The food was amazing overall, although I thought the pork chop was overpriced for what you…read morereceived. Our waitress did a good job and was friendly throughout the meal. There was a very large party that had taken over the entire patio during our visit, so I completely understand why the kitchen and service may have been slower than usual. The frustrating part was the seating process. There were several open tables, but customers weren't being seated very quickly. We were a party of two, and the table we eventually sat at was empty for about 20 minutes before we were seated. There may have been a perfectly good reason for the delay, but nothing was explained to us. Once we were seated, the food was worth the wait. I would definitely recommend making a reservation and giving yourself plenty of time, especially if you're visiting during a busy evening. The building itself is also worth mentioning. The inside has a fun, unique atmosphere that's different from your typical restaurant and adds to the overall experience. I'd definitely eat here again because the food was so good. I'd just make a reservation next time and plan on not being in a hurry.

So close and yet so far…read more.. I guess I am spoiled having owned and operated several successful restaurants ( including a popular steak & prime rib house ), and owning a home in San Francisco where no doubt one can easily find amazing food served in amazing restaurants by classy staff who understand what delivering excellent service means... But, we do love our Laurel.....and I do love The Loft! Food gets 4 stars, atmosphere and "the experience" gets 2 stars... Tried The Loft last night for prime rib... 1. The cute as a button young hostess was chomping on her gum to the point it was annoying! Very sweet young lady, but chomping her gum with her mouth open as she talked, walked, sat you, etc. Issue number one here.... no manager on duty? No adult with a measure of class to advise her to spit out her gum.... and THIS is consistent with the tone of this rant & atmosphere..... her open mouth gum chomping is only a part of the issue at The Loft. 2. Prime rib meal was a great value and the quality of the meat appeared to be excellent. Correctly priced in my view! The portion was excellent. I ordered my cut medium-rare and it was served to me a perfect medium-rare..... but look at the photo I attached! Looks well done, huh? SEE ABOVE- my Prime Rib & Steak House did 5.5M a year in sales, we were experts at roasting high quality prime rib.... STOP DIPPING THE PRIME RIB IN AU JUS AS IT DOES TWO THINGS..... ONE, IT TOUGHENS THE MEAT AND TWO..... IT ELIMINATES THE BEAUTIFUL PINK/JUICY PRESENTATION OF A FRESHLY CUT SLICE OF MEAT. Do not make the same mistake that Hog Heaven makes... by cutting the prime rib in advance then storing it on a steam table.... need to slice prime rib "to order", and NEVER dip it in hot au jus as it toughens the meat and makes rare or medium-rare or medium meat look well done. Mt cut was on the tough side but only because I can tell the cook (sorry, not a chef ) dipped it in au jus to heat it up right before serving... it came out looking well done but it was in fact medium rare as ordered. The hot au jus toughened up the meat though, so you lose a few stars for that bad practice. SEE my other photo of my prime rib from my restaurant, never dipped in au jus, and look how nice and pink and juicy it is compared to what was served last night. At my steakhouse / prime rib restaurant I had a batch of baked potatoes coming out over the oven every 20 minutes during peak hours of operation to guarantee my patrons received a fresh and hot potato. Last night the server explained upon arrival to our table that the cook forgot to put in the potatoes so they may not have any in time for my dinner.... happily, by the time we were served the potatoes came out of the oven so mine was incredibly hot and fresh... and hopefully the owner reads this and adopts the "out of the oven every 20 minutes" practice. Reduces waste too... Salad was fresh and the portion size perfect... no complaints coming out of either end of me regarding the lettuce! :) Ok, now the bad part.... Turn up the air! Same complaint we had last year... the same complaint we heard from two tables near us..... your restaurant is TOO COLD and the icy air blows down on the hot food doing what? You guessed it.... making your food cold! No need to freeze your patrons... cool is ok, icy cold is not fun, not comfortable.... Your flatware, again.... is a joke. Come on... as I asked before... drive down to Hattiesburg and visit Longhorn and take note of their nice silverware and steak knives. SEE the photo? We are not prison inmates, this is not elementary school or a long-term care facility.... please provide your patrons with some decent, not cheap, flatware.... your choice of the cheapest flatware takes down your restaurants classy-level by 2 stars. Train your servers! Laurel is visited by hundreds of thousands of visitors a year to see the Home Town sites... and obviously many visit The Loft. One's impression of Laurel, in part, is formed by ones experience at each restaurant visited...yes we are small town, yes we are deep south... but lets train what class is! Please... Learn the wine menu, where each wine comes from, etc., and learn the stages of service that includes how to properly suggestive sell. Our server was great overall, but she did the usual " did you save any room for desert?" routine. To increase revenue, server quest check averages and tip averages, teach how to suggestive sell! After pre-bussing and then later removing dinner plates.... have them approach the table and say this... "I just tried our bread pudding and it was amazing! We make it fresh daily and the cheese cake too which, by the way, I had last night and it was incredible... can I bring you a slice? You're going to love it..." Is The Loft a nice place? Yes, but "nice" is relative... it's not "fancy nice". Lastly, men... take your hats off!

