If more than 5 stars was an option, I would give it to The Blue Plate West. I've seen posts on the Dothan facebook page stating that The Blue Plate has the best chicken livers in Dothan. As a new Dothan resident, I can say from my experience that it is true. Let me start with the basics. This place is super cute! Driving up to the location, I noticed the outdoor seating area. Picnic tables, palms, and ceiling fans make up the covered patio. Step inside and you are greeted by the daily specials board. It's a 'Seat Yourself' establishment. They have booths, tables with chairs and seating at the counter. It's nicer than the typical diner. I was greeted quickly by a nice young man who provided me with a menu and flatware. He took my drink order and returned promptly with my liquid refreshment and a basket of fried cornbread. I was later offered seconds of the cornbread but I declined. I wanted to save room for the best fried chicken livers in Dothan. A few minutes later the waitress stopped by. Her name is Reagan (like the President, she told me) and she is just the most adorable young lady. When I mentioned that I was new in town and this was my first time dining here, she seemed to get excited. I mentioned the Dothan Facebook page references to The Blue Plate having the best chicken livers in town and she was beaming with pride. She was such a joy to have as a server! Of course I ordered the fried chicken liver plate. It comes with two sides so I asked Reagan what her favorites are. She really likes the Cole slaw and rice with gravy. I wasn't in the mood for slaw so I selected creamed corn along with one of Reagan's favorites, rice with gravy. I was given a choice of white or brown gravy. I chose the brown gravy. And off she went. It might have taken 5 minutes for her to return to my table. With my meal! I kid you not! I have no clue how she was able to deliver hot and crispy battered fried chicken livers with creamed corn and rice with brown gravy in such a short amount of time, but she did! Kudos to the kitchen staff, and not for just the speed in which they had my meal on the table. They really DO serve the best chicken livers in Dothan! Oh my word! Let me walk you through my meal... I started out with the creamed corn. I am a big fan of corn in just about any style. This was good but needed salt. Same goes for the rice with gravy. I added plenty of salt and lots of pepper to the rice & gravy. Let me add here that for those who follow a low sodium diet, some of these sides may work for you. Personally I would rather have my food under seasoned than over seasoned. I had a few bites of each side and got the seasonings dialed in. Now it's time for the main event: the best fried chicken livers in Dothan! They were perfectly cooked and had a good batter-to-chicken liver ratio. I asked Reagan for honey mustard dipping sauce because it's as close as I could get to a Carolina bbq sauce, which I absolutely love to dip my chicken livers in. It totally worked! I took the first bite of the best chicken livers in Dothan before the dipping sauce arrived. My eyes closed, my head leaned back, my taste buds were rejoicing. These ARE the best chicken livers in Dothan! I started doing a little dance as I chewed while sitting in the booth. I was in heaven! I ate them slowly and deliberately, savoring each bite. The angels were singing, a light shined down on my table. That's what I imagined when my eyes closed and my head leaned back with that first bite. I thought I might float out of my seat. Eventually my hunger was satisfied and and I stopped eating. Reagan had her eyes on her tables and immediately headed over to ask if I needed anything else. I requested a to go box and more honey mustard. She was back at my table in a flash with those items and my check. The total: $12.81 for dinner, a beverage, and enough leftover for lunch tomorrow. A great deal for a phenomenal meal! Good Southern home cooking is the best way to describe the food. I wish I'd had room for dessert. I could smell the apple cobbler being delivered to the table behind me. The staff here is great. A waitress taking care of nearby guests greeted me with a smile and a "how are you doing" as she passed by to wait on newly arrived customers. Many times the wait staff for other tables focus just on their tables. Not the case here! If you haven't tried The Blue Plate West, you are seriously missing out! I'll be a regular here! The restaurant is very clean. Tables are cleared promptly. The management is doing a great job with the running of this place. There is plenty of parking. They have a drive-thru window for carry out orders. They have thought of everything! read more

