My wife and I ate here for the first time this weekend. The staff were all very friendly. Our waitress (Lexi) was just the best! We started with the house made pimento cheese and pita chips. The pepper jelly they use added a lot to the dish. My wife had a cheese burger and I ordered a ribeye. Both entrees were exactly as expected and the sides were wonderful. The house made chips with the burger came with a sauce that was out of this world. The restaurant itself is a sight to behold. The floors and building are fascinating. We are extremely happy to have another wonderful place to add to our rotation! read more

Food was exceptional. As well as the Mandarin Orange Pretzel Salad. The waitresses were amiable. You should visit this humble restaurant.

I've seen this sign off I-65 that says ranked 8th best restaurant in Alabama. I had to stop. A small town with a historic vibe along with the timeless ambiance in and around the restaurant. Staff were friendly and the food was delicious. I highly recommend anyone stop for this visit. It's worth sidetracking your journey to include this on your bucket list. read more

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Quality Food , Great Service & Nice Atmosphere ! ツ Went with Friends & really enjoyed it. read more

Shrimp linguine was outstanding and our waitress was friendly and accommodating even with our party of ten. No tea or water glasses were allowed to be empty. Great atmosphere. read more

I haven't been here in years but I do remember it being great. The ambiance is charming and elegant. It's a perfect place for a date night serving beer and wine but I don't think they serve liquor that could have changed. The food is excellent as was the service. Prices are what you'd expect at a fine dinging restaurant slightly cheaper than let's say Huntsville's Downtown places. read more

The service in the environment were both absolutely great. Five stars. The food was... Just OK. Now they're one of us finished our plates as it just wasn't worth it. read more

I don't know what happened to this place because we used to love it. Last Sunday we decided to go there after church and it was awful! Service was so-so but the food had really gone down hill. Neither my husband nor I were able to even finish it. Truthfully, I don't think I was able to even eat 1/3 of mine. To top things off, I ordered some to go food for my daughter and there was a hair in it! We are never going back. read more

Yes, I went to this restaurant in Hartzel, and the food was great. Tasting and good, and the service was excellent and they have a wide variety to choose from. read more

This place is awesome, especially when a train comes by right next to it. Food was really great, highly recommend the smokey mtn or Tuscan chicken, overall good prices ranges too. Ambience is really cool and classic. read more

Freight House Restaurant - Smokey Mtn. Chicken - New American Near Me - Hartselle, Alabama

Went for lunch...Food was delicious. Service impeccable. Ambiance was perfect. Will definitely be back to try for dinner sometime. read more

Freight House Restaurant - Train going by - New American Near Me - Hartselle, Alabama

The ambiance was good but goes downhill from there. The 10oz ribeye was a disappointment, large but thin sliced from a normal one. It had an odd taste as well, edible but odd. There was a missing item from the order and the server was very slow to notice I was out of coffee. It was taken care of after bringing it to her attention. Overall I gave them three stars being in a generous mood. Might try again, but it'll be awhile. read more

Freight House Restaurant - 10 oz Prime Rib (Au Jus) 10oz - New American Near Me - Hartselle, Alabama

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Excellent food and atmosphere. We loved our experience there and hope to frequent this restaurant frequently. It is a hidden treasure.

I love it that it's in the old train station. I always get the fillet blackened. They will just melt in your mouth. Service is always good and it's just a great place to eat. Service is good also read more

Food was fair. The fried green tomatoes were soggy as heck. The sweet tea was over sweet.; So bad I couldn't even drink it. The food was fair like I said, but the service was amazing. read more

Awesome food and staff! The building is on the historical register. If you are traveling from Destin, Florida to Illinois like we were. It is located just right. We highly recommend this awesome restaurant. read more

The prime rib and baked potato were great! It's so nice to see a local business doing so well, the line was long but the wait time was worth it. read more

Wonderful food, service and desserts were so good! Love the atmosphere and menu selection they offered.

Stopped in here for lunch, first visit. This restaurant is housed in a historic building which one served as a railroad depot. The building inside and out has been beautifully renovated. I had their signature chicken salad on a croissant with a side of Italian pasta salad. The chicken salad was flavorful and fantastic, the bun was fresh, buttery and slightly toasted. The pasta salad was fine, but didn't really flip the switch for me. Service was excellent. They also had a great selection of homemade desserts - maybe next time! read more

Freight House Restaurant - Signature chicken salad croissant with side of Italian pasta salad. - New American Near Me - Hartselle, Alabama

I loved my visit! So much so that I came back for my birthday. :) Staff is overall friendly and service is good. Food is tasty, and certainly worth trying. Great ambience. read more

Wonderful food and staff. Hubs had catfish and I had chicken salad plate. I'm tired of same old chain restaurants. This one is worth the trip to Hartselle. read more

We had lunch at Freight House a couple of weeks ago, and it was a super cool interior with loads of antiques. Our crew had the catfish fingers, chicken alfredo, and a cheeseburger. The catfish fingers were the best--so yummy, plus all the sides were tasty, too. Our server was friendly and efficient, and though it was pretty busy for a Saturday lunch, we didn't have to wait at all for a table for 6. We also got our food really quickly. We will definitely visit again when we are in the area! read more

