Lizard's Thicket has been a staple in my family since I was a little boy growing up in Cola, SC. Great memories of my mom taking my brother and I here and getting green beans and mac & cheese. Took my children here for breakfast and they loved it. Service is always good as it has the down home country feel to it. Pricer than what I remember but it is 2026. Try this place out...it won't disappoint you. Enjoy! read more

Lizard's Thicket - Carolina Wrap (Smoked Sausage) - Southern Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Amazing service with traditional low country cuisine. The service was excellent and the atmosphere was off the chain relaxing. read more

I bought a chef salad with fried chicken and all of the fried chicken was breading only with no meat. It was so disappointing to think you're eating chicken and only taste breading and bones. I called and they said that it's normally like that and they suggest to get fried strips instead. Seems like it should be be a given if it's known that that can't achieve the appropriate salad on request. I was in the drive through All the "friend chicken" bits is in the picture is what was on the entire salad, it was breading and no meat. read more

Lizard's Thicket - Fake friend chicken... - Southern Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

I found plastic wrap in my collards. I was hoping for a full refund but was unable to get all the food back to them. read more

Lizard's Thicket - Found plastic wrap in my collards. - Southern Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Yelp review While cruising down Two Notch Road in South Carolina, I spotted a sign that read Lizard's Thicket: Real Country Cooking and thought, "Hmmm... why not?!" I always try to eat at places that aren't in my home state of Arkansas or my second home, Texas. And let me tell you--this place did NOT disappoint. Gluttony was the theme of this dining experience (unintentional... but it happened!). From the moment my plate hit the table, the presentation was 100%--so much so that I forgot to snap pics because I was too eager to dig in. Let me just break it down: Atmosphere - 5 stars Service - 5 stars Food - 5 stars Pricing - 5 stars I can personally vouch for the: Pork chops Collard greens White rice Hamburger steak with gravy and grilled onions Mashed potatoes Lima beans Black-eyed peas Cornbread Cabbage Sweet tea AND lemonade Every single item was well-seasoned and cooked just right. Heck, even the water was good! If you're ever in the area, do yourself a favor and stop in. Your taste buds will thank you! read more

Our ROMEO Group has been coming here for almost a year now, after Cracker Barrel closed. The service has been great and our waitress (Ri) takes good care of use each Thursday morning. We usually have 6-15 guys show up for breakfast. Food is good, service good, pricing is good. The only complaint we have is about the pancakes. I guess we were spoiled by Cracker Barrel as they had the best pancakes, crispy outside but fluffy in the center. Someone said they used Krusteaz pancake mix? Apparently Lizard's makes their own batter. Nobody will order the pancakes at LT! The French Toast is fine, but not the pancakes. We wish they'd come up with better pancakes!!! read more

Paid $38 for 2 meat & 3-side plates. Paid $1 extra for catfish and got the smallest 1 single little piece of catfish I've ever seen. No way they'd serve you that in person. And all the sides were wrong. Don't get takeout from this place. They were swamped w 1 table, 2 ppl in the drive thru, and 3 ppl in the waiting room. Will not be back after $38 for a bite of fish and 3 wrong sides read more

Country cooking. Daily features. Meat $ 2/3 Good service. Homemade deserts. Locally owned chain. They want you business. read more

Restaurant has a smell I just couldn't get passed it like old oil, floors sticky, table cleaned with a dirty rag left the smell behind. Food bland. Friendly service, food came out fast. Never going again. ‼This is my Opinion ‼No pictures needed. read more

Portions were slack and I only got one Corn Muffin. Service was okay. I get more band for my buck at other places + the food is tastier.

Not that great. Majority of the sides taste a bit under seasoned & the food is nothing I would go out of my way to get . Service was fine.

Service is always great. The menu selection is good and the price makes it affordable for a family of 5.

Lizard's Thicket USE to be my family's default location for a meal. With the food quality going down and the portions getting smaller and smaller, we are going to have to choose another option. read more

Food was cold, looked like something out of a horror movie. Taste was passable, but looked like something else if you catch my drift. Service was ok and fast, probably because they bulk cooked these things and put them on plates before hand. Skip this place and go to Cracker Barrel instead. Your stomach will thank you. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to use the bathroom read more

Lizard's Thicket - Cold food smothered in gravy. - Southern Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

"Purty" good meal at a decent price. I had the baked chicken, rice with gravy, and baby limas, so good, so good. Saving the pecan pie for later. Yummelicious. Will definitely be back before leaving town. Sa read more

