Wow. First time at Budds Dairy Food Hall. Had seen this restaurant online. Blown away by how good the food-catfish, whiting, yams, mac n cheese, hush puppies, cornbread and greens. Our order took approx 10-15 minutes. Quite fast. The staff were nice and helpful in decision making. . We have plans to go back in the next few days. BTW - go early bc food runs out! read more

Yesterday (April 6th) was my third and last visit to Modern Southern Table. The first issue I had was with the young lady who took my order. I stood with my daughter in front of her waiting for her to acknowledge us. When she finally did acknowledge us, she snapped saying she was waiting for me to order. Now on my other two trips the customer service was better (not great but better). I was taken aback and that should have been my que to go elsewhere but I didn't (my mistake). Now to the food. On my very first trip to this establishment my food was excellent. The second trip it was noticeably not as good as the first time but yesterday it was a very noticeable drop off from my first trip (approx a year ago). The positives: The greens were the only bright spot. I order 2 fried catfish filets with mac&cheese with greens. The greens had some kick and were seasoned perfectly. The mac&cheese was MID! It tasted like it had been frozen then thawed and baked. I guess if you're not a nac&cheese connoisseur then it was pretty good BUT I know real mac&cheese and this "ain't it". Lastly the catfish was fried too hard. It was seasoned pretty good but the filets were on the smaller side and hard. The price is expensive and honestly not worth it based on the food! read more

Modern Southern Table offers you the best of old style Southern food at the Budd Dairy Hall. The greens are the best I ever had. The Mac n cheese was not a disappointment. It was homemade & really good. I ordered their original version of fried chicken that was crispy & delicious. I can't wait to try the Alabama version. The service was surprisingly polite just like old days. This place has the recipe to be a winner overall! Best of luck on their continued success & I plan on continuing to visit read more

Family outing to Budd Dairy. My daughter and son was raving about this place. We ordered 2 catfish nugget basket and gumbo. I normally do not eat catfish because I had too much as a child, but I tried it due to peer pressure. Glad I did. The breading was so delicious and the seasoning on the catfish was good too. Yes I'm one of those people who have to take things apart and try it separately. I would have been happy with the hot sauce but my son MADE me try their special sauce, which takes it to another level. The only problem was that you get a good amount of nuggets with this small container of sauce that equals two ketchup packets for $15. Then they charge you $0.50 for each 2 oz container. The sauce was good but not that special. It puts a bad taste in your mouth since they didn't give you enough for your fish. I would have ordered extra for the fries, but felt like we were being worked over. My son said the fries weren't as good as they are normally. But they were very busy, which shouldn't be an excuse because now everyone there received sub par french fries. But that catfish was on point!!! I didn't eat the gumbo. I'm having that for lunch at work today. I had their kool aid. It was definitely worth the money. Would I try it again, yes I would, but I will make my own sauce at home. I wanted a sweet potato tart, but the young ladies kept looking at me as if I was speaking french. The only pleasant one there was a lady with black and red box braids whom I am going to assume was the owner because she was full of personality like she loved what she was doing. The others weren't rude, but not helpful. I believe I said I wanted to purchase a sweet potato tart three times and wasn't helped. The sign said "Don't touch the pies." Maybe I should have picked it up so I would have been forced to purchase it. ‍ I was trying to follow the rules and respect the establishment. The mini pies were dark in color, which is a sign that they were full of flavor. I'll come back and tell you about the gumbo. read more

Food and service was great. I was not expecting a f9od vourt type of setting but I'm glad I decided to overlook my first impression. I would recommend this place to others​ read more

Modern Southern Table - Southern Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

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Love their food. It's excellent and I go there often. Just learned that '30 minute wait' doesn't really mean 30 minutes. Evidently, Door Dash and online orders come first, so when your 30 minutes is up, it can be an additional 20-30 minutes because the priority is for online and Door Dash, rather than people who are on site and who are waiting for their orders. Somehow, that doesn't seem like a good model-to make 30 become 60. That should be transparent up front so that a customer can decide to move on, rather than wait beyond the originally stated wait period. read more

Food delicious, return customer yes. Nice location, great parking. Love the atmosphere. Thanks for a great experience.

