Old South Restaurant Review

Historic restaurant. Long history of good food and good service. Known for its house salad dressing too.

This is definitely a place to go if youre looking for a blast from the past. In addition to a classic feel and timeless decor, this restaurant provides good homestyle cooking that never disappoints. You'll rarely see the place empty. Its almost always packed full of people, all who leave happy. Service is good & efficient. If you're needing some comfort food or wanting some good home cookin, this is your place!

Perfect little diner for cheap breakfast with lots of food. Very popular, sometimes hard to get into to- sign of great food.

The service here is always excellent. Food is served hot and fresh.

Old South is a tradition in Russellville. The food is probably the best around. The waitresses are very attentive. I always recommend this restaurant.

Old South is a staple in our small town. The waitresses are always welcoming and kind. The owner will come to your table and make sure you are totally pleased with your visit. It is truly old-fashioned hospitality wrapped up in a little restaurant with amazing food.

Staff is friendly. Food is great. This place has really changed over the years and always for the better.

I love this restaurant the food is definitely delicious yummy

The food is great & the waitresses are very friendly .

Amazing food! Service is spectacular, the servers are very kind and make sure you have everything you need! The food is super delicious and doesn t take long to come out. If you are looking for a nice restaurant to go to, Old south is definitely the place to go!!

Old South has really bounced back big time in the past couple of years under the new mangement, and IMO is the best it's ever been. You'll get a good, Southern home-cooked style meal in a clean, family environment, by what must be the world's nicest waitresses. The house dressing is just as good (and garlicky!) as it was 25 years ago, and everything my wife and I've had ranges from good to excellent. The chicken strips are veeeery close to those at Brown's Catfish (which are the greatest chicken strips on Earth!), and the chicken fried steak is literally the best in Russellville. You won't go wrong here.

Beware of one thing, however; during peak times it's insanely busy and you'll likely have to wait a while for your food, maybe even a place to sit!

One of the best restaurants I have ate at. I have eaten here almost daily for lunch since finding this gem. Great homemade lunch specials daily. Not in the mood for lunch, try the omelet. I haven't had anything yet that didn't taste like southern goodness.

The service was okay but the food was awful. The fried pickles were dripping with grease, my philly cheese steak wasn t a philly. The mashed potatoes tasted as if they were boxed. Do not recommend.

I have loved the old south since I was a young child. The old south dressing is the best! The food, service, and prices have always been great for me.

I think the fried green tomatoes are cut a bit too thick. The house dressing is pretty yummy. Mashed potatoes were gross. Gravy, pork chops, green beans and chicken fried steak were pretty good. The rolls were nasty. When it comes to rolls yeast rolls are far better than sourdough by far. I love sourdough just not as a roll ever. The rolls were cold and dry.

Greasy spoon dinners went out of style in the 1970s, but this place works hard to keep that trend alive. It's like if Denny's stopped smoking and didn't raise prices to support a drinking problem. If you like that weird sense of small town nostalgia, or find comfort in a place that seems anachronistic, then you might like Old South. Not my style, but it appeals to its demographic well.

Wonderful, friendly, hardworking staff kept up with packed restaurant. Meal and environment were fine.

What a great place old style diner up front with a large dining hall in the back. Service was great and the food was outstanding. My wife and the chicken fried steak and I had the chicken tenders. The chicken tenders were the best I have had anywhere looking forward to a return trip to try out more of their excellent southern cuisine.

Great local and semi historic restaurant. Very good breakfast and usually a packed house in the mornings. Very good burgers and sandwiches plus nice dinner items.

Good staff, didn't have to wait long, hot breakfast yummy omlets w/fresh salsa!!!!!

Want to go back to the 1950s? Do you want some old school Route 66 style greasy spoon cooking? This is the place! It has been around since that era and closed down for a period of time. It's back! A local legend and should probably be on a historic registry if it's not already.

Down home country cooking with the blue hairs! When you see grandma's walking in...we know it's good! Ahhh...mazing chicken fried steak! Dang good!!!

It is a old time restaurant nice people work here great prices would come back again

Awesomely authentic old box car like diner with old tunes playin too. Goood food at inexpensive prices & excellent service. Popular with the locals. Add on space for restaurant seating in back gives plenty of space.

An awesome place! Your coffee cup never runs dry and it has the full menu all day.

If you want to go to a great comfort food restaurant this is the place the service is Top notch the fried chicken takes 20 to 30 minutes to make but it is worth the wait

Food is great as usual. With the kids I couldn't get a pic of my veggie/bacon omlet or my mom's biscuit & yummy chocolate gravy.

Love when we get to travel through and stop. Always great good and great service!!

A little on the pricey side but the food is really good. Atmosphere is neat, love the photos. And the place was very clean.

Food and service was awesome. A complete 180 from the past owner. Highly recommend...

Great homey atmosphere, prices are reasonable, staff is very attentive, and servings are large

Great local diner with a warm, hometown feel. Good food and service

Old South is on the National Register of Historic Places. That alone makes a visit to this 1940s diner worth your time. But an even better reason to drop in is the delicious home cooking and extraordinary service. I had the fresh Gulf snapper special on my most recent visit and found it perfectly cooked, flaky and seasoned just right. My wife had the chicken-fried steak, which she declared among the best she's ever eaten in a restaurant--lightly battered, fork tender and covered with a scrumptious white gravy. We can't wait to get back again for another visit.

Best food in Russellville! GO. You won't be disappointed.

If you want good food and a place that follows the rules this is the place for you.

Awesome food, awesome service ,staff are so nice love this place

Very busy, long wait, although we were 5 people, kind of an odd number to seat, I guess that is understandable, great food and people, I intend to go back often and try some different things they have. Love the small town old fashion atmosphere much better then the newer places.

One of Russellvilles iconic restaurants! Really enjoy their chicken fried chicken. But the best to me is their chef salad!

Food was good and great service. Be even better if mashed potatoes were not instant.

This place is great it has great service it s only took me less than 10 minutes to get my food! Very efficient. and this has great good

Amazing food love the atmosphere and staff is amazing..