Ozark Folk Center Iron Skillet Restaurant

I would rate it as average.  The Sunday buffet consisted of a small but nice salad selection, entrees were 1) fried chicken, 2) some kind of BBQ ribs, and 3) beef stew.  The fried chicken was pretty good, the ribs were very dry and overcooked with little flavor, and the beef stew was probably from a can.  The standard sides (mashed, green beans, corn on the cob, fried okra) were decent, and there were 3 or 4 kinds of dessert, such a cherry cobbler, brownies, and strawberry shortcake.  The prices are reasonable, and the service met my expectations.  

The place began to get very, very busy around noon after church let out.

This is a nice, rustic restaurant with a beautiful setting looking into the woods behind the Ozark Folk Center.  It was recommended to us a by the RV park we were staying in.

We found the food VERY reasonably priced and reflective of the area's Southern cooking.  I ordered the "Ozark Sampler" so that I would get a good feel for Southern food, which was largely new to me.  I enjoyed the meal very much--Chicken & Dumplings, Ham & Beans, mustard & collard greens, deep fried Okra, jalapeno cornbread, and blackberry cobbler.  The greens were a little bitter, but the rest of the items were quite tasty.  The cobbler and ice cream was very good, though it came with non-dairy whipped cream, which detracted from the flavor for me.  (My wife had the Chicken & Dumpling meal and thought there was too much dumpling and not enough chicken.)

We had great service and conversation from our very nice, young local woman.