Being an Alabama girl I felt excited to try everything on the menu ! Ordered the Mac n cheese, catfish basket, hush puppies and one of my favorites, fried okra; perfect for a cold night in . The okra & hush puppies were delicious ! The Mac had copious amounts of salt which made it impossible to eat. The catfish was perfectly light and crispy, but it to was overly salted. Everything was packed well for delivery with nice size portions. I would recommend asking for sauces on the side, not in the container, both sauces exploded all over the fish due to the heat. I believe everyone including myself has an off day when it comes to salting in a hurry, I'm really looking forward to trying them again ! read more

Looking for options since the one place (breakfast/brunch) was closed. Saw some positive reviews so decided to check it out. It was a bit of a wait but definitely worth it. Everything was freshly made and tasted like grandma cooked it (especially the macaroni and cheese). Would definitely eat there again. read more

Modern Southern Table - Fried catfish with macaroni and cheese and greens. Delicious - Southern Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

OMG!!!!!!! Your collard greens are amazing!!!!! I cant wait to come back and try more items!!

This was by far some of the best Southern Food I've had outside of what I cook at home! The service was awesome! Employee at the register was very friendly. I didn't even mind the wait because I knew our food was being cooked fresh. We both ordered the 4 Whole Wings which were very well seasoned and piping hot. I ordered the Cole slaw and Hush Puppies...both were delicious. I went to ask for tartar sauce and the server suggested a sauce that would change my whole world! It did. Overall, this was an awesome experience and we will be back. read more

I could eat buckets of their fried okra! The chicken was crispy and juicy. There was enough food for me to have leftovers and they were just as satisfying. read more

Modern Southern Table - 2 piece with okra - Southern Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

The modern southern table is probably the best southern food place in Columbus! #iswis The chicken is crispy and delicious, the sides are flavorful, and the people are so sweet! I swear I ordered a 2 piece chicken meal and they gave me like 3 or 4 pieces of chicken. Yes, the listed prices are $$ but ITS SO WORTH IT!!! If you're in town wanting some southern food, this is the place to go. If you're already at Budd dairy and maybe feel like trying something different and you see MST, don't think about it twice, just get it!!! read more

Modern Southern Table - Gumbo - Southern Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

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Came on a Saturday night and was told that it would be an hour wait for food due to Uber eats orders. That does not make sense if you have face to face customers that you are turning away for online orders in a food hall. It may be advantageous to invest in a separate kitchen to fulfill online orders so your restaurant can serve the people that physically come to the food hall. read more

Food is always on point and the staff is friendly. The catfish with their sauce is to die for

All I'm saying is that first sip of Kool-Aid will have you saying "Lawwwwddd". This is real southern cooking that reminds me of my grandma's cooking. The portion are phenomenal and the staff is friendly read more

The fried chicken, okra, cornbread and potatoes were delicious and served hot. Love the open seating in the hall itself.

This is the gumbo from Modern Southern Table at the Budd Dairy Food Hall. I really enjoyed the flavors of this dish. The sausage and chicken was fantastic and the spice level was just right. Overall I'd give it a 7/10. For $16 it's missing seafood! Could be shrimp, pieces of crab, lobster, crawfish, etc. and I would have given it a 9/10. Only reason it's still semi-worth it is that it's loaded with the meats that it does have . Worth a try if you're there. read more

Modern Southern Table - Chicken and sausage Gumbo - Southern Near Me - Columbus, Ohio

My daughter took me here for lunch a while ago and I had the fish. Big filets, plenty of seasoning, sweet potatoes, mac & cheese, cornbread. I would get that everytime, never disappointed. I had the gumbo tonight. Sooo much flavor, so much meat. I could eat the rice by itself. My new favorite. read more

I would like to say, this IS THE BEST southern food restaurant!!!! Even my 80 year old parents who came from the South LOVED it! They are really particular about their southern food! My dad has been making greens and frying fish for years! People still come to the house every time he cooks! When he ate the Modern Southern Table catfish and greens, he was thrilled at how good it tasted! In fact he kept saying "this food is really really good." Honestly everything at this restaurant is good and worth every penny!!!!! read more

