Country Cookin

4 of us at a small booth and 1 child sitting in a broken high chair. First high chair was broken too. The waitress never came by to pick up the used dishes. Never came by to refill drinks. Food was cold and over salted. 43.00 wasted

We were recommended by a friend to check out Country Cookin, a VA chain that started back in ’81 by Roger Smith. The menu offers breakfast, lunch specials, a regular menu, and kid options. I tried Uncle Roger’s Country Fried Steak (beef steak that is lightly breaded, deep-​fried, and comes with white gravy) and the hubs tried Cousin Willie’s Chargrilled Meatloaf (ground beef with vidalia onions and chargrilled). I thought the Country Fried Steak was one of the best ones I’ve had in quite some time — the steak itself was seasoned wonderfully, and the exterior batter was yummy and crispy. The white gravy was not overwhelming, but a nice subtle complement to the steak. The meatloaf was a little underwhelming, as it was more on the sweeter side from the vidalia onions; however, I did appreciate that it was ‘chargrilled.’ With ketchup, it was slightly better. Both entrees comes with your choice of a baked potato, a baked sweet potato, skin-​on french fries, or onion rings, as well as unlimited trips to their AYCE salad/​vegetable/​bread/​soup/​dessert bar. The buffet bar was not good at all — the only items that were edible were the steamed green beans. The mac and cheese was just macaroni shells with melted cheese on top, the rolls were a little too dry and starch-​y, and the beans were undercooked. Our server was Mr. Phu, and he was really sweet and checked up on us often. I would definitely come back again only for their Country Fried Steak and pass up on the other items.
+Uncle Roger’s Country Fried Steak!
+forget the AYCE buffet
+ask for Mr. Phu: D
+plenty of parking

Vomit. How is this place still in business? That is all.

Awful. Don’t bother. Just don’t bother.

Where do I begin… Oh yes the buffet table!!! This place is an embarrassment ! I am so glad I didn’t take any family here for breakfast!!! I could have gotten better quality food in a soup line!!! The place was empty! That was my first sign and when I went up to the buffet table some of the trays were overcooked and crusty, people were scraping the pans because the pans had scraps of food, it’s as if they were afraid to replenish the trays with fresh food. The variety was minimal and did I mention that the food looked as if it had been sitting there for hours! No steam was coming off the buffet table!!! And the salad bar was minimal and cheap as well !!! I cannot believe how horrible it was please don’t go here!!! I couldn’t even give this place one star it’s not worth it! But just to post this I had to give it one star… It doesn’t deserve a star

In a hurry? Try the Country Cookin in Eagle Village. Salad bar is always a good quick meal all to itself. Or. You can add one of many entrees for a full meal.

As always great food. Been coming here for over 20 years and it’s still wonderful. Buffet items all fresh. Can’t believe how good the Mac & Cheese is.

The management here is fantastic! Good food great staff and excellent experience. I love coming here and everyone treats you like family.

The place was pretty empty, probably not a good sign, but yet we were put at a booth between the only two other groups there.
So you order from the menu and get your entrée and a side, and then get to eat all you want from the salad/​dessert bar. They advertised a two for $ 15 special, but had only limited choices from there. We wound up going with bourbon chicken and a baked potato, and fish and chips. The bourbon chicken was fairly tasteless, pretty light on the sauce. The fish wound up being terrible, was still cold in the middle. They took that off our bill.
The salad bar has a decent selection of toppings for your lettuce, and then baked and mashed potatoes with some mystery gravies and fake cheese sauce, trays of beans and corn, and some terrible looking chili you can put on nachos.
There is a dessert area as well, with apple pie and bread pudding that looked to be sitting out forever, some cakes and puddings, cookies, and vanilla ice cream. Even the ice cream cones were stale.
I realize this is cheap old people food, but even cheap old people food can be done a lot better than this. Just a very weak effort all around. Maybe breakfast is better, but I won’t be coming back to find out.
It was nice of the manager to take the one entrée off of our bill, at least. Our waiter and the manager were at least friendly, and the place was clean enough, but the food was just awful.

The breakfast buffet was horrible! The wait staff allowed us to sit down to the buffet but the only 15 minutes left without allowing us to know there was little to no time to eat and enjoy the buffet. And thank goodness we were on a time limit because the food was awful, the ham was as hard as a rock, the bacon was soggy and raw, the sausages was an undescribable mystery meat, the grits were watery, and they had little to no selections. Even for only $ 5.99 don’t waste your money

We came here for lunch after a morning of touring at UMW. Daughter had Country Fried Steak and loved it. I couldn’t decide if I wanted the Pulled Pork BBQ or the Beef Brisket. With this in mind, I decided to ask the waitress and she recommended the Brisket. Hubs decided to order the Meatless Meal because he was planning to have some of our food. My brisket was very tasty. I was a little surprised at how small my order was. Daughter loved her steak. Salad bar was great and had a lot of choices. Service was friendly. Will definitely return when in the area!

