Customer Service is terrible. Rarely opens on time regardless how many people are waiting. Has a…read morebad reputation in general.

Food was not seasoned! Ran out of green salad due to ordering problem! Still ok to eat here !read more

Best country cooking we've enjoyed since we lost our mommas. Service was kind and timely. Buffett…read morestyle and hot, plentiful, fresh home cooking. Especially the turnip greens!

No buffet can touch mom and dads vegetables and fresh breads and meats, it is one of my regular…read morestops

Although very small this place has REALLY GREAT simple country cooking. The buffet has about 10-12…read morehot items and another 8-10 cold items, but they are all exceptionally fresh, well prepared and worth the money. The fried chicken is consistently the best in town. They are open from 10:00am to 2:00pm daily, and there is a lunch rush, but it is well worth your time to check it out.

Food was good. Service was good. The place is a little bit loud. Not a bad value for the quality of…read morefood.

I am 75 but have only lived in AL in the Mobile area about 10 years and have dined at the Barnyard…read moreBuffet only about half dozen times or less. The first time I thought: This is it.....I have found my place to eat!! My 2nd visit was a year or 2 later and I thought: This is still pretty good but not really good like I remember. After all the fairly recent features of the restaurant and Chefs on Local TV, so a year or2 ago I tried again but still not nearly as overall good. So I gave it some time and was nearby today 1 Oct 2026, & I tried it again. Down, down, down!! Not nearly like I'd hoped. So I wrote this review in hopes that some of my ideas and comments might be considered for possible improvement or at least create a couple alternative menu items for future customers to choose. Ideally owners managers would create a ongoing system to solicit exit comments from randomized customers for future considerations of possible changes. COST: All must pay up front at the cash register upon entering the restaurant. This is quite different than most other restaurants, cafeterias and buffets in the local Mobile Metro area. My senior early bird price was Good at $16.99. But cost me $19.44 due to added undisclosed and unforementioned credit card or other "non-cash" charges that were not even shown in the final calculations on the ticket receipt, just listed the sales tax. The extra charges were just lumped into the final cost figure, something that the customer would never know unless they looked very closely at the receipt. (Just be upfront and transparent with your customers if you wan them to be happy while eating your food!!). The cashier also requested a tip pay then but I declined with the thought that tips should be afterwards & based on excellent performance above and beyond what duties or work that is just regular part of their job. In my case. The server only brought my drink and checked with me a time or two but is that part of the expected regular job I think; nothing extra nor nothing special was done. But I did leave a very modest tip anyway just to say - Thank You! FOOD: I usually love green beans but these were mushy, over-cooked , broken apart and excessively salty. Apparently way over-strirred during the cooking process. Looked & tasted More like rewarmed leftovers! The added seasoning used did not suit my taste at all. Overall was more like a low-end school cafeteria taste & style. 1.5 Rutabagas looked ok & were cooked properly but were in large chunks and very bland tasting with almost none of that fresh crisp, sorta sharp rutabaga flavor that most garden fresh ones have. Kinda just "old" taste & texture. 3 Mac & Cheese casserole pan looked great, browned across the top and around the edges! Well cooked and good general overall flavor & good macaroni but to use four cheeses together was excessive and combined gave the "gravy" part a chalky texture/flavor that I do not like at all. Just plain cheddar cheese in mac-n-cheese is by far the BEST and I've eaten many, many servings over the years. A couple little recipe tweaks and your Mac & Cheese could be AWESOME!! 3.2 Cornbread muffins were lumpy inside and were yellow cornmeal.....Nah! And adding sweetening or sugar in the recipe makes it awful tasting to me. Sweet bread is for desserts to be eaten after the main meal. The lumpy part inside could probably be helped by adding a little more raw egg and oil into the pre mix....not regular old bulk vegetable oil but Extra Light Virgin Olive Oil only! The very best cornbreads are made with only white cornmeal! Some of the most awesome bread of all kinds I've ever eaten was cornbread using white cornmeal and triangle sliced after being cooked in a cast iron round skillet!!! 1.0 Banana Pudding is ok good for a "Cool Whip" base pudding but is only an authentic Southern home country style if the base is made of egg custard pudding topped with egg-white meringue. The BY bananas used appear to be off-brand (not Chiquita or similar) and did not taste fully ripe, firm but sorta soft. These had very little of that expected excellent banana flavor. The cookie wafers used appeared and tasted like bulk off-brand not like the expected Nabisco Nilla Wafers, which are the only kind that should be used in any GREAT Banana Pudding!! 3.5 Raw carrots & Broccoli fresh & good! 4.3 Pickled okra Excellent! 4.9 Fried Okra looked good, not much fresh okra flavor & taste. 2.5 Fried Chicken livers, not much fresh liver flavor & taste. 3.0 Green lima beans, looked good & well cooked just not much fresh vegetable flavor. 2.9 Vanilla ice cream, tasted pretty good but very icy more like ice milk. 4.1 Peach cobbler Very good. 4.2 The Mug decaf root beer was good but unexpectedly sweet! I thought it was a unsugared diet drink. I only had one plate of reg food with just small servings of each item plus two little bowls of desserts.

