UPDATED: We went 2 weeks ago and we had a horrible experience. I have grown up going here my whole life and have always loved and stood by it even when the prices sky rocketed to basically $20 a meal.
Our waitress was the issue. She seemed nice at first but once she dropped off the food she legit NEVER came back to our table EVER. No refills, no how was your food, no are you doing okay, no boxes, not even our check.
Finally we had to go up and ask some random person for boxes, no waitress t9 be found. When I went to pay I said we have no check our waitress never came back to our table. All the waitress and waiters were sitting at the counter talking. She said I think your waitress was whatever name she said. She went over to her, tried to get her attention 3-4 times (even though she is right across from her at the counter she isn't even paying attention) and it cost me over $100 for this. No apology for her never coming back or anything.
The food would have been perfect if it wasn't cold. Legit the only hot item was the rolls. Everything else was luke warm or cold. 4 people worth of food.
My parents are way too nice and if they wouldn't have gotten mad at me I would have asked for the manager because this is Ludacris. I don't mind paying for good food but not poor service. I promise I will never be back. It's a huge shame when you actually have someone willing to pay your prices and defend them and give them such a horrible experience they don't want to come back.
Maybe Keith and Carol should take it back because this has been going downhill and downhill and downhill. If not maybe try another family member before it will eventually be shut down.
I hate to say this but it's true. It isn't what it use to be and that's a shame.
Old Review: Amazing food, service, and everything in between! Will be returning!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 1
Jeremy Seacrist
Expensive and bland
Wilson Cynthia
Love them.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ann Marie Abrahamsen
I went there with a date, for lunch. The only thing I didn't care for was the wair to be seated. We stood there for 14 minutes waiting for someone. The woman who came in behind us walked immediately to the cashier and began speaking with her. She grabbed a menu and proceeded to walk around us and when a server finally came, she was at first. They didn't have a sign up, stating they were looking for help, but we weren't even acknowledged by anyone.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
SherryLevoy
It used to be very good but now is nasty. The bathroom was absolutely filthy and the whole place felt dirty. The food isn't 1/10 as good as it used to be and is kind of expensive for what you get. Has the feel of a dive bar but their food is good.
Vacation19620698480
Talked to the supervisor and he tells me he doesn't deviate from his old recipes! Man them rolls may have been home made but when? They was hard, runny mashed potatoes, and idk what kind of minute steak that is! Obviously he doesn't read these reviews! I would have rather lost my money than spent it on slop called home cooked!!! Yes your ancestors are disappointed they never served food like this especially at these sky rocket prices!!! Make it make sense!!! Don't waste ur money!!! And if you think this is home cooked then you have never really had any!
KP
I ate here recently for the first time. The outside of the restaurant is far from appealing to me, but the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” applies here. I had a pork chop with fried potatoes, pinto, and cornbread. Absolutely delicious my partner had a roast beef sandwich with mashed potatoes and fries. Very, very good. For dessert we had some type of coconut pie, which I’m not a fan of pie, but this was very good. We also split one of their huge chocolate chip homemade cookies that is to die for.
There’s nothing like homemade fried potatoes, cornbread, and pinto beans. It’s hard to find that anywhere in Charleston aside from your own kitchen.
If this place underwent a makeover, it would likely attract people from diverse backgrounds & generations.
Did I mention my order was HOT & CORRECT?? And the portion sizes are HUGE. 2 people can share 1 dinner.
Will be eating here again soon
Shannon F
I’ve eaten here for many many years and have never had a bad meal. The staff are so friendly. Great home cookin’—highly recommend the cabbage rolls, graham cracker pie, and sage dressing! Oh and the dinner rolls—chefs kiss!
