I love eating at DOT'S, but it's always crowded and the wait is sometimes longer than expected. I usually do take out. I would recommend this spot to anyone that wants some good eating!!! read more

Dog's Coffee Shop truly provides the great vintage dining vibe you've been looking for! Their bread is always hot and fresh every time I visit! Always take advantage of your daily special! read more

My guy friend loves this place! I love the rolls. Southern style plates and breakfast available. The history makes it special. The first Pappa's restaurant. It is always busy, but weekend breakfast comes with a wait. If you love diner food give it a try. 2 of 100---2018 Yelp Review Challenge. read more

Dot Coffee Shop - American Near Me - Houston, Texas

This place was packed and seemed highly regarded but I wasn't impressed. The food was average or slightly better but nothing spectacular. Service was great! read more

Heard great things about this place from friends. Went here to get breakfast, the food was tasteless. The only plus was that the portions are enough for 2 people. read more

Came here after our arrival from our cruise. Nice little place to grab a quick bite. Started off with the wings for our appetizers. And they were mm mm good. Nice spiciness to them and the breading on the wings was a nice newly texture. Had the pot roast for the main course, with three sides (Mac/mash/rice). Pot roast was extremely tender and Ssoooooo juicy. Sides were also all delicious. Rice wasn't overcooked like most places. Our waiter was also really nice and helpful, even though he handled all 13 of us by himself. Overall a solid place. Good environment, decent price, and delicious food. My only "gripe" is the waiting time , but that's less of a gripe and more of a "place was busy with customers" type of situation. Would recommend to anyone around the Galveston/Almeda area or anyone from Houston who just travels!! read more

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24 hours, diner style food & fast service. The only thing worth writing home about was the coconut crime pie. Everything else was just mediocre. read more

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I would not recommend this location. We were excited to eat here but then found a hair in the food. I left disgusted. read more

Dot Coffee Shop - Hair in the mashed potatoes - American Near Me - Houston, Texas

Stopped by for lunch with family band friend and was not dissapointed. Sunday afternoons can be a packed but nonworries the staff moves the wait alongbpretty quick. Keeping the tables moving for new seating. The wait is very short for food and drinks. Your meal is always started off with a large portion of fresh corn bread and bisquits with softbwhipped butter. Awesome ! Have to be careful because you can get fill off the bread alone. Preferred items of choice are the chicken fried chicken and the chicken strips which are awesome. The chicken are huge portions of white meat seasoned well. Also if you order coffee you'll get a full picture to reload your own cups which I think is cool. You don't have to wait for refills. Its the simple things that are important in a meal. Today I had the chicken strips servee with French fries and fries cheese which is also awesome ! If you've never been to Dots I definitely recommend ! read more

Comfort food with a capital 'C'. Nostalgic family-style restaurant with a varied menu from breakfast to lunch to dessert, all of it good and plenty. read more

Can't really say much about this place I only been here once and the food didn't really convince me even though this teacher of mine surprised me with paying my plate I still didn't like it that much, free food is great but this wasn't the best. read more

24 hour Diner facts: The food will be greasy and maybe even look messy. The waitresses will either call everyone honey or have an attitude. Pretentious yuppie attitudes are NOT welcomed Some of the things people complained about in their reviews about this place are ridiculous. If you want healthy, non greasy food at 3am for under $10, open up your pantry and make it yourself. As long as my server isn't down right rude or neglectful i'm A-ok. I wouldn't be very peachy either at 4 am dealing with college kids buzzed off of Lone Star. If you accept Dots for what it is and only compare it to other diners in it's price range, you will really enjoy this place. The portions are usually big enough to feed 2. Keep that in mind broke college kids. Also, it's tasty... no bland, chewy, cardboard chicken fried steak here! And best of all, it's open 24 hours. So if you need late night food to sober up or you're not ready to finish a date or got the late night munchies... this place is a safe bet. read more

Bad service just go to Denny's if you want to be ignored waited on my toast for 45 min never came out waitress was confused

