Very cute cozy spot in Albemarle. We went for dinner in the winter and I would say it was a little…read morecold in there and very dark. That was our only complaint. Everyone was having to pull out their phone flashlight to read the menus so I would just suggest maybe table lighting if they want to keep the low lights throughout. Ok on to the food... we had the rockafella oysters which were pretty tasty for an appetizer. And I had the catch of the day which was grouper over cheddar grits and shrimp etoufee. The food was well flavored and not too heavy. We also shared the peanut butter pie for dessert which we enjoyed. The staff was friendly and the drinks are strong. So we will likely return.

Nice atmosphere and friendly service. Salmon was good, but might have been better with a simple…read morerecipe of salt and pepper. Had a bbq flavor of sorts that was probably a bit overwhelming for the salmon. Cheese grits on the side were good. Daughter had the filet mignon which she said was perfectly cooked, though it could have used a bit more seasoning. Husband had the ribeye and unfortunately he was disappointed with the lack of flavor. The restaurant obviously aims to please and we didn't complain, just a little more seasoning and this would have been a five star rating. Also a little pricey.

I was visiting projects for work, and I brought my coworker and our insurance consultant here for…read morelunch after reading the reviews. We were down by Lake Tillery on a job so this was within a reasonable distance. Love the layout and decor in the restaurant. Oh, we picked a shareable for the table and spinach artichoke dip, which was a good choice to split between three people. We still have plenty of our workday left so I opted to go with the grilled salmon and a rather unique side in Mexican street corn.. for my second side I decided to add a house salad with homemade ranch dressing. The salad was a large portion to start with in the flavor of the Mexican corn in the salmon went well together. I made a great choice. The Mexican corn was three short corn on the cobs in a long dish with sauce on top of the corn. Public house is definitely the place to be in Albert mall for lunch dinner or a private event.

Being new to the area, we wanted to try out this place that always seemed to have a crowd in the…read morelobby. We went to Five Points Public house for a weekday lunch and only had to wait about 15 minutes to be seated. The food was good, the interior architecture is nice to look at, and we will be back. The restaurant is a mix of booths and tables with chairs. You can tell the building is old, but had been tastefully worked into a restaurant by the age on the exposed brick within. The whole front of the restaurant faces one of the main roads for downtown, and has large windows that bring in tons of natural light. This place is good for a date night, a group gathering, or anything in between. There's even some bar seating if that's your thing. Our table got the French dip and a make-your-own burger. The French dip was easily shared by my little and me, as the portion size was large. The build-your-own-burger comes exactly as you want it, cooked to your temperature preference, but I will say the patty could have had more seasoning on it. The onion rings are amazing, and the onion adheres perfectly to the batter. One thing I hope to be able to use in the future is the Pontiac Room, which is their second story event space. They have a nice sign that gives details about the space, and I truly believe it would be good for wedding receptions, large parties, or large group gatherings. I don't know if there is an elevator to this space, so you'd need to check on that should your group have mobility concerns. Overall, this is a place that we will bring the whole crew to in the future.

i had the sweetest most wonderful server ever i think his name was seth or stef im not 100% sure…read morebut he was amazing. he was so attentive and funny and you could tell he really cares about the people he's around. i will definitly be coming back here to eat and request stef as my server again. he was so grateful for the tip i gave him! the food was great too. service was way better though. :)

Two salmon cakes (pronounce the L), mashed potatoes and brown gravy, with collard greens and roll…read more the making of a Sunday from big momma's house. In this case, Lillie Ann Home Cooking I was disappointed with the salmon cakes. There was no flavor to them at all. The brown gravy gave the mashed potatoes a boost in flavor. The collard greens were standard. Nothing fancy. Now I've heard Lille Ann's has a number of great items. I will be willing to give them another try. #AlbemarleFoodies #gratuityadded #Albemarlegotalot #FoodinAlbemarle #southernfoods

