Lakeside Restaurant — Restaurant in Madisonville

This was my second time stopping at this place. This is a meeting spot where we pick up our grandkids. We always like to stop at a restaurant and eat the first time we stopped there they had catfish on special so all five of us sit down and ordered catfish Unfortunately the waitress charged us for the catfish meal instead of the special so that was kind of disappointing the first time but the food was good and we let it go. The next time we stopped there they brought us tea that was sour we had to send it back. It took about 15 minutes for her to bring us something else to drink, and then the food came out. None of us finished our plate my hamburger steak was super super dry and was supposed to come with mushrooms and onions and had no mushrooms. The meat had a weird taste to it and was gray on the inside. My husband ordered the chicken fried steak which he always eats all of his meal all the food he took about five bites and knew right then something was wrong with the meat. The chicken fried steak also had a weird smell to it. He also ordered fried okra that when we bit into the okra, it was like raw like it barely was in the grease any time at all really disgusting.. my daughter ordered the steak fingers and right when they got set on the table I told her they look like they’ve been in there way too long and after she ate one, she realized I was right they were terrible. I would not recommend anyone eaten at this place at this point. I’m worried about my family getting sick. I normally wouldn’t say nothing about the food, but I felt like something needed to be said so I told the waitress how terrible the food was and I got no response except for the ticket so I paid $60 for a...

Edit: Stopped back by on trip back from Houston area. We've always stopped here for meals over the last 10 years while traveling to visit family. Sadly this has gone from 5 stars to 4 stars now down to 1 star. Used to be the best CFS dinner. After the old cowboy owner died we saw a decline in the food and service but this past visit was the worst. Had a young girl trying to wait tables on a Sunday. It was busy to be fair. Food took about 35 minutes to hit the table. She looked at our dinners like something was wrong...I didn't notice anything. She ran off. Came back with my sons drink refill. My daughter didn't get but 1 side. She corrected that. Then we never saw her again. My plate apparently had mashed potatoes on it initially as it was smeared on the side like it had been wiped off and replaced with the French fries I ordered. My CFS was good, but served cold. Luke warm at best. I didn't notice, but realized I didn't get my texas toast halfway thru my meal. My son got his. Waitress was too busy to return before the meal was finished. We walked to the front and paid out. I told the other young girl at the front about the toast....she says "were sorry about that". Hahahaha. Thats the lamest thing about that nowadays....they offer that "apology " but nothing more, and they genuinely aren't sorry. I bet they would be sorry if I charged them the whole price and didn't give them all their meal. 1 star. Wont go out of the way anymore to eat here. It's a shame. Everything that was once good is going away because of our society and current state of affairs. Add this one to the list. Oh yea...and yall took the tater tots off the menu....

Please follow us on Facebook and Instagram at SNDTravels Great reviews encouraged us to take the time and make this stop for dinner. I had the small chicken fried steak and Diane had the steak fingers (real diversity). I am a chicken fried steak connoisseur so when the reviews said it was one of the best I had to have it. My sides were okra and $2 extra for 1 trip to the salad bar for my second. Diane said that her first couple of steak fingers were crisp but the rest were just undercooked enough to be a little soggy. The flavor was almost comparable to DQ. The french fries were flavorless and just ok. The toast was perfect. My 4oz. steak was covered in a 10oz sized breading that was crispy and good flavor, however the steak was flavorless and very run of the mill. The gravy was acceptable. The okra I requested extra crispy but came out soggy. The okra itself had a good flavor but I can't take soggy. The salad bar was the best part. Everything was very fresh and enjoyable. The service was friendly and attentive. Overall it was just an average country restaurant. Not bad...