Food was great. Waiter trainee, Andrew, did an amazing job, and so did the waiter that was training him. read more

Dot Coffee Shop - Chicken fried steak, green beans, mashed potatoes, mac'n chz, and gravy on the side. Steak was flavorful and very tender. - American Near Me - Houston, Texas

Living in League City and needing to have a meeting with someone in Montrose- Dot Coffee Shop is a great mid-way point. I stopped in for a meeting and arrived early for some pancakes! The short stack pecan nut pancakes are so flavor filled! The short stack was very filling as well. I ordered coffee with my pancakes and spent less than $10. This diner is filled with great food at great prices. Note: A lot of college students come here to study since they are open 24/7. read more

Dot Coffee Shop - American Near Me - Houston, Texas

I love Dot! The dinner rolls (that you get no matter what you order) are divine - they're the size of your head and the flavor and consistency are just spot on! I always want to eat 3 in quick succession, but I restrain myself.... The breakfast food is good (yes, sometimes I order pancakes and still eat the dinner rolls). The home style food is super tasty. One of my favorite things is the fried cheese sticks - they're massive and delicious. I've never tried the desserts, but they all look good. The service is friendly. The only thing I don't like is the dirty dishes cart that's wheeled around - not appetizing while you're dining. Dot reminds me of diners you see in movies....sort of classic. It's not healthy. Let me repeat loudly and clearly: it's NOT healthy. At all. Even a tiny bit. I'm sure just one of those rolls has well over 800 calories and I don't think I'm exaggerating. But you don't go here for health, you go to Dot to dive into creamy, fried, breaded, buttery goodness. And it does those things, WELL! read more

I'm a long time Houstonian and finally had an opportunity to visit. The French toast was delicious... light, fluffy and just sweet enough. The serving was huge!! I will definitely make an effort to stop by when driving through the area read more

The Dot is the reason Houston is one of the most overweight cities in the nation. All I can say is while the food is delicious the portions are enough to feed a starving family in a developing nation. What's great about the Dot is that it is the only place I know in H-town where you can get a fresh made chicken fried steak at 4:30 in the morning. While the prices might strike some a bit high at first for diner, when you receive your food will know why. I do have to say the breakfasts are good, but there is better... It is the dinner specials that are the killer (with a triple bypass) I know I can pack away some food and I have never been able to finish my food at the Dot. Oh yes and the rolls are delicious too. Make sure to ask your server for a refill. The decor is 1960's period correct for when they built the place during the construction of 45 and the Gulfgate area. Note the tall arch motif through the restaurant and the surrounding highway intersection. What else can I say... Try the Dot and you will turn your back on IHOP, Denny's and Waffle House for ever (or at least while you are in town). Make sure to bring a wheel chair or at least a wheel barrow to to wheel yourself out when you finish. read more

Good serviceable Mel's Diner kinda place. Sausage and Biscuits were good, filling and fresh. Normal pancake fare fills the rest of the breakfast menu and the place was filled with regulars enjoying them. If you are in the neighborhood and need a good base, grab some grub at Dot's read more

Service was great with Camara. She brought drinks before we even finished our original ones and was just great waitress ever. The food was mouthwatering delicious and prompt. I got the shrimp and catfish. It was fresh shrimp from the gulf and the catfish was fresh as well. My SO had the ribeye melted in your mouth. Leaving here with 5 togo boxes. We will be coming here on a weekly basis for now on. read more

Greasy diner food dished out in large portions sitting in a throwback '70s dining room with people from all walks of life served by a marginally scary waitress in a dicey part of town a la Pappa's- what's not to like?!?!? C'mon people wake up. It's a freakin' diner. I had a CFS with green beans, mashed potatoes, and turnip greens. The sides were all good- not spectacular but what one would expect from a diner. The CFS was better than most. The rolls were insanely heavy and dense but good. There you have it- a solid American diner dining experience. read more

