303 Jefferson

I actually frequent 303 and have never posted anything. But tonight I felt I must. I ordered the Parmesan crusted mahi and it was so good I thought I had gone to heaven. Served perfectly grilled it was the best. My husband generally has a steak and is consistently pleased. The service is always exceptional. And to top it off the bartender is the best around. If your looking for a family friendly or even romantic meal (later, not at 6:00 ! … Kinda loud early !) this is the place to go in Clinton.
Could not believe the service at the bar tonight. She must have been having a pretty bad day. Would have ordered something to eat had we seen our waitress after drink delivery

Staying in town for one day for business. When searching for a restaurant for dinner, there aren’t many non-​fast food choices. I read a review about this place and decided to give it a try. Could not have been happier! Their sweat tea is EXCELLENT — likely the best I’ve ever had. I had Filet for dinner. While not cooked as I’d requested (it was more on the rare side), the taste was great, very tender, and the undercooking wasn’t an issue for me. Sides were mashed potatoes — also done well — and zucchini (was VERY good). Dessert was blueberry white chocolate cheesecake, also very good. Calm, unassuming, local atmosphere, and it was made even better by a musician playing a guitar and singing too. I will absolutely, definitely be back here next time I’m in town. What a great find!!!

We had a very nice dinner. Unlike some reviews, we were greeted with a full menu of appetizers, entrees, salads, burgers and desserts. They have a very nice bar menu. We started with red wine and a fried catfish appetizer. It was a very generous portion with remoulade sauce. My husband had the grilled shrimp with a mouthwatering sweet potato and haricot verts. I ordered a greek salad with ahi tuna. Everything was delicious. Our waitress, India, was great. Preston, one of the partners came and spoke with us to be sure our experience was perfect. The ambience was nice indoors, but the outdoor patio was even better on this perfect evening.

3 stars bc the service was great but I didn’t like the food. I ordered the pimento cheese and personally hated the taste. The server was very nice to offer me something else. I got just a plain grilled chicken breast that was slightly pink. I hate to complain bc everyone was so nice, but I wasn’t pleased by the food. And won’t likely return.

We were happy to find this relatively recent addition to downtown Clinton a couple of years ago. Though we live out of town now, it’s a good place for lunch with family, with a great rotating plate lunch selection. After lunch, step next door to Wyatt Waters’ gallery for some beautiful artwork!

Great service! great lunch menu with wonderful specials and they make their own dressings in-​house which are fantastic. Can not wait to try them for dinner =)

303 is a regular hang out for me and my husband. We’ve had private parties here, hung out on the porch to watch football games, have lunch here often and regularly meet up with friends for dinner. 303 is a great combination of high end food and a casual ambiance. The lunch specials are always great. Good blue plate specials plus sandwiches and salads. The menu at night has great steaks and seafood. Last night my husband had the pork shank over cheese grits, a special not on the menu. It was so tender I thought I was eating osso buco. I tried something that was also an off the menu special — curried shrimp. It was served in a halved acorn squash over rice. The shrimp was combined with water chestnuts and other veggies in a coconut milk sauce. The combination of the shrimp, squash, sauce and rice was out of this world. The steaks at 303 are consistently good and my favorite dish is the fresh fried shrimp. Start your meal off with the pork skins, freshly made and an unusual but tasty appetizer. I’d highly recommend this restaurant!

This place is great! Food is well seasoned with big portions. I had the Hot Brown turkey sandwich and the wife had the pimento and cheese. Another win for locally owned restaurants.

I feel this restaurant has potential if they can get their act together, especially the kitchen staff. There seems to be little communication between the kitchen staff and the waiters.
I felt a bit sorry for our waiter having to spend so much of his time making rounds to the tables to inform customers that they were out if things that they had ordered… however, I do not feel that excuses his behavior. He had the bad habit of making a comment or asking a question and then immediately turning away without giving us a chance to respond.
I believe they opened for lunch at 11am. We arrived about 11:50. First alarm was when the hostess showed up to greet us after we had stood there a while wondering if we were just supposed to seat ourselves. She appeared friendly but very frazzled. After we answered her question that we were a party of 4 adults and 2 small kids, party of 6 total, she clearly was in a state of panic but continually apologetic. She stated that she had just had 5 parties of 5 and was out of large tables but could seat us outside. With 2 very elderly adults I let her know we would prefer to eat inside where is was cool but it was ok to split us up at 2 tables. She looked horrified and just didn’t seem to grasp that we were saying she could divide us up to 2 tables. After much frustrated explaining with her appearing about to go into a full panic attack, I could see the light bulb go off in her head. After additional consulting with others, she picked out our tables.
Things were looking up when our waiter showed up to take our drink order within about 1 minute. We wanted to put in an appetizer order at the same time but as soon as we got him to understand what drinks we wanted, he turned his back and left. After about a 20 minute wait, another person showed up with our drinks. I asked him if there was anyone available to take our food order, explaining to him that there were others in our party who had already received their food and would end up having to wait on us after they finished eating. He said he couldn’t take it but would say something to our server. I later found out he was the server for our other table. We continued to wait a long time.
Finally our server appeared and took our order. They were already out of the pork chops we wanted so we changed our orders. Much later he reappeared to inform us that they were out of the candied yams thst my wife and I had ordered. One of the 2 pieces of my wife’s turkey was dry as leather as was 1 of the 2 pieces of my ham. The peas were a little undercooked and appeared to have little or no seasoning. The jalapeño cornbread was moist and tasted good but I could not detect any jalapeño in it, only diced sweet peppers and whole kernel corn in it. Neither of us cared for the candied carrots. The mashed potatoes and gravy were good but lacking in flavor for my personal taste.
The other part of our party with their different server were finished eating before we received our food. It took over an hour for us to receive our food. Our other party had a much better experience. They received the pork chops before they sold out. I walked over and saw them and they looked extremely moist and was told they were delicious. Our appetizer of fried cheese curds served with honey mustard was the one nice experience we had there. They were yummy.
I do not recommend this place but hopefully they will improve with time If you do decide to give them a try, arrive at opening time and order the cheese curds and pork chops.