I love seeing historic buildings repurposed and train station restaurants are some of my favorite. Had to give this one a try since I was passing through and the highway billboards said they were award winning Casual dining experience-fair market priced menu. The pimento cheese appetizer-yes! I order pimento cheese apps across the nation, this one is the first to give it a sweet pepper jelly drizzle. Some of my chips were a little soggy but the cheese spread and jelly shined on its own. The jelly was NOT spicy. I decided to go off menu and try their special of the night the limoncello mahi mahi. The piece of fish was appropriate for price and the sauce was a spin off of a traditional lemon piccata. Fish was cooked well and fork tender. My only real disappointment was my poor hush puppies. Those went to the rubbish bin. But that sauce-yes give me that on a piece of chicken with some penne pasta. Please and thank you. Overall a decent meal. If you happen to be in the middle of nowhere Alabama (Hartselle, AL). Give it a try! read more

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Good food and nice, friendly atmosphere in small town Hartselle, Alabama! The prices are reasonable. The quality and quantity of the food is very good. read more

Best fresh home made desserts anywhere. Great steaks I love the chicken Poulet and fried mushrooms. good Prices, service and great atmosphere in the old Train Depot. read more

Apparently this restaurant is not able to accommodate a party of 10 at 3 pm on a Saturday, even when the restaurant is practically empty. The hostess was unfriendly, and 3 servers came to the front to tell the hostess they couldn't take care of a 'big' party (2 of the party were small children). We were told we would have to wait for another party to finish their meal before we could be seated, and told it could be 30 minutes. All the while smaller parties were being immediately seated. We left after seeing 3 parties of 4 to 6 be seated with no waiting. I'm not inclined to wait while being treated so poorly. read more

Recommended. Wife and I had a late lunch (2 p.m.) and the restaurant was somewhat quiet. Seated immediately and drinks came very fast. We both ordered steaks (I got the train master and she got the bourbon brown sugar). Salads came very quickly, and were good. Once we got our steaks, mine was cooked perfectly but hers was well done (ordered med-rare). Waitress took her steak back and a new one was brought out fairly quickly and correct this time. Our Waitress was very friendly and did a really good job (knowledgeable and accommodating) Venue- Light music and cool atmosphere Food- Really good and not a wallet buster Staff- Excellent Waitress (Roxy) read more

Freight House Restaurant - New American Near Me - Hartselle, Alabama

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We ordered the Poulet and it was so moist and delicious. The Artic salad was just the right amount of sweet. However the green beans were very bland. Service was excellent. The retro feel of the dining room was so nice. We agreed we are going to eat here at least once a month. read more

My family and I stopped at the Freight House Restaurant in Downtown Hartselle on Saturday April 12th of this year and we have only been on the I-65 part of the city of Hartselle but we had never been to the Freight House Restaurant before or in Downtown Hartselle on US Highway 31 in Hartselle before until that day! Excellent Food! Excellent Service! And excellent Ambiance! We saw 5 CSXT Trains go by while we were waiting on our food and while we were eating our food and it was great being able to not only stop there for the first time including Downtown Hartselle but also watch the CSXT Trains go by as well! If you're in the Hartselle area I highly recommend you check out the Freight House Restaurant! It was very good! read more

Love the history of this place. Great atmosphere inside. Historic train theme. Also, right in historic downtown, which fits. Staff was friendly and quick. Food was simple and great. Don't leave without a piece of cake. Highly recommend Freight House. read more

Freight House Restaurant - New American Near Me - Hartselle, Alabama

First time visiting....The food was amazing and the atmosphere-service staff was great...I took my Wife and Daughter and everyone enjoyed a great meal...I highly recommend. read more

Freight House Restaurant - Angus Hamburger Steak with bacon baked potato and broccoli...,Outstanding - New American Near Me - Hartselle, Alabama

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Everything was great! Food, service and great atmosphere. We will be back to eat with family and friends.

I used to love this place. Good food, service and atmosphere were worth the visit. But I was so disappointed when we ate there Saturday afternoon . I ordered fried shrimp, baked potato, and coleslaw. The shrimp were big and delicious and the baked potato was just ok. Coleslaw was just hand chopped cabbage with nothing added. The hush puppies were the worst I have ever tried to eat. No flavor and I think they were from the night before and had been refried and were also cold. Our server was the only thing I can't complain about. You are going to lose a lot of business if you don't make adjustments. read more

Ordered filet medium. So tough i couldn't cut it and it had some kind of pepper crust that I couldn't eat it. I told waitress and she was uninterested in my problem. I asked for the check and paid it and left. Never again. read more

The food and staff were amazing and the staff was kind. The place was chaotic in a beautiful way and it was cool how there was a active train track right near it. read more

Stopped in Hartselle on a road trip and saw the sign for this place. Old train station turned into a beautiful restaurant. Staff was very friendly and attentive. Small town feel to it with historic ambience. Food was very good, wife said burger was fresh and cooked to her liking. A taste of home read more

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Great food great prices good service! We love to go to the Freight House. It also has great atmosphere.

Food was good but basic. Service was great. We ordered the hobo special and it did not come with corn bread but was very tasty. Then we ordered the pimento cheese sliders they were delicious with a pepper jelly on them. Very nice addition, the portions were very large and we could have split something with an app. We got the onion straws for app and would recommend that. The cake for dessert was okay... and over priced for what it was. read more

Old time freight house with excellent food. Had a train go down the track as we are and you could fill the floor vibrating. When you eat here you have to get dessert. The cake was warm and delicious. read more

Freight House Restaurant - Filet Mignon Train Masters Ribeye - New American Near Me - Hartselle, Alabama

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Our party of four stopped at this awesome delightful restaurant on our drive back from Florida on the way to Kentucky. We saw a sign on the highway and it said the Freight House was a top 8 restaurant in Alabama. I have to say I was extremely pleased and pleasantly surprised with the food, staff, decor, location and all the neat pictures and antiques throughout the restaurant. We loved the train theme. Thank you all for a great experience. read more

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