Sammy's Restaurant

"To my family and me, there is no better feeling than feeling that homey feel. The couple times that we have come for dinner, the food has been amazing, same with the service. It is reassuring to know that when you go to a restaurant multiple times (with different staff) that there is consistency in the preparation of the food. As stated before, the food is amazing, and it is just as amazing as the first time we came for dinner. Will definitely be back."

"Went for breakfast with spouse. Seat yourself. It took several minutes before a waitress came to our table. Broken floor tiles, uncomfortable wooden back seats (booth style). Menu prices were good, but most breakfast meals did not include toast or hash browns. I ordered bacon, eggs, pancake with a side of hash brown and toast with coffee. This made my portion of the bill about $20 for a diner breakfast. Normally I would expect $12-$16. IMO is too expensive for a diner breakfast. The bacon was good and the pancake was large and tasty. The syrup was served in a plastic cup, but was thick and flavorful. Eggs were eggs. Hash Browns were undercooked. My wife had breakfast steak and eggs. The breakfast steak looked and tasted horrible (dry and it appears uncooked flour visible). The steak was dried out and ended up taking home for dogs. Service was acceptable but not great. Took about 25 mins for food (waitress claimed kitchen was backed up due to large party). Food was warm not hot. First visit and didn't do anything they would drive me to return. We had high hopes, but were left disappointed."

"Erica was AWESOME as a waitress. Very helpful and got my order in like I needed it due to my food allergies. Service was good. Food was prepared and brought out in a reasonable time. Food was very good, all prepared as requested. Would have given more stars, but honestly, the ambience of this eating facility is pretty disgusting. The ceiling look like it was going to cave in on me at any time and there was any amount of mold growing on the ceiling around all of the vents. As old as the building is I would hate to think what we are breathing in that is coming out of the nasty ventilation system. Everything is outdated and needs an overhaul and, on the way out I noticed a sewage smell at the front of the restaurant that if I had smelled it coming in I would have turned around and walked out. So I'm hoping I don't get sick because smelling raw sewage in a facility where food is prepared is never a good thing. Hopefully they will put in some time and effort to getting things cleaned up and updated. They had plenty of customers on a Friday night so surely they can afford to fix everything that's broken. Until then I don't think I would come back."

"Went today for lunch and took a trip down memory lane into the 70’s, maybe 80’s! Aside for the seasonal decor, this place is extremely dated. Also felt like I needed to have a cigarette being in there as the yellow walls possibly suggest the color is nicotine yellow over an actual yellow. Place was definitely busy and from the looks of things the restaurant is a local go to and has been for years. This was my families 3rd trip here and out of all three this one was better than the others by far. The first time we went, we had to walk out after sitting for 45 minutes and never getting to order. The second trip, more of the same. Long wait times to get anything and having to hear complaints of why they overlooked us. Was going for the 3rd times a charm, and while the service was better, the food was not. The Alsatian sausage was good but everything else lacked flavor. Coffee was well, coffee. Also was not a fan that going from a two egg breakfast for 6.95 to adding bacon ram the price up three bucks, seems a little high for two strips of bacon. Likely will not return and leave this one to the Castroville regulars from now on."

"Decided to venture out for breakfast. Great place to go for a comfort food. Excellent service. Coffee cups always full!!! Biscuits home made. Sausage yummy. Hashbrowns nice an crispy. French toast not too sweet just right. If you want some homemade food, awesome prices and great service head over to Sammy's."