12 Best American Restaurants in Gainesville

“Just had an absolutely AMAZING Mother's Day meal at Jimbo's! Fantastic customer service and the food was an 11 out of 10 if I could give it that rating. Thank you for making my Mother's Day truly memorable! P.S., Ashley was a fantastic waitress/server! Thank you, Ashley! XO“

“Absolutly amazing food and service. I had the chicken piccata with shrimp. It was to die for. The shrimp was perfectly soft, i swear it must have been breast fed or something. We had a server named mason. He was hilarious and super charismatic. He made the whole experience a lot better. He made me a mocktail from scratch. It was a strawberry blueberry drink with lemon juice and rosemarry and mint. It had a beautiful frozen lemon rose ice cub. I also had the mascarprone for desert it was perfectly balanced of sweet and chocolatly. The place was absolutly stunning and such pretty set up. Even my youngest cousin (4 year old) had lots of fun here and got to have great food too. Literally everything i had was super delious.

Vegetarian options: My grandmother had the vegtable platter

Kid-friendliness: There is good kid options as well and our server was really nice and iteractive with the kid. He was rea“

“Sarah is excellent bartender and server. We always enjoying seeing her for brunch on Sundays.“

“Everything was wonderful not what I expected 👌🏾“

“Husband and I eat breakfast on Sundays at Gainesville Diner. Such a friendly atmosphere, our food is always delicious and hot. Amy is always our waitress--she is absolutely amazing, always friendly, and makes us feel as though we are her very dear friends. She brings us our coffee first thing without us even having to ask for it. The food is great, but Amy is what makes Gainesville Diner so very special.“

“Easily the best place to be in Gainesville for all the craft beer drinkers, music lovers and BBQ eaters!!! I frequent this place on a weekly basis, not just because it's close to the house, but because it's a FUN atmosphere. There are dart boards, arcade games, board games, live music, comedy shows and good food. You can host private parties here too!!! CHECK IT OUT!!!! 60+ taps of beer and TOP SHELF bourbon/whiskey!“

“I just had the BEST customer service from y’all!! Kate went over and beyond to take care of a problem that was caused by another company. Kate you are the BEST!! THANK YOU!!!“

“My fiancé and I stopped in on a Saturday around noon for lunch on a whim. He had the classic turkey sandwich and I had the turkey bacon ranch. Both sandwiches were A+. The turkey bacon ranch was outstanding. Better than any other chain sandwich.“

“went here on prom night with the gang. my boy austin was the best waiter i’ve had in a while! he even took some tuff flicks of us in our prom fits. he even helped wingman for a friend who eventually rizzed up 😛 W AUSTIN! oh also the food was great and the pazookie was way too much sugar for me but was still gas (even tho i don’t like chocolate)“

“Parking: Great place for amazing appetizers and a fun place to play pool. Has a good variety of music, but unfortunately, you have to pay for it. Also a great variety of activities except pool, they have darts, ping-pong and flip cup. Great variety of drinks as well.“

“Richard waited on us this evening, best service I've ever had at an Ihop!

Update: once again, great service! Food was very good.

Restaurant itself is starting to show it's age. They remodeled at the peak of the pandemic, but the chairs and tables are in a sad, sad state.

Also, whomever thought it a good idea to plug in a dehumidifier AND a TV AND a bunch of other things into a single surge protector... you might not want to do that.“

“Stopped in recently and had great service from Sofia. She was friendly and courteous and very helpful making food suggestions“