Stopped by here because I wanted to support a local business. I ordered the Chili Cheese burger &…read moreCountry Fried Steak. The burger was great, not too sloppy but sloppy enough to call it a chili burger! The CF Steak was different. I was expecting the normal batter fried steak but it was a different take on it, where it was fried strips of steak instead. They tasted great though, as well as the mashed potatoes & macaroni. I'd recommend this place & will definitely come back for more.

The restaurant is very clean and the service is really good but the food is bland. Taste…read moreunseasoned. A waste of money if you're looking for southern style food.

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.

The food here is fantastic! Every bit as good as Maddie's used to be downtown. When my husband…read moresaid he found a soul food place we needed to try, I was definitely on board. Initially he suggested only the wings, but I wanted to know what else was on the menu. I almost jumped out of my seat at the mention of smothered pork chops!! Let me tell you, those smothered pork chops were amazing! Fork tender and with a delicious gravy, I was definitely in heaven as far as the smothered pork chops were concerned. The collard greens were awesome. They weren't overcooked at all. They had a nice, toothsome body to them and a slightly sweet but savory flavor and some bits of meat and (I think) neck bones included. The candied yams were also tasty and delicious. They weren't cooked to much. They were sweet as expected but also had a combination of spices to give them more flavor than just sweet. My husband got the fried pork chop along with collards and fried okra. I sampled his pork chop and okra and both were very good. I'd get both of them for myself in a heartbeat. But that gravy for the smothered pork chops is hard to resist! The batter on the fried pork chop was light and crispy with a delicate flavor that hinted at salt, pepper, garlic powder, and perhaps onion powder. It wasn't overpowering and complimented the pork very well. We did get a small selection of wings; plain for our child, lemon pepper for me, sweet n spicy for my husband, and Parmesan for all of us to share. They were all (well, I didn't try the sweet n spicy ones, but my husband enjoyed them) absolutely delicious! My only regret is forgetting to take pictures. Will definitely get some the next time we order here! We will certainly be back for more! UPDATE!! We went back and I remembered to get pictures! Also, my husband tried the ribs and the red beans and rice. He loves them. The BBQ sauce is sweet and smokey.

The absolute best true soul food in Mobile!! Great family owned and operated place! Tastes like my…read morechildhood every time I eat here!!

A special Thank You to Julius and the entire Cozy Brown staff for coming through for us and making…read morethe Teacher Appreciation Breakfast for the teachers and staff of Pathway Elementary School, a success. Your professionalism, hospitality, and delicious food were truly appreciated. With gratitude, H.H. Brown Lily Baptist Church Pastor's Aid Ministry and Church Family.

I ordered my favorite Sunday dinner yesterday while home nursing a terrible respiratory infection…read more I guess it made me hungry. The service and ambiance are always great and portions are enough for 2 servings although oxtails are shrinking nowadays. I have not had any problems with the delivery. I love patronizing my Community and they are super nice. Trying to post the pics. Will come back and update.

So I gave Gone Fishing a try at this location. Normally, I go to the one on Springhill Ave…read more Apparently, this location has combined wth Hart's Fried Chicken....they have the same owner. I was very disappointed in the time it took to serve my food but overall the food was ok.

Hart's Fried Chicken is now the major portion of the business here. The Gone Fishin' menu is also…read morethere, but not featured as before. It is in our neighborhood, enjoys a good local clientele both black and white, lunch time through dinner. Regret they stopped making the sweet tater fried pies, they were unique. The options are for spicy or regular in the chicken. They also serve a mean fried chicken livers, always cooked fresh after you order it. When we want fried chicken, this is where we get it. Price is reasonable, staff friendly, and service is courteous. The neighborhood is safe, easy access to I-10 E or W via Exit 22, and I-65 terminus is the next exit west of here, so I'd say it is very convenient to travelers. There is an Exxon and a Shell in the same block as well. Not much fun to eat inside, unless you wish to watch a lot of people come and go.

Fun restaurant with colorful decor and an arcade to keep you entertained. We were seated and…read moregreeted promptly. Our waitress was a bit overly aggressive with her "check-ins" and overall tone to the point we felt really rushed despite the restaurant being almost empty and it was early in the dinner time-frame. The food was standard and flavorful. Was really excited to have this new location and hopeful they continue training the wait staff. Had fun playing games in the arcade

I was so excited to have something in Spanish Fort to replace Ed's but this is just an overpriced…read moreSysco kitchen. Service wasn't great and the food definitely wasn't worth the price. I wish local casual restaurant owners would take pride in their food and stop the cookie cutter Sysco reheat. Too expensive and they nickel and dime for everything.

Wowza! It only took me 7 years for an in-person visit, but I made it! And at long last, and as I'd…read morehoped, the dine-in experience is a night and day difference from the catering I tasted all those years ago. A friend recommended a lunch stop at Mama's after a downtown meeting, and I was thrilled to finally give it a real go. (I'd honestly forgotten about my first impression until I remembered) But that's in the past and I'm happy to wipe the slate clean. This visit, the fried chicken special was delicious and perfectly executed. I tasted the pork chop and it was great as well. The Mac and cheese and collard greens that I ordered as sides, all tasty. I cleaned my plate. The sweet tea is also just as amazing as I remember from before when I tasted it in the wild. Service from Emily, wonderful as well. All in all, Mama's in-house dining is where it's at. Cheers!

3.5/5 I've been a few times and usually the food is so good!…read moreBut I feel like their quality has gone down. It's still tasty! And maybe we didn't get the right things. Service was fine. Not very nice, but fast. Ordered (Monday) Red beans and rice with fried okra and candied yams Fried chicken fingers with tomato and cucumber salad and potatoes with gravy Chicken salad sandwich with fries

I just can't say enough good things about this restaurant. All of the food is amazingly delicious…read moreand you would be hard pressed to find a better establishment that offers true Southern comfort food every day. Please give them a try and I assure you that you will not be disappointed with the many selections of food offered. Please excuse my picture post today as I couldn't wait to dig in. Enjoy!

I needed to get something for lunch and decided to try Oschcola's Home Cooking. This place has been…read moreon my radar for a few weeks. I'd passed it a few times while driving on Airport Boulevard. I was working from home so I went there on my lunch break. When I walked inside I saw a few patrons sitting at tables. There was a a buffet style counter set up with the work staff behind it. Each of them greeted me as I walked toward the counter. I was asked what I wanted and I said thought instantly about the fried chicken I saw. I ordered that and the meal comes with three sides and cornbread as well. I chose mac and cheese, black eyed peas, and mash potatoes and gravy. The server rung me up and I took my plate to go. I can't remember the first thing I tasted when I got home. I believe it was the mac and cheese. It doesn't really matter. The sides were really good. Mac and cheese is usually my favorite side but I thoroughly enjoyed the black eyed peas. Don't get me wrong the mac and cheese was excellent but the peas were superb. The mash potatoes were creamy and the gravy was savory. The cornbread was the type that had the pieces of corn in it. I liked it. Now the main course was of course the chicken. It really looked and tasted like authentic homemade fried chicken. I loved the seasoning on the chicken. It was some of the best chicken I've had in a while. I definitely want to come back.