Server was super nice. we were only family dining since close to closing time we all ordered hamburgers, they were ok - 2 hamburger kids meals, 2 adult burgers and 2 kids sodas w/tip $65, very pricey in my opinion and was just OK, 1 of mu kids said burger didn't taste good so he barely ate, prob won't go back, but can check it off the box, have seen it for years and wanted to try read more

Cute place for breakfast and lunch along 1488. Open for dinner but we haven't been during those hours yet. Food is always yummy and service is quick and friendly. read more

Absolutely wonderful place to get some lunch. There are tortoises and turtles and we even saw some kittens. I had the bonfire burger and it was one of my favorite burgers I've had in a while. Great fries too and a beautiful ambiance. Will be back often! Also, the grilled chicken sandwich is amazing too! I'll have to come back for breakfast. read more

Food was wonderful! People were very polite! The tree house is a really cute place to eat and relax. You walk over the bridge to get into it and you can see all the turtles!! Big and small!! read more

It's a little hidden but of course it's a Tree House!The short little walk up to the restaurant really sets up the feel. They even have tortoise around the entrance. Once inside it's a bit small but love the set up. They had a good breakfast and lunch option and they had friendly and nice service!! If ever back in the area I would definitely stop by! read more

to start my review, the food is amazing. the grilled cheese cheeseburger is a must try for people who like grilled cheese and cheeseburgers. the price was lower than any restaurants I've been to and the service was good too. the ambience was great too (I like turtles). read more

Loved the seasoned fries and mashed potatoes! The mashed potatoes had a great texture and flavoring. Tiny home style restaurant cute country decor. It does have a small outdoor patio and dining inside. A small little hideaway with nice staff and good food. read more

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After reading the reviews here, I was a bit hesitant to try their breakfast. However, I had to know for myself. The low star reviews are not wrong. There wasn't one major thing that I was disappointed by, rather multiple small things. I walk in and am told to sit wherever I like. It is no wonder they have such long wait times sometimes because there aren't many tables. It looked like they put decorations up for Halloween, so it was a bit cluttered as well. I chose a table for two, which I quickly realized has barely enough space for just me. There was one waitress working my table and two others. Despite the place being dead, as it had just opened ten minutes ago, she seemed very rushed. When she came back with my water, I told her I was ready to order. She interrupted me saying she would be right back. She wasn't. I finally ordered the Magnolia Breakfast with soft bacon, eggs over medium, and a chocolate chip pancake. The food came out about five minutes later. The bacon I was given was super hard and crunchy. The waitress stood five feet away and asked if everything was okay a few minutes after she gave me the food. She was expecting me to say yes. When she realized I had an issue, she came closer to hear me. I don't usually complain, but I wanted soft bacon. She took it back, and they remade it "as soft as they can do." The pancake had a weird consistency, and the chocolate milk was just milky Hershey syrup. It also seemed to go down after sitting for a few minutes, so I really only had half a cup of chocolate milk. There is nothing special about this place, and I don't plan to come back. read more

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Great place very unique atmosphere I will definitely recommend and bring my family.need to go back read more

Tree House Cafe - Great cup of coffee - Cafes Near Me - Magnolia, Texas

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What a creative setting! Treehouse out front sets the mood and you walk through the woods to get to the cafe itself. We enjoyed a mimosa to start. Molly made friends with the tortoise. The side salad was cool since we sat outside. The black and blue burger was delicious. We even took a hamburger to go! Leighsa did a great job taking care of us! We'll be back! Would like to try the dinner entrees. read more

The restaurant is really unique and I can't say that I've been to another one like it. They have tortoises outside that you can feed and it is also nice to just look at them if you want to. The staff is nice. When we went, most of them seemed like highs schoolers and that maybe this was their first job, but they were trying and we're polite, so I didn't really experience anything negative. I got just a plain cheeseburger which was pretty good, I really liked the bun that they used. The menu was small, but I'm an indecisive person so I really don't mind it, it makes it easier for me to choose. I just recently moved to Magnolia, so I was really excited to try this place out. I've been told that the restaurant has changed owners recently, so I hope that they do well. I think if they have the time and money, they should do some renovations and nail down a concept for the restaurant. It was summer when I went, so I understand it being a little warm, but at one point I was getting kind of uncomfortable at how stuffy it was getting, especially when more guests started to arrive. It's also kind of weird to walk up to the restaurant and see zombies in the trees, and then turn around to see really cute tortoises. I understand wanting to be quirky and memorable, but I think there is a difference between quirky and messy. But I did enjoy my experience and I really hope that this restaurant can be successful, especially since the area is growing, I hope they can grow too. read more

Best pancakes in Magnolia and great friendly service. Quirky ambience makes it a fun visit. Dont miss the tortoises.

