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Hours
Sun
7:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Tue
7:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Wed
7:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Thu
7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Fri
7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sat
7:00 AM - 9:00 PM
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PRICE RANGE
$10.00 – $13.00
CUISINES
American, Cafe, Diner
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly
meals, features
Can a vegan person get a good meal at this restaurant?
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About
Cafe 290 has been serving fresh food prepared Daily since 1947. Now we are serving Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner every day. We have also added some Tex-Mex Specialties to the menu.
PRICE RANGE
$10.00 – $13.00
CUISINES
American, Cafe, Diner
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch
FEATURES
Takeout, Seating, Parking Available, Street Parking, Free off-street parking, Television, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Free Wifi, Discover, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service
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4.0
78 reviews
Excellent
36
Very good
25
Average
11
Poor
5
Terrible
1
Lisa B
Texas1519 contributions
Aug 2024 • family
Oldtimey Cafe has a fun atmosphere and great food! Breakfast and main foods are available all day. Our table of four had three people ordering breakfast and one person ordering sides. Generous portions, quick service, and a fun atmosphere!
Written September 4, 2024
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W4998DPtiffanyb
Houston26 contributions
Jun 2020 • none
we had breakfast there yesterday morning (actually our second time there) after a bad hotel experience. Family that live in Manor and who dine at Cafe 290 often, asked us to meet them there. The service is good and the food is great. It's like home style food in a home style setting, nothing fancy, but family friendly atmosphere, reminds you of eating at grandma's but with other people. I surely recommend and will go back; just need to find another hotel to stay in.
Written June 15, 2020
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dneidig
McDade456 contributions
Mar 2020 • friends
Stopped in for breakfast on a weekday. I ordered the traditional breakfast. Eggs over medium, bacon, Hash browns and biscuit. Choices were fried potatoes or grits. I chose the hash browns and had a side order of grits. The grits were good and creamy! No need to add anything really. Nice big soft biscuit. A great country breakfast. Very freshly brewed coffee
Written March 5, 2020
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Lori B
1 contribution
Jan 2025 • family
Our waitress was great but the food is awful!! We didn't even want to tag all of the leftovers.The food was so poor. The menu says that everything is made from scratch, but it is not. Very, poor quality ingredients used. On a salad, when it says mixed greens, you're only going to get different colors of iceberg lettuce. If the food had tasted home made and had good quality, that would be so much better.But everything about it was awful!! Breakfast possibly could have been better.
Written January 26, 2025
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TravelBrianCO
Pearland974 contributions
Feb 2023 • family
2 toddlers and 5 adults. Great food and service. They pushed together two tables for us and were great. Easy to access and wasn’t too busy.
Written February 26, 2023
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MTTX93
Houston77 contributions
May 2022 • couples
And I’m glad she did. We were going back to our home near Houston from Georgetown, Texas. We had just past it up as my wife was looking on Yelp. She said it was the highest rated restaurant in this area. And for good reason. I had the 290 omelette and it was delicious. My wife had the breakfast club sandwich and it was equally amazing. The service was friendly. The grits were good as well. Creamy. Great stop on the way home.
Written May 15, 2022
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RayG1997
Austin26 contributions
Jan 2022 • couples
The food was delicious and had the welcoming flavors of homemade food. I would have definitely taken a picture of the food that was ordered but hunger and the delicious quality of the food beat me to it.
Written January 8, 2022
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Bryant S
Houston98 contributions
Jan 2020 • friends
Made a pitstop to get breakfast on a week day and I was able to be seating and received food quick. The staff was super friendly and the food was the best!!! You won't leave hungry that's for sure.
Written January 3, 2020
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roadmaster2016
35 contributions
Sep 2019 • none
The food was delicious. Reminded me of some home cooking that grandma use to serve. Service was good and fast. The place was very busy but cozy. Like eating at home. Will definitely be back to try the breakfast.
Written November 18, 2019
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Kpride59
Manor47 contributions
Sep 2019 • friends
All the food is great, but definitely save room for pie! My favorite meal is the fried green tomato BLT and a piece of coconut pie!
Written October 27, 2019
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BryanP250
Houston125 contributions
Jul 2019 • friends
This was a nice stop on our way out of Austin heading back to Houston. Just a basic dinner that serves up a great traditional breakfast. Friendly staff, good service, and really good food. Perfect way to start a trip back home.
Written July 29, 2019
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HappyTravelerIAm
Austin127 contributions
Jul 2019 • friends
The food was great. I had the fried chicken sandwich with bacon and it was top notch. The onion rings were delicious. The tollhouse pie was tasty (although I prefer mine without nuts). My friends got some kind of chocolate pie and it was to die for. The service was not great, though. The restaurant was not very busy when we were there, but we had to follow-up with our waitress several times regarding our appetizers, she brought water instead of the milk my daughter requested, and it took a while to get refills of drinks. Toward the end of our meal the waitress said that she was sorry we had come at such a busy time, but there were only a few other occupied tables in the restaurant. I have no idea if she was serious or not. All that said, I would still try this place again because my meal was so yummy. I would've given them 5 stars had it not been for the service (and I only would've given 2 stars if I was rating the service alone).
Written July 16, 2019
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K Larson
Leander33 contributions
May 2019 • couples
Heading to Houston for the day & stopped in for a home cooked breakfast! First time there for 2 of the 4 of us. Excellent service & the food hit the spot!! Eggs, bacon, hashbrowns and the TEXAS toast all came out perfect! My husband got a breakfast & added french toast....WOW!!! It was beautiful & tasted amazing!
Written May 20, 2019
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Joel M
Buda1809 contributions
Mar 2019 • family
God food. Really liked the burgers, the sweet potato fries and the BLT sandwich. Nice home style setting with a local clientele. Nice place for brwakfady6, lunch and dinner.
Written March 15, 2019
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wmcbryde21
Vidor506 contributions
Nov 2018 • couples
I had the green BLT with avocado and fried green tomatoes. Would have it again. The sweet potato fries were also very good. Husband tried the burger and said it was okay. The buttermilk pie was very good and some of the best sweet tea I’ve had on the road. They even gave us free to go cups.
Written November 1, 2018
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