I have eaten here many times, but never ordered dessert. Yesterday, March 7th, I ordered the coconut pie. My meal was delicious as always, but the coconut pie was out of this world the very best I have eaten. I will be going back next week for another piece of pie and try to get a picture before I devour it! GREAT JOB RUTH'S PLACE! read more

Good Food, quick service, and a very friendly atmosphere. I would definitely recommend it

This is a basic diner with a very large selection of menu items. We stopped in for lunch, and I had a ribeye on garlic toast. Tasty and simple. I wish I'd saved room for dessert, but was full after the sandwich and an order of pinto beans. Recommended when you want comfort food. read more

They have good home-style food at an affordable price. Vegetable, sides, and desserts rotate. You'll probably find some of your favorites any day you're there. read more

Pretty underwhelming as a whole. Ruth's is a nice family style diner in Rocky Mount. The food was mediocre (nasty looking iceberg lettuce, overcooked eggs). I asked for fries and did not get them. read more

Great family restaurant off the main highway. Very quaint beautiful homey restaurant to have breakfast. Friendly staff and delicious menu!

The food was wonderful and the service was great. Nice clean place to eat fairly convenient to turn left into

Clean dining room and really good food. The waiters are friendly. They're doing a great job here- we will be coming back!

Stopped in for lunch and was not disappointed. Both the turkey Ruben and the grilled chicken sandwich were a hit. No wonder this place is always packed. We will be back. read more

Ruth's Place - Turkey Ruben - New American Near Me - Rocky Mount, Virginia

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Stopped there for the very first time about a week ago, and I made up my mind that I was going to return very, very soon. Breakfast served anytime. Food is delicious and the service is fantastic. Clean restrooms. read more

Everything is great here: food, menu, prices, and especially the fast, friendly service. Perfect road-trip stop!

Lots of yummy food here. Friendly staff. Good ole southern cooking. Only thing I wouldn't recommend are the crab cakes.

Reminds me of the New Jersey diners. Good American meals for great prices. Girls are attentive and nice. Haven't had a bad meal here and I've been coming here for over 4 years now. Not fancy, just a good meal! read more

Very good hometown food. Friendly Staff, Great & Clean atmosphere. Nice Choice of dinner specials.

I enjoy visiting Ruth's for breakfast and lunch. I have never had a bad meal. The cheese steak and chicken cheese steak are amazing. They also have an awesome hamburgers. My husband gets the meatloaf every time and swears by it, his second fav is the cheese steak. And I can't say enough about the ladies serving, they are an amazing group and very attentive. read more

all empolyees are vaccinated against covid19!!! no fear of catching covid infection from its employees! if you ask many places protect their unvaccinatd employees by telling you its a privacy issue they dont want to answer. 10 stars for addressing the covid vaccination question. they give military discounts. the food and atmosphere is good. read more

Great lunch had the fried pork chop, just a heads up get there early they will run out. Home cooking like your grandma used to fix. Reasonable prices. read more

Good food and great service. We have never been disappointed by anything we've ordered there. The prime rib is amazing and if you're a salad eater you will love their salads, they are huge. read more

Overpriced and NOT a friendly server. My little guys (sons) and I had to figure out what to order on a moveable white board menu...no assistance with the specials and not a representative of Southern hospitality. The place may deserve another chance as the server we had may have been having a really bad day. She was just gruff and not friendly. On second thought, will try again as the owners surely didn't get this far on that level of service... read more

This is such a cute spot. We visited some family from who lives in the area and while the pickings aren't plentiful in the surrounding areas my meal here was good! Had a piece of fish and some veggies. It's not impossible to eat healthier and gluten free here. Just be specific! read more

Thought the place near the motel was kind of odd-room arrangement. The new stand alone building is nice in a way. Still confusing with two front doors. Servers are nice, menus are complete and prices are fine. Portions are just okay. I'd heard about this place from townies, but was not that impressed, sorry. read more

First of all, this place is extremely clean. Not always the case with places along this stretch of highway. Now to the food. I've never had anything bad here. Today I had one of the best club sandwiches ever. Homemade fries were great also. Plenty of choices on the menu and the service was great. Just a good reliable All American restaurant. Oh yea, did I say how clean it was? read more