The food was good and came out quickly. Nice gem tucked away. I wish breakfast was available all day!!

Really enjoyed this small cafe tucked away from the highway in the trees in Magnolia TX. Our party of 6 was accommodated at one of 2 tables set up for 6 guests on a weekday morning - I am told there is quite a line on the weekends, so be prepared! I ordered the Magnolia Breakfast - 2 eggs, hash browns, 2 bacon, and paid a dollar fifty to upgrade my toast to a waffle. Everything was as expected - very tasty and well cooked, our compliments to the chef! The service was just okay, our waitress may have been new. We would likely return on a weekday, but I would not be interested in waiting to eat here on the weekend, even though they have a cool waiting area with several large turtles to entertain you. read more

The food was hot and delicious, the servers are warm and nice, and it's a very cozy and unique environment. Easily the best restaurant I've been to in magnolia. The prices are kind of what you'd expect; a little costly but not too crazy. read more

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First and probably last time in. We, especially our kids, were so excited to try this place and even more excited once they saw the turtles. We sat outside until the bugs got to our toddler and then waited for a table inside. We were told we could sit in the booth by the window as the family with children already sitting there asked to be moved. We took it. Big mistake, DON'T! There is a zombie out that window that terrified our young kids. Then, as were eating, a zombie head flies up and slams into the window right next to our faces. Talk about terrifying young children to the point that one family leaves the table and ours are terrified. Not to mention a family member who is a veteran with PTSD sitting there with us getting scared/spooked. THIS IS NOT OKAY. NOT THE SETTING TO HAVE SCARY ITEMS. We asked the waitress if that "feature" could be turned off and she said "it's a manual switch in the kitchen, I'll ask them to stop." So they just see a family sitting there with small children and do those types of things in the middle of lunch... During the summer... Not like we took them there at Halloween or anything. HOW INCONSIDERATE! What happens if someone sitting there chokes because of this or someone who has legitimate issues (like PTSD) or an anger problem sits there and this happens to them at lunch one day. THE TARGET OF YOUR "PRANKS" SHOULDN'T BE YOUR PAYING CUSTOMERS... ESPECIALLY FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN! That alone will keep us from returning. I truly hope the owners have no idea this is happening but read this and correct the behavior. Running customers off on purpose isn't funny. Scaring unknowing people isn't funny. Terrifying children isn't funny. And hopefully, losing business and terrifying people is the worst that comes from this, for their sake. The service was good. We did have to ask the other servers to fetch our server as we waited about 20 minutes with just menus and water but after that, we had excellent service. My food was ok. Nothing to write home about but I ate most of the sandwich. The fries were great. Neither of our kids would eat the burgers... And after a bite of it myself, I understand why. It tasted off... A bit weird. read more

The outside of this place is so unsuspected that I had to park and walk again before I decided I was actually at a real restaurant. Much to my surprise once I entered the establishment through the trees it was quite warm cozy and quaint. In appearance that is, unfortunately I wasn't as warm as I hoped I think I picked a drafty area to sit in. However the food was delicious although rather small portions and I don't even eat a lot. I'm going to give them a pass on this inconvenience because I was still a bit hungry but I understand that food prices are off the chart right now and businesses are trying to survive. I've never gotten one pancake on a plate in my life. But as I said the food was delicious and the coffee was pretty good! read more

This place is the weirdest, off the wall place and it SLAPS!!! The hamburgers were delicious. Seasoned fries were crunchy and flavorful. Service was crazy fast. We are SOOOO coming back here! read more

Tree House Cafe - Grilled cheese cheeseburger - Cafes Near Me - Magnolia, Texas

It's a beautiful place! To bring the family for breakfast or lunch! The service was amazing super sweet and attentive.

