129 N Main St,Fuquay-Varina,North Carolina
4 (976)
Reviews
My goodness, where do I start? After ALL the rave about this restaurant, I finally tried it after living here 3yrs now. I ordered the smoothred hamburger with mash, corn, potato salad. Then i ordered the smothered pork chops with rice, mac and collards. Well I didn't receive the rice, the pork chops were old as hell smothered in some thick old bottom of the pan gravy. (Gross) The Mac was some kraft from the store, the collards taste like they pulled them from the ground and didn't season or clean them, they were gritty. Potato salad was passable, corn was straight out the can and heated. Basically, I gave the chops to my dog. This entire meal was dog food. My take on this, is keep driving by. It's a ragged building that looks closed. I know the people might be nice but, I'd close this establishment ASAP! Sorry not sorry.
The food is as delicious as ever, but it's still primarily takeout. Today it looked like they had a few tables available to sit at, but there isn't wait staff like before the pandemic. I ate in my car. The staff is friendly. If it's your first time going here, it might be hard to understand what to do, but just ask and both the customers and people working there will help you. There is the buffet, but they still make about 4-5 cooked to order main dishes. And there is still dessert, but you have to remember to ask for yours, it's not self serve. The only drinks besides sweet tea and lemonade are some bottled drinks at the checkout. Still, the price can't be beat - $5.99/lb! This plate (cup of mac & cheese not pictured) was less than $11. It's the best fried chicken in the state!
First time here and I’m struggling a bit with this one. I want to support local whenever I can so decided to take a trip here. I got the Hamburger steak which was decent but portions were extremely small for the price . When I went for pick up the order the staff wasn’t very receptive or friendly. Feeling of I didn’t belong. I also noticed they had still had mask mandate on the door as of 2023 which is wild but private business so there choice.
Went for dinner. Buffet style food. General cleanliness was very poor and literally saw flies on the food on the buffet cart. No plates or real silverware……grab a styrofoam container, put your food in, have it weighed, then sit down and eat. Won’t be back.
Will never order from here again. The food is hit or miss, and they are constantly out of something. Placed an order on Door Dash, and it let me place the order. I waited for 45 minutes and called Door Dash because there had not been an update on my food. Door Dash contacted the restaurant, and they said that they were unable to fill my order because they were out of several of the things we requested. We never received a call from anyone letting us know what had happened. Joyce's said they called us, but that was a lie. I called them 5 times and never could get anyone to answer. They used to be a good place to eat, but since covid, they have gone way downhill.