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    The Dillard House Restaurant

    2.7 (612 reviews)
    ModerateAmerican
    Open 8:00 am - 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM - 8:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Moderate noise
    Touristy
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    I've eaten at Dillard House for almost 40 years. I don't know who is running this place now, but it absolutely breaks my heart to see how they're gutted this place. The food is HORRIBLE! They spent a bunch of money updating the place, and I guess they tried to church-up the food, but they removed all the southern flavor from the food. They don't serve biscuits anymore. There's a thing called "biscuits" on their menu, but it's a damned Cheddar Bay biscuit from Red Lobster, not a good, southern biscuit. Salad? Weird weeds and twigs fru-fru salad. No collard greens, no black-eyed peas, no biscuits, no cucumber salad. Nothing that you came to the Dillard House to eat in years past is served anymore. And the saddest thing - this was the only place on the planet that I'd eat coleslaw. Well, they managed to mess that up, too. We used to happily drive the 70+ miles and wait for an hour to eat here. Sadly, I don't think we'll ever come back. It's truly heartbreaking.

    Roast beef, corn bread, salad and strawberry cobbler.

    What a great treat with beautiful views! Was heading home from a stay in NC and thought to stop at the Dillard House for a late lunch. The place was pristine. Food was served quickly and tasted wonderful. April was our server and we really liked her!

    Lunch for a solo traveler
    Anne L.

    Years ago I ate at The Dillard House while vacationing with family in the area. It was my first experience with family style dining and it was such a nice experience that I wanted to go back. This time round I was traveling solo but wanted to stop and see if it was as good as my memories. While the original spot for the restaurant is undergoing renovation, they have everything running seamlessly from the nearby conference or ballroom on the resort property. The service is great - friendly and quick server helped take care of me and the food is delicious. You are served fried chicken, fried pork and gravy, salad, coleslaw, black eyed peas, squash casserole, lyonnaise potatoes, creamed corn, biscuits, cornbread, and peach cobbler....i might be forgetting something but rest assure it is a great experience and I recommend it.

    Winter salad, yeast roll and corn muffin.

    This was our first visit to the Dillard House Restaurant. We almost didn't come because of construction, but the dining room was updated and open. Daniel was our server and walked us through the all you can eat vs. the single entree, meat and three. We were hungry, so we opted for the unlimited option. The food was prepared fresh and seasoned well, but not over seasoned. Cisco came by the table and gave us some background of DHR and how the choices rotate. We sensed the staff took ownership of providing a pleasant dining experience.

    We got here at 11:37am, 7 mins after they opened for lunch and there were customers already but not that many. We still had to wait to be seated, not sure why but the hostess' working looked confused and unhappy even my partner said something about it. We finally got seated after 10 or so minutes and were waiting for our server that never came, 4 more families got seated after us and was promptly served. At this point my partner was livid, we even saw the managers and hostess' talking about our table, not sure if they did not communicate to the servers on which table they're serving or what but I finally stood up and went to the hostess stand and asked if somebody's going to serve us or should we just leave since everybody else already got served. Now is it a race thing? since most of their patrons were not POC, just me. We'll never know! Although most of their servers were POC. The managers kept checking in on other tables except us which was so odd. The least they could do is come to our table and apologize for the wait and that somebody's going to be serving us soon. At least that's what I would do because I work in the restaurant service industry. But nobody did that, AT ALL. The only time a manager came was when we were eating and asked about our food. A server at the host's stand offered to be our server and help us which was very kind of him, we will commend him for that! He's probably the only person who knows what he's doing in the place. Thank you Lugo! You deserve a raise. Now, the food was actually good. We got a meat and three sides and it was $16 each since we don't really eat a lot and did not option for the buffet which was $28/person. It's good that they offer that option. By the time we were leaving it was already busy and this was a Sunday. They looked like they were properly staffed but unfortunately they only cater more for large parties. I noticed they pay more attention to them rather than small groups which I think was ridiculous. I know most reviews on here talk about the bad food but phenomenal service but we had a completely opposite experience. Mind you, this is our first impression of The Dillard House too since it's our first time and have heard good reviews. Finally visited when we were in the area while on our staycation. Would probably not come back because of the AWFUL service.

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    Completely renovated with a new staff a kitchen facility. Family style was great, excellent experience highly recommend.

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    Family style dinning- good home style food! Service is always with a smile! Window seating comes with Mountain View's!

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    New owners and not ready for prime time. They are trying to accommodate diners but it's far from perfect. It's not even good.

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    We have been very good about staying home during these trying times but I wanted to take my wife…read moreout for a romantic dinner ( see previous review ) tried a number of our favorites but found them all booked. We had been to the previous establishment ( Rabun Manor ) and liked it but knew they were going to be under new ownership soon. I called and surprisingly there were tables available. I should have known better.......... It is a beautiful setting and the outside decorations were nicely done ( Halloween ) . We were greeted at the door and seated in a quaint sunroom type of dining room. The troubles from there forward were just not acceptable. The wait staff that we had were uniformed, slow, non attentive and down right lousy. Had to ask for my wife's Prosecco twice and its not like you have to mix up a drink, you pour this straight out of the bottle. Started with one of my wife's favorites, fried green tomatoes......which I never had. They were actually red tomatoes, soggy topped with a sundried tomato aioli, which seemed out of place. Sent that app back with condolences from the chef who actually said that his green tomatoes had turned red. There is a huge tomato farm just a short walk from the resort. Take a walk Luigi !!!!! We looked at each other and said lets try 2 more apps and call it a night. We ordered the flatbread with sun dried tomatoes........soggy, tasteless and the tomatoes were hard to bite thru. Also ordered the steakhouse chili which came to the table looking quite sad. It was " chili " on top of tortilla chips. Again very soggy, full of mostly tomatoes and we found 6 pieces of steak in this mess. Being that my wife is one of the best cooks I have ever known, I do have high expectations but this was an utter shame and a sham of a restaurant. Save yourself the trouble, money and embarrassment of this place and try another place or just stay home, it's safer.

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    The good first. The burgers were very good. My wife and I enjoyed the burgers very much. Tasty,…read morehot. While we were greeted and seated quickly, the service was subpar. The establish was not busy. The tables were sticky and had visible signs of glass rings. For not being busy, it took a considerable amount of time for the food to come out. While my food was very good, the wife had fries that were cold. We were served food without any utensils or napkins. It took 8 minutes for utensils to arrive and one napkin each. We asked for more napkins, which never came. My wife mentioned the cold fries and she was brought another serving of equally cold fries. When we were finished, I asked the server for a couple to go boxes. We received one and had to ask for more; eventually getting one more box. It took an additional 10 minutes to get the check, and another 10 to have it retrieved with the credit card. The neighboring table was also dealing with cold fries.

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