Haven't been here in years, and things have really changed!! While the food is still banging, the service has really gone down. It was a typical Sunday crowd....so the wait was about 20 mins.....but after being seated, I wasn't acknowledged for 10 minutes. They rushed my order out to me, with the only thing halfway warm being the rolls! I used to frequent this place all the time....next time I'll come on a weekday to see if the experience is any better! read more

Dot Coffee Shop - American Near Me - Houston, Texas

The breakfast here was delicious!! My family loved it too! The pancakes, bacon, ham, eggs and potatoes were cooked to near perfection. The eggs were light and fluffy and the pancakes were perfect in color, fluffy texture and taste. The bacon was cooked just right and the ham grilled just right! Our waitress was great! They give you plenty of food for your money. Also, the wait was not long to be seated and our food came out super fast after we ordered. We will DEFINITELY be going back!! read more

Had a wonderful experience today at Dot coffee shop on 45 at Gulfgate. Our server, Marc H, was absolutely excellent. He found out it was our first visit there and brought us samples of the soup to try before ordering it. He made recommendations on what to order.. He even got the manager to come over and welcome us. Magaly, the manager on duty, gave us free desserts and even one to take home to my father. The food was delicious! Poblano corn chowder was to die for. Chicken fried steak was amazing. In fact everything was delicious. Chocolate cake - sinful! Keylime pie was sweet, creamy heaven. We will definitely be back to this restaurant! read more

Dot came highly recommended by a trusted source. He raved about the food, and after one visit, I can see why. He mostly goes for dinner, but it was convenient for me to go for brunch. It was also convenient for half of Houston to go at the same time. After 20 minutes, we were seated. Not too bad. Once we were seated, we sat. And sat. And... you get the idea. Finally, a waitress approached. Woohoo! We'd at least get some coffee now. What we actually got was, "Bear with me, Hon, we're swamped." Way to state the obvious, Miss. A little while later (in geological terms) she returned and actually took our coffee order. Even came back with coffee, including a carafe, pretty quickly. Note to Dot: If you're going to provide a smallish carafe of coffee to a table of three, it is wise to see if they need a refill occasionally. Food orders were taken at this point and the waiting game continued. We were entertained by an amazing volume of crowd noise and ESPN coverage of the Chinese Little League team scoring 16 unanswered runs on Aruba. Poor little Arubans. At long last, we were treated to another visit by our waitress, who asked if we would like a complimentary bread basket like all the other tables seem to have gotten when they sat down. Why, yes. I think we would like that since my blood glucose level is dropping faster than the Dow. Turns out it was just a tease. No such basket ever materialized. Note to Dot: If you're going to offer free biscuits, rolls and muffins, please deliver free biscuits, rolls and muffins. Despite the lack of bread, we were all still conscious when the meals did, in fact, arrive. The dishes were unceremoniously deposited in close proximity to the people who ordered them. It was a small table, how bad could she really miss any of us? As we were about to dig in, I noticed two things: first, that the above mentioned carafe had ceased to contain coffee, and second, that my omelet was not accompanied by even the slightest trace of biscuit. Had these people been talking to my doctor? Was there some vast Dot conspiracy to deny me my daily bread? I would not stand for this! No, I would sit for it. And sit. And... you get the idea. Note to Dot: Many victual vendors have members of management pop by each table and ask if everything is okay. Look into it. Little Miss Can't Be Found eventually reappeared and I was able to flag her down and request caffeine and carbohydrates. Was that a little bit of attitude I detected? Nope, it was a whole lot of attitude. Note to Dot: If your servers are going to have an attitude, use it to your advantage. Adopt slogans like "Service with a Sneer" or "Eat at Dot's. Or Don't. We really couldn't care less." Overall, the food rated four stars and the service gets zero. I can't remember the last time I tipped this poorly, but she drove me to it even after giving her the benefit of every doubt. I hate doing that, but I encourage you all to do the same. If you are served by someone who has no business in the business, don't reward them. Gently nudge them toward another line of work so that I don't encounter them after you. Two more thoughts from my trip to Dot: 1) If you can manage a to-go order from here, it might be a great experience. 2) If you plan to send your child to the Caribbean to play baseball, the Dominican Republic is a much better choice than Aruba. read more

