This is a nice place to come and get breakfast anytime of the day. I cannot say enough about their pancakes light fluffy and melts in your mouth. The BLTs and lunch specials are good as well. If you are vegetarian they can satisfy your needs as well. read more

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We did not have as good of an experience here when we went back on Monday after one of our cars broke down and we were left on Mesa waiting for a tow. The Thai steak salad had meat that was rubbery and the dressing tasted like pure oil. We had ordered a fish wrap, but inexplicably a chicken salad sandwich came out instead (!??!!?), and it was god awful. Whoever thinks that it's a good idea to put grapes into a chicken salad needs some kind of chicken salad conversion therapy. Disgusting. The only thing saving this review from one or two stars is that we did get a veggie wrap on the house to go because of the mistake, and our daughter's fish kids meal was semi-decent. In whichever case, we're certainly less enthusiastic about returning here. read more

Simple good healthy food. I got the fish wrap and Mac and cheese, it was good but it's just a little too pricey for me... read more

Galaxy Cafe - American Near Me - Austin, Texas

Kelly, Chris, and Jay - I want you to know... my experience today at the Galaxy Cafe, Mesa Dr. literally made my day. We live in the neighborhood and consider ourselves loyal regulars; not only because of your menu and incredibly clean, healthy food options, but also because of employees like Leena. She is a special human being, her parents also deserve 5 stars! It's young adults like her, who give me hope for a much brighter, future, a future where kindliness like Leena's becomes contagious and spreads like a pandemic of goodness. Leena, it's really the simple things in life that matter. Thank you for making my day. read more

Galaxy Cafe - I asked for sourdough bread - they didn't have any... no big deal at all! Super delicious as it! Kindness - American Near Me - Austin, Texas

Have ordered here many times due to nothing else to order in the area at lunch while at work. First they need to have a parking spot for pickups ONLY. Not enough parking in the area for this place. I have learned to check my order before I leave because it's never right. Once again ordered a grill chicken sand with Swiss only and fries. Didn't come out correct again, serve takes it back and they put cheese on top (not melted) send it right back out. Why they cut their chicken into slices for sandwiches I still can't figure out. Every time you take a bit it falls out. A breast wouldn't do that...just a hint there. Fries cold as always! When will I learn to just order the salads. read more

Fine environment, but this location doesn't have WiFi for customers to use. I don't know how a daytime cafe is suppose to survive without WiFi. That's the whole reason I came here. Guess I'll go to Panara instead. read more

Have only ever ordered To-Go from here, but 1.The food is great! 2.The servers/cashiers are always pleasant and attentive. 3. Groovy music is always playing. The only reason I am not giving 5 stars is bc I think their portions could be slightly bigger for what you're paying. Other than that, love this place. read more

Been happy with a few different breakfast options and they've got a decent number of small child seating accommodations if that matters to you. Was a bit disappointed that they overcooked my skirt steak last time. Why ask for doneness if I ask for medium rare and you bring out medium well? That being said, I was hungry, and it still ended up being tasty with the chimichurri. read more

Love this place! Went there this morning and it's such a nice clean environment and all the people that work there are very friendly. They checked on our table multiple times and made sure the kids were happy. Love that they have great options that can be made even healthier. Local Austin restaurant. Everything is made to order. Galaxy Bowl is my go to breakfast! read more

Galaxy Cafe serves delicious food. My personal favorite, so far, is the Mozzarella Chicken sandwich with sweet potato fries. There's several other different menu items that I still have to try. Yes, that means I'll be back. Their service is super friendly and a nice place to have lunch with a friend. read more

The food is always wonderful. Friendly atmosphere, good for groups with kids. Love the coffee. read more

