Did dinner takeout and it was really good! Everything was freshly made! Employees were very nice as well We wouldn't hesitate to go back but we are from out of town. read more

The buffet isn't huge, but has plenty of options to choose from as well as a salad bar and desserts. The food is delicious, my favs are the fried chicken, collards, and dumplings. The service staff is friendly and on par with refilling drinks and removing plates. I definitely recommend. read more

Food was subpar, Either too much seasoning or not enough. The ingredients was not high quality.I thought restaurants had better food. Limited selection of dishes. I could smell the bathroom in the hall. read more

I've been eating here for around 45 years now and I still love it. Probably more salt than I need these days but I just love home cooking. The service is always good, too! It gets busy on Sundays of course: read more

Food was very greasy and just not good. The ambience gave Motel 6 establishment would not suggest this to anyone visiting. The workers were very friendly. Food was a thumbs down read more

Honestly Im shocked with how impressed I am. When arriving the restaurant looks like it's connected to the lobby of a motel 6(typically a red flag) once I walked in the place was slammed, lots of people coming in for to go plates by the pound. Best Mac and cheese I've had in awhile. Also had the sausage, fried chicken, rice covered in beef stew, collards, beans, yams, and orangish vegetable a gentleman told me was kind of like a potato with more flavor( and that's exactly how I'd describe it after trying) and my favorite country dessert banana pudding! I'd like to say they make banana pudding exactly how it's supposed to be made loaded with vanilla wafers and banana slices. Server was very nice and attentive. I'd highly recommend to anyone in the area( I stopped by while I was traveling for work) read more

This restaurant is located inside Motel 6 beside lobby entrance. The signage outside needs to be read carefully, $7.99 for a to-go plate, not price for buffet. This should be the buffet price instead of $15 a person. I say this because the buffet consists of one hot area and the quality of food is pooor. There is a salad and dessert area as well. It would be a good deal if 7.99 but wayyy over priced for quality food choices. Get a to-go plate, don't stay for seconds. read more

Food was great and prices also .They have Turkey wings on Saturday and they are very tasty,keep up the good work .

I always like stopping in to get some dessert's. Best peach cobbler in town . The atmosphere is clean and the service is great.

The food is so amazingly well seasoned and tastes good... every-time I'm in SC this is my spot to eat

I love this space and I know it's not for everyone. You have to LOVE good southern cooking which is well seasoned and includes a little grease. The fried chicken is delicious. If you looking for a fancy spot with table cloths, fabric napkins and glass goblets, this is not your spot. You have usually a choice of multiple meats, vegetables and starches. Once you've finished your meal you have to rest for a moment before going to the desert table which is full of goodies. Please allow me to share there is usually fresh peach or apple cobbler. It is SO GOOD. As with most buffet someone may drop a little green in the peas or some rice fall into the meatloaf but they work hard keeping the bar stocked, hot and fresh. Special note: meal includes ice tea or lemonade. Sodas are extra and there is no refill as it's not a fountain drink but a can soda. I highly recommend this place for a good home cooked meal. read more

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Well for this to be a small restaurant off the side of the highway in a hotel it blew my expectation out of the water. Now don't go in expecting a five-star fancy restaurant but expect a five-star country town buffet. The food was absolutely delicious from the chicken to the beef tips. I havent had good country cooking like this since I lived in Oklahoma. There were so many options from the salad bar, soup station, dinner foods, and three separate areas serving dessert options. If I am ever in this area again, I can guarantee that I will be back. Our waitress was so sweet and brought the best sweet tea to my table. It was some of the best I ever had. I could barely eat two plates so you will definitely get your fill. read more

Staple spot in Flo-town! OG. Always get xtra gravy there. Best service too! Tell em I sent ya. Get % read more

This is a nondescript little buffet in with the Motel 6 just off the Interstate 95 BUT the food was actually VERY good. All the Southern classics: Fried Chicken, BBQ Chicken, Roast Chicken, Beef Tips (excellent) and Pork Sausage. Then all the southern sides: Mac N Cheese (excellent), cabbage (yum), collard greens (yum), black-eyed peas, red beans, rice, butter beans/lime beans, baked beans w sausage, salad bar. Several types of desserts to choose from. Friendly attentive service staff. Not fancy but sure was good! read more

Thunderbird Country Buffet Restaurant - Fried Chicken, Pork Sausage, Greens, Beans, Turnips - American Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

Overpriced to say the least. Under seasoned food. Staff was there to do what?? Underwhelming to the point of no return. Lackluster service and food today. $17. Really??? No thanks. Better options for sure. read more

Traveling from our Myrtle beach vacation back home to Charlotte, NC and we stopped for lunch. Some food items were good, and some were not. My husband is a buffet lover however he did not go back for 2nds. The soft serve ice cream was sour. I informed the waitress and they never shut the machine down to investigate to see if the ice cream was bad. The place is run down, women's bathroom was not clean. My husband said back in the day this was the place to come while in Florence and use to travel from Cheraw and Bennettsville to eat, but now it is bad compared to what it was. He was disappointed. This is my first time and last time I will visit. I have been t many holes in the wall, yet this was by far the worse. read more

This was not a good soul food buffet experience. The food was awful- it was either over seasoned or under-seasoned.

