The service was excellent. The waitresses were very friendly and welcome me with open arms Michelle…read moreTosha & Emma , and I ordered some food and it was really good it is a non-smoking, establishment which is awesome and it was very clean.

I usually order carry out but when I have dined in, service was good. The food is really good and…read moreprices are pretty decent for the place.

The chicken is was perfect and so was the salad The service…read morewas great It's a unique place Built in 1846 and has no sign so you have to seek it out

This place has the very Best Chicken we have ever had. Anytime we are in town this is our first…read morestop. We travel all over the United States. We aren't even tempted to have Chicken anywhere else. Because we know it won't measure up. This place gets packed at lunch and again around 4:15-5:00 each day. So go early if you can. Britney is the owner and a great person. You will find her there at many times of the day. She pitches in where needed and helps to keep it flowing when it gets busy. And then the jewels of this restaurant and bar is the staff. The Bartenders and servers are all over the place making sure customers are taken care of and checking in often to give the best customer service possible. All of them make us and everyone that walks through the door feel special. You can also order takeout. But the experience of just being there is worth it. The kitchen is ran like a well oiled machine. They stay busy not only frying chicken but all the other wonderful menu items you will find. We can't not have their heavy peppered fried chicken, mashed potatoes and the best gravy too. Thank you for the opportunity to write this review.

This is one of those classic places you've been going to since childhood, and now you find yourself…read morebringing your own child. It's always busy, which says a lot and they're constantly rotating flavors. We ordered the BLT sandwich, pickle fries, a Blue Moo ice cream cone, and the ice cream nachos. I mostly want to spotlight the nachos because they deserve it. I went with the classic chocolate ice cream and marshmallow sauce, and it was a 10/10. This combination deserves a permanent spot on the menu! It was absolutely delicious, and the waffle chips were literally perfect. They were fresh, had the perfect crunch, and were bite-sized, which made them so easy to eat. I was also impressed by how many waffle chips came with the order. Is it worth the drive? Absolutely.

Great little ice cream stop in a very convenient location right off SR 101. There's plenty of…read moreparking, outdoor tables with umbrellas, and a cute atmosphere that makes it easy to sit and enjoy your treat. The food is decent, but I do think it's priced on the high side for what you get. The ice cream, however, is excellent and worth the stop. They are usually happy to make just about any flavor combination you can think of, and the quality is consistently good. The service has always been good, and it's nice to see local teenagers getting summer employment and learning customer service skills. The staff is friendly and keeps things moving even when they're busy. If you're looking for a fun local spot to grab ice cream and enjoy some outdoor seating, I'd definitely recommend giving it a try.

We ate here on the recommendation of a friend whose father still lives in the area, and the…read morerecommendation was well deserved. We both had tenderloin sandwiches, which are a requirement when passing through Indiana, right. While not as large as some We have seen, they were plenty big and were fantastic. They were well seasoned and had an excellent breading with a good crunch.

Great food and a good atmosphere. Been here a handful of times, most recently over the weekend…read more Always have a wonderful experience when we go here. We started with the sauer kraut balls, pretzel with beer cheese, and pickle fries. All were delicious! The pickle fries have a great pickle to breading ratio, will gladly order these again! I went full toddler and ordered the chicken tenders and fries, they were exactly what I wanted and were a generous portion.

Best chicken I've ever had! I saw that they won a James Beard award within the last few years and…read moremade it a plan to visit them when I was back in my hometown of Cincinnati. I took my parents and my boyfriend with me and we all left satisfied and in awe. Their coleslaw was incredible! Same with their potatoes and gravy. Their green beans were delicious too. 10/10 meal and experience! Our servers were wonderful and so helpful. The inside is really cute - you can see and feel that it is a community loved, family-owed business! Wagner's is now on our list of where to go when I am in town. I can't wait to return!

We were on our way to Cincinnati and it was almost lunchtime. That's when I remembered that this…read moreplace was just a few minutes off the highway and was recently awarded a James Beard award for their fried chicken. I'm glad we stopped here. The chicken was worthy of all the accolades. The service was good too.

