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    Sam's Southern Eatery

    3.2 (92 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    mouse on the floor
    Ethan L.

    TL,DR: There was a MOUSE in the dining area. To start, everything was sticky. The floors, tables, salt shakers were all sticky. The staff was good, quiet but didn't do much other than take the order. The food was okay? I don't know, I was too distracted by the mouse enjoying a little stroll around the restaurant to think about how the food tasted. Needless to say, don't waste your time here

    Fried catfish.
    Richard S.

    Now, let's remember we're in Springfield Mo. - (not) the low country. If you're looking for a place to get some Cajun flavors - and you're (not) a full-on Cajun snob - this place is good for lunch. Tried the gumbo, crawdad Po'boy, fried catfish, fried shrimp, red beans and rice....and even the tamales. I personally liked the shrimp and po'boy the best. Gumbo was good enough too. The stuff is all pre-fab products they're using....but better pre-fab products that give the taste. And in Spfd....we only have about two places to choose from foe Cajun food!

    Fish and shrimp
    Denise B.

    It doesn't look like much from the street. You order from a menu on the wall, take your number and have a seat. This was our first time here. We ordered Fried Green Tomato's and they were delicious!! Fish, shrimp, fries, coleslaw, green beans and Mac and cheese. All good was really good and there was more than enough! We liked it a lot! And we will be back!

    Grilled catfish & grilled shrimp, 2 sides-red beans/rice & corn!  Delicious!
    Lola M.

    We enjoyed our family meal at Sam's! Delicious meals!! Friendly, speedy service. Thanks!

    Sam's Sam's Patty Melt and Oyster Po'boy.
    Sofie K.

    We stopped in for lunch recently and had a great meal. My husband got the oyster po boy and I got the patty melt. Both were very tasty. I liked everything about my patty melt. The patty was large and I couldn't finish it. The fries are seasoned and very good. We look forward to returning for fish and chicken baskets in the future.

    Red beans and rice
    Carrisa N.

    Skip this place, its a waste of time and money.. Fried Oysters are a joke. They were extremely fishy tasting; full of sand, completely soggy, and undercooked with breading that falls off. The macaroni and cheese were cold and overcooked, nothing but mush. The red beans and rice were so salty you might as well lick a salt block...probably be less salty. Lastly, the salt and pepper shakers are not cleaned...nothing but dried scum and grease on the outside from other customers. If I could give this place 0 stars I would. You are better off going to McDonald's and ordering a fish sandwich....that's how bad this place is.

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    6 years ago

    Catfish was fresh and plentiful! Cornmeal coating was light and great tasting. Sides awesome. Red beans n rice! Great meal.

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    7 years ago

    Love the fish and shrimp. I would recommend this place to anyone. Food is always fresh and hot and the owner is friendly.

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    I'm really not sure where to start with this review. It wasn't a pleasant experience at all. I saw…read morephotos of the food on Yelp and thought this might be a good dive or greasy spoon style diner to have lunch at with my husband, since I was in the area. We met there and the outside aesthetic alone should've warned us off. To start, the exterior of the building was quite worn down, the windows were dark and dirty, and the sign was broken. If it weren't for the cars parked outside and for the fact that I called ahead to ensure they were open, we would've thought they were closed for business, permanently. We enter the building lobby, for lack of a better word, and proceed into the dining room. The first step into the dining room was me stepping into a literal hole that is covered with a rubber mat. That's a definite hazard. I couldn't believe that they'd just cover it with a mat. That's really dangerous. At that point, I was really starting to rethink staying. We walk further in and there is this atrocious, sour, vomit-inducing stench that billows throughout the room. It slaps you in the face and takes your breath away, and it's covered by a very strong pine smell. Again, I'm contemplating leaving but my husband didn't want to make a scene. The place is FILTHY! And I don't mean filthy as in someone spilled food and didn't clean it up. I'm talking decades of grease, dirt, bacteria, etc. covering the floor and furniture. You could take a putty knife and chisel up layers of gunk from the floor. There was even a sign that said something like- "Wipe tables down each night- Alli". I'm paraphrasing, but that was the gist. If you have to tell your staff that.... ugh... We get to the table and I didn't even want to touch the chair to sit, let alone stay there and eat, but I didn't want to leave right after we entered the place. I was hoping (praying) the food would be worth it... The waitress comes over to take our drink order and brings the drinks back pretty quickly. The cup felt like it hadn't been washed, ever... It had a layer of grime on the outside. Say you cooked something greasy at home and let the greasy dish soak in the sink for a day, but a cup fell into the pan and soaked with it overnight. When you pick it up the next day and the grease is stuck to the side of it- that's what it felt like. I would've asked for a new cup, but I knew in my gut that the next one wouldn't be any better. It's like they run their dishes through a dishwasher that only has cold water and no hot water. Bleh. They take our food order and I'm quite literally praying that we don't get sick from eating here. Why I stayed, I have no idea. I guess I didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. The waitresses seemed like they had their own issues and I didn't want to add to it. The food comes out and and it's time to eat. My burger was ok at first, clearly a frozen patty but I'm giving it a shot. Then I taste something off and stop eating it. My fries... I just can't even... a few of them were ok, but then I got to some that tasted like they had been fried in a deep fryer that had been used for years without being cleaned or having the grease replaced. My burger also tasted like it was cooked on a filthy grill. My husband couldn't stomach the place and only ate the things on his plate that he thought couldn't make him sick. We got the ticket, paid, and left as quickly as we could without being too obvious or rude. It's a little restaurant that is clearly struggling. This place was beyond 'dive' or 'greasy spoon' status. There's no possible way that this restaurant is safe to eat at. I honestly don't know how they ever pass the health inspection. The level of dirty here is not something that can be cleaned up the day before inspection day, just to get this dirty again between inspections. It must never, ever, be cleaned, or the inspector is blind, literally. As you can guess, we will never be eating here again and I don't recommend that you do either.

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