If I could give this ZERO stars I would. This was a favorite place to eat with family, but after finding a maggot in hotdog, never again. The staff didn't even apologize but had the nerve to ask if we wanted something in replace of it. Absolutely NOT. I would be appalled if I was the owner or anyone working in there and someone come back saying this is what we found in our food. But they acted if they were not surprised or shocked. The health inspector called us back and showed up to their restaurant and said they have sufficient evidence of a infestation of maggots read more

Granny's Country Kitchen - Maggot was found in hotdog after we had already taken a bite. - Southern Near Me - Hickory, North Carolina

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Ordered food from granny's country kitchen this morning only to be served with maggots in the food. When I brought it to the employees attention all she could said was "oh God" then walked away. Another staff member came to me and said "she wants to know if you want a replacement " I said no, I want a refund. No apology was given or a thank you for bringing this to our attention. I am sharing our experience to bring awareness. Not only is this gross but it is also a health and safety concern. read more

Granny's Country Kitchen - Slaw with maggots - Southern Near Me - Hickory, North Carolina

Excellent country style steak, potatoes, and green beans. Great service. Country casual ambiance

great place.. the ol" joel"s kitchen. had grilled pork chops g.beans pintos/onion it was delicious and affordable. and the fried chicken is worth the wait, cooked per order, it's fresh.... god bless read more

$63 for a family of four ( three girls and a man). I gave it two stars because of the entertainment made it kind of worth it. When we walked in- someone will yell at you to pick a seat. You kind of walk around and look for a clean spot to sit. The people that came in after us asked for them to clean it up a little so they could sit. Then, the entertainment began. One waitress asked for our drink order. After telling her three times what we wanted, another waitress shows up to get our drink order. The first waitress starts yelling out what we wanted several times before the second one leaves. She comes back holding the four drinks in her arms and ends up dumping one of the drinks on the table and floor- I luckily saw what was happening and moved before she dumped it on me. I thought maybe she was coming back to clean it up- but no- she stood right in the puddle and threw some napkins on the table and took our order. I told my family when she left that I had a feeling she'd be back to ask some questions- because we had to place the drink order several times. I cleaned up the spill and left the napkins on the floor- so if you go there and see the napkins on the floor- you will know where I was sitting! She comes back and asked several more questions about what we ordered- twice. Then, the other waitress comes and asked questions about our order- I finally said- whatever is easiest for you to do, that's fine. She said that the other waitress put in an order for 12 pancakes- oh no! We each wanted only 2 pancakes! lol- don't say 4 times 2! That is not 12! The food finally showed up- no refills on drinks either! I would have to say- Army food out in the field was 1000 times better! The worst toast I ever had, bacon was ok (can't mess up bacon), eggs were ok- no salt or pepper, corn bread was harder than a rock, grits were bland. Here it comes- yes, the pancakes- I have never had pancakes that bad in my life! Dry and nasty! I don't care how much syrup you put on it- it repeals all- except the canned strawberries- that soaked through the top layer and they were mushy and still tasted bad! One star for the food but add another star for the entertainment! The other people that come in were also really interesting to see! read more

Service is always quick and friendly, menu is so diverse that no matter what you want, they have it or will fix it! Nancy and her staff are always there to make things right! It's my downhome place to eat and meet. New and old customers together!! read more

Little bit of wake and bake with my son and it was the perfect hole in the wall southern diner! This place may not be fancy with top shelf amenities but it was clean, and food was bangin'. We split one of the breakfast platters and ordered some French toast and the food was plenty to split. P.S. Should go without saying but don't order the fruit cup at a diner... it's tiny. Stick with the hash browns and grits FTW! read more

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We were greeted at our table almost immediately, the service was pretty good, drinks refilled quickly. FANTASTIC biscuits, they were so stinking good. read more

