It maybe the best rated restaurant in Mt Airy but it is so far from great. I personally feel they are cutting corners and quality is suffering. Even the little things like the hush puppies are no longer good. It was dry and there was no visible corn meal in it. My wife had the teriyaki chicken and while the chicken was marinated in sauce, they put no sauce on the plate. And while rice is an inexpensive staple, they barely give you a table spoon of rice on the plate. I had the New Orleans Pasta with shrimp and again not enough sauce, I am pretty sure the shrimp are not local or gulf shrimp but maybe frozen from Southeast Asia. And with a name of New Orleans on the menu, you might expect a little spice in it. Well, nothing doing, I don't even think they cook the pasta in salted water. Tasteless. Another thing is the half price wine on Wednesday which almost all restaurants do in Mt Airy. Their deal is only the $5.00 a glass wine is included which is three undrinkable wines and they don't half price bottles which all other restaurants do. The place is always busy in spite of its shortcomings. The service is always exceptional. The best thing on the menu which they do not make is the Key Lime cheesecake. read more

Great food and service would ride 3 hours to eat there again Nice to find a great food spot on the road not far off the interstate read more

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Kayla P is the bomb! Her food recommendations were on point. Her service was great. We commented that everyone just seems happy working there. We will be back! read more

Always a great place to eat. Food and service is excellent. The menu has a great variety to offer something for everyone. The desserts are delicious! read more

Visiting Mt. airy and after reading Yelp reviews, we decided to give 13 Boness a try. My husband got the ribs which were dry/overcooked. The Grilled marinated chicken was okay, the rice it was served with was overcooked. On a positive note, Summer was an amazing server. She was very friendly and attentive. read more

Amazing food, amazing staff, amazing service. Be it steak or ribs thirteen bones excels in its cuisine.

I ordered takeout for lunch. I'm gonna start out by saying that the place is absolutely packed on a weekday elbow to elbow. I had to work my way through a crowd. It was unclear where I go for a takeout pickup. I stood at the bar while several employees passed me and said nothing, including one assigned to the bar. I finally went over to a nice young guy and asked if he could get my order. As far as my lunch I ordered a salmon salad. The salmon tasted ok but nothing special. The salad did not taste fresh. read more

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This is a great restaurant service, staff and food amazing. We had the baby back ribs and sirloin yummy.

Service was fair. I ordered mushrooms and was brought glazed onions. The mushrooms were brought after I mentioned them. I ordered water and was brought Ice tea. That was also corrected. I ordered a medium well ground steak and it was burned. All in all a bad meal. read more

13 Bones knows how to serve great food with excellent service! I highly recommend folks try it for themselves.

First time eating here and we loved it! Good food..good down home feeling inside! Wonderful service! Our waitress was so good!

Steak completely overcooked. Happens quite often. Waitress was very friendly and attentive.

Recognized by most as Mt. Airy's best and most reliable restaurant, 13 Bones has never disappointed this finicky foodie from Charlotte. On this trip for lunch, my wife and I split the full rack of Kansas City style ribs and added a couple of salads along with loaded baked potatoes. The ribs were incredibly tender and yes, the meat literally fell off of them. They were some of the best ribs I've ever had anywhere (even Kansas City!) The fact that they were only $19 including two sides was actually a deal when you consider it fed both of us pretty easily. The baked potatoes were, well, baked potatoes but the stuff including fresh bacon made them special. The side salads were fresh and pretty tasty. The bread however (both the hush puppies and the yeast rolls) were a little cold and not special. I know someone will want to string me up for that saying that. Service was exceptional and the place was immaculate from the dining area to the bathrooms. This place easy warrants four stars for restaurants in its category and is definitely a Gotta Try in Mt Airy. read more

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Been here twice and both times were excellent. First time I ordered fish with slaw and baked beans. Came out quick and hot. Great flavor on everything and great service. Second time I stopped there with my granddaughter. She ordered chicken fingers and I went with the steak this time. Again food came quickly and had great flavor. Wait staff is very friendly and helpful and we left satisfied. read more

