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| - Overall view of this place: "It was just meh! ... you could do better" -- Read more to know why:
I've been to this place three times now. I know ... what is wrong with me? I've given this place "two stars" and have been there three times. You'd think I would have learned my lesson the first two times.
Each time I go there, I find myself saying in my head, "Well maybe if I got this, my meal would be better ... or maybe my pallet is off today." The thing is ... it's not my taste buds or the dish I got, it's the chef. The food is just ok. Sorry but it's true.
On the bright side the decor is really cute. It's well lit and very "shabby chic" with cast iron skillets hanging inside rustic wood picture frames. You really want to like the place.
I bought one of those "entertainment books" ... you know, the books that the neighborhood kid sells for their church or band club at school. The book had a coupon for this place so we were like, "what the heck ... let's try New South out."
The first time I went for lunch, well more like brunch, since it's was around 11:45ish and it was the weekend. I got the "florentine omelet". It consists of: 3 egg omelet with spinach, mushrooms, onions & goat cheese topped with creole sauce -- served with pan fried potatoes or grits (I got the potatoes)
The thing with this dish was, the goat cheese over powered the entire meal. It was like I was eating a plate of goat cheese with a side of everything else. Not good ... not good at all.
The next time I went with my gal pal who had "yet another coupon" from the entertainment book. This time I decided to order a fail safe plan ... the "New South Burger". This consisted of: a beef burger topped with house made pimento & cheese, smoked bacon, lettuce & tomato.
Again with the heavy hand on cheese. Yuck ... and I LOVE cheese. Also, the burger was a bit dry and I didn't ask for it overly well done on anything. So that really should have not happened. It's like the cook squeezed out all the juices. It was "just ok" again.
AND then the last and final time I went there, it was for dinner with my dad and husband. We were super starving and figured the Arboretum shopping center is close so why not give this place another try. "You know cause third times a charm and all that jazz." Well don't believe that saying for a minute because it a down right lie.
I mean the menu seems so creative. It should work, right? Wrong. The execution is just NOT done correctly. My dad got the Monday special of the night "fried chicken with buttermilk biscuits and gravy". His review of the meal was that, "it was alright" ... with a shake of the hand.
Both my husband and I got the "cornmeal dusted flounder" served with caramelized autumn veggies, local greens and lemon butter. It was "bleck" Spell that word out and you'll understand what it means. B-L-E-C-K ... Yuck.
The server suggested it. I was torn between the 1/2 roasted chicken and that. The waiter said go with the flounder so I did. Boy was he wrong. The fish was mushy and the veggies were vinegary to the point of no return. It was not good at all.
Also, geeze louise. We had the hands down "worst service" that night. It was like our server quit or something. BUT HE DIDN'T ... he was just MIA and the manager or owner or whomever he was ended up waiting on the majority of the time. It's was a big confusing mess.
I'd really like to rave about this place. I LOVE FOOD and really enjoy giving good reviews ... but if it's not good I'm not going to pretend it was. I eat for pleasure ... my mom's a chef and I know food. This place is just not up to snuff. Womp, womp!
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