The City Cafe has slipped from the great service and food that I remember from a few years ago. The waitress and other staff were pleasant... but we waited, nearly an hour, for our breakfast. When the food arrived it was cold. My sausage was both hard and cold. After a couple of bites... I was done. Paid my check and left -- never to return.
Fortnitebruh12
Worst food I’ve had in a long time… restaurant was run down and I couldn’t breathe due to the musk, plus water was dripping on my boyfriend and I (and our food). Server was impatient and unfriendly, food was bland and disgusting. How do you mess up chicken salad and lemonade?? Worst place in Murfreesboro by far.
ANGELO CARRUTHERS
From the looks this business is catering only. I drove a distance to be let down.
Food: 2
Margaret M
I absolutely loved this restaurant!!! The food is delicious. The whole place is inviting!!! It is small, but the service is great. I will definitely be going back to City Cafe the next time I am in Nashville.
IrishATC
The City Cafe is a true gem that I wish we had found much sooner right by the square in Murfreesboro. The cinnamon bun was so much better than anything Cinnabon makes. I enjoyed the Western omelet with a Bisket, my wife had two eggs over easy with true fried potatoes (not those cut squares other restaurants force on you) and biskets with gravy. Granted the gravy needed some cream added for flavor but it was still good.
Michael Taylor
Phenomenal food!!?????
Marsenio Rayford
The BBQ and smoked meats are always tender and juicy. Desserts are out of this world. My Goodness!!!! Go see for yourself!!
Joyce Harris
The food was awesome! All family members attending the dinner loved the food.
Kobina Grant
Had some Beef brisket that was tender with awesome savory taste. Cooked and seasoned very well. I will recommend anyone on enjoying delicious food from here.
George Johnson
The food was absolutely amazing!! The brisket was super tender and moist. The ribs were heavenly and the sides were on another level!!!!!!
Never had a more juicy shoulder and brisket ever! Sides were amazing as well. Mac and cheese was tasty! Baked beans had just the right amount of beef and spice.
Mommycoolj
Eggs, right? What could go wrong? Greasiest mess ever. In TN, ppl still eat for flavor, not nutrition. I couldn't even look at the plate. Never again.
Bill T
My wife and I chose to make a day trip to the City Café in Murfreesboro on March 7th. It had been 10 or 15 years since I had dined there and my wife had never been. While driving to Murfreesboro from our home in Gallatin, I shared warm memories with my wife about my many trips to the City Café back in the 1970s, '80s and '90s. I told her about the crowds, sometimes having to wait for a table outside on the bench under the front window; about the 6 or 8 guys who were always holding court at the "Men's Table" near the front door; I prepared her for the best cloverleaf, yeast rolls she had ever had; the dilemma we would face deciding whether to order the chocolate meringue or the coconut cream meringue pie; the wide variety of country-cooked vegetables - I told her she was about to be treated to some of the best food Middle Tennessee had to offer. As we walked across the street toward the Café, I showed her the front window that once was part of the lead-in to the intro to Monday Night Football, with the theme being sung by Hank Williams Jr. Then we walked in. We arrived at 12:30 - right in the middle of the lunch hour. The Men's Table was empty and there were fewer than a dozen customers dining in the restaurant. A voice from behind the rear counter announced that we could sit anywhere we wanted. The entire plate-lunch selection was written on a chalkboard on the wall, consisting of 2 meats and 6 sides. The desert selection included 3 cobblers, 1 pie option (chess) and cinnamon rolls - that is it! The remainder of the menu is a below-average selection of sandwiches and salads. Apparently, there was not a single meringue pie available, which for the City Café is some sort of sacrilege. The quality of the food is barely average. Gone are the magnificent, cloverleaf yeast rolls. The yeast rolls we were served were small, pillow-shaped rolls that were dark brown (over baked), probably received by the Café, frozen. The chicken-fried chicken breast (with white gravy) was good; the chicken was moist and the gravy was good. The vegetables were average, probably coming out of a #10 can delivered by a Sisco truck. The sweet tea was good, but for more than $2.00, it should have been. Service was adequate - the young lady that served us was sweet and friendly. And last, but not least - the prices are very high. We each had a lunch plate (1 meat and 2 or 3 vegetables - no desert) and sweet tea with lemon. We added a 20% tip and the final bill was a few cents under $40.00 - ouch! To say that we were disappointed is an understatement. The current City Café is not even a blurry shadow of its former self. Way beyond being a disappointment, considering the magnificent, culinary history of this venerable landmark situated at the geographic center of Tennessee, our experience was a dining disaster. If you are considering a trip to the City Café, don't expect much, because it is no longer the City Café that we have all known from the past. Bill T.
Kristen Small
Listen! The name of this business DOES NOT LIE. I was blessed to taste some of Krystal’s peach cobbler and I KNEW I had to place an order! The intentionality, the professionalism, the TASTE… It’s all beyond amazing. You won’t regret it!