Galaxy is locally owned and operated by the same Austinites that run Top Notch and Zocalo Cafe. This is the fourth and newest location of Galaxy in Austin. It's nice to finally have a consistent ,reliable, and no frills community cafe in the Northwest hills area. The interior is space themed, open, and casual. It is busy, but has never been noisy or hectic. When you walk into the cafe you will want to select one of the many menus that greets you (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Gluten Free, or Coffee Menu). Once you have selected your meal option, you will walk down to the counter to order, and select something to drink (beer on tap/bottled, wine by the glass, frozen margarita, or Maine Root soda). You will receive a number and then grab one of the open tables to wait for your food to be served to you. There are recently hired staff being trained up, but we have never had any issues. The staff are incredibly friendly, timely, and customer service oriented. They always come by to ask how things are, and inquire about our experience. The food is cooked fresh, nothing pre-cooked and waiting on burners. They source their ingredients from locally owned businesses. Their meats and eggs are all natural free range hormone and antibiotic free. Plus, even their ketchup is 100% natural and high fructose corn syrup free. You can see an establishment's true commitment to natural ingredients by checking the ketchup. Everything we have had here is good. It's nothing fancy. But, it's tasty. The burgers are above average and have a nice wood smoked taste. I loved the Brie Burger. The gluten free bun is one of the best I have had, and is actually worth eating (it didn't apart into pieces). The sweet potato fries are VERY tasty. My husband loved the meatloaf, it had a spicy kick to it. The steak strips in the wrap are tender and delicious. However, the gluten free rice wrap does fall apart. I haven't yet met a rice wrap that stays together. The Greek salad is delicious, and the additional chicken moist and flavorful. The gluten free strawberry muffin is made onsite and are AMAZING. It's one of the best GF muffins I have had. It was moist and scrumptious. I am dreaming about having one of those in the morning with a cup of coffee. Their GF chocolate torte is also made in-house and sinfully good. I wish they served it with a scoop of ice cream. The torte is rich, but not heavy. It is shareable. There is a to go menu, and you can order to take away. They did an excellent job of packaging my salad up and it still looked and tasted delicious later. I noticed many people were coming in to pick up orders they had called in. They do have free WIFI, just ask the counter staff for the password. They also serve brunch on the weekends until 4pm, something up next for me to try. read more

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This place is high quality, good variety and affordable! Their deserts are really good as are their proteins. Lastly, the staff at the Mesa Rd. location are super friendly and great at service! read more

I love love love this place. The food is solid. (Burgers, spinach salad, turkey chili = awesome, and the creme brûlée is surprisingly delicious & decadent!) They carry local beers. (And have good happy hour prices! Some pints for $3!) But more important than anything is the staff and the customer service. Every employee I've dealt with here has been helpful and friendly. The managers (or maybe shift leaders?) are awesome! They are consistently (but not overwhelmingly) checking on patrons, making sure everyone is well taken care of! Mark & Lisa are super and there's another female managers (or shift leader) I've encounter during the day shift, who's name I haven't gotten, that was also great. I live a couple blocks away and feel so lucky to have this in the neighborhood. (Also, they now have a few tables outside and are dog friendly!!) Galaxy cafe don't ever leave Mesa drive!!! I love you! read more

Of all the cafes in all of the galaxy, this is my favorite, and in particular the location off Mesa. Excellent food, superb service, great atmosphere. My dinner go to is the lemon cilantro buttered pasta with chicken, and either a side salad or soup depending on the mood. For breakfast, serve me up an American with eggs over easy, bacon, an iced coffee, and a side of fruit; if I'm feeling decadent, bring on the French toast. It can be busy at peak times, but I've never had a bad experience. read more

We live in the neighborhood and have been dying for a yummy, reliable restaurant away from the craziness of Anderson. This Galaxy is perfect for us. It's super family friendly, great menu choices, and not over crowded (yet). We LOVE coming here because we can have a nice meal, a beer, and not stress about traffic or the babies. The first week they were on top of everything. The owner was super nice making sure we were well cared for. We have already been back several times and everything has continued to be great. You can tell that even the high school age staff have been well-trained. Speaking of, I like that they hired local teens. That's just so nice and unpretentious. This is our new spot. Get the Buddha bowl. For real. read more

