Highest-rated comfort food restaurants in Waco by diners

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May 5, 2023
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Highest-rated comfort food restaurants in Waco by diners

Comfort food. Just saying the phrase manages to create a feeling of warmth that suddenly envelops you and travels directly to your stomach. It's the small, happy dance you do in your chair as your mom puts your favorite dinner in front of you when you go home to visit. It's the infamous cranberry sauce that your beloved aunt makes every Thanksgiving. It's the inexplicably delicious French bread pizza that makes you remember the nostalgia of childhood when everything was simple and eating pizza for lunch felt like a dream come true.

There's a wonderfully subjective quality about comfort food because when it comes down to it, the only criterion it has to have is that it has to make you feel comfortable when you eat it. It's the dish you eat when you're having a rough day—like a huge bowl of chocolate ice cream—or it's the dish you eat when you have something amazing to celebrate—also a huge bowl of chocolate ice cream.

Whether you're out traveling for work, enjoying a road trip for solely play-related purposes, or just tired of figuring out what to have for dinner tonight, Stacker decided to help you find some of the highest-rated comfort food restaurants in Waco, using Yelp data current as of July 22, 2025. The restaurants that serve the starchy, salty, sweet, greasy, cheesy, flaky, buttery comfort food that hits close to home, exactly when you need it most.

Businesses in the "comfort food" category were selected using Yelp's ranking system, which calculates an adjusted rating value that takes into account the number of ratings as well as the rating score itself. Only businesses with at least 20 reviews and within a 10-kilometer radius of Waco were considered. Also, in an effort to highlight independent businesses and local chains, those with more than 10 locations nationally, based on our Yelp data, were not included.

Keep reading to find out if your favorite comfort spot made it or to find a new favorite!

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Cotton Patch Cafe

#3. Cotton Patch Cafe

- Rating: 2.8/5 (113 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 5501 Bosque Blvd. Waco, Texas
- Categories: American, Southern, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

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Magnolia Table

#2. Magnolia Table

- Rating: 4.0/5 (2384 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2132 South Valley Mills Drive Waco, Texas
- Categories: Breakfast & Brunch, American, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

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Sascees Southern Style Eatery

#1. Sascees Southern Style Eatery

- Rating: 4.5/5 (270 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 719 South 11th St. Waco, Texas
- Categories: Southern, New American, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp

This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 95 metros.

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