We go to the Old CookStove a couple of times a year. We travel 61 miles to eat here. They never disappoint. Wonderful food and a great staff. On one of our trips, my wife inquired about how something was prepared. The kitchen staff came out to give my wife step by step cooking instructions. We love the place and we will continue to come visit. And for the record, I hate buffets. This is the one buffet that I will willingly eat at. read more

Went there one Friday night. Food was straight out of a can. Buffet was not up to par, and definitely not worth the time and gas to go there. read more

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Food is always good. The buffet is always full. always have a good homemade dessert and service is great.

Have been there often. I have never been disappointed. The food is always excellent and the service is good. Good selection of food from the buffet and it is like home. Dessert bar is excellent. Highly recommend! read more

Great food and service! We have been at least 5 times, and will be back! The menu changes from time to time but lots of country favorites every time. Our favorite is seafood night! Family friendly. Give them a try! read more

Very tasty homemade food!! You might have to wait but, it is worth it and you will not leave hungry.

Great food!!! Clean!!! So many food choices and it's all delicious!!! Best buffet I've ever eaten at.

After seeing all the 5 star reviews, we were disappointed. Not cheap - $33.46 for two lunch meals, a tea and a water. Buffet style, all you can eat, good variety. Half of the food was good, half wasn't. Steam table didn't keep veggies hot, chicken fried steak was tough. I could go on but will just say we can't recommend. read more

amazing food, very fresh!! Great service, the staff is very friendly, went for the seafood buffet on Friday but actually ended up enjoying the desserts too!! Awesome German chocolate cake with fresh strawberries read more

Any time you leave the buffet and you're doing the little forward lean on your way back to your car, so you know that's the good stuff. Great food, tons of options, friendly service. Fried green tomatoes, cheesy rice and brocolli, and lemon pepper chicken wings were a highlight. read more

I'm not sure I'm doing myself a favor by telling you how good the food is here! LOL We arrived about 4:30pm on Friday and already found a church group from Muscle Shoals (party of 12) and another group of 7 ahead of us by the time we got there (they had opened up 30 minutes earlier). When you pull up to Reeder Road you see a sign for the restaurant. Google maps told us the wrong place to stop. We had to go further down the road past a bunch of cute place houses for children and small sheds. At the end of the road it opened up into the parking area for the restaurant. It was packed with cars and a bus! There were a group of people waiting outside to be seated. You must go up and inside to the register up front to give the hostess your name and the number of people in your party when you get there. THEN you can sit and chat with the locals. I lived in Huntsville for many years so I'm considered local even though it's been about a decade since I've been home from out west. We sat and waited for about 45 minutes before we were called with another party that also happened to be there celebrating a birthday. We got in and went to the buffet. On Friday nights they have a seafood buffet. All I can say is... It was AMAZING! I ate until I was about to pop! The food was SO good! Even the "worst" were average while the best items were some of the best food I've eaten anywhere (which is saying a lot as I've been all over the US)! Some highlights were the chicken wings (I don't know what seasoning they used but they were AMAZING), ham (delicious and juicy), lima beans (I don't even like then but those were good!), blackeye peas, green beans, fried okra, cream corn (homemade), mashed potatoes (homemade), fried fish, fried clams, hush puppies (no onion in them but they were still amazing), seafood stuffed mushrooms (so good it took us a bit to even get some to try!), shrimp cooked in garlic butter sauce, tarter sauce (homemade), vanilla ice cream (homemade in bucket churn with ice and salt), coconut cake (homemade like Nana's), peanut butter delight (think dessert pudding that tastes like the inside of a buckeye that's been thinned out a bit to pudding consistency), brownie (homemade), and fresh tea. Even the average tasting food: mac and cheese, chicken tenders, grits (cheese and ham flavor), and their biscuits and cornbread were still good. For a TINY restaurant, in the middle of nowhere, run by a group of lovely Mennonites you couldn't ask for a better meal. With the price being about $14 per adult I know we will be back before we leave the area! read more

