Food was good. Service was good. The place is a little bit loud. Not a bad value for the quality of…read morefood.

I am 75 but have only lived in AL in the Mobile area about 10 years and have dined at the Barnyard…read moreBuffet only about half dozen times or less. The first time I thought: This is it.....I have found my place to eat!! My 2nd visit was a year or 2 later and I thought: This is still pretty good but not really good like I remember. After all the fairly recent features of the restaurant and Chefs on Local TV, so a year or2 ago I tried again but still not nearly as overall good. So I gave it some time and was nearby today 1 Oct 2026, & I tried it again. Down, down, down!! Not nearly like I'd hoped. So I wrote this review in hopes that some of my ideas and comments might be considered for possible improvement or at least create a couple alternative menu items for future customers to choose. Ideally owners managers would create a ongoing system to solicit exit comments from randomized customers for future considerations of possible changes. COST: All must pay up front at the cash register upon entering the restaurant. This is quite different than most other restaurants, cafeterias and buffets in the local Mobile Metro area. My senior early bird price was Good at $16.99. But cost me $19.44 due to added undisclosed and unforementioned credit card or other "non-cash" charges that were not even shown in the final calculations on the ticket receipt, just listed the sales tax. The extra charges were just lumped into the final cost figure, something that the customer would never know unless they looked very closely at the receipt. (Just be upfront and transparent with your customers if you wan them to be happy while eating your food!!). The cashier also requested a tip pay then but I declined with the thought that tips should be afterwards & based on excellent performance above and beyond what duties or work that is just regular part of their job. In my case. The server only brought my drink and checked with me a time or two but is that part of the expected regular job I think; nothing extra nor nothing special was done. But I did leave a very modest tip anyway just to say - Thank You! FOOD: I usually love green beans but these were mushy, over-cooked , broken apart and excessively salty. Apparently way over-strirred during the cooking process. Looked & tasted More like rewarmed leftovers! The added seasoning used did not suit my taste at all. Overall was more like a low-end school cafeteria taste & style. 1.5 Rutabagas looked ok & were cooked properly but were in large chunks and very bland tasting with almost none of that fresh crisp, sorta sharp rutabaga flavor that most garden fresh ones have. Kinda just "old" taste & texture. 3 Mac & Cheese casserole pan looked great, browned across the top and around the edges! Well cooked and good general overall flavor & good macaroni but to use four cheeses together was excessive and combined gave the "gravy" part a chalky texture/flavor that I do not like at all. Just plain cheddar cheese in mac-n-cheese is by far the BEST and I've eaten many, many servings over the years. A couple little recipe tweaks and your Mac & Cheese could be AWESOME!! 3.2 Cornbread muffins were lumpy inside and were yellow cornmeal.....Nah! And adding sweetening or sugar in the recipe makes it awful tasting to me. Sweet bread is for desserts to be eaten after the main meal. The lumpy part inside could probably be helped by adding a little more raw egg and oil into the pre mix....not regular old bulk vegetable oil but Extra Light Virgin Olive Oil only! The very best cornbreads are made with only white cornmeal! Some of the most awesome bread of all kinds I've ever eaten was cornbread using white cornmeal and triangle sliced after being cooked in a cast iron round skillet!!! 1.0 Banana Pudding is ok good for a "Cool Whip" base pudding but is only an authentic Southern home country style if the base is made of egg custard pudding topped with egg-white meringue. The BY bananas used appear to be off-brand (not Chiquita or similar) and did not taste fully ripe, firm but sorta soft. These had very little of that expected excellent banana flavor. The cookie wafers used appeared and tasted like bulk off-brand not like the expected Nabisco Nilla Wafers, which are the only kind that should be used in any GREAT Banana Pudding!! 3.5 Raw carrots & Broccoli fresh & good! 4.3 Pickled okra Excellent! 4.9 Fried Okra looked good, not much fresh okra flavor & taste. 2.5 Fried Chicken livers, not much fresh liver flavor & taste. 3.0 Green lima beans, looked good & well cooked just not much fresh vegetable flavor. 2.9 Vanilla ice cream, tasted pretty good but very icy more like ice milk. 4.1 Peach cobbler Very good. 4.2 The Mug decaf root beer was good but unexpectedly sweet! I thought it was a unsugared diet drink. I only had one plate of reg food with just small servings of each item plus two little bowls of desserts.

We love places like this. Mom and Pop owned, friendly service, unique location and a running train…read moreto see. On the menu today was the shrimp boil plate, bbq pulled pork sandwich that you can get as a combo, gumbo and shrimp bisque. So we got everything!! The shrimp boil plate was impressive! Loaded with well cooked and seasoned shrimp, corn, sausage, and potatoes. It comes with cocktail sauce and a seasoned butter dip. The gumbo was fantastic and meaty but the shrimp bisque was fine dinning! So good! Our son had the sandwich and he let me have a little taste. Nice sweet tender pork on a soft bun. Right up his alley. Great prices too. The Shrimp Lady is delivering high quality food with friendly service from a cute and modest location. A must try and if we lived closer, it would be a regular stop for us.

The shrimp lady is very friendly…read more Her hot shrimp gumbo is delish, full of flavor. No pretense. Even bay leaves found themselves in the gumbo. The shrimp bisque is also delish. It's a white sauce kind. I take a way one star cuz they ran out of BBQ sandwich and it's only 1PM. In addition to home cooked gumbo the lady also sells fresh shrimps caught from the Bay. I saw some frozen crab meats, fish such as flounder, salmon, amberjack and Mississippi catfish. This is not a formal sitting down diner so don't come in expecting a typical restaurant experience. But the food is authentic, honest and full of love.

