Lona's Restaurant & Pub

I wish we would have been able to try the food at Lona's Restaurant in Franklin however when we arrived at the restaurant at 6:30 PM on a Friday (after attending the Applefest) we were very rudely greeted by an older lady who appeared not to be thrilled with our party of 3 adults and 4 small children.  The very friendly hostess who sat a party before us was kind enough to ask that party if they had a preference of whether they wanted to sit outside (where there was loud live music going on) or inside and so when we saw that we decided among ourselves we would sit inside because of the live music outside which we didn't think was appropriate for the children.  However, when the older lady rudely greeted us she did not bother to ask nor did she bother with any kind of formalities like "hi, how are you?" it was simply just "how many?" and she stormed off with the menus to a table outside as close to the speakers as possible.  When we politely asked if there was any way we could have a table inside, she looked very offended and said we would have to wait and she took off inside just leaving us at this table by the speakers which were obnoxious.  We ended up leaving.  

According to this website Lona's claims to be good for groups, yet our group could not be accommodated.  It says that Lona's is good for kids and while we did receive children's menus that is about as accommodating as they were for our children.  Also, it says the noise level is quiet; being a Friday night I understand having live entertainment and that is not bothersome to me however there was an option for us to sit indoors and not have to be exposed to the entertainment but we were not even offered that.  It was 6:30 on a Friday night, a perfectly reasonable time to eat dinner with family, and we were so unwelcome.  After driving 70 miles from Erie PA to enjoy the Applefest all we wanted was to find somewhere for us and our little children to eat after a long day but Lona's was not the place.  I would never give Lona's another shot and I will be sure to spread around my recommendation.

This was a great restaurant in a small town in the middle of nowhere. Pork lion was excellent.

Open restaurant dinning area, food well prepared. Decent wine, beer selection. Best of all the manager walked around meeting & greeting customers by name, making sure you are satisfied with everything. Great location on the corner live music on Fridays during summer weather.