Someone in a Facebook group I'm in (Lake Norman Eats) recommended this place as THE place to get chicken fried steak. Turns out they were wrong. Or either I went to the wrong location? Granny's has several locations throughout the area, but this one seems to be much lower-rated than the others. Having never been to the others, I can't speculate. My experience was so lackluster, I doubt I'll be back to give them a second chance. The restaurant itself was larger than I expected when I went inside and seemed quite clean. The tables and booths are exactly as you'd expect in a place called Granny's, and I'm happy to say that they were practicing social distancing and COVID guidelines. I had the chicken fried steak but subbed mushroom gravy for the white gravy. For the sides, I chose macaroni and cheese and fried squash. My bread of choice was a homemade biscuit. Half of my meal was really good: the squash and the biscuit. The other half was not great. The macaroni and cheese tasted exactly like the boil in the bag variety straight from Sysco. The steak was fried pretty hard and the gravy was definitely not homemade and was a salt bomb. I'm not so sure I even LIKE chicken fried steak, to be honest, but this introduction to the dish was not making me a fan. The staff was kind and the food was cheap, so no harm no foul. If you are looking for food to fill your belly and you aren't too picky, this place might work for you. read more

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Visited here for lunch on Sunday around 2:00 a couple weeks ago. Waited to avoid the early lunch crowd. We ordered fried chicken and was told it takes about 20 minutes. We was OK with that cause we know chicken on bone takes longer and knew it would be hot and fresh. Our food arrived probably 5 minutes later, meaning chicken was fried ahead. The chicken was all skin and tough, very little meat. The sides were fine. Should have sent the chicken back but ended up boxing it up for our dogs. Waitress was efficient and friendly but didn't ask why we didn't eat the chicken. Bottom line is we should have sent it back. Never really had a bad meal here and breakfast is always pretty good. read more

This is a great place for breakfast or lunch, the food is great and the staff is friendly. Large portions for the price.

Amazing, home-cooked country style restaurant with such a great value for your money. I've been here several times for breakfast and it is reminiscing of a time of being younger and having breakfast at my own grandparents home. Such a friendly staff with speedy service. Always kind and courteous and genuinely makes sure you're meal is nothing less than perfect. The food is out of this world. It's hard to mess up breakfast and this establishment does not disappoint! Everything I've ever had has been better than good! I will ALWAYS recommend the livermush to anyone who has never had the pleasure of trying. read more

Granny's Country Kitchen - Livermush, hash browns, scrambled eggs, gravy. - Southern Near Me - Hickory, North Carolina

We came here for breakfast before going hiking. The service was great. The servers were nice, the drinks were prompt, and the communication to let us know our food would be out shortly was a plus. No complaints with service at all. The food was your average greasy spoon food. It tasted like it probably should. The only issue for me with taste is I have developed a more refined palette. If I was still living in rural Florida where Golden Coral buffet was a treat for dinner, this place would be on point. Now, the food was edible, but it did cause me to have an upset stomach. My husband warned to not let him sit down when we got home or he would be done for the day. We were both feeling sluggish and lazy. I suggested a nap and he agreed. After getting home, however, and doing some damage in the wash closet, we opted to not nap, but to go hiking to feel healthy again. So, would I go back? Not likely, I cherish my insides too much. Would I recommend it? If you are used to this kind of country breakfast, by all means. The staff were really nice, which would make it an enjoyable place. read more

Absolutely the best chicken tenders I have had in a long time. They are actual chicken tenders and not nuggets you don't feel like you've gotten robbed mine were perfectly cooked and golden brown and it came with fries and housemaid ranch dressing with 100% recommend this menu item. And I thought this was totally just one spot I came to the location on 127/ Center Street but apparently there are grannies everywhere read more

Food was alright not the best by far, good portions though. The prices were high. The waitress was nice but would often forget we were even there. Busy place with waitresses running around. The tables were dirty and the seats were old and squeaky. Personally I would not come back. read more

Very good food for reasonable prices. Other comments here comment on the price but the way things are going, you can't get McDonald's for less than $7 now. Had the chicken fried steak with white gravy and absolutely devoured it. I had green beans and squash and both were also good. Staff is also very attentive and great. read more

