Don's Restaurant

Excellent burger, fried ho-hum. Most foods  deep fried, most steam table veggies on the buffet looked soggy. Catfish and hush puppies looked good. Salad bar looked fresh and had the typical - look of a before mega servings offerings salad bar (think 1970s salad bar). That is not to say it looked bad, but by itself would probably not serve as a full meal option.

The waitresses were polite and efficient - the two gals in the dining room we were in seemed to be a team - customer always wins when that happens. I asked for coffee at lunch time - the waitress put on a new pot. The coffee wasn't the best I've ever had - but was good and not bitter.

We were in our RV, which requires extra parking space - we arrived just before the lunch rush and had no problem parking - any later and it may have been an issue.

I asked about the pies and was told they were homemade - we didn't have any - but the prices looked to be reasonable enough $1.95 - $2.50 range.

The all you can eat buffet seemed to be the most popular - the waitress said the top three menu items were: the hamburgers (very good), the fried catfish and the chicken fried steak (Friday buffet had the catfish as an offering).

Would we go back - sure, but probably wouldn't go out of our way to go there.

The service was great.  They were super friendly.

However, this does not make up for the sub-par food.

The Chicken fried steak was very very thin, and had WAY too much breading.  It was tender, however didn't really have any flavor to it.

The gravy was actually pretty decent.  Could have used a little salt though.

The mashed potatos were instant.  Gross.

The salad bar was average at best.

Portions were big, but the quality was lacking.  I won't be back.

This was a great find for us just wandering around looking for some food!  I was in the area to shop at Lake Fork Trophy Lures across the street.  We decided to try Don's because it was close and looked promising.  We were pleasantly surprised by the wonderful food and the very friendly service.
My dad in law loved the catfish.  I had the Chicken Fried Steak and loved it.  I can't remember what my wife and mom in law had, but they very satisfied too.   My wife even bought a shirt to wear back home here in Hawaii.  We will definitely stop by again on our annual fishing trip to Lake Fork.  Aloha!