Jay Jay Cafe NBR 2

Not sure which location is better? This one, or the one on Little?
Two great options, both pretty close to where I live.
Really good Home Cookin’! Probably my favorite is their grilled pork chops which I have their green beans (which they slow cook w/​bacon) and their pinto beans as my sides. And I do not want to forget about the corn bread… Delicious!

We love to ride our bikes up to Jay Kay’s on a Saturday. It’s great food so well worth the ride!

Great breakfast. The ABC omelet is the best. Great service and good pies as well. It’s good food right here in the neighborhood.

I usually love this place but I brought my family from out of town here and it was horrible. We waited for over 45min for our food and they weren’t even that busy. After we paid, we went to the car and my nephew had smashed his finger in the door. We went inside to get ice and the lady at the front asked us what we needed it for. After we told her she said «hold on let me take this order» very rudely. Then, another man came and asked us what we needed. We told him and he said «ok let me finish this and I will.» It took 5 minutes to get a cup of ice. I was embarrassed to bring my family here.

Got the pecan pancakes with bacon and eggs. Mediocre to say the least. Never had a hard pancake before today. Fiancé tried the blueberry pancake with the same result. Also bacon was old and too burned. I like crispy but this was a whole different level:-(won’t be back…

This is one of my favorite café in Arlington. The staff are always sweet ad friendly. I always come in for the pecan chicken which is the best chicken I ever tasted. The time I came here the waiter recommend it and it is the only dish I get because it just doesn’t get old and it always taste great. They also have a wide selection of homemade pies each day which is amazing!

Fresh affordable food off the beaten path. I ordered chicken fried steak, broccoli, and mashed potatoes. $ 8.50 for the meal is a reasonable price. Brought to the table quickly and hot.
Secret unlocked! My friend ordered grilled chicken. I had a taste and could tell it was done with the old school Italian dressing marinade. Flashbacks of cooking in college.
Old people know the best places.
Bonus! I saw a lady mullet.

Ordered biscuits with sausage gravy, two eggs and wheat toast. Everything came pretty quickly. The biscuits were HUGE. The bowl of sausage gravy was HUGER (if that’s a word)! You know when you make biscuits at home and you use a little extra flour when you roll them out to keep them from sticking to the board? Well, if you use way too much flour, the biscuits don’t taste like biscuits… they taste like a bag of flour. That’s exactly what happened here this morning. They were not good. The accompanying sausage gravy was obviously from a mix (probably Sysco) and had cut-​up chunks of sausage patties in it. It was good but not great. I like the sausage crumbled a little more. The eggs and toast were perfect!
My waitress Jo#6 seemed to spend a lot of time talking to other staff behind the counter and checking her phone. My water glass was empty about halfway through my meal, but no one bothered to offer a refill until I was finished. I really needed more water to wash down the floury biscuits! After I had finished, I sat for several minutes surrounded by empty, dirty plates. Another waitress finally asked to clear them for me. Yes, please.
The place was clean and mostly «tidy». I may give them the benefit of the doubt and try them again… perhaps lunch sometime. I do see lots of potential for a better experience next time.

My husband and I tried Jay Jay’s for the first time this morning. We really enjoyed the simplicity of the café. We were seated immediately and greeted promptly. I ordered the Mexican and my husband ordered the German pancakes. I substituted egg whites and it was great.
The server was very attentive, but somewhere during our meal we received a new server, which was odd since he never said the reason and we were almost done with our meal. I would have liked to have tipped the original server since he took care of us majority of our time there.
Neat place. We will be back

I have attempted making Salisbury steak several times but Jay Jay Café wins at this. The staff are very nice each time that I visit and I feel very comfortable eating here. I mean sure… I am probably one of the few young people who actually enjoys this kind of atmosphere but I’m glad. It is so peaceful… okay let us get to the food. The portion is large and filling. I had chicken fried steak, livers with gravy, chili fries… let’s just say everything I ordered I was more than happy with. One of the few places that I actually have to get a to go box… which I really appreciate. Gives me a full tummy and something to look forward to eat later in the day or tomorrow. I will visit this place fuuurrrevvvaahhh!

Been there about 10 times, now. The menu is basic down home, and some good comfort food. I come here when I want some good vegetables. My favorite entrée is the salisbury steak. The waiters/​waitresses are attentive, and the food comes quickly. I’ve never had to wait to be seated.
I haven’t tried the breakfast menu yet, but it looks good. I think they offer breakfast food all day, if you want a late breakfast. They also have a big variety of delicious pies.
The only reason I’m not giving it 5 stars is that I think a place should be top of the line for that, and Jay Jay’s décor is dated and a bit worn. But isn’t that the way it is at Grandma’s house where you get cooking like this?

Great breakfast place. We’ve been going to this location for several years now yet only for breakfast.
I always get the short stack combo (2 pancakes, 2 eggs, 2 bacon or sausage) and the other half normally gets the waffle combo (waffle, 2 eggs, 2 bacon or sausage).
The prices are in the $ 6.00 range and the portions are more than I should eat.
The service has always been good everytime we go there. The only problem with the service is that they are a little to attentive on drink refills sometimes. (LET MY COFFEE COOL OFF A LITTLE BEFORE YOU WARM IT UP) :)
If that’s the only flaw I’ve found, then I guess the’re doing a bang up job.
Give them a try and I’m sure you’ll enjoy.
Tip: For some reason the rest of the area has not discovered this place yet so there are no lines to get in even on the weekends.
Darn, I guess I should have kept my mouth shut.

