Shellys Cafe - Stigler, Oklahoma

Kenny S.

Passing through for work. Owner and staff are warm and engaging. Food was fresh and cooked perfectly. I had the hamburger steak with fries and okra. Fries and okra were crispy and crunchy. Hamburger steak was hand pattied and not overcooked. Onions and gravy were very good. I would definitely recommend.

Glen R.

I'm on a trip with my family, this was the first restaurant we tried. The food was great! I had the fried jalapenos, and an Angel Fire Burger. The burger had mushrooms, jalapenos, onions, and a ton of gravy. The burger arrived on the plate "open" (see attached picture), so you have to assemble it. Definitely need a fork and knife to eat that one. The staff was friendly, and the wait was short! Would recommend 💯

Elby B.

Delicious. I had the chicken fried steak and it was AWESOME! A huge hand breaded fresh cube steak fried to perfection. A mountain of fried okra and some delicious smashed taters all covered with brown gravy. WOW! I haven't had one this good in 40 years. Not kidding. I had to stop myself from licking the plate clean. 😁

Collin O.

We were in this past weekend. The food was really good! I had the chicken fried steak, delicious! My husband had the catfish, it was pretty good. Staff was friendly and took good care of us! The restaurant over all was dirty.... We are not clean freaks or picky people at all, but they need to do some deep cleaning. We will eat here again, just on more casual terms. (Not when we are all dressed up.)

Kathy W.

One of the best burgers and onion rings I’ve ever had!!! And the fried jalapeños were amazing too!

Brad C.

Slow and disorganized. Came in alone for lunch on a Tuesday at 1130a. The place is rather large inside. It has 4 separate dining rooms that look like someone just keep cobbling onto an existing building. It appears to be a steel building. The dining rooms all have holes cut in the wall with window air conditioners in them. The floors, tables and chairs/boothes aren't in great condition. And all the tables are covered with what I assume to be paid advertising. But boy are they busy...lots of customers.

I walked in the front door. A lady standing at a nearby counter told me to sit anywhere. I wondered down the path of interconnected dining rooms and sat at a table in the dining room that was the least crowded. Then I just sat there for 10+ minutes. Several staff and/or waits walked hurriedly passed me several times but never spoke to or acknowledged me.

I figured I'd wait a few more minutes and then probably get up and leave. Finally a waitress who was walking by said it wasn't her section but had I been helped yet. I said no. She asked what I wanted to drink and I said water. Not wanting to wait any longer I inquired as to the specials and before she left I told her I wanted the taco salad special.

Then I waited another 10+ minutes for the food. Right when I sat down a table of 4 near me left. And when I left, that table they had eaten at hadn't touched by staff... bussed, cleaned or reset. I wonder if this place is always so slow and disorganized.

My food came. It looked visually appealing. However, this taco salad was basically some tortilla chips, covered in salad mix with what seemed like chili on it, shredded cheese and sides of sour cream and salsa. The food tasted fine. It just reminded more of sloppy nachos covered in chili than a taco salad.

I finished eating and walked to the front counter to pay... and you guessed it, I had to wait 5+ minutes. By the time I got to pay there was a line behind me waiting to pay. The phone rang multiple times yet no one answered....

In conclusion, the food was ok. The price was reasonable. The speed of service was slow and the entire place seemed disorganized, from the way the facility was structured to the wait staff etc. i understand all businesses are short staffed and looking for help..... but my goodness, adjust... work smarter not harder. Believe me I have some experience in this area and know of what I speak.

What this places needs is a professional restaurant POS system and probably a host person. I suspect the owners/managers are strong back of the house people. They desperately need better front of the house organization, with better systems and processes in place. Doing so would make life much easier on both the waits and the customers....

From a customer perspective, restaurants are very simple. We want quality, speed and value. You have to hit two of those points solidly and make an effort at the third. And you can't completely ignore any of those 3. And I feel like they ignore speed here. My time is valuable. For this reason I won't be back.

Jeff H.

We ate the breakfast buffet. I believe that everyone was very helpful and happy. Food was good too!

Misty C.

Awesome food and service top notch!!