Paul’s Kitchen

I love Paul’s! It is a gem in our small county. One thing I really appreciate is they are great when ordering take out. My son and I have Celiac Disease and can’t have gluten. They always take great care with our take out orders and are always extremely nice. My whole family loves Paul’s and our out of town family members always request to eat there for the great food and generous portions.

Amazing! Home-​cooked food that is truly delicious. Great service great atmosphere so happy I stopped at Pauls.

Myself and two friends had dinner here and it was excellent. Had the fried chicken and two of us had the southern smothered chicken. Very good. We drove over from Sebring. We will be back next week for breakfast. Would like to mention our waitress Hailey. She was so nice, answered any question we had about the menu. Made sure we had everything we needed. Thank you Hailey good service is hard to find anymore.

What a treat! We followed the advise from other reviewers; had fried green tomatoes, broiled shrimp in a wonderful creamy lemon sauce, and grilled chicken with onion and mushrooms (we held the gravy). Both entries came with homemade special chili, bread, salad, choice of potatoes, fried rice and corn. Only go to Paul’s Kitchen with a big appetite. The restaurant is only one block off Route 17 in Waichula, FL. It’s worth a drive! Thanks to our great server, Ann, hostess, didn’t catch her name, and Chef John.

We’ve visited lots of small diners as we’ve traveled around the USA. They’re much more fun than chain restaurants and you never know what to expect.
Paul’s Kitchen is off the main drag. It’s what used to be a house. There’s a private lot off the side and a sign in front. We parked in the back of the lot figuring we’d leave via the alley in the back. Well, be careful of that. The potholes are huge and I do mean HUGE down that alley and there are lots of those deep potholes.
There were four of us for dinner. We sat for a while before we were asked about drinks. Servers weren’t particularly friendly. Normally your small diners have the friendliest of servers so we were a little surprised at the cool personalities. Other than a long wait for our drink order to be taken and no offer of refills, service was okay.
At our table there were orders for catfish and shrimp and also for their philly cheesesteak sandwiches. The meals came with soup, salad, potato, rice, corn and your main entrée. It was quite a feast. Soup was pretty bland and salad was nothing special. However, catfish and shrimp were very good.
Daily specials were handwritten and added to the menu. Unlike other small local diners, this one did accept credit and debit cards.

Food portions are huge, but under new management here so no more $ 2 – 4 breakfast specials. 1 adult, 1 teen and a toddler with drinks was about $ 30 with tip– and I let the toddler eat off of my plate. The coffee is no good, but the portions are huge on plates with plenty to take home. Two adults could easily share a meal.

I was in the area with my girlfriend for a wedding and found this place. Walked in and found it very homy. The atmosphere was very relaxed, almost too relaxed at times.
However, the food was right on point. I ordered a Mediterranean Skillet which I could barely finish because it was so filling. It hit all it’s flavor points, hearty, sweet, and earthy.
I only wish I lived closer.

My boyfriend and I recently dined at Paul’s Kitchen. We were in town for a friend’s wedding and were looking for a local spot to eat!
We found this place and it had solid reviews so we decided to check it out. We walked up and the reviews weren’t kidding, it does look like a house! We actually missed it and had to turn around haha we walked inside and the décor is kind of a mish-​mosh of items, but I kind of loved it to be honest.
It’s definitely a casual location and seems to have its regulars that all the servers knew. The waitress recommended me an item, I honestly had to pick at it. It was so heavyyyyyy. I think it was called the farmers skillet. It had gravy and gravy and more gravy. The eggs were good, but I really couldn’t eat too much of it. I also never received the biscuit! I was really looking for it as a way to break up the heaviness and the waitress never stopped by during our meal for me to ask. Overall, it was a small thing but I think it would’ve made the meal better for me. The coffee was actually really good in my opinion! The waitress was nice, but halfway through someone else started serving us so that also got kind of confusing haha my boyfriend actually really liked his meal which is why I’m ultimately giving this location 3 stars.
All in all, I wish I had ordered something different so maybe I would’ve liked this place more. There aren’t a lot of options in this town so I would recommend this location, but feel free to look around as well!

Tons of food for a fair price. Was really good, Not gourmet but fresh, beans, real mashed potatoes and all good.

Not worth the stop. I love All-​American diners and home style Southern food but this missed the mark all around. Two of my guys had the Country Fried Steak. Both said is was okay at best and the sides (rice, corn, and mashed potatoes) were not warm when served. Our teen son ordered a burger and said it tasted like McDonald’s (not a compliment from him.) The biggest disappointment was the «Stuffed Grouper» special. It was a scoop of bready filling that tasted like it came from a box draped in a flavorless paper-​thin slice of overcooked grouper.
The fried pickles and fried green tomatoes were good but nothing special; the house salad and soup as well. No beer or wine.
I’m a big city eater but love to eat down-​home local just as much so this isn’t a «food snob» review. Just not enough good here to ever consider stopping again.

The fries were very good. I liked my burger however my father thought his burger was way overcooked. They never asked him how he wanted it cooked, and they made it well done. They took a while to bring out our food but they did have nice service and gave me free refills. Prices are alright but not great, they also don’t serve alcohol. Great local character. Not a place I would go back to but still alright.