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Wonderful traditional cooking out in middle of nowhere, 20 min off I 65. Worth it even if you have to charter a helicopter to drop you off! Small salad bar but delish! Pickled beets, fresh cucumbers & delish shredded ham and shoestring style fresh radishes. Friday night seafood buffet had delish grilled shrimp, stuffed crab, fried oysters, and ham. My fave veggies were stuffed mushrooms, fried green tomatoes,, creamed corn and sweet potato casserole. That last item was perfect, not overly sweet. The best was melt in your mouth cherry cobbler, homemade vanilla ice cream and fresh strawberry topping. Coconut cake was also finger lickin good! My test of a really good meal is I could not tear myself away from my plate to go get my piggish second helping of mushrooms and fried tomatoes! I did go back for some light and tasty cornbread with homemade apple butter on top. Don't forget the Dutch Oven bakery and bring ice and ice chests to carry back their fabulous pies, cheesecake and cakes! My friends love their Colby cheese. Enjoy, and it closes by 7 pm! read more

A quaint little off the main track country buffet featuring home style, absolutely delicious eats. The place is REALLY clean and the staff is helpful and friendly. I sampled ham, country steak (with white gravy) various casseroles, veggies and several deserts. Everything (with the exception of chicken livers which were dried out) was delicious. I am sure I'll go back at some point! read more

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Great food, easy going atmosphere, polite staff, just a good place for a relaxing Saturday meal.

My wife and I were introduced to the Old CookStove some months back by some friends from church. Well let me tell ya, this place is amazing. It has been a long time sense I've had home cooking like this. Now mind you that my wife is a great cook, but a lot of this food reminds me of my Mother and Grandmother's made from scratch home cooking. My wife and I have made this our new go to place. Their salad bar is not your typical salad bar with iceberg or Romaine. It's not a very big salad bar so don't expect 30 items. The hot food is simple and basic good stick to your ribs fill you up comfort food. You will not be disappointed with the Old cookstove. Oh and their Coconut cake is to die for. read more

Wonderful buffet. Lots of choices to please everyone. I loved the homemade ice cream and cobblers.

It had been some time since my last visit to the buffet style establishment. A lot has changed. Upon arrival you may be slightly confused as to are you at a lumber yard? After driving through the stacks of windows and piles of planks you arrive. The establishment is fit for large parties with plenty of seating. Our group of 12 was seated in about 15 min. The eating options were for those with a narrow taste and looked like vegetables that were taken from a can. They also tasted this way as well very bland. The desserts were in disarray with crumbly cake and pudding options. The biggest reason for the low rating was the messy state of the dinning area. Plates and utensils were not clean and we asked that a whole stack of plates be taken back to be washed. Floors were not swept and it was generally dirty. The porch area was also very unkempt and generally junky. My high hopes for good vegetables was dashed at the cook stove. Additional troublesome item was a septic leak that created an additional stink as you arrive and leave. This was my final visit to this once nice establishment. read more

I highly enjoyed the buffet style when we were in a covid free environment, the staff were not wearing marsk. but they did take some precautions hand sanitizer or gloves but I would of felt alot safer if they had one person working each side off the buffet and you just tell them what you want and they serve it for you. This is all beside the point, the food was warm not hot unless they brought it out fresh. What I did have, had lots of flavor like the fried chicken wings, pot roast and the mash potatoes with gravy all were on point. The chicken wings were finger licking, lol. Their Amish homemade bread was sweet, light and fluffy almost melted in your mouth. It would make amazing French bread or bread pudding also. The fried okra and cornnuts where also very good when fresh. The cream corn was not sweet enough, and the mac and cheese was to sweet and were my least favorite things so that's not too bad. read more

The Old CookStove - Frist plate, yummmmmmy - Buffets Near Me - Danville, Alabama

Delicious buffet! Homemade goodness! Fresh salad bar items! I could not try everything! No problem as we will be going back soon! Continuous crowd so some dishes were gone most were refilled! Ham, meatloaf and so much more! , Awesome hot sweet potato w/marshmallow dish which was my absolute favorite! Homemade creamed corn! My second favorite! Fried green tomatoes...oh my!!! Desserts... layered coconut cake homemade ice cream w/topping choices! And so much more! The atmosphere is like eating at home! So many families dining! A great experience! I didn't give it five stars because I was disappointed that there was no bread refilled while we were there and some of the dishes that went low were not refilled at least while I was eating! They were extremely busy and everyone was trying their best, so I am not faulting them for that but I thought I should not give five stars for that reason! Altogether it was a very cool and enjoyable experience and we are going back! read more

