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| - Went for dinner on Friday to use my Groupon. Overall good experience, and I would be willing to go back.
When we arrived, we stood at the check-in desk for probably 5-10 minutes before anyone acknowledged us. It seemed rather chaotic and unorganized. However, once we were seated we had good service, so it wasn't a big deal. The restaurant is suprisingly large with many rooms, so it looks like it would be good for groups.
We made it just in time for happy hour (ends at 7pm M-F), which features discounted drinks and half price appetizers. We had the catfish nugget appetizer, an ODB (dirty martini w blue cheese olives), and a sweet lemonade (lemonade w vodka). The cocktails were excellent, and the appetizer was good.
Since none of us had been here before, we wanted to try a variety of things on the menu. We got an order of the famous chicken and waffles, a meatloaf dinner with the special cornbread muffin, cheesy grits, and mashed potatoes, and a side-dish sampler entree with mac and cheese, collards, and jumpin' john (black eyed peas with red beans and rice). The cornbread muffin was excellent, sweet and dense. The portions are all very large (for the record, the side dishes that come with the sampler are the same size as those that come with any other entree). Everything was good. The jumpin' john was my favorite of all the sides we tried - just the right amount of heat. The desserts looked really good, but we were too full to try anything.
The only negative things to say about the food: the collards were a little bit too salty for my taste, and the mac and cheese was a little bit greasy. The meatloaf was just ok. Overall the meal was delicious.
The biggest negative, and the reason I took off a star, was the price. The drinks were good, but I wouldn't have wanted to pay full price for them. My side-dish dinner was $15 and didn't even come with cornbread. The side dishes range from $5-7, which is too much in my opinion. The meatloaf dinner was a better value for $15 (comes with 2 sides and cornbread). An extra cornbread muffin for $2 is worth it though.
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