This was the best food. Come try it your self. Don't let looks deceive you. The pie was amazing as will. read more

Wilma's Restaurant - a plate of breakfast food - American Near Me - Paintsville, Kentucky

While Wilma's got some poor reviews and that's usually enough to deter me, it's in the "Eating Your Way Across Kentucky" book so I had to check it out anyway. We visited the day before Thanksgiving and Wilma was busy filling pie orders. For $8-$9, you can get a whole home-made pie! You do have to give Wilma 24-hours notice to get one of her pies, but you can't make a pie that cheap!! We stopped in for breakfast and were the only people in the dining room. The restaurant is basically in a house so the "dining room" is a few tables spread around. Ours was right next to the kitchen and it's a regular home kitchen not a restaurant grade outfit. Most of the food is prepared in the basement and sent upstairs via a dumbwaiter. We got the Pork Tenderloin Breakfast Platter. Be sure to ask for the homemade strawberry freezer jam for your biscuit. It was a ton of food and was only $5.75! Wilma's isn't super fancy and but the food is reasonable priced and the place definitely has character so it's worth a stop. read more

Wilma's Restaurant - Pork Breakfast Special - American Near Me - Paintsville, Kentucky

I am going to make a bold statement here and I will stand by it - we had THE BEST BACON EVER at Wilma's. We were passing through Paintsville - touring around Eastern KY soaking up local flare and flavor, avoiding chain restaurants for sure - when we cam to Wilma's for breakfast. It is small, small crowded, dated and perfect. We asked for menus instantly outing ourselves as strangers. Our waitress, Haley Jo, was the sweetest thing ever. We also outed ourselves as cityfolk when my dad asked for hot tea instead of coffee. Haley Jo offered to heat up some sweet tea they had made, she admitted she had never made hot tea before. We loved her. Anyway, on to the bacon. BEST EVER. done. The whole bill for four people full breakfasts and beverages (my dad had a rib eye & eggs meal!) was exactly $20. Wilma has been cooking for 50 years, and she is a pro. Loved it! After our breakfast we checked a couple antique shops in town, you won't meet nicer people. A note of caution, Wilma's is not the cleanest or most well organized place I have ever eaten, but be nice - remember where you are and what you came for. Cut Wilma some slack - she has been doing this for 50 years! read more

I really enjoy the place. It's a great little casual location for locals who want to eat cheap. Mostly older people who been around a long time. I've been going since I was a kid. I've never had a outing that was more then $5. Her pies are also really good so highly recommend getting an order in. Basically only go here if you really want cheap (oddly good food) for a cheap price. The last time I went in the owner seemed to have been going a little senile (she's in her 70's I believe) so I don't see it being open much longer since I don't believe her daughter will take over like she did for her mother. Also from everyone I've ever known from this small community, Wilma's mom was a much better cook. read more

Oh wow, where to start? This place was pretty nasty. The floors are sticky. Our table was sticky. The men's bathroom was out of order. The women's bathroom is literally about 3ft x 3 ft. There was a sick toddler roaming around the floor greeting the customers with his snotty nose. It appeared to be the owners grandson as they had a room full of his stuff strewn about easily taking up 1/3rd of the dining area. I think the reviewer who mentioned the cooking being done in the basement was correct. Food was prepared somewhere else then brought back in. The staff were yelling between floors to/at each other. There were three of us. Two of our orders were edible. One was horrible! I wouldn't recommend eating here. I would easily recommend one of several local fast food restaurants over Wilma's. read more

Cozy country cooking, open early and on Sunday's. Friendly service and they have hot browns on the menu! Great local place to enjoy coffee and a hot meal. Very Appalachian "feel." My husband is from Texas and wanted to experience Eastern, KY (where I'm from) while we were here visiting family. This is the spot. Love it! read more

Wilma's Restaurant - My Texan husband trying his first hot brown in the neck of the woods where I grew up. This place is perfect - American Near Me - Paintsville, Kentucky

Tried to eat there, but it smelled so bad that I couldn't stand it. There is some awful stench about the place.

No. Just....no. This place is filthy, there isn't a commercial kitchen, which would be okay if everything at least looked clean. I was horrified upon entering and I'm honestly unsure why this place hasn't been shut down. read more

We drove out of our way to try this place after reading the best bacon ever review. However, after entering with the owner's son bellowing to his mother that there were customers, we chose to leave. The place was filthy and had a terrible odor. It was like entering a dirty and messy home. We just could not bring ourselves to stay. read more

Oh Lord! No idea how it is ok to keep this place open! Filthy dirt, sticky floors, sticky tables and the flies were dying from the stench. We were willing to try because the lady was nice. But when we saw the swill on the buffet bar we just couldn't. Do not enter this Bistro of botulism! You'll be sorry. read more

Horrible! It was very questionable as soon as I walked in, but I wanted to be polite, so I seated myself and got a coffee. The place was filthy. As I waited for the coffee, I saw a big roach walk right along the buffet! Left immediately read more

I'm pretty sure the food is made in a basement under the kitchen which is odd.. But hey the liver and onions are incredible. Nice home style cooking. And the breakfast is great.. Worth trying read more

first time there and the last time! place is filthy, the food was disgusting. the only thing good was the coffee

The second I stepped in this place I was completely grossed out. It had an overall dirty look about it. I wanted to walk back out, but the people I was with may have thought that rude, so we stayed. The floor was filthy, there was a...smell... in the air. I can't explain it, but it wasn't good. I do have to say that the food I had was okay, but with each bite I took I had to wonder what I was actually eating as I could not see the kitchen. Also, my husband had a bug in his drink. Despite the friendly woman who greeted us, I can't bring myself to go back. read more