This is definitely a hidden gem. The oldest comments seem pretty bad so either this place changed owners or the owners really listened to the customers because each complaint has turned into a spectacular compliment. The food is top notch. It's like your great grandma's food. The staff is very nice. They aim to please. But back to the food. It's consistently delicious. I'm sure they sell out each day so you have to come early because it's gone too quick to ever get old. I'm sure they never have leftovers . The smothered pork chops are diabolical. You will eat your leftovers (portions are huge)! Last time, I had fried chicken that was absolutely delectable. Don't miss this treat and you will not be disappointed. P.S. I don't have photos cause I can never wait to eat the food. read more

My sister in law and I did a quick stop by the local restaurant for some good old fashion soul food. The good fried catfish, purple peas and rice and gravy with a roll. The persons behind the counter serving the food were awesome. The ambiance was good. read more

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Wonderful home cooking in a friendly atmosphere. The proprietor greets everyone and checks in to make sure the meal is to your liking. I had fried catfish and 2 sides, green beans and cooked cabbage. Corn bread and sweet tea completed the meal. I wish I had room for the peach pie or pound cake. In the 1960s civil rights activists would eat here, even Robert Kennedy when he was a senator. read more

Country Platter Too - Southern Near Me - Cleveland, Mississippi

Amazing food , as good as it gets!! I had fall off the bone ribs, sweet potatoes and great northern beans, we call em Navy beans! Cornbread or roll included! My husband had smothered pork steak (that was flavorful and tender) over rice, green beans and cornbread! Sweet tea was perfect too! This is a TRUE FAMILY owned and ran restaurant. We felt like family when we walked in and even more when we were leaving. We WILL be back on next trip to Memphis or headed home to Montgomery, Texas!! So yummy!! read more

Excellent Food. Southern cooking at its best!! Pork Steak, Fried Catfish, and Grilled Chicken are terrific. read more

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In every town, there's always that one place that is mom & pop, that always delivers! This is it! I'm in town for business and just luckily driving by here and saw the full parking lot. Figured that many people can't be wrong. Boy was I happy I stopped. From the customers leaving to the ladies at the counters, it was all smiles! The food was fantastic! Reminds me of the plates I get back in Biloxi in the old days. Oh and I really nice elder gentleman even stopped by my table to say hello and made me feel super welcomed! I highly recommend stopping in if you're by this place. Super nice folks and I enjoyed it very much, you will too! read more

If you want home cooking and family ambiance go to Country Platter Too! We loved the cabbage, fried catfish, ribs, fried chicken, yams and the grilled chicken. The tea was superb! The staff was amazing! read more

Great locally owned restaurant in Cleveland, MS. I visited while doing some site seeing at a few museums. Its en route to the Grammy Museum. Customer service was good, my order came out hot and fast, all the food was seasoned well, priced right! The only issue was the green beans were from a can, other than that everything was excellent. I had the catfish, rice/ gravy, green beans, corn bread, and sweet tea. They cook the catfish hot to order. I didn't order desert, but they had lots of pies and cakes if you desire. Lots of seating, clean, and friendly environment. Great foodie spot if your in town, we will be back for sure! read more

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About three weeks ago I took a trip to the Mississippi Delta with my Grandma so she could visit her sister. Our destination was Cleveland, Miss. While there, I asked one of the locals of a good place to get an authentic Southern meal. They recommended the Country Platter. We found the address and stopped in there for a meal. This place doesn't look like much. It's just a little hole in the wall restaurant with the very basics, nothing at all fancy including the menu. Basic chairs, basic tables, white walls. The menu isn't huge but had lots of good, hearty Southern foods on it, including chitterlings... which I will always avoid at all costs. Catfish, Fried Pork Chops, Fried Chicken... it was all on there. I went with the Fried Pork Chops. They were very nicely cooked. Not too dry and seasoned nicely. I had mine smothered with gravy. I did mac & cheese and black-eyed peas for my sides. Both were great. There were also cakes and homemade pies on the menu, all of which looked great but I was too full to consider eating those. Grandma got the fried Catfish and said it was some of the best she's eaten. I've been told they do a good traditional American breakfast as well but that will have to wait for a future visit. I recommend the Country Platter if you ever find yourself in Cleveland, Miss. Good food, great atmosphere and friendly, courteous staff. Thanks for making our short stay in Cleveland a good one! read more

I had a nice experience here at Country Platter. The restaurant is a locals favorite and stayed busy with a steady stream of customers. They were only serving take-out at the time of my visit, which was fine by me. The food was solid and would be worth another visit in the future if I was in the area. read more