First the good. The 6 OZ filet mignon was cooked to perfection and was incredibly tender! Worth…read moreevery penny. The brussel sprouts side was undercooked but had good flavor. The chef needed to par boil until tender before cooling down... all this before hitting the deep fryer. Flavor was good, but tough and chewy. My 14 OZ Delmonico Ribeye was cooked a perfect medium-rare, had great flavor, and overall was a quality cut of beef. The garlic mashed potatoes were served hot and fluffy, but they were not a stand-out, just your average mashed potatoes. They were real, though... when others uses instant. Props for that. My seared green beans were hot and fresh and tasty and very good. Now the bad..... 1. I called hours in advance and asked about making a reservation and was advised that they don't take reservations. Wrong answer.... yes they do. We waited for about 20 minutes but were in no rush, but we observed a few other couples announcing they had a reservation and they were seated ahead of us..... so whomever answered the phone and advised that Edgers does not take reservations,,,,,, yes you do! 2. Service was fast but not good. The server did not come around to offer re-fills on our very empty beverage glasses.... and she brought the dinner rolls well after dinner had started as she admitted she forgot. She did not suggestive sell a desert and instead just brought us our check. 3. There is no music and the dining room is loud because you sit on top of a concrete floor with chipped paint everywhere.... cheap and nasty looking, not worthy of a steakhouse. The cheap turquoise curtains dragging on the floor covering the metal blinds are tacky at best. The hostess station is pure 1971, needs ripped out. 4. The décor was horrendous. They advise "casual country club attire", which is very funny as many, ahem, "gentleman" in the dining room had on various baseball caps... one guy was in flip-flops... and this place is not even in the same county as anything close to a country club vibe.... 5. While they do have cloth table cloths and napkins, sitting in this very poorly decorated and run down less than cafeteria atmosphere reminded me of sitting in the middle of a 1970s funeral parlor show room. I was looking for a casket with a dead guy laying in it.... 6. Presentation needs a complete revamp! No water served, no garnish of any kind, really nothing "nice" about this place except for the funeral flowers sitting in the middle of the converted garage, I mean dining room.... Great food. Quality food. Service provided by staff who would not know how to do a wine service, a staff who are very nice people, but a staff who have never eaten in a fancy restaurant in a first-class city like New York, Boston or San Francisco... foodie environments. Is this a prom date destination? NO Is this a place to impress your date? NO Is this a place to have a business dinner with a new or perspective client? H&%$ NO Is this a place that is no frills with decent food? Sure.... go for the steaks but nothing else....

This is a very nice, very reasonably priced local steakhouse with excellent service. The decor…read moreneeds updating, but you can't fault the cooking. We had the spinach salad - not to be missed - and the Delmonico steak. Both were great. At brunch the spinach salad isn't on the menu but you can still order it. This place is also very generous with fresh bacon bits - loaded baked potato, spinach salad, whatever. You won't go bacon deprived. Recommended.

Welcoming environment. Friendly and vibrant employees…read moreEverything was clean. The food was fresh and tasty.

Great food. Super busy but we got food within 5 minutes. Nice and cool. The salad with the chili…read morelime dressing was fabulous. Hubby loved his New Yorker sandwich. As good as the pictures. Iced tea very good also.

