Pretty tasty southern food. Not a huge fan of some sides, but they nailed the fried chicken and mashed potatoes. Wish they'd had some cobbler or pie included for the price. read more

I'll put it like this my favorite thing at this place...the picked beets (that I am sure came pre-pickled). The fried chicken was pretty decent and my table mates said the popcorn shrimp, although obviously pre-breaded frozen shrimp ( ala Walmart deli section) was good for what it was. Salad bar had sad wilted lettuce, veggies were clearly canned and only dessert was canned chocolate pudding with cool whip. On the plus side if you are so dissatisfied with the food that you only near a handful of popcorn shrimp like one of my table mates they may not charge you. And let's not get started on the clientele. This place was recommended to us by several locals as the best place to eat and if that is so I really feel bad for the residents of Cherokee. read more

Great service. Christine was so friendly and attentive. We are big water drinkers and she made sure our glasses were always full. I'm vegetarian and there were plenty of choices for me. Hubby and teen sons said they loved the fried chicken, delicious roast beef and excellent fried pork chops. The only complaint is just one dessert- choc pudding but overall we will definitely will return if ever in the area! read more

$12.63 w/o tip for a so so Buffett. Fried chicken, roast beef, and meatloaf were the meats, sald was the best part of the neal. Desert was fried apples or chocolate pudding. Drinks were $1.79 extra, we had water. read more

I have been to Cherokee,NC before many years ago.I don't remember it being there,but they say it's been there awhile.Awesome service & food.Good atmosphere & friendly folks.It is a buffet.They freshin the food often.Its hot when you sit down.Good Ole' home cooking Enjoy read more

For $11.00 a person, you can't go wrong especially if the discounted price on the Buffett at harrah's is $23.00 and looks no better although the selection might be larger. I would stick with the potato and sweet corn. The roast beef is slightly dry. The fried chicken is okay. The ham is decent . Oh for the price, it's ok! read more

This past weekend my wife and I gave Granny's Kitchen a try will in Cherokee. Compared to the other places were ate will in town, we were impressed. This is buffet style country food. Service was great and the price very reasonable. We hope to eat here the nest time we are in town. read more

The breakfast buffet was so good! The plates were always cleared off the table right when we are finished. The service was great, and the food is always fresh! read more

Buffet was excellent and so was the service. The restaurant is new and clean. The waitress was helpful in giving us good directions to the Sequoyah National. read more

Breakfast was excellent... I esp recommend the deep fried French Toast. Everything was hot and fresh. My only complaint I was that the staff was not especially friendly. read more

Buffet style, great for families or the very hungry. We went on Sunday at 6:15pm. The dinning room was set up in large tables, indoor pick nick style. The hostess and waitress were friendly and delightful. Our waitress explained the buffet, which consisted of salad bar, pasta salad, potatoes cooked in butter and water, green beans, carrots, corn bread, fried fish, fried chicken, roast beef and ham. Except for the fish, it was dry and overbooked, the food was excellent. The fried chicken was crispy outside, juicy inside. Vegetables were tasty, sweet and melted in your mouth. Our waitress also went over which foods were gluten free, which were quite a bit, which was a big plus. This was a welcome home style meal for a family who has been on the road for 8 days. Would definitely come back. read more

My family and I arrived here after a long day river-rafting and brought healthy appetites. This restaurant appears to be the busiest one in Cherokee, although outside of Granny's, there doesn't appear to be many restaurants in the city to choose from. We had to wait 15 minutes to get a table because the place was packed. They only have a buffet and we read that they change the buffet selections daily. On Friday night, when we visited, the menu was delicious fried chicken, fried fish, mashed potatoes, man 'n cheese, salad, rolls, and more. Hearty meal and great flavor! Our server was attentive and refilled our glasses four times in 30 minutes. We were pleasantly surprised and enjoyed the restaurant. read more

Best fried chicken in town! If you want to know the best place to eat, ask a local! Granny's always has fresh home cooked food. The staff is friendly and the price is right. Great place to eat! read more

Looking at the reviews, after a long day we decided this would be a good choice to feed our appetites. We were incorrect, the food was not like home cooking as it was incredibly bland and tasteless. We also had to sit with other people, being only two people, I guess they sit you at a table with others, even if the restaurant is not full. We were very unimpressed. read more

It is a nice little buffet with limited choices, but for around $8 you wont go wrong. Food is always hot and service is good.

