My husband and I were intrigued by the exterior of the building and decided to go in for dinner, while on vacation. The interior is quaint, nothing fancy. The main menu attraction is the fried chicken, which looked and smelled super but I don’t partake in breaded, deep fried, high carb, or starchy foods. Unfortunately that left me with the fairly sparse salad bar and cold, formerly frozen mixed vegetables. I tried some baked fish but it was overdone and extremely salty. My husband said the fried chicken and fried cod was good however. The server was sweet and attentive.
William M.
Classificação do local: 3 Carbondale, IL
Food from the buffet was ok at best, the service was great but that was about the only thing worth talking about here. I would have to be starving and no other places open to come back here. The place has a neat atmosphere and has some potential, but really lacked where it counted, sorry to say.
Rosie B.
Classificação do local: 4 Boca Raton, FL
Go to place for fantastic fried chicken. On the buffet, the baked fish is wonderful. Very helpful and friendly staff each and every time we are there.
Steve C.
Classificação do local: 1 Kirkwood, Saint Louis, MO
Skip this place if you want something that you actually want to order. My first attempt was to order a medium rare burger. They only serve well-done burgers. In my 43 years of eating at restaurants, that makes the first time I’ve been told I could only order my burger well-done. Next attempt was the roast beef. Waitress came back(very apologetic… our waitress was very sweet) and said that they were out of roast beef. Gave up and ordered the buffet… which looked exceeding pathetic when we walked past it. We’ll see how it is. I should note that our waitress was very nice. So service was good.
Samantha S.
Classificação do local: 2 Ste. Genevieve, MO
Pretty similar food to the Anvil. It’s mainly food full of trans and saturated fat as well. This is not where you would go to find fresh and trendy, but if you wanted liver dumplings or a buffet that will leave you VERY full, then I recommend it. The chicken is also much better than many other options around. The atmosphere is a little dingy and the carpet could use replacement, but they keep it dark enough that you barely notice.
Brian S.
Classificação do local: 2 Broomfield, CO
I’ve been here twice. The first time was a couple years ago, and the second time was just this past weekend. When we first ate there, the food was just okay. The German potatoes were the best part of the meal. This past weekend, we sat down and went to order. They have a prime rib special on Saturday, so I went with that. I ordered it medium-rare, and the waitress told me they only had one left and it was well-done which means they’re all pre-cooked. I’m sorry, but a prime rib takes almost no time to cook. There’s no reason or excuse to have them pre-cooked like that especially at a restaurant that’s as low volume as them. We ended up leaving since I did want to risk getting anything else that had been cooked earlier in the day and went down to Sirros. Completely different kind of food, but infinitely better.
Keith L.
Classificação do local: 2 St James, MO
Great place if you like fried food! We went on a Friday night and ordered from the menu. Food was mediocre at best. I ordered«surf and turf» and the skewered shrimp was served to me RAW… Urggggh. The service was good and our server was very friendly — that was the best part of the evening. I’ll NEVER go back!!!
Jessica C.
Classificação do local: 3 St Louis, MO
Ehhhh. If my grandparents were still alive, I think they’d give it five stars. Everything about this place harkens back to a different era, including the offerings at the lunch buffet and most of the clientele. Fried chicken, pork chops, liver dumplings, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, green beans, canned corn, yeast rolls, pats of margarine wrapped in paper, etc. Fried chicken was good, liver dumplings were an interesting treat, and the rest of it was unremarkable country fare. Staff is friendly, but if there are big groups getting served next to you(hey Seniors Club!), it’s hard to get refills.
David B.
Classificação do local: 5 Sunnyvale, CA
You might not think that a small-town Missouri lunchroom and bar with a buffet setup would have, in one of those hot trays, some of the best fried chicken ever, but it did. Light and crispy and delicately spiced, just wonderful.
Tina G.
Classificação do local: 4 Spring, TX
Nice old building, very friendly staff & good home cooked buffet. Lunch buffet is $ 7.50 all you can eat. Had fried chicken & pork chops today. Only complaint was no sort of sweet on the buffet for dessert, not even fruit.
Dan M.
Memphis, TN
Me and my dad ate here twice on a recent road trip to MO. It has incredible fried chicken. We had the buffet lunch each time. Its right in the middle of an interesting looking town. Lots of architectural features, and the like. Its a small place, in an old, old building — the building is well over 100 years old. The food is scrumptious, and the price is cheap.