Always great very friendly... reminds me of my grandmother's food, love the family atmosphere and service is very speedy

Great food and arrived fresh and hot. The menu is kinda hard to make sense of so I asked the waitress who kindly explained the meal options. The restaurant was very clean. read more

Breakfast is just what you would want. Plenty of hot coffee, eggs, grits, crisp bacon, toast and jelly. Meal well prepared and served with a smile. Our Church meets there monthly and is always a good experience. read more

Walked in and wasn't greeted. No acknowledgement from staff. Waited 30 minutes to be seated, NEVER got seated. Eventually left.

I don't leave bad reviews often....but this place serves gas station food at steakhouse prices. My granny would not have been impressed. I could literally eat at outback cheaper than I can get breakfast here. Frozen biscuits. Fake gravy. Etc. McDonald's has legit better everything. It's not gross but it's just not worth it. I do not get why they are charging a premium. I ate about .75 cents worth of product and it was over $20. AVOID this place. read more

Do not expect to be greeted at the door. There is no sign and no customer service to tell you that you should seat yourself. Once you're seated, you may as well get comfortable, because it's going to be a while before anyone waits on you. Even then you have to shout out to let them know you're ready to order. The hasbrowns are dry and tasteless, the ham inside the omelet isn't cooked, there's no butter for the warm bread that's supposed to be toast, and don't order a side of sausage links because they will not come out until after you've paid the bill and headed toward the door. I did not enter expecting much because it looks like your typical hole in the wall diner, which is totally fine, I don't need or expected high end, however we were not satisfied with the service or food quality at all. read more

I try to eat locally, new to the area but I found a place that makes Waffle House seem like the best option. I walked in and stood next to the counter in front of the sign that says wait to be seated. Mean while the cashier was cashing out customers, I watched 5 of them be cashed out, she acknowledged me several times, so I waited and finally asked her if I could just sit anywhere, and all she said was yes. After, coming into a restaurant that had no wait for seating, I sat for another 10 minutes. Finally the waitress came over and I had an idea of what I wanted because it was a breakfast place, she stumbled through helping me with my order, as far as even having an idea of portion size. The food came quickly as I could tell that it had probably all just been sitting in the back for a while waiting for someone to order. The only good thing about this place was the gravy on the cardboard flavored biscuits. read more

The food is good, fresh, hot and affordable. The service is excellent too! We'll definitely e going back.

Great service, clean and really good breakfast! Can't wait to come back to town & eat here again. read more

Granny's Country Kitchen - Southern Near Me - Hickory, North Carolina

Sorry to say, the food is overcooked and the waitresses are a bit too friendly sometimes. Now, I do appreciate their friendliness, but even though I was born and raised in the south, I am not their sweetheart, lol. The meatloaf is pretty good, the lasagne was overcooked and mushy, the pancakes are about the same as McDonald's (which isn't good either) and egg omelet is overcooked too. They do the bacon just the way I ask them to. Overall, it's ok if you're starving or don't want to travel too far to get good food, but seriously, I would not recommend this place. read more

Ordered online chicken fried steak with white gravy on the side and got country style steak covered in brown gravy instead. Also ordered fried chicken at the same time which was overdone and one piece tasted and smelled borderline spoiled. read more

This is the best place to go for breakfast. The waitstaff, especially Nancy, make you feel that you are at home, so welcoming and helpful. The food is delicious and prepared EXACTLY the way you request. You can't get a better experience anywhere! Sue and Stan read more

How is this place rated 2 stars?!?! Best restaurant in Hickory!!! Absolutely wonderful breakfast, hash browns are awesome, eggs are fantastic, priced fairly pretty good service. Lunch was great too! I got the big bird sandwich and it was huuuuuuuge and had a ton of flavor! I was in Hickory for almost amonth for work, went to several restaurants of course, we went to Granny's 5 times in 23 days. Great restaurant highly recommend trying it out! read more