An amazing place to get coffee, tea, food. Super friendly service. Clean and large restaurant. I…read moregot the avocado bagel and the Thai tea. They have a large selection of items to pick from. Great quality, highly recommend, I would come back

Place is drive through only... I hate drive through and I don't eat in my car. So looks like I…read morewon't be a patron of this location of Zaxbys....

Pretty sure the employees can't count to three because my Kicken Chicken Sandwich came with two…read moretenders and a lack of torch sauce. Lack as in barely on one of the two tenders. Do better.

The food here is great if you want hibachi without the cost of some of the other local places in…read moreLaurel. I love their Mississippi Roll and the chicken hibachi. The servers are always nice as well.

The food is good, the girl working was super nice, however when I asked for a to go box the owner…read moresaid it would be 50¢, I bought the food does he want me to pay for the water and electric too? Seems money hungry to me..

We are back in town and this is one of our favorite bbq restauarant. We like to arrive early since…read moreit's a hopping place at lunch. I have never been a rib eater due to being on a bone and fatty meat but this place has changed me. I love their ribs!!! So tender and juicy! You can order the ribs only or with two sides for the same price so I get the sides. Love the fried okra! Friendly customer service. If you have not tried this place you will not be sorry for stopping in. Enjoy!

The swamp shack is located in Ellisville, MS. The menu is full of delicious bar-b-que items. We…read moreloved everything we ate. The staff were friendly and the atmosphere was very welcoming. Will definitely be back!

If I could leave a -1 star I would. Service is terrible. We ordered a margaritas twice and never…read morereceived them. Ordered them at the beginning of the order and again after we got the food and never got it. My daughter's tacos were cold and bland. My husband ordered T-bone steak and it was watery with some red sauce very tough and bland.. no flavor at all. My son ordered the chorizo tacos and they were terrible. The texture was like wood chips and the taste was nothing close to chorizo. I tried it and had to spit it out into a napkin. I ordered the king burrito and first of all they can't wrap a burrito. It was nothing king about. Only had chicken chucks in it. It took 45 minutes to get the food. Under staffed... Waste of $100.. There was nothing Mexican about this place. The ambience was cool.

Driving by last week, I noticed that the Chinese restaurant at this location had closed and Los…read morePrimos had opened in its place so I stopped by for dinner. Parking space is plentiful in their own lot. Walking in, I saw that the restaurant consists of one large dining room. After being seated and looking at the menu, I wanted the to try the chicken fajitas with corn tortillas and charro beans for $13. First to come out we're the chips and red salsa. They were ok in taste with the salsa having a slightly acidic taste. The fajitas came out in about 10-15 minutes. I was disappointed that the platter wasn't sizzling at all which made me wonder how long it had been sitting out. The platter had chicken, onions and bell peppers. On another plate were the lettuce, tomato, guac, pico de Gallo, rice and charro beans. Overall the meal was acceptable taste wise as I found it to be on the same level as other Tex-Mex restaurants in Laurel. Service was average.

Chick Fil A is always good. This one did not disappoint. Great service with a smile!…read more My fav is the Market salad with Light Balsamic vinaigrette (80 calories) Sliced grilled chicken breast served on a fresh bed of chopped Romaine lettuce and baby greens, topped with shredded red cabbage and carrots, crumbled blue cheese and a mix of red and green apples, strawberries and blueberries. (330 calories) Topped with Harvest Nut Granola, Roasted Nut Blend and your choice of dressing. It's the BOMB! But, sometimes I want ice cream so I get the 4 count kids meal and switch out the bobo book for an Ice cream cone.

I'm always skeptical about this location. First, we sat in the drive-thru for almost 10 minutes. It…read moretook an employee going to the dumpster to realize the left lane wasn't moving. Then this happened. WE COULDN'T EVEN BITE IT. We removed the waffles only to discover the filet was burnt.

great environment - very nice atmosphere excellent food -…read more the salad and pizza were amazing!

Best Italian restaurant I've been to! Every item on the menu is amazing. Definitely order the bread…read morefor an appetizer. It's delicious. Although the service is a little slow, it's totally worth it. It's beautiful on the inside too. There's a gorgeous chandelier in the middle of the room and a small fountain. If you're looking for a nice restaurant to go to in downtown Laurel, this is the place.