Let me start off by saying this is not a review to hurt the Village inn, This was my grandpas favorite chicken house in Barberton . There used to be quite a few but over the years they have dwindled down. Sad but true. There used to be a chicken house called Terrace Garden beside Hopocans chicken house, it was tore down many years ago. Belgrade Gardens is another that has been here for many years and is in my opinion the best Chicken house in Barberton . So let me give the Village Inn some constructive criticism . One thing they did was to do away with the dark rye bread and replaced it with wheat. The rye bread was always given clear back to the 1950's why they decided to mess with tradition is beyond me. The hot rice is overcooked to mush and is not very good. The chicken seems to not have the same taste not sure if they are still using lard or changed that also. Some things that made a restaurant an icon you just don't mess with. Let me say the food is not that bad but could use some improvement. Hopefully they will see this review and take steps to correct their path they are on before it causes them financial hardship. I do not want this place to close I want them to do good and keep a tradition and history of Barberton alive. read more

Just a warning that if you go on a Tuesday night, don't order anything grilled. Since it is steak night, the grill will back up. We waited quite a while for a server to come (probably 15 minutes). Then waited another hour for food. My grilled chicken was very tough with no flavor. Another member of the party had cold potatoes. I visit the area often, but I think Village Inn can be taken off my list of places to go. read more

My wife and I arrived and were seated at a table of 4 in the middle of the room. We reviewed the menu and had decided on what we wanted but none of the waitresses came to our table. After waiting for 15 minutes and not being able to get any eye contact from any employee... we left. Sorry but I'm not going to chase down a server to get an order placed. We will never return. Definitely an Epic failure by any restaurant! read more

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Waited 30 minutes to have our food and drink order taken and have been waiting an hour for our food after placing the order. I would never recommend this place to anyone read more

Our server was inattentive and seemed uninterested in providing service. They didn't refill our drinks, even after we asked, and quickly walked away while we were still speaking. After our food was served, 65 mins after arrival, they never checked back on us. My chicken sandwich was bland, and I would've loved to ask for some sauce to improve it, but the server was nowhere to be found. Overall, the lack of service and underwhelming food made this a regrettable visit. I hope they improve for future customers. read more

This is not the place for ambience or the "finer" tastes. If you want good food and huge helpings than you're at the right place! The chicken is (in my opinion) amazing--and the hamburgers are SO good. read more

Come to village inn at least once a week. Came today and to wait 20 minutes for someone to wait on us. Had to switch table and still waited while waitress was all talking instead of waiting on someone read more

Best chicken in town. Always hot, big portions, never had to wait. The waitresses are awesome. Would highly recommend.

If you love ice cream, come here, it's free. I suggest you get one before your meal then after your meal. Delicious! Fish is great on Friday, All You Can Eat. read more

It was solid. The chicken, coleslaw, hot sauce, and fries were on POINT. Generous portions. Chicken was perfect- crispy on the outside and just the right flavor. Hot sauce was just perfect. Sometimes it's too spicy and sometimes too bland, but this time it was JUST RIGHT! Service was pretty slow, although to be fair our server did bring out the children's meal for my three year old a little earlier. Even the hot dog he ordered was delicious. I hadn't been here in awhile and I hadn't remembered there being a soft-serve ice cream machine. He loved that too. We were there on a Friday night, so it was a little busy. I would love to come back here for this amazing food, but I would probably instead come on a less-busy weeknight. read more

Village Inn Chicken - Generous portions- I loved everything - Chicken Shop Near Me - Norton, Ohio

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I love the food here. Good price and decent portion size. I especially love the chicken backs! My dad loves the hot rice. We have had the ribs also and they are GREAT! We love Connie! She is the BEST!!! read more

Ordered the all you can eat fish. The first st batch was cold, but second pieces were very good and so were the fries. I wasn't a fan of the coleslaw. Another person at the table chose and loved the hot rice. Only drawback is the service. We weren't waited on for about 15 minutes after being seated and once we ordered we're unable to get refills, of drinks or fish because the waitresses are scattered all over the restaurant and just wait on random tables. I think our waitress totally forgot we were her table. We are going to give this place another try because we did enjoy the food read more

Excellent. The chicken I grew up eating and will keep coming back for time after time. Surprisingly delicious steaks as well. Cooked to perfection. This is a must try. read more

