Brass Lantern is a favorite in Lawrenceburg, TN. Today, we celebrated a birthday! Our server Makayleigh was very sweet and brought the staff to sing to our birthday girl! Our food was cooked very well and was tasty! The rolls are to die for! If you visit this restaurant, you must have the unique and fresh salad bar! The other dishes that stand out are the steaks (I love the bourbon sirloin!) , the catfish platters, and the pastas! Try the Jack Daniels apples, the broccoli casserole, and the pastas! They are all great! Did I mention the fruit tea? Yummmm! Our service was great, and the staff was very friendly! The restaurant is very clean and cheery too! Great place to visit! read more

I had amazing service from the bartender Tara. She made sure to greet me as soon as I sat down and was extremely friendly throughout. It's the small things like making sure my drink is refilled when empty that make a dining experience good. The food was delicious and came out in a very timely manner. (The steaks are amazing!) Side note: they were playing great music in the bar area LOL read more

We stopped in for a late lunch and thoroughly enjoyed everything. The steak was cooked right on temperature and the salad bar was fantastic! We will stop again! read more

The Brass Lantern Restaurant - The Family - Steakhouses Near Me - Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

The prices here have got increasingly ridiculous. The food is decent but paying 26 dollars for a 9oz sirloin is nuts. There are much better steakhouse options that are cheaper and more bang for your buck. read more

Revisiting for the lunch special. Love the rolls the best, always want to take some home & enjoy the special senior butter. The fruit tea is also very good!! Jeanette is training Preston in good customer service. You can always count on this place to host community meetings, the deserts are always special read more

The Brass Lantern Restaurant - Grilled pork chops & fruit tea & fried apples & broccoli casserole. - Steakhouses Near Me - Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

Good ribs and fast Service. Our waitress Serinty was great. Its right of of 64 its been around for a long time. They have the best salad bar around read more

Service was great, salad bar delish and the restaurant is clean and very nice. Highly recommend! read more

We called ahead to The Brass Lantern in Lawrenceburg, TN, with a big group, our baseball team and families, about 40 people total. While it took a little time to get everyone situated, the staff handled it wonderfully. They organized a private room for us and assigned two attentive waitresses who managed our large group with efficiency and kindness. After a long day at the ball field, the quiet, comfortable space was exactly what we needed to relax and enjoy a good meal. The salad bar was fresh and well-stocked, and the warm bread and butter kept coming, no need for appetizers! Our group ordered a variety of steak entrées with delicious side options, and everything was well-prepared. We were also celebrating two birthdays, and the staff went the extra mile, bringing out desserts and singing to make it special. That personal touch really stood out. Definitely a great spot for large groups, celebrations, or just a solid meal with excellent service. We appreciated the effort they made to accommodate us. read more

Morgen was a wonderful waitress at Brass Lantern. she was very attentive and so very sweet. Thank you- Morgen!

we had dinner and the food was excellent service was A+ could not ask for a more perfect dinner.

food was great service was exceptional and atmosphere was relaxing Can't get much better than this after the busy holidays read more

Hot, fresh and great portion size! Ready on time! Keep up the great work! See you next week!

OK, update on my review. The salad bar now has lower quality. The kids sirloin also gave me food poisoning, I think it was the sauce honestly. Service was normal, fast and friendly, same with ambiance. I just think the food quality has dropped. read more

I placed a to go order and as I pulled off they were calling me to tell me they forgot to put the dessert I had ordered in the bag and I was so grateful in how prompt they realized it and call so glad I didn't make it home and also gave me a choosing of dessert or drink for the mishap.. Thank you young ladies for being so prompt on the mishap read more