I’ve been eating at this location of Jay Jay Café for several years. In the past, you could always count on well prepared food in a mostly clean environment with more hit than miss service.
The last two trips to Jay Jay have changed my mind about the place and I will never eat at Jay Jay Café again.
I don’t know exactly when management/​ownership changed but in my opinion this place is nowhere near what it used to be.
The chicken fried steak used to be a nice piece of tenderized and hand breaded steak, fried on the flat top and simply one of the best in Arlington. My last trip there I ordered the CFS and got some sort of pre-​made, not hand breaded mystery meat. I say mystery meat because it was a mystery to me what kind of (if any) meat it was. It was white and mealy inside with a texture that (to me) resembled cheap ground meat and cereal filler mixed and formed into a patty that was somewhat the same shape as you would expect a chicken fried steak to be.
I asked the waitress if they had changed the CFS, she says she didn’t know whilst sporting a deer in the headlights look. I asked for a check and was at the checkout counter and the cashier asked how my dinner was. I told her it sucked since they changed the CFS to something that tastes like crap. She admitted a lot of people had been complaining about it.
Another worker came over and said they can’t get «the good meat» like they used to anymore. Really? Lot’s of other places serve CFS that is hand breaded and made with «real» meat.
The pie here used to be a real treat too, but, in the last year or so it always tastes old to me. Almost like they don’t rotate their pies often enough.
I can see wanting to cut costs, but serving (in my opinion) inferior or old food is NEVER going to lead to success.
To top it off, I ordered a cup of coffee to go with dinner and the cup they served it in had some crusty residue around the rim. I asked for a different cup and the replacement had even more crusty residue on it. No idea what it was, but it grossed me out to the point I’m never going to eat here again.
In my opinion, you can find MUCH better food (now) for the money in Arlington.
On a positive note, the service was somewhat OK if you overlook the little issue about «I don’t know» when asked about if the CFS had changed recently.
I ate here a couple of weeks ago and the CFS was OK then. The place (in my opinion) isn’t as clean as it used to be in years past and the quality of food is declining fast.
Give one of the other diners in the area a try… could they be more disappointing ?
Not in my mind.

Hometown diner place with nice calm atmosphere. We stopped by for a quick snack and tried the Jay Jay fries. Nothing special, just seasoned and served with cheese and bacon on top. The server was pretty cool and they had a huge selection of homemade pies! I’ll come back for sure.

I got to JJ’s at 10:55AM. I was seated and brought a cup of coffee. The wife showed up at 11:02 and could not sit down because there is water all over the seat. She stood next to the chair for a couple of minutes and someone came over to wipe down the seat. At 11:15 we got up and left because no one came to take our order. In the 10 or 11 minutes we were waiting, several waiters, waitresses and even a manager walked by our table and never ask if we needed anything.

My pastor’s wife recommended coming here instead of the Jay Jays on Fielder for breakfast! I’m not a very picky eater but I thought the food was so so, not particularly memorable or incredible — I got the breakfast platter with scrambled eggs, homefries, which is cut potatoes and scattered green bellpeppers, and a pancake. Potatoes were slightly overdone, charred on one side so I spent some time picking that off many potatoes. Pancake was mildly warm and didn’t seem like it was just made.
My friend got the eggs benedict with hashbrown but didn’t comment on anything.
They have friendly service though!

This is a simple, unpretentious diner that prepares and serves good food at reasonable prices with curteous service.
I particularly enjoy breakfast there, specifically I like the Fiesta Omlette. Besides a good breakfast, they have a large selection of pies. I haven’t tried them all yet, but the lemon, coconut, and peach pies were each quite tasty and enjoyable to me and my friends and family.
This place is key in our rotation of weekend breakfast venues.

I eat here as often as I can. I don’t happen to live close-​by or I probably would be a regular. I have only been disappointed once, but the waitress more than made up for it by giving me a complementary slice of homemade pie of my choosing. My favorite is the coconut cream pie. All the pies are made on the premises and the slices are generous. Breakfast is good here, however, I usually come here for lunch specials. All entrees come with homemade yeast rolls and cornbread muffins. Many of the lunch and dinner specials also come with a slice of pie of some kind. Most meals are under $ 10. This is a family run café. The waitresses are helpful and friendly. My favorite waitress is Susan. She is exceptional and very delightful to talk to. If you like home cooking this is a good place to get your comfort food fix.

This place has great breakfast. The waffles combo or pancake combo are great. Good coffee never runs dry. Good friendly service. I go here on Saturday morning no wait. Which I do not know why not. The price is fair I would go here for breakfast all the time but I would get fat.
Now I tried them at dinner. Not very good only 3 stars.

Service — 2 Stars
Food — 3 Stars
Pies — 3 Stars
It is —- what it is. A café. Or a small town Texas diner, located just 3 miles from Cowboy Stadium. (Isn’t all mileage figured from Cowboy Stadium?)
Not fancy, just neat and tidy.
Nothing too spicy on the menu. Mostly burgers, sandwiches and dinner plates with one meat and two side orders, served with cornbread and a yeast roll. It’s like a Luby’s or similar cafeteria where you sit down to order instead of going through a line. The food looks similar, too.
The clientele looks like who you’d expect. More older than younger, except for the grandkids in high chairs.
The food is OK. The best things to me were the yeast rolls and the pies. If you’re looking for the kind of food Grandma used to make, and Grandma wasn’t a great cook, you’ll be happy here.