Drove to Barnwell today to stock up on some Carter's Country Pudding and decided to find a place to…read moregrab some food. My gps led me to Anthony's Restaurant and omgoodness the food was amazing!! It's real southern home cooked type of food. Great conversation with the waitress and staff and it felt family-friendly. Overall it's a great place. I will be back!!!

The food is fresh and always great. The service is fantastic and fast. The overall restaurant is…read moreclean and well maintained

Fresh food…read more Employees were very polite and helpful. The food was made quickly and exactly the way it was ordered. The restraunt was clean. Not mant people were eating in. Every customer I saw,was a take out order. Quick and easy food.

Hair in sandwich. Everything else was fine. Restroom was clean enough…read more But, seriously... hair in sandwich.

We were in the mod for pizza and, having never visited a Mellow Mushroom before we decided to give…read moreit a try. We had a great experience. We had one order in mind until we spotted the lunch specials and went for that - it is a really good deal. Two slices of pizza and a small salad for 10$. What we didn't know if that the two pieces of pizza were ginormous! We could have easily done the one piece w/salad, but as it happened, we had dinner with the leftovers. The pizza is quite good, thin crust got nicely crispy and super flavorful. The pepperoni was good - not cup char good but pretty darn good. The small caesar was good - it was perfectly dressed so we kind of wondered why there was extra dressing on the side - but no big deal. We sat outside, and our server was fabulous - attentive without being overly so. It was quite a mellow lunch (pun intended!)

First, I want to say that I genuinely like Mellow Mushroom. I have had great food and excellent…read moreservice at both the Hilton Head and Asheville locations. Unfortunately, when it comes to the Aiken, SC location, the experience continues to fall short. I have given this location multiple chances, and at this point, shame on me for expecting this visit to be different. We waited approximately 25-30 minutes to be seated, which I can understand when a restaurant is busy. What I cannot understand is being seated and then sitting at the table for more than 20 minutes without a single employee acknowledging us. No greeting, no waters, and no drink order. I finally went back to the host stand, and a few minutes later the host came over and offered to take our drink order. At that point, we had invested nearly an hour between waiting for a table and waiting for someone to acknowledge us. Having managed multiple restaurants during and after college, what concerned me most wasn't simply that a server was behind. Restaurants get busy. Servers get overwhelmed. People call out. Mistakes happen. The bigger issue was the apparent lack of active floor management. A restaurant manager should be managing the tempo of the restaurant, not simply reacting when a customer finally complains. A good manager should be circulating through the dining room, watching ticket times, monitoring newly seated tables, checking on guests, helping run drinks and food, clearing tables when necessary, and immediately recognizing when a server is overwhelmed. If a table has been sitting for 10-15 minutes without being greeted, management should notice it before the customer has to walk to the host stand. This is especially important in a pizza restaurant. Pizza itself takes time to prepare and cook, so the front-of-house operation should be designed to get guests greeted, drinks delivered, and orders entered quickly. If the kitchen is backed up, tell the customer. Most reasonable people will accept a longer wait when someone communicates with them. What frustrates customers is sitting there wondering whether anyone even knows they exist. Servers also need to work their sections efficiently. In restaurant terminology, every trip should have a purpose. If you're walking through your section, scan your tables. Pre-bus a plate. Refill a drink. Drop off napkins. Check on the table you just served. Pick something up on the way back. Run another server's food or drinks when possible. Good service is about constantly prioritizing multiple small tasks rather than completing one task, returning to the server station, and then deciding what to do next. When a restaurant gets slammed, teamwork becomes even more important. Hosts, servers, bartenders, food runners, bussers, and managers should be working together. A guest shouldn't have to care whose "table" they are sitting at. If you see a customer who needs something, either help them or immediately communicate it to the person responsible. The same applies to management. A manager who sees the floor struggling should be in the middle of it--running food, greeting tables, helping the host stand, filling drinks, clearing tables, and directing traffic. Leadership means recognizing where the bottleneck is and putting yourself where you are most needed. In my current career, time, accountability, teamwork, situational awareness, and taking initiative are extremely important. Obviously, restaurant service isn't life or death, but the basic principles of a high-performing team are surprisingly similar: know your responsibilities, pay attention to what's happening around you, communicate, help your teammates, anticipate problems, and take ownership when something isn't working. Customers are routinely expected to tip around 20% for good service, and I have no problem doing that when the service warrants it. But with that expectation should come a reasonable standard of service--starting with simply acknowledging a customer after they have been seated. I like Mellow Mushroom and know from visiting other locations that the company is capable of providing a much better experience. That's what makes the repeated problems at the Aiken location so disappointing. This location doesn't need employees to move at a frantic pace. It needs attentive servers, teamwork, communication, urgency, and managers who actively manage the floor. When those fundamentals are in place, customers notice. Unfortunately, when they're absent, customers notice that too.

Love the cheesy, tasty, sandwiches at Melty! Their menu has a great variety of delicious sandwiches…read more& extras!

First day open and there were a lot of customers…read more There was a little wait for the food, but it was worth it. The soup came out hot and worked great for dipping. The dipping sauces came out in a container to small to dip. I used the sauce for my fries. They have highchairs if needed. There is a guest wifi, but I couldn't find the password. Service will get quicker as the crew gets experience. First try... they are worth the experience. Check them out and post your experience.

The food was good. The portions were just right. Service was really good. Our server Kyndal,…read morewas awesome. She apologized for the bad treatment we received from the North Augusta restaurant the previous night. The ambiance was good. We'll come here instead even though the North Augusta restaurant is closer.

We came in for lunch while visiting Aiken. We had great service and the food was delicious!!read more

The food today was very good and I really enjoyed it. The food came to the table quick and the…read morewaitress was very friendly. The atmosphere was calm and I enjoyed the experience eating here. 10 out of 10

Had a great meal at the Red Lobster on Whiskey Road in Aiken, SC! I ordered the Shrimp Trio with a…read moreloaded baked potato, and everything came out hot, fresh, and absolutely delicious. The Cheddar Bay Biscuits were fantastic--warm, fresh, and as good as ever! Our wait staff was friendly, attentive, and provided excellent service from start to finish. Overall, it was a great dining experience, and I would definitely recommend this location to anyone looking for a delicious seafood meal.

Food came out hot with only a short wait…read more The restraunt was clean and fairly busy. The workers were polite and informed us there was no ice for the drinks. This was OK if you were drinking sodas. But with only cola as their diet soda, I was out of luck. Normally I would have taken sweet tea, but I don't drink room temp tea. I want it either hot or cold. Maybe they lost the ice machine due to the storm.

I ordered a meal from DoorDash and the poor delivery person had to sit and wait for the meal to be…read moreready for almost an hour. When it was given to him, he said it felt like it had been sitting on the counter for at least 30 minutes and the boxes weren't even warm. It's too late to cancel or refuse the order, so I guess I'll be having to reheat it when it gets here. This will be the last time I will order a meal from Captain D's Seafood in Aiken. The store should be closed due to poor service. The absolute worst!