Southern Inn

Went here based on all the Yelp recommendations. Not that great. Was a Monday night so I guess they are one of a few restaurants open which the manager told the table next to me was the reason for the HOUR wait for their dinner. They got entire meal for free. Now we sat down right after them, also waited an hour for our meal with no apology. We told the waitress we had a spill and she made no attempt to help us clean it up. We were left without utensils or any napkins. We waited over 10 minutes once we got our main course to get someones attention to get utensils. They do not know what's going on in their dining room. Food, overall okay, not stellar. I got the rainbow trout which came out just north of raw with potatoes that were not nearly cooked well enough. Again got blamed on full house but come on you're supposed to be one of the nicest restaurants in town. I wish Red Hen would have been open!!

Nice atmosphere and good food. Enjoyed the two pasta dishes they had on the menu. Go for the Simple Life bottle of wine. It's by far the cheapest and not bad for the price.  Great dirty martini too.

I wonder if you take away the wine and the liquor how many people would go there for the food alone?

Sometimes you just have to judge places on the merits of their food. The food should be what brings you back. The outside of this place is nice, the interior is also nice, but the food is just ok. Not bad, but not great either. I had the chicken. It was tasty, but not any better than KFC or Chick-Fil-A, or for that matter, the fried chicken on the buffet at the Lee Hi Travel Plaza over on Lee Highway is just as good.  

The salad I had was also good, but if you told me it was out of a bag from Food Lion down the street, I would not be surprised and for $4.50 I was expecting a little larger than the portion I got. The spinach artichoke appetizer was also "nice".

I know, I know, the food is supposed to local sourced etc, but that doesn't make it taste better. Handcrafted beers, local wines, and cocktails do not make food better either.  I can't say anything bad about the place because the food was ok, but I really can't say there was anything exceptional about it that would make me recommend it or go back either.