A few places remind me of how things used to be. Rosebriar is one of them. Clean dining room…read more Simple menu. Table cloths. Happy staff. Reasonable prices. Great food. Diner fare. No Michelin stars here. BUT, authentic local food cooked perfectly and tastes like it was 1960's, at least in my mind. I ordered the Swiss and grilled onion burger. Nothing fancy. Side of macaroni salad. Verdict? Excellent. Hard sear on a genuine ground beef patty, grilled onions, Swiss cheese, with a slightly toasted bun. Brioche? Potato? Sourdough? Nope. Simply old school white bun with a properly grilled burger just begging to be eaten. Wonderful. Couldn't be better. Topping off our lunch we ordered a Coconut custard pie to go. OMG. This is a diner that genuinely bakes homemade pies with a restaurant on the side! Has my "Give 'em a Whirl" meter drooling over the pie display asking for seconds. Support local. Go here.

Normally I love this place but today I was very disappointed with the chicken salad on the…read morecroissant. So much egg inside with hardly any chicken. Very dry. First we thought it was a mistake but when we asked girl said no that's chicken salad. We ate it but we were not happy. Pie was good as always. I won't order the chicken salad again. And I usually love it

Now Bigfoot Burgers were better than expected…read moreBeer was cold Waitress was on her game that day Beer never went dry Nice stop on our Uwharrie run Marked off parking for bikes

Stumbled upon this place today while we were down at Uwharrie for the Jeep Jamboree. We usually go…read moreto the El Dorado Outpost to air down and eat before we hit the trail and then grab another bite while we air up our tires when we get done. Unfortunately for the Outpost, that is not going to happen anymore. This place has ample parking for all of our jeeps, serves alcohol, and the food is 10x better. It's a small restaurant, but has plenty of seating and a bar area. There was only one waitress working but she was very attentive and sweet as can be. We tried most of the stuff they offer, including the wings, burgers, pizza, and chicken salad sandwich, and everyone enjoyed their food. This is now our go to spot when we go wheeling! Plus, it is only about a mile past the Outpost if you are coming from 85. Trust me, you will not be disappointed.

I'm actually writing this review while still sitting at the table at Scallywags tonight, which…read moreshould probably say something about how disappointing the experience has been. We came here with friends tonight, and I was genuinely excited to try the place. When we were seated, the woman who sat us was very nice and explained that they had just gotten a few large parties in, so it might be a little while before our waitress could get to us. We completely understood. My husband specifically asked her, "Is it okay if I go order our first round at the bar while we wait?" She told him yes. He went to the bar, and when bartender Lillie got to him, he explained that we were seated at a table. She refused to serve him and told him he had to order through our waitress. That alone would have been fine--clearly there was a communication issue between employees. What was NOT fine was what happened next. As my husband walked away, Lillie proceeded to make the comment, "We aren't doing that tonight," to other customers sitting at the bar, essentially talking about him to other patrons as he walked away. That was completely unnecessary and unprofessional. He didn't argue with her, give her an attitude, or demand to be served. He simply did exactly what another employee had just told him he was allowed to do. If employees aren't on the same page about how drinks are being handled on a busy night, that's an internal communication issue--not a reason to make comments about a customer to other customers. Eventually, we received a cocktail menu and ordered drinks through our waitress, Alley. About five minutes later, she came back and told us they were out of peach schnapps and therefore couldn't make the drinks we ordered. Looking at the cocktail menu, being out of that one ingredient appears to eliminate almost the entire specialty cocktail menu except for about three drinks. I completely understand running out of an ingredient, especially on a busy Saturday night. What I don't understand is not offering an alternative. A good bartender should be able to recommend something similar or say, "We're out of peach schnapps, but I can substitute something and make you something close." Instead, it was simply that they couldn't make the drinks. I was actually looking at tonight's food special and fully intended to order it. At this point, though, I don't want to add another potential disappointment to the evening. So while our friends eat, I'm sitting here drinking water and writing this review instead. We came in excited, we were patient and understanding about them being busy, and we weren't demanding anything unreasonable. Running out of an ingredient happens. Being busy happens. Employees misunderstanding each other happens. What shouldn't happen is a bartender making comments about a customer to other customers after he walks away--especially when that customer was simply following the instructions another employee had just given him. A little communication, hospitality, and professionalism would have completely changed this experience. Unfortunately, at this point in the evening, I've lost enough confidence in the experience that I don't even want to order dinner.

