Cretia's

214-780-0200

4900 McKinney Dallas, TX 75205

www.cretias.com

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Fashion boutique-cum-cafe satisfies trendy Knox Henderson crowd's sweet spots.

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Bakeries, Restaurants, Traditional American Restaurants

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Lunch Spot, $, Breakfast, Lunch Spot

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Sun-Thu 7am-10pm Fri-Sat 7am-11pm Bar open Sun-Wed till 12am Thu-Sat until 2am

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Cretia's is open and ready to serve you! New Menu, great patio ?? Sunday Brunch with $10.00 Bottomless Mimosas and Sangria.

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The Scene
Cretia Drydale made her McKinney Avenue location an ambitious expansion of the boutique restaurant and retail concept she pioneered with Cretia's Flour & Flowers in Duncanville. The noisy, sun-lit cafe exudes warmth and cheer. Exposed red brick, tin-gilded ceiling tiles and blond-wood floors create turn-of-the-century appeal. The room adjacent carries contemporary clothing for men and women.

The Food
The glass bakery case fills an entire room, showing off a grand assortment of homemade cakes and pies. Lunchtime patrons can save room for dessert by ordering light meals such as the spinach salad tossed with roasted sweet pecans, blue cheese, apple-smoked bacon and Creole mustard vinaigrette. Heartier appetites will enjoy the "Ten-Dollar" burger stuffed with goat cheese and roasted garlic. The lemon chess pie is buttery and delicious, with a hint of citrus and a dusting of powdered sugar.

Key Points

  • Lunch and Dinner
  • Sunday Brunch
  • Amazing Patio

The Inside Scoop

  1. The Extras - Cakes are custom designed for special events and catering for lunch and dinner is also available.
  2. When to Go - Sunday brunch features live music on the patio and a generous menu of options; the beignets and eggs ponchatrane with fried eggplant compares to no other breakfast around.

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Ratings_icons Cretia's is not the same??

julie a.

I always heard how awesome this place was....maybe before it moved to the new location??? I'll just say I was not impressed with the staff nor several of the overtly drunk patrons roaming around the place.

Posted 10/06/09 | Report Abuse

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Frances b.

My experience at Cretia's left me no desire to return. This so called restaurant has a dark, seedy uncomfortable feeling. Like everyone who works there would rather be somewhere else. This attracts a seedy crowd. The service was poor, the food was undesirable and atmosphere was that of a pick up bar. No matter how good they say the cake is, it doesn't make up for everything else that goes wrong. They just need to get new management.

Posted 10/06/09 | Report Abuse

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Ratings_icons You might just run into Dirk here!

Justin C. | insider_expert Insider Expert | Rank: 2,409

Love the food and the location is great. The bar atmosphere at night is tons of fun, and the relaxed atmosphere by day is a great place to have some coffee and some sweets. If you're looking for a family place, I would avoid this location. It suits the younger crowd very well.

Posted 09/17/09 | Report Abuse

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Ratings_icons Favorite bar!

Dallas247

What I LOVE about this bar is that you can go with a big group and there is something for everyone! If you want to dance there is always the darker room with the dance floor and DJ. If you want the normal bar scene there is a large front room and also a great balcony. Many nights they have live music as well as the DJ. I would always suggest this place to people who have crowds who may want a mixed scene all in one place!

Posted 10/05/09

Ratings_icons Dark Depressing & Overpriced!

rob s

I took a date here and regreted it. The service was slow and impersonal. The food arrived "very" late and was cold! When we spoke to a manager, he seemed to be preoccupied with something else. He assured us the owner would call us. NEVER DID! And there was no attempt to comp our food or anything! So we basically god bad service, cold food and overpaid for it!

Pros: I was able to write a novel while I waited for my food!

Cons: No saving grace

Posted 09/27/09

Ratings_icons Bad food! Lousy Service! Bad Atmosphere!

Jonathan1

Cretia's is now at 4900 McKinney not the 4400 blk. People rave about this dump and I have yet to figure this out! The place is not an upscale sit down restaurant. Maybe this is where I went wrong. I was looking for a nice place to relax with the wife after a long hectic week. I was told we had to check out the new place on McKinney and there we go! WRONG MOVE! the minute we were seated should have been clue #one. The place is noisy, the staff seemed preoccupied or just not in the mood to serve. We were both very upset by the time we got out. Thank you Cretia's for ruining the weekend! We vowed never to go back! I don't care if this was a fluke but this FLUKE just put a very bad taste in my mouth!!! This is a BAR! The staff of this place are all throwbacks from IHOP! The Manager LOL - I don't know where they found this character! I'm sorry but no repeat visit from us! CRETIA'S ON MCKINNEY is not a business I want in my neighborhood. BAD FOR THE AREA!!!! You look at the 5 stars given surely they are in with the owner of this dump.

Pros: Walking out the door!

Cons: Bad SERVICE

Posted 06/08/09

Ratings_icons New Location!!!

UptownJulie

Cretia's has reopened! New location down from their old - great food!!!!! Love the patio, Sunday brunch was amazing!!!!

Pros: Great Patio....

Posted 03/24/09

Ratings_icons THE best cake!!

kataggie

THE best cake!!!!!! So moist, and delicious!! Had it for my wedding cake, and it was amazing- people still talk about it ( a year later).

Posted 09/28/08

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