Chaf-In Restaurant — Restaurant in Cleburne

Hey, weary US-67 traveler: are you tired of crummy gas station food and craving some real cuisine? Do your eyes need a rest from looking out for the seemingly endless speed traps? Well, look no further than Chaf-In.

This place is pretty popular, so parking is a bit hard to get once you get there, but once you're inside, you'll be greeted with welcoming, antique-feeling décor, my favorite of which is the model Union Pacific train running along the rafters. You can just take a seat wherever, and someone will be with you rather quickly, usually within a minute or two, to take your drink order and give you their menu. They have a rather large menu with all the diner classics, plus some novelties. Breakfast is served all day, but so is lunch and dinner for that matter.

About the prices: I got a 6oz steak, sunny side up eggs, hash browns, and biscuits with gravy for $9.99. Despite that price, there was absolutely no compromise on quality. In fact, it's easily some of the best diner food I've had. It's easy to see why this place has been around for over 100 years. Perhaps it would be wise to drop in to this place before it gets on Guy Fieri's show and they raise the prices.

All-in-all: it's a great place with excellent food and a very welcoming environment. It's more than worth the short diversion off of...

Its was ok. First time visitor. I noticed on the door as I was entering they had a 7 piece fried shrimp special so I love me some shrimp so my mind was made up. I order the shrimp. I saw the had a side of peach topped with cottage cheese. I asked if I could have the peach without cottage cheese. I was told no, it was already made up and couldn't be had without. My wife ordered it with cottage cheese and it came out a peach half with what looked like a spoonful of cottage cheese on top. I didn't understand why it had to come with it,but ok. I moved on. I ordered fried shrimp as a stated but got fried trout. My wife said "He ordered shrimp" and waitress said "no, he ordered fried trout". Truth is I didn't even know they had trout. I ordered shrimp but with a little pushback, I didn't want to send food back not knowing what would happen with my replacement food so I ate it. It was ok. My tea was removed from table half way through meal and was forgotten and not returned till I was done eating. Waitress did apologize for that.. One of the last things I would have ordered(fried trout) but I ate it. Didn't ask for any discounts. Tipped 20% but in no way did I get what I wanted. Place was clean. Folks were friendly. Food was hot. Might have to pass on future visits due to lack of attention to customer...

Jan 30th 2024 me, my wife and mother-in-law went to have dinner had a bad experience with the food . First I had ordered a burger and onion rings. My wife asked if she could have a kids menu because she had weight loss surgery they said no. So my wife ordered the chicken fried chicken to split with my mother-in-law. Then they brought our food I got my burger and 4 onion rings😳 and while my wife was eating her food she noticed the chicken was tough for being under cooked. They brought her another after my wife told them it was ok. Then while eating the new one she noticed a hair underneath. Not to mention one of my onion rings was made with the skin of the onion therefore it wouldn't tear so they replaced the one onion ring. So I told the cashier they needed to check their cook ,but she ignored me. So I got home and I decided to call just to let them know we didn't have a good experience and the owner acted like I was trying to get stuff for free and I told him it was not like that . (Jim) said for me to talk to him or his wife next time I'm in with a sh!tty tone. And we HAD frequented there quite often ,but no more. I don't expect anything for free I work to pay my way,but don't come at me like that. So I'm leaving a review. Thanks...