Great place for a steak!! Service is great for how busy they are. Salad bar is fresh with a lot of…read moredifferent items.

Food good, service is good, great value for your money, really fast. My friend had the steak…read moresandwich and a salad. Salad bar looks really good. Sandwich was very meaty.

Great meat and vegetables place. $9 for a meat and two vegetables with desert and drink…read more Maybe 4 meats to choose from and your choice out of 8 vegetable dishes. Looked like about 5 desserts to pick from. Nice folks running the place. Very attentive. It's nothing fancy, but it's really a decent home style meal. Served on a plastic plate with stamped metal utensils... I would claim that this is in the top ranks of meat a vegetable places I have ever tried. I enjoyed my chopped steak with onions and gravy, black eyed peas, stewed tomato and banana pudding that had some pineapple in it. Huge glass of ice tea too. They also have a menu to order from with some good sounding options. I would definitely come back.

I've been here a number of times and every time it is great. They have home-baked bakery goods…read morequiche, as well as delicious sandwiches. A ton of local honey, jams, jellies, and other goods around the other areas of the state. Definitely worth visiting here..

Absolutely my favorite place to eat in north Alabama. Friendly service and their food is great!…read moreTheir ribeye is my favorite. The "Southern charm" and a "country atmosphere" on top of the great food makes Woodpecker's a wonderful place to eat. My hat's off to Cynthia (the owner). She works very hard to make it all come together!

I've know of this place for a few years now. I pass through the small community often and see the…read moresmall sign on main highway. I've looked it up and read the reviews and looked at pictures of the food. Today, the wife and I decided to drive down here to try it out. This place is well out in the middle of nowhere. In fact, you drive up and around to the road dead ends into the parking lot. It sits up on top of a hill, which overlooks a couple of ponds. It is secluded, in has many trees around to block the view. The place doesn't look like it's anything special. Even inside, it's not very impressive. Very plain decorations scattered throughout the establishment. However, I'm not there to be impressed by what is hanging on the walls or sitting around. I'm here to eat a good meal, enjoy a good glass of tea and have a very good waitress to see that my service needs are met in a fashionably manner of time. We arrive just a few minutes after opening time at 5pm. There are already several cars parked in the parking lot, with several more coming in behind us. Which is a good sign to start off as a first impression. There are only a couple places to eat in this community, so it wasn't very surprising to see the locals pouring in. We were greeted with a warm friendly welcome and promptly seated. Our waitress was swiftly there to take our drink order and got us started quickly. Our food arrived in a timely manner as well. I had the steak and fish combo. The steak was so tender you could stick the fork in it & pull a piece off with the knife. No cutting was really needed. The taste was very good and juicy. It was perfectly cooked. The fish fillet was very good also. My wife had the steak and grilled shrimp combo plate. Very large shrimp that was very good and seasoned great. The side salads were pre-made due to Covid restrictions. I'm sure if the salad bar had been opened up, I would have enjoyed the salad better by my choice of toppings for it. I cannot give a negative mark or review because of Mawmaw Ivey's orders. We also had an appetizer of crab claws, they weren't the best or the worst. They just weren't as fresh and good as we would get at the beach. The only complaint I could really issue is the lack of effort on the waitress not checking back with us regularly while eating and topping off our tea glasses. I will say they were pretty busy though. They had a line of people waiting on a table when we were leaving. I would suggest this place to anyone and everyone that wants to go eat there. They have a lot of great reviews and they were all led to great expectations from us. They didn't disappoint us. Get there before 5 pm on the weekend to get in early and avoid the wait. They packed the guests in very fast while we were there. We enjoyed the experience and we will return here more often.

Went in going with a "hotel" mindset for expectations and this exceeded them all!! Super nice…read morewaitresses & all the food came out hot and handmade. Ordered the burger special, bbq sandwich & fried shrimp dinner. French fries that came with the specials were super yummy. Burgers were missing the pickles and couldn't find waitress to get more, and the sautéed veggies I'd skip next time. Overall would easily eat here again at our stay! *breakfast was also great would recommend the french toast & potatoes.

Service was great. Food was great as well. Make sure you check the specials for good prices.read more

Everything we get EVERY TIME we get it is always TOP NOTCH! The food is always amazing and great…read morequality!

It was very disappointing to get inauthentic Mexican enchiladas and Spanish rice. It was put…read moretogether with sauce over them for my husband's and mine with cheese sauce. It was hard corn tortillas for me to enjoy them. The shredded breast chicken was good but without any spices.

Ok, hear me out. Is it out of the way, for most yes. Will you question your choice while driving…read morethe roads to get there? Another yes. Is it named appropriately.... Yes. But! The service (ask for Lindsay) will make you feel right at home. The food is delicious and portions are big! We shared ribs and smoked chicken, both were well seasoned. Don't pass on a roll! The salad bar was fresh and well cared for. The drive is worth it!! I wish we lived closer so we could try other items in the menu!

