MCLEAN'S OLE TIME CAFE, Zebulon

McLean's Ole Time Cafe is a family owned restaurant opened in 1956, over 60 years ago. We serve breakfast, lunch and dinner and also offer catering. We have a large banquet space for rentals also. Our foods are homemade "country cooking" with something for everyone. In addition to our menu, we have daily specials, senior breakfast specials and military/police discounts. We have some outdoor seating and you can also enjoy rocking a spell out on our porch. McLean's is a great place to meet your friends from surrounding areas! We also do specialty cakes, pies, cookies and our well-loved chocolate dipped strawberries. Come by and see us!

PRICE RANGE

$5 - $20

Special Diets

Vegetarian Friendly

Meals

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch

CUISINES

American

FEATURES

Takeout, Seating, Parking Available, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Private Dining, Wine and Beer

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papa60bear

78 reviews

Reviewed 2 weeks ago

Lunch with my wife.

This restaurant is rather large and spacious inside. Tables are spaced and all staff are masked. We had lunch specials and iced tea. My wife had the buffalo chicken lunch with 2 sides. I had the grilled chicken breast and 2 sides (actually ordered the...pork chops and got chicken instead, my second choice). The most excellent waitress brought biscuits and hush puppies. The lunch was well prepared, hot and tasty. Biscuits were pretty good. Hush[puppies were better. Not all guests wore masks as posted. Overall I would return. My bill for the both of us was 25.50 plus tip.More

Date of visit: December 2020

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Twobedecided

25 reviews

Reviewed December 5, 2020 via mobile

Happy birthday sister-in-law

Everyone enjoyed my sister in law's birthday! Ribs were tender, porkchop tasty, shrimp and catfish all great. Collards were only thing not seasoned well. All in all good meal.

Date of visit: December 2020

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Elizabeth S

104 reviews

Reviewed October 12, 2020

New visit in North Carolina

Had a fabulous breakfast at McLean's OLE Time Cafe. Breakfast was so good that we returned for dinner that same evening. Breakfast consisted of yummy blueberry pancakes with perfectly cooked bacon. Our server was excellent even though the restaurant was busy for a Friday morning....There were 4 of us for breakfast. We met up with 4 other family members and returned for dinner, total of 8. We ordered 2 baskets of hush puppies along with our meals. Everyone was satisfied and happy with their order. The six year old ate a plate of spaghetti, one strand at a time.More

Date of visit: October 2020

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scb123456

5 reviews

Reviewed February 13, 2020 via mobile

Best restaurant around

Best place to eat number 1 restaurant in every way. Always fresh fast service best tasting food if u want a home cooked meal there is only 1 place to go in town and that is Mcleans Ole Time Cafe

Date of visit: February 2020

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JoshL236

176 reviews

Reviewed January 11, 2020

Third Time Was a Charm

This was our third time eating here and our first time at night. We were all pleased with the food and service. The restaurant was very busy and still we were served in a timely manner. Our waitress was very nice and did a great...job. Can't wait to come back.More

Date of visit: January 2020

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Thanks Josh... look forward to having you back!

scb123456

5 reviews

Reviewed January 9, 2020 via mobile

This is the BEST place to

This is the BEST place to eat everything that is cooked at Mcleans is homemade and fresh they are always serving top knotch meals for breakfast lunch and dinner there is no other country restaurant that could compare to Mcleans ALWAYS serving FRESH HOT MEALS...EXCELLENT place to eat breakfast lunch and dinnerMore

Date of visit: January 2020

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Thank you Stephanie!

CrackedCrock

112 reviews

Reviewed December 30, 2019

A hidden gem if you are traveling through the area

We stopped here for lunch on a Friday afternoon and they were quite busy. We were seated quickly and our drinks arrive before I returned the ladies room. Husband had the meatloaf sandwich which was very thick and I had the pulled pork that was...also quite thick and shared an order of french fries. We had trouble finishing our lunch.More

Date of visit: December 2019

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Thanks! Hope you will be back soon.

Rhjones69

207 reviews

Reviewed December 20, 2019 via mobile

Good food but poor service

The soup and salad bar was delicious. We also had the fried chicken fingers and they were hot, moist and juicy. The food and atmosphere Is great. I was disappointed in the service. We had empty beverage cups most of our meal. The table next...to us kept holding his empty cup in the air and no one noticed. He had to get up and walk over to a server. Our ticket never came, we ended up just walking to the register. The cashier never asked how our meal or service was.More

Date of visit: December 2019

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We are sorry to see your comments about your visit. Did you ask to speak with our manager while here so we could have the opportunity to remedy any problems for you? We always welcome our guests to do that. We invite you to call...More

john9192018

13 reviews

Reviewed November 16, 2019

Crowded, but I don't understand why.

It's true, this restaurant features local favorites. However, I found it pricey for what's provided. The portions are generous, but they think their salad bar is made out of gold.

Date of visit: October 2019

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Adirondake

4 reviews

Reviewed October 8, 2019

Great place...

My family and I have visited several times and always have great service really good food regardless if it’s breakfast lunch or dinner.

Date of visit: October 2019

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Thanks so much for your kind words and 5 star review! We hope you'll be back again soon.

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victoria s

What are some vegan options that aren’t salads?

October 25, 2018|

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We have a variety of vegetables, some cooked with meat and others not... and can make a veggie wrap for you... grilled onions, peppers, etc. You can also see our menu on our web page and facebook page.