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    West Side Cafe

    4.4 (677 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 3:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Sam H.

    Perfection. Everything you could possibly want from a diner. Packed booths, smiling staff, fresh breakfast food, great lunches, extensive menu, fresh drinks, and a buzzing atmosphere. A Fort Worth gem, so worth the visit. You'll leave smiling

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    Phillip E. S.

    Westside Cafe is amazing! They have never compromised on old-fashioned value and service. Their food is always cooked to order and absolutely delicious! The staff are always on top of their game in making sure each table feels special, regardless of how busy the restaurant is. The ambiance is of a diner from years gone by...a pocket of time from the good old days. Yesterday I dropped off two military pictures of family to be hung on their wall of honor. In wanting to make full use of the trip out there, I stayed for a late breakfast. The three buttermilk pancakes were huge! The syrup bottles are kept warm and made a great addition to the butter already applied. The biscuits and gravy were a nice way to complete the meal. Wow! I waddled out to the car after finishing all my food. Alicia, my server, was a joy to have take care of me. Please support Westside Cafe!

    Sirloin with broccoli and cheese
    Tiffany C.

    Bring your grandma and go have some home cooked food. Make sure you try this long time staple of the west side of Fort Worth. It was bought by a company after some struggles the previous owner had but they kept up the decor, which makes the place what it is. No lie, his place is like coming home. The memories here warms my heart. I think my favorite is the grilled pork chops or the liver and onions. Back when I could eat bread I'd get the club sandwich. The ranch is homemade. Don't forget to try the desserts. The wait staff will keep up with all you need and have all the answers. There is always someone around and I'm pretty sure they all help one another. LOVE HIS PLACE.

    Monica U.

    I wish I had more stars to give!!! There's a reason there's a wait on a Sunday morning--but don't be deterred!!! The friendly staff will greet you and get you on the list. This place runs so efficiently, the wait won't be long! Once you are seated you will be treated to outstanding service and exceptional food! Fast, friendly, delicious! Pancakes are sooo good and served with warm syrup, biscuits are flaky and tender, loaded omelettes are fresh and hot!! We need more stars!!!! Don't sleep on this institution, doing it right!!! Oh -- GET THE HASHBROWN CASSEROLE!!!

    Christopher O.

    Stopped in here for breakfast today. This is the first time I've walked into a restaurant and said "This place has had a deep cleaning and you can tell." The food was fantastic! The place was really busy for 8am too. Had with a #1 and then smoked sausage, biscuit, 3 scrambled eggs and a pancake. The eggs were perfectly cooked and the biscuit was fantastic! The smoked sausage was also delicious and had a great smokey flavor. This was a fantastic experience and can't wait to try this place again.

    Kids mac n cheese
    Erica V.

    Went here cause I wanted to try something different. My father lives on this side of town, so I thought why not. The food portion was great. It's a huge place inside. My daughter loved the Mac n cheese. Fries were crispy. Loved the biscuit and gravy. Bacon was so crispy. We will be back!!

    Hannah S.

    The BEST hashbrowns I've had in a hot minute! I was craving a classic diner breakfast, you know the kind... - great service - great coffee - great pancakes - great eggs (made your way!) - and of course, great hashbrowns!!! This cafe has it ALL and more! I can't wait to try more on the menu or just another round of hashbrowns. ;D

    Friday Special!!
    Kent P.

    I've been a customer here for 15 years. Just what I thought it couldn't get any better, it took a giant step forward. I believe, since the new ownership took over, this restaurant has gone from great to perfect in its class. Nice, clean building with good, efficient service. The decor is now updated and fresh. The daily lunch specials are not to be overlooked! Today, I'm feasting on the Friday deal: my choice of sides includes turnip greens and squash casserole, two of my favorites. Beef tips and noodles are made with real prime beef and absolutely just like your grandma would've made! Finish that with cornbread, and you are off to the races! Unsweet Arnold Palmer, and I am a happy camper!

    Pozole Soup 12/13/25
    Lorie B.

    Everything was Great! I come every Saturday and Sunday for the Pozole Soup. I add a soft scrambled egg, green salsa and squeeze 2-3 lemons along with other fix-ins. Olga, was a Wonderful waitress as is all that work here. We love the at Home feel you get at West Side.

    Chicken fried steak and scrambled eggs ( the best I've ever had)
    Robbie T.

    The restaurant was very busy but the wait was only like 5 minutes! The employees were more than just workers... they actually put off the family vibe. You don't get just one server there... they are all for one and one for all there, total teamwork here!! Now let's get down to the food!! It was absolutely freaking delicious and amazing!! Their chicken from steak and their scrambled eggs were the best that we ever had!!( and I'm a VERY picky eater foodie the same cooks have been there for over 20 years so the food is consistently good. Definitely recommend them!! We plan on making this a regular place!! And Monica was so precious!!

