I think what I enjoyed about this restaurant most was the atmosphere (old farmhouse) and friendly staff. The food, while not bad, wasn't outstanding either. We ate her for lunch on Tuesday (they are closed on Monday) and choose two things off their lunch menu. Very reasonably priced but the quality matched the price IMO.
I had the chicken fried steak lunch with mashed pototatoes and white gravy. My wife had the beef lunch with vegtable (corn), mached potatoes and brown gravy. I also ordered a cup of chicken noodle soup, my wife had a dinner salad and I ordered a piece of pecan pie for desert.
While not huge, I thought the chicken fried steak had good flavor. If I returned for lunch this is what I'd order again. Nothing else appealed to me. The mashed potatoes were home made and we both thought they were very good. The chicken noodle soup I had tasted suspicously like the seasonings from the packaged lipton chicken noodle soup where you add hot water and it has those tiny noodles. It was jazzed up with larger noodles, some finely chopped up (I mean really finely chopped) vegatalbles and a smattering of tiny chicken pieces. I wouldn't order the chicken noodle soup again unless I had an overwhelming desire for the Lipton Chicken Noodle instant soup. The pecan pie was straight out of the refirgerator and cold as an ice cube and was served on an ice cold plate straight from the refirgerator. It had good flavor but, I never like my pecan pie cold. I prefer it at least at room temperature or slightly heated/warm.
My wife did not care much for the gravy on the beef dinner. The beef was shredded and tender but, I had to agree that the brown gravy tasted as if it came out of a jar or can. I can't quite place it but I've had that taste before. Her dinner salad was standard fare for a salad, adaquate.
Supposedly the rolls served with our meals were "homemade." Maybe, but my opinion was the only thing homemade about those rolls was the packaging said homemade on the wrapper. The were dry and tasteless. The were served with Land O Lakes butter with a touch of honey.
This would be a nice place to take someone who's never been to a farm house. The prices are very reasonable for lunch ($8 to $10 per meal). The cup of soup, dinner salad and desert were add on's that were extra. I did think the service was very good and I enjoyed the atmosphere. It just wasn't the home cookin' I've known and sort of was hopeful I'd find here.