This was my first visit here. They were out of salmon but I couldn't have ordered it anyway since I'm allergic to shellfish and they cook all of the seafood in the same grease. I opted for a veggie plate: cabbage (my portion was very skimpy) it was really good, sweet potatoes (they were delicious but too sweet for me), mac and cheese (it reminded me of velveeta with some regular cheese) it was ok and cornbread (it was delicious but the piece was tiny). I also ordered 4 friend green tomatoes, they were good but not cooked hard enough. I'll give them another shot though, mainly because they had good customer service and the restaurant looked really clean. read more

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Thursday, June 4th, I ate lunch here. I had a Chicken Leg Quarter, Greenbeans, Smashed Sweet Taters, Cornbread, and Fried Green Tomatoes. All tasted amazing with the LOVE spice. Service was excellent and friendly. As far as ambiance pleasant and I was struct by how clean the entire restaurant was. They were playing some 80s music in the background. Will return! read more

Visiting the Atlanta area for a race, Papa Lou's had their food truck at the event. It was lunch time so I ordered the fried whiting with Mac and cheese and a slice of bread. I enjoyed the flavor of the fish and Mac and cheese. The only downside was the small size of the fish (2) comes in your order. I'm from Philly and I'm accustomed to larger portions but the food was seasoned well so I was happy with my order. read more

Papa Lou's Kitchen - Fried Whiting with Mac n Cheese - Soul Food Near Me - Fayetteville, Georgia

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My first time at this restaurant, and I'm so glad that I ordered here. Today is Mother's Day, and since I went out in yesterday to dine in, I decided to take out here. I ordered turkey wing, collard greens, Mac and cheese and lime cake. Baby, when I tell you this food is some real SOUL FOOD, yes it is. It's sooo delicious. I'll definitely be back soon. read more

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Ohhh My Goodness! I was looking for some real and true southern comfort food being in Atlanta for the first time from the west coast. When my friend said she had to take me here I was not ready! I got fried chicken, collard greens, and mac n cheese! I was so happy with the quality of food and service. The batter on the fried chicken was delicious and the mac n cheese had a real home cooked taste. The absolute best was the collard greens!!! I don't want to go anywhere else now! The hospitality from Forrest was truly what you'd expect from a family owned restaurant! So grateful for the food and experience, I will be back! Thank you again Forrest for the recommendations too! read more

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First time in... Will definitely be returning. Food was delicious and service was great... a bit slow but they kept apologizing...but delicious food made up for the wait. read more

Papa Lou's Kitchen - Soul Food Near Me - Fayetteville, Georgia

Food was excellent and well seasoned!Tge wait wasn't long at all and establishment was clean as well. read more

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Really fresh, made to order fish is great here Price point is competitive to those nearby. Vegetable variety is good too! I had the collards and candied yams with my chicken while son chose the fish of the day. Will definitely be back. read more

Dear god was this good!!! Everything tasted great the collards were so well done! Super friendly staff. Lou is a wonderful person. The Mac and cheese almost made me weep! The fried green tomatoes were also really tasty. I will be back when I am through this way again. Thanks Lou! read more

Papa Lou's Kitchen - Ribs, Mac N Cheese, collards and cornbread. - Soul Food Near Me - Fayetteville, Georgia

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I have been wanting to try this spot for years. Temperature and freshness of the fried chicken and pork chop were 100% especially for delivery. I could have used a tad bit more of a seasoning for my fried chicken and pork chop. I get not wanting to OVER-season it for sure. The BEST fried chicken that I will give 5 stars for is chicken that I can eat cold the next day. Not sure I will be able to eat this cold the next day. And that's not bad...it's just not 5 stars. Mac and cheese was pretty good. Seasoned waffle fries were OK...I recognize waffle fries don't travel well. I think they would have been excellent if I ate them there on-site. Overall I solidly recommend this spot for some good fresh and hot fried food. Not the very best, but it's close to the top. read more

Food was not good at all,Wasn't seasoned well enough and the rice was hard the only good thing was the cornbread

Now that I'm done eating I can give a full review. The food was very good. I'm picky about other's macaroni and black eye peas...theirs passed the test. I'll surely return :) read more

Papa Lou's Kitchen - a variety of food items - Soul Food Near Me - Fayetteville, Georgia

The food was great. The collard greens were amazing. The Mac and cheese was creamy, cheesy and delicious. The baked chicken was juicy not dry. We traveled 40 minutes to try Papa Lou's. It was worth the trip! Small but clean. Everyone was very nice. read more

