On our way to The Magic Mike we were thinking about what to eat for lunch. I happen d upon a place…read moreclose to Athens in Elkmont called Mike's Cafe. From where we were at the Tennessee state line, it was about a 50 minute ride on small country roads. We arrived at Mike's Cafe after most of the lunch crowd was gone. We ordered the smoked chicken with fried potatoes, pinto beans and okra, a double cheeseburger deconstructed, small onion rings and a BLT to go. They didn't have turnip greens or collards so I ended up with fried potatoes. Fried cornbread was included. Inside the restaurant the ceiling in the small dining area was similar to galvanized siding. It was shiny new. I didn't ask if the dining area was a new addition. The shiny caught my attention. I believe there were 12 booths for seating. We were the only customers inside sitting while Mike, the owner, was back in the kitchen preparing our foods. We introduced ourselves and told Mike we drove over there because we heard so many great things about his food and that his restaurant was clean. It was clean too! Mike brought our foods out and we headed to the car. As we were about to leave, Mike came out with a sample of his hamburger soup on the house. What a lovely gesture. We thanked him and his wife and headed home to devour our haul. The smoked chicken was delicious! We thoroughly enjoyed the fried okra, pintos and fried potatoes. The BLT was made with a lot of thick cut bacon. Yummy! The double cheeseburger we shared later was delicious and cooked perfectly. If you like old style good home cooking, please stop by Mike's Cafe. His food is fire!

The Pho was good. They should be a bit more generous with the noodles and sides for the soup.read more

The best type of place to try in a country town, friendly staff, delicious food. If you're looking…read morefor the diet place this ain't it but that's just right. I had the fried catfish filets, tots and slaw and don't forget the hush puppies. Would definitely come back

Our favorites is the Breakfast. Saturday is French toast day. A family favorite. Pancakes are a…read moreclose second. Mine is the omelette.

Sweet thymes is a hidden gem in Athens!!!! Good food and good people. Love to grab lunch or sweets…read morefrom them.

I was introduced to them today and WOW! Was I in for a…read moretreat!!! I had the Mississippi pot roast, sweet Potatoes with a rosemary roll & strawberry pretzel salad that was AmaZiNg!!! I will definitely go back!!

I've eaten here several times, so I figured it was finally time to leave a review. Every visit has…read morebeen consistent -- the service is always on point, and the food comes out exactly as expected. It's not a Michelin restaurant, but that's not what it's trying to be. What it is is a very good, very popular catfish spot that knows exactly what it does well. Most of the servers have been here for years. They know their regulars, and they welcome new guests with a friendly smile that feels genuine. Today I ordered my usual lunch: the medium catfish filets with fried okra. Each meal comes with coleslaw and hush puppies, and everything was just as solid as it's been on past visits. If you're in the area, or traveling along I‑65 and craving catfish or fried shrimp, it's worth the short drive. You'll get exactly what you came for.

I had the catfish filets this time. Fish was fresh and crispy. Tasted clean. Great service…read more Hushpuppies and slaw are so good.

We stopped in on our way from Rogersville and I must say that they have phenomenal burgers and…read morefries. And the ice cream is awesome too. Definitely will be back. Can't recommend highly enough.

The burgers are the best there .. I eat there a lot at least…read morelately anyway... I don't know why you guys changed the fries but go back. I like the old fries onion rings are very good... miss old fries.. been coming here for six years..

Alright...this is my new favorite local restaurant! Is the facility five star? No...you eat it on…read morethe porch outside, or take it home. What the do have outside is nice if the weather is right, though. However, is the food five star? ABSOLUTELY for their food genre! I ordered a sampling for the family. Catfish, chicken, wings, Black Eyed Peas, Deviled Eggs, Pound Cake, Street Corn, Passion Tea. It was ALL really good. Cooked fresh. The fish was prepared correctly and didn't have that common aftertaste. The texture was great. Chicken...better than most. The sides were all PHENOMENAL and flavorful. My son inhaled the Philly and was after the wings next. Another favorite to mention is the Passion Tea. It is unique and good! You'll either like that or you won't. A family of five supports that 80% will love it. May favorite of it all if I were ordering for myself is Catfish and Bourbon Street Corn. Why five stars? The food really is that good, they are local and I love local, and whoever is reading needs to go sample some of this!

I was really disappointed by the behavior of the team here. The staff were rude and disrespectful…read moreto their own coworkers, even going so far as to talk badly about them directly to customers. It is completely unprofessional and creates a very uncomfortable atmosphere. I hope management addresses this behavior as i eat here often and these are the main workers i see serve me be rude to their team.