Good food, terrible name. Dot isn't a coffee shop in any conventional sense of the word. Your coffee drinks are pretty much just limited to, well, coffee. In a mug. With your choice of three artificial sweeteners, sugar, and cream. Realistically, it's a diner. And as far as diners go, it's fairly OK. Serving sizes are huge, and the daily specials are generally a good call. Rolls and cornbread are very tasty (and free), and the service is serviceable. I wouldn't say anything jumps off the table as incredible--not the way some places have truly unique and memorable specialties. Unlike some other Houston-area diners, the only thing that really stands out about Dot is the number of calories you'll consume in a meal. Come hungry. Leave queasy. Pro-tip, though: generally speaking, the wait staff will let us college students order off the kid's menu. Do it. The serving sizes are actually appropriate, and it's hella cheap. Much, much more worth it. Do it and find enlightenment. read more

Fantastic food! Very nice that it's open 24 hours. Pancakes were out of this world. I will for sure be back. read more

Dot Coffee Shop - American Near Me - Houston, Texas

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I have never understood why some people absolutely INSIST upon reinventing the wheel. The Dot Coffee Shop was on about a 20 minute wait at 1:30 pm for Sunday breakfast. But, I wouldn't know that because they really keep no record of how many people are ahead of you in line so they can't really give you an estimate for how long the wait is going to be. You walk in, go to the cashiers counter and they hand you a piece of paper with a number on it. So, when you're up rather than calling your name, they call your number. Oh, and the numbers are in no particular order. So, we waited about 20 minutes. No biggie though. We were sat in a large booth with comfortable seating. (I love a spacious seat.) We were quickly served by a polite if not semi forgetful waitress. After we ordered she brought out a basket of delicious warm "biscuits". Although I would describe them as rolls, not biscuits. I ate 1 and a half. My husband said I shouldn't fill up on bread. Although their menu does not say so, they are happy to substitute egg whites for regular eggs which makes me super happy. (I know, a biscuit and a half...well, I did eat a veggie omelet with egg whites...so it's okay.) My meal was HUMONGOUS. About half way through I told my husband I was full. He said, and I quote verbatim, "I told you not to fill up on bread." "You what?", I asked. "You don't tell me nothin!!'" "Maybe I'll eat the other biscuit. just to show you who's boss." I mean really, who does he think he is?? It was so funny I'm, still laughing about it now. Dot Coffee Shop was good, not great. It was in no way memorable other than the fact that I will always remember it as the place where my husband lost his mind and thought he TOLD me something. read more

Had a great lunch Waiter Arthur was friendly, nice and very pleasant Food was made correctly and Arthur was avail and assisted in our needs (Butter. Syrup, etc.) so enjoyed our lunch We will be back read more

