Diner like spot favored by locals. Has mostly American but some Thai dishes. Dropped in on a Thursday when they had ribs which were really good. How good ? I took a picture of the rib bones. Great veggies too. Will come back for breakfast.

A charming down-home Southern restaurant located in the French Village Square on Summer Avenue.

I consider this an under-the radar gem, with the walls plastered with license plates, vintage photos, Elvis memorabilia…additionally, houseplants on every booth and table.

The food was prepared well - and we stuck close the traditional fare on this visit. Would love to explore more of their dishes in the future!

We absolutely love the cottage. It's tucked away so it's never overwhelmingly busy, and their prices are the most affordable in town. They embrace diversity which reflects on their variety of menu options. The staff is always friendly and the owner is very accommodating.
Have I had better southern breakfasts? Yeah, probably, but they keep me coming back with their southern hospitality and small diner aesthetic.

This place is amazing from the time I walked in and felt like I’d went back in time.
Atmosphere is so pleasant and peaceful. I was welcomed with my service dog and some of the other customers stopped and chatted. I’m definitely going to be hitting this place up in the near future.
Food is delicious great coffee also.

This was my first visit definitely not my last. After searching for breakfast spots this was the 3rd place we came up with. The place is small but quint. The staff friendly I felt like they knew me before. The food was good. They have reasonable prices. I'll be back to try the dinner.

My party and I saw the mix reviews, but still decided to give the place a try. We went ahead and ordered our food and as my wife was fixing her coffee up and went to grab a spoon to stir it, inside the napkin of utensils was a baby cockroach crawling around. We ended up canceling our order and paid for the drinks and left. I should also mention there was a foul odor, the breakfast buffet was bare, and honestly, it's one of the nastiest places I've been in my life. The health department needs to check in on them.

I've been coming to them for 15 years. From the old to the new location. The service is wonderful, And the food is good. I always leave with a smile.

“The Cottage,” is an old-school diner with an international twist. Lovely servers and a hospitable owner. Breakfast was great. I hope to try the Thai cuisine on my next visit. If you’re looking for, “local” don’t pass it up!

I've been coming to them for 15 years. From the old to the new location. The service is wonderful, And the food is good. I always leave with a smile.

Roach infested. Awful smell. Extremely dirty .
Roach gluestrips everywhere toilet, kitchen dinigroom. No health inspection in Mrmohis?

My party and I saw the mix reviews, but still decided to give the place a try. We went ahead and ordered our food and as my wife was fixing her coffee up and went to grab a spoon to stir it, inside the napkin of utensils was a baby cockroach crawling around. We ended up canceling our order and paid for the drinks and left. I should also mention there was a foul odor, the breakfast buffet was bare, and honestly, it's one of the nastiest places I've been in my life. The health department needs to check in on them.

Great staff loved going there

Nice local place, super friendly waitress

My friend and I stumbled upon this restaurant looking for a quick breakfast. Upon arriving we were greeted very kindly and our food was served fast. The owner was very kind to us and his prices are very reasonable for the delicious food that is prepared. Would definitely recommend to anyone! And would continue to come back again.

Loved this place. Travelled from Australia to see the ‘real’ American and the cottage is exactly what I hoped for. Such friendly people!

Very small, no food at buffet it was early Saturday morning for a restaurant who buffet don't end until noon they should be stocked the waitress was more concerned about the people who order she was taking

This was quite an excellent and unusual experience me and my fiance enjoyed it immensely. The food was delicious and very Grand.

Wonderful food and service for breakfast on a Saturday! Can’t wait to try the Thai food!!!

Tried to go and have breakfast w/ my daughter this morning. It stunk beyond belief, the floors were FILTHY. Buffet steam table only half set up and you could see the NASTY Brown water, probably the source of the STINK. only a few pieces of food on the table anyway....this, at 8:00 am. We turned around & walked out. How this place is even open is beyond me. I haven't been there in a few years and definitely NEVER again.

I’m writing this review without having the food yet. It’s breakfast hours and the chef is making me red curry beef pork shrimp. And pad Thai the server is so nice . They give you doughnut as you wait hon your order . I called first and she went an checked with Tom. / well the good has arrived bye it is good

Been around since 1967. Excellent breakfast! Go here all the time. Excellent.

Food was terrible. We didn’t complain. we just didn’t eat it. Sweet tea tasted old. The waitress acted offended when we didn’t want more tea, stating “I made this tea”
The drum sticks were abnormally large and just tasted badly. The dressing smelled … badly. Just not right. And the northern beans were brown and dry with no liquid. The rolls tasted microwaved.