The hamburger steak was large and juicy cooked just right. The open face steak was very good also.. green beans, cole slaw.. good home made taste. the portions just right read more

The waitresses were very nice and hustling. But, the place was very understaffed, lots of dirty tables, and the waitresses were rushed. The grits were awful. They were runny, watery, and unseasoned. The over cooked scrambled eggs were dry. The "fresh" peaches were spoiled or rancid. My over medium eggs were good. I liked the biscuits. We were very disappointed and won't return. We really hope to find a good restaurant that isn't a chain... read more

Our breakfast spot. They keep the large coffee cups refilled, good breakfast special on weekdays and the employees are always so nice. We also go to the one's in Claremont and Icard on occasions and received equally good food and service. read more

We've been to this restaurant quite a number of times before with our daughter and her family, and we thought it was fairly good. Today...not so much. We were seated immediately, and before long, the server came to take our order. They have a breakfast meal on the menu that includes eggs, grits, and three kinds of meat: country ham, sausage, and bacon. I first ordered that meal but asked if I could have scrapple instead of bacon. No, can't do that (even though scrapple is on the menu and comes on other plates listed on the menu). So I ordered a different plate that did have scrapple on it. My wife ordered a Belgian waffle, expecting to get this traditional meal with the standard (in this case) strawberries with whipped cream. Then we began the wait. We were in a dining room that had altogether about 20 booths and tables of various sizes, ranging from two people to a couple with six or eight people, and as far as I could tell, only two tables had any food on it. The wait was noticeably long, but then our order arrived...with no eating utensils in sight. Another several minutes go by as we sat there looking at our food as it cooled before the utensils arrived. My wife's Belgian waffle was...a waffle with nothing in it. We had to ask for the strawberries that were supposed to come on it. No whipped cream offered. When the strawberries arrived, they were in what I'm sure was the smallest dish the kitchen had...and they'd been frozen. There weren't enough strawberries to cover even half the waffle. Most of the waffle turned out to be a piece of dry dough. This visit probably deserves either one or no stars, but strictly on the merits of past visits that were...not fabulous but certainly more positive, I'm giving it two stars. I'll probably come again sometime, but I hope the people who run this place pay a little more attention to detail and menu flexibility in the future. read more

While waiting to be seated no one acknowledged our existence. We walked out and won't be back.

If your looking for a place to spend the same amount you would at Cracker Barrel but have cheaper and all processed food, then this is the place for you. Needless to say my fiancé and I won't be coming back. read more

Over processed food and waitresses who talk politics with patrons in a voice that's loud enough for other tables to hear.

I want to love this place. Their food is good, mostly, but the salt level is just too high. Soggy hash browns and dry ham just don't do it for me. The toast is great and I love their coffee, but the bad outweighs the good. I want to die I feel like I'm eating dish soap right now. read more

Granny's Country Kitchen - SOGGY hash browns, shitty cheese and dry canned ham. 0 out of 10. - Southern Near Me - Hickory, North Carolina

Despite the other reviews i never had an issue here.. Have been here 3 times now for the Lunch/Evening and the food was properly made, service seemed good and prompt. I would go again. read more

The food is top notch and service is very friendly. Best Hush Puppies ever!!

Horrible breakfast. The only thing they were good about was getting me seated and the time it took to 'cook' it. The hostess greeted me and sat me at a booth. The server wanted to know immediately if I was ready to order as I am looking over the menu. Whatever, that's okay. I order 2 eggs scrambled with cheese, bacon, and 2 pancakes. The bacon was fine as its almost impossible to screw that up. The eggs were okay, I thought, until at the end I saw a big pool of creamy white watery fluid surrounding one end of the oddly shaped egg peninsula I was given. The pancakes were syrup resistant with NO flavor at all. The fork and knife could barely penetrate them so I only ate a bite, it was like cardboard. I told the cashier and she replied "we've had several people tell us the pancakes are bad this morning." Really? What a joke. Don't go here, please, you're better off using the money for kindling. read more