Simple, tasty, friendly. It's five stars if you like these southern style home style (real home style) buffets. It's how things in northern Va used to be. Family. Don't let it's location fool you, we pulled in on a Thursday night to a full parking lot! They make everything from scratch, even the ice cream! It reminded my Virginia self of thanksgiving with more options than you can taste! Cheap, quick, and GOOD ! They some how did all three! (Usually you can only have two of those in anything else). A lot like the Amish do it in Pennsylvania. We will be back ! read more

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Excellent buffet food. Home style cooking! Friday night is seafood night but they still had some of their regular foods available. Best mashed potatoes around! read more

Basics done well. I stuck with veggies- creamed corn, green beans, turnip greens, pinto beans, black-eyed peas, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, meat loaf all good good good! Friends praised the fried chicken and ham. Yearning to return! read more

Phenomenal place if you like home cooking. Friendly service makes it a really enjoyable place for dinner or supper.

Just like Sunday dinner at grandmas or a good church potluck. A wide variety of choices and everything we tried was tasty. Meats cooked to perfection and more homemade desserts than anyone could eat in one sitting, trust me we tried. Their hours and space are limited but it's worth the drive. I look forward to eating here again. read more

A little expensive, but it is totally worth it. Everything here is homemade and delicious, and the staff/service was wonderful. The restaurant itself is a little small so you might have a bit of a wait if you have a larger party, but there is plenty of seating outside while you wait to be seated for your meal. The buffet has several options for meats and sides, and there is a great salad bar too. All of the deserts were homemade as well and consisted of cobblers, cakes, brownies, puddings, and ice cream. This place may be a little out of the way, but it is worth your time and money. read more

This was our first time here and I will most certainly be going back again and my son has asked for his birthday dinner here! The staff was great and the food was just like the slogan advertised, just like grandmas cooking! Everything was great and the only complaint we had was that we ate too much! read more

Great place to eat!! Everything is cooked fresh and delicious!! Sort out in the middle of nowhere but well worth the drive

Great staff, super good food. Warm friendly Christian atmosphere. Deserts are to die for. Friday seafood buffet after 4pm

Finding CookStove off Highway 157 was a welcome opportunity for lunch. After weaving our way through the cascading ferns and front-porch rocking chairs, we found ourselves in a spacious dining room and were greeted by a bright Mennonite smile. She ushered us to the buffet as she cleaned off a table behind which hung Elk Queen patchwork, etc. quilts for upwards of $125. Spread in front of us in welcoming troughs we sampled such standouts as unassuming yet crunchy and moist fried chicken, savory black eyed peas infused with the fat of a pig, and apple butter that tasted like sweet 'n' spicy pie. We must admit, a few of the dishes were over-salted, we were sorely disappointed to bite into the pickled tomatoes and discover they were sweet, and the biscuits were neither soft nor fluffy. However, the dessert table was a smorgasbord of delights -- let yourself bathe in the homemade vanilla ice cream, kept fresh in its metal churning vessel, kept cold in a crumbling glacier. All in all, highly recommend for the overall experience. read more

The Old CookStove - three plates of food - Buffets Near Me - Danville, Alabama

Wow, every recipe was nearly Identical to my grandmother's Sunday dinner table. Definitely worth the drive from huntsville or Birmingham

Perhaps they were having on off day when we ate there. Nothing was hot. The chicken was dry and over cooked. The vegetables had the taste of being dumped from cans and lightly heated. Both biscuits and cornbread were poor and stone cold. The desserts were the high point. German chocolate cake and freezer ice cream were both good. At $14 per person, it's overpriced by far for what you get. It is an interesting location and appeared to be clean. We won't be returning. read more