I thought this place was great. I had the catfish with candied yams and fried okra which came with cornbread. I also tried the collard greens (spicy) and the Mac and cheese. This seems like a solid place to get southern food; everything was delicious and I'd be excited to come back again soon. The fried okra is highly recommended. Note that the catfish is blackened (which I prefer) but takes about 20 minutes to order so definitely go to their website to place the order in advance to minimize wait. A plus is they will text you that your order is ready, so you don't need to stand around in Budd Dairy and wait there to get your food. read more

I hate to even share this wonderful place let me tell you though ...service top notch very friendly food omg the Chicken taste like it was marinated for 60 days and each day they went to turn the bag 90 degrees....it was so good the flavor juicy and FRESH clean oil all that !! The Mac and cheese was good green love the season!!! Today I will get a pic last night I ate to quick lol read more

Good southern style food that doesn't disappoint. I ordered the perch, Mac & cheese and sweet potatoes and everything was delish! Dinners also come with cornbread. This was my second time here and I appreciate their consistency. Husband ordered the fried chicken dinner with collard greens and Mac & cheese and was pleased as well. Prices are a little on the high side, which is the one downside. Accurate rating would be 3.5. read more

I have been looking for fried chicken to replace Clark's since they closed. Nothing has come close until I ordered from Modern Southern Table ... and I ordered it delivery!! I was supposed to get this southern drip thing but they couldn't make it, which was fine because I am not sure I would have even liked it! I only ordered it because it was a "favorite ." I live 20 minutes away (totally across town) from the restaurant but the food still arrived warm. The chicken was crispy and delicious!! The mac and cheese was amazing and the wedge fries were full and filling! Thank you soooo much!! read more

The food slaps. Catfish was delicious and I'm not even a big seafood/fish person. The mac n cheese dumps on most restaurants mac n cheese - this stuff actually has flavor. The rice stuff was bomb too. Sauce was fire. Cornbread could've been sweeter but good balance for everyones preference. read more

AMAZING!!! Every visit, every experience leaves me in awe!!! I have shared this experience with my coworkers and they love this place just as much as I do. The fish is ALWAYS fried to perfection and the Comeback sauce sets it off. read more

The service is great and so are the people!! If you're looking for good food and great hospitality this is the place to be.

Very rude to customers. My friend stopped by to eat and she told me she was very disappointed by how she was treated.

Wow. Southern cooking and fried chicken is my favorite. We tried two sides, the mac & cheese and the candied yams. They were delicious. I don't know how they make that chicken taste so good. But it is the best. The best fried chicken we've had in a long time. read more

The food was hot and delicious. The best southern food I have had in a long time being from the south. The greens were seasoned to perfection, corn bread light fluffy and sweet. Okra & Catfish was fantastic. Can't wait to come back. Yea grape kool aid was delicious and the comeback sauce will definitely make you comeback for more. Hopefully in the future you will offer seafood gumbo. read more

The food was fantastic! Had the gumbo, fried chicken, and the southern veggie plate. It was all very good!

Where to start.........the wait to get our food was incredibly LONG! By the time we got our food. Everyone in our party had ordered their food, ate, threw away their trash and order something again. Oh and they ate their 2nd order, threw away their trash and laughed at us. I approached one of the older ladies, behind the counter to ask where our order was. She snapped, can I help you and not in a pleasant tone. The young lady working with her said it would a few more minutes. Finally, after waited more than 30 minutes for a 2 pice meal and 2 sides, we got our food. I had return after sitting down, because they forgot one of our sides. Hearing and reading all the positive reviews, I was awaiting sweet bliss of great fried chicken. As I look at my order, I thought they may have switched out my chicken order for Cornish hens. The breasts were small and there wasn't enough meat to feed a 9 year old fat boy after church on Sunday. I will say the breading was tasty, nothing like KFC. The collard greens, were good almost like my wife's, who is good southern girl. As far as the Black Eyed Pea salad goes, I recommend you pass. Black eyed peas are for New Years Day. I'm glad I didn't order dessert, they gave us a piece of yellow cake that was supposed to be cornbread. We are headed back to Florida, in a few days. I'll stick with my wife's collard greens and Publix fried chicken. read more