Food was delicious, waitress were so nice and made sure you were serviced. Will come again!read more

This restaurant is a gem, a bit off the beaten path and located in a convenience store yet worth…read morethe visit. Camellia offers great Southern dishes with friendly service. Open at 5:00, Camellia's serves eggs, bacon, sausage, and the best grits I've ever eaten. The biscuits and gravy are awesome. I'm told lunch is good and we plan to try the catf and chicken salad next visit. If y'all don't mind plastic utensils and paper plates, stop by Camellia's and see why it's packed with local diners.

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.

Excellent excellent excellent! The food, the service and ambience were top-tier. We will definitely…read morebe back!

8/2026 update: Hubs and I had dinner at Southern Table a couple of Saturdays ago. The experience…read morewas more of a 3.5 star rating. I was disappointed because it is rare for us to enjoy a meal out, and Southern Table, to this point, has been my favorite place to have dinner in the entire north Alabama region! I crave Chef Yokley's wood-fired oysters and find this dish consistently filling and delicious as it has been for years! Because Hubs did not want any oysters, I got 2 pairs of oysters on the happy hour menu which were extremely reasonably priced at either $1.00 or $2.00 per oyster. Were they wood-fired? Yes. Were they rich and decadent like all previous times I have tried them? No. Were they small? Yes. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a small oyster, in fact my favorite oysters, Murder Points, are typically small, or small-ish. The recent visit, the oysters were way smaller than the shucked shell they were heated in with the parmesan cheese sauce, meaning the cheese overwhelmed and dominated any oyster goodness (brininess) you could have tasted and enjoyed. And, the last of the four oysters had some tough mollusk piece that I actually had to just spit the whole oyster out in my napkin. Either bad shucking or lack of expediting/checking the dishes leaving the kitchen, or both. It was sad. Chef Yokley posts a lot of photographs of his dishes/drinks on Facebook and I had seen his crab cakes with a unique and very interesting sounding salad with citrusy flavored greens and unique berries I had never tried. Well, wouldn't you expect the server to tell you about the specials and describe them? Ours did not. I had to pull up the photograph from Facebook and ask the server about it. They offered an appetizer size of the dish and an entree sized version. I got the appetizer. It was okay. There wasn't as much of a sear on these smallish crab cakes, as I like and the "salad" was more of a garnish, meaning, it would have been nice to have more of the salad than I received. I had to chase down the server to get hubs water refilled (he would have had non alcoholic beer but Southern Table doesn't have any) and to get me a second glass of house white wine. Hubs ordered a wood fired pork sandwich with French Fries. He said it tasted a lot like Lawler's barbecue. He added "and that's not a bad thing!" The sandwich was nothing special, honestly to the Hubs. It will be a while before I return to Southern Table, sadly. I think Chef Yokley needs to step up his expediting game and his attention to detail.

Cute and country! Always clean inside and the servers are so friendly! Order the daily special for…read morejust $12 and it comes with a drink and a piece of cake!

This is a cute little cafe. The staff is super friendly and very helpful. The price is very…read morereasonable for our family of 6. The service was quick, and the food was delicious. The restaurant is very clean.

I highly recommend the chicken and dressing and ox tails they are mouthwatering Amazing food and…read moregreat service!!! I will definitely be back..

My mom and I visited Minnie Lee's yesterday to give them a try while we were in Decatur. It's…read moreyummy - a good option for soul food! This restaurant is across the street from the fairly popular Francesco's Italian restaurant. Having been there before, I didn't have any troubles locating this place. The parking lot is a little rugged in spots but at least there's plenty of space. The inside is a little sparse but there's ample seating and some kind of cool drawings hanging on the walls. A portrait of who I can only assume to be Minnie Lee is near the entrance. Food is served cafeteria style by some very nice people. Seriously, the service was so warm and sweet. We felt very welcomed there. We both decided on fried chicken for lunch. My mom got the last breast from the batch so I wound up with a thigh, which isn't my favorite piece but I still like it okay. You can have more than two sides if you wish, but we didn't. I chose yams and fried potatoes as mine, while my mom got yams and cabbage. Note that their cabbage is cooked with sausage. For bread, they offered standard cornbread muffins or hot water cornbread, which the friendly staff recommended (good choice!). We both opted for sweet tea to drink. I'm not sure of the price because of course my mom snuck in and paid for both of our meals before I could notice! Lol. We found a clean booth and dug in quickly. Overall, the food was pretty good! This isn't necessarily a new favorite soul food place for me, but I'd definitely come back. The best item was honestly the cabbage! My mom let me taste a bite. So flavorful and perfect texture. This is real, southern-style cabbage (which is to say, probably not great for you...but quite tasty!). The hot water cornbread was also really good. It's different than the hot water cornbread I've had in the past; this version was very crispy on the outside with super soft, almost gooey, corny inside. It was yummy. The yams were also solid! Not the best I've ever had (flavor kind of one-note), but they were sweet and soft. The fried potatoes and fried chicken were both just okay. The fried potatoes weren't super hot or crispy, but the added flavor from the onions was nice. The fried chicken's breading was crispy and flavorful enough, but the meat, even on the thigh, was a bit dry. Neither were bad, but if I return in the future, I'd probably try something else first. We were too full for dessert, but they had pecan pie and banana pudding on display. Overall, lovely service and tasty food make this a solid option in the area.