Great service, great food at great price! we live about 40 minutes away and we will be back!read more

This is a fantastic spot it has been in business for 41 years, according to the shirts a lot of the…read morestaff wear. I had lunch on a Tuesday, arrived around 11am, by the time I left after 11:30 the parking lot was full and cars were starting to park on the side of the road. Fantastic home style menu, with fast and friendly service in a cozy atmosphere. I'm pretty sure I was served 3 fresh glasses of pop without having to ask. Fried chicken sandwich was very nice, delicious and a good size. The French fries were very crispy and crunchy, cooked the way I like. No extra seasoning, but I think there are doing something to make those fries crispy and delicious. Worth the stop, but if you can go early or late to avoid the lunch rush. There were fresh made pies, but my sandwich fries and pop filled me up, those pies looked fantastic!

Me and my boyfriend moved back to Indiana from San Antonio about a year ago. We live in…read moreShelbyville and we were told about this place while eating dinner at a Mexican Restaurant one evening. We decided to check it out for breakfast. It was delicious, and we've eaten there a few times since and always have a great experience. We both have been wanting to try some of their lunch specials, but we work and can't get there to check it out. We were off today and decided to go there for lunch because they were having chicken and noodles, and that's one of my favorite meals. It did not disappoint at all. My boyfriend and I both enjoyed our meals and even ordered seconds to go, so we could have it for dinner. The chicken and noodles came with mashed potatoes, corn or green beans, and a roll. You could definitely tell the food was homemade too. Delicious! The Farmhouse Diner isn't a very big restaurant and can get pretty busy. It reminds me of a little country diner where all the local farmers and their wives go to eat breakfast and lunch. The staff is always super friendly and attentive too. We will definitely be going back.

It gets harder and harder to find a good breakfast place when traveling and the Farmhouse Diner is…read moregreat! Service is fast and friendly and the food freshly prepared and delicious! You'll find all your favorite breakfast items. Highly recommend!

Service seemed to be good and place was very clean. Chicken was good. I ordered some gizzards they…read morewere good. The sides we got I did not care for the sauerkraut salad. I'm not sure what is in it. It's very sweet has celery, onions and pimentos or red pepper. I'm not sure what it was. It looks like sauerkraut but does not taste like sauerkraut at all I'm sure it's homemade and I'm sure someone really liked it. I just did not the green beans I didn't care for either. They didn't have much flavor besides onion and then the mashed potatoes and gravy were fine except for I think the mashed potatoes were instant I could be wrong.. and the slaw looked good. I didn't try it. My husband did.

They have good chicken and gizzards. Although the Buffett is not self serve. They serve it to you…read more Not a fan of that. They started that at Covid and never went back. Some people may be ok with that but I am not a fan.

Yay! We just drove an hour from Cincinnati to get here (for carry out, no less!) I promise that it…read morewon't be the last time! We split their better than anyone else's (even mine) breaded tenderloin sandwich, fried mushrooms (homemade) and later will polish off a piece of homemade carrot cake. The tenderloin was freshly hand battered, as were the mushrooms. The batter was crispy and light, and enrobed a nice thick piece of tenderloin. If you are a tenderloin fan like we are, you gotta try it. Big enough for both of us with some leftover for later. Our takeout bag included salt, ketchup, and plastic ware. What I didn't expect is the bread and butter that they also included! I knew from reading the reviews that every table gets this bread service. I was very impressed that they included it in takeout. We will be back soon, and I hope to try other menu items. But that tenderloin is sooo good, it will definitely be a struggle to order anything else.

