Pretty decent home-style cooking. Some neat taxidermy on the walls. Plus, it's air-conditioned! read more

What a Great Family Restaurant!!! I'd give 6 stars if I could! They fed my extremely picky family well with perfect serving sizes & all of our crazy special requests were met exactly. No one was unhappy. I can't wait to come back! Many Thanks to the Isaack's Staff! read more

Isaack's Cafe is a classic among the small cafes in Texas. The chicken fried steak is one of the best we've had in Texas onion rings were crispy, held together well and tasty. Loved the immense catfish serving ( could've fed 3 people!). Good fried okra too We were here during the pandemic so things were a bit limited but our solo waitress ran her feet off checking on everyone Give Isaack a try- you'll be glad you did read more

Isaack's Restaurant - Chicken fried steak and great onion rings - American Near Me - Junction, Texas

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I read thru many reviews. Some were negative, so I wasn't sure what to expect ...well it was totally Texas. The decor, great food and friendly staff. Our sweet little hostess said she will turn 76 next month! Expect slow southern comfort and you will be delighted. read more

Isaack's Restaurant - A bathtub salad bar. Love creative things - American Near Me - Junction, Texas

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Breakfast was great but dinner not so good. Everything overcooked and dry. Nothing appeared nor tasted fresh. Would not go there again for dinner read more

Got their chicken fried steak with some potatoes and onion rings to go and I devoured it all! I'll have to give this place a try again but eat inside to see what it's like. This is definitely a good spot to get some deep fried deliciousness! read more

Probably the dirtiest restaurant I've ever seen. The place stank of old fry oil and cigarette smoke, to the point that it seeped into your clothes, and there were two carts filled with festering dirty dishes in the dining room floor. The bathroom was a horror show was well, the urinal covered in a garbage bag and masking tape and the toilet didn't flush (meaning everyone that used it had left a memento behind). I had the chicken fried steak, which would've been good if they hadn't burned it black and set the black-side down on the plate, attempting to hide it. I can say that the mashed potatoes were homemade and near-perfect, and the salad bar was fresh. At any rate, cleanliness is NOT a priority. read more

Isaack's Restaurant - American Near Me - Junction, Texas

Update, they have a different seller for their beef, tastes frozen, dry, and slightly flavorless, the buns are still amazing! Quality of food has gone down a bit as well as prices going WAY up, but it's still decent! read more

We found Isaack's on Yelp while driving through Junction on our way home from vacation. My wife & I ordered cheeseburgers & onion rings, and they were delicious! The only reason I didn't give Isaack's 5 stars is that NOT ONE PERSON in the restaurant was wearing a mask. It was as if they had not heard of this global pandemic we are dealing with. Otherwise, it was a great dining experience. read more

Worst food ever. Ordered a $10.00 fish dinner and got something like mush from the freezer. The coleslaw had no dressing. Then when I mentioned it to the waitress she do e absolutely nothing. Still charged full price for something you couldn't eat. I do not recommend at all. read more

If you're in need of coffee and a quick breakfast - Isaack's will fix you up. Coffee is really good! We just had a typical egg, hash browns & toast. Partner had pancakes & sausage. Service was just fine. It's like a step back to a time when one didn't think about cholesterol. This isn't health food. read more

Best pancakes I've ever had! Food was excellent. Service was good. Everyone was very friendly! read more

Liver & onions......It has been quite sometime since I've had that dish and never at a restaurant and it was SO good with real homemade mashed potatoes. The onions were cooked perfectly with yummy brown gravy. My husband has the chicken fried steak and he said it was super tender. Mashed potatoes, white gravy and okra he had as his sides. We always tried to stop here as we come through. It's a really neat little place with great food!! read more

Ordered a grilled chicken breast and it was maybe 2 to 3 ounces at best. The size would have been ok, however, there was no seasoning at all on the chicken. The baked potato was the size of a medium sized red potato, 3 bites total. Very disappointed. We did not ask but the waitress did comp the meal. Would not recommend. There are a couple of other options for a good meal in Junction. read more

CHICKEN FRIED STEAK NIRVANA -- and they do it RIGHT here, with the crispy steak ON the gravy, instead of the other way around. That way the CFS stays crispy and flavours the gravy YUM!! Outstanding home cooking, one of Texas Monthly's 40 Best Texas cafes. CFS plate comes with a large scoop of mustard potato salad and a bowl of pinto beans, with a fresh-baked dinner roll on the side. They have been here since 1950, doing what they do. GET OFF THE I-10 and EAT HERE, you'll thank me later!!! read more

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These guys were great. We drove around until we found the busy place to eat and the crowd wasn't wrong. Their breakfast was great and their pancakes are delicious. Next trip to Junction, will include a stop here for breakfast. read more