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I want to preface this with how much I enjoy Lizards Thicket. I always stop when I'm in the Metro area. With that said, this location was hands down the worst I've been to, by far. Server was great, but I've never had food that bad at a Lizards location before. Mac and cheese was flavorless, my country fried steak was way overcooked and falling apart, and every thing on my wife's plate was cold to the touch. Told the server and instead of making a new plate with fresh, hot food, they microwaved it and gave it back to her. Just piss poor. Do yourself a favor and avoid the two notch rd location. It's much better everywhere else. Microwaving the food just left a really bad taste in my mouth. Absolutely ridiculous read more

I had a meal on Sunday 12/29/2024 I had beef stew with rice, Lima beans, macaroni and cheese and a cornbread muffin. The cornbread was the best thing on the plate. The beef stew was dried out like, rice was half cooked, Lima beans was like poured out the can heated up, macaroni and cheese was scraped off the bottom of the pan I paid $14.14 and I want my money back it was horrible meal. Dorothy read more

Came in about 10am today ( Wednesday, June 12, 2019) and it's a seat yourself place. Apparently popular with the older locals as a go to hang out eatery. Wife and I were looking for greasy spoon breakfast joint and this one fits well. I had the 2 eggs, sausage links, grits and toast. Wife had a chicken biscuit. Food was marginal at best; chicken on biscuit was undercooked; grits were thick but tasteless, eggs were too runny for over medium as requested, I asked for toast no butter, they were buttered. They don't serve ham. Staff was very friendly and place appeared clean. 5 star for staff, 1 star for food. Probably a hit or miss place, at best. read more

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The kid and I stopped by here for lunch one day and we ordered catfish dinners. I ordered mine with rice/gravy and Mac and cheese. I don't eat pork so I had to choose sides that I didn't think would have pork in it. My daughter had double cabbage. The catfish was good. Very small pieces. The rice and gravy had more rice with a little bit of gravy. No real taste to the gravy and the Mac and cheese was ok. My daughter said the cabbage was bland. Needless to say I highly doubt we will be back. I have eaten their food at work events but never as a regular lunch meal. read more

Lizards thicket is a Columbia chain restaurant that offers "home style cooking" at an affordable price. Standard menu item is one meat and 3 vegetables for 9.19, however they have other menu items including salads and also breakfast as well. If you are craving this type of food, it is normally pretty good. Usually have some issues with consistency at times and different restaurants seem like they may no It exactly follow the same recipe but I do enjoy eating here. I dined in, they did have dining, social distancing. The waiters are normally pretty friendly and food comes out fast. I would recommend if you want casual dining read more

Lizard's Thicket - Small plate or fried flounder. Squash casserole. And cabbage - Southern Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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We have driven I-95 from MD to FL many times, but since we typically do not stop in South Carolina, this was our first time here! We were a little hesitant at first, however, I am so glad we went in to check it out. He opted for the fried chicken and I got the roasted chicken and we both were very happy. For our sides, we went with mac and cheese, fried okra, and potato salad, were delicious as well. If you have heard of southern hospitality, the staff here is a perfect example! They were very friendly and attentive. We will definitely be making sure to stop the next time we take the trip! read more

Lizard's Thicket - Southern Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Meh. A cheap version of southern food. Basically cafeteria food. Service was ok, food was bland, but I guess for $15 I can't really expect more. read more

I didn't take pictures but food was delicious! I love that they have "small plates" service was also good. All the kids even loved their food. The onion sausage is absolutely delicious read more

This is what I was craving yesterday. A lot of home cooked food at a value price. Chase said, " this is the best mac and cheese!. I ordered baked leg quarter, collard greens, fried okra, and kale salad -- all equally delicious. Our Waitress, Jen must have invisible skaters. She was served piping hot, delicious food without skipping a beat. Plus, she was friendly and professional. Always a plus for me. I switch tables so that Jen will be our waitress. The first waitress was HORRIBLE. To the first Young waitress, looks will only get you so far in life. Adjust your attitude, if I will have judge the establishment just by our interaction. I will have given them one star. read more

This was an amazing restaurant. It was very inexpensive for a delicious hot meal. Everyone who worked there was really nice and the service was great. It was very southern-style and I loved the nice country feeling about this place. I overall loved my visit here and I will be coming back. read more

Just a comfortable restaurant with great food and fantastic service. You cannot go wrong no matter what meal you choose. read more

Lizard's Thicket - Yummy breakfast. Liver pudding with grits, eggs, toast coffee and a coke. - Southern Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Home cooked meals made affordable and fast. If you want better go home and cook it yourself. Thanks lizzard thicket.