Ok, so for my 3rd updated review of the brass lantern, ambiance is good, the food was actually good this time I was impressed. That's what made me give 3 stars, our food was really good it seems they finally have good cooks, BUT! our service was terrible. We came in, was seated immediately. We sat for about 10 minutes looking around and our waitress finally showed up and just asked us "what we wanted to drink" we ordered our drinks one by one and she didn't say anything and she just walked away. Another 8 to 10 minutes she Showed up with our drinks and had to ask us who wanted what, she then told us her name by saying "o yeah! My name is..., do you know what you want to eat?" 2 of us didn't know what we wanted yet but we knew that 3 of us wanted the salad bar so we just told her that we needed a minute but we know 3 of us at least want the salad bar so we need 3 plates. She said "ok great!, I'll be right back" We waited literally 13 minutes looking around and never even seen her walking around. I got up and walked to the front counter and told a random young personnel that we ordered salad bar plate's almost 15 minutes ago and haven't seen our waitress since. They just handed me our 3 plates. We got our salads and had time to fully eat our salads, we ran out of drinks a long time ago and all of us were looking around so I got up for the second time and had to again walk up to the front counter and tell them we ran out of drinks 10 minutes ago and haven't seen our waitress in almost 30 minutes, finally someone walked with me to our table and refilled our drinks who wasn't our waitress. another I don't know 10 to 15 minutes later our mystery waitress finally showed up to take our orders!!!! It was 30 minutes from the time we told her we needed more time to decide what we wanted to eat but needed salad bar plates to the time she showed back up to our table to take our orders. We ordered what we wanted to eat. We just sat in silence at this point. The food came out in another 10 to 13 minutes by another random person from the kitchen we've never seen before. We didn't see our waitress again until we were done eating and sat forever all of us talking about something that made us talk forever before I realized we've been in this restaurant for an hour an 45 minutes! I once again had to get up and peek around the corner of a doorway of the bar area that was the kitchen area and saw our waitress standing in a circle of about 4 other very young staff chatting away just in the other side of the doorway!! I said hey! We're ready for our checks! She just quit talking and turned to get our check. I walked back to our table and she came out and didn't say anything just handed me the check on a plastic tray and walked away. I looked at it and realized it was for $107 $107 and had an absolutely terrible experience. This is what happens every single time you hire all very young staff. Everyone was ether teenagers or in their younger 20's and this is what you get. Absolutely terrible service. They only care about their social life. read more

The Brass Lantern Restaurant - Steakhouses Near Me - Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

Ordered the Catfish special to go order. Everything was great. Highly recommend Brass Lantern

Our server West was excellent and the food was delicious as always.And everyone was very friendly and the restaurant was clean as always! Love The Brass Lantern read more

I ordered the spaghetti and meatballs. It was amazing. I highly recommend The Brass Lantern. The employees are awesome. The food there is primo. read more

I got the lunch special through the drive thru. Wow their food is good-the hamburger steak was excellent! So tasty, no pink in the middle yet not overcooked either-it was just right. Those blackened peas and cornbread-oh yes-just like my grandmas-only your cornbread is better-sshhh! The lady at the drive thru was swift and sweet. How could you ask for any better? Next time I'm coming inside! read more

A wide variety on the menu. I especially like their lunch plates. Their sweet tea is amazing.

Great game day atmosphere .. lots of natural light and big TVs on the bar side. Service was great and fast .. the server was on point with drink refills and being around just enough, not too much. Appetizers were all good - spinach dip, loaded skin, cheese sticks, and boneless wings (aka chicken tenders). The fresh rolls are worth the visit in itself. Ordered the Jambalaya as it was marked as a signature dish. Meat was well seasoned but the pasta was overcooked .. left most of the noodles on the plate but enjoyed the rest. read more

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Great place for families, parties. Food a great, salad bar is fresh! Lots of parking available. Staff are all very nice and friendly! read more

our service was great and to give credit where credit belongs our waitress was sweet and on the spot perfect. her name was Keiarra ! always great !!! read more

Love coming home from Florida and visiting The Brass Lantern. The servers are so nice and knowledgeable! They are fantastic at keeping drinks filled and not being to overbearing. The food is so good along with the fun Drinks and $4 Margaritas all day Saturday. If your in town, GO you won't regret it! We had a party of 10 and the wait was only 15-20 minutes and they were quick with food. Nice waiting area, and clean bathrooms. read more

