V & T Cafe & Grill

I eat here frequently! I think I have brought almost all of my friends here to share in the wonderful homey atmosphere and enjoy great food! I absolutely love the staff and owners. They are good people. Headed there for a late lunch now. I highly recommend this place.

V&T Cafe & Grill is the best! I've been coming here since I was a little girl. Lily, the owner, decorates the place herself. They have 32 flavors of ice cream and an extensive menu! Everything from delicious salads, soup, appetizers, sandwiches, dinner items and weekly specials! Some of my favorites are the V&T burger, cheesesteak, chicken stir fry and the best chicken salad in town! They also have the best fries whether you want steak fries or sweet potato fries. 🙂 Love this place.

Just went here for lunch last week. This place has been here for at least 25 years and hasn’t changed a bit. The prices on the menu are shockingly low for what you get. It’s a casual cafe atmosphere with a nice menu and good service.

Excellent place to eat to get away from the everyday chain restaurants and have good food at good prices. Very family friendly and if you go more than once the owner will remember you and invest in your life as well with her conversations. My children love to eat there because they get a free scoop of ice cream with the kids meals and they love to be able to go look in the ice cream display case and pick out what they want.

Very good food, Reasonabl priced with lots of deserts! Check out the ice cream.

Absolutely love this place! Hidden gem! Very good quality food. Owner makes the deserts and they are much better than most places!!! Prices are very good. Must check this place out! NOTE, some menu's online are outdated and we're not posted by owner so prices might be more than online listening. Try it. You will be back

The only time I have sent back food in my life.

This was truly the most hysterical and awful dining experience of my life. I ordered the Chef's salad ($9) and was simply expecting what we all remember from school lunches (the only option for adults visiting) - a simple salad, with ham cheese and egg.

What I got was;
A pile of shredded lettuce
4 whole rolled pieces of ham on the side (first ? moment)
1 whole piece of Kraft singles cheese (WHAT!)
a hard boiled egg that was green and black around the yolk
Bottled (Kraft?) cheapo ranch

I tried to eat this... I had to get back to work and only have so much time so I take my first bite and decide I simply can't. When the waitress finally comes around to ask how everything is, I let her know that unfortunately I do not like this salad, and would like to send it back.

This might be a good time to mention that I was never once rude to any of these people (despite the owner earning it), and tipped the waitress $2 on a $3 bill (paid for my wifes fries)

The waitress goes to get the owner. The owner comes out and at first, concernedly asked what was wrong with my salad. I told her that I did not like it, its simply not what I was expecting and that unfortunately I did want to send it back.

She asks me to elaborate...

I give her the above reasons, and explain I was expecting homemade ranch, croutons (which they have upon request, after they give you plastic wrapped crackers with your $9 salad), sliced ham and egg that was boiled correctly (OH, and maybe toss the salad? How am I supposed to mix this heaping pile of mostly lettuce on a small plate?) - she is unphased and now lets me know that despite me not eating the salad, I will be paying full price. I said "No, im sorry but I will not be paying for this salad"...

2 minutes pass like this with her insisting that I will pay for the salad - I refuse.

Finally she decides it will be good enough for me to pay her "costs" on the salad. This is awesome - I am beginning to realize the person I am dealing with...

I ask if she is serious, and she insists that I must pay her cost of making the salad (Kraft single and all!)

I refuse, she insists and finally I had no choice...

"I guess you should go ahead and call the police, because I am NOT paying you anything for this disgusting salad"

Longer story short - she made ask her to call the police about 5 times before giving up and losing the $.90 she had invested in the worlds worst salad.

If I didn't know that the locals love this place, I would feel certain many of these reviews are fake or paid for. This manager/owner gave me an epic and hysterical story about the absolute worst experience I have ever had in a restaurant that didn't literally make me sick.

Also - I notice that the owner seems to reply to many of the reviews. I am curious to see if the response is at all reasonable or completely in line with the person I met. For what its worth, I will not be visiting again and I will not revise this review. You were terrible, you weren't even remotely interested in asking if I would like anything else etc - you just insisted I would pay full price for something I didn't eat (for good reason, it was epic levels of underwhelming for $9) and then fell back on wanting your costs.

If you are so concerned with replying to individual reviews, I am absolutely STUNNED you would risk this review in all its glory, over the COST of a $9 salad.

Thanks for reading : )

The food is great here and so are the workers. There sandwichs are great! Actually all there food is great. The owner is very good and fun to talk to. If you have not been there, then you are missing out on a real treat.

I love to eat at V&T Cafe! Every time I have any out of town Real Estate Clients come in, we always go there to enjoy the subs and ice cream! Great prices for a Realtor with an expense report! LOVE IT!

This is an excellent combo restaurant specializing in coffee and ice cream! It has been around so long that it is now one of the oldest restaurants in Lynchburg. The service and decor are very good. If you want something different I recommend trying this restaurant.