I tried their fried catfish with grits for breakfast. Wanting to try Southern food while I'm in a Southern state. We all really liked it. Catfish was properly breaded and flavorful. Grits were good. Eggs were cooked as we ordered. Toasts came along with our breakfast too. Friendly people. I'd be back. read more

Lizard's Thicket - Fried catfish and grits for breakfast. It was awesome - Southern Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Over the years this restaurant quality of food begin to drop. The food these days are up just warmed up food from cans with no extra taste. They have cut corners so much they don't really have a real cook in the kitchen to properly season the meat and veggies. The breakfast is passable, but lunch and dinner has a lot to be desired. read more

ordered our food and picked it up and got there. They didn't have my name right on the order. The food looks good when we got it but when we tasted our food was horrible the only thing that was good was my husband's fried apples and my squash casserole. my salmon salmon patty was gray and mushy inside and tasted horrible. Did not taste like salmon. A lot better than My husband's flounder was overcooked and hard. The coleslaw it was like cabbage and Hellmann's mayonnaise. That's it. even our dinner rolls were stale and hard. we ordered carrot cake for dessert. The frosting was delicious, but the carrot cake was very dry and lots of nuts will not eat there again. read more

Every time we visit family in Columbia we stop by and always have a wonderful time. We dined here on Tuesday and arrived around 6 pm. We seated ourselves as directed and were able to easily find a table to accomodate our party of 6. Our server greeted us promptly and provided excellent service. I had the chicken fried steak with the "white" gravy on the side. I also had fried okra, green beans and lima beans. Everything was PERFECT. The gravy had the perfect amount of pepper to ensure it wasn't overpowering. The breading on the okra was nicely golden fried. There were not pieces of ham in the green beans or lima beans, which I'm use to-and pick out, but they were not lacking flavor. The cornbread seemed over cooked or had been sitting out too long. It was tough...no butter or gravy could make it "right." Everyone at the table enjoyed their meals. My son loved his 6 oz grilled chicken breast. He said it was seasoned nicely. He ate ALL of it. We will definitely head back during our next visit. read more

Nice hometown restaurant. Everyone was very welcoming and it was nice and clean. The type of place that has tons of "regulars". Went for breakfast and the food was good and fresh. Friendly waitress also. read more

Lizard's Thicket - Southern Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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Came in about an hour before closing time. Just happened to get there in time for hot n fresh corn muffins. A great way to start as our appetizer! So we got the hamburger steak with onions n mushrooms. A side of Mac n cheese with Rice n gravy. Rice n Mac were not the freshest as it was towards the end of evening and the hamburger steak was average at best. Service was spotty but not terrible. I think they were tired. All in all I like this family owned chain restaurant. Will be back most like to this location at a different time. Love the Lizard for breakfast at the one in Lexington. When I'm ready for something southern,this is my favorite place,but not necessarily this location. read more

Service was slow price was too high I will not be returning here attitudes not good this restaurant has gone downhill

I came just a few minutes before closing and boy do I regret it. $8 for this stuff. Nothing had flavor, the meat was cold. I wasn't given any utensils, two of the three potato salad cups looked awful. The lady at the window was not even cordial. I know you're tired but that comes with the job. I was extremely tired (the reason for takeout) but I was still pleasant. I'm so disappointed with this mess. I've never had issues with the one on Nate's road. SMH. read more

Lizard's Thicket - Where's the rest? - Southern Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

The food should not be called soul food. It was awful. Sweet potatoes right from a can, no flavor at all. Collard greens too much salt, Mac and cheese not good and fried flounder was in small pieces not good at all. To top it all I ordered banana pudding for desert, what a waste I opened it to find pudding and one wafer and after some digging I did find a slice of banana. All this for $21.00. Not soul food at all, read more

The food at this location is marginal at best and sometimes downright terrible. The location is near our home so we eat there occasionally due to convenience. The last visit there was a catastrophe. After asking the very pleasant waitperson for a different piece of chicken because the one on my husband's plate was mangled and unappetizing, we were told that the manager would have to speak with us. The manager came over, proceeded to speak loudly and rudely. He repeatedly asked what was wrong with the chicken and demanded that we explain why we wanted it replaced. Even after we said not to worry about it, he stated he had never had a request like that and didn't understand the problem. He used a profanity and then said that he did not. All in all, our meal was ruined and we have decided not to go back. My 12 year old son was with us and even he was appalled. We will not support a business who allows management to treat customer and guests so badly. read more

We ate here for Thanksgiving. Food was pretty good and our waitress was amazing. They were crowded so service was a little slow, but our server was more than apologetic. I had the fried chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, macaroni pie, and squash casserole. The squash casserole tasted just like my grandmother's. read more

I will be honest, this is not one of my favorite places to eat, but it's a great place to get a satisfying meal. Tonight I ordered baked chicken, mac and cheese, rice and gravy, cornbread and a side of catfish. Don't judge me, and sweet tea of course. I purchased it to go and now I'm at home getting ready to dig in. Lizard's Thicket is a great place to eat if you love Good Old Country food. I do recommend checking it out. read more

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Waitress was fantastic! Food was fabulous, but couldn't eat it all due to big portions. Good value.