The food is amazing food and the cost affordable. It is a family environment restaurant. They have the best steaks around.

I forgot to take a picture before but this is my plate after I was full and remembered. Beef Tips were great, had a salad bar too, super well stocked and tasty. Friendly service and prompt and courteous. Ribeye was tasty, well marbled and cooked. read more

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My wife and I ate here on Martin Luther King holiday. I ordered a Ruben and fries (both menu items), and my wife got a cheeseburger. . The meat on the Ruben was some kind of mystery meat and uneatable. The burger was tasteless. The waitress was surely and the other wait staff were noticeably the same. Bad day? It was certainly a bad experience. I would never recommend eating here. read more

Good place to seat a larger group of 10 with fairly quick service and a variety of options. Salad bar offers one trip options with meals. I had fried shrimp and fries with the salad bar. All was very filling. I was told they do their own breading. Others in our group ordered stir fry/ steak sandwiches/ chicken strips. Appetizers aplenty. read more

The food is always great. The service is wonderful as always. It's such a great atmosphere for a small community. I highly recommend trying this restaurant out for a taste of good ole country cooking! read more

We stopped at the Sawmeal restaurant in Adamsville, TN, this afternoon. The service was mediocre, and we got the BBQ plate. Big mistake!! It had obviously been microwaved, because it arrived too fast. It was terrible! The meat tasted like it had sat out for a while, and then was reheated. The sauce was bland, and the slaw was dry. We probably should have ordered the catfish, but we really didn't know what to get. I'm giving it three stars out of the goodness of my heart. We won't be back anytime soon. read more

First time stopping in and now we will be making out of state trips to eat here again. Serve was just as amazing as the food. I have not had a steak as tender as the one year in many years. Patty melt was cooked perfectly. read more

Delicious food!! Will be back to eat every time we're in town. The catfish and the fries picked were amazing!

Great hometown restaurant!! Food is delicious and the service is always great! Sunday buffet style menu is the best!! read more

0 star rating! The ONLY reason I even gave one star is because it wouldn't post my review without it. We are spending all day long day on end with tornado cleanup so I was too tired to fix anything. I called in an order from Selmer, TN. My husband drove to Adamsville to pick it up. Once there he went over the list, mentioned driving from Selmer and wanted to make sure everything for 3 of us was in the bag. He was assured it was. Got home and 2 of the meals had the sides missing and mine had the salad missing. The shrimp I had ordered however on the small side was good. The grilled vegetable side was small and the vegetables were mush! So I paid $14.99 for 10 little shrimp (again no salad!). My elderly mother's fish was mostly batter (and had no side of slaw). My husband had a small portion of bar-b-q, toast and a good serving of fries (slaw missing). When he called to make them aware of our order being messed up he was told we owe you two slaws and a salad. That's simply not acceptable! I don't plan on going back for those or anything else!! read more

Staff was very friendly and accommodating. Restaurant was well-decorated and was quite clean. Food was very good and fresh. read more

I've ordered food at this restaurant several times now and everything has been great. My favorites are the catfish sandwich & the grilled catfish meal. Their salad bar is top notch. I haven't tried their fish fry Friday but I've heard it is great. Keep up the good work! read more

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Wow glad I didn't read the reviews before we went to eat at this 5 star eating establishment. First, self seating. 2nd the older woman does not own it. She is so sweet don't diss her. 3rd go early for lunch. This is a workers lunch mainstay All of the pickups trucks don't lie. If you want good food at a reasonable price look for trucks. Sometimes cop cars but I don't believe that all the time. Sometimes they runout of the specials but the backup is still tasty. They have always welcomed me in open arms. Cannot wait to go back. read more

Country fried steak , breaded and fried covered with brown gravy was very good , mashed potatoes , slaw, pintos. Great lunch ! Oh and the lemon cake was killer . Sweet little lady brought me my cake was super nice . Will definitely eat here again , to top it off it's cheaper than a fast food hamburger fries and drink . read more

6 of us stopped in for lunch on a Saturday. Service was top notch and our food did not take long. My BLT with sweet potato fries was perfect, tasty with perfectly cooked bacon and very fresh lettuce and tomato. We had fried and broiled catfish and both were perfectly cooked. We were very happy with the fried pickles, cheese curds, boneless wings and okra too, and wow, what a Reuben! We will come back. read more

Service was not great. I think the older lady is the owner and she was just not a friendly person. Our food took quite a while to be done and some younger gentleman came over to ask if we had been helped. Apparently our food was just sitting but no one thought to bring it to us. Either way the food was just below average. There are definitely other places around with better food and better service. This places was my first visit and will be my last. Not worth it. read more

