If you're looking for good home cooking with fast friendly service, this is your place…read more We love it here and is our weekend breakfast spot. Everything we have tried is delicious, country ham with eggs, biscuit and gravy is just like my Grandma used to make. The smoked sausage is fantastic! Been there once for dinner on a Friday night for the all you can eat fish fry, it's spot on and they keep bringing it out to you. The restaurant is decorated as you would expect it to be, all sorts of Alabama memorable. It's were the locals eat so you know it's good.

The food is nice. Reminds me of home cooking. Breakfast items are the best…read more Service is wonderful. All the ladies are very attentive and kind.

We stopped in for a late lunch and thoroughly enjoyed everything. The steak was cooked right on…read moretemperature and the salad bar was fantastic! We will stop again!

The food is good I usually go there three times a week for lunch they have good lunch deals plus…read moredaily specials I've always had great service I usually sit at the bar I'm there for lunch during work nice place we have a bunch of TVs in the bar

Everything was top notch and the catfish was as good as it gets. Great staff and cute interior…read morethough well loved. Food was freshly prepared. They even offered us some free cobbler when they had extras. Awesome gem.

Great small town, hometown diner. Everyone in there are great people! Food is amazing, especially…read morethe breakfast!

Absolutely love this place! It has a beautiful vibe and the food is incredible. I love their beans…read moreas a side dish! The churro pancakes are delicious as well. Drink-wise, the iced dirty horchata and any of their matcha is heaven sent! Love swinging by here before morning classes as a nice little pick me up!

2026 update: Yes I went back many, many, many times. I have tried most of the menu. While the…read moreBurrito Rojo is excellent, I now prefer the Burrito Blanco, Chilaquiles Burrito, and Huevo con Chorizo. The cold brew is still among the best in the area. And the people who work there and run it are the absolute best. 10 out of 5 stars.

Not good in my opinion, place is very dirty and grimmy on the inside. My orange juice had dirt in…read moreit and was warm. The cooking area where they cook is dirty like it hasnt been cleaned in ages.

Home cooked vegetables... great salmon patties every other Thursday. Fried chicken on Wednesday'sread more

My husband and I just purchased a house in Florence. We were looking for a place that served…read moreburgers aside from the usual fast food joints. We live about 7 miles from The Shoals Shack and decided to try it out. The person that took our order was very nice and recommended a few choices which was spot on! I had the Shoals burger and onion rings and my husband had the Shack Attack with fries. We also ordered the pecan pie bread pudding. We were both blown away! The burgers were so good and the onion rings were perfectly crispy! The place was very clean and the staff were friendly. I absolutely recommend this place!

4.5/5. My sis-in-law managed to convince us to go on a roadtrip to Florence just to eat. I wasn't…read moreinterested in what she wanted, so my condition was I get food for myself somewhere else. Shoals Shack was my personal choice, and I think I out bought the rest of our crew compared to the restaurant they chose. ;) it was so good! This is a small building on the outskirts of Florence. There's a little parking lot but it's carryout only. I was able to place my order online about 20 minutes before we got there. It was easy and you can even make modifications to your order, which is great! The website said my food wouldn't be ready till 1:45 (I think I ordered ~1:15 or so) but we pulled up at about 1:35 and it was waiting for me! I walked right up to the window and a friendly employee asked if I had an online order. I agreed and confirmed my name and the food was mine! Easy peasy and it was still super hot and not at all soggy. I ordered the Bella burger, which is a burger with mushrooms, Swiss, garlic mayo, and fried onion strings, though I asked for no onion strings on mine. I got a side of French fries and a cup of ranch for dipping. My order was made correctly. The fries were pretty basic but good -- hot, crispy, adequately salted. The ranch was delicious ranch and perfect for dipping. Unfortunately one of my fries did have a small, straight, dark hair attached to it. I'm not wildly squeamish about these sorts of things and it was sort of sitting by itself not touching other fries anyway, so I just chunked it and went about my business. This is really my only complaint for the whole experience. That burger...wow. One of the best burgers I've had in a long time. Perfectly cooked, juicy, a little unctuous but not too much. Soft bun, not soggy, right amount of melt on the cheese, meaty mushrooms in the perfect proportion. And lastly, the garlic mayo really pulled it all together. It was creamy, not overly garlicky, and spread just enough to get a little bit in every bite. I will be hard-pressed not to return here when I'm next in the area. Truly, an awesome burger! I'd be curious to try their other menu items like chicken sandwiches or tacos as well. Thanks, Shoals Shack!

While staying in Athens, we were looking for a local spot to get some good home-cooked food…read more We found it! Tori, busying around from table to table provided great service. I loved how the locals all ate there, and were super friendly. They offer a couple daily specials on the buffet line, or breakfast and lunch can be ordered at any time. Patty Melt is fab. And don't skip out on homemade desserts.

Went just before the buffet ended today but opted to order from the kitchen so pancakes would be…read morefresh from the grill. It took an EXTENDED time for our food to come out - like 35 minutes and I saw they were breaking down the buffet bar. The food was great but only the egg was hot. The pancakes, bacon and gravy biscuit were lukewarm but not hot at all. It would have been a terrific experience if the food had been hot. I probably would have done the same thing if I was the owner but I would have made sure the food that I took out was warmed and satisfying. We will be back but not before the 11-11:30am time on a Saturday.

Umm snack bar food at best.. but the service was on point. It's just not restaurant quality food at…read moreall...

The food is wonderful, service is great! We mostly do take out, and they load those plates up!read more