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    Ponte's Diner

    4.4 (102 reviews)
    ModerateAmerican, Diners
    Closed 7:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Breakfast is amazing got the chicken fried chicken with 2 eggs and hash browns and bacon  amazing
    Josie F.

    Great place to have breakfast and brunch with the family. Food was outstanding in my opinion. The service was great and the atmosphere was cool it was like an old dinner feel.

    Angelina M.

    Live, laugh, love! This place has such a great old-fashioned feel and a huge variety of options. I usually get the chicken fried chicken, and it tastes homemade rather than premade, which I love. The mac and cheese is my personal favorite, and even the restrooms have a cool Fallout-style theme. I come here every two or three weeks even though I live in Dallas--it's worth the hour and a half drive every time.

    Hamburger steak with grilled onions and brown gravy.
    Belynda H.

    Great hamburger steak with grilled onion and gravy! Texas toast, green beans and tater tots. I highly recommend. We only had water. My friend enjoyed grits and scrambled eggs. The young man who was our waiter did an amazing job. Efficient and kind. This was a busy lunch time. Restrooms were clean and food came to us in a timely manner. Hot and fresh...delicious.

    Strawberry milkshake
    Cathy K.

    Such a gem in the middle of nowhere! We were roadtripping to Galveston and I used yelp to find a lunch spot. This place came up, so we gave it a try. We all had delicious root beer floats, and various sandwiches and salads. The decor was funky and fun and included a neon banana light, an old fashioned TV that still works, and a soda fountain bar with real pennies in a cool design. Check this place out!!

    Fried Okra and Tx toast
    Yvonne L.

    Great flavorful down home country food, service was phenomenal! Alwys top off my sweet tea! And it has a country family vibe where everyone is welcome!

    Western Omelet with biscuits and gravy.  Salsa not pictured. Wasn't so good. Very good.  Service was really nice & friendly.
    Larry B.

    Western Omelet & hasbrowns. Very good. Biscuits & cream gravy. Had bowl of salsa . That wasn't so good.

    Ham & Turkey Chef Salad, chips & salsa on the side.

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    First time at Ponte's Diner, we really enjoyed it. I had the cfc and hubby had cfs, service was great and very friendly workers

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    11 years ago

    Great experience. The food was delicious and the portion were huge. Would definitely go there again.

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    7 years ago

    Really expensive expensive but really nice person and they take a while to get your meal ready.

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    10 years ago

    Good food on the run service was fast and friendly we had heard about the banana split but we didn't get to enjoy

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    8 years ago

    Legit old school, small town diner. My half way feeding spot for the Dallas-Houston run. Good Tex Mex, sandwiches and daily specials.

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    11 years ago

    Took a really long time to place order and the food is bland. Better to go to an ihop or Denny's. Much better food and service

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    Great food and friendly service. Must try the malts they are amazing!

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    Sam's Original Restaurant

    4.0(308 reviews)
    0.4 mi
    $$

    On the way back to DFW from College Station we stopped at Sam's on Sunday, 3/8. I was so glad we…read moredid!! This place has an absolutely amazing lunch buffet! The salad stuff was fresh and the dressings were all good. On the hot side of the buffet they had chicken friend steak, ham, turkey and dressings, bbq brisket and friend chicken. Everything was excellent! The sides were all great. I imagine their homemade pies are amazing but I was too full to try any of them! I will 100% be back anytime I am nearby!!!