So, I normally love Sawmeal, but here recently the food has been subpar. I am recovering from food poisoning from the grilled chicken I had eaten there. I don't know if it was just a bad batch, or the cooks haven't cleaned the grill lately. Hopefully next time will be better, or I probably will not return to the establishment. read more

You couldn't ask for nicer people, they went out of their way to make sure we had what we wanted, I am on weight watchers and they catered to me and even brought me sugar-free candy, the waitress is super nice and the owner came out and talked to us as he brought our food, highly recommend, you don't get that kind of hospitality anymore!!! read more

We went there because we heard it was under new management. The food appeared to be portioned for every order. My patties for my patty melt were burned. The buffet was taken off when my mother was going to get her food the waitress never told my mother they were closing the buffet and by the way when you say buffet it means go as many times by apparently the owners are measuring everything to save money. My husband philly cheese steak was a child's size bun with an adult price. When they burned my patty they didn't do anything other than not charge for one patty. I don't recommend this place because the food was below par. I can think of several places you can go in town and not pay an arm and leg and have great food; this place is not one of them . This place is not worth the price. That night I had indigestion from the patty and we will not be going back!! read more

Could not even get waited on . Walked in two ladies working there , didn't bother to seat us. Finally asked if we could seat ourselves she said ok , sat there for 10 minutes watched them wait on two other tables that came in after us. Got up and walked out read more

could've been better at first everything was going good we ordered two country fried steaks one with okra and a sweet baked potato and on with hush puppies and Mac and cheese well the Mac and cheese was cold as can be barely cheesy at all taste like it came out of a box, the steaks were as thin as paper don't even get me started on the diet Dr Pepper it had no taste whatsoever couldn't even tell it was diet dr pepper I will say the busboy was excellent very sweet but our waitress at first was nice then when we got ready to leave got a smart attitude this is coming from a family thats from out of town and has heard great things about this restaurant but will have come back again 0/10 do not recommend read more

not worth the time or effort. The place was not crowded and took 40 minutes for our order. The hamburger steak was ordered medium rare and came so well done it was uneatable. The waitress acted as if we were a bother rather than customers. I would avoid and go fast food instead read more

My son and I had spent the bulk of the day at Shiloh National Military Park and on the way there I saw this restaurant. We returned after our park visit for a late lunch around 3 pm on Saturday. I know normally this isn't the best time for lunch however the park lot had about 20 cars so I figured the food was good if they were still busy at this time. Walked inside and the building was nice and seemed pretty new. This was when issues started. I couldn't figure out if we should wait to be seated or just find a place. I noticed a woman at the counter on her iPhone and asked if we should take a seat or wait for someone. She said "just seat anywhere" while still typing on her phone. I glanced and could tell she was using Facebook. We picked a booth in the middle of the restaurant and waited. I saw 3 waitresses working and waiting tables. My son and I sat and waited for about 5 minutes before I went back up to the counter and asked for some menus. The lady using her phone was off it now and helping some folks pay their bill. I asked for the menus and she handed them to me. Went back to the table and reviewed the menu, my son and I picked out what we wanted to order. Still no one had waited on us or even looked us in the eye. A younger waitress took an order for a group of 4 that was in the booth next to us. I assumed she would get to us next. I tried to make eye contact with her however she immediately went to the counter and began using the register. I think she was typing in their order. I was getting frustrated at this point and decided if noon came over in the next 5 minutes they clearly didn't need or want my business. As soon as the waitress completed the task at the computer she goes over to another section of the restaurant. At the point I collected the menus I had to get from them and returned them to the counter. At that point an older waitress saw me and I said " hello we have been waiting for about 10-15 minutes and no one has taken our order or even looked our way and we were leaving. She tried to apologize but at that point it was too late. Anyway I hope this isn't the normal experience for most people and just my bad luck. read more

I don't know what the people giving this place one star are complaining about. It was really good and the price was fair. Don't listen to those 1 star reviews. Their parents obviously didn't hug them when they were children. 5/5 from me. Wooooo read more

I love the Sawmeal. I've never had a bad meal there. It's always consistent and the owners are so nice. :)

Very good place to eat felt like home.

Great little small town family restaurant. Food was good and service was excellent. Felt like I was at my parents house.

There's nothing special about this place. They don't serve anything I can't make in my own kitchen any night of the week. The burger had processed cheese (you know the kind you have to take out of the plastic wrapper) iceberg lettuce. Nothing original. The asparagus was soggy right out of the can. The food was all in all terrible. I wouldn't feed it to my dog. read more