The Blue Plate - West - The best fried Chicken Livers in Dothan. Aren't they beautiful? - American Near Me - Dothan, Alabama

Good solid place. Great place for homestyle food. The service was super friendly and fast. read more

The Blue Plate - West - Hamburger steak with gravy on the side - American Near Me - Dothan, Alabama

Great menu, food, and service. Friendly-professional-staff, friendly patrons, clean and pleasing atmosphere. What's more is that a call/drive-in window is even available for this home cooked food! An establishment running with this degree of efficiency, making it look so easy, undoubtedly has great management. We will be back! read more

I'm surprised I haven't reviewed The Blue Plate yet! We've been here several times when we've been down visiting my stepmom in Panama City. This place is a real gem if you enjoy really good Southern cooking. The service is as friendly as a small-town restaurant can be and the food is delicious. Regulars are greeted warmly and there is the general ambience of a family dinner. The restaurant is clean and comfortable and the wait, if there is one, is usually short. I often order the chicken-fried chicken and my husband varies his choices. On our last visit, he had the pork chop, as did my stepmom. We all loved our meals, especially the fresh vegetables. Their lima beans (or butter beans, if you're a true Southerner) are a must-have! We try to stop here on most of our trips down to P.C. It's such a dependable good meal! read more

Great Country Food. These people know how to make lunch just like Grandma did. Great portions and a great price!! From fried chicken to fried chicken livers. Vegetables are right out of the garden. read more

This place is tucked in the back corner of the strip mall. So there's plenty of parking available. So I'm actually writing this as I sit here...dining in. Pandemic protocols are in place and the staff are adhering. I'm dining at the counter. I'm eating an early dinner so things are wide open as far as seating. At this early hour, it's"seat yourself." I love a good chicken fried steak and it's on the menu...your choice of a white gravy or brown. I chose the brown and it was fine. The CFS was a little chewy but tasted OK otherwise. For my two side I got mashed potatoes with more gravy and the dessert of the day. Today it was apple cobbler. Now the portion size of all three were a little on the small side, but not too small. The apple cobbler was good. At the counter, there are some TV monitors. But they're small. Oh, and yes. My food did in fact come on a blue plate! What's interesting is they also have a drive up window...but you have to call in your order ahead of time. So everything was pretty average in my opinion. Nothing to really complain about nor anything to rave about either. Since prices are reasonable, I have no objections to eating here again. read more

The Blue Plate - West - The Blue Plate - American Near Me - Dothan, Alabama

The food is good but the kast 2 times i have placed a pick up order they forgot my gravy and onions on my chicken livers

The menu is not extensive, but also not expensive. On a given Sunday morning expect to wait a spell, but the wait was worth it. Despite the fact that I was alone I was not overlooked. What I ordered was served rather quickly ( despite the full house ) and accurately. I am a hardy eater yet found myself bringing home enough for the next day, I was quite pleased. read more

Was trying out new restaurants while visiting family. Read reviews on Blue Plate which were good so we thought we would try it. I tried the liver and onions and personally wouldn't recommend. The meat seemed like processed meat. Someone ordered the 1/2 and 1/2 liver and gizzards. Theres hope for this dish if you go early in the afternoon when they're probably fresh. My son ordered fried chicken and was totally satisfied. Mac and cheese was flavorless and mushy, the gabbage was bland, beans weee bland. Bland can be help with salt and pepper. The bigger issue I had was that our waitress said we had a smell that reminded her of a friend that has a horse farm!! We continued to joke about it amongst ourselves but I really wish I had had a side conversation with her. I would try the Blur Plate again, just wouldn't order the liver and onions. read more

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Delicious food and great service! We stopped In on our way home to Georgia from Florida! Glad we did! We will be back!