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Many things to not like about this restaurant. 1st 4 tiney boppers not taking care of the customers with open tables telling us a 30to40 min wait. Portions have shrunk $ have gone up. But when the quality of the food goes down and comes out cold. Time to travel out of town. With the NEW restaurant coming in to town Thank goodness. You are not able to stop them any more. The worst is wiping the table all night with the same unsanatised rag they wipe the seat. Everyone's BUT sits on defanently a health department issue. read more

This place was not too crowded for a Saturday night. We waited about 5 minutes for a table (party of 2). Menu had a wide range of options : chicken, steak, seafood, pasta, soup/salad, sandwiches, and sizzling skillets. The spinach dip appetizer was good, and the lemon pepper mahi mahi with smashed red potatoes and side salad was also good. The meal also came with rolls and cinnamon butter. The restaurant was clean. My only 2 complaints are 1. that we were sat in the bar area (maybe the reason we had only a short wait). We made up for the short wait with the amount of time it took to be waited on. They did have a help wanted sign, so staffing may have been the issue here. And 2. The salad bar was also closed. The side salad was good, but the salad bar used to be my favorite! Would definitely come back! read more

The Brass Lantern Restaurant - Lemon pepper mahi and smashed red potatoes - Steakhouses Near Me - Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

My husband and I were at the Brass Lantern yesterday ,we got there just after 2pm . We were told by the waitress we couldn't get the lunch hamburger steak. I ask if we couldn't get it @ all . She said no. Which was not true. It is on the dinner meal. When we were about to leave , I ask for a tea to go, which I hadn't had a refill. She brought an empty cup. As we were leaving I stopped to purchase a desert. The manager & server were behind the counter. Neither, acknowledged my presence . I put my purse on the counter. When they finished what they were doing, they both left . We have been here often over the years & have never been treated like that. We will find a new resturant in Lawrenceburg next time. read more

Above average service. Expansive menu with Southern faves. Location is somewhat off the beaten path from the main biz district. Very popular with the locals. This is a sister restaurant of Legends in Columbia TN. Decor is a cross between family diner & roadhouse. Wait time for meal prep seemed a tad long given the volume of seated diners. Food quality was good but not great. They do offer special features during the week (lunches) and Saturdays. Adult beverages are available. read more

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Had a great lunch from the Brass Lantern today. That chicken club is absolutely the best I've ever had. They do such a great job on their food at both this location and the legends locations. Always get a great meal when I order from here read more

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Food was good took pictures service was good salad bar was amazing and the overall cleanliness was good

Went on a Sunday about 7pm. The waiting area was full and the hostess said it would be a 50 minute wait. So we waited. At this point there were 5 clean empty tables which could have sat everyone in the waiting area. We waited another 15 minutes during which 4 groups left. Not a single table was seated. Obviously they have severe staffing issues so we decided not to stick around. read more

Very disappointed! Last night was our very first experience and we will not be back! After we placed our order we waited well over 30 minutes or longer for our meal. Our waitress was very nice and apologized. She told us our food should be out shortly and that the manager would be out to speak with us. Our food finally came, of course my fish tacos was cold as ice. I told our waitress and she said she'd take care of it, and again that the manager would be here to speak with us. A few minutes later she brought me my fish tacos, but a manager never came. When it was time to pay the bill, our waitress said let me see about your bill. She took it to speak to the manager since the manager never bothered to meet with us. A few minutes later, she brought our bill with NO changes. No manager and no way to correct the poor experience we had. Also, the restroom was dirty! I had to flush the toilet BEFORE I could even use it. I don't know how or why this place is always packed! It was not good! read more

Good food. Decent prices. Good service. Stays pretty full around mealtime. You can tell a good restaurant when the parking lot stays full.

