The sweetest server waited our table. The food was delicious and the atmosphere was perfect---no loud blasting music. We could actually hear each other and have a nice conversation. It was a very nice experience. read more

Nice lunch find by the wifey in Tupelo! Food was mostly good, so let's start with that first. I enjoyed my meal and it was an amazing value. It think it was like $15 for meat, two veggies, and a dessert. C got the sphagetti with a side salad, roll, and black eyed peas. She had the shortcake for dessert. I had the pot roast with mashed potatoes & gravy, cream corn, with jalapeño cornbread. My dessert was a bread pudding. I don't do spaghetti so I didn't try C's. My pot roast was really good. I ate it all. Somehow I managed to not get any veggies in it though, that made me sad. Mashed potatoes were instant I would say, gravy too. What can you say about creamed corn? Cornbread was cold but had nice flavor. Bread pudding was fair, way too sugary imo. We ate in the back where all of the wooden patio is. Really cool set up. The stage is amazing. I wonder how often they use it. There is a really cool bar in the middle. This place is cool! The fans came on and created a nice breeze inside. I imagine in 100 degree Tupelo it can get steamy in there! It was a nice fall day on my visit. I must say this, I think this place is strange in the way that it is set up. It has all the possible benefits of a nice buffet, but only to serve a meat and three type experience. It's a giant tease for a guy like me that wants everything he can see. I wanted to sample it all, but no. C says I should not dwell on things that are outside of my control but this place gives me the intrusive thoughts man. I want to grab the food and make a run for it! Why? Why show me all the food but not let me have it?!?!? Keep it on a hot table in the kitchen if you are just gonna tease me like that. I get that it is "cafeteria style", but it lacks the appropriate guards to keep my hands out of it. It also is having to be constantly staffed in two spots. I won't get into how much money I think they are wasting with this type of service set up. You need cooks, servers , food type servers, two different serving lines staffed with more people on each. Oh, ok I will get into it... Another pet peeve is also done here. You have real plates and silverware but you add a layer of disposable to the mix as well. This costs you more money and cheapens the meal in my opinion. I am sure it's for portion control, but they make serving utensils that offer portion control. To add to the visual ratchetness, it's a mixture of white styrofoam, black "patterned" styrofoam, and black polypropylene served on cream colored plates. Now. No one else probably gives a shit about any of that. No one will probably ever read this far anyway. It's all just journals and leaving bread crumbs for future Adam's for me I'd say. I am available for independent restaurant consulting. Large scale, commissary, and mom and pop places too. '25 - 111++++ read more

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Food: great and lots of it! Had chopped steak with gravy, fried okra ( fried to perfection). Have left overs to bring home! Waitress was good, fairly attentive! But appeared to be only one on the patio area! Beverage we ordered was awesome ( The Booty) I think that was the name! Was great! Definitely going back! read more

Everything about this place is always great. The servers are the best. The food is fabulous. White Chocolate Bread Pudding! read more

Great food, comfortable setting, nice and pleasant service. It was better than I expected Definite would, and will, be back. Looking forward to some live music next time. read more

We sat down at The Gin, formerly Steele's Dive, for a late lunch. The new restaurant features a brand new experience with great food and atmosphere. The food from the new menu was above expectations although one in our group said the Mac and Cheese was not. Service was as good as one would expect from a well established restaurant. I did not get to experience the bar but it looks just fantastic and can't wait to grab drinks there one night. read more

Our family drove through Tupelo today on our way to Alabama for vacation. We'd previously seen a positive review of The Gin online and thought we'd stop by and try it for ourselves. To begin, the decor was lovely and very inviting - the perfect blend of the owners' Delta roots and Tupelo locale. This looks like the place you want to be when dining with friends. We stopped for lunch and so everyone, except myself, ordered the hot bar. My husband and daughter gave the chicken and dumpling high praise - likening them to his grandmothers'! The creamed corn, roasted new potatoes, carrots and green beans were also well-seasoned and very tasty. Chicken tenders were just like homemade. For myself, I chose the blackened chicken poboy with homemade onion rings. Another hit! This is a sandwich you're going to want to eat with a fork, but the tomato tasted like it came out of the backyard and the chicken was juicy. The buffet included dessert and everyone chose the white chocolate bread pudding. I have to say - it was the singular item I wasn't in love with. Just too sweet for my palate! But hey - 'It may just be me' - ha! From the beginning to the end - the service was excellent! This is a staff who are all pulling in the yoke together and who are genuinely happy you're there. Everyone wanted to know how we were enjoying our food and they seemed so happy to be doing good work. It was really a pleasure dining with y'all! Special shout out to Janet - great waitress - great attitude! And I didn't catch your name ma'am - but you were hailed as the one who arrives at 5am to work your magic. We appreciate your passion and enjoyed that little extra taste of blueberry bread pudding. We are business owners ourselves - and so we're rarely short on discussing amongst ourselves what we think other businesses could do to improve. The Gin - there wasn't much talk going on at this table today. 10/10! We'll be back for those tamales. read more