Varnell Cafe - Dalton (GA)

3 /5 Kree McNeese: This is a place that serves old people food. It cost me $17 for a tea, two chicken tenders, a cornbread muffin, fries and potato wedges. The buffalo chicken tenders was listed at $12.50 on the menu. There were two tenders, each a nice size. They were tender and moist and filling. The buffalo sauce tasted more like Franks red hot sauce than a buffalo sauce. The fries, wedges and muffin were so bland; I dont even think the fries had any salt on them. They were incredibly fresh and steaming when we got to the car but they were certainly not seasoned at all. Even the cornbread muffin had no flavor but dry, if dry was a flavor. The sweet tea was fine. It wasnt super sweet but it wasnt weak either, and they gave us a decent sized cup. Between the husband and myself the tea was the best thing we got. Very little of what we saw on the menu was less than $10. We ordered one buffalo chicken tender plate and a sweet tea to-go. The waitress seemed unhappy or bored. Maybe she just has RBF and I misunderstood the situation. She wasnt rude just kinda had a vibe that said she didnt like how we looked. The husband and I have tried coming in multiple times, but always seem to stop by when the place is closed. When we got there it was empty. We did not have to wait a really long time for the food. It all looked and tasted fresh. The decor and general vibe of the place is Grandma and Grandpa eat here cause the food is easy on the dentures and their bellies.

3 /5 Renee Petrie: Food and service was great. But their disability ramp needs worked. Fell out in front of the restaurant. Went back in to tell owner and she seemed to not care. She was sitting on her phone and said “well I didn’t see anything nor did the customer”. Customers were not paying attention and going about their meal, owner of the restaurant was on her cell phone with TV going on inside. But didn’t seem to believe me when I confronted about the situation. Scraped arm bad and hurt ribs from landing on the railing. Be careful on the handicap ramp carpet. It is not nailed down in place. Spoke with someone else that said their elderly parent also fell out on that same ramp.

2 /5 Melissa Warner: Food wasn’t bad. We got breakfast. I asked for my bacon crispy but it came out floppy. The gravy was good but I’m pretty sure was over a canned biscuit. Pancake was decent. They apparently don’t have any butter in the restaurant just little packets of margarine. It’s the service that was spectacularly terrible. The server (which I gathered might be the owner) was annoyed we were there. She never smiled once. Never greeted us. Just stared at us in a creepy kind of way. She sat at a table talking with her friends talking. My husband ran out of coffee. I tried to get her attention. She looked right at me as I’m holding his coffee cup and pointing at it but then went back to her conversation. Then when we went to pay she could tell I was upset and said “Did you want something”. I said “yeah he wanted coffee a while ago” but she didn’t respond at all. Just gave us the total. I seriously think this has to be a front for something. There’s no way she’s still in business. Unless she just handpicks her friends to be nice to. We had such high hopes. But she went out of her way to act annoyed. It’s really a cute little place. The cook came out and was super sweet. Maybe someone else will take over and we can have a nice little breakfast spot. But she definitely acts like she hates the restaurant business. Guess we’ll travel to Cleveland when we want a good breakfast.

3 /5 Borca Nico: Had high hopes for this spot, cute little place. Enjoyed the decor. That was about it. Food was plentiful but... Dont know about the rest of the menu but the turkey and ham sandwich was ok at best. The veggies were fresh and bread/cheese good, but the meat was very generic. The fries looked and tasted like they were straight out of a store brand frozen bag. Definitely expected better from southern home cooking. Especially for $16 with a flat Dr Pepper.

5 /5 John Brantley: Yummy food and great service. Home cooking