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    Cold Harbor Restaurant

    4.1 (98 reviews)
    InexpensiveDelis
    Open 6:00 am - 3:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    NC style BBQ-not spicy at all!  Sweet potato fries were a little cold, but tasted great!
    Nicole M.

    Wonderful place to eat! It's a supersized diner! So many things to choose from. It was packed, so getting service at first was a bit slow. Totally worth it! I like that they have a dedicated person that goes around and does the drinks. The servers walk around in what appears to be circles over and over again, which allows them to get to every table several times. The food was absolutely amazing. I had barbecue, green beans, and sweet potato waffle fries. I got coleslaw, but it tasted pretty bad, so I sent it back. Definitely recommend. Diamond in the rough!

    Laurie J.

    The food is amazing old country cooking. You can get fried bologna or salt herring! It takes you back to old southern cooking. Now as a vegan, there isn't much I can eat, but my family loves it!!

    House Salad

    I ordered the shrimp dinner and it was served with fries, hushpuppies, and a house salad. The salad was fresh and tasty and I chose the ranch dressing. The shrimp were fried golden brown and crispy with a zesty cocktail sauce. The fries were of the frozen variety and dry. The hush puppies needed to be cooked longer as they were doughy in the center.

    Corned beef hash platter with cheese eggs, home fries, and pancake
    Renada N.

    My friend Jane knows all the good breakfast places. This place is pretty good, it has all the homey classic breakfast items. Lunch is pretty standard but definitely nothing to turn your nose up at it. It was a mostly an older crowd, mostly considering it was mid morning in a week day. The service was attentive and quick. Really nice ladies. I got my usual breakfast order: veggie omelette; side of corned beef hash; white toast That that omelet was pretty big and the corned beef exactly what was expected (that's a good thing). The salsa was extra like $1.80 but when she gave me a bowl with enough salsa to feed like 5 kids I understood. My friend got the corned beef has platter, ignore hers, she likes her eggs scrambled hard. Only critique is the salmon cake that I ordered was dry and had way way WAY too much filler. Almost to the point I thought it was an accident in the kitchen. I know times are hard out here and you gotta make stuff stretch but come on it's not the great depression. I won't order that particular item again, but I'm definitely coming back. My Grandma would love the salt herring.

    Buffet
    Will R.

    Visiting the area, I think it's safe to say we found the town's go-to breakfast restaurant. It's a pretty huge restaurant with three separate dining rooms and it felt like everyone in town was essentially there, a sign of a good thing. A fairly old building with old decor, I can tell this is a staple that's lasted for years. A solid breakfast option for sure with good food. Nothing really spectacular, but all done very well. The Cold Harbor Combo is the classic egg & meat combo but actually with BOTH bacon and sausage (typically you'd have to choose one or the other); very decent price at $10 and you get biscuits and very well seasoned hash browns. The service was great even with a million people, you can tell they have a machine going as far as service process and the bustling of it. What's dope was their buffet option where you just see mounds of eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits etc constantly being replaced with fresh bowls/pans of food. Recommend this staple for sure.

    Menu- May 2023
    Hannah P.

    If you're looking for a casual, mom & pop style restaurant that has the classic home style cooking, then look no further! Cold Harbor only serves breakfast and lunch, and it's best to get there early because they get busy for the "brunch crowd", especially on the weekends. You'll find a pretty expansive menu, but the food is still simple, classic and delicious! They just have a lot of options to keep everyone happy! Service is always friendly and attentive for the most part considering how busy they usually are, and all of the wait staff help with drink refills as they pass by, which is nice. Don't hesitate to give this place a try if you are in the area!

    Sausage & cheese omelette
    Latrice R.

    We've rode past this place a million time & it came by recommendation of someone else. This diner is great! It gives you country diner feels. I mean sausage gravy, corned beef hash things you won't find a chain restaurant. We ordered the salmon cakes, eggs, & shredded hash browns, sausage gravy, pancakes & omelette. The only complaint I had was my hash brown weren't cooked hard enough for me (but that's personal preference). The service was great! I will definitely be revisiting.

    CHR, 21.05.02: Spanish Omelette. Yum!
    Kimberly-Gretchen B.

    Still good. I popped into CHR about 2 1/2 weeks ago. Mostly the same fare as before -- Country Fried Steak, Macaroni Salad, Chili. As before, simply yummy! Additionally, I ordered the Spanish Omelette and French Fries. To go. French Fries first, as soon as I got in the car. I don't specifically recall how good they were, but I ate them all in one sitting. So that's a pretty good endorsement. That lasted from late Sunday morning, until early Sunday night, with the Omelette late afternoon. Super Omelette! I hope to repeat that in the future. Cold Harbor Restaurant is definitely a diamond in the rough!

