This place used to net talk good but it seems to have gone down the Last 2 times I've been there the food was cold and all. the the chicken was cold and tough.0 read more

This restaurant has gotten better since getting new owners. I recently ate the breakfast buffet due to a work meeting being hosted here. The buffet had a good variety and the staff were attentive. Clean environment. Plus, they always have good coffee! read more

I've been there twice for breakfast. Excellent food and service. Your typical small town restaurant.

Friday night steak special was great. The ribeye was huge and had great taste. Id definitely eat this again when I'm in the area.

Wouldn't recommend, food wasn't very good. Had the buffet and nothing was worth writing about. No where close to the lunchbox in Kingsland.

It was our first time going and we are very pleased with the food and staff. We definitely will be going back to try the lunch buffet as today we did the breakfast and was pleased with all the food and the variety of items. read more

Good southern breakfast spot. Also, it's a buffet. Visited Folkston, Georgia for train spotting with my 8 year old son. Perfect town, with a perfect train experience and a diner with great food and even better people, to go with it. Great spot for all things trains, and breakfast food. read more

2025-09-5. Haven't been here in a while and wanted to a breakfast bar so we drove up to eat. Food was good, place was clean, service was super friendly, and under $25 for both of us to eat breakfast. Yep, we will be back. read more

Great Southern cooking, buffet style, loads of veggies and salad bar. Fried pork chops, fish, tenders, pork BBQ ribs

Everything here is frozen, canned, or "just add water". The buffet was not fresh with many of the items being so stale I spit it out. I don't know why people eat here. Maybe they don't know any better. read more

Down home kinds restaurant. They had a buffet consisting of salad fixings, fruit, and fried...pork chops, chicken and scallops. Southern comfort food at its finest. Waitress was very nice. Great place if you're in the area read more

Okefenokee Restaurant - fried chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans and gravy - Seafood Near Me - Folkston, Georgia

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Not exactly what I remember from a few years ago. Decent place for a meal. It was late when we arrived

Spent $50 for Friday night buffet. More than half the items on the buffet were empty for the hour I was there. Fried shrimp too salty to eat. Couldn't identify what some of the items were. I thought I was getting fried squash but turned out to be chicken nuggets. Gave us the drinks for the next table, no good at All. read more

We are locals from Camden County, GA. We wanted some good ole home cooking so we headed to Folkston. We got to the infamous OKEFENOKEE Restaurant before the 3pm cut off for the lunch buffet, And because of that, the buffet was nearly depleted of several foods.. The mashed taters are instant. The tomatoes & rice tasted rank. There was no fried chicken when we arrived, had to wait :18minutes for a fresh batch. The dressing looked so dry and when I went to get a scoop, it was stuck to the bottom of the pan. It's not like it used to be years ago. read more

I have not been in a while and went today but was very disappointed. It is a southern cooking buffet but most of the items were gone or almost gone and was not replenished timely. The servers and cleanliness of the place was not up to par. They could have been short handed causing the problems because there was a now hiring sign on the door. read more

If you like old southern cooking this place is great ! We came there Friday and the Buffett was seafood theme, then we came on Sunday and it was fried chicken Mac and cheese all the southern side chicken and dumplings and of course salad options. This place is great and the servers come by and check on you frequently. My only concern is if you look it up it says it is closed today which it wasn't. read more

Okefenokee Restaurant - Where it was saying closed but it wasn't - Seafood Near Me - Folkston, Georgia

Basic country cooking served buffet style that is nothing to get too excited about. I thought the fried fish was good, the fried shrimp okay, the fried pork chop bland, and the chicken tenders tough and hard to eat. Did I mention fried? I love the hole in the wall atmosphere and the friendly service. We also ordered a grilled cheese sandwich and onion rings off the menu. Besides taking a very long time to arrive, the grilled cheese was just processed cheese and grilled white bread. The onion rings were so greasy that they were difficult to eat. If you are looking to fill your belly and your not to picky about the quality, this is the place for you. read more

For the price I paid, the food was pretty good, albeit there is simply no way I could eat here every day. They have two buffets, a breakfast buffet and a dinner buffet. Both of them are like eating at Cracker Barrel, but if they had a buffet, with all the southern eats I know too well. Everything is fried and deep fried and delicious to a fault. Thankfully I do not live here, otherwise I do not think I would make it to 30. If you are in Folkston stopping here is a must. You and your stomach will be happy for doing such a thing. read more

Low-key all you can eat southern food. Also, they do sandwiches and csadilla. I had the casadilla and it was excellent! read more

Okefenokee Restaurant - First helping of buffet. - Seafood Near Me - Folkston, Georgia

The food and service here is great. And the price can't be beat. We always get the buffet. My favorite is the breakfast buffet. Just wish that they had a website or Facebook page - none as of today read more

The food was bland. The chicken and fish tasted terrible and the whole place just felt gross

There aren't a lot of places to eat around here and if you're curious, like me, this buffet is a good stop. Being from the midwest, there are many southern foods I haven't had but love to try. Buffets allow me to try these things without investing in one thing I might not like. Like grits. I just can't make myself love them. :( I'm not sure how much it cost but I remember it was really cheap. I came later in the afternoon so I think I was in the late lunch too early for dinner stretch so the food was older. Not bad at all. Just not super fresh or super hot. I didn't really mind. I just wanted to taste. I got my fair share of southern delicacies I've never or rarely experienced, including grits, greens, beans, cornbread, fried chicken, mashed taters and mmmhmmm fatback (fried fat). Even the chicken gravy was a little different and had chunks of eggs in it. The atmosphere was just fine. It feels kind of like a diner and you can tell a lot of locals eat here. And since I was seated in a big booth all by myself, I got a few weird looks. read more

