A hidden family gem. The daily special had a choice of smothered pork chops and chicken, cornbread stuffing, three veggies and a roll. The pork chops just melted in your mouth. The stuffing was the perfect level of moist. I am not usually a fan of cabbage but this was so good that I skipped the other veggies. The portions are more than generous and the price was very reasonable.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Smothered Pork Chops
Dewayne Simpson
Food was amazing ?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chicken Wings
Lessa Combs
This place serves terrific down-home soul food cooking and their integrity can be tasted through their food and seasonings. I highly recommend this family restaurant to anyone looking for delicious food. They recently catered for a Ramadan Eid Celebration and the food was so good that the people were already planning the next celebration with them. I highly recommend this place to anyone who wants some good cooking.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
LeLe WaLa
4J is at the TOP of our favorite places to eat in East Texas. I do my happy dance when I'm there. The owners are always pleasant and courteous. Food is ALWAYS fresh and delicious!!! Can't forget the coconut sweet tea! ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Peach Cobbler, Mashed Potatoes, Chicken and Dumplings, Banana Pudding, Giant Piece if Corn Bread, Greens and Meatloaf, Fried Chicken
Kristie W
Wow is all I can say about this spectacular place! The food was great ~ good home cookin’!I had chicken spaghetti, beef tips & rice and hubby had the smothered pork chops. Everything was so good.Our sides were mac & cheese and green beans. So tasty!The employees were friendly & attentive too. We will driving back from Athens & referring everyone here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joshua Cade
Absolutely fantastic. My mother and I were passing through on a shopping trip, and pulled over here for some good food; we wound up with great food. The fried chicken was juicy, crispy, and well-seasoned, the taters were good, and the cabbage was phenomenal. (I didn't even know cabbage could taste this good!) I sampled my mother's catfish, hushpuppies, and French fries, and they were to die for. The blueberry pie for dessert was excellent, and the bit of banana pudding we took home for my grandmother was the best I've ever had. (I don't even normally like banana pudding!) Even the lemonade was mixed perfectly. If you're going through Palestine, you owe it to yourself to stop here. 10 out of 10.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Fish Platter, Banana Pudding, Fried Chicken
Constance Cade
Best fish ever!!!! Melts in your mouth. Good portions. Hush puppies were great! Fries too. All freshly cooked. My son got the fried chicken...wonderful!!! The cabbage was perfectly seasoned!!! He said the blueberry pie was perfect. Prices are fair. Owners were very nice!!! If you go to Palestine, it's a must-do!!! Wished we had a place in Corsicana like this. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Margaret Spurlock
Great atmosphere, great service and awesome food! Very family friendly restaurant! Thanks for the hospitality!
Drove 40 minutes from Kerens and it was definitely worth the drive. Hamburger was fresh, no frozen meat patty and fries were also fresh. Plenty of fast food places in area but the prices here were also better. They had a buffet and the fish and fried chicken is the reason were coming back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Eron Grant
Delicious greens, pinto beans and coconut sweet tea!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Wings
Melissa “Soccermomw3” Missildine
Great people. Great food. My daughter absolutely loved the gumbo. (Friday's only.) That's very high praise. She doesn't like anyone's gumbo except mine. LOL The regular chicken wings were very yummy. Nothing wrong with the potato salad, but it was just not as good as mine. I think potato salad is like meatloaf, everyone likes it their way.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Marina Crabtree
Outside of the Building Looked Good... The Inside of the Building was A Little Sad Looking.....But We Did NOT JUDGE BY THAT..We Judge A J by the FOOD!!!!!!IT WAS SO SO DOGGONE GOOD.!!!!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Banana Pudding
Charles N.