Great local spot. I had the blackened chicken over salad and usually you have to look for the chicken but I think there was more chicken than lettuce!! It was tender and spiced perfectly!! My wife had the Cajun pasta and it was on point. Great service and fun environment. read more

I was in the area, and received the suggestion to try 13 Bones for lunch. I was seated immediately on a Friday around 3pm, and my server Carly came almost immediately to take my drink order and provide suggestions on what to eat since it was my first time here. There's a lot to choose from, but since I was told their ribs were almost famous, I ordered them, Kansas City style. The ribs came with 2 sides, I had baked beans and French fries. The ribs and the beans were absolutely delicious, the ribs fell off the bone. The flavor was perfect and the the 1/2 rack portion was perfect for me. I was literally licking my fingers they were so good. The fries were just fries, but hit the starch spot. I enjoyed my meal and would come back if I was ever in the area. read more

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This is a lively place. Busy and staff buzzing around. We were seated immediately and greeted by our waitress quickly. Very friendly staff. I ordered a half rack dry rub ribs with, green beans and coleslaw. My wife ordered catfish with mixed vegies and a ceaser salad. Ribs were fall off bone and plenty of meat. The green beans are canned with an attempt to spice them up but still tasted like canned beans. All service was good. read more

Super disappointed, overcooked food was really dry and the atmosphere smelled like a diaper. Would not recommend.

Great place to eat! Love the atmosphere. Food was perfect. I ordered beef tips and they were cooked to order. Mom ordered popcorn shrimp. She said they were great. We have a great waitress too. Will def eat here again next time we're in the area. read more

Food was delicious! The owner sources some of the beef. The waitress was great! Highly recommend!

We stopped in a few months back and I can honestly say we won't go back. If you want a decent steak, go to Dodge City. our dogs wouldn't even eat the leftovers... that should say enough right there. read more

Passing through and saw this place and thought we give it a try. It was just "ok"., nothing special. Inside just seemed a bit dirty as was the silverware. I had ribs which were nothing special. My wife had the Cajun chicken. Again, just ok. Would not go back if ever passing through again. read more

Yummy food! Very accommodating as we had our dog with us. Ordered food to go and they had picnic tables so we could eat outside with our 4 legged boy. read more

Great food and great people!! The staff went above and beyond to take care of us out of towners!!

Get food and atmosphere...!!! friendly staff. Played corn hole while waiting 20 minutes.

We found this place while driving the Blue Ridge Parkway, about 19 miles off Fancy Gap exit. It advertised as Ribs-steak-seafood. We had baby back ribs and pork chops both came with two sides. They have two different bbq sauces and a dry rub you can choose for your ribs. But trust me this isn't a bbq restaurant, ribs didn't have any Smoky taste and very dry. The pork chops were good and so were the sides, you can choose two sides from a large selection. Now the staff was very friendly, we were seated right away and our waitress came immediately to give us menu's and take our drink order. She was very helpful with menu options and service was great. I would give the staff five star's but the food only three. We will be back to give the food a second chance. read more

We ordered the pork chops marinated in Jack Daniels seasoning and our chops were harder than hockey pucks. Don't ever order pork chops there! There was a lot of people there so there must have been something good to eat but it wasn't the pork chops. Hush Puppies were hard as a rock too but the salad was decent. read more

A great surprise to find this little gem. Food was great even though they had sold out of the chicken and ribs I had to settle for just the ribs. They were excellent read more

My husband and I came here on a busy Wednesday night. Put our name in for a table with a 20 minute wait. No problem. We went to the bar with one chair and my husband said sit down and as soon as we said that another man said please sit down we are leaving! So it was awesome, no waiting and we just sat at the bar and had drinks (half price wine on Wednesday) and dinner. I had blackened salmon and my husband had steak and shrimp and said it was great. Both had wine that was great and the price was very fair, Will be back if ever in this area. Great service and food. read more

This looked like a locals hang out so we gave it a try. All around a great place...from the patriotic ambience to the friendly and efficient service to the extensive and eclectic menu, this place should have something to please anyone. The burger was huge and delicious, the chicken and rice plate was delicious, the steak was flavorful but a little on the tough side. Portions are huge and prices are quite reasonable. read more