I went for BREAKFAST. (Photo posted) Nutshell: OK. Not fancy. Deep-fried hash-brown patty. Tiny bread. Fresh eggs. Gravel parking lot. They weren't busy when I visited. Service was OK, but no follow-up after the meal was served. I had eggs, sausage, hash browns and toast. The eggs were fresh, sausage was fine but the hash browns were just a deep-fried, hash-brown patty. That was disappointing. And the toast was the smallest pieces of bread I've ever seen. Price was reasonable. OK, but I won't go back. read more

Country Platter Too - Deep-fried hash brown patty, tiny toast. - Southern Near Me - Cleveland, Mississippi

This place is ok, nothing special, but decent food. I arrived at 4 p.m. on a Sunday and was glad to see it still open. Sundays in Mississippi are rather slow -- even the dogs take the day off. But I digress. I was immediately confused when I entered. There was a cash register at the door, so I asked if I should wait to be seated. They said sit anywhere, then pointed me to a short serving table fronting a small kitchen and told me to go place my order. Lids covered all the food, so I couldn't tell what was available. A smeared white board had foods listed, but every item I chose wasn't available. In frustration, I finally asked if they had fried chicken (which wasn't on the board). Then I began playing musical chairs with my side orders. They didn't have okra or macaroni, so I asked for yams and corn. The server sullenly plopped my chicken on the plate with green beans and yams. I didn't complain about the wrong order. As I was doing this, a waitress came and wanted to know where I was sitting and what I wanted to drink. Silverware was wrapped in a pan at the end of the counter, but when I took my plate and reached into the pan, the server informed me that it was already at my table. I apologized and asked if I could have banana pudding for dessert, and the server told me to ask my waitress. OK, so I made it through the confusing gauntlet of half buffet, half table service, half cafeteria style. The food was just ok. Nothing special. Regular comfort food fare. It wasn't particularly seasoned and was lukewarm. The chicken was ok. Crispy but dry. The yams were quite good. The green beans were canned and were cold. The banana pudding was a sickly, nuclear mustard yellow color. I love the stuff, but I was afraid to eat this. I dipped my spoon in anyway, and it tasted ok, but I couldn't move past the color, so I only ate a few spoons. Since I had a waitress bringing food, I gave her my credit card and she disappeared. When she returned, I saw that she had rang it up without a tip. I told her I wanted to tip her and she said she had to ring it up assuming I wasn't leaving a tip since I didn't pay at the register. I apologized and gave the girl a $10 (on a $10 meal), and she simply took it and walked away. No thanks. No come again. No inquiry of how my food was. Nothing. I may have caught them on an off night, but I doubt I will try them again. The food wasn't special enough to deal with the service, and I felt very uncomfortable and out of place. read more

Country Platter Too - Fried chicken breast with green beans and yams. - Southern Near Me - Cleveland, Mississippi

The Sunday buffet is off the hook. It was unfortunate I could only go one round, but the plate was about the length of my forearm and the servers gave such generous portions for my yams, greens, mac&cheese and baked chicken. I passed on the catfish which was a dollar or two extra since I had just had some the day before. The owner was friendly and so were the other customers who we had just met at the church down the street. Overall a great old-fashioned Southern meal for $10 even read more

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The food was very good. Staff very helpful and friendly. The best dessert is the peach cobbler. Can't wait to try their fried chicken again. You all rock read more

Glad we found this place!! GREAT BREAKFAST!!! Hidden jewel!!!! Great service- will be back next time in town!! read more

The food was good, may need to cook the sweet potatoes a little longer, because some portions was still hard & crunchy, but everything else was good. read more

A wonderful, locally owned and run restaurant on the east side of Cleveland. We only came for lunch, but had a great "meat and three" for about $10 each. Fried chicken (highly recommend the dark meat), spaghetti, purple hull peas, cabbage, and yams--just to name a few. There is, of course, also dessert and whole cakes and pies to take home. Classic Southern soul food and a place for the community to gather. read more

Sunday mornings you better get there before the church crowd or you will be waiting in a long line. Appears to be a local favorite. The menu can change depending on what is out. For the most part, think of it as subway where you meal is $13.50 and you get the choice of 3 sides and a main entree. I choose the roast beef with carrots, mashed potatoes, and Mac and cheese. All very delicious. If you want catfish you can order it and they will drop it in the fryer, fresh for you. The roast beef was good and tender. The potatoes were very creamy. Only complaint was that the Mac and cheese was a little watery. Overall a very good experience and would like to come back. read more

Fried chicken, cabbage, candied yams, corn, dinner roll and peach cobbler. The best doggone home cooked meal I've had in a long time. The chicken was seasoned just like my mother's. The yams tasted like my mother in-law's and the cabbage and corn was just plain good. I will be back. read more

