Had a pleasant lunch here yesterday. I had the smoked catfish salad which was very tasty and substantial, my husband had boiled shrimp salad which he enjoyed. However surprised this is the No 1 place to eat. Cleanliness is lacking. Table was dirty , and there was food on the floor. No excuses as we were virtually the only customers. Pretty tatty for a lovely location.

The place is not too fancy and offers salads, sandwiches and dinner plates. We got Catfish and The Big Easy Sandwich which we liked a lot. The service was fast and friendly. Will come back.

We've been to Ajax twice. The first time was great - good service, great food. We had the Ajax salad, chopped steak, and cheese fries. The second time was a different story. We ordered cheese fries again, but this time the gravy that came with them was thin and runny instead of a thick sauce. I had the fried oyster salad, which tasted good, and my husband had the pot roast, also good. He ordered butter beans as a side. Apparently at Ajax butter beans means unseasoned canned lima beans. Butter beans are soft, tender, and creamy; lima beans are none of those things. My husband asked about it, thinking that they must have given him the wrong thing. It went like this: "I ordered the butter beans." "Those ARE butter beans." "These are - " "Those are OUR butter beans." From the waitress attitude, this wasn't the first time she's heard it, but it was no excuse for interrupting. And rather than offer a new side, she just turned around and walked off. She came back a few minutes later with our check. We paid, tipped, and left the uneaten nasty beans on the table.

But, it doesn't end there. Within about 15 minutes of leaving, I was in... digestive distress. Which was rather unfortunate, since the rest of the evening my husband planned was a scenic drive through rural country side. It quickly turned into a tour of backwoods bathrooms, culminating with me spending half an hour in a Wal-Mart restroom while my husband waited in the car with a crying baby. I had brought home part of the oyster salad and decided to cut one open when we got home. They are mostly raw, something I didn't think about having never had fried oysters before.

So, we paid $50 for rude service, lima beans, and botulism. Not the best money I've ever spent.

Oh, and the bathroom at Ajax was almost as clean as the one at one of the rundown convince stores we stopped at.

Everyone will tell you to go here, but the food is just ok. The bbq nachos were drowning in a sweet bbq sauce. The burgers were good, but the shrimp salad and red beans and rice were just ok. This is not necessarily a bad review, just a warning to keep expectations low. Casual, funky atmosphere.

We enjoyed dinner at Ajax Diner during our visit to Oxford. It was good home cooking at a reasonable price. I had the chicken and dumplings with dressing and fried eggplant on the side. My husband had the turkey and dressing with mashed potatoes and green beans. Everything was seasoned to perfection. We really enjoyed our meal and wanted to return, however time did not permit. We will definitely be eating here on our next visit!