We went here last night for the first time. There were 4 in our party. We went in and were greeted…read moreimmediately and taken to a table. We looked at the menu and we all decided to get the same thing, the breaded pork tenderloin sandwich. I had the sandwich with onion rings and coleslaw. The tenderloin comes on a bun with pickles, tomato, onion, and mayo. I asked them to leave the mayo off of mine and they did. I chose to put mustard on mine and it was on the table along with ketchup. They have Pepsi products and I ordered a Dr. Pepper. My husband had the fries with his tenderloin. They were incredibly quick on getting the meal out to us. Everything was piping hot! Our waitress was good about checking on us and refilling drinks. Also they have bread service and we had fresh hot bread with soft butter prior to getting our meal. My tenderloin was meaty and pretty good, hubby thought it had too much breading. Coleslaw was ok. Onion rings were good. Someone came over to our table to ask if we would like one of their homemade desserts, I am assuming he was the manager. My friends took home a piece of carrot cake and they said it was good. The other offerings they had on this evening were peach cobbler, blackberry cobbler, and a couple different cheesecakes. Overall it was good and we decided we would go back again to try something different on the menu.

Before I begin my review, I would be remiss to mention those skeptical souls who think of Lil'…read moreCharlie's, not as a beacon of culinary excellence or a palace of palatial pleasures, but a den where dwell the foulest demons of ignorance of cooking. Charles Baudelaire, before whom I bow as a servant to a master, once said "On peut juger de la vertu d'un homme à ses goûts en matière de nourriture". Well, he technically said no such thing, but I wish he would have. Baudelaire would have smited upon the tongue those fanatic cretins who maintain and uphold the absurd opinion that Lil' Charlie's (Heaven banish the thought!) is a bad restaurant. I have heard many of my fellows complain of stomachaches and nausea accompanying a trip to this paradise of cookery. Alas! they exaggerate their sufferings, seeking to blame Lil' Charlie's for their own puerile digestive system. For those who criticize the food itself, I have no words. Indeed, I must restrain my tongue; for no fire burns too hot for them, no poison good enough to scorch their iniquitous throats, no--but I must hinder my rash flow of words: justice makes me speak thus. Now I shall presume to speak of the menu. Presume, because who can hope to accomplish the feat of expounding, in mere human words, the transcendence that is the cooking of Lil' Charlie's? I feel as Dante felt when, looking into the eyes of his lady-love Beatrice (oh! those luminous eyes 'lucent-weeping from the dayspring'!), he laments his inability to capture the beauty of it in words. To use Browning's phrase: "Poor the speech; be how I speak for all things". If Browning stumbles in his speech, what can I hope to say? Nevertheless, I set sail in uncertain waters, trusting that my words may carry me through. The food itself is the platonic ideal of perfection. The pork sandwich, Homeric in its proportions, leaves no hungry waif unsatisfied. The chicken wings come in divers seasonings. Jamaican Jerk? Parmesan and garlic? Classic Buffalo? Lil' Charlie's has you covered. The salads are a pleasant meal in themselves; one cannot eat them without conjuring up images of sunny pastorals or the Ecologues written by Theocritus, where joy-drunk shepherds recite their bucolic verses to one another. I shall go so far as to compare the summer salad to a painting by Watteau. Such is the magical power wielded by the chefs of Lil' Charlie's. The one stain upon the pure tapestry woven by the Muses themselves may be said to be the Father Franz Chili. It was rather too oily and contained NO beans! Absurd! Maddening! All in all, it was still a somewhat palatable meal. I must end my paean to Lil' Charlie's without praising the many other attractive features that lend it lustre. The atmosphere is homey and attractive; the tables are as clean and polished as a verse by Virgil. I blush with shame that I cannot hymn the staff, angels of culinary perfection, as is fit. All I can add is that Heaven shall reward them the highest sphere among its many mansions. And, to you one young man who laments the time it takes to receive your food (you know your name, oh unfortunate one!), all I can wish is for your tongue to cleave to your jaws and your liver to pour forth upon the earth. Let your voice be silenced ever and anon. FINIS

When i went there to eat on Mondays since no one else was open. I got grilled shrimp and chicken…read moretender. The grilled shrimp was barely edible and the chicken tenders where 90% breading. The only thing there i thought was edible was the water and ketchup