Steve Bee
Wow! I've lived here for almost 4 years and love to resturant around with the wife. This is that hidden gem and local old time place that all the locals go to for their homemade, delicious food. My Gosh! It's the best for comfort food made fresh and made right. Taste on everything was sooooo good! The wife tried the baked steak with creamy, homemade mashed potatoes and pinto beans that are made correctly with the right flavorings. I wanted the double stuffed cabbages, but they were down to only one, so I had the baked chicken over dressing (stuffing). The owner came out and gave us the last stuffed cabbage to eat as an appetizer and apologized. Oh my gosh!! It was soooooo good. Did I mention the fresh made soft, sweet, doughy dinners rolls and butter? I can't wait to go back and try the meal. Both our meals were just like grandma would make and couldn't have been better. During the meal, we were gifted with a deep-fried dressing patty to try. Sounds kinda funky, but it was so succulent! Again, it tasted like grandma's old-time recipe. We noticed the plate of spaghetti that the next table was eating. It was gigantic, and they ended up bringing some home. The wife wanted to try a homemade dessert but was too full. I ended up bringing home some of my dinner. It was just as good the next day. Prices were good for what you get here.....not too expensive, and not cheap. BTW: we waited only minutes to be seated when we got here. You can see that I've done well over 500 reviews and posted 4000 pictures and short videos. I have over 22,000,000 views, and I'm one of the very top restaurant reviewers for Google maps/Mapquest. This restaurant just became our favorite local American comfort food place to go. I'm sure this will be a regular go-to restaurant for us. I apologize for being verbose with this review, but this restaurant has been around for 65 years in the Diehl family, and you've got to try it!! I'm sure that you'll agree on how good it is. BTW: if you're traveling on Rt 64, exit off the Nitro exit 45 or Exit 50 for Institute. Punch it into your GPS. Its easy to find. And, it's worth the mile or two to enjoy a meal here. I'll bet dollars to donuts that you'll make it a regular stop on your travels.
Love to eat here! Home made food and desserts. Great service on a home town setting.
Dionne Lucas
Great overall experience.
Chris Nipps
This place has a great atmosphere and the best home cooked meals around
Dennis Stoops
Visiting from out of town with family. They chose this restaurant and we found it to be generally disappointing. We all wanted the chicken livers and they were out of stock at 6 pm on a Saturday evening; the party sitting behind us found similar disappointment. Perhaps the kitchen staff can do a better job in stocking advertised menu items in the future? I personally then settled on the spaghetti with meat sauce which I found to be very bland. The best item I had was the ice tea which was very good.
Tom “RadioGuy”
This place is great. Old fashioned, home style cooking. Very large servings. Salad big and fresh. German style steak was wonderful, veal parmesan. Garlic and corn breads. Service was fast and friendly.
UPDATED: We went 2 weeks ago and we had a horrible experience. I have grown up going here my whole life and have always loved and stood by it even when the prices sky rocketed to basically $20 a meal.
Our waitress was the issue. She seemed nice at first but once she dropped off the food she legit NEVER came back to our table EVER. No refills, no how was your food, no are you doing okay, no boxes, not even our check.
Finally we had to go up and ask some random person for boxes, no waitress t9 be found. When I went to pay I said we have no check our waitress never came back to our table. All the waitress and waiters were sitting at the counter talking. She said I think your waitress was whatever name she said. She went over to her, tried to get her attention 3-4 times (even though she is right across from her at the counter she isn't even paying attention) and it cost me over $100 for this. No apology for her never coming back or anything.
The food would have been perfect if it wasn't cold. Legit the only hot item was the rolls. Everything else was luke warm or cold. 4 people worth of food.
My parents are way too nice and if they wouldn't have gotten mad at me I would have asked for the manager because this is Ludacris. I don't mind paying for good food but not poor service. I promise I will never be back. It's a huge shame when you actually have someone willing to pay your prices and defend them and give them such a horrible experience they don't want to come back.
Maybe Keith and Carol should take it back because this has been going downhill and downhill and downhill. If not maybe try another family member before it will eventually be shut down.
I hate to say this but it's true. It isn't what it use to be and that's a shame.
Old Review: Amazing food, service, and everything in between! Will be returning!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 1
Expensive and bland
Love them.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I went there with a date, for lunch. The only thing I didn't care for was the wair to be seated. We stood there for 14 minutes waiting for someone. The woman who came in behind us walked immediately to the cashier and began speaking with her. She grabbed a menu and proceeded to walk around us and when a server finally came, she was at first. They didn't have a sign up, stating they were looking for help, but we weren't even acknowledged by anyone.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It used to be very good but now is nasty. The bathroom was absolutely filthy and the whole place felt dirty. The food isn't 1/10 as good as it used to be and is kind of expensive for what you get. Has the feel of a dive bar but their food is good.