The salad bar was a solid 5 but the vegetables seemed to be tasteless, much like they came out of a can. The meat was cooked down to mush. It was clean and the prices are decent if you aren't particularly interested in flavor (or nutrition). An MRE might be a good alternative. Sorry, won't return. read more

On a buffet scale of 1 to 10, I would give it a 1 not sure why they are so busy. So if your in town looking for good eats just keep looking.

It's a buffet. Nothing outstanding. Fried chicken was fair, Roast beef was dry and salty. Nothing memorable about salad or sides. It seemed pretty clean but I was there when they weren't very busy. Employees were friendly. Cheap food and plenty of it. read more

So it's Friday and we were on our back from pigeon forge and we got hungry so I looked for the closest place to us but they all had horrible looking food. I kept looking and found this little place on your way out of Cherokee. We had four of us and did not have to wait at all. They seated us right away and took out drink order and told us to help ourselves to the buffet. The food was excellent. The salad bar was elaborate. And at the end of the Buffet there is a nice fellow who will cut you a few pieces of very tasty roast beef and give some au jus as well. Our waitress was extremely nice and convinced me to try the fried trout on the bar so I did and absolutely loved it! It was so fresh and fried to perfection. She even taught me how to get the meat out perfectly without any bones! Always a plus when I can eat fish and not have puncture wounds in my mouth when I'm finished. We from a small town in SC and love fishing but I never got around to learning how to debone fish until my waitress from Granny's kitchen taught me how. How wonderful! This place will definitely be on our radar next time we go to the mountains. Although I would suggest going a little further to gatlinburg Tennessee instead of stopping in Cherokee. There's nothing there and it's so run down it's pathetic. All except for granny's kitchen read more

Good, cheap southern food and their cream pies are great! But they go fast!

This place is terrible avoid . Ad says breakfast till 11 but at 1045- took down bar early. Buffet only ,not good . Biscuits and gravy awful. read more

As stated above by someone I was with, the service was extremely sub par. Had 7 groups that came in after us get seated before us. Our name was at the top of the name list and we were the only ones that hadn't been called. By the other reviews and just by seeing it, I'm pretty sure I made the right choice by leaving. read more

I half expect my hotel is paid to recommend this place to tourists. I know it's "southern cooking" which tends to be heavier, but while I grew up in Indiana my whole family is Southern. I grew up on southern cooking. I have never had greasier chicken, and on top of that it was flavorless. Most of the sides are from a box or can, so you can't call it home cooking really. I settled to having a large lackluster salad to finish my meal because I couldn't handle anything else. Probably for the best, since my mother who I was traveling with ended up sick after eating there. read more

Buffet is the only thing they have. No complaints. Really just basic salad, two carbs, two veggy, two meat and one desert set up....... The daily choices rotates. The servers all work their tail off, great service! The place was slammed for lunch, ensuring a good turn over rate for food at the bar. The Salisbury Steak was just so-so, but the fried chicken was excellent. The green beans were very good as well as the fried squash....... Lunch was inexpensive. It is family style sitting, say hello to your neighbor, if they are local, it should be interesting..... read more

i would walk back up that mountain RIGHT NOW for some salisbury steak. well, i'd drive. the fried chicken was pretty tasty too, although we had to dig around for wings :) (and we made a friend who was doing the same thing!) everyone is incredibly friendly--waitstaff and customers. also, they have a "clean plate rule" meaning that they reserve the right to charge extra for wasted food. don't worry though, there's really no way that you can't clean your plate in this place. read more