Had another enjoyable meal with my family at Blue Plate on West Main. The service was wonderful (thank you to our waitress Tiffany J). The restaurant was clean and the atmosphere friendly! read more

Got in no waiting on a Sunday. I ordered the smoked chicken breast with Alabama white sauce, and the wife ordered grilled gulf shrimp. We also ordered fried pickles as an app. We received the pickles within 5 minutes. The pickles tasted good, and there were a lot of them. The issue I have is 45 seconds after we got our appetizer, here comes our entrées. I mean, really?? Do better. The shrimp were good. The smoked chicken was a terrible idea and executed poorly. It's a butterflied boneless breast, which is super easy to dry out, and this was dry as a bone. You would be better served by using a leg quarter. I sent the chicken back and got the liver instead. The liver is by far the thinnest liver you will ever see. This was cut on a slicer, and it was maybe 1/8" thin. The gravy was the goopy brown gravy that came out of a can or a pouch. It was not inspiring. We weren't really thrilled with this place. read more

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Great place if you are looking for diner style food. Our server was amazing, personable and just the sweetest. We were Florida evacuees of Milton and really wanted to find a place pet friendly to eat that wasn't fast food or takeout to eat in a hotel room. The patio at this place was perfect. It was shaded and peaceful. Our server even brought a cup of water for our dog that we hadn't thought of. The ranch dressing is house made and fantastic! Great BLT and Philly and some of the best crispy fries. read more

The food is usually good but I have had a couple of occasions where the food tastes like it has been cooked in older oil. Now keep in mind that I have been here a lot and it has only happened a couple of times but that is why I only gave them 4 stars. They have great service and other than the couple of instances from before my food is usually great read more

Lunch was sooo good. We were a little past lunch crowd and the food was very good. If you like country cooking this is your place.

Great Southern comfort food.....lets start with nice friendly servers! Next good Southern Sweet Tea and a basket of fresh biscuits and little fried squares of cornbread! How can you improve on cornbread? Fry it!! I had he best meatloaf I have had in a long time (I am a big fan of meatloaf, it's my go-to food) and this place has it done right! A side of home-made mashed potatoes (still kind of lumpy!!) with brown gravy and a bowl of purple-hulled peas ( I think they are some kind of bean, but who am I to question that?) and the meal was finished! We had more of the cornbread/ biscuits with honey as our dessert, they were just that good! Great find! We would eat here again when in town! read more

The Blue Plate - West - Meatloaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, purple-hulled peas and biscuits/cornbread! Yumm! - American Near Me - Dothan, Alabama

I really like this place! We stopped on our drive from Ga. It's easy access and plenty of parking. The staff are friendly. The service was efficient. The food was really good. I think the prices were fair. I recommend the friend chicken, friend okra, and dressing. read more

This place is amazing. Food is authentic and delicious. The service is quick and very friendly. I can't wait to come back. read more

The Blue Plate - West - Pork Roast with Gravy Plate Special - American Near Me - Dothan, Alabama

My daughter and I stopped in on our way to FL. It was VERY busy--crowded and loud. We asked to sit outside, where we were the only diners. Haha, our waitress, was GREAT. The food was delivered quickly, and it was delicious. We both had chicken and dumplings. They were some of the best I've had. read more

We typically eat at the 84 west location, but they are closed on Saturdays. Both food and service were great! Unfortunately, we couldn't enjoy our meal because it was so hot in the restaurant.. it had to be 80 degrees, considering it was almost 80 degrees over the weekend. We mentioned it to our server, who was also hot. She said they've told the owners, but no luck and they could not adjust the temp, and one AC was broken. Really?? We noticed other guests who were complaining. Makes no sense... will stick with 84W location. read more

My favorite meal on their menu is the chicken fried steak with white gravy combined with mashed potatoes and green beans and sweet tea. They are always nice and serve your order quickly read more

The salads are always fresh and delicious. Ranch is homemade I believe, and it's really good as well.