Food cold but a microwave can help with that. What really ticks my tweeter is the cooks or cashier…read morecan not read or they mess up people orders for the fun of it. Surely they can read, I hope. But last weekend they gave me chicken when I ordered fish. Tonight they gave me chicken again instead of fish. It does not take a rocket scientist. No wonder Captain D's is failing. They can't find people that can read and tell the difference between chicken or fish.

I ordered the 10-piece fish family pack with macaroni and cheese, slaw, and fries on January 17 as…read morea to go order. The food and service were great. I've been to this location many times without any problems.

Came here to grab some dessert for later and as a way to make up for my super disappointing lunch…read morenearby. This was a much better experience! This is a small little bakery; technically they have daily lunch specials but there's very limited seating so it's more of a grab-and-go type of spot. They also have premade dishes in tall coolers if you want to take and reheat something as an appetizer or an entree. Great for on the go engagements or as a quick fix for a family that needs feeding. There's also a selection of packaged breads made in-house and a dessert case. The service was extremely nice! I had a lovely chat with one of the employees. The only major complaint I have was that the store smelled really weird and unpleasant when I visited. I have NO idea what it was from -- I couldn't place the smell. Maybe a dish I don't like? Maybe the yeast for the bread? Not sure. It looked clean and had a good health code score, but the smell was rough. At any rate, I grabbed a slice of strawberry pretzel salad for right then, as well as a slice of Elvis cake (iirc) and a snickerdoodle. The strawberry pretzel salad had a pretty strawberry jelly top and was packed with lots of cream cheese filling! It was good, though I do wish there had been a thicker pretzel crust; sometimes I felt like I was mostly eating pretzel crumbs instead of an actual bottom of a layered dessert. Still, definitely yummy! Hubs and I enjoyed the Elvis cake later. It was super moist and sort of reminded me of a hummingbird cake. My snickerdoodle was special (peanut butter snickerdoodle? Coffee snickerdoodle?). It was a unique combo of flavors that you don't typically see but sadly I'm far enough removed now that I've forgotten exactly what. Regardless, it was good! Stop by and treat yourself sometime!

Good grief, I've driven by this place 1000s of times and never realized it was a bakery/eatery! I…read morethought it was maybe a salon. Along for the ride in my favorite sister's quest for the best locally made sourdough bread, we visited Suzanne's last month. It's small, and I think it may have had 2 little bistro style tables inside, but it may have had 3. There are several refrigerators on the floor with grab and go items such as a ground beef-based "John Wayne casserole," pimento cheese, various casseroles, maybe a 3-bean salad, chick salad, broccoli salad, and more. A stocked confection counter is where you order and pay. They had really cute Halloween cake "pops" for sale and their "sour dough" bread was on a small display on the right as you enter. They offer hot lunch specials daily Tuesday-Friday, 11-2 and a soup of the day at 6.49, ranging from said John Wayne casserole to chicken poulet and stuffing. We missed the lunch window and didn't purchase any of the grab and goes. The staff here are patient and friendly! Really nice! Sister and I each got a loaf or 2 of the sourdough, sister tried one of their confectionery items and said it was good. I also got two of their giant chocolate chip cookies for the hubs. The unanimous verdict on their sourdough bread is it is a good bread, especially for toasting; however, sourdough it is not. The bite I had was sweet and fluffy. Hubs and sister agreed it was delicious bread, just not sourdough. So, it's back to Publix for sourdough. Don't plan to eat in if you go to Suzannes, I told sister, "I guess most people get their lunch to go and eat it in the car, parked here, or back at work." Thanks, Suzzane's! I'm happy to have visited your shop and to see all you offer!

Arrived a few minutes after 6 am for breakfast. After I got my order, the cook began cleaning the…read moregrill. Customers were told as they walked in that it would be 15 minutes before the grill was ready to start cooking again. I don't understand this, seeing it is a peak time for breakfast. There were only eight customers in the restaurant. I had to ask for a coffee refill. Once I got it, the coffee was totally different from the 1st cup. I asked the waitress about it. She said she wasn't sure what the deal was...maybe it was because the coffee was at the bottom of the pot. However, I heard her telling another customer that they were out of regular coffee. I usually ask for a coffee to go, but that second cup was so bad, I opted not to do that!

I've lived here 4 years and refused to go to Waffle House until now due to pre-conceived…read moreprejudices, for which I am apologetically regretful. We had the most perfectly cooked, delicious breakfast I've had in about a decade. I had Pumpkin Spice Waffles (is there a fan club I can join?), gorgeous over-easy eggs, bacon, grits, toast and tomatoes. Sorry no photos; I was too busy trying to find something wrong with my meal: I found nothing. I did notice when we walked in that the entire staff looked experienced and engaged. It came through as love in the food, care in the preparation and friendliness in the staff. Forgive me, Waffle House. I have been humbled, and am now a grateful fan...