On a recent visit to Mammoth Cave, I decided to stop at the Watermill with my daughter for breakfast and again later for lunch. Â Having been there myself some 25 years ago when I was her age, I was not disappointed. Â Although the decor has not changed, thankfully neither has the delicious food. Â Nothing could have been more satisfying than the delicious and flaky biscuits with obviously homemade gravy and hot diner coffee. And trust me, I can make some southern gravy! My daughter had pancakes and sausage for a excellent value of under $4. They were NOT crunchy but, according to her, buttery and delicious and were devoured within 5 minutes. Â While waiting for our breakfast to arrive, we were able to look over the menu, and after our tour of the cave when asked what she wanted for lunch, we returned to the Watermill. My daughter ordered the small catfish dinner with fried okra in place of the potato choice, and I ordered the fried chicken dinner with a baked potato and trip to the salad bar. Â The salad bar was not much to speak of, just a general ok, but everything did seem fresh and crunchy. Â The fried chicken and potato were both piping hot, even after adding butter and sour cream. Â The catfish and hush puppies had an awesome cornmeal breading and were fried to perfection. Â The catfish was literally melt in your mouth and also piping hot. Even the Texas toast was buttery and amazing! But I have to say the fried okra may have been the best thing ordered, not slimy nor oily but hot, crunchy, and delicious. Don't be scared off by the smoking, YOU CAN'T SMELL IT. Service was very good on both visits. Put aside the ambiance factor and sit down to enjoy some good southern food.
Review Source:This was a great, fast dinner, and the catfish is yummy.....the pot roast was tender, and the peach cobbler was so good....the pinto beans and cornbread was tasty too...
This is southern cooking homemade and tasty.....we enjoyed it.....the buffet is the way to go....we got drink, entree and dessert $8.95 a person on Thursday night..
I think the previous reviewer Marc gave an accurate review. The Watermill was so abominable that words cannot even describe it. Â We were in a hurry to get to Mammoth Cave for a scheduled tour and some guy in our hotel RECOMMENDED this hellhole. Â I don't know what that freak was smoking because this place is nasty. Â From the moment you walk in, it is like a scene in a horror movie. Â It is filthy and smelly and a bunch of sketchy looking people are sitting around smoking and the waitress has the dirtiest shirt you have ever seen in your life--it was like the devil threw up on her. Â I swear we only ended up sitting down and eating there because we were in shock---SHOCK, I tell you--and were just sort of thinking, "This can't be as bad as it seems. Â Right?" Â We were there for breakfast and were served powdered eggs (which we did not eat) and crunchy pancakes (which were choked down). Â What the hell? Â Eggs at the grocery store there are $1 a dozen. You can't give me a real egg? Â And what would make a pancake go crunch like that? Â I try not to think about it. Â As I am typing this I have come close a couple of times to dry heaving, just remembering the experience. Â Please, please, please don't ever go here.
Review Source:The best catfish. Â Tender and not fishy.
The rest of the buffet was OK, not great. Â It's standard southern food: greenbeans and ham hocks, mac n cheese, chili, cornbread.
The peach cobbler was worth seconds.
$7 including a drink on Tuesdays Â
With that 7 bucks you aren't paying for ambiance, good thing too, cause there isn't any.
My husband and I needed a place to eat a quick dinner before getting back to Mammoth Cave, and saw this on the side of the road. From the outside, it looks pretty bad, and inside was not that much better.
Surprisingly, it was crowded. They had a large buffet which seemed to be what most people ordered, but we ordered off the menu. The food was okay, I had the BBQ pork and my husband had a veggie omelet, but the service was a bit slow. The waitress was very nice, but was taking care of all the tables herself.
If we had the time, I would have driven around more and found a nicer place. It wasn't horrible, but not too great.
I had the buffet which contained turkey, catfish and meatloaf, beans, peas and potatoes and some other vegetables. After taking my first bite, I'm not sure if they use candles under the buffet trays or blocks of ice. The food was cold. I could imagine it being tasty if it was hot, but I never had the opportunity to eat any hot food. The entire place smelled like cigarette smoke and even though there was a non smoking section, we could not escape it.
On the plus side, the waitress was super friendly and looked after us very well and is the only reason I gave it 2 stars
Food: not a buffet person, but for the 1st time in my life, got the buffet--best (southern) catfish I've ever had; sides, yummy, like Gramma's; Decor: not much to speak of--hasn't been updated since 1967 but what in the Mammoth Cave area has? Service: exactly what I expected: slow moving, local hometown service. Sweet, but not necessarily efficient. This ain't the big city folks-for $8 you can feed an army on good home cooking. Get over yourselves!
Review Source:I'm not sure why this restaurant is even open. It's so awful I almost feel like I'm picking on them by leaving a review. If it weren't for the people I went here with I would have turned around and walked back out. I'm not even sure where to begin other than a general warning. The restaurant is dirty. The food looks/tastes terrible. I'm sorry, I'm just at a loss for words here.
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