All you can eat buffet. The salad bar was fresh, and did have the bacos, lol. My husband had the meat and vegetables. Fair to middling - not bad. Roast beef was dry as previous gal said. Nice people, Great customer service, friendly! read more

We were a large party of three generations from different parts of the country, and we were seated immediately. Great start! The potatoes were perfectly cooked (weird starter for a review, but they were!), and the biscuits were moist, moist, moist! My children ate up the chicken 'n' dumplings and several other items. My gf husband had full plates, as well. Our waitress was one of the best ever, too, in both attentiveness and charm! The prices were also great! The four-star rating is because their best dessert offerings (cream pies) are not part of the buffet; you have to order them separately--odd. read more

Basic but good. Nothing stood out as spectacular but overall good quality. Stays steady.

We stopped at Granny's for lunch, the buffet was good but limited, the salad bar was fresh. Typical southern cuisine with friendly wait staff. read more

A great little place for lunch. it had a small buffet but the food on the buffet was very tasty. it was all Southern food including fried chicken. there was not much in the way of dessert but for the price for me and my wife to eat being under $20 I am not going to complain about the desert. read more

Got here at 5:30 pm. There were over 100 empty tables and chairs (the place wasn't even 25% occupied) yet we had to wait for 15 minutes. When we left I counted 45 empty tables and chairs and they were telling new arrivals the wait was ins and one-half hour. It's a buffet. No waiting. read more

Another great dining experience at Granny's. Went on Friday and the buffet included fresh fish and fried shrimp. It was all good and service was great. read more

This was excellent. First time customer. Not sure what some of the lesser reviews are about. I tried a small bit of three mains- fried chicken, roast beef (carved) and meatloaf. The fried chicken was the best. All were good. I had creamed corn (can't remember the last time I saw that anywhere) and it was great. The fried apples were some of the best I've ever had. Salad bar was standard and well stocked. The staff was very friendly. Considering coming back in the morning for breakfast to see how they do with that. read more

My daughter and I understood that the locals eat here and we arrived tired and hungry on our first evening in town. The buffet was varied, southern style, and very filling. The salad bar had a good selection of veggies and a variety of dressings. The fried chicken was crisp. Did not try the fish but the beef was also good, like pot roast, a bit well done. We arrived somewhat late and did not have to wait in line. The desserts were okay, also, but not exceptional. Would go there again. read more

The food was good and plentiful. The service was excellent. A buffet with not a ton of options, but those options were delicious!

Great home cooking! Comfort foods with a very well-stocked salad bar. Fresh baked pies and cakes. I feel like this restaurant cooks everything from scratch. The servers are very nice and made us feel like family. Even the coffee tasted fresh-brewed. Felt right at home here! read more

Homemade pie was wonderful. Good old fashioned cooking like Mom would make. And it was all you could eat

Granny's Kitchen offers southern comfort food that is bursting with flavor. From carved roast beef to some of the best fried chicken I have had at a restaurant, Granny's offers a different menu every day of the week, so multiple visits is a must! I especially love the wide variety of vegetables, both on the fresh salad bar and on the hot buffet. I first heard of Granny's more than a decade ago when Martin Cook of The Inspirations told me during an interview that Granny's Kitchen was his favorite restaurant in the world. This was a significant statement, considering the fact they have traveled extensively across the country and to other parts of the world. Let's face it. One bite of Granny's scrumptious Southern cuisine will have you scoping out tomorrow's menu on their website! read more

Service was good. The restaurant was clean. Food was just so at best. Wasn't a good vaule for what Granny's was charging. There isn't much of reason to go back. read more

Great value and even better food. Seriously, every bit of food was to die for, except the green beans. Service was excellent. This place is what Golden Corral wishes it could be. Finished off with a slice of peanut butter pie and I nearly died. So good. If we come back to Cherokee, we will be back!! read more