Food, service and portions were all just perfect. This is a good meat and three and the price, while not cheap, is well below the price downtown or south of Nashville. Lots of room in the restaurant and they could handle a crowd. Hours and times open are consistent and servers are friendly. Burgers are good and the fish is also very good. Most meats and vegetables are also good. You may have to add some seasoning due to the fact they don't go heavy on any spices. But everything we had was well cooked and flavorful. read more

Breakfast was GREAT! Biscuit, Gravy, Eggs over Medium just right and Home Fries perfectly prepared. Nice Atmosphere with the remodel and my service was friendly and efficient. Support LOCAL read more

Mallard's Restaurant - Breakfast - Comfort Food Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

The customer service was outstanding! The food was good old fashion dinner food with hot coffee. read more

The food is fantastic, no nonsense southern meat and three. The folks that run the place are great and very interactive like good country people I grew up with. It's an unassuming atmosphere, typical Southern charm. You're here for the food, remember? Under $15 for a meat and three in this town is becoming unheard of, will definitely be back more often. read more

Mallard's Restaurant - Fried catfish (all you can eat on Fridays)! Fried okra, green beans and mac'n'cheese. Almost forgot the delicious hush puppies! - Comfort Food Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

Great home cooking, Stopped on way home after work..A co- worker and my mother met up and we 3 all ate supper..I had fried chicken with cream potatoes, green beans, and deviled eggs with corn bread..Mother had a hamburger steak, baked potato, and a salad..She gave me a bite of the hamburger steak..My partner from work had apples,squash casserole ,cream potato's with gravy..no meat..he called it a vegetable plate..We all enjoyed all the food..Co-worker left early, he had a date..So mother and I stayed and chatted with a few customers and our waitress..Everyone was full and enjoying each other's company and conversation ..Will definitely return for a good meat and three... read more

Went there on a Friday night after shopping. We had catfish, okra, French fries, a grilled ham & cheese. The hits were the catfish and okra. Catfish were large fresh fillets covered in a batter breading and deep fried. While plain (could use more seasoning and heat) they were perfectly cooked. Yeah! read more

Bad food. Tastes like it's out of a can or box. Not homemade like a meat n two should be.

Mallards is a great local diner! The burgers are amazing and daily specials are delicious. Reasonably priced, quick and filling, you won't leave hungry! Family owned and operated, Hannah, the owner, is such a great woman, sweet, sassy and hard-working. We love this place! Stop by, you'll be glad you did. read more

The food is less than mediocre. The owner/server wasn't friendly. The coffee was weak. The decor is old as if no one cares. This is my second time here. I wanted to give it another chance and it seemed worse this time from before. And I heard another server talking with a customer and being racist. I strongly do not recommend this place! Especially if you aren't a regular. I was there for the breakfast buffet. read more

I went to Mallard's for weekend breakfast recently. The servers were friendly; refills were prompt. The crowd seemed a tight-knit group. Framed pictures and autographs of celebrities are hung on the walls. This is the perfect place to get a low-key, very inexpensive breakfast with a cup of coffee. There was a breakfast buffet on offer, but I opted instead for the biscuits and gravy with 2 scrambled eggs. The gravy may have been previously frozen, but the biscuits were spot-on. Eggs were fine; nothing too funny about them. My fiance ordered the Hanna's Breakfast Special, a platter of 2 eggs, 2 small pancakes (seemingly once-frozen, as well), 2 sausage, 2 bacon strips, and toast. All of it tasted OK. My favorite part was when our server brought a bottle of Log Cabin syrup with our food. I might return to this place to try dinner. Chicken and Dumpling Mondays sound perfect. read more

Went for a late breakfast. Everything was fine. Eggs, hashbrowns, and pancakes all tasty and cooked to order. Might be a place to avoid if you have special dietary needs... but I enjoyed the food and will be back when I'm in the area. read more

Mallard's Restaurant - menus on the wall - Comfort Food Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

This divey little diner is perfect for what it is. Comfort food with big portions at fair prices. I stopped here on the way out of Nashville with a colleague and the food was good, the service was fast, and the waitress was a little surly. We didn't mind. It kind of added to the ambience. There was a specials board outside, slumped up against the side of the ramshackle building advertising their Reuben special and Mac & Cheese. We both got breakfast for under $20 together and there was more food than we could eat. My colleague had a plate of Eggs, Sausage, Bacon, and hashbrowns with pancakes on the side. I ordered a la carte and got eggs, biscuits and homefries and neither of us finished because there was so much food. This is 100% nothing fancy. It's just classic diner fare, in a thrown together little building, where the food will fill you up without draining your wallet. Know that going in, and enjoy it! read more