She then made a comment asking us “was it too much food or do you just not like it?!” Again we were polite and told her it was just too much food. Very awkward.
When we went to leave, the employee checking us out said “did you eat all your food? No you did not!”

This place has a small breakfast and lunch menu and buffet. The waiters are amazing lady’s sweet tea is great. I just don’t think they’ve ever ate @ The Cottage. Mostly a older senior breakfast environment. Food is not the best I actually had hash brown that smelled like ammonia. I almost puked, could barely stomach the sausage that seemed to be cooked then fried . Eggs also had a funny taste .. Roach powder underneath the tables

I have been a loyal customer for years. The last time I ate there a roach ran across the table and the bacon was sour as if rotted.

Great People Great Place e to eat.

Comfortable accessible friendly exchange, horrible grits, half done hash browns, no fruit

Great food and the wait staff and local clientele were awesome!

The Cottage was extremely friendly, food had great flavor.

Absolutely hands down the best thai food I've had in Memphis. Truly authentic and very well prepared food. I will definitely be bringing the whole family to eat. Look forward to trying all the thai dishes.

Me i really like it bc the treat me well are really nice and have good food i like when I eat there in the mornings they also give me whatever i want and it hits the spot and they make my day and i give them a 10/10 tottaly recomend this there great

Diner like spot favored by locals. Has mostly American but some Thai dishes. Dropped in on a Thursday when they had ribs which were really good. How good ? I took a picture of the rib bones. Great veggies too. Will come back for breakfast.

Great Thai food! If they tell you it's spicy, it is!!! 🔥

Love coming here and my kids love it too!

Breakfast much better than dinner

So atmosphere was good only little to no A/C which is a MUST in Memphis! Chicken and dumplings were okay but tasted like soy sauce. The fried tomatoes were okay could have been cooked longer. May try breakfast next time.. waitress was fabulous 👌

Food was good.
Left after we saw several roaches crawling on the table and wall... They were coming out of the seam of the wall and were as big as pennies.
The waitress apologized and said they sprayed yesterday...

still paid just to get out of there.

A charming down-home Southern restaurant located in the French Village Square on Summer Avenue.

I consider this an under-the radar gem, with the walls plastered with license plates, vintage photos, Elvis memorabilia…additionally, houseplants on every booth and table.

The food was prepared well - and we stuck close the traditional fare on this visit. Would love to explore more of their dishes in the future!

The food is nasty they can't cook

BREAKFAST BUFFET that is all.

But pancakes was to big

Cute little place with great food and excellent service. A variety of food options including all day breakfast. Even the kids loved it! I would definitely return and recommend.

Love this place! Excellent food and service! Prices are so low you have to do a double take. Lynn & Lynda are both fabulous and attentive. Owner Tom is very nice. Overall a fantastic experience, We have been there 3 out of the last 4 days!

They are great 👍 I enjoyed it!
I will be back.

Very down home place. Good bfast and service.

10 a.m. buffet was bare, lumpy gravy, cold hash browns, old hard biscuits, bacon had a bad taste,free steak had no flavor so i ask to speak with owner and he was too embarrassed to speak with me.
20 minutes later owner never come out.
Worlds Worst breakfast ever.

Had the steak and eggs breakfast buffet. Very good, look forward to going back soon.

Food slow coming out of kitchen

Everything i order is great ,slow on weekends,but great food and good proporions

Great vibe. Friendly staff. Popular with the locals. Nothing fancy , but good.

Great service and atmosphere

Locally owned and they value their patrons
Been coming here for decades

Thai and country foods. Don't let this restaurant fail. It is worth it.

Good breakfast, plenty of food for the price.

The service is slow it's not much of a buffet if you have to pot scrap to make one plate I never got a second plate because they don't bring food out to the buffet. And it's $11.99 for a one plate buffet please don't waste your time

If you want real, down-home cooking, this is the place to go! Classic feel of a diner with the smooth, relaxed feel of home! Meet Tom and Linda, part of the amazing service team here! They are personable, concerned, attentive, kind, and absolutely lovely people, for sure!

This was my first visit definitely not my last. After searching for breakfast spots this was the 3rd place we came up with. The place is small but quint. The staff friendly I felt like they knew me before. The food was good. They have reasonable prices. I'll be back to try the dinner.

Very disappointed. I saw reviews stating it was a good place for breakfast so I tried it while I was in town. My food was unbearable to eat. My pancakes looked like a baby threw up on them. Eggs undercooked and my bacon to hard to eat. On top of that my food was cold. I’m not a really hard person to please especially with breakfast food so this experience really crushed my sprits.

Gave me burnt food. Asked for chicken pad thai, got shirmp added in. Worst pad thai i ever had.

