Casagrandes Delicatessen — Restaurant in Country Club

Disclaimer: The staff (and fellow customers) are so darn nice, I just can't bring myself to rate lower than three stars but for integrity purposes I will disclaim that judging food alone, the highest I can honestly rate is 2.5 stars.

Gosh, I can't stop gushing about servers and customer seated across from us: They gave my newly wed cousin marital advice, engaged in playful banter and we're kind enough to take phone pics for us (I mean our server even stood on a chair to get a perfect aerial view of our entire family).

BUT, about the food... Starting with the big draw: the pancake that's the size of a Domino's medium pizza. If you're Texan or believe bigger is better, you'll love this over the top signature breakfast dish that puts the grande in Casagrandes. However, you may want to ask them to cook it a little longer; the center of one we ordered had some undercooked batter-ry spots which is kinda unforgivable when it comes to pancakes, but like I said, the folks here are so gosh darn nice that I'm not going to publicly criticize the pancake.

I'm also not going to criticize the country fried steak. I took a few bites and immediately felt it put me in an MMA submission hold. I didn't finish my eggs either.

High points were the country potatoes, which I liked the seasoning of, and the free coffee refills.

I tasted my cousin's French toast. The presentation was excellent, visually inviting. But taste, and this is matter of preference, I don't like a strong egg taste in my French toast. I believe you should use egg but never taste egg. But for those that like eggy French toast, I'd recommend ordering this over the medium pizza pancake.

Casagrandes is a good local place to go for coffee and conversation and for a few select breakfast food items. Mine would be: toast, butter, country potatoes with Cholula hot sauce, sausage links and a few cups of coffee. But if your breakfast expectations are a bit more grande, you may have to go elsewhere.

Sidenote: Not sure why, but drinks served here came in a BBD glass, a place that I rated 2 stars and will never go to again. I'd go back to Casagrandes though, but not go out of my way to do so; if I happened to pass by in the morning (they're only open for breakfast hours), I'd definitely stop in for some coffee...

Yikes. Quantity does NOT equate to quality. They gave us Sunny D for orange juice that had black stuff floating in it. The French bread French toast was ….an Interesting take. (Note: Just because it has French in the name doesn’t mean it goes together). The eggs! LOL scrambled eggs are the easiest to make. They were undercooked (Not standard) under, undercooked, but they LOOKED burnt. How?! They really, really, really need to clean, and Paint. Everywhere you look there’s some sort of dirt, grime, or thick caked dust on top of endless Knick knacks that liter the dinning area. I realize we are all struggling but this was a little much. I could have made a better breakfast for myself and my own home. Seriously stop with the Sunny D to customers and service regular...

Never learn my lesson with this place! If you enjoy the most bland and tasteless food with rude service then this is your spot! I’ve tried for 10 years to see how anyone can eat here and I don’t get it. Even the EGGS suck! Completely tasteless. I guess if your into quantity and not quality then this is your place. Gina’s on Alpine crushes this place. You have to fetch your own coffee, your own WATER?? and your own bill. Why do they even have a waitstaff? Their only job seems to greet you with rudeness and bark at you where to sit and the cook brings you your food... zero service. Here is a picture of the egg and sausage breakfast I had which was terrible. If this looks appetizing to you then have at it. Hopefully this place gets replaced with...