Wow! Great food, excellent prices, and fabulous service! My family’s experience the last few visits was nothing short of superb!

When you buy an entrée you get the endless salad bar/​sides/​desserts. It’s reasonably priced. I love the chicken strips, comes with 4 strips on the small side but they taste great. You get a choice of baked potato, French fries, sweet potato with an up charge for onion rings. The food at the bar can be hit or miss sometimes. But there is a decent selection to choose from. I’ve never had the breakfast bar. And they’ve remodeled, so the booths are new and comfortable. Our waiter Antwan forgot what potato sides I wanted and what condiment I wanted for my chicken tenders.

My rating would really be a 2.5. This restaurant is hit or miss. I have been here when the food was really yummy and have been disappointed by the food at times. Service is also unpredictable. Sometimes you get a server that makes you feel welcomed and appreciated. Sometimes you get stuck with a server that makes you wonder why they are in a job that requires them to deal with the public at all.

Come in after 2. Great service and quick.
If you want comfort food this is the place. The salad, hot and desert bar gives you everything need to make a wonderful meal. However, the steaks are cooked perfectly to order and the white gravy is great with the potatoes slices that are found on the bar.

Everything here is so freaking good! I grew up in this area before coming to PA as a teenager, and we used to come here all the time. I was back in Fredericksburg for a funeral, and on our way back to PA, my parents and I stopped in for old time’s sake. Today, ironically, was their grand reopening after remodeling. It looks SO different, but shoot me ’cause I still love it. The place was beautiful inside for one. Secondly, the food was awesome, as awesome as I recalled it. Here’s how it works, you order your proteins and potatoes off the menu, and the sides, salads, and desserts are buffet-​style all you can eat. I heart their fried fish, but damn, I went bonkers for their potato salad, apple cobbler, and too many other things to mention. It’s very cheap too. Recommended.

The breakfast buffet was pretty good. Full of standard breakfast items, and also a few things that I am not sure what they are. There was a guy making omelettes, so that was neat. For the price, you really can’t beat it.

i enjoyed this place more for the endless salad/​sides/​dessert buffet/​bar than for their actual food.
you get the endless salad/​sides/​dessert with entrée purchase. items in buffet include MYO salad, potato salad, green beans, corn, quiche, potato casserole, corn bread, yeast roll, mac & cheese, mashed potatoes, fresh fruit, pudding, cobblers, strawberry short cake, soft serve, rice pudding, and so much more.
their entrée’s aren’t priced too high, but you don’t get much food for the price. which isn’t terrible because people end up filling up on the salad & sides before the food arrives. flavor wasn’t terrible but it wasn’t memorable either. it was just ordinary.
we ordered:
captian morgan’s (i think that was the name) shrimp fest. that came with butterfiled & battered shrimp. got onion rings (29 cents extra) with it.
ham steak entrée with fries.
chicken fried steak with onion rings — thick piece of meat, smothered/​soaked/​drenched with gravy.
kids chicken tenders with honey mustard and fries.
very nice interior, lots of seating, though when we left there was a HUGE line to be seated. bathrooms are nice. lots of friendly staff — servers, bus boys, hostess. lots of parking.
this place is decent, good to try out, but it’s not on my personal list of places i’d return to when i want to pick a place to eat a meal.

Salad bar with good variety. Menu lacking. Not a lot of offerings and mostly all fried foods. Meal was tasty. Served quickly and hot. They have a Premium Weekend Breakfast Buffet for $ 6.99. Multiple pancake flavors. We will come back and try out the breakfast buffet.

A regrettable dining choice. This is apparently a buffet-​style/​hybrid restaurant specializing in American food that brags about having the best breakfast around. But as my luck would have it, I actually went there for dinner. Here are some telling observations that I feel best summarizes the experience:
— Seated at the booth, I could distinctly feel the springs pressing into my buttocks.
— When walking to the salad/​vegetable/​dessert bar, I could feel my feet sticking to the floor and heard the squeaks confirming the traction.
— There were mystery items available which would have been best remaining mysteries.
— The salmon I ordered was very small, very dry, quite old, and absolutely the wrong color.
— The pudding at the dessert bar had a weird taste that I absolutely could not identify. Something from high school chem lab, perhaps.
— Prices were amazingly low for entrees.
— Service was friendly, and I was asked how I liked everything. But I had no idea where to begin, so I just shrugged my shoulders.
If you want to save money, prefer food in great quantity, and are not a fan of flavor or quality when it comes to food, this place is for you. Everyone else should take heed.