Dined in the hotel restaurant of the Cool Springs Marriott, Franklin, Tennessee Monday evening. The food was tasty! I had a bowl of vegetable soup and a grilled chicken Cobb salad with avocado dressing on the side. The salad was very large and an ample amount of all different types of vegetables. I only ate half of my salad. I saved the other half for lunch the next day. My vegetable soup was nice and hot and quite good. The decor of the restaurant was sophisticated and contemporary. It was an open space with a full bar, many tables and chairs with a lounge as well. The service was excellent. Our waiter was very nice, attentive, and fast. He was serving multiple tables all night long. Enjoyed my dinner and will return if ever in the Franklin, TN area. read more

Stave Regional Kitchen & Lounge - Vegetable Soup - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Franklin, Tennessee

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I have been here a few times for the lunch buffet and it has been great each time. I only wish it was easier to find the weekly buffet menu, but I know it changes sometimes. Everything I've had there has been great, they keep the area nice and clean, the staff is friendly and I will return. read more

I just grabbed my food to go because I had other things to do. Food came quickly but was mediocre. It only cost me $2 because my check-in and status came with a $10 voucher so I can't complain about the price since I didn't pay much but had I paid for the meal I would be extremely disappointed. Pulled pork sandwich with fries read more

Stave Regional Kitchen & Lounge - Pulled pork togo - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Franklin, Tennessee

Ordered the Franklin Club to go today. I've gotten it several times before. This white bread disaster is what I received today. I know better and should have checked my food before I left the restaurant. Photos are what I received before vs what I received today. read more

Stave Regional Kitchen & Lounge - Not the same. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Franklin, Tennessee

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The breakfast bar is excellent with a great selection, quality ingredients, and a decent price. For my weekend stay I managed to try the link sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs, biscuits, gravy, and potatoes. The only downside was the difficulty in finding the wait staff. Getting drink refills was extremely difficult and this was a persistent problem on all three mornings. read more

It was just OK. Typical hotel food. Will not be going back. Service was fine. The ambience was average.

Located in the Marriott in Franklin, Cool Springs, TN area, Stave is a small restaurant serving menu items, along with a lunch buffet. I arrived to check into my room at lunchtime and was starving so I went to Stave for a bite to eat. I was going to order from the menu but the server asked me to take a look at the buffet first just to see if it would be to my liking. I mentioned I was vegetarian and she went to the kitchen to ensure that those items I pointed out to her that were questionable was indeed vegetarian. She really went out of her way and I appreciated it. I got a sampling of salad and vegetables, which was delicious. The sauteed Kale was fantastic, although a little salty. I ate here one more time before my departure and again, absolutely delicious. They offered different options on the buffet the next time so it provided variety. I also visited the lounge a couple of times as part of a company meeting. Both times I was served by Iggy, who was one of the worst servers I ever had. He has absolutely no personality and was somewhat rude during my first encounter with him when I ordered water while I took a call. Once he plopped the water down on the table, I said, I said thank you prior to my call, and he just walked away without a word. Based on that I decided to take my drinking business elsewhere. The next night I was there with a large group of my colleagues and yet again, rude Iggy was there serving drinks. If the company had not been paying for it, I would have left or asked for another server. So Iggy is the reason that Stave did not get a 5 star from me. Terribly sad an employee can affect your business. read more

Surprisingly good buffet at a good price in the lobby of the Marriott. This was renovated about 6 months ago and the lobby is very clean, modern and open. Tucked in the corner is the restaurant that is a hidden gem. $15 buffet that is amazingly good and changes daily. I had meatloaf that was good, stuffed spinach shells that were excellent, and two surprises - a peach cobbler that had a wonderful, crispy cinnamon crust, and homemade beef barley soup full of sliced and julienne vegetables. There's a premium salad bar with marinaded artichoke hearts and (again) homemade pasta and tuna salads. The one thing I avoided was s pizza under s warming lamp. Hard to get that just right. But everything else was fantastic. (Hint - get the shrimp tacos if the buffet doesn't suit you - better than Swanky's) read more

Stave Regional Kitchen & Lounge - Simple buffet. Changes each day. Very good! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Franklin, Tennessee

Came here for the lunch buffet for a meeting and the food was pretty good. There was a nice selection of items. I enjoyed the salad bar with the selection of dressings, vegetables and olives. The caprese salad was good and so was the little pizza. The salmon was also very good. This is a very unassuming little buffet. I wouldn't have thought to come here but it's a great quiet place for a meeting and the food was very tasty. read more

Very good food and a nice ambiance. My wife had the shrimp and grits, I had a Caesar salad with grilled flank steak and we split an appetizer of fried green tomatoes. It was practically empty so we made it through a very nice in almost no time at all. I would definitely recommend Lorraine's! read more

A diamond in the rough. OK, maybe the Franklin Marriott doesn't qualify as 'the rough', but this place seems relatively undiscovered. It was practically empty on a weekday afternoon, which meant we had little competition at the $11 buffet featuring all manner of pre-Thanksgiving treats. I could quibble a little with the quality of a few dishes, but overall this was amazing value with lovely service from the waitress who refilled our iced teas (included in the buffet price) and took care of our table. At one of the few occupied nearby tables an engaged couple and their family were sampling various dishes (not off the buffet) and planning their wedding dinner, which indicated to me that the food must be highly regarded by those in-the-know. The decor was elegant. The view is pretty nice (patio with parking lot/road beyond). I'd call this an incredible all-around value that definitely deserves more attention from locals and visitors alike. read more