I had really hoped to write a glowing review for Dot Coffee Shop, but this past weekend's service sucked. It was so terrible, the massive vaccuum that is outer space would have been more pleasant. At around 11:30 p.m. on Friday night, my BF, my roomie and I decided to go to Dot Coffee Shop. In the past, I came with some friends from work for lunch, and I brought my BF for breakfast about a week ago. The service and the food were great both times, so my BF and I figured we were treating our roomie to a pretty good late-night meal. Wrong. So very, very wrong. First off, when we came in, it was a complete fuster-cluck. The entry way was clogged with people trying to pay their bill, and the line was moving really slowly. So it took us a while to even get a number. Fine, whatever. I can't hold a busy night against a restaurant. We sat there and waited for about 20 minutes while tables were cleared and so forth--again, can't hold this against them. I can, however, hold everything that happened from the time we were seated against the waitress, the manager and maybe even the kitchen. We sat in a section of four tables, one of which was clearly just hanging out and had finished eating. It took about 10 minutes for our waitress to come by to give us menus and take drink orders. Okay, fine, whatever. It irked me a bit that she left the menus and place settings all on the far side of the table and that we had to divvy them out ourselves, but it was busy. I used to wait. I understand. She came back in fifteen minutes to get our food order. Kind of a big gap there, but my BF was still mulling the menu when she came to drop off the drinks. Clearly he needed more time. I was far less forgiving thirty minutes later when our food finally came out. My roommate's and my BF's food was hot, served in Dot's usual over-the-top sizes. Mine, however, had clearly been sitting under a heat lamp for the better part of that 30-minute period. My roommate, who's a waiter, asked to speak with the manager. The manager never came, but the waitress came back. She took my plate and brought out a new one WITHIN FIVE MINUTES. Gross. I was expected to eat fried crawfish that had sat under a heat lamp for around 25 minutes? Christ, that would have been a bad case of food poisoning! No wonder it felt weird and tasted dry. We received our bill--still no manager. When we went to pay, we found out the incredibly slow cashier that had had the entry way clogged at the very beginning of our visit was, in fact, the manager that evening. My roommate talked her out of charging me for my exceptionally bad food, but I still feel pretty damned burned anyways. Dot really killed a lot of goodwill with this visit. I was thinking of forgoing another coffee shop I frequent in favor of Dot, but now I think that I may not go to Dot in the future. They seriously have one more strike. And, no, prior to this trip, I'd never had an experience this bad anywhere. read more

Dots is unassuming on the outside but very cool looking on the inside. It used to be a church and they kept a lot of the original decor such as the stained glass windows. It's really beautiful. About the service: Meh... Our waitress wasn't very friendly and she forgot our orders several times. About the food: Meh... I ordered the biscuits and gravy (forgot the name of the actual menu item). Somehow, everyone at the table got their meals before I did but when I finally got mine, it was just not good. It came with a choice of hash browns or grits, (I got the hash browns) eggs, sausage patties and a little cup of gravy. Notice, I didn't mention that BISCUITS came with my "biscuits and gravy". When I asked about this, the waitress pointed to the basket of biscuits that had been sitting on the table for at least fifteen minutes getting cold and being picked over by the five other people at the table. I was in shock! I've never NOT been handed a plate of fresh biscuits smothered in gravy when I've ordered biscuits and gravy. Like what?? If I was supposed to use those table biscuits then why did my server bring them out so early? Why didn't she bring out fresh ones with my food? She could've brought me out two of my own biscuits, I mean really? The taste was okay you but again, my biscuits were cold and that's a no-no! The sausage patties were tough to chew. My hash browns also tasted terrible, they tasted like they'd been frozen and not very well cooked. I will say that I tasted my sister's pancakes and they were incredible! She said they weren't quite as good as mine but they were a close second. *blush* All in all, Dots wasn't the spot for me but my family all seemed to enjoy their dishes. read more

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I used to love coming to Dot after a night out but as of lately their food quality has greatly diminished. the bacon is not cooked all the way, the scrambled eggs are runny, THE SAUSAGES my god are they disgusting, you take one bit out of it and it taste like plastic and almost completely raw. One time I went very late at night around 3am and a ROACH climbed onto my shoulder and I screamed to get it off me, no one even came to see what was the matter. maybe they changed chef or idk but they need to start doing a better job. read more

Its looks a good, not great. The food is awesome! portions are awesome and deserts are....awesome! You will have some leftovers which I love. The Chicken fried chicken is my favorite. read more

