J Arthur's Restaurant

2843 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley
(828) 926-1817

Recent Reviews

Angela “Frugal 41” Driggers Robertson

My husband and I were on a short anniversary trip this past weekend staying at Jonathan Creek Inn and wanted to find another nice local restaurant for dinner. This was the best place we could have chosen after a big disappointment at another local place the night before. I wish we had gone here the first night because we definitely would have come back the second night. The fried green tomato appetizer was AMAZING! It is served on a bed of grits and oh so delicious. My husband had the full rack of ribs and I had the hamburger steak. The ribs were fall off the bone tender and delicious. My hamburger steak was really good smothered in onions, mushrooms and gravy. Our server, Justin (I believe) was very nice and helped me decide between the meatloaf and the hamburger steak, giving me information on both. We took our dessert of Key Lime pie back to the room and enjoyed later which was also very good. The atmosphere is super cozy. We were asked if we would like to sit by the fireplace (of course we would!). We enjoyed watching the little train go back and forth up along the wall where there is a cute Christmas setting with lights. This is a great place to enjoy and delicious meal. We will definitely be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Barbecue Ribs, Fried Green Tomatoes, Hamburger Steak

David Lloyd

Fantastic food with excellent service.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cheese Sticks

Nathaniel Simonds

Me and my wife had are wedding reception here. The food was delicious the staff was great and very helpful. We will definitely be back

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Brenda McKenna

FIRST OFF TAKE THE. EXTRA 5 MINITES AND GO WAYNESVILLE TO DODGE CITY STEAKHOUSE. Both steaks came out at wrong temperature and the baked potatoes were Luke warm at best & u get cold butter (hard to unwrap) & when u put that on potatoes it don't melt- now its ice cold. The prices were very high for what u get. Spent 100+ for 2 of us- no alcohol drinks either. And TAKE DOWN THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS !! VERY DISAPOINTING!! The waitress was decent.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 3

Stevi Ervin

This was our wedding/ honeymoon dinner! HORRIBLE!It took our waitress 20 minutes to get our drink order and another 15 minutes to get our appetizer order. Then our food was TERRIBLE! How do you even mess up a salad!?! It was bad! Baked potato broke when I tried to cut it! And my $37 prime rib was the worst I've ever had. I only swallowed a few bites (spit out some cause it was too tough) and left 3/4 of it on the plate. And hubby's ribeye wasn't good either! It was 2 hours of bad service and food. Then....., the whole next day we were sicker than we've been in years! On our small, one day honeymoon, we were sick (in all ways) the whole time! I'm not too sure that it was food poisoning, but I wouldn't recommend the service or food, either way!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Evelina Yulianova

Highly recommend to try cheese sticks as I’ve never thought that this appetizer could be taken to a next level ? Main entree were delicious as well. Our server - Justin - was very polite and friendly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Award-Winning Cheese Sticks Marinara, Cheese Sticks, Fried Green Tomatoes

Lisa O.

We've been to this restaurant a couple times when skiing in the area. It's very good and has a cozy atmosphere.

Dina Negmatova

Literally the best steak I’ve had! It’s perfectly cooked that it melts like butter in your mouth. Will be visiting this place again for sure! Visited for valentines din and the atmosphere was very good!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Award-Winning Cheese Sticks Marinara, Steak Dinner

Bill CRAFT

Service was slow and kitchen closed early.

Shannon A.

The food was mediocre. Service was slow, coffee was cold. Prices were insane. I ordered prime rib and it came very closely trimmed, and the best part - the crispy edge and the fat cap - were gone! While cozy, I wouldn't go back for prime rib again, even though they serve real butter.

Jennifer Brookshire

Food was very expensive for amount you received. The quality of food is not worth the price we paid.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 5

Leslie M

I’ve been coming to J Arthur’s since I was a little girl. Food is wonderful!! The staff is great!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Corbin S.

Very lovely staff and great food will definitely returning to the area to visit this place. The inside of the restaurant is very clean and very interesting looking.

Roy E.

Food and service is great! Christmas decorations are amazing as is sitting by the fireplaces in the winter. Dee the bartender ROCKS!

Georganna M.

We got takeout but when we got there to get the food it was so cute inside we wish we would have dined in! Take out service was great and food was delicious!

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