Timing is everything! We have visited Lorraine's several times over the years primarily for Chamber of Commerce luncheons and for breakfast after spending the night for a special event, etc. On a normal day, Lorraine's hosts a nice lunch buffet and on Sundays they do a nice brunch. Not five star, granted, but nice with the waffle and omelette stations, etc. Recently we bought a groupon for breakfast or lunch that was valid on Sunday and thought great, a nice morning and a deal to boot. We visited last Sunday at 12:15 pm (the time is very important) on the Sunday two weeks prior to our groupon expiring (why do I always do that?). Turns out on Sunday, at noon the clock strikes and everything stops. No waffle guy, no omelette station, and the breakfast buffet sits there for a bit allowing customers already in mid-meal to go get a last minute pastry or fruit to end their experience. Customers walking in can order a barbecue sandwich off the menu, or a chicken sandwich, I think there were some soups... no buffet of any kind. Now we realize if we had gone straight from the church we would have been there within the allotted time period and never known the possible peril that befalls late arrivals - but noon? Seriously? This has to be the only restaurant in Cool Springs that offers brunch but should really just call it breakfast. If you want to end breakfast at noon or even 11 am, or even 10:30 am - we understand that. The server was OK and almost apologetic, but offerered to go check and see if they had "broken down" the equipment yet and said if we wanted to visit the buffet for one trip to hurry. Literally, those were his words. It wasn't the best experience, but I understand he tried. Then my favorite part is he charged us the "local discount" of $3 each that I never knew they offered before. But then when we presented our groupon, he explained he had to take the discount away, seriously. So, for a $20 groupon and $14 - we got dry eggs, cold bacon and sausage, filmed over grits, and rubbery pancakes. We've had better and we know they can do better - but beware, timing is everything! read more

I've been here twice before, and recently the service wasn't that great. They have changed up their menu, and the food is still pricey but still good. Last time I visited, I ordered a wrap with fries, and asked for no tomatoes and cheese on the wrap. The server didn't seem to bother to listen, as when my food was brought out there was tomatoes and cheese on the wrap and not any other veggies. I asked about this, and she said (in an argumentative tone) that she thought I told her differently. After that, I had lost my appetite. I still frequent the hotel a lot (as it has been home to previous conventions I have been to, and one that is happening here next August), but will probably not return here. read more

Post wedding hangover breakfast. Service is slow, but polite. It's the South so I have to get accustomed to this. The breakfast buffet was full of goodies. Scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, homemade biscuits and country gravy. Loads of fresh fruits and oatmeal and granola. Good coffee. read more

In town for a conference; uber'd from the airport (no car). About 9:00PM...and they are out of chicken...everything. Ordered a ribeye. 10 minutes later, they are out of ribeye. Had the strip steak eventually, still charged for the ribeye. Food was OK, or maybe I was just famished. Still better than airport food. But if you have a car, you can do better. Server was nice. read more

I met a colleague here for lunch. They offer a buffet, and I was pleased with the range of selections and the quality. This isn't a gourmet restaurant, but the food was more than sufficient. A full salad bar, soups, and a range of hot foots, including fish and non-meat items. This is a great option for hotel guests or business lunches. Service is slow, but very pleasant. It's a little pricey, although you'd be a fool to expect anything else in a hotel, let alone this joint in Cool Springs. read more

The food is decent, a little pricey for what I would consider bar food. The biggest issue here is that the restaurant is chronically understaffed. I travel to Franklin monthly and stay at the Marriott occasionally. I've never experienced a meal here where there was adequate staff. The bartender is the floor service waiter/waitress for the restaurant area. There's no bus staff. The front desk staff help seat customers. There are always people wandering around with Marriott name tags, but they clearly don't belong to the restaurant operations. This place has potential, but sadly it falls short on service. Repeatedly. read more

I would not recommend this place to anyone I paid $35 for myself and two kids and for the lunch buffet there was beef brisket, fried chicken, steamed broccoli, and pizza. The tea was the worst I ever had and the waiter was less than polite! He made it obvious how he felt about not being left a tip and although the service was not worth it he stomped by our table muttering under his breath. Definitely not an all-around good experience and will not be going back! read more

I work close by so its been a go to option regularly, however, the quality of the food, especially their salad bar/buffet is slipping. Right now they are in renovations and we stopped in for lunch, however did not realize until too late that the buffet was SEVERELY reduced in size yet the price was still the same. I was not pleased. In addition today I was asked by two different people three times what i would like to drink before ever getting anything. I appreciate the accuracy but it shouldn't take that much coaching to get a sweet tea. read more

This restaurant has definitely jumped to be on my all time favorites list. I was visiting some business partners that were in town. We were all hungry and decided to go to the restaurant to grab some dinner. Our waiter that we had was very attentive to our table and kept our glasses full. The food was spectacular. I had the rib eye steak, it was fantastic. I also had dessert. it was actually made there and did not come from a box. The Chef was even in the dinning room talking to guests. The service that we received at Lorraine's was a great example of "Southern Hospitality". I will be returning to this restaurant in the very near future. read more