Excellent brisket! Amazing fried ribs! Who knew?…read more Everything was delicious and plentiful! Our waitress was helpful and friendly!

These folks are serious about their meat; walk in wearing a t-shirt from another BBQ joint (not a…read moresnob - just giving a shout out to Wilber's in Goldsboro) and the staff mocked me out the door. Where we were seated in a large tent outside and had some of the best 'cue I've had in western NC. Don't be dissuaded by the old house vibe. It's tight inside but if the weather is good, head outdoors. First, pulled pork (standard for me) was moist with plenty of bark and good smoke. Brisket is served with both fat/lean together and had great texture and flavor. Housemade sauces include lexington style dip, eastern NC vinegar and SC mustard. All were very good. Baked beans were excellent and collards with big brisket chunks were very good (could be cooked a bit longer). Staff is quick to joke, super fast on the service and lots of fun. Thoroughly enjoyed the visit and I'll wear mu Haywood t-shirt down east to rep! Stop by their other location in Dillsboro; either is a solid choice for great barbecue.

The food, the service the ambience, recommend 100%. They have a little gift shop with beautiful…read morewith flame work on glass that you can request to make your own. My sister-in-law made this beautiful cake for my daughter for the wedding

Do yourself a favor and just head over to BearWaters Bistro…read more Came to Butts per some locals recommendation. Came in and spend almost 30 minutes waiting for a table of two. The staff tried to seat customers that came in after us. Then took the orders from two parties seated after us. Waiting in the corner for nearly 1 hour before being asked if we'd like drinks. The staff couldn't even answer a simple question about the beers available. 1.5 hours and a drink never arrived. I've never had this kind of experience at an establishment before. Servers didn't make any eye contact or check in at any point. At least until we walked out. Just kind of shocked. The restaurant was rustic, clean and downhome Food looked great, would have been nice to try some...

We come up for a week every year, and the last couple times we've wanted to try this place. So glad…read morewe made the stop today! My wife loves eating outside, and loves hearing/seeing water, so this checked off those boxes. Nice to see they're very pet friendly too! For starters, our waitress Kiersten was a DELIGHT! So sweet, knew the menu, and a pleasure to talk with. She needs to get props for making our first visit so enjoyable, that we WILL be coming back! It was before 5pm and we wanted to take it easy, so we ordered the brussel sprouts app and the Philly Cheesesteak to share. Great choices! The fried sprouts app was HUGE and delicious, especially dipped into their homemade ranch! So much that we brought a third of it home! The Philly was very flavorful and the curly steak fries were crispy and filling! The menu is so big, that we are going to have to come back MANY times to try it all -- and that's something are looking forward to!

So we had dinner here tonight - $24 bison burger, $22 pot roast, two tap beers and ~$65 later we…read morewere underwhelmed. I asked for no lettuce on my burger (due to recent gastrointestinal events all over the news) but got it anyway. He had more mashed potatoes than pot roast on his plate. Service was mediocre - she was nice enough but just going through the motions, I think. Our table was directly in front of the house music. Strategic error on our part but it turned out ok. He wasn't singing and the music was mostly bland background. Our table was a high top and the stools were just a little too high for the table to be comfortable. Ah well, the best part was sitting alongside the mountain creek and sipping beer.

Most everything there was great. It is actually home cooked, (you can see into the kitchen), the…read morestaff are attentive and polite, and the restaurant has quite the nice color scheme and seating arrangement. If you're visiting Maggie Valley, this is a great place to come. I had their Western Omelette, and it did have a profusion of vegetables, and the cheese was a highlight as well. The biscuits were quite nice. Overall, I would definitely visit again. It does lack root beer floats though.

We have visited Maggie Valley on our anniversary every year for a number of years. We always eat…read morebreakfast here until this year. We arrived at 11:04 and a hostess met us at the door to inform us they stop serving breakfast at 11:00, but we can drive down to Pops and eat breakfast. Since we always eat here, we decided to stay and order a sandwich. I ordered a BLT and asked to add one egg to the BLT. The waitress said no, that eggs were a breakfast item and they cannot add it. Ironically, if you order a salad you can add an egg. Or a hamburger, you can add an egg. But you cannot add an egg to a BLT. So we paid for our drink and went to Pops where we were greeted with a smile, a very clean dining room, very friendly staff, and delicious food. This anniversary weekend, we began a new breakfast tradition- we will eat at Pops.

Doing the bachelor thing today and I decided to grab dinner at Fat Buddies. Had a half rack of ribs…read morewith fries and slaw. There wasn't a wait to be seated and my server was prompt and took my drink order. Dinner arrived fairly quickly. The restaurant was clean and my meal was delicious.

Delightful BBQ spot with attentive staff, sweet tea, and plenty od options for everyone…read more Our table ordered at least four kinds of smoked meats plus a dinner salad, a mixture of sides and hush puppies. Then we added dessert. Everything was delicious! We especially appreciated our server, who expertly kept track of the individual nuances of each order. Of note: the coleslaw and baked beans were well beyond the expectations for these standard BBQ items, so don't sleep on these as sides.

Terrific stop when you are in Maggie Valley / Cherokee NC area. Great view, server, food and draft…read morebeer.

Excellent food and location. The owner makes everything from scratch daily. Indoor and outdoor…read moreseating. We had the beef and cheese and the special. SO good!!!

The food and service was top tier. It was me and my guy first time and we were greeted fast. He…read moreeven recommended some items, sharing what was most popular. Our waitress was pleasant and tentative. Everything was made to order, which made it very fresh. I had the gluten free bbq & chicken pizza. And my guy had the classic cheeseburger. We rate it 10/10!!

We did take out for pizza. We are 3 min down the road, so not far to travel…read more The pizza crust is thicker.. and very... chewy bread. Flavor was great for my white pizza.. but we did not love the thick and chewy crust. We only got pizza and this was our experience. I wpuld say if your cutter is not strong enough to cut....

I will continue with our tales of woe. So we were driving from Townsend Tennessee to Waynesville…read moreNC and we're really hungry. It's about 2:00 and when I looked at my Yelp App most restaurants were closing in 7 minutes. So we remembered going to Maggie Valley Restaurant and they were closing at 3:00. Only problem was they take only cash so we had about $35.00 on us. So. the twins (David and I) decided to share a delicious half chicken dinner that came with three sides. It was around $24 dollars. It was truly home cooked and delicious. We had mashed potatoes and gravy, cabbage and fried okra. So with tax and tip Dave had $4 left over lol! The help and servers are so friendly and I showed them pictures of when we were there last and they Freckles stay inside. So now guess where we are? At the Publix ATM machine! We shall return for some home cooking breakfasts this week!

We are staying about 30 minutes away for vacation and we decided to go check out Maggie Valley and…read morewhile at a store we asked a local where to go for lunch. The lady stated that Maggie Valley restaurant has some of the best homemade cooking so we opted to go here. Top of their list was their famous homemade fried chicken. It wasn't famous or homemade, it was frozen and unseasoned. They only sell it as a half chicken dinner for $23-24 I can't remember exactly what the price but it was between that amount. No substitutions on the pieces so for that price I ate the wing and breast and left the leg and thigh on the plate. The macaroni and cheese were not good at all. The fried okra and mashed potatoes were pretty good. I got the last biscuit they had and while it had good flavor it was rock hard. My mom got the catfish dinner and she said it was okay, they brought her frozen solid cocktail sauce. The coleslaw she had to add some sugar to it but then said it was good. The other person got a club sandwich which was huge and he said it was okay, the bacon was really good. Sweet tea was delicious. Service was slow and robotic. I noticed that the other tables around us were complaining about their food/quality.