Made an online order and there isn't an option as it comes for certain items on the menu it makes it very frustrating. It makes you not want to use the convenience of online order this was the poorest experience I've ever experienced at Blue Plate. read more

Oh, Blue Plate. The classic Southern tradition that everyone loves to shower with praise. I have a differing opinion of this "down-home family restaurant". My Blue Plate adventure begins on an average Sunday during the dreaded Dothan Church Rush, a time where thousands of stuffy old people stampede like raging wildebeests into every available eatery, cafe, and drive-thru. The Blue Plate staff managed to cope with this sudden influx well, and I was seated within a few minutes of my arrival. After being seated, I was impressed by the friendly staff and casual atmosphere as I waited patiently for my food. Upon receiving my order, the renowned Smokehouse Burger, I dug in eagerly to find out for myself what made Blue Plate such a popular restaurant. However, to my surprise, my food was not at all worthy of the mountains of praise it normally got. The meat tasted undercooked and raw, like it was simply allowed to "cook" on the dirty Alabama sidewalk for a few hours as the cooks twiddled their thumbs idly. Despite my revulsion, I continued on in my quest and moved to my side item, a pretty decent serving of peach cobbler. The cobbler was a ray of hope in the dark, desolate tunnel known as The Blue Plate, and I was relieved to finally wash my palate clean of the cold, visceral taste of raw ground beef. After paying for my meal and leaving the restaurant, I was ready to simply curl up under a blanket and enjoy a classic novel. Despite my outer air of peace, I was utterly unprepared for the bloody battle that would soon ensue. The Smokehouse Burger was not content to simply ruining my meal; it was determined to ruin every other facet of my life. A piercing pain rocketed across my abdomen as I sprinted like Usain Bolt to the toilet. I braced for impact, but was caught completely off guard by the magnitude of this disaster. I gripped the rim and gasped in pain as the burger exploded outward with the force of a Peacekeeper missile, the searing pain breaking down my tolerance more and more with every squirt. After ten long minutes of absolute, unfathomable, excruciating agony, I picked myself up from the gelid porcelain and released a triumphant battle cry. The Smokehouse Burger had been defeated. To sum my experience up, I would not recommend this establishment to anyone. The service is satisfactory, but no consumer should have to pay for poor-quality food, only to be forced to drink Pepto-Bismol by the glass in an effort to avoid a prolapse afterward. read more

I was too hungry and excited to see Country Fried Steak on the menu to take a picture, but it lived up to my expectations. I was happy going out of the way a few miles to eat here as I was passing through the area. The country fried steak was really good, with a good ratio of batter to steak. There was enough batter for it to be crispy without feeling like it's all batter. The mashed potatoes and white gravy could have used a bit more salt, but then some would complain about them being too salty. I ordered the fried okra crispy because it's too slimy for me otherwise. Again, there was a good balance between batter and okra. It was cooked perfectly and took care of the craving for my grandmother's. As another review mentioned, nothing comes out with the biscuits and other things didn't come with anything, like butter. Since I prefer the biscuit with my mashed potatoes, it was fine for me. If you want good, standard southern fare, this is definitely worth a stop. read more

Blue Plate used to be awesome but as of late the quality of the food has changed and not for the better. The food my wife and I had was swimming in grease and I expect a little when I eat fried food but the bottom of the plate was floating with grease. We both went home and took something to calm our upset stomachs. It's been this way on the past three trips so we are done. I highly recommend Annie Pearls over Blue Plate. They have southern food done like granny made it. read more

I paid $15 total and that's including tip for a meal that left me more than content. The staff were friendly and sweet. The place had that family vibe going. Some guy even interrupted my server as she was telling me choices, saying I should get the pork chops fried. It was crunchy, moist and delicious. I also got fried okra and mash potatoes. Everything was great and you can beat the price. read more

Staff was friendly and had several of them greet me. Good was ok, nothing great. Meatloaf was seasoned well and tasty. Pulled pork was ok. Biscuits that come before meal did not have any butter or anything to spread on, very boring. Mac n cheese and mashed potatoes were ok. Nothing great, but wasn't bad. read more