We have been picking our daughter up from choir camp in the Palestine area for the past 8 years and our 'normal' place to eat before returning to Houston is no longer open. We were looking for a new spot for our annual lunch before returning home and we found it.I typically get on yelp to find places that have good reviews and this place had great reviews but not many but I thought I'd give them a try anyway.This is truly a down home mom and Pop place with home, southern style cooking. On the day we ate there we all got the lunch buffet. The buffet included fried catfish, fried chicken wings (plain and peach heat), beans, greens, corn, gumbo and hush puppies.Everything we had from that buffet was fabulous. None of the fried items were greasy; but they were all juicy and tasty. My daughter normally won't eat pinto beans, but she actually went up for a second helping of their pinto beans. My wife also said the greens were phenomenal.I think we found our new lunch place for our annual pilgrimage to pick up our daughter from camp
A hidden family gem. The daily special had a choice of smothered pork chops and chicken, cornbread stuffing, three veggies and a roll. The pork chops just melted in your mouth. The stuffing was the perfect level of moist. I am not usually a fan of cabbage but this was so good that I skipped the other veggies. The portions are more than generous and the price was very reasonable.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Smothered Pork Chops
Food was amazing ?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chicken Wings
This place serves terrific down-home soul food cooking and their integrity can be tasted through their food and seasonings. I highly recommend this family restaurant to anyone looking for delicious food. They recently catered for a Ramadan Eid Celebration and the food was so good that the people were already planning the next celebration with them. I highly recommend this place to anyone who wants some good cooking.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
4J is at the TOP of our favorite places to eat in East Texas. I do my happy dance when I'm there. The owners are always pleasant and courteous. Food is ALWAYS fresh and delicious!!! Can't forget the coconut sweet tea! ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Peach Cobbler, Mashed Potatoes, Chicken and Dumplings, Banana Pudding, Giant Piece if Corn Bread, Greens and Meatloaf, Fried Chicken
Wow is all I can say about this spectacular place! The food was great ~ good home cookin’!I had chicken spaghetti, beef tips & rice and hubby had the smothered pork chops. Everything was so good.Our sides were mac & cheese and green beans. So tasty!The employees were friendly & attentive too. We will driving back from Athens & referring everyone here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Absolutely fantastic. My mother and I were passing through on a shopping trip, and pulled over here for some good food; we wound up with great food. The fried chicken was juicy, crispy, and well-seasoned, the taters were good, and the cabbage was phenomenal. (I didn't even know cabbage could taste this good!) I sampled my mother's catfish, hushpuppies, and French fries, and they were to die for. The blueberry pie for dessert was excellent, and the bit of banana pudding we took home for my grandmother was the best I've ever had. (I don't even normally like banana pudding!) Even the lemonade was mixed perfectly. If you're going through Palestine, you owe it to yourself to stop here. 10 out of 10.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Fish Platter, Banana Pudding, Fried Chicken
Best fish ever!!!! Melts in your mouth. Good portions. Hush puppies were great! Fries too. All freshly cooked. My son got the fried chicken...wonderful!!! The cabbage was perfectly seasoned!!! He said the blueberry pie was perfect. Prices are fair. Owners were very nice!!! If you go to Palestine, it's a must-do!!! Wished we had a place in Corsicana like this. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great atmosphere, great service and awesome food! Very family friendly restaurant! Thanks for the hospitality!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Peach Cobbler, Fried Fish Platter, Banana Pudding, Chicken Wings
Best home-cooked southern food I have had a in a long time. Very friend people. Walk in and feel like you are at your Grandma's kitchen table.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best in the business! Great food. Amazing owner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Drove 40 minutes from Kerens and it was definitely worth the drive. Hamburger was fresh, no frozen meat patty and fries were also fresh. Plenty of fast food places in area but the prices here were also better. They had a buffet and the fish and fried chicken is the reason were coming back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious greens, pinto beans and coconut sweet tea!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chicken Wings
Great people. Great food. My daughter absolutely loved the gumbo. (Friday's only.) That's very high praise. She doesn't like anyone's gumbo except mine. LOL The regular chicken wings were very yummy. Nothing wrong with the potato salad, but it was just not as good as mine. I think potato salad is like meatloaf, everyone likes it their way.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Outside of the Building Looked Good... The Inside of the Building was A Little Sad Looking.....But We Did NOT JUDGE BY THAT..We Judge A J by the FOOD!!!!!!IT WAS SO SO DOGGONE GOOD.!!!!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Banana Pudding
We have been picking our daughter up from choir camp in the Palestine area for the past 8 years and our 'normal' place to eat before returning to Houston is no longer open. We were looking for a new spot for our annual lunch before returning home and we found it.I typically get on yelp to find places that have good reviews and this place had great reviews but not many but I thought I'd give them a try anyway.This is truly a down home mom and Pop place with home, southern style cooking. On the day we ate there we all got the lunch buffet. The buffet included fried catfish, fried chicken wings (plain and peach heat), beans, greens, corn, gumbo and hush puppies.Everything we had from that buffet was fabulous. None of the fried items were greasy; but they were all juicy and tasty. My daughter normally won't eat pinto beans, but she actually went up for a second helping of their pinto beans. My wife also said the greens were phenomenal.I think we found our new lunch place for our annual pilgrimage to pick up our daughter from camp