Great food. The waitress was so sweet

Service and our waitress was great. I thought it was funny that I ordered pecan waffles but instead of pecans they used cashews! I would have preferred they tell me they don't have pecans. I ate them though! lol

A great place to go &eat

Took too long to get my food,biscuits were white and my gravy was cold.The skinny waitress had a bad attitude.

good breakfast

The food was incredible, and so was the service. So glad to have stumbled across this place!!

Great service and even better food

The worst. Went to get the buffet nothing on the buffet. Everything cold. When I was getting ready to get some bacon, a roach was on the glass covering. Lost my appetite.That did it for me. Never will go back.

Good customer service. Good food. Very reasonable in price. All 3 of us for $30.81 with tax.

No food on the breakfast buffet. No eggs, bacon or biscuits. We waited about 10 minutes for them to bring out more food. This is not the first time we have experienced these problems. This place used to be good but not anymore

Terrible.Food tasted so bad.I took one bite out of everything and couldn't eat anything.It was my first time going in there and most definitely my last.

Great food great service very down home and nice. Can't wait to go back and eat there again 😀😀😀

Had another Thai dish I wanted to share with you from the cottage. Pad see ew. This version included japanese eggplants grow outside the restaurant, shitake mushrooms, bean sprouts, carrots, pork, bell peppers and thai basil. The flavor was rich, peppery and multi layered to the last bite.

Great food great prices

Tried the buffet - terrible idea! Worst presentation and taste I've experienced in a long time. Decent service.

No empty seats and breakfast buffet stayed empty

Cute and quaint establishment. Food was good. Good customer service

Husband and I went last night because we like to support local business. The owner is so nice and friendly and let us know he would cook anything on the menu for us fresh. We got fried fish, mashed potatoes and squash. Hubby likes to copy me and get what I get sometimes. 😂 The mashed potatoes were homemade and excellent. The fish was so good and hot. It had a batter and not the traditional corn meal. It was a traditional southern meal. Next time we'll try his Thai food which seems to be his specialty. And he has a breakfast buffet that we'll try next. Our first time there since it changed owners and we were pleased.

Yummy breakfast, good gravy, friendly staff. :)

Looking for a place to have some breakfast. This seemed like the likely place. Nice looking mom and pop place, got good reviews. Didn't think much of the neighborhood, but sometimes the best foods are in these dive neighborhoods. We ordered. It tool about 45 minutes for them to serve up a couple of eggs and hashbrowns and while we were eating, a big cockroach walked across our table. Needless to say we lost our appetite, paid and left.

Excellent breakfast buffet is back...

Good food very nice staff.

I'm only giving this place that has been around for a long time I to star rating and this may only be temporary went there for the very first time unfortunately due to employee and their primary Chef cook quick the owner apparently was trying to do what he was not capable of doing and that is prepare food food was uneditable couldn't even eat it the breakfast bar looked horrible

Food was not hot

Love this place.. good service and food. The cottage has a unique atmosphere and homey feel. Easy going pace here.

The Cottage has good food all 3 meals. The personal service is very good. When I order to pick up and ran into some difficulty at home, I called to say I would be late and why, the owner delivered the order to without my request.

There food is excellent, but there's a little thai man run around, doing now but playing in his computer, when he should be throwing tires in a Dumpster

Just had their beef stew. It is VERY Good!

I like this place. They have breakfast, lunch and dinner stuff all day!! They even have thai food and their breakfast Is at a good price.

This has the best breakfast I have ever eaten!! The Service is great here!! The waitress treats you like she has known you forever!! I highly recommend that you try it out!!5 Stars

This place is amazing from the time I walked in and felt like I’d went back in time.
Atmosphere is so pleasant and peaceful. I was welcomed with my service dog and some of the other customers stopped and chatted. I’m definitely going to be hitting this place up in the near future.
Food is delicious great coffee also.

Food was excellent. Had chicken and dressing greens and potatoes. People were very friendly and efficient.

Food is good ... Only bad thing is they close at 3 pm now

Always wonderful.

Great food and waitress was super friendly and helpful. Highly recommended.

Wonderful family owned restaurant. Southern comfort food and Thai options. Tom (the owner and chef) is friendly and funny and will handle your special orders with ease

This place is phenomenal. Reminds me of my little hometown I grew up in. No chef Ramsey food. But it is good ole cookin. Not mad at one thing here.

Owner was extremely nice! Food was good. Will go back.

“The Cottage,” is an old-school diner with an international twist. Lovely servers and a hospitable owner. Breakfast was great. I hope to try the Thai cuisine on my next visit. If you’re looking for, “local” don’t pass it up!