Omg! This steak was amazing! We were seated within minutes. The salad bar was fresh and had great…read moreselections. It is casual and we ordered the ribeyes and they were so delicious! I get mine medium rare and it cut like butter! Our server was great as well and we will be back!

Stopped in for breakfast the other morning while visiting in the area. We came across the Farmhouse…read moreon a drive and the parking lot was packed, so we pulled in and glad we did. A farm style Americana interior, comfortable and relaxed. Friendly and kind service. Old school farm house diner, with kjnd service and good food. We were greeted walking in and the sign said to sit where you like. So we grabbed a table in the front section and one of the servers working that morning walked over with menus and got our drink requests. She was kind and professional. A home style menu, simple and good. After looking it over I opted for the Farmhouse Quick Start and some browns, Two eggs over medium with bacon, hash brown and a biscuit with pepper gravy. This is a good breakfast choice. The eggs were done right, the pepper gravy with biscuit was also good, as well the hash browns done right, and the bacon it was really good. 4 Stars all in all a good choice for breakfast 01297

The Farmhouse: Where Breakfast Comes Home to Roost…read more If you've read my reviews before, you know I'm not a particularly hard-boiled egg to crack. I don't demand gold-plated cutlery or waiters who can sabre a champagne bottle with a flourish. Give me solid food, a smile that doesn't feel forced, and a room that looks like it's seen a vacuum this decade, and I'll be happier than a biscuit in gravy. That said, The Farmhouse didn't just meet my expectations--it pulled a full-on "Avengers Assemble" and brought them together in a satisfying, bacon-scented breakfast epic. First impressions? Think "Little House on the Prairie" meets "HGTV on a budget"--rustic charm with just enough polish to let you know someone actually tried. The tablecloths are hanging on by a thread (literally), but the space itself is clean, comfy, and as inviting as grandma's front porch. Judging by the bustling Friday morning crowd, I'd say I'm not the only one who got the memo. The service? Friendlier than your favorite aunt at a church potluck. The staff had that rare balance of attentiveness without hovering. There's a sign on the wall that reads, "Come in a stranger, leave as a friend." I half-expected them to follow it up with "You've got a friend in me," Toy Story-style. Now, onto the reason we're all here: the food. Spoiler alert--it didn't disappoint. Mom ordered the Farmhouse Southern Omelette with home fries and gave it rave reviews. She praised the bacon-to-veggie ratio like it was a fine wine pairing and declared the seasoning "just right," in her best Goldilocks impression. The home fries? House-made and heart-warming. My wife went full Southern with the Hearty Breakfast, and it did exactly what it said on the menu--hearty enough to power a tractor and delicious enough to make you consider canceling lunch. She gave special kudos to the biscuits and gravy, which she claimed were "fluffy, creamy, and possibly blessed." As for me, I went for the Big Moo--a 10-ounce ribeye with eggs and a rogue pancake that snuck onto my plate like it was auditioning for dessert. The steak was a tad undercooked but well-seasoned enough that I didn't mind. And the tater tots? Crispy, golden nuggets of joy. I'd pair them with everything if society would let me. I was so pleased, I channeled my inner Ratatouille critic and requested a word with the chef. Chef John greeted me with the kind of genuine smile that says, "Yes, I do get up at 4 a.m. to make magic happen, and no, I don't regret it." He welcomed us back like old friends--which, by the vibe of the place, we might just be now. This, dear reader, is what I imagined when I dreamed of Alabama mornings: honest food, kind people, and a sense that somewhere nearby, a rooster might actually be crowing. The Farmhouse isn't trying to reinvent breakfast--it's just doing it right. To paraphrase The Godfather: Just when I thought I was out (of room), they pulled me back in--with another bite. Bravo, Farmhouse. Never change!

Everything went well Perfect place to go to eat have a salad bar. It is that old country restaurant…read morethat you cannot get enough of.

Great food, great service. They treat you like family! Good…read moresit down family restaurant

Fried catfish, BBQsalad, grilled shrimp are excellent! Fried onion rings are THE BEST I have ever…read moretasted!!! Staff are friendly, professional and always on the lookout for ways to serve. Down home atmosphere. Great place to eat. And lots if folks get carry out. Cam and Brantley

It's ok just not the best place out here but you know it's near the top of the list. The waiter are…read morenice I will give them that. Like I said just not the best.

This is a basic, no-frills steakhouse. All the attention is on the food. The staff is friendly and…read morecourteous. The salad bar is solid. The steak was tender and flavorful. And all for a reasonable price.

Service was great. We came in later in the evening and they were accommodating and sweet. Food was…read morea little over priced but we like supporting a small restaurant over a corporate owned business.