Diamond D
EXCELLENT FOOD AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE!!!! The Ribs were amazing ? ? Bless the cook.
The City Cafe has slipped from the great service and food that I remember from a few years ago. The waitress and other staff were pleasant... but we waited, nearly an hour, for our breakfast. When the food arrived it was cold. My sausage was both hard and cold. After a couple of bites... I was done. Paid my check and left -- never to return.
Worst food I’ve had in a long time… restaurant was run down and I couldn’t breathe due to the musk, plus water was dripping on my boyfriend and I (and our food). Server was impatient and unfriendly, food was bland and disgusting. How do you mess up chicken salad and lemonade?? Worst place in Murfreesboro by far.
From the looks this business is catering only. I drove a distance to be let down.
Food: 2
I absolutely loved this restaurant!!! The food is delicious. The whole place is inviting!!! It is small, but the service is great. I will definitely be going back to City Cafe the next time I am in Nashville.
The City Cafe is a true gem that I wish we had found much sooner right by the square in Murfreesboro. The cinnamon bun was so much better than anything Cinnabon makes. I enjoyed the Western omelet with a Bisket, my wife had two eggs over easy with true fried potatoes (not those cut squares other restaurants force on you) and biskets with gravy. Granted the gravy needed some cream added for flavor but it was still good.
Phenomenal food!!?????
The BBQ and smoked meats are always tender and juicy. Desserts are out of this world. My Goodness!!!! Go see for yourself!!
The food was awesome! All family members attending the dinner loved the food.
Had some Beef brisket that was tender with awesome savory taste. Cooked and seasoned very well. I will recommend anyone on enjoying delicious food from here.
The food was absolutely amazing!! The brisket was super tender and moist. The ribs were heavenly and the sides were on another level!!!!!!
Restaurantji Recommends
Never had a more juicy shoulder and brisket ever! Sides were amazing as well. Mac and cheese was tasty! Baked beans had just the right amount of beef and spice.
Eggs, right? What could go wrong? Greasiest mess ever. In TN, ppl still eat for flavor, not nutrition. I couldn't even look at the plate. Never again.
My wife and I chose to make a day trip to the City Café in Murfreesboro on March 7th. It had been 10 or 15 years since I had dined there and my wife had never been. While driving to Murfreesboro from our home in Gallatin, I shared warm memories with my wife about my many trips to the City Café back in the 1970s, '80s and '90s. I told her about the crowds, sometimes having to wait for a table outside on the bench under the front window; about the 6 or 8 guys who were always holding court at the "Men's Table" near the front door; I prepared her for the best cloverleaf, yeast rolls she had ever had; the dilemma we would face deciding whether to order the chocolate meringue or the coconut cream meringue pie; the wide variety of country-cooked vegetables - I told her she was about to be treated to some of the best food Middle Tennessee had to offer. As we walked across the street toward the Café, I showed her the front window that once was part of the lead-in to the intro to Monday Night Football, with the theme being sung by Hank Williams Jr. Then we walked in. We arrived at 12:30 - right in the middle of the lunch hour. The Men's Table was empty and there were fewer than a dozen customers dining in the restaurant. A voice from behind the rear counter announced that we could sit anywhere we wanted. The entire plate-lunch selection was written on a chalkboard on the wall, consisting of 2 meats and 6 sides. The desert selection included 3 cobblers, 1 pie option (chess) and cinnamon rolls - that is it! The remainder of the menu is a below-average selection of sandwiches and salads. Apparently, there was not a single meringue pie available, which for the City Café is some sort of sacrilege. The quality of the food is barely average. Gone are the magnificent, cloverleaf yeast rolls. The yeast rolls we were served were small, pillow-shaped rolls that were dark brown (over baked), probably received by the Café, frozen. The chicken-fried chicken breast (with white gravy) was good; the chicken was moist and the gravy was good. The vegetables were average, probably coming out of a #10 can delivered by a Sisco truck. The sweet tea was good, but for more than $2.00, it should have been. Service was adequate - the young lady that served us was sweet and friendly. And last, but not least - the prices are very high. We each had a lunch plate (1 meat and 2 or 3 vegetables - no desert) and sweet tea with lemon. We added a 20% tip and the final bill was a few cents under $40.00 - ouch! To say that we were disappointed is an understatement. The current City Café is not even a blurry shadow of its former self. Way beyond being a disappointment, considering the magnificent, culinary history of this venerable landmark situated at the geographic center of Tennessee, our experience was a dining disaster. If you are considering a trip to the City Café, don't expect much, because it is no longer the City Café that we have all known from the past. Bill T.
Listen! The name of this business DOES NOT LIE. I was blessed to taste some of Krystal’s peach cobbler and I KNEW I had to place an order! The intentionality, the professionalism, the TASTE… It’s all beyond amazing. You won’t regret it!
EXCELLENT FOOD AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE!!!! The Ribs were amazing ? ? Bless the cook.