We ordered onion rings which were good. They forgot the sauce at first, but quickly brought it once…read morewe mentioned it. The pizza was terrible! We did stray from the menu, but thought it was a simple request. Add sausage to your cheese pizza. They charged us for a meat lovers pizza. The pizza was almost inedible. Minimal sauce and sausage. Dry crust. We spent $70 on two glasses of wine, two house vodka waters, onion rings, and an inedible pizza. My husband used the restroom and said everything inside the restaurant was very dirty. Definitely won't be going back.

The most disgusting restaurant I have ever been in. I should have known when I went into the…read morebathroom, and I should have walked right back out. The food was awful.

We were seated and brought tea then we sat for fifteen minutes with no one coming to take our…read moreorder. There was only one other couple in the whole place we got up to leave and I told the lady I didn't get waited on and she charged me for the two glasses of tea. Needless to say we won't be back

Amazing place to eat. Great food,service and atmosphere. The outdoor dining is very relaxingread more

Went with group motorcycles yesterday to River wild for lunch. We sat on the deck and had a great…read moretime and the food was delicious. I got buffalo chicken tenders with fries. Another got fish taco and shrimp taco, one got a Cuban sandwich, another got fish and chips and the last one got I think a prime rib sandwich. Two also got dessert, one a brownie with ice cream and another got cheesecake. Everyone was pleased with their selection. This is the 3rd or 4th time eating here and have always enjoyed it. The view of the lake is nice and the service is very good here. I highly recommend this restaurant if in the Lake artillery area.

It just depends on what they're having and who's working, the food is mostly good but it's been…read moregoing down hill for the past couple years. But I give them a A for effort.

Friendly people, great food, and fast service. I love a local place and the Handi Mart is just…read morethat. Fresh, home cooked meats and sides for a value. My son wanted a chicken leg and potato wedges, but the fryer was down. We chose chicken tenders, broccoli casserole, and tater tots as a backup plan. Everything was delicious. The broccoli casserole was the only item I didn't love, but that is more of a personal preference in how I like that item made. I would definitely return to this hometown gem when I am in the area.

Went to this restaurant with our whole family. It took us about 20 minutes to get seated. And that…read morewas OK. Cause it was a little busy. The waitress took forever to come to our table. And after about 45 minutes. We finally had our drinks. While we were ordering the waitress just gave attitude looks to one in our party because they were asking for a configuration of wings that they did not do. So instead of just saying "the policy is this way" she just got everyone confused. We had asked for some house chips and that they not be cooked too crispy. After a while she brought them back to us, two pans- one crispy and one almost raw, floating in grease and said "This is the best we can do" with attitude. We couldn't eat this and had had had it with this waitress because of the attitude and also because people who were seated after us by this point were already eating and about to leave and we just got our chips. So we took the chips to the bar to show the person up there and ask to speak with a manager. The manager fill in came to our table, he was a cook but was filling in because the manager was not there. As I was trying to explain it to him, she came up, butted in, was arguing with me, the customer, about what had happened. I had began very calmly explaining to this guy our experience but when she came in with MORE attitude, I had to remind her to check herself. She was way over the line inappropriately talking to a customer the way she was. I mean yall, look at these chips in the pic- who would eat this? At this point we'd herb there way over an hour AND HALF and still NO WINGS. We decided to just go pay for those floppy raw potatoes and our drinks and leave. I won't be back and if you guys get this Abby (I think- heavyset, dark haired) waitress that says she's been there longer than everyone else, my advice is to change tables.

One of the best burgers I've ever eaten. Loved the homemade chips too. Great service in a laid…read moreback atmosphere. Pleasant surprise.