Probably Southern home cooking at its very best. The Thunderbird Country Buffet Restaurant may be one of those hidden gems that you have to discover when making a road trip Georgia or Florida, or proceeding through the Carolinas while on I-95. First off, the food here is not for the faint of heart. If you are worried about watching your cholesterol, there is good reason to when eating here. You'll easily have a 2,000-3,000 calorie meal when eating the country ham, sausage, fat back, buttermilk biscuits, pancakes and other pound-packing items. And that's okay, considering that this is a buffet and not a restaurant designed for contestants on "The Biggest Loser" weight-loss show. What I found remarkable about this buffet is that for $7.99, you can get a lot of food, in addition to coffee. For good eating at a low cost, you can't find this sort of deal anywhere else. The restaurant was very clean and comfortable to eat in, and the customer service was pretty good. Really good hospitality and fellowship amongst the restaurant staff & their customers, to which it appears that a number of the latter have been patronizing this restaurant for years. Aside from breakfast, the Thunderbird also has a lunch and dinner buffet schedule. This venue is inside of the Thunderbird Motel, for those that are actively looking for the restaurant. read more

Thunderbird Country Buffet Restaurant - Where some of the magic happens- the Thunderbird country buffet. - American Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

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Welcome to the ThunderTurd buffet! The food was ok here. I waited a smooth 10 minutes before anyone came by to offer a drink to me. The cobbler was dry. The chicken was decent. I found a lovely bit of decor on my way back to my car...a whole human turd; complete with flies. So this concludes my review of the thunderbird buffet. Ew. read more

Thunderbird Country Buffet Restaurant - This a turd on the sidewalk at the motel/buffet entrance. Talk amongst yourselves. - American Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

A good solid 3 stars. Lots of good food to choose from. You an be good and stick to the salad bar, deviled eggs and veggies or be naughty with the fried chicken and fried fish. The price includes drink and dessert, read more

Thunderbird Country Buffet Restaurant - Apple cobbler was excellent - American Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

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I came here on a road trip with my boyfriend..this in no way a place I would come by myself..but my boyfriend grew up in this area and he loves the food cause they have fat back and grits for breakfast...So the this place looks like it got stuck in the 60's...literally.. The place was not up kept and I can imagine that all sort of laws were broken on the food.. I can't with this place..but my sometimes you have to take one for the team when you love someone.. read more

Thunderbird Country Buffet Restaurant - Breakfast - American Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

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This place has the very best fried chicken I've ever had! The abundant variety of sides compliment the TRUE Southern country meat selections like fried chicken, fried catfish, bbq chicken, sausage, and beef tips and gravy! This is a buffet- you'll want to sample it all and go back for your favorites! Price is right- about $10 a person. They have senior specials as well as Ladies specials. The atmosphere isn't great- it's attached to a Motel 6 but don't let that sway you. Stop and strap on the food bag!!!! read more

Biggest Waste Of Money Ever I'm Really Disappointed $25 For Two People and The Food Isn't Fresh At All I Will Never Come Back

We like to eat, so you had us at buffet. This place is attached to a motel so we were a little skeptical before going in. There was a sign on the door that said $1 off for ladies lunch, so we qualified, yay! It was a completely unassuming place. Drab colors and dated but it smelled good and we were hungry. There's an average little salad bar. Must've had about 30 things on it like beets, cottage cheese, bacon bits, broccoli. There was also a soup cauldron with a veggie type soup that I didn't want (it's August). Onto the hot buffet! Canned corn, peas, carrots, and green beans. Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, hush puppies, bbq chicken, pot roast, sliced and fried pork skins!!! Extremely Southern and really delicious. We ordered lemonade and sweet tea (which I've never had before) and they both were really good. For dessert, there was cake and pie but I just wanted soft serve vanilla ice cream, which was equally as delicious. Like I said earlier, we were skeptical but were won over by tasty food, drink and superb service. Make sure to stop here for a yummy meal read more

This place isn't that bad. True, it's not a resturant that serves country food, this is a country resturant. It's patrons are the local laborers and workers. This is real no muss country cooking, the kind of food you might find at a truckstop, except as a buffet. And that's not a bad thing. I would recommend it for folks like me that seek out the "hole in the wall" places for good and interseting food, not atmosphere. read more

Thunderbird Country Buffet Restaurant - American Near Me - Florence, South Carolina

I'm not even sure what to say. I should start with that we found this place from the sat-nav in the rental car. Yes, it did have all your southern favorites: chicken and dumplings, collard greens, mac and cheese, corn bread, etc... plus a couple of things we couldn't recognize. We started eating, thinking everything was ok, but then we looked around at the other people in the restaurant, and the filthy carpet (that stuck to your shoes), and the overall dismal vibe, and it all went pear shaped. We got out fast. I recommend you just read the review and don't go. read more