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The interior and atmosphere is nice and welcoming the hostess was very nice and seated us quickly and the waitress was very attentive and friendly. The food on the other hand is not good at all dry unseasoned chicken, watery and bland gravy ,what tasted like instant mashed potatoes and unseasoned collard greens. If you want good southern food this is not your place but the service really tries it's best to make up for the extremely mediocre food. read more

Best friend chicken!!! But stay away from the BLT!! Fried Chicken, real good !The Okefenokee Swamp, not far from the swamp!! Great service Buffet Casual dining Finished review Post review No pic read more

Passing through the area on April 15, 2022 (Good Friday), I searched Yelp for seafood restaurants in the area and this establishment pops up with 4.76 * I decided to stop and see that they have to offer. I must have missed it in the fine print but I do not recall reading this is a buffet style establishment. The food choice, quality and presentation was poor and the only protein that was available was fried chicken. MEAT ON ONE OF THE HOLIEST DAYS IN LENT? I don't think so. I asked if they had any type of seafood and was told the fried fish fillet will be ready shortly. I waited for approximately 15 minutes before the brought out the fish and it was nothing special. Actually, the food in general was nothing special. I must tip my hat to the girls working the counter and bussing the tables; they were very friendly and courteous. read more

I have always wanted to try this place and finally got to try it. This is a good country food buffet. Lunch buffet is $10.50 and that includes your drink. The food was pretty good. Fried chicken was over cooked. The pork chops were really good. There is a really good selection of meats and veggies and a salad bar. Fried chicken, shrimp, fish, pork chops, chicken n dumplings, beef stew. read more

Okefenokee Restaurant - Pork chop and fish - Seafood Near Me - Folkston, Georgia

Always a great place to get together with family! We eat breakfast together here at least once a month! Great homemade food and really nice workers! read more

Great food! Such a surprise, we went in on the way back from the swamp not expecting anything and was welcomed to the best food I've had during my trip to Georgia. read more

We accidently found this gem while exploring the Okefenokee swamp. Great food, super friendly people and low prices. I fell in love with their breakfast buffet. Hope to come back one day read more

Can't beat there 12 dollar buffet ... Good food ... Great service and we will definitely be back

This Southern Cooking Restaurant is Delicious! Camper / RV Friendly. We will be back Thank you to the crew at Okefenokee Restaurant read more

I used to go in here every weekend for breakfast bar. One weekend the food was not good. It tasted like it was left over from days. The eggs tasted like fake eggs. bacon was so greasy that it made me sick. One day I was fixing my plate of food and seen a roach. It crawled out from the kitchen. This is just nasty. I was in there one day and I see the owner downgraded one of her employees. This is just not good work ethics. You do not have your customer to have to witness that. They are there to enjoy their food and not see roaches and drama. There has been time I have been in there the bar was empty (Meats mainly) and the food was dry like they do not keep it stirred. When they refresh their bar, they put the new on top of the old. For all of this to be happening that is such poor management. I was a faithful customer now I would not even let my dog eat their food..... If you do stop in please be cautious. read more

Great buffet and friendlt staff. Going to have to make this a regular stop when I'm in folkston. Thank you

We always stop in for early lunch on Saturday i was looking forward to the salad bar But this time the salad bar had hair in the broccoli well my lunch was over. Why can't they just get a hair net before they start work. The chicken strips had to be frozen when they were cooked. Very tough. I will not be back. Yes i told them no refund of any kind read more

Good Food, Good Service, nothing much more to say about this place. Not one time when I came here was the food bad or not cooked right. Would strongly recommend. read more

Great restaurant with a ton of selections. Everything is well prepared and the staff are great! I loved the fresh fish, jambalaya and salad bar. read more

Updated review from a few years ago. Anytime we are headed north from Jacksonville we try to get to Folkston for a visit to one of my favorite restaurants. Still a great buffet even with the COVID-19 restrictions. They are obviously careful with social distancing and mask but the quality of food and great, friendly service has not suffered. As always, great county cooking with that small town, friendly, at home atmosphere. read more

Nothing much to look at but the people are friendly. If you ask for okra as a side. It is enough for 2 or 3 people. The burger is divine. Now if you pay in cash you have a discount. You best love the Georgia Bulldogs and it is a family restaurant read more

Great restaurant in a great little town! The country buffet is awesome!! Hot, fresh selections of mash potatoes, black eyed peas, fried okra, fried fish and shrimp, fried chicken, hamburger steak...the list goes on. They also have a full sandwich menu and will even cook a fresh ribeye steak to your liking on the grill! A very friendly staff that is very welcoming...makes you feel at home! Highly recommended if you're just passing through, looking at trains or live in the area. We drove from Orlando and wouldn't pass it up! read more

Couldn't ask for a better small town country restaurant!! I'm new to the area just buying some property this year but so far this is the best restaurant in the area, by far. If you make it by there on a Saturday for breakfast you won't be disappointed. Probably one of the best breakfast buffets that I've ever had in my life ( No exaggeration). You won't be disappointed in this restaurant read more