I've been eating at Isaack's for 50+ years and I've seen several owners. It's nothing fancy, but it is very good home cooking. My favorites are chicken fried steak and hamburgers and Isaack's has some of the best onion rings you will ever eat. Very good salad bar too. read more

They make an awesome Chicken Fried Steak and amazing biscuits and gravy. Service is friendly and FAST. If you are in Junction stopby for a meal. read more

Isaack's Restaurant - Chicken Fried Steak n' Country Gravy... - American Near Me - Junction, Texas

I stop here every time I drive across Texas, which is at least once per year. Food is always hot and the waitresses are very attentive. Price has gone up over the years and the salad bar options have decreased significantly, but the food quality is still good. read more

The food was good. Not the cooks fault. However I experienced the most horrific service ever based on our looks and weight and my children being mixed...maybe a combo of it all. At first I thought I was crazy but by the time I got up and left before I hurt someone I was 110% sure I was not imaging things!!!!! The waitress wouldn't even look at or acknowledge my children , she then ignored me more than once never check on us all while laughing and smiling and providing top notch service to the people around us. I kept my composer and didn't lose my **** until I checked out in which she came and hovered over the cashier to see if she would be tipped by the likes of us people I then loudly stated although I would love nothing more to lose my **** I gave her $20 and vowed I would teach my children to be better than people like her! DISGUSTING read more

Isaack's oozes with good 'ol southern charm. From the claw foot bathtub salad bar to the taxidermied animal heads to the warm friendly manner of our waitress, I'm smitten with how quintessentially Texas it all was. They offer a smattering of classic Tex-Mex and Southern fare. There's nothing too surprising about the menu... chicken-fried items, enchiladas dripping in cheese and warm sauce. The food will be familiar to anyone who has spent considerable time in Texas. It's the Ma 'n Pa type of no frills cooking that's meant to fill you up and stick to your ribs. As I was feeling the need to feed my spicy tooth we decided to split the Mexican dinner which came with enchiladas, a tamale, and a crunchy taco with all the fixings. Chips and salsa were a welcome addition before the meal. The salsa tasted fresh and had a nice smokiness. The food was nothing fancy, but tasted good, the enchiladas and tamale a bit amorphous beneath a mound of sauce and cheese. It was a wise move to split the plate as the shear amount of food that arrived was impressive. Our visit was nostalgia inducing to say the least. I consider it a solid choice for the next time we're passing through. read more

Not sure what kind of people are running this place. We were traveling through from Spring Branch TX and thought this looked like a cute local place to stop for breakfast. However, when we pulled up someone inside ran over and locked the door. I can only assume it was because we are in a rental car with Florida plates. How incredibly rude and sad. read more

Very good breakfast in a clean and welcoming environment! Our server was very friendly and attentive. And yes, the country biscuits and bacon are delicious! read more

Had the jumbo shrimp. With zucchini and salad bar. Absolutely great. Even the salad bar. Good tasting honey mustard dressing. Shrimp was jumbo. Good service. Will tell others and come again. read more

Although there were restaurants with better ratings, this one had more reviews with three stars, which usually indicates a decent place to eat. There were four of us and we started with the salad bar, which was terrible. How can a salad bar be bad??? We all ordered different meals and not one of us had anything we could say was good. My vegetable soup tasted like what canned dog food smells like. I wouldn't bother ever eating here again. read more

No. Just no. The food is nothing to write home about. The waitress we had? We apparently bothered her. No smile. No welcome. No "How are y'all doing?" No nothing. Not kidding. She wasn't rude...she just was not friendly and had no intentions of doing anything more than plopping a couple of plates down and collecting a tip. Bad service simply amazes me. It was like we were in the Twilight Zone or something. read more

Great little spot! chicken fried chicken and the steak fingers are home made. it's a small family run place by is good. I will be back!

Took a chance on the place. Then we got up and walked out. Waited forever to be told "go sit anyone". Then waited another ten mins for menus and to have our drink order taken. When the drinks came we were read the list of what they didn't have today. We contemplated after waitress left table and we looked at the number of tables sitting waiting for their food. Those guests didn't look happy either. That's when we decided to dine elsewhere. read more

The food was great down home cooking. It is a laid back small town cafe. We will go back again when we go through Junction.

