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Beautiful building inside and out. Great staff and the food was very delicious! We will definitely visit this place again when we drive through town!!
Great place to meet friends & enjoy a meal.
Loved it! Will definitely be coming back! 😁
Great restaurant with some of the best onion rings, and good service
Had a graduation luncheon with friends and family. The food was spectacular and the service was great. Would recommend this restaurant to anyone.
Food was Cold service was slow. Kinda pricey!
I absolutely love my experience every time I go to Clear Springs. It is one of the better restaurants in Nacogdoches. I am personally not bothered by restaurants overrun with college students, but if you’re an adult wanting a “calmer” environment, this restaurant is a great place to go. Every time I walk in, I’m surrounded by positive energy and smiling faces. The servers are so friendly and personable. When I went in last weekend, I had a sweet waitress with freckles and long red hair (I cannot remember her name for the life of me). She is a college student, like many of the servers, but they treated me and the other customers with the upmost respect. They all seem to Be friendly with each other and with their customers. I also witnessed another server handle an angry customer, I am not sure what happened, but the server handled it with grace and respect. The food is usually the least of my concerns, but I absolutely must rave about the onion rings. I get them every time I go in! I also typically don’t like ranch, but I was told that their ranch is made in house and it is actually really good! The only complaint I have is that there is no public Wi-Fi. Nacogdoches is spotty with cell signal, so it would be really nice if the restaurants would make a point to have Wi-Fi accessible to customers.
The food was absolutely delicious. There were 6 of us. 5 of us ordered the Catfish and one ordered the cheeseburger and fries. The Catfish was amazingly seasoned. You get a good sized portion, but it was still a bit expensive in my opinion. I am told the cheeseburger was great as well. I take one star away due to the service received. Our table wasn't checked on regularly. It took forever to have our drink order taken. When she came back she asked if we would be interested in an appetizer. We ordered one, but then she immediately walked away and stayed gone for quite a while. We got our appetizer, and then she came back when it was gone to take our meal order. The restaurant was not at all that busy, but maybe there was a more pressing issue going on on the other side of the restaurant that we could not see. Either way, it would have meant more to us to have been told or given an apology for the long absences. We felt a bit forgotten about. Overall, I would definitely come again and just hope for better service the next time. It is a bit expensive, but the portions are large enough to share with another person if budgeting is a practice for you.
Visited yesterday. Awesome food and our waitress was wonderful. Very interactive and friendly. Definitely will be back.
Great food, great service. Would like to hear a little ambient music but still a nice atmosphere. Don't miss out on Clear Springs!
Shrimp was great so was the hushpuppies waiter was so nice a guy even payed for our lunch gave us 60 and we used not but 20 and gave the other 40 to a lady and her mom also the total came out to $70.45 for 4 people also we payed the rest of it another way
The waiter knew the menu and lunch specials and checked on our table every time he passed.
A couple of friends of mine told me about this restaurant and i was very impressed. It was amazing. We were greeted and seated very quickly. Our waitress was very quick and informative. We ordered their famous onion rings, and they were so good. So were their fried pickles and mozzarella sticks. I highly recommend you get the famous onion rings!! I had the chicken fried steak with fries and steamed Broccoli. Everything was very tasty. I will definitely be there to order again. I highly recommend you stop by Clear Springs in Nacogdoches. You won't be disappointed :)
I had a lunch special with a cup of gumbo, fried shrimp, hushpuppies, and fries. The gumbo had more vegetables than I expected but the flavor was good. Great service!
We eat here every time we come into Nac which has been at least six times each year over the past three. We have NEVER had a bad experience or meal. Also, the fried mushroom are AMAZING!
I’ve been going to clear springs for over 30 years. I even worked there in the mid-90’s. It’s always been a favorite and a must go to when visiting Nac. I was so disappointed this time and embarrassed that I recommended it to my dad. We arrived around 4, so not very busy yet. We were greeted and sat by a lovely lady who took our drink order to help out our server. Between us, we’re ordered 3 beers. She brought all the waters and sodas then handed us off to our sever. After about 15 minutes, we flagged him down to inquire about our beers. He thought we were ordering them and we had to explain that there should be 3 at the bar waiting for us. About 5 minutes later he arrived with 3 beers and 2 mugs. It took several more minutes to get that 3rd mug. We ordered fried pickles and onion rings. They were delicious. The onion rings came with ranch, the pickles came with nothing. We asked for another ranch. It never arrived, but we were charged for it. After another 10-15 he finally came back to see if we were ready to order. This was after our appetizers were completely finished. We finally ordered our food. The food arrived and we had to move all appetizer plates to the end of our table. Our server never took them away to make room for our main dishes. The food was not nearly as good as it usually is. The catfish was overcooked. The fries did not seem fresh. The salads looked like they were just thrown on a plate out of a bag. And the entire meal we never saw our server. We had to flag him down again to get refills and that took another 5 minutes. We were there for 2 hours and literally got one refill that we had to ask for. Overall, the service was terrible, the food was lacking, and we were charged for ranch we never got. I love Clear Springs and I hope this was a one off due to too much St. paddy’s day shenanigans.
Atmosphere and service were excellent but I wasn't a fan of the food. Everything was slightly spicy which I wasn't expecting. The onion rings are fantastic though.
Tons of tasty food for reasonable with great service.
A great place. Food is consistent. It was just a bit expensive, but it is worth it. Later: Do not order cocktail shrimp. Quality is not great. The size is not jumbo. IF THEY CHARGE THAT MUCH, I EXPECT SOME QUALITY. SO DISAPPONTED. IT WAS ALMOST RIP OFF. Fortunately, I talked to the manager. She took care of issues. I am keeping 5 stars about the restaurant, but my advice stands, "Stay away from cocktail shrimp." All other menus I tried were usually great. It is still one of the decent restaurants in this town.
Service and food is great. Always very loud, my age is showing. 🤣