I would like to start by saying that I know this restaurant is in a very small town and it’s not «gourmet» type place. And maybe most of the people that eat here are not «foodies» or «food snobs» so their expectations are less than the average big city person who eats out a lot. I gave this place 2 stars based on our waitress Tanya and the appetizer. ******I REALLY HOPE THE OWNER READS THIS!!!
That being said, we ate here because we went to Arcadia to check out the rodeo and by the time it ended my family was hungry. We don’t eat fast food and since it was a Sunday many other restaurants were closed so we choose Paul’s. It’s a small restaurant that was once a house so it’s not «in town» it a street or two in. It looks like nothing has been done maintenance wise other than a coat of paint in over 10 years and it really needs it!!! It really could be cute.
The place was pretty busy when we walked in and but we were seated right away. Our table was right next to a window A/​C unit that had not been cleaned of dust and dirt EVER!!! Our waitress was having a hard time with another table so it took a while for her to come around to us. But Tanya acknowledged us and one of the girls got our drink order. When Tanya came over she apologized again for the delay, we ordered the corn nuggets (or fritters as I am used to calling them) and fried mushrooms. The apps were really good! I don’t know if they make the corn nuggets in house but they were really yummy. The fried mushrooms were also really good and they were huge mushrooms. The coating for the shrooms was a little odd in our opinion. It seemed like a modified fish fry coating… but it was a large order and tasted great. For our dinners, our daughter ordered the bacon cheese burger with fries and hubby and I both ordered the fried chicken and I asked for a side of brown gravy for my fries, I thought it’d be good gravy since it was served on quite a few other dishes. Our dinners come with a self serve soup (???yes weird) and salad and rice and veg and potato option… wow all this food for like $ 10!!! Wow! That’s where the excitement ended!!! The soup was a chicken noodle, it was SO thick from corn starch or flour being added and the flavor was like pure chicken bullion. The noodles were shells and they were so bloated from sitting around for hours that they were just mush. So no soup was really eaten. Our salads came out and the lettuce was a little bit bigger than a shredded size and it was topped with shredded cheddar cheese and tiny croutons. This we could live with. Dinner arrives, our daughters burger is obviously over cooked just by looking at it and the bun was falling apart after cutting the burger in half. When she bit into it is was VERY WELL DONE and DRY!!! Our dinners come out and sure enough the weird fish fry coating that was used on the shrooms is now on our chicken and it is SOOOO salty and has an odd fish flavor to it. So the coating is kind of pulled off so we can at least eat some of the chicken. All the sides that come with our dinner… the veggie is known as a 5 way (sold from US Foods or Sysco) it’s usually frozen or canned and it’s a mix of peas, carrots, corn, green beans, lima beans. Because the veggie was prepped a while a go it was tasteless and mushy, the BRIGHT yellow rice is so over seasoned with cumin and some other spice that it’s just awful and inedible. The gravy had to have salt and pepper added to it so it could have some taste and a few drops of water since it had the consistency of pudding. So in the end out of the ½ a chicken that I ordered I ate most of one breast with next to no coating and my husband ate one leg out of his ½ a chicken, none of the veggies and none of the rice. Half of my fries were undercooked as were my husbands. And our daughter had 3 bites of her burger and then gave up, eating the bacon and a few fries. I can safely say we will never eat here again. And after leaving Paul’s we noticed the fast food joints in town were PACKED! Now we know why… It’s really sad when a Greek opens a restaurant and does so just to make money not for the love of giving people GOOD FOOD!

Stopped in for to-​go order.
They were fast even though the Sunday crowd was packed in.
Tasty food — worth stopping!

Country kitchen favorite of the locals, good for breakfast. Get the special and come hungry; portions are HUGE.

Had heard about Paul’s Kitchen at the campground we are staying at.
We asked another couple if they wanted to give it a try with us.
Off the beaten path, in a house.
All orders seem to come with their homemade soup. It was vegetable when we were there, excellent. You also get bread and a healthy sized side salad.
My honey ordered the chicken Parmesan which came with spaghetti and garlic bread. Nice thing here is they asked him if he wanted his chicken fried or grilled. Very nice to have that option. It was served in a cast iron skillet. Only $ 8.99.
The other couple ordered two of the specials.
One was the stuffed grouper, stuffed with crab. This one came with choice of potato and rice and corn.
The other ordered the grilled grouper. She chose a baked sweet potato, also came with rice and corn.
They both said their meals were excellent. I think those were about $ 12.
I ordered the 10 oz rib eye special for $ 14.99. They cooked it to perfection. I had a baked potato and yes, it also came with rice and corn.
Service was wonderful, food was superb and the prices were right.
We are in this area for two weeks. We will definitely be back.
Probably will try them for breakfast as well. We already checked out the menu and it looks great!

Fried mushrooms to die for. Been in town 2 weeks… eaten at Pauls 4 times. Yummy!!! Wide choice of items. Service great.

Went here for dinner. You could smell the food as you walk up to the place. We gotta tall skinny brunette waitress. She had a very friendly cute smile. Very polite and very helpful with the menu. After taking our order our side salads came out in minutes. And the food was not to far behind. The food was great. And cheap. You get so much food for a great price.

I stopped here for lunch based on the Unilocal recommendations. Like most of the reviews say — large portions, good service, and home cooked comfort food. Must try the fried green tomatoes!!! I will definitely come back to try breakfast.

Inexpensive food, large portions! A house turned restaurant is the setting. Waitress was friendly and fast. I ordered the bacon cheeseburger and was shocked at how large it was! I’m not a fan of steak fries, but theirs were really good. The fried okra was… ok. I can’t put my finger on what it was lacking, but it wasn’t bad. Just different.

Found this little place and wasn’t sure what to expect. Make sure you are VERY hungry because they give you alot of food.
The stuffed fish was awesome and it comes with 3 sides as well as soup & salad for less than $ 10.
I didn’t read the reviews until after i ordered and i wish i had tried their fried green tomatoes, guess I’ll have to come back and try them next time;)