Only reason I'm giving it 3 stars is because Papa Lou was there. Other than that the food was terrible. I got the baked chicken which was bland no flavor at all the cornbread stuffing was so weirdly gritty and sweet and somehow sticky the tomatoes and okra were about the only decent thing. The kids meal I ordrrrd came with a piece of fried chicken which was also decent, plain white rice and flavorless lima beans. I never thought it would be so hard to find good soul food down south but I guess the search continues. I will say the pricing was extremely affordable which was nice but I guess you get what you pay for. I was really hoping to find some good food but I most likely won't be back read more

Papa Lou's Kitchen - Baked Chicken Tomatoes and Okra Cornbread Dressing - Soul Food Near Me - Fayetteville, Georgia

This is soul food Got the bbq chicken and a cat fish combo both were seasoned perfect and the chicken was sooo tender. We tried Mac & cheese, collards, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cabbage, fried okra and the fries and everything was so good! All I missed was a crust for the sweet potatoe cause it was as good as eating a pie and more gravy on the regular mashed potatoes. The collards were amazing I wish I'd got a whole serving side instead of the fries cause even my toddler was eating everything and you know they're picky. We ordered online as soon as they opened and they were fast, everything was fresh only thing I honestly didn't like was the lemonade because it was too sweet for me but my husband got an Arnold Palmer and I wish I'd just have gotten sweet tea. Will definitely be returning my new favorite spot in Fayetteville. read more

When I say the food is hmm hmmm hmmm hmmm good. Very well seasoned. The staff is very very kind. Food servings very gracious.

There isn't much that I love about the South than crawfish and finding these little gems of country southern kitchen soul food. And Papa Lou's is right down the road. $8 all-you-can-eat is probably the best (and worst for my waistline) deal you can get! I had the fried chicken, collard greens, Mac n' Cheese and mashed potatoes and gravy. I actually just got the dinner special for $5.95. I was passing this place on my way to the gym and just wanted a quick bite. Now I'm happily stuffed but probably need to find something to do cause I can't go train now LOL!!! I haven't had a chance to try their fried shrimp and tilapia but I'll definitely will be back. Papa Lou and the people working here were so nice! My new regular spot and live the sweet tea and jazz playing! read more

Papa Lou's Kitchen - Dinner plate! - Soul Food Near Me - Fayetteville, Georgia

So, so sad that we have lived here for almost 4 years, and are JUST NOW finding this gem. Y'all...pretty sure my soul left my body when I first tried their catfish nuggets. Their black eyed peas and okra are both fantastic as well. Pretty much everything we've tried so far has been stellar, though I probably wouldn't get the lemon pepper wings again. But we are super picky about our wings. This pretty much immediately became one of our to-be regular lunch spots. read more

I came in today and ordered some fried shrimp, fries, and mac and cheese. The food was absolutely delicious. Even better than what I was anticipating. The restaurant was clean and wait was short. Also the kind man Al who came out of the kitchen to speak with me was an absolute delight. He made my day brighter. It was a pleasure to meet him. I will be back. read more

Soooo we stopped after church and ordered 4 plates... All 4 plates were disgusting... 2 fried chicken plates with collards and Mac. Chicken looks good and crispy but lacked flavor. Mac and cheese was flavorless. Husband veggie plate wasn't even full (1/2 tray of collard greens), cabbage bland and flavorless. Dirty rice was immediately trashed! Probably the worst tasting thing I've ever put in my mouth. But the kicker was my Rib Tip Dinner for $20, I received 6 oven baked rib tips! Who serves 6 Rip Tips on an adult plate? I ordered Cornbread Dressing... Imagine my surprise to find a scoop of sausage meat with minimal cornbread in there! Again, who serves pork, in cornbread dressing with no warning? Nowhere on the menu does it state that the cornbread dressing is served seemingly without cornbread. Last but not least, my lima beans had so much salt on them, they were inedible! 2 of 4 plates were trashed! Almost $70 wasted and still have to cook Sunday Dinner! #Neveragain Definitely will drive to Riverdale and wait in line at Anna Laura's or Mr. Lewis for quality soul food! #neveragain read more

Papa Lou's Kitchen - This is supposed to be Cornbread Dressing *(SUNDAY ONLY)*, Rib Tips and Lima Beans *(SUNDAY ONLY)*! - Soul Food Near Me - Fayetteville, Georgia

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Food was good, service was great, good people running the restaurant, everything perfectly seasoned with reasonable prices

Fabulous country cooking!!!! Great service. My favorite southern food restaurant. Pickup or order online DoorD/UberE/GrubH read more

Fresh and savory, food was delicious and the service was top tier. Try the fried green tomatoes, yams, well everything!

