnessing the "Old Town Square" feel. Great old building with character, clean bathrooms, great old train relics decorting the dining hall. That's, unfortunately where the good of the review stops. The food is, to put in a word, terrible. Imagine early 90's public school cafeteria food...but the really bad kind. The chicken stips were terrible, the mashed potatoes has the oddest taste (which im sure will lead to nausea in the next few hrs) The salad bar is trupy the only edible thing. Stay away...like FAR away. read more

My wife had the grilled chicken on a salad and it was good. I have the catfish sandwich and it was phenomenal

We love their pizza! And we are very particular. Their breakfast, hamburgs and seafood platter are also delicious. Can't beat their prices either. A great little town restaurant.....we are lucky they are here. read more

Really cool hometown restaurant they have a great breakfast perfect omelets made anyway you like it good milk shakes and friendly waitresses very small wait times and a really cool eletric train that goes around the whole place close to the celing read more

The best food in Tennessee and I've ate everywhere you got to stop buy and eat here you will come back

On my trips to Watertown I have twice been to the Depot. Don't get me wrong, the food is good and they have a slightly larger selection than The Snow White II, including a salad bar; however, due to the bi-annual Mile Long Yard, they have become more of a tourist trap and the quality has suffered a little as a result. When I have been there, I have had their cheesesticks and burgers. While the cheesesticks and milkshakes rival that of Rotier's, most of the rest of their food is nothing beyond average. All in all I this place seems to be suffering from its own success. They could really use some places to sit down while waiting for a table too. read more

Food was very good, and inexpensive. Came here for lunch and dinner on a day in Watertown. Had the seafood combo the first time and the country fried steak the second. Very good selection, great sweet tea. read more

Great breakfast spot. It's not fine dining. Don't expect a hostess at the door. Walk in, go to the room on the left and find a clean table and they will come wait on you. read more

Food is truly dreadful. Place is dirty. Lots of other choices. Don't bother spending your money.

DON'T GO AS A GROUP. My church took the excursion train ride to Watertown. We had a group of 22. We called about a week ahead and made reservations for our group to eat at the restaurant once the train arrived in the station at Watertown. We got seated immediately, but from there it went downhill quick. We only had one waitress and with a group of 22 all seating at one table we needed more than one waitress. The drink orders took forever and of course the drinks took forever to come out. The food orders took forever as well. The food was very sporadic coming out. About half our group was done eating before the other half even got there food. The part of the group that was still waiting on their food while everyone else was eating all order sandwiches. The food was okay, but nothing to brag about. The worst part was siting there waiting for our food and watching all the other tables around us without reservations coming and going and being served their food and drinks in a timely matter. Our group was there two hours and barely made it back to board the train in time. Also the waitress forgot to give everyone at our table the homemade yeast rolls they talk so highly about. I did ask about not getting any rolls as I was checking out and the waitress did tell me she just forgot about it and gave me some to take home. Overall it was a bad experience. read more

We went to Watertown and had a group of 10, in which the depot was one of the only places to eat and would accept reservations. We rode the train excursion from Nashville to Watertown, in which the Depot was already aware was coming. There was other larger groups with reservations as well, and therefore should have been more prepared. The service was not great, but poor girl was serving four tables of six, our table of 10, and a table of eight. Our food arrived over an hour and a half after being seated, and was COLD! We did not have any extra time to enjoy the town as we spent all our time at the restaurant. The food was not even appetizing and cold! On the positive they do serve a wide variety, but need to plan better knowing they are going to be packed! read more

Avoid this place at all costs! We visited here tonight while we were in town for a basketball game and all three of our meals were inedible. The chicken fingers and onion rings has obviously been cooked at the wrong temperature as they were both brown, soaked through with old grease, and tasted awful. I took one bite and left the rest. My son's hot wings were slimy and disgusting. The hamburger was dry and flavorless. The only thing fit to eat was the salad bar and french fries. Much of this may be the result of having children running the place. My suggestion...if you don't want to pay someone responsible to operate the restaurant in the evening, don't open for dinner. read more

We found this cafe on Yelp and when we walked in we were never greeted. Stood there for several minutes until we finally decided to just leave and go somewhere else. Oh well for supporting local cafes. read more

Nice little elderly lady that waited on us but the place was so dirty! Not to mention we sat by the window to watch the rain and next thing you know, we have a puddle under our feet! Will not go back again! read more

Contrary to some of the reviews, IMO, we have gotten good food and service. Did not notice any negatives. I feel sure you will enjoy your experience but, you can't please all the people all the time. They make a solid effort though. read more

Local food meat and 3. Country cooking with our favorite is the fried ice cream. You have to try the fried mushrooms with horsey sauce!

Nasty floors, restroom. Dusty all over everything. Food is overpriced for what it is. Needs a huge scrubbing!

I would I have negative amount of stars on this place but I don't have that option . We were not greeted for several minutes after coming in the door and then we sat ourselves ( which isn't a big deal) after sitting down we sat there for several minutes and no came to our table or even acknowledged that we were there . They were not busy at all , just three tables at the most including my mother and I . read more