Fantastic meal in downtown Clinton. The building is rustic with lots of wood and a tin ceiling yet the décor is clean, spacious and classy. Wait staff was warm and inviting as well as very attentive. We started by sharing the spinach and artichoke dip which was uniquely delicious being it was heavy on the artichoke and light on the spinach. A half-​sized greek salad as next which was expertly crafted in both ingredients and presentation. The main courses were filet and mahi mahi. Vegetable of the day was squash and zucchini. The filet was small but tasty and came with delicious onion rings. The mahi mahi also was small but was covered in a tasty parmesan crust and came with braised mushrooms. To finish off, the dessert was a double decker chocolate pecan pie with caramel ice cream. The pie appears to be a near-​full chocolate pie bottom with pecan pie sitting on top, but without karo the topping is mainly nuts. It was an outstanding idea that slightly misses the mark with the chocolate base so hard it almost required a knife to cut. It was a healthy sized slice that was a hint dry which is why the ice cream was a great complement.
Overall 303 can stand up against some of the better restaurants in Jackson but is slightly overpriced for Clinton. Also the dinner menu changes, is limited, and isn’t posted online. While there were only 6 items on the dinner menu on my visit, 303 has a good selection of sandwiches, appetizers, salads as well as desserts.

Best food in Clinton. It may seem a little pricey but the food portions are large on top of being amazingly delicious.

Best place in clinton. Sometimes great, always good. Finally seem settled on a good menu, they don’t emphasize the steaks lie they should. The big ribeye is awesome.

I love this place!!! We come here quite often and the food is always DELICIOUS and the staff is always so attentive, friendly and knowledgeable.

Gabriel Levine is an amazing waiter. He speaks with perfect diction has a beautiful smile! He was very attentive too. The food was simply amazing and a bit pricey.

I had the pleasure of checking this charming restaurant out over the holidays while visiting family. The food was so tasty and the place itself was so cute. We had lunch and they not only offered a number of lunch specials, but the regular lunch menu was perfect. It was a great place located in downtown Clinton and it seems to be about the only restaurant in the downtown area. It was well worth a stop for a bite to eat.

First time at 303 Jefferson, after hearing how good the food was I decided to try for myself, I was impressed with food and the experiance. The waitstaff was very friendly and the food was great. The only negatives were that it was loud (bad accustics in room) and seating on raised platform seemed awkward. I would recommend it to anyone to try though and I am going to go back soon, I hear lunch is great.

We eat at 303 frequently. The first few times it was really great. Fried chicken on Thursday is really good. Don’t have the beef tips… it’s supposed to be smoked but they tasted like liquid smoke. We visited for dinner one time and I can’t say we were impressed. Lunch is much better and way more reasonably priced.

First time dining at 303 Jefferson, and we absolutely loved it! My co-​workers and I enjoyed a great atmosphere, extremely friendly service and delicious food when we stumbled upon 303 Jefferson today looking for somewhere for lunch.
They have a great menu with burgers, seafood, salad and sandwiches, but also offer daily lunch specials and fresh vegetable sides. I had their fried catfish lunch special with macaroni and cheese, green beans and cole slaw. All was delicious. My co-​workers equally enjoyed their food as well. Definitely recommend eating here!

Tremendous hamburger and sweet potato fries! The burger made it to my table in record time. Great place for a delicious and quick lunch!

Went again on a different day to get a different daily special. OMG I absolutely recommend the fried chicken! I got a HUGE breast piece and a drumstick, as well as the sides. The mac and cheese and mashed potatoes & gravy were both underwhelming, but they at least came out hot.
Friend I was with got the chicken salad dish-​up. It was okay. The crostinis were extremely tough to eat. Not sure if it was worth the $ 6
But that fried chicken… the stuff of dreams!