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    3.9 (56 reviews)
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    Phillip R.

    Home style cooking. Lunch was phenomenally good. I had fried fish and broccoli rice casserole but my friend had enchiladas and they looked equally and good. This place is a gem.

    Mike M.

    I went for lunch last Sunday being somewhat nearby. This restaurant has a large parking lot out front. I walked in and headed toward the serving line. There were about 7 or 8 people in line and it took me about 5 minutes to get to the starting point. Moving right along, I asked for a garden salad, chicken and dumplings, green beans, black eye peas and a wheat roll. With a drink and tax the bill was $14 and change. The restaurant was fairly empty so getting an empty table was easy. Actually, this is a large restaurant with plenty of seating. The interior (and exterior for that matter) are dated in design. Eating here makes you feel like it's the 1960's. It reminded me of Doyle's Italian Restaurant and The Barbecue Inn both up on the north side of town. The food was very good. I liked everything I ate and thought it was like a good home cooked meal with the serving sizes being adequate. I was full when I left. This place is similar to Luby's except it tastes better but is also slightly more expensive. Restaurants like this are a dying breed unfortunately. Come and enjoy while you can. If in the area, I would be happy to return.

    Meat Loaf, mashed potatoes, Broccoli Rice and Cheese and Texas Toast
    Augustus G.

    It's been over 60 years since I've been in the Dinner Bell Cafeteria!!! My dad took my mother, brother and me in there when I was around 4 or 5 and that was about 1959!!! I remember it well because they have the same seating and booths! At that time we sat in a booth and my dad for on to me and told me to turn around and quit talking to the patrons sitting behind us trying to eat their food!!! I told my wife about that story from long ago as my father is interred at Forest Park Cemetery just a little ways down the road and we almost always go by here going to the cemetery. I've been wanting to stop for a long time and we finally got to do that today with my 5 year old!!! The inside is just about the way I remember it from back then. And the food is very good!!! Today's special was Stuffed Bell Peppers which looked delicious, but I opted for the Meat Loaf as did my wife which looked every but as delicious as the stuffed peppers! We passed on getting salads. They also had sliced Roast Beef, Fried Chicken, Baked Cod, Chicken Fried Steak and there were a few other items as well. It all looked really good! We got sides of Mashed Potatoes, Broccoli with Rice and Cheese. My wife had the Mashed Potatoes and Cooked Cabbage with hers. We got Easton our 5 year old a Fried Chicken drumstick and Mac and Cheese. He said his fried chicken was really good!!! He also got himself a strawberry shortcake!!! We all had Iced Tea for our drinks. All in all it was a very great experience to come back in here after so many years and really enjoy our food!!! And I didn't have to get on Easton for talking to the people behind us because of the social distancing protocols being followed!! I really Highly recommend trying out the "Dinner Bell"!!! As a side note, the owner recently lost his son. He was going to close the doors, but there were so many people who wanted to keep it open and even run out for him that he decided that he would keep going for his soon and all his faithful patrons. I want to support that endeavour to keep this treasure open.

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    Kimberly R.

    This place is nostalgic and brings back some cherished memories with the southern comfort vibe. We went on a Tuesday because I found out they were serving chicken and dumplings. I'm a sucker for good chicken and dumplings and there are only a few places that get it right. This is one of the places but beware of the bones!! Man oh man the hubby and I both had a bowl and then we ordered 2 bowls to go. That's how good it was. Loaded with chicken and such a creamy texture, it was amazing. You do have to look out for bones and chicken skin but other than that, fantastic. We also had the greens, sweet yams and macaroni & cheese. The yams were old fashioned and sweet as hell but yummy. The greens were bitter but delish and the macaroni was ok, not my fave but still good. My hubby had an egg custard pie and he loved it. The only downside to this place is its buffet style and I'm not a fan of that but if you go when it's fresh early lunch or early dinner, it's good. They close at 7pm, remember it's old folks style so they tend to eat early. I went around 4pm and much of the items were dried out and old. I'm definitely going back to try the turkey and dressing and broccoli, rice and cheese casserole. They do have a bakery attached if you want to take some goodies to go.

    Old school cafeteria.
    Kappy P.

    Old school cafeteria that is essentially a meat and three, with a featured special every day. Had the chicken fried chicken .... next time I am going on Thursday and trying the liver and onions. Home cooking, old school vibe, nice folks.

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    Cynthia O.

    Finally got to return to the Dinner Bell Cafeteria last week. As a child lots of people met here after church. (They are closed now on Saturdays) Anyway grandma always cooked big Sunday and so I only got to go maybe once. Had no idea it was still open. Went with a friend for lunch and we got 1/2 portion on meat, I had baked Salmon with 2 veggies, cornbread and perfectfully cooked. Around $10, extremely reasonable, and had friendly service. Pay in the Bakery when you are leaving. Will return. It is not all sparkly but clean and food great. Will return. Not that far from downtown.

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    Generous portions, good food, courteous staff. Breakfast and lunch has been great. I'm

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    Great place! Good food with excellent service. Everything is hot and fresh. Like eating at a family reunion.

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    5 years ago

    Dinner Bell Cafeteria will re-open for business on Thursday, January 17th. The tradition will continue.

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    It was a new experience. I liked it I wanted to know how the food was since I had passed by for so many times. I really like it.

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    Dinner Bell has reopened as of today. They posted on Facebook that they apologize for the confusion their sign created.

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    7 years ago

    Great old place . Better than Luby's... always hot fresh food , great wait staff and atmosphere

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    its good old fashioned yummy food!! places like this are becoming extinct. i love it!!

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    8 years ago

    Fried chicken big and not very tasty. Salad was drowned in ranch. Old and kinda gross. Won't be back.

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    9 years ago

    This place is great. Reminded me of Piccadilly's. Had the roast beef, macaroni and cheese with fried okra...yum.

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