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    Food and service is good employee very polite. Place is clean and convenient. Wait time on food was good.

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    Customer service was excellent. Laid back atmosphere. Food was excellent dining area and bathrooms were clean even though they were busy

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    Food was cold...I don't mean "not warm " .... Mean cold. Bring back the buffet! At least it was warm and good.

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    The staff are so nice and polite and the food is always going to be worth the wait and the scenery is so nice and vibrant on the inside

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    Portions were big, service was good. Very busy restaurant but beats a big chain restaurant to support local.

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    Food was ok we went before lunch time was quickly seated but the waitress was rude when we asked for a to go box and to go cups

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    Piggy’s Deli & Pub

    3.7(40 reviews)
    7.2 mi

    Total random roll while pulled off 95 on my way to DC having stopped to get gas and just looking…read morefor a local place nearby to take a break from being in the car and have some lunch. Turned out to be a good decision! Piggy's appears to be a pretty standard neighborhood grille and sports bar, serving sandwiches, salads, burgers, and a few other items along with a full complement of beers and mixed drinks. A lot of people were addressed by name while I was there, so clearly popular with the locals. Regardless, I got excellent service and was treated just as friendly as anyone else while sitting at the bar. Wanting to make things quick, I ordered a pair of hot dogs with chili, slaw, mustard, and onions. They have a lot of sides to choose from, but the bartender highly recommended the fries. My food came out quickly, and I was immediately taken aback at how big the hot dogs were! I have never seen a more loaded hot dog in my life. First of all, the frank looked like an all beef quarter pounder, and the bun was loaded to the brim with chili, slaw, onions. Had to be careful eating them, and a lot of the toppings spilled off, which made a nice topping for the fries. Great taste, the slaw is the kind I like, not much mayo. Chili was maybe a little cumin heavy, but I the buns were buttered and I really enjoyed the hot dogs overall. The fries though, they didn't steer me wrong. Honestly, some of the best french fries I have ever encountered. They are that slightly battered kind, crispy outside, tender inside, but they had a perfect blend of seasoning on them... and there were a lot of them. I have never struggled to eat a 2 hot dog combo in my life, but this one really filled me up. I did get a ranch to go with it, and this was the only disappointment, tasted like Kraft ranch. Maybe the craze over ranch ends at the VA line. All in all, this was an excellent road lunch stop. Definitely left full and ready to face the rest of my drive. Thanks for the distraction Piggys!

    Yelp lists this as permanently closed but I just ate there. With that being said, might be my only…read moretime. They should just call this place Piggy's Pub because it's not much of a deli. I got the Hot Italian grinder and it was meh. The meat was ok but just flat loaded on the sub roll. What shocked me was placing the lettuce, tomato, and onion on the bottom rendering the lettuce wilted. In addition it had like two pieces of iceberg lettuce, not shredded or anything, just two sad wilted pieces. The mozzarella sticks were decent. Overall service was slowwwwww, which would be ok if it was busy but it wasn't. My wife had the pulled pork which tasted good except for large pockets of fat peppered through. We expect fat in pulled pork but not large chunks. Overall it wasn't horrible but there are better options out there IMO

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    I have had a new tradition over the past three weeks. I go to Lakeside Deli every Thursday and have…read morethe Chopped Cheese sandwich and an order of fries. For those of you who are unfamiliar with a chopped cheese sandwich, let me break it down for you. A chopped cheese sandwich is when a burger is cooked steak and cheese style and put on a hoagie roll. This sounds like it should be a simple concept but so many sandwiches fall short of hitting the mark. THIS ONE DOES NOT! The meat on this sandwich is cooked wonderfully. The seasoning is perfect. The temperature is excellent. It's juicy and not any way overcooked. It smells amazing as soon as you open the bag. The fries are also a sticking point for me. They are golden brown and have just the right amount of salt and crunch to them without being dried out. My lunch is always really in minutes and I enjoy talking to the owner while I wait. He always greets me with a smile and makes my business feel appreciated. There are several other menu options but I am so smitten with this one that I have not ventured to try anything else.

    I stopped in for a couple of sandwiches at just the right time! I ordered a cheesesteak hoagie and…read morea tuna salad sandwich after visiting the Lakeside farmer's market nearby. The owner was so pleasant and kind, and allowed me to make modifications to the sandwiches. It took about 10 minutes for them to be prepared fresh, and in that time, so many other folks flooded into the store to order too! It was great to see how popular they were, given that the sandwiches were excellent. It's close by, so I plan to return soon.

