12 Best American Restaurants in Gainesville

“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“

“A great, slightly off the beaten path kind of place with a decent beer selection, daily specials and solid pub grub. Tried their Chicago dogs the other day; no poppyseed buns but authentic otherwise and the dogs themselves were very high quality. Love the atmosphere, it feels like a hometown bar for sure.“

“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!!!“

“I don't know which honey baked my ham samndwhich but damn honey that ham was bussin ? ???

Parking: Yes plenty and handicap parking

Kid-friendliness: Safe and friendly next to a best buy

Wheelchair accessibility: Yes“

“Our waiter, Christopher, was awesome! We were seated in a section without any wait staff and after about 15 minutes or so, I asked for someone and he very kindly chose to be our waiter. It did a fabulous job and went above and beyond with their service!“

“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.“

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

“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.“