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Always enjoy this small town USA eatery. The owner is the best. The staff is always friendly. We had a new server who certainly took our teasing like a pro. Not far from the highway and well worth the few minute detour!
Server never refilled drinks or checked on table for more food she sat at the counter playing on her phone. Had to ask a little girl for help. Fish and fries were overcooked and hard to eat!
This place has some of the best food in the area. Not to mention the portions are sizeable. Great place to eat
Friends and I decided to take an adventure! We’d never eaten at Mudcat. Our first meal was Sunday lunch. We decided that day that the Mudcat was “our kind of place”. A few days later we had brunch! It was a DELICIOUS‼️Again, great service! It was well worth driving a few miles for a very enjoyable eating experience ‼️
My dad and I decided to pop in to try the food here and we left happy and full! He had all you can eat fried chicken, fried mushrooms, and mashed potatoes. We also ordered gravy for the potatoes, to our surprise it was sausage gravy. Not what we'd usually expect but still delicious. The only thing I'd critique on his meal was adding more salt to the breading on the chicken. The chicken itself was absolutely wonderful. Tender and juicy! Just needed a pinch of salt on the breading. I have always wondered if there was a restaurant that made served customers whatever they wanted and I was delighted to see they offered The Matt on the menu. You tell the waitress if you like spicy or not and if there's any food you're allergic to/don't like. That's it. Then you wait for your surprise meal! I sipped on my snickers iced coffee while waiting on my non-spicy, i-like-everything-especially-mushrooms meal. Then out came a HUGE plate of homemade nacho chips covered with queso, chicken, peppers/onions, arugula, mushrooms, a sweet/tangy sauce, and dollops of loaded potato bites. I loved it. I'm not typically a nacho person, so next time I think I'll opt out of chips, but the toppings were fantastic. We finished the large meal with a thick slice of chocolate cake. When I tell people I'm craving chocolate, their cake is what I'm going to envision from now on!! Moist cake, smooth and creamy icing. Perfect amount of sweetness. Not overly rich AT ALL. I was shocked. Double chocolate is easily overwhelming but they've unlocked the secret to a balanced sweet. If you're a ceramic mug fan they also offer very cute mugs up front. $30 for inquiring minds. We'll definitely be back to try more things!
This is a must on your restaurant adventure list! Great food! Great service! Great atmosphere! You won't be disappointed!! The French toast is fire! 🔥
I love finding Gems like this place! The ladies here are all so nice and the food was amazing. We had to take home a shake for the kiddo and try their coffee. Everything was wonderful. Highly recommend stopping in if you are passing by.
Coffee was great, bacon was generous and very good!
This place is well worth the drive every time we visit and we live 60+ miles out. I had the buffalo chicken fries the first time and have trouble getting something different every time I’m here. They’re like none other. I had one of the burgers once and they’re fantastic as well. A terrific place with good service, people and atmosphere if you’re ever passing through!
Wonder atmosphere!!! Great food and very kind people. Awesome old building with so much character.
The food is always delicious the staff is friendly will come out to your table and talk to you will customize your item if you want something else added. It's a Small place full of flavor never had anything that we didn't like. Don't believe any negative review about this place. Somebody just had their panties in a twist we were there the other night the food was absolutely delicious was a little warm and stuffy in the corner we were sitting in, to be expected in a small place with a grill and a deep fryer and ovens going and some older gentlemen yelled and move seats two or three times about it being so cold and we set right beside him maybe shouldn't wear shorts in late October. Take those kind of people with a grain of salt this place is a must see. YOU WON'T BE SORRY!!!
Food is always great and so is the staff . tonight as we were eating we had to put up with a very angry customer who was complaining about how cold it was and causing a scene. He moved table's 3 times. The couple that was with him did not move. (So it couldn't have been as bad as he was making it ) We thought it was comfortable in the restaurant . My advice to the" Male Karen" is that maybe you should NOT wear shorts in October in MO.
The food was delicious but the gentleman that made a scene over it being to cold was a male Karen. The owner even turned the ac off just to satisfy his little hissy fit. Thanks for making us hot male Karen. We have been to this amazing little cafe many many times. The food is and always will be the best in the area.
Food was AMAZING as always tonight!!! Employees as always so friendly an handled themselves very well when a very rude customer was complaining about the air blowing on him definitely he needed to stop being a karen cause I got a little warm.
Below is a picture of the pie we had to get to go because the a/c was blowing so hard and directly on half of the restaurant, my wife and I had to move because it was so cold and uncomfortable. The food was just okay, nothing special. The coconut cream pie below was a $3.00 piece of pie, you be the judge. If you are thinking of going here, don’t! It’s a shame that a small little town like Oak Ridge would be represented by this poor restaurant.
LOVED this place!! Until yesterday (10/1) when I found a piece of foil and a hair in my nachos 🤦♀️ I wish I could let myself go back there but that was a dealbreaker to have that happen in the same order of food!
I've ate here since she started making food and it's always great.. What makes The Mudcat fantastic is Becky's relentless, it seems, innovation to spice things up! I'm never disappointed to spend money on quality foods.. including a whole apple pie 🍎
Very good service and food was delicious! We were driving home and it was well worth the shirt 3 miles off the interstate. LoVEd it and will visit again
I've waited 3 years to visit and eat here. I was disappointed that I wasn't there at the same time the main cook was there (for a surprise me dish). Also 2 of the 4 dishes we ate where not even close to my expectation.
Went to Mudcat with Buds several nights back..my first time. I had a yummy dish that was an openface bacon burger with fries on top then queso sauce over all. Very nice. I plan to come again.