Breakfast is probably my favorite meal, so mom and I made the journey to Dots for brunch on a Sunday morning. Like most well known and loved breakfast, we were met with a long line that moved surprisingly fast. No worries though. The smells swirling around this coffee shop just made me hungrier. When seated, we both ordered hot coffee and were brought out water by default. I ordered one of the lunchtime specials- chicken fried chicken with Mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, and turnips and greens. The greens were a consolation to myself for the carbo-loaded order, but that's neither here nor there anymore. Besides, the huge basket of complimentary bread (yeast rolls and corn bread with butter) made my veggie efforts seem futile. Our food was delivered an appropriately short time after ordering which was shocking because of the business. The mashed potatoes and white white were wonderfully seasoned. Seriously. I'm so used to bland white gravy on chicken fried whatever that this was a surprise. The actual chicken was huge and tender. The turnips and greens tasted much better when doused in hot sauce, and the macaroni and cheese needs some help. It lacked some flavor, but the noodles were cooked decently. On another note, our charismatic waitress Della was absolutely superb. She had like five million tables, but she still took the time to engage with us and make sure everything was delicious. I would visit again (this was actually my second time), and would even bring in people from out of town. This diner is far better than a lot of the other breakfast diners talked about or visited in Houston, in my opinion. read more

Dot Coffee Shop - Chicken fried chicken with mac and cheese, turnips and greens, and mashed potatoes ($9.95 lunch special) - American Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Definitely a diner experience (think Denny's or IHOP ambiance, but that's as far as the similarities go). Food tastes a lot better than Denny's or IHOP and the customer service was good. Good food, hefty portions for a cheap price? I'd definitely go back! I was only able to eat half my portion because I wanted to save room for the pies that everyone on yelp was raving about. The country fried steak is definitely one of the best I've had. My waiter automatically put my slice in a to go box, which initially I was upset about because I was planning to eat it there. When I opened my to go box, I realized why he did what he did! The slice was huge! I felt it was almost equivalent to 1/4 of a whole pie (I'm probably over exaggerating). It was close to the airport which was great for me because I was trying to find a place to kill some time before my flight and find a place to eat without having to pay for airport price. read more

The servers and hosts are amazing. Yet management, especially Jarriszon is horrible and disrespectful to his employees. My family and I went and saw him yelling and disrespecting one of his servers right in front of us. That is not the type of environment this establishment is suppose to display. read more

One of my all time fav breakfast spots. We go here routinely the morning after UH home games. Great menu, huge portions, great friendly service and reasonable prices. I'm partial to the omelet choices, but everything else looks good too. I'd give it 5 stars if they'd be more accommodating to the long lines waiting outside. Take out your planters and give these people somewhere to sit rather than standing around, essentially in the parking lot. read more

i enjoy eating at Dot Coffee Shop. the menu offers a nice variety of "diner" like meals. love their breakfasts. the "Paris Grand Prix" is one of my faves:French Toast, eggs, meat of choice...Yum Tum! the lunch/dinner specials are pretty good too. agreed, the portions here are more than generous! we have always had a great service experience here. read more

Great diner. Their servings are huge and the food is generally good. My favorite dish is the fried cheese and fried chicken. Basically three HUGE cheese sticks and three chicken tenders on a mountain of fries. Comes with marinara and white gravy for dipping. I have never tried their deserts until yesterday. I was pleasantly surprised that their chocolate cake and chocolate cream pie tasted very good. I know their cheesecake and pecan pie to be good because it's the same one served in Pappas BBQ next door, but I am happy to say I found the ideal simple chocolate cake that everyone can enjoy. The icing has a very chocolatey taste that isn't too sweet (a little bitter, but in a good way). I give Dots four stars because their lunch menu sides tend to be...well they don't taste all that fresh. I think most of their sides that are veggie based are canned. read more

takes you back to the old school..that's how I felt when I made my first visit to Dot. My friend schooled me on the history of Dot's by telling me that Dot's was the start of the Papas empire. I didn't believe him at first but then he pointed to the package of sugar that said Papas on it. The free rolls are dope..they are the size of cinnamon rolls. They come out warm and with a helping of butter. They are like a meal in it self. The service was excellent. read more

Dot Coffee Shop - Rolls are off the hook - American Near Me - Houston, Texas