Talked to the supervisor and he tells me he doesn't deviate from his old recipes! Man them rolls may have been home made but when? They was hard, runny mashed potatoes, and idk what kind of minute steak that is! Obviously he doesn't read these reviews! I would have rather lost my money than spent it on slop called home cooked!!! Yes your ancestors are disappointed they never served food like this especially at these sky rocket prices!!! Make it make sense!!! Don't waste ur money!!! And if you think this is home cooked then you have never really had any!
I ate here recently for the first time. The outside of the restaurant is far from appealing to me, but the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” applies here. I had a pork chop with fried potatoes, pinto, and cornbread. Absolutely delicious my partner had a roast beef sandwich with mashed potatoes and fries. Very, very good. For dessert we had some type of coconut pie, which I’m not a fan of pie, but this was very good. We also split one of their huge chocolate chip homemade cookies that is to die for.
There’s nothing like homemade fried potatoes, cornbread, and pinto beans. It’s hard to find that anywhere in Charleston aside from your own kitchen.
If this place underwent a makeover, it would likely attract people from diverse backgrounds & generations.
Did I mention my order was HOT & CORRECT?? And the portion sizes are HUGE. 2 people can share 1 dinner.
Will be eating here again soon
I’ve eaten here for many many years and have never had a bad meal. The staff are so friendly. Great home cookin’—highly recommend the cabbage rolls, graham cracker pie, and sage dressing! Oh and the dinner rolls—chefs kiss!
Wow! I've lived here for almost 4 years and love to resturant around with the wife. This is that hidden gem and local old time place that all the locals go to for their homemade, delicious food. My Gosh! It's the best for comfort food made fresh and made right. Taste on everything was sooooo good! The wife tried the baked steak with creamy, homemade mashed potatoes and pinto beans that are made correctly with the right flavorings. I wanted the double stuffed cabbages, but they were down to only one, so I had the baked chicken over dressing (stuffing). The owner came out and gave us the last stuffed cabbage to eat as an appetizer and apologized. Oh my gosh!! It was soooooo good. Did I mention the fresh made soft, sweet, doughy dinners rolls and butter? I can't wait to go back and try the meal. Both our meals were just like grandma would make and couldn't have been better. During the meal, we were gifted with a deep-fried dressing patty to try. Sounds kinda funky, but it was so succulent! Again, it tasted like grandma's old-time recipe. We noticed the plate of spaghetti that the next table was eating. It was gigantic, and they ended up bringing some home. The wife wanted to try a homemade dessert but was too full. I ended up bringing home some of my dinner. It was just as good the next day. Prices were good for what you get here.....not too expensive, and not cheap.
BTW: we waited only minutes to be seated when we got here.
You can see that I've done well over 500 reviews and posted 4000 pictures and short videos. I have over 22,000,000 views, and I'm one of the very top restaurant reviewers for Google maps/Mapquest. This restaurant just became our favorite local American comfort food place to go. I'm sure this will be a regular go-to restaurant for us. I apologize for being verbose with this review, but this restaurant has been around for 65 years in the Diehl family, and you've got to try it!! I'm sure that you'll agree on how good it is.
BTW: if you're traveling on Rt 64, exit off the Nitro exit 45 or Exit 50 for Institute. Punch it into your GPS. Its easy to find. And, it's worth the mile or two to enjoy a meal here. I'll bet dollars to donuts that you'll make it a regular stop on your travels.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great home style cooking.
Very friendly staff
Restaurantji Recommends
Love to eat here! Home made food and desserts. Great service on a home town setting.
Great overall experience.
This place has a great atmosphere and the best home cooked meals around
Visiting from out of town with family. They chose this restaurant and we found it to be generally disappointing. We all wanted the chicken livers and they were out of stock at 6 pm on a Saturday evening; the party sitting behind us found similar disappointment. Perhaps the kitchen staff can do a better job in stocking advertised menu items in the future? I personally then settled on the spaghetti with meat sauce which I found to be very bland. The best item I had was the ice tea which was very good.
This place is great. Old fashioned, home style cooking. Very large servings. Salad big and fresh. German style steak was wonderful, veal parmesan. Garlic and corn breads. Service was fast and friendly.
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