If you are on HWY 95 and love REAL Southern Soul Food, then you need to stop by The Thunderbird Country Buffet in Florence, SC! For over 47 years, Ms Gertrude Green, has been serving up some of the best Fried Chicken, Collard Greens and Macaroni & Cheese that you have ever tasted to weary travelers and locals, alike. Desserts range from hot fruit cobblers to Red Velvet Cake and Sweet Potato Pie! Did I mention the Deviled Eggs and Fatback?! Best part, it's only $11 per person! Definitely worth the time to take a look and have a bite! read more

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Have been eating here for about 45 years. After reopening, remodeling and possibly new ownership, as of today, I will never return. The food has always been good and was today, but noticed that the cashier and kitchen worker were huddled together and looking at one particular place in the restaurant, a wooden shelf in middle of restaurant. The kitchen worker went into kitchen and came back out with a towel and popped it on a huge crawling roach in front of everyone. Couldn't help but notice, since this area is in the middle of the restaurant. Lost my appetite and got out of there. Sorry, Thunderbird, but just can't do it!! read more

Horrendous. That's the word I'd use for this place. It has been here forever he says... Yeah, I can tell. I've seen abandoned buildings cleaner than this place. The waitresses try so hard but the setup is not conducive to them getting enough tips. This place is a byegone era and should be retired. I can't imagine a health inspector thinks this place is suitable to actually consume food... All it's missing is the chalk body outline in the black stained 100 year old carpet. I'm lucky to be alive after eating here. read more

This place is absolutely filthy....I couldn't even get past the smell to eat the food. I got a refund and left.

I'm not sure what to say about this place. Our server was nice and very attentive. My husband thought this place was great because he remembered coming here in the 70's. So, it was old home week for him. This whole place is old. No place is this more visible than in the pink tile ladies bathroom. The whole place gives you the feeling that you have just stepped back in time to the 70's (or earlier) but not in a good way. I found it all a little off putting. The food was ok. Nothing any better than any other restaurant. In fact some of the things on the bar just looked too yucky to eat. What can I say? I ate here with my husband. Ladies, I took one for the team. read more

This is definitely a hidden gem. I can see what some people are saying about cleanliness and atmosphere - it is a bit run down, but this didn't take away from the delicious southern meal and dessert. Our server was attentive and kind, filling up our drinks at the perfect times. It was around $10 a person and it was just what I needed during a long travel day. read more

I read the other reviews. They must have been written by a bunch of Yankees ! We don't get here very often because we don't live here. If you love southern food you will love their country buffet. Great fried chicken. The day we ate here they had fried fish which were cooked perfectly. The stewed tomatoes put a smile on my husbands face. Their red velvet cake made me want to go back for seconds it was so good. The servers were great always made sure our tea was filled and our empty plates were taken away. So if you are southern you will love this place. read more

If you can deal with the aging decor then this place is surely worth a stop. Southern food done at it's best, the banana pudding is amazing and the fried chicken is well worth the clogged arteries and future heart disease. The place hasn't changing in the 20 years that I have been going there, but that's part of it's charm now, isn't it? read more

If they had zero stars I would give it that....The "ThunderTurd" is the dirtiest motel in the world...The kitchen HAS to be the Same....FatBack is good though...the train wakes you up every morning...What a Dump....I have stayed there at least 25 nights in my life, and regret EVERY one....THUNDERTURD......DUMP. The Buffet is a joke...Go to McDonalds...It is better than this joint.. read more

Great southern food. If you choose your restaurants by decor dont go...but you dont eat decor do you?! :). By far the best fried chicken and peach cobler. BTW the old lady that makes it has been make it for the last 35 years...that should say something read more

Mediocre food. I come to enjoy southern food since moving to florence and this place is kinda blah. The fride chicken, a favorite of mine, was like trying to eat leather or stale jerky. The baked chicken ok with decent flavor once you got rid of the bland and tasteless skin. The mac and cheese was surprisingly delicious, as was the apple cobbler. I would give them another star if it wasnt for the sticky and slippery floors, half cleaned tables and lack of actual service. That is unless you bring in a cute baby then you have 2 servers at your beck and call. read more

Four helpings later I can honestly say this is a DONT MISS place to eat!!!! Staff was prompt and provided service with a smile.

If you love Good Country food THIS is the restaurant to go too. Excellent food excellent service! I eat there ever Sunday and they are always packed! Definitely a local favorite! read more

Me and my husband ate here today for lunch..it was terrible.we have lived in Florence all our life and use to go for Sunday lunch every week. Have not been in awhile, so decide to try it today. Wrong move. 1ST they use to be well known for there stew beef. ,my husband got it today and it didn't even look like real meat. It looked like something out of a can. The gravy looked like brown water. It would not even stay on the rice. They had apple salad.the apples were very brown VERY INVITING..THEY HAD SAUSAGE that looked like it was left from breakfast.? We asked our waitress if they had a new cook. And she said no, and why. We told her how bad the food was and she just walked away. PLEASE get your food back like we remember...also you might need to have a staff meeting , they all look like they hate their joB.. read more