We have passed this place so many times since moving here to Texas seven years ago. We decided when our kid comes home for Christmas we are going there. Love our dinner. The staff was so nice and very hospitable. The decorations especially the window friends were great, loved them. The turtles and tortoises that live there are stinking cute. Looking forward to coming back for breakfast! Thank you y'all for great food and service. See you soon. read more

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This place is cute. Took our son for his bday and we all enjoyed it. A bit old in appearance. All it needs is to be given a little love and it'll be as good as new! Maybe string some lights and play good music as well as opening up the cool room that has a tree growing through it! So cool! Anyway, the food was good as well as the price and the people are friendly. We will definitely be going again. read more

Chicken salad sandwich on homemade 7 grain. ......................................Bonfire Brioche BLTClub SandwichMagnolia Burger

Well that was a disappointing meal to say the least! We've passed The Treehouse Cafe for 2 years and after reading reviews, we finally stopped in for dinner tonight. Unfortunately, we won't be returning. Pros: * The burgers were decent. * The atmosphere was fun, and we dined all fresco near the tortoises. Cons: * The waitress took more than 10 minutes to come and see us to take our drink order because she was playing with the turtles with other guests, even though there were 3 parties waiting to be served outside. * We waited around again to have our food order taken. The waitress wasn't paying attention and had to have us repeat our orders multiple times. * They didn't have chicken fried steaks which half our party had planned to order. (We did receive a discount which was appeciated.) * The grilled chicken sandwich had zero flavor. It was a total letdown. read more

This place is very unique, a great place to bring kids and family! You see a "cafe sign" on a treehouse on the side of the highway. When you get there you just park on the gravel pavement. The funniest part is you don't see a cafe anywhere in sight. Until, you notice a hole in the woods that leads you down a path to a little shack. They have huge tortoises outside of the cafe! That's definitely not something you see every day. I loved interacting with the tortoises since you could tell they loved people and were well fed and happy. Nothing better than an establishment that loves and cares for their animals properly. On to the food... the food was amazing, it all tasted like your grandparents cooked it for you. Everything was made from scratch. Homemade bananas foster pancakes were so fresh and fluffy! The coffee tasted like home as well. The employees were all super sweet and attentive and treated my mother and I like we were apart of their own family. My mom was so grateful we found this tiny gem and is excited to bring her grandkids here! read more

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Me and my husband have been to treehouse a few times now. Such a hidden gem. Great food and our main servers are usually Lorie or Katrina. They both have such fantastic attitudes and took great care of us. Highly recommend read more

Don't go. This restaurant is not prepared to properly handle the growth of Magnolia and additional patrons. As soon you go in they'll let you know the 'kitchen is backed up', as you look around to an half empty place. The people at tables outside are not even apart of the restaurant seating; they're also waiting for seating inside. After a wait looking at the turtles on poorly kept grounds, you get seated in a booth with a table that's too far from the benches. You order your drinks; be advised no matter the age of the kids they will charge the adult price for the drinks, if you don't catch them. You'll order your food and then wait. They'll come back in 15-20 mins and let you know the kitchen is backed up and the food will be out shortly and can they do anything for you. You'll have to tell them what drink you need a refill for because they won't offer. The very below average and bland food will eventually arrive that you will have to force yourself to eat because you're so hungry at this point. Then it's time to ask for the bill which you will sit another 15-20 mins after they've taken your half eaten plates because the waiters are so busy talking to each other they forget to come back to you, which makes sense why the wait is so long for a table; hint: not because they're so good. You'll look at the bill and see they have nickel and dime you for every little thing. I ate with my 15, 5 & 3 year old. With two kids meals, there's no reason our meal is almost $70! The kids meal do not include a drink and it's $8 already and they charged additional $3 for a waffle SUBSTITUTION when there's no meal that includes a waffle and it's no mention of an up-charge for it with the kids meal. After pushing back and them sending 3 different people over to us they finally reduced the total bill about $5. Save yourself the trouble! There's a brand new Toasted Yolk down 1488, that got it together. Supporting this local business will leave you feeling robbed and hungry! read more

We came in on a Sunday just before noon since the place was close. Place was very busy. We got a little two top in the back. About the time I started to get impatient the server came over and took our entire order. We ordered fish sandwich and a salad. The world famous tartar sauce - only reason I noticed it was present was that some fell out on the table. The bun was not toasted. Food was ok, service was ok. Will we go back? Maybe but nothing here makes me got to have it. read more

I have gone twice and the food both time where excellent in flavor, quality and quantity. The service was on point.

