Calico County Restaurant

Food taste, restaurant cleanliness & style was great. But the best was the service ⭐️. I’ve been to places where waitresses don’t care but that’s not the case here. Everybody was kind and helpful with the menu questions I had. The owner was sitting behind us and made us feel welcomed, also he made sure we had cinnamon rolls for the road for free. I was traveling and they made me feel like home. I’m definitely returning for another great experience.

We were very unimpressed today. Usually we go in and eat. The past three times we’ve gone in we’ve had to sit at our table and wait for about 15-20 minutes to even get seen by our waiter. So today we ordered to go and they forgot an order of pancakes, the potions were not comparable to what is typically on the plates. The hash browns were undercooked and eggs were over cooked. Tried calling about 6 times and no one would answer. Definitely was not worth the $30 we spent and we probably won’t be going back. Plus the wait for the food itself was 45 minutes on top of another 15 minutes waiting in line to pickup. So we waited an hour for poorly done food.

What a breakfast! We ordered the huge breakfast platter and shared it. Fluffy, gently but nicely seasoned scrambled eggs. Deep fried hash browns (taste & texture just like shoe string potatoes). Coffee in a carafe. Little cinnamon rolls served while your order is being made (more of a biscuit style dough but tasty) Homey comfortable dining area and welcoming, friendly staff.

I've had some wonderful experiences here and a couple that were disappointing. The wonderful ones include the fish special at lunch, the Irish stew even though it is beef rather than lamb, and they are experts at fixing both beef and chicken liver if you like that, which I do. The chicken and dumplings was excellent also. The disappointments were the chicken pot pie which tasted like it came out of a can and both the chicken fried steak and the chicken fried chicken, surprisingly since I had heard good things about them from others. That may be just a matter of my personal taste. I'm not crazy about their side dishes because they are mostly mixtures rather than vegetables in there pure form and they seem quite salty which is not good for those of us that are watching our sodium. One of the most fun things is when they bring the rolls at the beginning which is usually at least a half dozen small rolls, half of them cinnamon spirals and half of them regular biscuits. All are delicious. They have a steak special for $12.99 and I did get that once and it was very good. Sometimes the service is great and sometimes not so great but I've had mostly good experiences with the service especially if they aren't super busy which they were the other night for sure. The restaurant was almost entirely full. Calico county has been in Amarillo for many years and it is a local favorite. I rarely make it here for breakfast although I do believe they have all day breakfast so I suppose I could have it even if I didn't get here till evening. All day breakfast is a plus in my book since I'm not an early starter.