So pleased they have another location. We love this place for quick easy, relatively healthy (although gigantic!) lunches - I always have one of their wraps - normally the fish wrap, with a delicious jalepeño-lime sauce and a side of sweet potato fries (and if I've got the space a cookie to go..) There can be pretty long queues at lunchtime (it's not table service) so definitely go early or late to avoid the rush. And make sure you can find somewhere to sit and eat. Child friendly, dog friendly outside - everybody friendly. It's a great neighbourhood cafe. Does exactly what it says on the tin. Not somewhere I would suggest you drive great distances out of your way to go to - but definitely stick your head in if you're hungry in the neighbourhood! read more

Stopped in here one morning and it was some of the most fresh and delicious brunch options I've had in a long time. The service is not the best, but I was extremely pleased with my meal. read more

This is bit on the pricy side and more upscale, order at the counter cafe. The food is all made to order so it did take longer to get it, but I was impressed with the steak and got macaroni and the salad. The honey dijon dressing was a bit on the spicy side tho. My friend had a make your own burger with sweet potato fries that were very good. I saw a lot of people with wine and beer. Even guys waiting on food to go and drinking wine. I think they have pretty good desserts too. read more

Galaxy Cafe - Grilled Skirt Steak With Chimichurri Sauce 12.99 Hormone-free, all natural beef. Served with a choice of side & a soup or side salad - American Near Me - Austin, Texas

Excellent food and excellent service. Mmm good French toast, bacon and eggs. French toast is savory and doesn't Ned tons of syrup.

We really like this place. Go at least every couple of weeks. They have a wide enough variety that everyone can get what they want. The food always seems top quality and I like that it's hormone free. The portions at breakfast are on the small side. If you go really hungry it may not fill you up. The portions at lunch and dinner are a good size for me. read more

Alan provided some excellent recommendations and excellent service. I will be back. This place is definitely earned it's stars! The tuna salad was awesome! And the mushroom burger. read more

Stopped by after a hike near by for a snack of fries and a coffee. Kids had the lemonade. The side of ranch provided for dipping was delicious. I think it's house made, I asked for it. Inside and outside dinning available. But if you can sit inside I recommend it. It's beautiful and cozy with sleek interior and constellations decorating the walls. Oldies music was playing in the evening. Very clean. Hand sanitizer provided outside and inside. We ordered just snacks, 2 adult drinks, 2 children's drinks and 2 sides; and our total was about $20. Hope this helps! Cute place. read more

COVID has certainly changed our eating habits (I can cook several different dishes now) but has not changed Galaxy's quality or friendly service. We do have to curbside (like everyone else in the galaxy) but the great taste remains and we still find it as our "go to" diner when my family just cannot handle another night of normality. Keep it up guys! read more

Not too shabby if you'll excuse the expression. I got an omelet which was good but my fiancé got the bowl which was fantastic! I wish the coffee situation was a little more evolved but it was good nonetheless read more

Absolutely amazing food! This was a great little find in Austin. It's not downtown or anything, but don't be passed off by location or the building. Go inside and give it a try. They have vegan and meat options. Their homemade vegan burger is one of the best - it's not Beyond or Impossible. It's their own, which makes it amazing! Everything is cooked so fresh and to order. Lots of seating and very clean inside. Staff are very friendly. read more

What can you say about a restaurant where the food is prepared off-site and then reheated and plated for consumption? What? I'm searching here. Off-site food prep is the new model for many local restaurants now. My friends look at me strangely when I tell them we cook at home almost exclusively. "What? With all the great restaurants in Austin?". Yes. Tired of restaurants running on an efficiency model. I'd like to go back to waiting 30 minutes for freshly prepared food made by loving artisans who want to feed me their own creations. Three stars for the prefabricated plated pile of predictably palate pleasing tacos. read more