    Special #2 plus cheddar plus two poached eggs (4 eggs total). They know my order. Just "my usual". The best service.

    I come every Friday to get a generous helping of good food and feel good excellent service.

    Good portions of my classic choice.
    Tonya K.

    I enjoyed overall my classic breakfast items at this Fort Worth multigenerational staple with a warm & spacious atmosphere. Biscuits with gravy was delicious. My scrabbled eggs and sausage tasted fine. Services was attentive and very sweet from the hostess to the cashier at check out. Coffee refills kept coming and is a light roast. The place to go if wanting a classic American breakfast.

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    I've been to this place all my life and they have never let me down! They make great food and great dessert!

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    Always a wonderful experience. It is homestyle food with no frills. A nice atmosphere to enjoy your meal.

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    2 years ago

    This is your typical breakfast cafe. I really didn't find anything remarkable about it. Don't get me wrong, it was good it just typical.

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    3 years ago

    Everyone is always friendly. Great place for a daily or weekly meal. Food is consistently good. Waitstaff is nothing but attentive.

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    3 years ago

    Always good!! They make you feel like they have missed you and the food is good home cooking. Squash casserole the best!!

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    4 years ago

    The food is great but sadly Roaches crawling on wall next to my booth. We have not returned.

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    2 years ago

    Excellent food and excellent service, hometown vibes! I would recommend this place to everyone and anyone!

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    Love the people and atmosphere. One of the few hole in the wall cafes. Love going to places like these.

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    Ask the Community - West Side Cafe

    Does anyone know a recipe similar to their squash casserole? I live in Dallas now and I crave it all the time.

    I actually use a lot of amazing recipes on a site called lemon8. They might have it on there

    Is breakfast served all day?

    Yes, they serve breakfast all day.

    Just wondering, can customers order for to-go/pick up? I don't mind being charged for tip.

    Yes, I saw folks picking up to-go orders when I was there.

    How do I find out sodium content of foods, i.e. western omelet?

    Hi Donna, and thanks for your question. But unfortunately, we do not have that information in a comprehensive form. We would have to hire a laboratory to analyze all of our products, and this would cost many thousands of dollars and is not… Read more

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    4.1
    (771 reviews)
    5.4 mi
    $$

    FRESH & DELICIOUS I had the freshest meal I've ever had in…read moremy life last night! It was a first date and he chose the restaurant. Perfect choice! 1) BEST Street Corn fresh off the cob, seasoned to perfection 2) BEST Golden mashed potatoes that melted in my mouth with every bite. They were yellow and not bleached white. The flavor was amazing! 3) BEST Broccoli on earth. I don't know what they did to this broccoli that made me want to lick the plate, but if I could prepare it like this, I would eat broccoli every single day. 4) the grass fed steak was so tender that they don't serve it with a steak knife. They served it with a regular butter knife. That is how tender the beef was. 5) Our server was amazing as so friendly and knowledgeable. I never have had a meal that taste it so fresh and not overly seasoned but season two perfection on everything I ate from the appetizer of conchinita nachos to my entrée I can't wait to try their smoked chicken salad

    Solid experience. We ended up here right before a concert earlier this week (quick trip from San…read moreAntonio). We made reservations and even received a text EARLY that our table was ready. Good start. Summer was a fantastic server. She was friendly, knowledgeable, and attentive given she was overloaded with tables having taken on another section. Service trailed off a tad toward the end, which was the worst timing as we were trying to get to the concert. As for the food: no complaints all around. I thought their corn side was very good (I don't typically like corn), their broccoli was good. I didn't try their brussel sprouts, but my wife and in laws raved about them. My entree was the bunless bison burger with mashed potatoes and broccoli. I ordered the bison medium, but what came out was an overdone, crumbly patty held together by the melted cheese on top. I also felt their mashed potatoes were just okay. Although I I was disappointed in my meal, the ambiance, location, and experience of the rest of my party pushed it just over to the 4th star. I'd probably go back.

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    Pasture-Raised Beef Filet with Honey-Garlic Brussels Sprouts and Coconut Cauliflower
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    Bankhead Brewpub

    4.3
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    5.7 mi
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    Great venue, service and food. I was a solo diner tonight…read moreand was given multiple seating choices. Close to band, away from band, table or booth. Tonight I was feeling back room incognito. The band was great though. Very nice 3 piece playing Hendrix and Stevie Ray. My server was Emeline and was helpful with my menu choices. Food and Bock style beer was good. The green beans needed to be cooked longer as they were a bit firm. Price was reasonable $25 with beer. The venue, scratch kitchen and band made this a good deal I thought.