Don't get me wrong, I love village Inn chicken. I just don't understand the problem when ordering. Any time we want to order for pick up we have to go there to order. Evidently they don't have enough workers that every time you call they ask if you can hold a second and 8 to10 minuets after you wait they hang up on you! So rude!! Hire more people please!!! read more

This food speaks to my soul. Been eating Barberton chicken with my family since the 80's. Still the same great taste . Wish I could have it back home in Idaho. read more

Had dinner with 3 other couples. Place was very noisy, plus they had a loud band. poor table layout. Food was only fair compared with other nearby competitors French fries were served cold and very greasy. Chicken was fair , needed more time in fryer. Slow service read more

My wife and I had the 2- piece chicken snack. The chicken pieces were quite small and dry. I also found the hot sauce to be thick and tasted somewhat like ketchup. Had not been there the last 5 years and the place looked exactly the same. Service was good and the complimentary ice cream was much appreciated. We may have hit them on a bad night and will give them another chance in the future. read more

Service was good but they threw away my to go food. Who even does that? The food was not that good. The presentation was not great and I blame the chef. The fries were unsalted and the sprite was disgusting. Overall not my favorite but don't let that stop you from going here. read more

Service is decent, very respectful waitresses and waiters. food is nasty. every time i have to go to this place for my family i never want to eat their food.. it gets me sick every single time. its too greasy. the chicken is the worst tastes terrible and dry. not to mention they give you too much food not even a grown man could finish his meal. some meals you have to have 3 sides along with the main course, The kids meal is much more of a reasonable amount for an adult but not a kid. my mom didn't want to have a adult meal she wanted to get the kids meal, now most places have no age restrictions with the kids meal but this place does. best have a child with you if you want to get the kids meal. and make it work. Ambiance is decent, out dated but they are updating it. if you want to go here i recommend you have a high tolerance to grease and don't get sick often i dont like this place at all. read more

Chicken is great has a different breading than typical American fried chicken. Also have free ice cream. Would recommend.

Great food, friendly staff and great environment Love the chicken and hamburgers Secure area plenty of parking space. read more

Absolutely the tastiest chicken i've ever had period. Large well lit dinning with friendly waitresses everywhere. Mounts of fries. One of the best parts was the free unlimited ice cream to cap it all off. The all you can eat fish is equally good. You won't be disappointed with the service, food or ambience. read more

The food was good. I ended up ordering chicken, which was not my first choice. I wanted a steak, so I could see if I wanted to buy meat from them. We were told they ran out on Friday (this was Saturday) and the were also out of brown bread. I would think, like most restraunts, they do more business on weekends. That is poor planning on their part. Our waitress was very nice. The hostess was rude and seemed to have an attitude, not just with us, but everyone she was seating. The parking lot was a very nice surprise and they seem to be trying to clean and update. read more

Every now and then I get a hankering for some fried chicken, which then usually warrants a trip to Amish Country. This time the hankering hit and I remembered that a good friend used to always talk about going to the Village Inn for chicken, so I decided to check it out. The restaurant itself is kind of a run down mid-century American building with a very "flyover country" vibe. I ordered the "White Lunch Special" featuring a breast, a wing, and a drumette with hot sauce, Cole slaw, and green beans as my sides. The service is kind of slow but being run by a few older ladies it was what one could expect. The chicken was OK. I wasn't a fan of the breading which seemed kind of thin, but the chicken itself tasted good and was moist. I really enjoyed the fEastern European flavor profile on the hot sauce and the sweet vinegar Cole slaw was excellent, but in retrospect, probably a lot of sugar. The green beans were typical canned green beans. This place won't dislodge Amish country from my choice, but it was a perfectly acceptable meal, although I don't think I will be making it a regular stop. read more

I must say right off, you can't beat the chicken! That being said, we go there at least 3. or 4 times a. month. The kitchen must be very disorganized. The last four times we were there, the food took forever. It has happened numerous times, but this is the first time four times in three weeks. Monday Burgers took 45 minutes. They were not busy, and seemed to have plenty of help. After a half hour we asked what the problem was. Thats how long it took for her to venture near our table. She said they burnt is and were doing it over. Took another 15 minutes. On a Sunday after church, we got up to leave. An hour and a half, and we still did not have our food. The owners son did stop us and put our food in a to go box no charge, and gave us gift certificates. So he did try to make it right. The next incident was the following Monday. Waited 35 minutes for a burger, no refills, no bread. Nothing. Couldn't get our waitresses attention. Again, the mondays were not busy. The Sunday was. This is getting to be the norm in the last two months. Seems like lack of organization in the kitchen. But, the food is great! read more