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Had lunch here today with family. It. Was. Packed! (Which I view as a good thing) We had a short wait before a table was cleared for us. I ordered grilled chicken fingers, green beans and sweet potato fries. Everything was great. Chicken was moist, beans were seasoned well and sweet potato fries were crispy. The waitress was super sweet and friendly. She checked on us several times throughout our meal (I think her name was Jazlyn) a to-go tea got dropped and she was super helpful about getting it cleaned up and replacing it. I look forward to my next meal here read more

Great food. Super yummy. Traditional Southern. Pecan grilled chicken was delicious. Good service. read more

This has been by far the best place my my fiance and I have ate the whole last year we've been in Dothan. Really good food and very friendly people. I don't remember her name she's an older woman that works afternoons around 3 to 4 was the sweetest most caring person. Thanks for the great job you all are doing. read more

The food was delicious but the service was absolutely horrible as our server had her mask below her nose and was extremely rude the entire time. She complain how busy she was as she was speaking to us over food with her nose over her mask. I have been many times and have Never had such poor service read more

It's really a shame how The Blue plate in Northport makes a Large Blute plate Chef salad. I just purchased this and I counted 10 small chunks of diced ham and 5 small shreds of chicken! For $9.67A Plate loaded with lettuce and thick onions. This is the 3rd time I've purchased a salad from there and it gets worse everytime! I will not be ordering from here again. A waste of money. Who wants lettuce for $9.67. I use to love The Blue plate,but this is ridiculous! If you want a Good salad, this sure isn't the place to get it! And yes I'm pissed read more

On the downhill slide. Don't know if their problems are pandemic-related, but our latest experience was less than satisfactory. Service was marginal and food was marginal to poor. We have run out of reasons to eat at Blue Plate when we can go just down the street to Mr. Bill's with comparable food for prices that are 15%-20% lower. read more

Good ol southern food and GREAT PRICES! Service is always superb here and at the newer locale on the circle south-side. Always packed out at lunch, so parking is a bit tricky especially if in a commercial truck looking to park for lunchtime. Compared to say...cracker barrel...at least Blue Plate doesnt run out of meatloaf, mashed potatoes, french fries, biscuits, and sweet tea like the one Cracker Barrel did in Mobile on the SAME VISIT! Been a loyal customer for over 5 years, looking forward to another 5 more! UPDATE: Went back Tuesday 11-13-12. Well, they have joined the cut back movement. They changed their menu last friday according to the employees. Drink glasses smaller, items removed from the menu. Portions are noticeably smaller. And at least HALF of all food listed on the menu was fried. Well it was fun while it lasted but I will not ever be returning. read more

The Blue Plate serves down home Southern cooking. It is the only reliable place in Dothan to get pulled pork BBQ, and theirs is good. If you have a hankerin' for your grandmamma's food this is the place to go. read more

Great southern food. A lot of fried items, so a little heavy for my tastes, but that's what you get with southern food. The fried pickles are delicious! (Eat them while they're hot, they do go soft quickly) I love that they have an option for a "vegetable" plate. More often than not it ends up being allot of starches and some veggies, but still great to have the choice. I'm sure I will be back if we visit this area more often. read more

A great place to enjoy home cooking! Both locations in Dothan are comfortable, friendly with southern style menu.

I had the smokehouse burger. I t was delicious, I strongly recommend it. My friend had the BBQ pulled pork which was phenomenal. Service was great and very welcoming and were happy to help with all the extra stuff that we ordered. read more

Completely incompetent workers. I live 15 min away but husband works in Dothan so stops often to get pick up. Was really good at first, but the last few times have made me not want to go here anymore. Once we got a complete different order, called them as my husband was heading back. They didn't even try to make it up after knowing how far we were driving to make it right. Stay away until they get better management/workers who care about service! read more