Came by today for a car cruise in Rocky Mount. Food smelled great! Very clean restroom and plenty of parking. Nice little place to eat :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Nobbie 07
We had steak and cheese subs. Great food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mike R
Not bad, but not good.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 5
Darrell Clapp
Country cooking is very good. Good breakfast. Small place. Carry 3 octane ratings of non ethanol gas. Easy access for truck and trailered boat.....if it's not busy.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tee Kay
First of all their gasoline is all Ethanol free. That is old school. Now speaking of old school Carls has been serving since the 1940's. So they have been in business for the better part of 100 years. Now if my math and history is correct that is before the lake was impounded. You dont stay in business if you arent doing something right, everyday, for that many years! Now the food is good and for about 8.50 you get a burger with everything and fries. And it was excellent! Service was ok, I think our waitress left after taking our order, we never saw her again. May have been a shift change, hence the 4 stars for service. All in all it was great food, plenty of parking, and a great local restaurant! They open early, and they are open for 12 hours plus everyday. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner! They do get very busy, so call ahead if you are in a hurry! And they have a small grocery section and items, if you need to throw down say a zagnut, or Candy bar. Or get a pack of hot dogs, which by the way are really good! AND THEY ARE OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK. WHO EVEN DOES THAT ANYMORE? Carl's, Give it a try, you wont be disapointed! Finally if you are in the area, the Smith Mountain Lake Dam visitor center is close by. Call first or check online for hours of operation. You are about an hour, from Roanoke, Lynchburg, Bedford, and Martinsville, Rockymount Va are just a hop, skip and a jump! Look up online WDBJ review and story! Any questions?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Cpt Jack
Good food, service, and prices
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Ann Marie
Hamburger steak excellent. Service was good. Desert was also very good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Paddy Bean
This is a little restaurant inside a gas station. Exactly what you think of when you think greasy spoon. The atmosphere is very relaxed the service is very fast the food is excellent! And if you get there for lunch either get there a little early or be prepared to wait.
My boyfriend and I are visiting smith mountain lake for the weekend, we were searching up places to eat and came across Carl’s Restaurant. The food was good but the service was awful. Probably 10 words were spoken to us the whole time. We were smiling and trying to be friendly throughout our time and still got treated badly. Our waitress walked up to us without saying hello and took our order and just walked away without a word. The waitress dropped off the food with the check, again without any communication. The women who checked us out was rude as well, no hello, how was everything, just “how much tip on the card or did you already tip” only caring about money not our experience or happiness there. Not the southern hospitality that we were looking forward to. It is not hard to be nice and have an atmosphere that allows guests to feel welcomed.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Keri Rising
Love this place. We just bought a place in the area and have already been twice. Great food and great prices. Staff are fantastic too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Double Cheeseburger
Rose Baldwin
Our waitress forgot about us after we were seated and gave her our drink order. Another waitress actually got our drinks when she noticed we were still waiting for OUR waitress. Food was lukewarm.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Thomas Goad
Great local place to eat good prices and Great service
Very good place to eat 👌
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Came by today for a car cruise in Rocky Mount. Food smelled great! Very clean restroom and plenty of parking. Nice little place to eat :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
We had steak and cheese subs. Great food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Not bad, but not good.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 5
Country cooking is very good. Good breakfast. Small place. Carry 3 octane ratings of non ethanol gas. Easy access for truck and trailered boat.....if it's not busy.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
First of all their gasoline is all Ethanol free.
That is old school.
Now speaking of old school Carls has been serving since the 1940's.
So they have been in business for the better part of 100 years.
Now if my math and history is correct that is before the lake was impounded.
You dont stay in business if you arent doing something right, everyday, for that many years!
Now the food is good and for about 8.50 you get a burger with everything and fries. And it was excellent!
Service was ok, I think our waitress left after taking our order, we never saw her again. May have been a shift change, hence the 4 stars for service.
All in all it was great food, plenty of parking, and a great local restaurant!
They open early, and they are open for 12 hours plus everyday. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner! They do get very busy, so call ahead if you are in a hurry! And they have a small grocery section and items, if you need to throw down say a zagnut, or Candy bar.
Or get a pack of hot dogs, which by the way are really good!
AND THEY ARE OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK.
WHO EVEN DOES THAT ANYMORE?
Carl's, Give it a try, you wont be disapointed!
Finally if you are in the area, the Smith Mountain Lake Dam visitor center is close by. Call first or check online for hours of operation.
You are about an hour, from Roanoke, Lynchburg, Bedford, and Martinsville, Rockymount Va are just a hop, skip and a jump!
Look up online WDBJ review and story!
Any questions?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Good food, service, and prices
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Hamburger steak excellent. Service was good. Desert was also very good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
This is a little restaurant inside a gas station. Exactly what you think of when you think greasy spoon. The atmosphere is very relaxed the service is very fast the food is excellent! And if you get there for lunch either get there a little early or be prepared to wait.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Always
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Awesome food and everyone was extremely nice
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My boyfriend and I are visiting smith mountain lake for the weekend, we were searching up places to eat and came across Carl’s Restaurant. The food was good but the service was awful. Probably 10 words were spoken to us the whole time. We were smiling and trying to be friendly throughout our time and still got treated badly. Our waitress walked up to us without saying hello and took our order and just walked away without a word. The waitress dropped off the food with the check, again without any communication. The women who checked us out was rude as well, no hello, how was everything, just “how much tip on the card or did you already tip” only caring about money not our experience or happiness there. Not the southern hospitality that we were looking forward to. It is not hard to be nice and have an atmosphere that allows guests to feel welcomed.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Love this place. We just bought a place in the area and have already been twice. Great food and great prices. Staff are fantastic too.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Double Cheeseburger
Our waitress forgot about us after we were seated and gave her our drink order. Another waitress actually got our drinks when she noticed we were still waiting for OUR waitress. Food was lukewarm.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Great local place to eat good prices and Great service
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
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