Wonderful. The people are fantastic. It's a great place if you want to feel like one of the locals. The food was good but the people are what make it. Recommend 100 times!

Always good food , but their thai food isnt as good as lotus on summer.

We absolutely love the cottage. It's tucked away so it's never overwhelmingly busy, and their prices are the most affordable in town. They embrace diversity which reflects on their variety of menu options. The staff is always friendly and the owner is very accommodating.
Have I had better southern breakfasts? Yeah, probably, but they keep me coming back with their southern hospitality and small diner aesthetic.

Very wonderful place and food is awesome

Thai food here is great, can’t be beat. Been here several times already and I’m almost certain all the Thai food is hand made-from scratch-no prepackaged BS type shenanigans going on, which makes a HUGE difference in the final product. It does take a while to get your order however, definitely worth the wait. Will always come here for great Thai food.

Great hashbrown breakfast potatoes with onions.

Lovely atmosphere service prompt and food hot,

Breakfast was excellent

It’s hard to have high expectations for a place that has Thai, mexican and American food on the menu. Usually places can only get one of these right at a time but The Cottage did a good job with it. I’ve had Thai food from there and Mexican and they both were the quality id expect at other places. I’d definitely go back.

I live Pad Thai and they make the best

What an incredible place. The people here were so nice to me and my family. The food was very good and we all (2 adults and 5 kids) ate really well for under $50. I would definitely recommend this mom and pop style place for some home cooked breakfast if that's what your going for!

Nice people. Food was ok.

Owner prepares great thai food!

Great food. Great atmosphere. Eat there please

If you're a regular, you're treated like family

The food was good. The white gravy was terrible! it looked like milky water. Literately!!! I am very very embarrassed for them serving that to their customers. ALSO the owner is NOT racist. He is ASIAN/ Vietnamese, how can he only like White people?

Food was amazing. Everything was perfect. Great prices and great service. Will definitely be trying the breakfast buffet.

Reasonably good buffet. Decent plate lunches.

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Amazing food and service. Buffet is worth every penny. Environment is warm and friendly. Highly recommended.

Wife went with 3 friends for breakfast. Brought me takeout. Read my order to Stephanie & she got it wrong. I ordered eggs, smoked sausage, grits & side of white gravy. She read it from a paper in her hand. Stephanie says she didn't see any paper & that I didn't order smoked sausage. She also said wife didn't order white gravy. When I spoke to her to her she said wife didn't have a paper, nor did she order smoked sausage. Said she didn't know what she could do about it. When I said she should try to get the order correct she cut me off, told me to have a nice day, & hung up in my face! If you go to The Cottage & get Stephanie as your waitress, beware!

Nice and decent

Buen ambiente y rico

It good for seniors

Cool little place, food is definitely worth the price. Best place to get that delicious thai food on a Saturday morning, the rice was just the right amount of sticky and the vegetables flavorful. Hash browns and over easy eggs are good too with their fluffed pancakes. Do yourself a favor and stop by

Great Thai food!

The weekend country breakfast Buffett is amazing!

Great food and service!

Blue plate 1 meat, 2 greens. No frills. Just food to fill you up

Took over 2hrs for a call in order and food was absolutely horrible. I wouldn't recommend here.

The service was wonderful the food was not starting from the white hash brown which I've never had before the sour tasting sausages the old tasting eggs nothing taste the way it was supposed to never eating there again

Southern "home-style" offerings and attentive service.

Very good food very good service

Friendly waitstaff, decent food for the price.

Great food

Good food good price.

Absolutely terrible food, cockroaches everywhere.

Best thai food in Memphis. They have thai food on a separate menu. It's the real deal and spicy like it should be. Call ahead and make sure the thai guy is there. He is so nice and such a good cook.

Love this place! Great food & friendly service.

Esta rica la comida, el lugar no es muy elegante pero pasa la prueba.

Food was ok. Service was great. really made my kids feel welcome.

The cottage is the cottage, friendly staff, fair prices, can not cook over medium eggs to save their lives

This wasn't the place for me. I didn't enjoy the food. Price was fair

It's food is good but it's a little slow

Old school cooking with a twist.

A locally owned staple. A must try!

Terrible

Sabroso

horrible place . The people that own the restaurant are racists. They don’t like people other then whites . The food isn’t even good and over priced .

Food was awesome like always

New Ownership...Food was great!! Love the new Thai addition to the menu...recommend !!

Excellent home cooked foods. Always fresh. Great service. Breakfast lunch dinner.Owner usually present and very attentive. Reasonably priced.

The food is pretty good, nice service, lots of raggedy furniture and dirty stained bathrooms

Friendly and clean

A lovely place to eat like you were at home, is kinda hard to find though.