The best chicken fingers/tenders I've ever had in my life! My husband and I take a special trip…read morefrom Atlanta to Auburn just for those delicious chicken tenders

The salad is always delicious along with the service and the ambiance is always on point. This has…read morebeen the first salad I've eaten and the plate was clean when I finished. There's something about the toast that is always tempting to order and I usually give in to that temptation at Foosackly's even though I'm not a regular bread eater. The chicken fingers have shrunk in size but the rating is still deserving of a Five. I also love that their salads only have the main ingredients for a salad.

Place had a pretty good breakfast biscuit. The service was good, I beleive it was Kinleigh with…read morepurple hair. She was very friendly and doing everything but cooking. I would go back.

Where's the Buffalo sauce?? I asked for my chicken fingers to be wet drenched in buffalo sauce and…read morethis is what I got!!!

This post is dedicated to the breakfast gumbo. This grit bowl is one of the best grit bowls I have…read moreever had!! I ordered mine with the works (all three meats, sauce, and green onions) and it was delicious. The service was fast and the team is very efficient. There were two lines that had at least 5 people each when we arrived and we waited maybe a total of 5 minutes to make it to the front. Highly recommend if you are in the area and looking for a quick breakfast option.

I went again for my birthday and MY GAWD!!! It's still so delicious! It's next to a McDonald's and…read morehonestly if you pass it up because it's you were worried it's in a gas station. Don't be worried!! This southern women are COOKING IT UP! Ooooh!

The food here is fantastic! Every bit as good as Maddie's used to be downtown. When my husband…read moresaid he found a soul food place we needed to try, I was definitely on board. Initially he suggested only the wings, but I wanted to know what else was on the menu. I almost jumped out of my seat at the mention of smothered pork chops!! Let me tell you, those smothered pork chops were amazing! Fork tender and with a delicious gravy, I was definitely in heaven as far as the smothered pork chops were concerned. The collard greens were awesome. They weren't overcooked at all. They had a nice, toothsome body to them and a slightly sweet but savory flavor and some bits of meat and (I think) neck bones included. The candied yams were also tasty and delicious. They weren't cooked to much. They were sweet as expected but also had a combination of spices to give them more flavor than just sweet. My husband got the fried pork chop along with collards and fried okra. I sampled his pork chop and okra and both were very good. I'd get both of them for myself in a heartbeat. But that gravy for the smothered pork chops is hard to resist! The batter on the fried pork chop was light and crispy with a delicate flavor that hinted at salt, pepper, garlic powder, and perhaps onion powder. It wasn't overpowering and complimented the pork very well. We did get a small selection of wings; plain for our child, lemon pepper for me, sweet n spicy for my husband, and Parmesan for all of us to share. They were all (well, I didn't try the sweet n spicy ones, but my husband enjoyed them) absolutely delicious! My only regret is forgetting to take pictures. Will definitely get some the next time we order here! We will certainly be back for more! UPDATE!! We went back and I remembered to get pictures! Also, my husband tried the ribs and the red beans and rice. He loves them. The BBQ sauce is sweet and smokey.

The absolute best true soul food in Mobile!! Great family owned and operated place! Tastes like my…read morechildhood every time I eat here!!

A special Thank You to Julius and the entire Cozy Brown staff for coming through for us and making…read morethe Teacher Appreciation Breakfast for the teachers and staff of Pathway Elementary School, a success. Your professionalism, hospitality, and delicious food were truly appreciated. With gratitude, H.H. Brown Lily Baptist Church Pastor's Aid Ministry and Church Family.

I ordered my favorite Sunday dinner yesterday while home nursing a terrible respiratory infection…read more I guess it made me hungry. The service and ambiance are always great and portions are enough for 2 servings although oxtails are shrinking nowadays. I have not had any problems with the delivery. I love patronizing my Community and they are super nice. Trying to post the pics. Will come back and update.

Hubby and I went up to Semmes to try this family owned restaurant and we weren't disappointed. We…read morefound out from the owner, Brandon Van Hook, that it had been open for almost 10 years. So on his suggestion we both tried burgers and they were awesome. In fact, they were so good and BIG we both came home with half for later. I had the Black & Bleu cooked medium and dressed with a cajun mayo, lettuce, tomato and blue cheese crumbles...yum! Hubby opted for the Hickory Pit Burger after I read the description out loud to him! Check this out: BBQ Sauce, Bacon, Onion Rings (on the burger) and good old Cheddar Cheese. He loved it! You get a side with your burger and so we both had fries. I had the steak fries and he had regular. Both were great! Things to know: The restaurant opens at 5AM and closes at 9PM, every day. They serve breakfast and have daily lunch & dinner specials. It is not a very big place, so I imagine there are times when you have to wait for a table. The next time we go, I think we may try the breakfast. We live in WeMo and this is only about 15 minutes from our house if you take Snow Road. Very friendly staff

The food just isn't good. Everyone at my table got macaroni and cheese, and it came out cold. The…read morebrisket sandwich had fatty pieces of meat--not actual good cuts of meat at all. I hate to see it; this place used to be a childhood staple for me.