14 Best American Restaurants near Brookston

“A very delicious American-style restaurant. The price is super cheap. You can only use cash. If you want to eat some serious American food, you must try it. The soft biscuits with gravy are delicious. The most affordable. One meal can last a day.“

“Had lunch there. Servers were great! Ownership cares. Small town feel with big city quality. Strongly recommend!!“

“We went there on a Sunday and we were pleased with the atmosphere and the menu had good choices. We will be going back. It is a rare gem and not that far out of Lafayette. Our food was very good!“

“The Whittaker is a wonderful inn! Their food is amazing, and their owners are incredibly nice and welcoming!“

“****Edit: Somehow my "does NOT recommend" was changed to "recommends". I do NOT recommend for group gatherings.*** I made a reservation for a work party and was told they do not like to book reservations on Friday nights, especially for parties larger than 12. That was right around what I was expecting; although, I may have had a few more. I made sure to get RSVPs from folks so I could pivot to a different location and cancel, if necessary. We ended up having 11 folks total in our party, so it worked out. The Bryant sent me a text the day before the reservation to ask that we keep the reservation limited to 2 hours or less (this would have been nice to know when I had booked ~3 weeks prior). Move to the day of: I got there around 20 minutes early thinking they could seat me at the table, if it was ready, or at least seat me right at 6 pm, since that was the time the reservation was for. The hostess informed me that they would not seat me until at least half of my party was there; so, I went to the bar area and had a drink while I waited for other folks to arrive. The bar staff was friendly and prompt. I closed out my tab for the one drink and moved back to the hostess area around 5:50, when I expected other folks to start arriving. I sat on the couch, and the first few folks started trickling in. I informed them of what I was told, and we waited until there were 7 of us there before I approached and told the hostess that over half of us were present (around 5:59). There was another woman at the hostess stand, whom I'm assuming was a manger with the way she was moving about the establishmen, who asked me when I expected the rest of our party to arrive. I told her I expected everyone there within a few minutes. She informed me that they would start getting waters on the table and then they would seat us. I found this a little odd; but, it wasn't a deal breaker. We ended up being seated about 10 minutes after our reservation was scheduled for. Again, I am flexible and understand that plans might need adjustments from time to time. Maybe they hadn't put the tables together yet, for all I knew. We got seated and the waitress got our drink and appetizer orders in. The waitress did a good job taking care of the large party and did what I needed her to with the bill (splitting it into two bills). Our food was delicious and the drinks were good. She was observant and was quick to get boxes for us as meals were finished. There were a couple desserts ordered: they arrived quickly and were delicious. Plates were being cleared around 7:50. A few folks may have wanted to order another drink or two; however, the lady manager proceeded to stop at our table around 7:53 to tell us they had another reservation at 8 and we needed to leave. Had they not delayed seating us and gave us a full 2 hours, I likely would not be leaving this review. I found the management rude for the amount of money that they were making in the hour and 45 minutes that we were there (over $550 was spent). In my opinion, kicking customers out of a dining establishment is not a good way to keep business. Although the wait staff and food was overall good, I do not intend on booking another group event at The Bryant: nor can I recommend it to anyone looking to book larger group events.“

“I tried to handle this privately with an email to the company but over a week without a response I decided to leave it here as a review. We stopped in for our 1st time on Saturday for a late lunch – in between the lunch and dinner guests. The food was delicious! The service however wasn't so great. Our waitress took forever to come & get our drink order (another table came in a few minutes after us and had their drinks before our waitress even got to our table). When we asked for the soup of the day she didn't know and would check and get back to us. The menu, which she said “is a new menu” didn't specify the entrée meals for 2 sides vs other options, which we found some came with only 1 side, sandwiches only come with house chips and pasta came with soup and/or salad. If you look entree up it is “main course” so since the menu didn't tell us – the sandwhich was our “main” course they thought they'd get 2 sides also. This is when the waitress went thru every section of the menu to tell us what it came with. Then we asked the difference between grilled and fried. (Fried is normally referred to as cooked in oil on the stove top) … she finally told us it was “breaded of course” and then with a look of like, 'duh what else would it be'. She got huffy (really, kind of rude) about answering our questions and answered them like we were dumb. We were also seated as far away from the outside door as we could have been and she had us and the outside, where she stayed most of the time. Another waitress brought our food. Then we had to go ask another waitress for a refill and to go containers. Our waitress came back in, in time to give us our bill. She got a good tip – hope she shared! We would try it again but I probably wouldn't want the same waitress.“

“What a delightful hidden gem in the small town of Battleground, IN. I visited the museum, then had lunch here. A warm welcome, patient wait staff, large portions, and very good prices. Very cozy and pleasant.
I had the sirloin steak and salad.
I'll have the tenderloin next time, since the photo looks incredible.“

“We brought a larger group in today, which included 7 kids. The staff was so friendly and patient. We had one absolutely lovely member of the team bring crayons and coloring pages for all the kids with a big warm smile and told us she tried to find the best pages for them. I wish I would have gotten her name because she was so wonderful!“

“Everything was delicious. They were very busy and it was somewhat loud from everyone talking but they were able to seat us fairly quickly and there wasnt to long of a wait for now busy they were. Servers were friendly and accommodating also checking in with us a decent amount of time.“

“First time here. Came to see my son’s band. Food was delicious. Margarita pitcher special on Saturday night.“

“First time here. Came to see my son’s band. Food was delicious. Margarita pitcher special on Saturday night.“

“5 stars food was so good.staff were helpful. Very clean. Fast service.“

“Been here many times and food’s always great, service is good (they’ve forgotten the silverware more than once however for some reason), a great late night option as well. And they have calories listed for all their meals which is a great feature for those who are counting.“

“The atmosphere was great!! Alivia K had FABULOUS customer service!! She was very helpful... she also told me what her favorite thing was there!! She was very EXCITED!! Looked as if she loves her job! Dedication is a great thing!! Definitely going to return.“