We really like the chicken, very unique. Best eaten in the restaurant, but pretty good cold as well. The prices are still pretty good and portions are American sized.. read more

Ok let me start of by saying I am not a fan of barberton style chicken so I never try and get it. I like paprikash and thats what I get. Wife wanted her btown chicken. Should have went elsewhere. Had to wait just for a menu because they were all being used or missing or something. I noticed on the menu no paprikash so of course I was disappointed. Told it is a seasonal thing. No fish either which was my second choice. Well guess I was stuck eating chicken. If it wasn't for the hot sauce and coleslaw I would have not eaten a bite of the flavorless chicken that the people of barberton love. They shorted us a leg for my daughters meal. Hard to believe you can't count to 4 but not suprising. Bathrooms were disgusting and smell of piss. Dakota our waitress was excellent though and fixed their mistakes. read more

First off the original Village inn was amazing. This was the first time we have ordered under the new ownership. We ordered a 18 piece family meal with double sides. That was almost $50. When we got home and opened the chicken half of the 18 pieces were drummettes or wing segments not even whole wings and the breasts and thighs were so small the chicken bucket was only half full with all 18 pieces in it so that sucked. Well the chicken tasted like it was not marinated and the breading had no flavor either. The coleslaw was so vingery I coughed with every bite I took. The only saving grace was the fries were good and so was the hot rice. So I would say that I would definitely recommend spending a little more and get one of the other area chicken places food. read more

i grew up on Barberton chicken and Villiage Inn was always our favorite. Eating here is like "going home". Whether we dine in or do carry out our meals are always delicious and worth the wait to get it fresh! read more

This is the definition of the "white people food" stereotype. It's as if they are afraid of seasoning -- they didn't even use salt! The breading on the fried chicken was okay, but zero flavor. The fries are good, but no salt. Their "hot rice" was rice in tomato WATER. No heat. No flavor. The onion rings and hush puppies were probably the best parts of our meal. I don't understand it. They are always packed but I know I will never be back. The staff were amazing and deserve a raise though. They work harder than the food is worth. Please just add some fucking paprika and onion powder to your seasonings. It would make your chicken desirable in the very least. read more

Well, I'm scanning reviews from the past six months and I see they exist at both ends of the spectrum; four reporting great experiences and four reporting unfavorable visits. Unfortunately, I can't say much good about tonight's pick up and carry out. I found it odd that over in the unpopulated banquet dining room, just in front of the Out Of Order, closed women's restroom, with no one around, someone decided the best place to clean, separate and chop celery was outside the kitchen and in the empty dining room on a banquet table and cutting board. I can't say how long the improvised prep station was left unattended, but it was available to me (and to anyone else in the restaurant) for the entire 20-30 minutes I was there. I come from restaurant management and have never before witnessed kitchen prep happening in the dining room. Fries were good. Cole slaw lacked any color (those dark, outer cabbage leaves and carrots are nice to include, maybe) and the liquid in the slaw was bubbly, like something was going rancid in the cup. Hard pass. Hot Sauce was curious, more of a vinegar-based heat, not from actual peppers maybe; simple, flat flavor, not very complex or layered, just blah tomatoes and heat and rice. I've had better in Barberton, no doubts. And the chicken that I heard so much about ... the "return to the original recipe" ... ours was wet, dripping, chicken with oozing skin on seven of eight pieces; no salt and no pepper, boring and wet wet wet, like a "sweaty" crust, if you will. The eighth piece of eight pieces was darker and almost crispy but I fear this is only due to it having been redipped and reheated to complete our order. I heard promising things about the steaks in other reviews ... I'm not too excited to go gather any more data on this place, personally. I've kinda reached a final conclusion. I am not sure how the other, more positive reviews came to be, but I trust these are valid as well. Hope your experience is better. I'd avoid anything with celery in the near-term. read more

