Pat's Kountry Kitchen, McCaysville, Georgia

While staying at a vacation rental home on Fightingtown Creek in McCaysville, Georgia recently, I read about a restaurant in McCaysville that was referred to as having good home cooking. The name of the place is Pat's Kountry Kitchen. It is located just a short distance out of town. You can't miss it; there is a huge sign out front!

We got there very early for dinner. We were so early that we were the only customers. We were greeted when we entered, and asked if we wanted a table or booth. We chose a booth by the windows. If you don't want to sit by the window, chose a table and you will have a little more room to spread out.

The gentleman who seated us took our drink orders and brought the drinks. A waitress approached us next and asked if we were ready to order. She didn't state her name unfortunately. We asked for a little more time so that we could familiarize ourselves with the menu. I always ask for extra lemon for my tea and I did get what I asked for!

Prices are reasonable. The most expensive item on the menu is a 14 ounce T-bone for $14.99. The average price for a dinner runs about $10.00. Sandwich platters, which includes a sandwich and two sides, runs $6.49 to $7.49 and there is a '˜pint sized vittles' selection for the kids. They sell the usual assortment of sodas, sweet tea and coffee. They also serve family style meals, which is great for a larger group. You pick your '˜meats' and you get 4 sides and it is all served family style.

We ordered off the regular part of the menu they call "Good Ole Vittles". My husband had the 10 piece fried shrimp dinner for $10.99 and I ordered the grilled catfish dinner for $9.99. You get 3 sides with your meal. My husband chose fries, cole saw and corn. I had mashed potatoes, corn and applesauce. You get your choice of biscuits, corn bread or hush puppies, we chose biscuits.

We had '˜assumed' corn meant corn, but it turned out to be more of a creamed corn, which isn't something that I care for. The catfish was cooked perfectly, the mashed potatoes were hot and the applesauce was your basic jar variety. My husband's fries were crinkle cut, pretty basic. He loves cole slaw and said it was delicious. He didn't care for the corn either.

Overall, you get enough food at Pat's Kountry Kitchen, although the catfish portion was a little skimpy. Oh, did I mention the drinks, we were served Sprite and a sweet tea in huge glasses and they refilled them. What a deal! Considering we were the only customers, we did think that the service was rather slow.

We thought about ordering apple pie, but by the time we finished our meal we were sufficiently full. They have a limited choice of sweets including cheesecake, chocolate cake and a few pies.

It is not a fancy place, so don't get all dolled up to go to Pat's Kountry Kitchen. It is rather large and I imagine that they do a good business once the tourist season kicks into high gear. I would also assume that after church on Sundays they are very busy.

So, if you happen to be near McCaysville, Tennessee and have a hankering for some old time kountry kookin', stop by Pat's Kountry Kitchen at 1256 Blue Ridge Drive, McCaysville, Georgia, 706-492-5477.Unfortunately, they don't have a website.

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Personal experience