Fairway Grill

Beautiful place to enjoy a meal overlooking the fairway. Only problem is that the food is probably a 2 Star rating but I bumped it up to 3 Stars because of location and view. If you eat here, just get here early so the food want be dried out from sitting on the bar too long.

The Fairway Grill is located in the Lodge at Little Ocmulgee State Park, one of the nicest of Georgia's state parks. The park has an 18-hole golf course, a large laker for boating, cottages, a campground and a motel in addition to a full-service restaurant. We stayed at the park recently and dined at Fairway Grill for several meals. We came away impressed, not that the restaurant serves great meals, rather that it provides good food in a place where expectations are pretty much at rock bottom.

Buffets are the rule breakfast, lunch and dinner although there are items that may be ordered off the menu. The breakfast buffet includes what such buffets usually feature, only in this case the eggs were hot, and so were the biscuits and gravy. The bacon  was crisp, sausages spicy, the coffee satisfying, and ... well, what else do you need? The lunch buffet included fried chicken and meat loaf and a bun ch of veggies, all pretty tasty and filling. For dinner, the buffet offered several meats and vegetables, surprisingly good, and some delicious desserts. The hot food came hot, and the salad bar, while very limited in choices, was also attractive and fresh. We were quite pleasantly surprised by all of this and wanted to spread the word. Again, please bear in mind we're not talking world class here, just simple, edible food decently prepared in a place where such is not anticipated.

Breakfast is $5 per person, lunch $7.95 and dinner $9.95 though it goes up to $14.95 for the seafood buffet on Friday nights. All in all, very reasonable. Another good reason to support the struggling state park system!!