Absolutely the best..and i mean the best baby back ribs ever...We made a special stop to eat dinner there while traveling back home to alpharetta Georgia. We have many rib spots here...but none are as good a 13 bones...and there service is exceptional...my favorite...we will always stop there for ribs when traveling...just the best... read more

For the money this is a great place in an otherwise very quiet town. Sat at the bar. Service was very good, food (ribs and a burger) were spot on. Prices are hard to beat. read more

My honey dipped chicken was delicious. Great friendly service. Get there early because when going for dinner there is a wait.

Their food is always on point, the service, just depends on the day. Last couple of times the service was do bad, we just stopped going. As I said, the food is always on point, so if you can tolerate crappy service, have at it. read more

Six of us decided to eat at 13 Bones after reading the reviews on Apr 20, 2023. We had just driven 5 hours and were looking for a decent meal. What a mistake. The ribs were dry and the two steaks were over cooked and tough. The mac and cheese was obviously from a can with no taste. The server was slow to get refills and did not check on unless we waived him down. All of these great reviews obviously came from staff and family. We will never go back or recommend this restaurant to anyone. read more

Great place to eat!!! We are staying in town, and our hotel pointed us here for dinner, and we enjoyed our entire experience. We tried the homemade chips & French Onion dip & fried pickles and both were delicious! My husband LOVED the mushroom melt, and I got a blackened salmon Caesar salad with an add on of tobacco onions, their homemade fried onions (which were awesome and not greasy at all). The only issue is that everything was so good, we ate way too much. Perhaps the best part was our impeccable server, Megan. My husband drinks a ton of water and fast, and she never once let his glass get empty. She recommended the peanut butter cheesecake or the strawberry cream cake for dessert, which we got to go- couldn't resist cause they are all homemade and everything else was so good. Plus, Megan has the most gorgeous pumpkin/Halloween tattoo, so we got a great recommendation for a local tattoo artist too! Thank you, Megan, for a truly enjoyable experience. You were phenomenal!!! read more

We were traveling from NE Ohio to Ocean Isle NC, and spent the night in Mt Airy NC on way. Looked on Yelp and looked for good place nearby to eat. Called them to verify they were open due to all the virus crap. They said yep, but tables of 6. So we went and took up 3 tables. The food was great. The waitress we had was fantastic. I had the best buffalo chicken sandwich I've ever had. Everything everyone in our group had was fantastic, except both people who got burgers felt they were very overcooked. But all in all, a great food experience. read more

We had considered taking an order to go since they closed in about 30 minutes but the staff was so welcoming we decided to sit. While we were reviewing the menu a waitress asked us if we minded if she put the chairs up on the tables o7n the next aisle. I thought that was VERY considerate. I ordered a grilled pork chop with the jack Daniel's sauce k and my friend ordered a steak which was cooked perfectly and had plenty! I will surely be back to this place on my next visit!! read more

Visited Mayberry for the weekend and this place was suggested by some locals. We had to wait 40min for a table- so people know about the place! Our server was great and made good suggestions. The food selection was excellent and we had some of the best fried mushrooms ever. The ribs were good and the fried oysters and cole slaw were amazing. We will definitely be going back! read more

This restaurant was recommended to us from staff at a business in Pilot Mountain we were visiting. We were greeted with a smile and seated right away. I guess that's what you get when you are in the land of Mayberry. Our server was very nice. The menu had a variety of items, but it boasts on being a place for ribs and seafood. It was lunchtime and I wanted something lighter. I ordered the blackened chicken sandwich with a side of sauteed veggies. The sandwich was large. The chicken was juicy, but even though it was blackened, it could have used more seasoning or salt. The Kaiser bun was a good bread choice. I liked the fried onion straws that were added to the sandwich.The sauteed veggies were a mixture of zuchinni, onions and green pepper. It was seasoned well and not too greasy. It was good for a stop, but I wish I would have tried some ribs or seafood. read more

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