Country Platter Too - Fried chicken, corn, cabbage and candied yams, so good!!! - Southern Near Me - Cleveland, Mississippi

What a rip-off this place is. For $7.99, all I got was 2 eggs, 3 slices of paper thin bacon, and a nasty, disgusting, frozen, factory processed hashbrown patty. That's it. There was nothing else on the plate. At Waffle House or Huddle House, chain restaurants, I'd have gotten twice the food for the less money - MVP Breakfast at Huddle House included 2 eggs, bacon, hash browns, toast, and a waffle for $6.99 I go to mom & pop restaurants like this for home cooked meals, not frozen factory food like McDonald's serves. I ate my food in less than 5 minutes, because there was only a few bites. I literally left this place and went to another breakfast place, because I was still starving. Places like this deserve to go out of business! read more

The food is good but the customer service is awful. The ladies are as rude as they come. They act as if YOU (the customer) is an inconvenience for them. One got upset because I wanted to order 3 dinner plates, expressing her anger "3!!!!, I need to go pick up my kids". How is that my problem? Be careful because they always seem to have an attitude. You know what they say, never upset someone who is handling your food. read more

I used to eat here all the time with my family when I was younger. I'm older & with a family of my own now. I thought I would introduce my family to this place while visiting my mom in Mound Bayou. Due to COVID-19 I knew that the visit would be a take out. I arrived at the restaurant a little after 7am & was not sure of their hours. I called before getting out of my car, but there was no answer. Before driving away an employee showed up for work. I asked this employee of their hours & she rudely said 7am. After walking in I learned why my call went unanswered....she was the hostess. I waited til she finished the call she was on & she asked to help me. I placed my order after receiving a menu. She was very unwelcoming and I later learned that she was even worse with other customers whom I assumed were regulars. I'm glad I did not subject my family to this horrible customer service because this was NEVER my experience with this place growing up. Please hire a better hostess (customer service) & make this place it little warm like I remember it. read more

This is soul food. You won't be disappointed. Buffet style, fried chicken was delicious and the peach cobbler may be the best I've ever had (I live in Jackson, MS) read more

The Country Platter (Soul Food) has been in Cleveland for many years. I have had many meals from there. They have anywhere from greens, to mac and cheese, pork steaks smothered in gravy,baked chicken, fried fish, sweet potatoes, the best peach cobbler you could ever ask for and other foods. The place is small so get there early. They are opened only until around 6pm. Sunday's are very crowded because lots of people go after church. People come by the bus loads. So if you are ever in town make sure you stop by. Located on Hwy 61 and Ruby St. Try it, I guarantee if you are a soul food lover, you will absolutely love it. read more

Talk about down home cooking - this is the place! Ever heard the phrase tastes better than it looks? From the outside you may have doubts but inside the food is delicious. Smothered pork chops, yams, cabbage and peach cobbler. We asked what the cabbage was seasoned with and the response was "love". The ladies working there are as sweet as the cobbler. read more

Was passing through town on a road trip, and wanted to grab something local. Boy were we in for a treat! We arrived towards the end of lunch, but they still had plenty of food for the three of us. We had the catfish, sweet potatoes, mac & cheese, greens, and cornbread. Every item was on-point. I'm a sucker for sweet potatoes, and boy did they deliver. And that's not to take away from the other items, as they were all just as good. They came around with seconds for us as well on anything we wanted (no charge). We all agreed it was easily one of the best meals we'd ever had. Considering I live in Texas, it may be some time before I pass through Cleveland, MS again, but when I do, a stop here will be a part of the plan! read more

Great breakfast! I love the pancakes and beef link sausage. Friendly atmosphere. Dinner is good too but I am a breakfast person. Down home place where friends meet and greet, really a place where even strangers to the city can feel at home. read more

In town visiting for work and I must say the food here was finger licking good. I'm happy the ladies im working with let me know about this place. I got the neckbones and okra with tomatoes and everything was great . read more

Wonderful home-cooking! We had vegetables that were perfectly cooked and finished with some awesome peach cobbler

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This is a great local spot to give you a taste of Mississippi home-style cooking. I had "neck" which is pork neck -- remarkably meaty and tasty. It was stewed in a broth with plenty of black pepper. Definitely worth trying if you've never had it before. My husband had fried chicken which he said was quite good. The sides were alright, but not real standouts. Only bother getting the cornbread if you use a lot of butter. The banana pudding was fantastic according to my husband. read more

Overall everything is good but the canned greens they are wayyyy to salty for my taste buds