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    Awesome sub sandwiches...!! Try your favorite two subs.... Choosing one is a bad move…read more.. Service is always friendly & top notch ..

    Nick's is owned by several Nicks. Nick Nolte, Nic Cage, Nick Kruschev and Nick Elodeon. Mr. Elodeon…read moresays that kids love Nicks because of all the cartoons. I have no idea what that means, but they have good sandwiches. What to get: A Prosciutto sandwich with Fresh Mozzarella added, maybe What else: Expect an upcharge to add Fresh Mozz How to improve: Don't upcharge so much for Fresh Mozz (sigh) Nick's is a little run-down grocery store which sort-of feels like walking into a check-cashing shop or an urban convenience store that just happens to have a wonderful old-school NY-NJ style Italian deli inside. The deli itself is great, and makes a lot of awesome sandwiches for decent prices. As I said, I don't like the weird upcharges for certain ingredients, but so be it. It makes the prices of a sandwich soar from decent to ridiculous. The sandwiches aren't altogether authentic Italian NY-NJ style, but they are very good. I loved the parts of it that I had fresh, however when I had the rest of the sandwich a little later it had gotten extremely squidgy and soggy because they use a regular loaf of bread rather than anythng hard or Italian. Again, makes it less authentic but still very tasty. Despite these remarks, I haven't had a sandwich this good in the Richmond area before, so you should give it a try. And if it were Niche Produce, then they'd only sell unusual and hard to get hipster vegetables and sandwiches. Whereas if it wer Nix Produce, it would close down soon. And if it were Knickers Produce then I would have torn them down a lot more quickly and intensely than I did in this review.

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    4.0(1 review)
    1.5 mi

    Friday 8/15/25…read more1:52pm Had a taste for honeybaked ham sandwich! I did not realize they had a location in Mechanicsville so that was a pleasant surprise. Upon entering the restaurant, I was greeted by a very cheerful young lady. She answered my questions and provided great customer service. The restaurant appeared very clean and family friendly. I ordered the tavern club sliders, which were absolutely delicious!! You only get three but two filled me up. They come with ham and turkey and bacon on toasted bread slightly warmed. Sooo good! I didn't notice any individual desserts, but I noticed they had whole pies and cakes in the freezer. I would just like to request that y'all sell slices during lunch. I feel like they would sell. I also noticed pre packaged beans for soup. And I was told that y'all don't sell cooked soup but I would like to also recommend that maybe just during the winter months and see how it goes. The split pea soup looked really good on the bag and it's good for me because I'm single, but y'all didn't sell a cup or bowl of soup, little disappointing. Hopefully that's something y'all can look into. All in all, I had a great experience the food was delicious!

    From the owner: Welcome to The Honey Baked Ham Company in Mechanicsville, where tradition meets taste. Our…read moresignature Honey Baked Ham, crafted with a unique spiral-slicing technique, is the centerpiece of our offerings. Complement your meal with our savory sides, succulent turkey breasts, and delectable desserts. Whether you're dining in, picking up a box lunch, or seeking gourmet gifts. Savor the quality at our deli and sandwich shop, where every bite is a testament to our dedication to excellence.

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    3.7(6 reviews)
    12.5 mi

    What a treasure! Take a step back in time when things were uncomplicated and slow paced. When I…read morewas in Ashland a few months back. I had an incredible VA country ham sandwich here. It was so simple and so good!! Now I'm back and I want the full Southern experience. The deli lunch special was pimento grilled sandwich, and I added VA ham! It was FABULOUS! Ordered Cherrwine soda, a bag of chips and a double chocolate ice cream sandwich all for $16! What an experience!! I didn't get any of their meats or other gourmet products, but this would be my go-to place if I lived nearby. I ate this on a picnic table outside the public library and got to take in the quiet downtown area. I very much enjoyed Ashland Meat Market and everything the town has to offer. Now I'm off to my meeting, then back to DCA then on to Boston. I am so glad I got to soak in an hour of the good life!

    I ordered my Christmas eve ham from here over a month ago, on the phone when ordering i was…read moreEXTREMELY specific in saying (multiple times) that I needed a cured but UNSMOKED ham because I was planning on smoking it myself. They said they could do it (after i verified what i wanted a couple more times and was ASSURED that the ham would not be already smoked) so I placed the order. I went to pick it up today and this is a cured and ALREADY smoked ham. When I called to address the issue, the manager laughed at me and said "oh, well I guess we dont have what you wanted then" I now have to entirely change my plans AND disappoint my family on Christmas eve because I promised them all a home smoked ham for dinner. I wouldn't recommend ordering from here unless you want incompetence.

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