    It's been quite awhile since I've been back to Bankhead brewpub but some friends and I decided to…read morego check out their trivia night on Wednesday. So first the service was not great and the menu is pretty limited not what I remember from my first visit, I checked it out and the Rowlett location has a bigger and better menu not sure why every location would have the same menu. I ordered the Waygu burger medium rare with truffle fries, the burger came out medium/medium well not what I wanted but I didn't make a fuss because the server already seemed like and couldn't handle her tables, the truffle fries were really good. My friend did all like what they ordered and their food looked good too. I also had a couple beers that were both good but I was disappointed to see that they didn't have any stouts or porters on draft this time if year. The trivia night was pretty fun though we all enjoyed it and will consider going again

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    Quince Riverside was a solid lunch spot!…read more We tried this on a Friday at a random time and they weren't super busy. We were seated right away and were able to sit on the patio (which runs alongside the river). It was a very large, open patio. Service was solid, no complaints at all there. FOOD: the food was really good! Everything seemed fresh, unique, and pretty well done overall! We had a few apps - I'd get the lamb dumplings!! Then a chicken sandwich (with amazing rosemary fries!) and steak salad. Both very good! If we came back we'd do the exact same order. Overall, a solid spot that I'd say was better than I expected. It was a bit expensive for lunch, but we did have a few drinks. Thanks for feeding us!

    Not sure where I fall here…read more. My gf & I have been waiting to try Quince and decided to book a reservation Friday night out on the patio when the weather was great... the atmosphere and ambiance here is fantastic. Hard to beat being right along the river. From the decor to the music to the feel of being on the beach.. big fan. Now the food was a different story. Nothing jumped out on the menu so we decided to roll with the ahi-tuna tacos, chicken yakimeshi, and pecan crusted steak salad. Underwhelmed was really the theme of the food portion. The yakimeshi was the best item but just had that chicken fried rice feel to it... the ahi tuna tacos were messy and lacking flavor, the only thing I could taste was the spice of the spicy mayo on top, the steak salad was just bleh. 3 strips of steak for $26 and a classic garden salad blend simply won't cut it. Don't hate it, don't love it... not sure if I'll be back for food.

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    First Watch

    First Watch

    4.1
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    2.0 mi
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    Casual dining
    Gluten-free friendly

    First of all, the place is attractive and clean! The clientele is as well! This is in kind of a…read morehigh-end neighborhood, so submitted by country clubs, and million-dollar homes. Isn't the historic Camp Bowie Boulevard corridor, and there is plenty of parking absolutely free. If you like a really great fulfilling breakfast with healthy choices, this is your place! The waiters and waitresses are on top of your needs, and there's a fresh pot of coffee set on your table in the morning, big enuf that you don't need to ask for refills! The pricing is a little bit above the waffle house down the street, but the quality in the ambience is many many many times better. All I can say is l: no matter how you order your breakfast, it is going to be well done! In the best sense!

    First Watch on Camp Bowie is a lesson in patience that pays off, mostly. It's a breakfast spot with…read morea loyal following, a small footprint, and a wait that will test your commitment to eggs. Spoiler: it's worth it, with a few asterisks. First, the logistics. The space is cozy, which is a polite way of saying it is not built for large groups or people who like personal space. The wait can be substantial, and the indoor holding area is limited, if the weather is doing something dramatic, you'll want to know that before you commit. The real secret, which I discovered the hard way, is that you can join the waitlist online before you even leave the house. Life-changing information that arrived too late for us. Learn from my mistakes. Once seated, the coffee is hot, the iced tea is fresh, a surprisingly rare achievement at breakfast hours, and the menu has enough options to cause genuine decision paralysis. We ordered two Traditional Breakfasts, both over easy eggs, both crispy bacon. One arrived cooked to absolute perfection, eggs exactly as requested, bacon doing exactly what bacon is supposed to do. The other arrived with eggs cooked firmly over hard. Same table, same order, same server. How does this happen? It is one of breakfast's great unsolved mysteries. The breakfast potatoes, meanwhile, showed promise, well seasoned and flavorful, but arrived in a mixed state of doneness that required careful excavation to find the fully cooked ones. It was less of a side dish and more of an archaeological dig. The third order, the Tri-Fecta, came with a multigrain pancake the size of a small continent, which almost made up for the potato situation. And then there was the Million Dollar Bacon. We didn't order it. The table next to us did. I watched it arrive and I am still not over it. Order the Million Dollar Bacon. Do not make my mistake. Do not be me. First Watch is a solid breakfast spot with real upside, get on the waitlist before you leave home, order the bacon, and maybe double-check your eggs before your server walks away.

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