Dale's Family - Indianapolis

Stumbled upon this place while looking for a breakfast spot on our way out of town and I'm very glad we went! It seemed like a very popular restaurant, not too packed but there was a few minutes wait time. We didn't do the breakfast buffet but I noticed the staff kept the pans full with fresh food out of the kitchen. The breakfast skillets we did have were really good and very filling!

We didn't get to eat there. There was about 15 of us (some in wheelchairs) and we had someone call ahead of time but they were short of help and it was a very small restaurant. Don't take a large group in there. They told us it would take at least an hour. May go back with one or two other people to check it out. I hope they can accommodate my wheelchair. Oh, and to be fair, we did arrive late.

I heard about Dale's from FB. I went on Thursday night for the fried chicken buffet. The place was a little over half full. The buffet was very small. My friend ordered off the menu. half pd bacon- half pound burger with homemade chips) and I got the buffet. The chicken was good. The rest of the buffet was not so good. The entire time I was there, the corn and beans were nearly empty. The beans were refilled as I was leaving. The other items were dried out and looked very unappetizing. I doubt I go back. We spent $40 after tip and tax- with $15 buffet, $15 sandwich and $3 drink. I got water.

Atmosphere is adorable, everything appears clean. Our server was amazing. I believe her name was Dede. She was very personable and friendly. The food was disappointing, to say the least. I ordered the hand cut sirloin steak, I received steak tips. I ordered mashed potatoes and Mac n cheese for my sides. The Mac had broccoli bits in it, I asked our server if broccoli was served with the Mac and she said no. When she brought the new Mac n cheese she informed me that they grabbed my bowl from the strainer. I’m assuming that meant it was not washed from the previous customer. We arrived around 3:30 and finally got out of the restaurant at 5pm. My husband ordered the avocado burger but they were out of avocado so he got the bacon burger instead. He said the burger was fine but not something he’d order again.

We ordered on the line through the website, was ready for picking up really near the promised time. Service was excellent for pickup. We ordered the fried chicken bone in) it was great, potatoes with brown engraving very good, lumpy if that bothers you. I liked her), kids got Hot Dog, Mac Cheese I tried this-excellent), woman got a Buffalo Chicken Wrap excellent. The frits and onion rings were very good. If you like homemade onion rings, you must try these! I would definitely recommend this restaurant. You had a sign of posting a lot of position openings for employment, so if you need yourself in you to extend a little grace patience, as all restaurants do with this shortage of staff that makes it harder to deliver great service 100% of time.