Driving through from Shreveport to Destin and dropped by for a bite. Food and service were both…read morefantastic!!!

What a wonderful place! A little off the beaten path but that adds to the charm. Loved the ambiance…read moreand food. And the service was excellent too. Definitely recommend.

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.

The food was amazing!! So delicious. The bartenders were great - awesome service and cocktails. The…read moredecor and ambiance is straight out of the 70s so the food was unexpected. Highly recommend!!

I enjoy the food from HTP. My favorite is the Salmon, with the baked sweet potato…read more The staff is for the most part friendly. Waitresses were very kind and good at what they do. I only eat here occasionally , as the prices are way off. This is a small town, I think they need to realize my friends ,family, their "neighbors " , we all like the food but we will certainly go another 20 minutes to buy the same sort of foods they serve at a cheaper price and of better quality. Highly recommend the grilled seafood and fish. My meat lovers,sons and husband, recommend a different location, going by the price of their steaks /fush/ burgers, my family says it's worth it to go a few miles further to dine than to pay the expensive price HTP, simply put HTP is way to expensive for the quality . My opinion is I live the salmon, salad bar, but a little pricey, as my family says. Staff at window and the older workers/owners are usually friendly. Some need to realize customers are not as they may seem, we may have $ to spend there,some friends have mentioned they go elsewhere due to one or two people who received their order and no eye contact, no manners, It's simply not a great idea to be unfriendly. Great broil/bouled/ grilled fish for sure ,though

Great small town restaurant. Some of the best steaks I've had while eating out. Great customer…read moreservice as well.

Wow! Superb experience and dining. Truly wonderful food…read more What can I say? It needs not a long review at all because this can be reviewed easily: Food: A+ Ambience: A+ Experience: A+ Service: A+ Every server was attentive and wonderfully welcoming, nice, and accommodating. I want people to know about this restaurant, so they make lots of money and stay here for a long time. I also want it to be just like it was tonight when I was there - Light crowd, easy going, relaxing. You can let your guard down in this place. And I just loved it. I went for the basics on my first try- Steak, baked potato, broccoli, salad. Let's focus on that steak - Petit Filet, 8oz, medium. Easily one of the best steaks I have ever had. Top 3. Great job. Well done. Keep up the good work. And may I say, Kat was a pleasure to have as a server. Thank you, Kat. And thank you as well, owner. Very good.

Exceptional restaurant! The service was very good. They went…read moreabove and beyond to make you feel welcome and taken care of. The steak and asparagus was very good! I highly recommend the filet. The Rustler has a very unique and homey look that is welcoming.

I couldn't be happier to finally have a good steakhouse in Hattiesburg that uses quality,…read morelocally-sourced beef. Their steaks and burgers are better than anything the franchised steakhouses have to offer. Period. No debate. They have a market attached to the restaurant and it is my favorite place to shop for hard-to-find cuts; ox tail is my favorite and practically nonexistent in most meat departments. I have yet to try any of their goat or lamb, but their ice cream is addictive. You've been warned. The front of the house staff is always very friendly and attentive while the back of the house is always on point with the food. The two I've spoken with the most have been Ashley and her manager, Danielle. Both are wonderful; I can't say enough nice things about them. Danielle's hard work is evident in her people and the establishment. The restaurant itself has a modern, southwestern aesthetic that is very clean and cozy featuring a spacious horseshoe bar with a variety of seating indoors and out. The wood paneling, leather seating, and soft lighting create the perfect atmosphere for a business lunch or nice date, but is especially pleasant during a normal lunch. You couldn't ask for more from a local steakhouse.

We were the only ones in there eating. One server for bar and kitchen. Slow service. Menu dont list…read moresides. They dont serve bread but sell hamburgers. Or at-least we were told they dont. Food was average for an above average price. Baked potato was dark brown on inside. They said yea its bad but had to call owner to see what to do about it. Weirdest dinning experience we ever had.

Great food! Sweet waitress…read more Live music was perfect. You definitely want to go here for supper

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!

I was in town visiting a friend and we decided on Benson's for dinner. We arrived around 6pm on…read moreSaturday and were seated right away. The restaurant atmosphere seems casual but the food made up for it, as our meal was delicious. We ordered a round of drinks (can't remember the exact names) and they were good. We tried the spring rolls appetizer and those rolls are stuffed with meat- they were ok. Next came the main meal, ribeye with Brussels and praline casserole and everything was amazing! The steak was cooked perfectly and very seasoned! If I am ever in the area again, I will be stopping in for another great meal!