Great locally owned diner. Daily specials. I had the open face steak sandwich with potatoes and fried squash. Everything was great and the service was outstanding! read more

I had the pre frozen meat patty called Salisbury steak with the packaged gravy and the reconstituted mashed potatoes. None of which I enjoyed at all. I think this is one of those places where you order a burger, fries and call it a day. They had fresh cut fries which were good. This has the potential to be a Great road side diner. I would rather have a bad home made version of Salisbury steak than a pre frozen meat stick. read more

Just your usual small town diner, service was excellent, really great folks working there. Food wasn't the best I've ever had, bacon was soggy and biscuits weren't flavorful. Maybe I didn't get what's good there, but overall if I was to go back, it'd be for the staff. read more

Hands down one of my favorite restaurants. I used to work in Rocky Mount so this was my go to lunch spot. I have never been for dinner, but their daily lunch specials are amazing. The rotisserie chicken is my favorite and they have so many sides to choose from! Good southern cooking! read more

I have been to every location since they've started and moved around in FC. Definitely my aunts favorite place to go and one of mine as well. Just love the homey feeling and how inviting they are read more

We always passed this place but never went in until today. We got there just before the lunch rush, so we were seated quickly and greeted. We got cheese fries, but we had to wait 20 minutes for them, so when they came out- we got our food 5 minutes later. It's very cheap and pretty great for the price. We got an app, two entrees and two pies for $25. Our waitress seemed like she was in a mood but she was fine. Key lime pie was the tits. read more

Really good roadside home cooking. Pleasant atmosphere and very friendly service. Excellent prices!

They almost killed our diabetic friend at our table ,also they had a pork chop that you could cut with a spoon

A great stop for any meal on 220 in Rocky Mount, VA. Good food at a great price. We will definitely be back again.

I love the new location and same great food! Compliments to all the folks at Ruth's!

I was not "wow-ed" by this restaurant! Just thought I'd stop by because we too, often road by this place many times before stopping to check it out! The first time I went was with some church members for lunch! It was just "OK" and I was not really sold/impressed! The next time I went, hubby and I decided to stop for breakfast..Where do I begin???? I ordered the pancake, scrambled egg, and bacon platter! It took quite a bit of time to get to our table and when it did, the bacon wasn't crispy at all, eggs were cold and looked chopped up with no seasoning to them and the pancake looked yellow and could have stood to be on the griddle a little while longer! Sorry...but I don't think I will be returning to this place! read more

Love Ruth's place. Great lunch and dinner specials. Grilled chicken salad and the meatloaf are AMAZING!!!! Friendly staff, clean and welcoming... read more

We just left Ruth's Place. It was 10 in our party. Service was great and food was even better! I had dinner at a pricey restaurant Thursday evening in Roanoke. The food at Ruth's Place was much better by far! Can't remember the last time I had to let mashed potatoes cool before eating. Thanks for a great time!! read more

Dropped by on recommendations from reviews as we were passing through town. We had hamburger steak mashed potatoes green beans and corn for one meal and club sandwich which was the heated variety and chips for the other. Both meals were delicious, and service was good. I would highly recommend this again. read more

Very good place to eat, will be coming back, when I am in the area. The food is good, and the service outstanding.

This restaurant never disappoints. After recently moving to the area, Ruth's takes the number one spot in my book for food. I highly recommend the chicken philly, any of the burgers, the fresh cut fries, and to top it off, the brownie sundae. The staff is friendly and the service is prompt. read more