    My dad has been coming here for years, I believe this was my first time…read more My dad went for the buffet, and I ordered a la carte. First, the service was excellent, I believe our server was named Presley. Very kind, always checking on us and keeping our water and tea full. On the buffet, my dad enjoyed the salad he had, but was surprised at the little variety offered that day. He said last time he was there with my brother there was more to choose from. He then got the fried chicken, which was greasy and barely any chicken on the thigh. I tried to find a drumstick but it was just breasts, thighs and a few wings. He did like the chicken fried steak and mashed potatoes. As for the fried okra, you have to eat it fresh. It is sitting under a heat lamp just makes it soggy and slimy. I ordered 4 vegetables a la carte which came out to be as much as the all you can eat buffet. First, their onion rings are OUTSTANDING! So is their homemade ranch. What was disappointing was the green beans, they definitely came out of a can and were heated. At $3.99 I expected fresh. There may have been a small piece of onion in it. Not sure if that was how it was cooked or if it fell in from another dish. The black-eyed peas were tasty. I also had a cup of the chicken corn chowder which was good. However, there was pieces of cubed chicken in it which also made me think that it was a prepackaged soup and not homemade. My dad got the coconut cream pie, which tasted good, but could have used more coconut then just on the top. He wanted bread pudding or peach cobbler, however at the time of day we were there, they had been picked over way too much, not leaving much for anyone else to enjoy. I did like the selections in the gift shop and purchased a tea towel before we left. I always like to try a place 3 times so I may stop in and try something else. Again, great customer service.

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    4.3(169 reviews)
    0.4 mi
    $

    Looking for a stop between Houston and DFW? Something…read moreDifferent was anpleaaant supervise From the welcome to the personal service, they certainly know how to treat their customers Need a refill?? Oh it's already on the table. Perhaps some suggestions, they have plenty. My boyfriend the recommended Chicken fried steak and he was quiet all throughout lunch. I got the Reuben with chips and it was cooked to perfection down to the home made potato chips.Our waitress who had been working there for three decades mentioned that they had coconut crème pie I'm coco for coconut so I thought that I would give it a try. It was absolutely sublime! I haven't had coconut crème pie like this since my trip to the Bahamas The check came quickly and we said our goodbyes to the crew and the other friendly passers by enjoying their choices What a treat! We will be back

    We were greeted as soon as we arrived with the kindest smile. This is a seat yourself establishment…read moreand as soon as you pick the perfect spot, there is someone there to take your drink order and tell you the special of the day. Th menu has so many great options, so I went with the special, chicken fried chicken with white gravy, mashed potatoes, okra and toast. I am not a huge gravy person so got it on the side. The proportions were the perfect size, not too little and definitely not overwhelming. Everything was excellent and cooked to perfection. I had the sweet tea and it was wonderful as well. My co worker had the fish plate, she is a connoisseur of fish and said it was wonderful. The booths were a good size and customers are able to write with chalk paint pens to leave their mark. The environment was relaxing and fun at the same time. Although the space is smaller, the speed of service and the wonderful staff made it feel big. Will definitely return when I travel through Teague!

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    McDonald's

    2.3(48 reviews)
    0.5 mi
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    One of the worse McDonald's I've been to in terms of hardware. Although service was fast, as…read moreexpected, one kiosk touchscreen was not working, two kiosks were not functional, and the last working kiosk didn't print receipts. Regardless of all that, I got my order in reasonable time (2 minutes for coffee, about 6 minutes for a steak biscuit) and it came as expected.

    "Fast Food isn't always fast." This is what I was abruptly told by the Manager after I had waited…read more32 minutes for a McDonald's Big Breakfast on the morning of August 30, 2026. I was in the drive thru and knew I was in trouble the minute they asked me to pull forward and wait for someone to bring my food out to my truck. I've seen this scenario play out before and it's always resulted in them forgetting to bring my food out. So, after enough time to have gone into a sit down restaurant and been partially through my meal, I went inside. No one paid me any attention until I said, "I'm still waiting on my Big Breakfast. The manager--I recognize her, but don't know her name--brusquely said, "we're still waiting on pancakes." She said this as I saw two Big Breakfasts sitting in queue and watched the line personnel open and close a warming bin full of pancakes. I suppose those two Big Breakfasts meals could've been going out to someone who'd been there longer than me, say someone who'd waited 45 minutes. I said, "I've been waiting 32 minutes already." That's when she snapped: "Fast food isn't always fast." She then yelled at her staff, "Don't take anymore orders for Big Breakfasts, everybody wants them then complains about having to wait. NO MORE!!" Sounded good to me, if you're such a poor manager that your staff can't fill a Big Breakfast order in less than half an hour, maybe you shouldn't be serving that item. But I suspect corporate has a different opinion of how that's supposed to work. By the way, after all that, the food was merely warm at best.

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    Ponte's Diner - tradamerican - Updated September 2026

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