Nice little place! Good sized gluten-free menu (I have Celiac Disease.) Huge burgers! I had the Zocalo burger and sweet potato fries. Will definitely come back! read more

Two words: growing pains. We visited Galaxy Cafe for breakfast, and our experience was meh. The location is good and the interior is nice. The staff was friendly, but they were very young and woefully inexperienced. It took a long time for the person at the register to ring in our order, and the food runners were wandering aimlessly around the (quite small) restaurant with food in their hands. I had to chase our food because it was on its way back to the kitchen. I had the veggie wrap with black beans. It was fine, but far from great. My girlfriend had the quiche. It was lukewarm, way too salty, and tasted strange. Too much spinach and feta, not enough egg. This place has potential, so I'm not writing it off yet. But I'll definitely wait for the kitchen and FOH staff to up their chops before I return. read more

Our office uses an app called LunchDrop (Shoutout, definitely recommend for office workers that don't want to leave to get lunch) to order from Galaxy Cafe today. I ordered the 'Zocalo Buddha Bowl' and it was amazing! I can't recommend it enough, definitely need to order it with a side of Avocado. Can't wait to go into the restaurant next time. read more

Aside from the moronic conversation beside me I couldnt help but listen to (Susan was late for brunch bla bla) - I had a WONDERFUL breakfast! I rarely write reviews but it hit the spot. I ordered the Mediterranean Breakfast. Delicious eggs. PLENTY of fruit (pineapple, melon, orange, grapes). And the ciabatta came with 4 different jams to try!!! Great portion size and super fresh. 5/5 read more

We love Galaxy Cafe. The food is fresh, you can tell they use fresh and high quality ingredients. Ordering to-go is really easy online, and they never mess up our orders (this is a big pet peeve, duh). So nice to have a healthy, quick option on busy week nights! The salads and Zocolo bowl are a couple of our favorites. Highly recommend Galaxy Cafe! read more

Arrived at 3:00 for an early dinner. After driving from Dallas was not in the mood to keep driving around looking for dinner after being told could only order from lunch menu. The lunch portions of salads are too much for the price. $15 for a tea and shrimp salad with cafeteria style ordering. I will be in this market at the same hotel but if I wanted small portion, mediocre, overpriced meals I will order room service. read more

I prefer their breakfast to the lunch/dinner. Here this sort of around the world theme. My favorite is the French one. We walk here on the weekends for breakfast sometimes. read more

We stopped in for breakfast and it was amazing. I ordered a simple dish: sausage, scrambled eggs and toast. It was really good. My friends ordered French toast and said that too, was really delightful. All the staff here was extremely nice and the service was quick. Thank you Nika! read more

I always forget about this place, but it never disappoints! The menu has a variety of things sure to please anyone. Plus they have a gluten free menu. They are quick and the food is quality. I ordered the zocalo bowl. Fresh and flavorful. read more

Great menu with many options. Portion sizes are smaller (first texas) but its really great quality food. Loved the burger and the fish fingers we ordered for the kids, even the fries were amazing read more

Okay but not mind blowing burger. Fries great. Nice space & staff. Buddha bowls healthy & tasty. $$ pricing likely to offset paying Mesa rent. Similar casual vibe to Omelettery or Magnolia Cafe. Good to have a solid 7am to 10pm 7 day a week cafe in the neighborhood along this section of Mesa Dr. read more

The food is so healthy and delicious! I never feel guilty after eating here. The service is always great. I've never had a bad experience here! The macaroni is to die for!!!! read more

I placed a pick up order and when I went to pick it up, another customer had accidentally grabbed my order. The man helping with to-go orders apologized, told me they would get my order right away and offered me a free latte while I waited. Once my order was ready he checked the bag to make sure everything was correct, he told me the meal was free, and also gave me a free slice of cake! I really appreciate the excellent customer service! The food was delicious, too! read more