This was my first time at Ruth's Place on Dec. 30. After driving by many times and seeing the place with cars in front all the time we figured it would be a good time to try it out. My friend ordered the Liver and onions and a soup and I ordered the 10 oz. Ribeye steak special which came with 2 sides. The soup and my side salad came out first. My friend said his soup was very good and although my side salad was tiny (a little shredded lettuce, 2 grape tomatoes, 1 onion slice, and a little shredded cheese on a small bread plate) the Ranch dressing was good. When the main course came out my friend's meal looked good. Mine looked like road kill. My steak was tiny (absolutely not anywhere near 10 oz), way overcooked, and loaded with fat and gristle and smothered heavily in Montreal steak seasoning making it look thicker than it was. One end of the steak was rumpled and lumpy like a thick piece of bacon. My friend looked over at my steak when I scraped off the seasoning like I was stripping a piece of furniture, cut into the 1/4" thick well-done meat, and said that he was sure I wasn't going to like it since I stressed to the waitress that I liked my steak cooked med. rare at most and very red inside. I took one bite anyway and it was horrible. I pushed it aside and decided instead of making a fuss to just eat the fries and take the steak home, wash it off, and feed it to my dog. The French Fries were so overcooked (dark brown) and loaded with salt that I used the ketchup and a napkin to try to wash the salt off. I only ate them because I was extremely hungry. I also ate a piece of garlic toast, and I don't know how they did it, but it was also extremely salty. How do you make salty toast !!! I told my friend we would have to stop at McDonald's when we left so that I could pick up something to eat. The server came out and saw that I didn't eat the steak and asked if anything was wrong. I said " I'm sorry, I just can't eat this thing". She looked at it and agreed it was overcooked and asked if I'd like another one or something else. My friend was finished with his meal and I didn't want to wait and possibly get another disaster so I told her I didn't want anything else. She took away the steak. When she came back she said she would just charge for the little salad and the fries. I didn't say anything, but I thought that took a brass set of you-know-whats to break apart the special after serving me a disgusting steak and charge full separate prices since I would NEVER in my life waste my time and go into a restaurant and just order a tiny salad and fries. The bill came in at over 30 Dollars for an $8.99 Liver and onions meal, drinks, my tiny salad and fries and a piece of pie. On the way out to the car and driving I couldn't stop burping up the taste of that one piece of steak and those wrinkly, dark brown, greasy, salt saturated fries. When we passed McD's my friend asked why I didn't stop. I told him I wasn't sure if I could make it home without pulling over and throwing up. When I got home I stayed in the bathroom over an hour and a half for fear of moving and vomiting. By 8:30 I was feeling better and called Ruth's and told them that they should check the meat since I rarely ever feel ill after eating anything. The last time I ate food that made me ill was approx. 30 years ago. She stated that she served over 50 ribeye dinners that night and only uses the highest quality of meat and that it must be something else making me ill. I have cut and cooked hundreds of pieces of ribeye since I buy it in slabs and I would personally be beyond ashamed if I ever served anyone a piece of meat like that. I usually trim off a piece of meat like that and feed it to my dog. I told her I couldn't stop burping and get the awful taste of the steak and fries out of my mouth. She ended the call saying she hoped I would be feeling better the next day. Actually, by 11 pm my stomach calmed down and I ate a ham sandwich since I was still basically hungry and wanted to get that taste out of my mouth. I have eaten food in restaurants before that really wasn't good, but I've never sent anything back or posted a bad review. I just don't go back. I realize my rating contradicts the other reviews, and sometimes a bad meal will just happen once in awhile, but I gave a 1 star rating by not only the food, but how the situation was handled. No restaurant EVER charges a customer for their included sides when the main part of the meal is a disgusting flop.(drinks I expect to be charged) I don't bring a phone into a restaurant because I consider that crass and rude or I would have taken a picture of what they had the nerve to serve me. All I kept thinking was why everyone else's meal looked and smelled great and mine was a horror story that made me ill. read more

We went to Ruth's yesterday because of the great reviews. We ordered the Fried Chicken Special and received the biggest pieces of chicken I've ever seen. My wife cut into hers and found it was raw inside. I cut into mine and it was raw too. Our waitress did not come back to check on us so after several minutes I had to go find her. She was apologetic and said the chicken pieces are so big that they can't get an accurate temperature reading. She left us with our side dishes and took our chicken back to the kitchen. We ate our sides because we were starving by that time. She brought back the same pieces of chicken cooked again, which made it dryer and tougher. No offer of fresh sides, another roll, nothing. I assumed they would adjust our bill but no discount at all and the cashier didn't even ask if everything was OK. Hopefully this was an isolated incident, but I would not risk food poisoning by eating there again. read more