There's not much to see in George County, MS. Unless, of course, you like rolling hills, beautiful,…read moreancient oak trees and winding two-lane back roads (I'm looking at you, my fellow motorcycle riders). The people there aren't much to speak of, either. Unless, of course, you like being around genuinely good people, in a close-knit, God-fearing community of some of the nicest, most hospitable folks in the South. If you haven't picked up on it yet, I truly enjoyed my latest visit to George County, Lucedale and of course, Rocky Creek Catfish. Some coworkers and I walked in and, after a short wait, were seated in a private dining room where the sweetest little gal started bringing in the nom-noms. Hush puppies and, get this- queso cheese for dipping. Then, coleslaw (of which, I'm not a fan, but I can attest that it was as good as my grandma's and that is a helluva compliment). Next up- French fries and finally, the plates of fried catfish started coming in. Crispy, fresh and delicious- we ate more than I care to admit here, but suffice to say- I left outta there stuffed and satisfied for my trek back home. Our cups never got empty and we never had a moment where we didn't have catfish on our table. We had great service, great food (at a reasonable price), in a nice, clean restaurant located among the oaks of a great little community. What more could you ask for?

OMG a hidden gem in Lucedale, Mississippi. You gotta try it all you can eat catfish whole fillet…read morecomes with fries, hush puppies with cheese and the best coleslaw in the south!You can also ask for white bread. You will literally hurt yourself. It's reasonably priced full meal with sweet tea. They will keep bringing fish to the table until you say stop. You Must try!!!

It's filthy inside. Dirty floors, tables, chairs, curtains…read more Food was overcooked, almost burnt, and they served me rotten milk. Will never go back.

Comfort food with a smile on the side. Everyone is welcomed with a hello darlin. Service is quick…read moreand my western omelet was delicious. The lunch buffet had a nice selection including fried chicken and hamburger steak.

Great variety and friendly service. Ambiance is a little dull. I wish it was livelier but this is a…read moregreat meal. I really enjoyed the wok station.

Found out way to the hotel casino. Found the restaurant buffet. Price was very reasonable with what…read moreI have access to for food. Rayed a little of everything on the multiple lines. All the food was hot and ready. Had their people checking temperatures for hot and cold. Waiter was quick to serve drinks and continued to check on us. Ambiance calm mostly quit. Yes a lot of people came and went but very calm atmosphere. Highly recommend this place.

I didn't eat much other than crab but the crab was delicious! Warm and plentiful. Our waitress…read morewas on top of it.

We went on Friday night for the crab legs buffet, always satisfied. Service is always good and our…read morewaitress was very attentive, ambiance is always good, we ran into one of our friends there too We decided to go there at least once a month

I'm a Dasher and I received a order to Mary's but upon arrival I ran into a common problem that…read moremany of us Dashers go through and that's when another dasher receives the order first.. gets there.. picks up the food but doesn't "confirm pickup" on the order because they steal the food or whatever the unfortunate case may be.. anyway, they told me that they already gave the order out, instead a nice employee did me a special favor by getting the entire order remade for me so that I would still able to be paid, so a special thank you to Abigail for that favor.

We decided to visit Mary's Southern Cooking based on other reviews.....wow!…read more If you want a good home-cooked meal with generous portions and extremely polite staff, this is your place! Everyone was very polite and welcoming, our waitress KiKi is very attentive and pleasant and the restaurant is extremely clean. My mom and I split this for lunch and we had leftovers!! Everything was seasoned perfectly!!! Go try Mary's!!!!