The food and service is always amazing! I can't get enough of the biscuits and gravy it's soooo good! Will be back 100%
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dustin Wilson
Neat place, good service.
The food looks great presentation wise; however it's very bland.
I would highly suggest the owner/chef consider adding just a little salt to the gravy, and breading used for chicken fried steak.
Everything was so close to being good, but just fell short.
We had the bulldog, and a cfs lunch.
The cream gravy was brownish, and just completely bland. The breading on the cfs was also just missing flavor.
Also the bulldog just had very little gravy at all. Seems to be a strange thing to do for what essentially dressed up biscuits and gravy.
Anyway, maybe it was an off day. If I were to go back I may try a burger instead.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Jennifer King
If I could give zero stars for the quality of the food especially for the price I would!! My husband purchased 2 pies for our new years church get together and first of all they were $25 each, which had they been good would have been worth it but they were not eatable!!!! The coconut pie wasn't even firm so it was pudding consistency and tasted horrible, like not not flavored like coconut but more like flour. The apple was way over done and also tasted awful, same as the other. I have had decent food from the roost, breakfast wise, but I absolutely do NOT recommend the pies!!!! $50 bucks went in the trash including the one slice from each one that was tasted!
Food: 1
Laura Talavera
Love stopping in The Roost on the way to East Texas 😋 Nicest folks around and they always serve piping hot food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Eladio Martinez
the pancakes they serve are the best.
Michelle Ahronian
When I tell you we got our food before we barely took a few sips of our starter drinks... Wow! The Roost was comfortable and welcoming. All staff made an effort to ensure we had everything we needed. It was clearly a team effort, and they all seemed to genuinely enjoy each other's company with friendly banter. Our waitress was so personable and we laughed several times together. And don't let my mention of how fast the food arrived scare you - it was cooked well, and it was delicious! They even added a bit of cinnamon to my buttered toast - an addition I didn't know I needed but now I never want to be without. Highly recommend this place!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Harley Hall
AMAZING Service the young lady there (teen?) does a wonderful job!! Definitely will be back soon friendly❤️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Macy
First visit i had was wonderful. Excellent service and food. This time was terrible. Terrible service. She forgot our drink order. Had to come back and ask us again what we wanted. Our food was delivered cold by someone else. The waitress never came back. I would have liked my food heated up but she never came back to check. No refills. Nothing. I had to wave down someone else to go get our check. She only had one other table so there was no excuse. I saw her in the back talking or did not see her at all most of the time. Next time we go I'm going to make sure we get the server we had the first time.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Lisa Zacharias
Small hometown local restaurant. Waitstaff was very nice and attentive.
Great home style cooking and you get a lot of food for a reasonable price
Jeri Dupuy
I have not been to the Roost for awhile and since then they have done some remodeling and updated their menu. I had Migas served with Black Beans, really really good. Not a fan of the coffee which seemed a bit if Chickory not a big fan of that, but drank it nonetheless. All in all experience was really good and I will be back. Service was good, didn't take long to get food
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Rodney Lawson
I rarely give a review on restaurants if not a 4,5 just because it’s tough business . I was looking forward to eating here and skipped restaurants in Athens to stop here. Food was decent , service was terrible , was never checked on after food arrived , no refill and after waiting 10 minutes finally got a check and was half heartedly offered a tea to go ! I won’t skip Athens restaurants next time . It was not that busy , but it is easy to take care of your customer before you and I normally tip 40-50%
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Emmett
Been eating here for 2 years and has been good. Today 10-10 my wife and I had dinner around 430pm. I had catfish and my wife had chicken fried steak. The hush puppys and fries were too greasy to eat. The fries were limp and smelled of grease. My wife's mac and cheese and mashed potatoes were cold. We don't mind paying as long as it's worth it, but this dinner was not worth $38. If we return, we will not get anything fried.
Billy B.
