Darren's American Grill - Garland

Very good independent restaurant diner with a large menu which has all the American classics. I ordered their chicken fried steak and it was good.When they took our order, they asked if we wanted any hot sauce with it. Well, how can you possibly know, before you taste or even see your meal? In retrospect, our answer should have been yes . I 'd classify their cuisine as bland . Yet it 's completely understandable. An independent non-chain restaurant needs to please as many people as possible, while alienating as few as possible. You can always add spice but you can 't subtract it. So, they did the right thing.I 'd say they were good but not quite excellent . I wish the server would have come by and offered sauces spices after we got our meal instead of before.I 'll readily say that this place tries very hard. They offer a good meal at an excellent value. I just wish they 'd perhaps work on the overall dining experience a little bit. It shouldn 't take too much effort to transform this place from good to WOW .We will probably return some day (we live hundreds of miles away and just happened to be in the area. I recommend this place and had a good experience there. Still, I 'd hope for an even better experience next time.

I ordered the breakfast, which consisted of grits, sausage, eggs, and toast. The best breakfast ? It didn’t take long either. Angela is a gem ? her customer service is Awesome! I will be returning back real soon!I Highly Recommend Darren's American Grill!Food: 5/5

If you are looking for an affordable old school diner with extremely friendly staff this is the place. The hash browns were cooked to perfection and my coffee never got below half way before the wait staff came by and filled it up. I had a work call and they were overly accepting of me using the separate spare room to conduct my call. I was able to set up my computer and use their wifi for over an hour during my call. The food was great and I cant wait to go back.

This was my first time trying this place so I asked the waitress about ths popular menu items which were the fish, burgers and chicken fried steak. I decided to try the fish which came with slaw and hush puppies. You would think fries cane with it as well but that was fine. I got the fried pork chop for my husband. The fish and the pork chop would have been better if it had seasoning. The slaw was okay don't think I would order the fish again. I can say the pork chop had a nice batter. Now the onion rings that we ordered with the pork chop was good. If the cook implemented more seasonings it would have been better

Prices are higher than the posting. Hash brown is way over cooked. Bacon almost burned. Grits were delicious.Food: 3/5