Typical Saturday buffet. Fried Chicken was good and hot! Place was hopping! Staff kept the food…read morebar and salad bar stocked and clean!

OMG! Absolutely the best food in the area. I'm from Salt Lake City Utah and every time I come for a…read morevisit I must go to Mildred's! Service is a southern delight - everythin' ok baby. I just love it! Ambiance is as close to mom's kitchen as it gets! We drove 30 minutes from Huntsville to have lunch. And the price--in a metropolitan area, you'd pay 3x the price of a plate. Delicious!!

Great food and service as usual at City Cafe Diner. Tea was refilled often without having to ask…read more The lunch was delivered fast and hot. The shrimp platter was great! The Fisherman's platter was a catch! The Reuben was delicious. They have a huge menu!

I was pleasantly surprised with this place. My friend and I came for breakfast and it was packed…read more We were seated quickly and our server was absolutely amazing! The first thing we noticed walking in was their cakes!!! We didn't get any this time, but I'll be back for that cake. I got a strawberry banana waffle and a side of eggs. I was happy with everything I ordered.

The staff is hilarious! The food is delicious and fresh!…read more My personal favorite is the cheeseburger ALL-THE-WAY and onion rings!

Ok. It's a somewhat famous Athens AL food icon. My first time there. Seems to always very busy and…read morethere is actually a lot of seating with a room in the back. Lots of take out orders. Had their cheese burger all the way which has coleslaw on it. Onion rings were excellent. The burger is good but it is not a regular beef burger. It's a house mix of beef some pork and rumors of some breadcrumbs. It's different but good in greasy spoon sort of way. It's a bit of a local dive that has had a few celebrities wander in. Put it on your local bucket list and try it. I will be back.

My recommendation for Betty Mae's is based on dessert. I was in search of peach cobbler after…read morefamily Sunday dinner. I ordered peach cobbler and red velvet cake. Both were good and the price was right, less than $4. The portion of cake was pretty generous. I'll like to go back and try the food. Service was good. The staff combined with the customers in the dining room made it seem like family.

Excellent soul food restaurant. Service cordial and good. Price reasonable. Famous for fried…read morechicken, fried okra, collard greens, and red velvet cake. Generous meat-plus-two plates with cornbread and dessert included. Vibe: Fast, friendly, home-cooked feel.

Amazing deal for country food better than Cracker Barrel--made from scratch in house. It's a hidden…read moregem in South Huntsville, easily worth the drive. It's a classic country diner, typically crowded but with friendly service. Great 1950s pictures everywhere. Showed Family Feud with Steve Harvey on TV. They celebrate the Military and veterans and give a discount. I got meatloaf, green beans, hash brown casserole and cornbread, with blueberry cobbler for dessert. More than i could eat, and amazingly flavored. Go the extra mile to find this highly underrated hidden gem. Food is fresh and fast and highly recommended!

I had a lot going on one day with multiple appointments and places to visit in the afternoon. We…read morewere driving down Whitesburg and I turned in to check out Bubby's Diner again. It was 0930. Inside there were a dozen seniors enjoying breakfast. One of the ladies told us to take a seat anywhere and she would bring us menus after she dropped off 3 plates of food. The plates looked good. I ordered a 3 egg ham and cheese western omelet that a biscuit, gravy, and grits. Dave likes hash browns so I got an order of the browns for him. The omelet was good. The biscuit and gravy were better. I read an article somewhere. I don't remember where about the best biscuits and gravy in the state of Alabama. Bubby's diner was second place. I see why they were ranked high!!! 5/5 I heard a man in the diner talking up his patty melt. He told his companion she did not know what she was missing. I was at the counter so I did not turn around to search for the man. A patty melt sounded good to me so I ordered one. The patty melt was placed on top of thick marbled rye bread. The actual patties inside were cooked well, moist, and flavorful. I enjoyed the panty melt! Dave said too much rye bread took away from the taste of the patties.. i think if the patties were served on thinner bread or sourdough, the patty melt would earn that extra star. 4/5 I did order a side of fried green tomatoes. They were breaded well, fried in clean oil, and delicious!!! 5/5