Grouper is off the chain Servers are on point and food is better than average Hostess is a bit rude and pretencous read more

Service was awful. Took forever to get waited on. We sat there for a long while at a dirty table. They cleaned all the tables around us but ignored us. We got up and moved to a clean table and eventually got waited on, had to ask for bread. Food was very good. read more

The Brass Lantern is a great choice for dine-in in the Lawrenceburg area. I am a huge fan of the salad bar (currently unavailable due to COVID-19 ), and my other half loves their steaks. Due to the huge increase in their meat prices (blame it on the virus, I guess), we chose to order from their pastas. I ordered the Chicken Parmesan, and it was full of flavor and the marinara sauce specifically was fantastic. My husband ordered the chicken Alfredo and even though they messed up his order, it was easily corrected. He was not the biggest fan of his meal because he said it was rather bland. The pecan pie was really good and it's the perfect size to share. 4/5 stars for the area read more

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Great food!! Great appetizers! Wide variety to choose from. Will definitely be a regular!!

The cost for the steaks was not unreasonable, but the quality of what they served us guaranteed us that we would not go back. We ordered steaks medium rare. Both were so over cooked that they were tasteless and tough. We were so disappointed because we have heard so many good things about this restaurant. We will not drive 80 miles round trip to eat here again. read more

So, this is one of several restaurants owned by one group in our small town of Lawrenceburg, Tn. The reviews for all these restaurants are always similar. The wait is usually long. Not many options in our town. The wait for food can also be long. The staffs at all these restaurants are untrained, and basically we see no representation of managers regarding front of the house staff at any of these restaurants with the exception of strikers. After Covid, all these restaurants took a real turn to the negative. Since it seems to be across the board at all the restaurants owned by this company then you can only assume that the attitude is from the top down. I won't belabor the experiences at all these restaurants, I'm here to speak of our Brass Lantern experience. My husband arrive at 5:00.! We were told it would be a 15 minute wait. The restaurant was fairly full. We were sat at 5:30. The restaurant offers prime rib every day. I ordered prime rib. My husband ordered salmon, a frozen. Norwegian salmon, almost guaranteed to be poor, but there's hardly any fish offered in our town, the salmon also offered with Shrimp. The salmon was not edible. Cooked hard as a brick. The wine sauce offered with the salmon was thin and tasteless. The waitress had returned saying they were out of prime rib. I said at 5:30? Yep you should have arrived earlier if you expected prime rib. Oh, you mean like at 3:00? It's my fault. I had ordered my steak MR of course it was brought WD. We pushed our food around. My husband ate the shrimp, I suffered thru the low quality steak, low quality. The waitress finally checked back. My husband complained that the salmon was hard as a brick. He asked for a recook. Basically, she said that you get what you get. Nothing she could do. My husband asked her to check with the chef (we use the term generously), she said she would. 15 min later she brought the check. My husband asked what the chef said, her answer was the salmon was cooked fine and if he had wanted it another way he should have asked for it. So again his fault. So the assessment is-unless have no expectations of good edible food, don't darken the doors of any of the restaurants in this group. Legends, Strikers, Brass Lantern. They have been told from the top, no remakes, no comps, no resolutions for unhappy customers. read more

We are now 0 for 10. We will not be 0 for 11. (Guess we are slow learners). Moved to general area before the surge. Locals raved about the place. Good: (1) pre-dinner rolls (2) fairly priced drinks and decent selection of beers (3) appropriately friendly bartenders (suggestion: if you must go then sit at the bar, get the free rolls, drink - and skip the menu items) Everything else: (1) check your beef for human hair (this happened twice - first time they replaced it; this final time we didn't bother - just got a togo box and threw it in the trash), (2) putting a pineapple slice on overcooked meat does not make it "Hawaiian", (3) Jambalaya is not what they are serving (not sure what it is, but it isn't jambalaya), (4) boxed dried noodles with bright orange powder have more flavor than any pasta we've had there, (5) a quarter loaf of King's bread with two long-dead slices of what used to be roast beef and two similarly aged paper thin ham slices is something a college freshman makes - not a restaurant, (6) clean your own table & chairs. read more