Papa Lou's has some amazing fried green tomatoes. This place is much better than This Is It. Don't even go there. Just come to papa Lous! Everyone is super sweet also. read more

Very dry baked chicken, Mac & cheese, tasteless the yams still had all the strings in them needles to say I won't be driving back there for any more food, sheeshhhhhh read more

The food was very salty, and they didn't send all of our order. I ended up throwing most of it away.

Finally tasty food in a decent clean place. Papa Lou does the cooking himself fries your fish, chicken and green tomatoes to order!! The veggies-string beans, corn rice with tomato gravy was REALLY tasty!!! My goodness the key lime and strawberry cake moist and delicious like desert should be. Finally, I found a place that was clean and comfortable with actual good quality seasoned home tasting food and I dont mind paying to eat there daily with a tip!!!!! read more

I am disappointed in the food this time around. My husband got the Turkey wing platter, yams & corned dressing and I got the veggie plate with collards greens, yams and cornbread stuffing and a side a Mac n cheese. The greens and dressing was SALTY! Like I mean it was hard to eat. The Mac n cheese looked and taste like Kraft box Mac. The yams was soupy like they over whipped them or something. The only thing that taste okay was the turkey wing. Maybe there was a new cook or something but honestly it was nasty. read more

Stopped by for lunch today Had the meat loaf and jerk chicken. Good food well seasoned .This was our first time will definitely be back to try the fried salmon! And they served us complimentary large fried green tomatoes! Excellent read more

Was not what we expected, ordered turkey wing and sides. Second meal was smothered pork chops. All food lacked flavor and seasoning. And very expensive menu. Will not return read more

I will start by saying the key lime pie was pretty good and probably the best item purchased. I ordered a smothered pork chop plate for lunch and a veggie plate for dinner. Great presentation, selections and great customer service! My food on the other hand that I spent $35 for not so great. Smothered pork chop was very good. All of my sides very entirely to salty to the point I had to toss part of my meal and drink 2 bottles of water to compensate for the salt intake. If not for oversalting it would have tasted better. Kind of pricey also. read more

Delicious food on the buffet, with desert! And really friendly staff for a great price. We'll be back! read more

Papa Lou's Kitchen - Yum - Soul Food Near Me - Fayetteville, Georgia

The food was good and the service was better... And the cake was plain Good!!' If you have a hungry family on s budget... This is your place to eat! I will return read more

Great soul food! Good prices and plenty of choices! Definitely recommend this if you wanna good country style buffet. Collards, fried green tomatoes, squash casserole, cornbread, biscuits, and everything else soul. read more

Papa Lou's Kitchen - Good ole soul food! Fresh and tasty just like grandmas house! Inexpensive buffet and a good selection! - Soul Food Near Me - Fayetteville, Georgia

Had a great meal. I went for lunch and got the buffet. All the food was hot and the vegetables were cooked to perfection. It was wet and rainy outside so all the southern comfort food hit the spot. The staff is extremely nice. Very polite and great service. The decor is a little outdated but who cares. It is a small southern cafe. I will be back. Make sure you get the collard greens. Oh the price is super cheap. read more

A hidden gem in Fayetteville. Fried salmon was amazing! Also add the fried green tomatoes...smh. Staff was super nice and very clean establishment. Will definitely be back. read more

I got delivery using grubhub to the hospital it was kindy pricey but worth the money. I got bbq chicken mashed potatoes and cabbage, the only thing is they sent just baked chicken but it was great. No complaints read more

Awesome food and the customer service is #TopShelf! I worked as a general manager in food service for 15 years and I never experienced a buffet like Papa Lou's. They prepare your plate for you! What an ingenious idea! You can come back and get more as many times as you like, but by serving the food himself this cuts down on food waste. Sometimes our eyes can be bigger than our stomachs. Great job Popa Lou you innovate the buffet experience. Bernard (Mk11:24) read more

Was amazing I will order again I had The green tomatoes delicious I had the salmon the greens and the Black Eyed Peas and the velvet cake My husband had the Saulsberry steak he said it was delicious and yellow squash and onions everything was delicious and a lime cake read more

This is really good food..best Mac n cheese ever!!! Loved the fried green tomatoes and the key lime cake.. Definitely will be coming back read more