Ok! I was wrong! I had no idea that this place could have been so good. We met our daughter there despite my reluctance. I thought the chicken would be the same greasy soggy chicken and the greasy soggy fries would smother the soggy chicken. NOPE! The chicken was local and not soggy, cooked perfectly and the fries were on the side. Again not soggy. I got the sirloin steak, also local meat (which they will soon be selling), and it was so tender and tasty! I figured the meat would be tender because we could hear the chef tenderizing it in the kitchen. That part was cool. I got so much food and can complain about nothing. Even the salad was good with all of the goodies a salad should have and the lettuce was broken into reasonable size for easy eating. I had wine with my meal which did not taste cheap. The lady serving us was so personable and i have no idea how since she had a lot of tables to take care of. The place was pretty packed. We met friends there. There was nothing negative to report. It was clean, the staff was friendly, the wait was not long, the food was really good, and it was not loud. It was an all around pleasing experience that left me happy that we decided to try it out again. read more

Very disappointed in the "service" we received tonight. Due to a miscommunication we were told there would be a 45 minute wait for our food. Come to find out that was the wait time to dine in, then we were told it would be another 25 minutes for a to go order. That would be well over a hour of our time wasted. We are here out of town & don't go out to eat many places around here. I can understand a miscommunication but to then not have anyone apologize or try to accommodate us for our time is ridiculous. We won't be coming back here. This place has gone down hill. Perhaps the staff needs better hospitality training. We're on our way to White House chicken now! read more

We recently dined at the Village Inn and was very disappointed in the hot sauce (some flavoring was added that never was before) I have been a customer the 50 years and the hot sauce never tasted like this - I'm not sure if it was Cumin or something else - just tasted horrible. The chicken thighs had back bone on the thigh and I have never had it before since the change in proprietor. We come there for the familiar taste and we can tell when its off. Please go back to the original recipe for the hot sauce. We were so disappointed. Afterall, this is why we go there. Also, I might add the fries are tooooooooooooooo dark. This is not just my sentiment - our friends also have voiced the same concerns. We are hoping for better. read more

I did not my order missed up AGAIN but it was my husband's birthday and he wanted drummers. Well once again they messed up the order and said "the manager will call you when they get time " it has been over an hour and nothing from them. Do they even care? read more

Been while since I've have Barberton Chicken but am happy to report that it's not changed and is as good as I remember it. We were in Green for a memorial service for a friend and she always enjoyed Barberton Chicken so we had a lunch in her honor. For those who do not know what Barberton Chicken, also call Serbian Chicken, it a regional dish served around Barberton Ohio. Originally served by Serbian Restaurant Owners and it is one of the original Fried Chicken recipes. Fresh Chicken, never frozen, lightly breaded with no seasoning and then fried in Lard. An I though that that was a Southern thing having grown up in the South. Served with what they call Hot Sauce which is a tomato and rice dish with a little heat ( mild not hot), Slaw ( shredded cabbage in a vinegar base) and hand cut French Fries round out the traditional dining experience. It's great and you taste the natural taste of the bird itself. Primal dining at it's best. Family style restaurant popular with the surrounding community which tends to lend itself to an older population. Excellent service and a great staff make a pleasant dining experience and i will be back. read more

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This restaurant is wonderful. Great food, great service, great daily specials. Drove from Hartville to get the $8.99 Thursday Special ( spaghetti w/meat sauce + salad ) for my wife and I. It was almost 7 pm. They came out with one spaghetti and said they had totally run out of spaghetti. They were extremely apologetic and said that we could order anything on the menu and they were comping the entire two meals drinks and all!!! I really didn't expect them to do that but I certainly appreciated it. Needless to say, they exceeded my expectations. We have been here about 5 times in the last month and every visit has been amazing. The chicken, the all-u-can-eat fish, the spaghetti..... all tasted great and great value. Anxious to try their steak special and wing special. Keep up the great work Village Inn crew. That's why every time I come the place is loaded with customers. read more

Long-time customer. Placed a to-go order and two out of three meals were incorrect...sides missing, fish over-cooked, etc. Definitely don't go anywhere near closing time, and eat there if possible, so things can be corrected. Very disappointed today. read more

So we decided to go back. The new owners have returned this place to its former glory. Crispy, juicy chicken! Hot crispy fries!!! The hot sauce taste the same as it did back in the day. And the bread was fresh!!!!! I am glad that someone has taken pride in this restaurant once again. I would highly recommend it. read more

This place has a nice homey atmosphere. The food is pretty good and the price is very reasonable. The portions are above average. The staff is quite friendly. read more