According to the website and the hours posted on the gate they should have been open today for lunch but the gate was closed. Very disappointing. read more

Suffice to say, our first time here will also be our last. I don't know if this is a new thing here, as I don't see anyone else talking about it in reviews, but this place has a "feature" that is going to put it out of business one day. My wife and I came in for brunch and were seated inside at the booth nearest to the zombie graveyard outside the window (front left corner when you enter through the front door). Be warned, if you sit at this table, or even the ones near it, there is a set up outside of that window to jump-scare you. The first one just gets pulled up in the middle of the window and makes no noise or physical contact with the window--it made us jump, but we were able to laugh about it and continue our visit in good spirits. Then they used this much heavier/harder zombie head, which hit the window with a very jarring thud. We were much more upset by this, and I asked a passing waitress if she could stop that from happening again, to which she apologized and said she would. Fast forward 10 or so minutes, when we now have our food and are trying to eat, the zombie head gets pulled yet again. We're both very upset now, and I go to the front counter very frustrated and more firmly asked them once again to stop, to which they apologized and said not everyone heard the first time we asked and it wouldn't happen again. We finished our meal, but we couldn't enjoy ourselves at that point, and were upset and on edge the rest of the time. I tried to offer my suggestion as we left that they reconsider having this mechanism here, and was met by very dismissive attitudes, saying "we normally get laughs from that", with the tone of 'so we're going to keep doing it anyway'. If you're the owner somehow reading this, this needs to be done away with immediately. We are nice, calm people, and WE were pissed off by this--imagine someone with much more of a temper. It's a restaurant, not a haunted house where people are expecting something like that. We are also young and in good health--what happens if this happens to someone with a heart condition? What if a baby (or even an adult) gets startled and inhales their food and starts choking? That glass is also single-pane, what happens if one day it shatters? There's no warning, no waiver, nothing, and all it takes is doing this to the wrong person and you'll wind up in big trouble. It seems like a massive risk for not much reward. It's not my business, so if upsetting potential customers is worth the risk of getting sued, more power to you; but if you're a lawyer reading this, keep this place on your radar--if this isn't changed, it will be an easy pay-day for you someday. read more

Sitting here now waiting on be waited on. Horrible service we had to ask to place an order after 20 mins. Rhey finally brought part of our order and none of it was correct. read more

This is a fun place and good food at reasonable prices. All the staff were friendly and hospitable

Cumbersome service, food incorrect, dirty tables, inside temp nit comfortable, gravel parking lot.

If you're into great holes in the wall locations, then this is the place for you! Not only does it feed your soul with great crispy thick bacon if you desire, but the inner child in all of us who love treehouses and forts! I feel like if the bacon is perfect, the rest of your breakfast meal will not be far behind! read more

We went around 2 on a Saturday and it wasn't busy. Would I go again for food? No. A few beers on a nice afternoon maybe. Food was meh. Fried mushrooms were pretty bland and the batter wasn't all that good either. The burger was nothing I can't find anywhere else. Fried cheese wasn't anything special. read more

What a cute place this was. Staff super friendly! Food was amazing. We both got the magnolia burger & I was extremely happy with my choice. Sweet potato fries yummm. Our waitress even made me jump in a funny way you'll see when you get seated at the booth. Haha. They do also have ziegenbock beer that wasn't on the menu. Wanted to let anyone know that because there was more options than just bud light and modelo. Of course turtle was a cute attraction afterwards. Small place. Feels very homey. Would recommend to anyway passing through. read more

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Very cosy place, nice surroundings, great country atmosphere. Staff super friendly and great service. The coffee is very good and what I really like is that their water is filtered! The food is well prepared and quality ingredients. Their house made bonfire sauce it's delicious. They have daily special menu also. The only suggestion is to get a better air extractor in the kitchen. read more

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This is a fun greasy spoon type place. The kids loved to watch them feed the The tortoises they have outside. The burgers were good the sandwiches were good we all enjoyed their special spicy sauce. Would like to make it by here for breakfast one morning as well. read more

Loved the vibe and the ladies working were so kind and just sweet as could be. Great customer service will definitely be going back!

The food was great and the service was exceptional. They have turtles outside and the kids can watch them walk around in the pen. The meatloaf and Salisbury Steak were both delicious. read more