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    Stephen Foster Restaurant

    3.4 (66 reviews)

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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Mandy L.

    For what it is - an all you can eat buffet - I was impressed. As long as you don't walk into this place expecting anything healthy or gourmet, you'll be happy. As far as buffets go though, the food was top notch buffet quality! I was a little turned off that we had to pay just to put our names on the list. If you get tired of waiting, there's no turning back....

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    Donna S.

    Excellent buffet fried chicken and fish with traditional vegetables done southern style. Good choices on the salad bar and dessert bars too. Fine pecan pie and cherry cobbler. Reasonable price and senior discount

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    Susi S.

    Variety. Home cooking. Friendly staff. Comparatively covid conscious (they did great during the height of the pandemic, but I think they aren't necessarily prepared for the rising covid conditions. Yet I love the food, and it is one of my first picks every time I make it to Bardstown. They deserve a shot! This is a definite no frills kinda place, but my mama would've loved it, and so do I. Today I had their fried fish (always good), and though it is verboten, I had the teeniest bite of their awesome Chicken and Dumplings. Yum! Don't forget dessert!

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    8 years ago

    The food is always well prepared, the choices are many and varied everyday. Good solid comfort food, nothing fancy, just good eats.

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    9 years ago

    The fried chicken and fried catfish here are FANTASTIC! Great home cooked Southern food for a great value. Will definitely return.

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    9 years ago

    The buffet was awesome with plenty of options. $8.99 for adult lunch buffet including the drink. Worth it!

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    9 years ago

    One HECK of a breakfast buffet. HOME COOKING at its BEST. so good you smack your mama

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    9 years ago

    The food is horrible and all taste the same. The desserts are always stale an dit's way over priced!

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    17 years ago

    Great buffet, albeit a long wait on Sundays. Worth the wait though!

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    8 years ago

    What I like about this place is the small-town-feel. The food is pretty good and I see someone I know every time I eat here.

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    Had dinner and drinks here. Let me start off with that are server was great. The drinks were good…read more Massive bourbon list. When it comes to food, total different story. The shepherds pie was just okay. Green fried tomatoes were fine, but missing the mark on the sauce. We ordered a special, souvlaki chicken. It was two skewers of really small, burnt and overcooked chicken with peppers on a bed of what tasted like microwaveable rice. Totally missing the seasoned and bright-herbaceous mix of olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, and oregano. Just go to the bar. Find some other place for dinner.

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    This place is such a hidden gem. Tucked away off the beaten path, it has that cozy, "you almost…read moredon't want to tell anyone about it" kind of charm. The space is definitely on the smaller side, which adds to the intimate feel, but I can only imagine it gets pretty tight during peak hours--especially since they don't take reservations. That said, everything else more than makes up for it. The service was genuinely excellent--attentive, friendly, and made us feel right at home from the moment we walked in. And the food? Absolutely worth it. Every dish we tried was packed with flavor and clearly made with care. If you're thinking about going, I'd definitely recommend timing your visit to avoid the rush. It's a small spot, but one that delivers a big experience.

    5 of us headed to Glendale from Louisville (about a 45 minute drive) for lunch and some shopping…read more Upon arrival at 11.30 am we were seated immediately by the sweet hostess. The menu is extensive so it took a minute for us to order. Everyone had water to drink. Our server brought us some fresh yeast rolls that were hot and tasty. We had the fried green tomatoes appetizer for the table. They were excellent served with sour cream and horseradish and ranch that we had to ask for additionally. Everyone ordered something different. Orders included: 1. Fried chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy, and cole slaw. I only tried their cole slaw which leans more to a vinegar base and I prefer a sweeter slaw. There were 4 pieces of chicken. 2. Meatloaf with mashed potato and gravy and cornbread. Cornbread was a bit dry, meatloaf was ok. 3. Mushroom and bacon smothered chicken, onion rings and cornbread. Person said the chicken was a bit dry, the mushrooms and bacon saved the dish. Onion rings were good, crispy and hot. 4. Chicken and dumplings with cornbread. Folks that tasted them said they make better at home, nothing special. 5. Rueben sandwich with corn pudding. Sandwich was just ok. Bread was too thick for my taste, beef was tender. Corn pudding was excellent, hot, creamy. Service was good, resturant quaint, street parking. The train rolling by, blowing the whistle while we ate was a nice touch, although it rattled the building. After we ate, got to go containers and paid we shopped at the adjacent and across the street shops to the resturant. That was fun. After shopping we headed back to the restaurant for coffee and dessert. Again each of us had a different dessert item which included: coconut cream pie, butterscotch pie, derby pie, chocolate sundae cake and the house specially, butter cream pie. All were pretty good. We all liked the house speciality pie, it was super sweet, creamy with a good crust. Coconut pie was a favorite as was the chocolate sundae cake. The derby pie was way too chocolatey for most of us. It is a cute little little resturant with a homey feel that will take you back in time. One of those places where you should try but then say, did that, don't necessarily need to revisit.

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