Why, oh why, don't I trust the Yelp reviews?! I gave Isaack's three stars because it didn't seem fair to judge them on food we never tasted. It's "seat yourself" at Issack's. We did. And after ten minutes at a table with no one even acknowledging our presence, much less bringing us menus or taking our drink orders, we decided we didn't have [what was starting to look like] an hour and a half to dedicate to lunch. So, we moved on down the road. Maybe we can get lunch in Menard, TX. read more

WOW!!! What a breakfast. Tx Monthly magazine got it right again. One of the 40 best cafes in Tx. read more

Isaack's Restaurant - Axis. Deer - American Near Me - Junction, Texas

The dinner was fantastic. The last time I was here was ... well.. about 37 years ago. The memory was of my first Chicken Fried Steak and the Antler Tree down the road. I was introduced to this place when I was 8 during a family trip to Garner State Park. We did a bit of the driving around. It was the first CFS in my memory, and the one I have held all other to from a standard. So after 37 years, where they still that good? Did my memory just get inflated over time? Well I am pleased to announce that while they may not be 'The' best, they are still great. I was not disappointed. I was very happy to share this with my 4 year old daughter. While I am sure she will not remember, it is one of those things. Anyway, the food that everyone had was fantastic. The service was great. This is a hidden gym in the hill country and worth the stop if you find yourself near Junction. When i say near, I mean within 50 miles, it is that good. read more

First off, hands down best chicken fried steak I've ever had!!! They hand bread all their stuff, including onion rings (which are to die for and fresh) along with their steak fingers. Isaack's was the only restaurant we could find that wasn't Mexican (my fiancée didn't feel like it that night), and that had a menu available for us to see online. We walked in, the place packed, and only two servers. However with the little amount of wait staff, everything got to us hot, and right out of the pan. And OH MY GOD was it done right... For real, authentic home cooked food. A little pricy for a diner, but 100% well worth the money. So if you can't decide, or you did decide on another place, change your mind and go here!! read more

The food was excellent.Restaurant was clean, excellent service! I had the Texas chicken fried steak & my husband had the steak. Both were excellent! Moist tender...melt in your mouth tender. My new favorite! read more

Came here for dinner after a long day driving, with my daughter and granddaughter. This is a small country restaurant with lots of Texas-style decorations on the walls - nice and rustic. We were sat in the outer section which was dimly lit such that a customer at another table had to use the light on his phone to read the menu. For $10.99 you could get a decent dinner and the kids menu was $4.99 snd reasonable. I had the liver with onions, mashed potatoes and beef-veg soup, my daughter had the chicken-fried steak and mashed potatoes and the same soup, and my granddaughter had a burger and fries. All 3 dishes were delicious and prepared in a reasonable time. However the soup was barely tepid when it should have been hot. That cost 1 star. Pverall we were pelased with the meals and the service, although the one waitrress could have done with some help tonight. read more

Stopped in on NYE and it was surprisingly busy. We drove from AZ and were so grateful to find a place that was open that was not a drive thru. In hindsight, we should have gone to McDonald's or Dairy Queen. Our server was not friendly from the word go. She was wearing an orthopedic boot. Maybe she needs to stay home until her foot is healed. Or get an attitude adjustment. The food was ok. Definitely not worth the $53 we spent plus a $10 tip that the server did not deserve. It took over 40 minutes to get our food and she let us know the kitchen was backed up. I appreciate that. Do not order the patty melt! It is a hamburger patty with cheese on wheat bread. Not rye bread and no grilled onions. It came with a side of potato chips that were warm from being under a heat lamp for so long. We ordered fried mushrooms and got them AFTER our meals were served. My kids split an order of enchiladas and a side order of rice. This was too confusing for the server to understand. I asked for an extra plate when I ordered and had to remind her when she brought the food. Again, major attitude. Basically the most unpleasant experience ever. read more

Worst service, inedible food. On a slow Saturday, non-peak... Waited 20 minutes for our drink order to be taken. When it came, another 20 minutes later, the waitress spilled them all over herself and the table (and laughed it off saying she does that all the time)... And she only brought 4 of 5 drinks. After 10 min we asked for the missing drink. Food arrived 75 min after we ordered.... Well, 4 of 5 plates... 3 of those were wrong and the 4th was so bad (chicken salad sandwich) that I went to my car and ate a protein bar instead. She asked if we needed anything else.... Yes, that 5th drink and meal.... It came 10 min later. And when it was time to pay, that took 20 min more. Seriously worst service and food in a long time! read more

Always great food. You may end up waiting for awhile. Short handed but well worth the wait. Do not come here if you're in a hurry... Come if you want a great meal and plenty of time.... read more

Isaack's Restaurant - American Near Me - Junction, Texas

The breakfast tacos are great, and I will even excuse the dust encrusted ledge next to our table because it is a windy, dusty area. But would you please wash your menus? Mine had visible dirt and crud on the plastic. P.S. Service was excellent and cordial. read more

Very cute restaurant with excellent service! We ordered multiple omelets, a chicken fried steak, and sides. Not only do they have an salad bar but have the best chocolate milk. Everyone was very kind and welcoming!! Prices are right on par for a sit down restaurant. Will be coming back again! read more