Great southern comfort food, terrific atmosphere and service. It's like eating at grandma's house. I can recommend this place without hesitation! read more

Wow. I thought I was a kid visiting my grandma's house. When we got out of the car the smells of home cooking was intoxicating. Less than $14 for all the comfort food you could eat. Fried okra, fried green tomatoes, Lima beans, baked ham, fried chicken & a whole lot more. But don't fill up on the main courses. You will need to save room for the peach or blueberry cobbler with fresh home made ice cream or one of the many cakes. The only way to improve on the experience is if they would let you take a nap afterwards. read more

The Old CookStove - First plate - Buffets Near Me - Danville, Alabama

$14 per person Wow, this place has really gone down. The landscape looks like it hasn't been touched all year and the driveway is just dusty dirt. It used to at least have gravel on it but now your car will have to be detailed and dont even consider riding a motorcycle. As for restaurant: You pay BEFORE you eat It is buffet only The fried green tomatoes were old and cold The pot roast was stringy old and cold Country fried steak was so tuff old and cold Gravy for the mashed potatoes hadnt been touched for so long, the spoon would sit on top of it w/o sinking Omg, cold stale fried chicken livers... NASTY Fried Okra cold and old Fresh sliced ham was warm but very bland I used 3 plates attempting to find something fresh and left hungry!!! Pam eventually came by out table and asked if all was good? I told her all was cold and old... she immediately pointed to the bar and said the beans are steaming!! So not wanting to draw any more attention to our table than Pam already had, I said I must be mistaken in my opinion. She then says she'll have someone ck the bar temp... We waited a little and when the coast was clear of Pam, we left. Clearly this place has changed owners or managers or whatever. In the past you had to wait on a table, today (Sat) there were more empty chairs than full. Just as we stepped outside, the smell of raw sewage as OVER WHELMING! What a shame the wind wasn't blowing from that direction on our way in! We could have saved our money and been much less upset. read more

We went here for lunch today and I have to say if I could give it a minus 5 I would. COLD HARD OLD OLD FOOD. Has to have been from their meal yesterday. NOThING could be this awful. I got sick. My husband could not even cut the country fried steak with a knife. could not bite chicken fingers too hard.. livers that are this hard, cold had to be from yesterday.. the rest of the bar was luke warm in temp. desserts were scraped to the corners and nothing in them but crumbs. had to be left from better days gone by. I would not even serve this to my worst enemy. could never do it to paying customers who spent 13 dollars plus tax and as drink extra. NO WAY. I can tell you the jelly I went to because I could not eat the rest of it was Not home made and if you look it is made in TN and I know I tasted a cheap corn syrup taste. NOT homemade. Maybe this is just a bad time to go. Then, lets get into the small children who I believe belonged to the workers in the storage building business in the front door. running in and out of the kitchen getting food.. kitchen workers picking them up and taking them into the kitchen. this should not be permitted. those cakes were not homemade.. if so, must have been cheap cake mix. I had been looking forward to taking my husband here for a long time. what a disappointment. Also, in the bins... not many of anything which made me think that it was left from yesterday and they had to get rid of it first. I saw a woman come from kitchen with what looked like fresh and put them in a warmer below the bins of food.. So, this was made too soon too. should have waited until you needed them since you were trying to get rid of the crappy old stuff. I am mad at myself for being gutless not to have the nerve to say something to them for serving people this old inedible food. I am mad at myself for not demanding my money back. I just want to forget this as soon as I get over going to the bathroom with my upset stomach. read more

We went here for lunch. There was nothing we did not enjoy. It was wonderful. We loved expecially the fried tomatoes and corn nuggets. Definitely will be coming back read more

Great place to take your family and have a home cooked meal kinda feel like bad in the day where grandma cook and it was the best and don't for get to try the dessert it's top of the line everything about this place is good read more

Pleasant surprise. Good food and a different place to eat. Shrimp and oysters tasted great and cooked just right. Don't forget the yummy ice cream. Follow the signs ! read more

Great home cooked food! Always a pleasure to come here! The only downside is a bit of a wait, but that is to be expected! Remember- if you don't leave absolutely stuffed, you did something wrong!!! read more