Used to be great. Now ...not so much. Undercooked grits Cold oatmeal I could go on but you get the idea. And they weren't that busy ...no excuse
The food and service is always amazing! I can't get enough of the biscuits and gravy it's soooo good! Will be back 100%
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Neat place, good service.
The food looks great presentation wise; however it's very bland.
I would highly suggest the owner/chef consider adding just a little salt to the gravy, and breading used for chicken fried steak.
Everything was so close to being good, but just fell short.
We had the bulldog, and a cfs lunch.
The cream gravy was brownish, and just completely bland. The breading on the cfs was also just missing flavor.
Also the bulldog just had very little gravy at all. Seems to be a strange thing to do for what essentially dressed up biscuits and gravy.
Anyway, maybe it was an off day. If I were to go back I may try a burger instead.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
If I could give zero stars for the quality of the food especially for the price I would!! My husband purchased 2 pies for our new years church get together and first of all they were $25 each, which had they been good would have been worth it but they were not eatable!!!! The coconut pie wasn't even firm so it was pudding consistency and tasted horrible, like not not flavored like coconut but more like flour. The apple was way over done and also tasted awful, same as the other. I have had decent food from the roost, breakfast wise, but I absolutely do NOT recommend the pies!!!! $50 bucks went in the trash including the one slice from each one that was tasted!
Food: 1
Love stopping in The Roost on the way to East Texas 😋 Nicest folks around and they always serve piping hot food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
the pancakes they serve are the best.
When I tell you we got our food before we barely took a few sips of our starter drinks... Wow! The Roost was comfortable and welcoming. All staff made an effort to ensure we had everything we needed. It was clearly a team effort, and they all seemed to genuinely enjoy each other's company with friendly banter. Our waitress was so personable and we laughed several times together. And don't let my mention of how fast the food arrived scare you - it was cooked well, and it was delicious! They even added a bit of cinnamon to my buttered toast - an addition I didn't know I needed but now I never want to be without. Highly recommend this place!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
AMAZING Service the young lady there (teen?) does a wonderful job!! Definitely will be back soon friendly❤️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
First visit i had was wonderful. Excellent service and food. This time was terrible. Terrible service. She forgot our drink order. Had to come back and ask us again what we wanted. Our food was delivered cold by someone else. The waitress never came back. I would have liked my food heated up but she never came back to check. No refills. Nothing. I had to wave down someone else to go get our check. She only had one other table so there was no excuse. I saw her in the back talking or did not see her at all most of the time. Next time we go I'm going to make sure we get the server we had the first time.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Small hometown local restaurant. Waitstaff was very nice and attentive.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
First time visit. Will surely be back!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Great home style cooking and you get a lot of food for a reasonable price
I have not been to the Roost for awhile and since then they have done some remodeling and updated their menu. I had Migas served with Black Beans, really really good. Not a fan of the coffee which seemed a bit if Chickory not a big fan of that, but drank it nonetheless. All in all experience was really good and I will be back. Service was good, didn't take long to get food
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
I rarely give a review on restaurants if not a 4,5 just because it’s tough business . I was looking forward to eating here and skipped restaurants in Athens to stop here. Food was decent , service was terrible , was never checked on after food arrived , no refill and after waiting 10 minutes finally got a check and was half heartedly offered a tea to go ! I won’t skip Athens restaurants next time . It was not that busy , but it is easy to take care of your customer before you and I normally tip 40-50%
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Been eating here for 2 years and has been good. Today 10-10 my wife and I had dinner around 430pm. I had catfish and my wife had chicken fried steak. The hush puppys and fries were too greasy to eat. The fries were limp and smelled of grease. My wife's mac and cheese and mashed potatoes were cold. We don't mind paying as long as it's worth it, but this dinner was not worth $38. If we return, we will not get anything fried.
Used to be great.
Now ...not so much.
Undercooked grits
Cold oatmeal
I could go on but you get the idea. And they weren't that busy ...no excuse
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
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