Perfectly cooked strip steak with garlic-Parm butter topper. Baked potato was not great but…read morecarb-happy. "Famous" brussel sprouts were interesting but not life-changing. No desert. Good by-the-glass wines. Server was excellent despite both bar & kitchen screw-ups. While my family & I enjoyed our meal via our being together, I'd be reluctant to repeat for the price ($$$). 3 stars max

I was about to turn onto Hwy 49 for a steak in Hattiesburg. My wife mentioned the steaks at Sam's…read morePlace were good (according to other teachers at Mize). I was skeptical but we've eaten there before and the food was good, so I figured they'd be alright. In my effort to always make her happy, we went to Mize, ordered ribeyes and then spotted a plate of fried oysters going to the table next to us. I looked so good I couldn't resist ordering some. Both were Amazing! I can't even order a steak in Hattiesburg. I keep putting it off until I can go back to Sam's Place. Plus, I have fried oysters on my mind like a song you can't get out of your head. Advice: Relax and enjoy your dinner company. It's not pre-cooked, so you'll have to wait! But you'll be glad you did.

For Mize this is one of a VERY few restaurant options in the area. It has the potential of being…read morethe best restaurant in the area except every time I've visited they seem to be out of things. So I've been here multiple times and put my order in here multiple times and it seems that every time they are out of something so I have re-order again. I can adapt and adjust for most things such as having to change to a different side (even though they seem to be out of nearly all the sides but a couple so it degrades into me having to play a guessing game of "OK so what sides are available?") and then finding out quite awhile later they are out of the entree you ordered as they are bringing food out to the other people at your table. My mom refuses to visit here anymore because of the constant required guessing game of what exactly is available to order. The final straw for me was when I got a basic burger and I told my server "I absolutely hate ketchup and mayo and I ONLY want mustard as a condiment on my burger" to then have my burger delivered and then be told they are out of mustard. Unfortunately I have had of late so many bad experiences with so many restaurants now having no mustard or only having it in the irritating little packets I now just keep creole mustard in my vehicle at all times for situations just like this. I would suggest sticking to the steak and steak tips in general here and before you even drive here I would call ahead to confirm what they have available to go ahead and put your order in to make sure they will have what you want before you make the journey to this joint. The servers are really friendly here but sometimes they are a bit on the slow side, even when nobody else is in the restaurant, so getting a refill on your drink can take longer than other places such as across the the street at The Mize Hamburger House that always has great service and always has things in stock. Overall I guess this spot is a victim of their success and I like to guess they have possibly gotten so popular they quickly sell out of items and then they are so busy the kitchen can't keep the servers updated on what is currently available. Although I've had issues even when I was the only person in the restaurant... This spot definitely has a lot of potential but I'm taking a good long break from eating here as I can't play the Russian roulette game of what is left to eat here all the time anymore. I have limited time and budget with my current work taking me to various spots so I need more reliable outcomes as I'm usually having to hurry so when I get a moment to enjoy a meal I need to NOT have to go back into hurry hurry mode because what I ordered ain't dere no more as the last one already got eaten for the day.

This was an absolute surprise. The restaurant is very clean and the food was tasty. I had the…read moregrilled chicken salad. It was perfect. The chicken had great flavor and juicy. My friend had the cheese steak sandwich with fies. That was a huge hit. She loved it!! The fries were very good. The Burgers are fresh not frozen. They looked very good also. And don't miss the cheesecake!!

Best steak around. Will have to wait a bit but it is worth it. The cheese curds are terrific…read more Salads are perfect

Well I wasn't really expecting this place to be good since the reviews were okay but this was a…read morepleasant surprise. The buffet had a lot of option, green beans, turnip greens,black eyed peas, cabbage, fall off the bone ribs, grilled and fried chicken, a big salad bar, dessert bar. The food was very fresh too. The pricing was okay, it was $17 but for all the food they offer I can understand. My husband got an Italian beef sandwich that was $12 and he said he would get it again and it was a lot too! Our waiter was very attentive and really nice too! There weren't a ton of people but it was a Tuesday so that could have been it. Our booth was very comfortable so it was overall a very nice experience and I'll be back!

I've tried their buffet several times and it's mediocre at best. Lacking flavor in some items, but…read moresome are hit or miss. However, it's $20 for the buffet...why do that when you can order their steak for just $18! Save two dollars and get the steak. It's GOOD! I didn't think I'd ever go back, but it worth ordering off the menu. The service this last time was great too! Very attentive waitress.