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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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    9 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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    17 years ago

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

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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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    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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