Doesn't look like much when you walk past, but I was practically dying of hunger so I popped in. The definition of a hole-in-the-wall, I got the regular hamburger and wow...there are no words. A classic burger done just right. Crispy bun, juicy patty, stuffed with all the essentials (lettuce, tomato, pickles). There's about a million options read more

I had a craving for veggies I didn't cook, so I stopped here. Live bluegrass was playing and there was all you can eat catfish. I ordered a veggie plate to go. Good thing the music was good because I had to wait at least 20 minutes. The food is ok. The green bands are pole, with just a little seasoning, probably canned but that's fine. The turnip greens taste good but were full of grit, a real turn off. The only plus was the crinkle fries, not that they are spectacular, I'm just a sucker for them. read more

Stopped a Mallard's Family Restaurant for lunch after visiting Country Stars graves. I ordered a cheeseburger and sides and it was a fine cheeseburger. Fresh, tasty, perfectly cooked, great service and the place is a place from where you find food places in a small town. My Dad would loved this place. I'll be back. read more

I had some of the best fried catfish I've ever had yesterday. The breading with great. And the tartar sauce is phenomenal. Homemade and like nothing I've had before. Had no luck prying ingredients from the owner. My BF had chicken and dressing. Tasted like your grandmas. Only 4 stars because the place is a little old and worn, but food was delicious, hot and great prices. read more

We went here for a quick breaky. It's family run, and has amazing cheap breaky. Nothing special to look at but the food was better then you'd get at fancy brunch places. read more

I love old fashion quaint family diners. So when we found this little place just outside of Nashville we were excited by a chance to enjoy a traditional southern breakfast and an authentic environment. Seemed great at first with lots of signed photos of celebrities on the wall and kitschy country decor. The waitress seemed friendly enough letting us plug in our phones and helping me figure out if there was any dairy and their margin packets. But that was where it ended. I had very specifically explained to her that I cannot tolerate any dairy, that it literally makes me quite ill but she still buttered my toast and had to remake that and then my eggs came out sopping in yellow forcing me to have to ask again if they had used butter. Now if the place had been busy, I would understand how she could make these mistakes but now it's clear to me why we were pretty much the only ones in there. So I wait again while my toast and grits are getting cold for them to remake my eggs. I'm thinking, yay finally and am to enjoy my favorite go to comfort food. Grits eggs and toast has been my go to favorite meal my whole life and I've not had much opportunity to enjoy it since traveling so extensively most of the time. But oh my gosh, looks can be ever so deceiving. The grits were beyond inedible. The most I could manage to choke down as two bites. All I can figure is that they try to reconstitute or something and it's only 7:30 in the morning. My daughters home fries are dry and boring squares with no flavor whatsoever and she also is leaving them virtually untouched. This place does not deserve to stay in business if this is typical. read more

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We have only been once a long time ago, and it was bordering inedible. The food was standard meat-and-three fare, but it tasted like it was hospital food. Very bland. And if the service had been better, in might be a little more forgiving. But the waitress was condescending and rude. I'm not sure how they stay in business. read more

The all you can eat catfish is absolutely amazing! They cook it fresh every time you ask for more and it comes out piping hot!! Such friendly staff and great sweet tea! read more

I stop here on my way to work at least twice weekly for breakfast and it's fantastic! Great hospitality along with the food. The omelets are delicious and prepared just right as well as the rest of my order. The chef definitely knows how to cook and his professional care into each plate served is shown. I shall continue to coming! Great job, Mallards Family Restaurant staff you make it good. Thanks. read more

The phrase comfort food and breakfast brought me here. It's classic breakfast in a time frozen venue. Many stories are here - just look at the photos on the wall. Breakfast was southern comfort and coffee is fresh and hot. read more

I grew up in a small town in West Tennessee. I was probably 15 before I ate at a non fast food that wasn't a meat and three southern diner. For that reason, most of my adult life I've avoided them, however seeking some remembrance of my youth I've been dabbling a bit. Unlike some of the downtown more famous southern restaurants, this place is AUTHENTIC. It's decorated in a mish mash of blue collar decor and country music singer photos. If I didn't know better I'd think I was back home. Staff is more than friendly as one would expect, as is the menu. I had the catfish plate with pasta salad and turnip greens. The catfish came out hot and fresh, cooked correctly, but the portions weren't gigantic. The greens were quite above mediocre. I fully recommend them. Pasta salad was interesting, not outstanding but they didn't make the mistake of making it "mushy family reunion style". If you're in my hood, which is growing with East Nashville spillover and like a good, no bs, authentic Meat and 3, head to Mallards. read more

Mallard's Restaurant - Fried catfish. The greens come reccomended. - Comfort Food Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee