My husband and I (reluctantly) met a friend group for lunch here yesterday. I can confirm that the food at this place is still every bit as awful as it was the last time I ate here 10+ years ago. It has been a long-running joke between my husband and me that he was gonna get me to go to Harry's with him, and I always grimaced and was like, "EWWW!! NO!!" Last time I had the pulled pork BBQ, it was full of fat, gristle, and dry outside bark, and the sauce was just gross, so I decided to skip that. Instead, I ordered 4 sides: Brunswick stew, green beans, Mac n cheese and French fries. Brunswick stew is supposed to be thick and chunky and made with pulled pork/bbq chicken and lots of vegetables. This version was thin, brothy, and had super finely ground hamburger meat in it, and very little of that. The only "chunks" were some weirdly disproportionally large chunks of onion. No other vegetables, no tomatoes, nothing. The green beans were somewhat edible and decently seasoned, but as evidenced by their texture, very obviously frozen. I mean, at least serve Allen's green beans, those are available with US Food Service! (I know they use US Food Service because I asked the order-taker if their shrimp are farm raised or wild caught (we are an hour from the coast) and she said she did not know but they come from US Foods, which told me everything I needed to know.) Mac n cheese was straight pasta and some soulless food service bright orange form of generic velveeta. The French fries were the saving grace of this otherwise truly awful meal. The French fries have ALWAYS been the best thing on this "restaurant's" menu, although they may not be most people's taste. They are soft and greasy, which is my preference. My husband was not a fan, but I loved them. My husband had country fried steak that he said was obviously from food service, even the gravy. Even though all we ordered at the same time, our group's food came out erratically, with probably 20 or so minutes between the time the first food came out and the last. (We were a group of 8.) My order came out without the fries and the food runner kind of gave me a little attitude, like I was trying to get something for nothing. This place is counter service and literally the ONLY thing the "wait staff" do is bring out the food and clear the tables. You get your own drinks. And they have the gall to ask for a minimum of 18% tip at the register. The choices are 18%,20%, or 22%. For counter service. Out of the 8 people in our group, I found it VERY telling that I did not hear one single person make ANY positive comment on their food. Not a single "MMMM!" or anything. To sum it up, when we were in the car afterward, I asked my husband what he thought. His response? "That place SUCKS!!!" My response? "YES!!! And I've literally been telling you that FOR YEARS!" Folks, if you find yourself in the Claxton/Hagan area and are looking for a place to eat, do yourself an enormous favor and skip this place and go to Cowart's instead. Or, if you've got a taste for BBQ, drive 15 minutes west to Reidsville and go to Dub's. Because, as my husband says, "This place SUCKS!!!" If I could give it zero stars, it would be too many. read more
