Jay’s Family Restaurant

So let me tell you about this great food and service.
I’m always in a rush but need good food to keep me healthy at work but always on the road so I usually dip into fast food because it’s easy and convienant, but sometimes I crave real food, and today is the day, but I also know 20 min or more wait time. So I stop here first time, I order liver and gravy squash casserole mashed potatoes and gravy and think we’ll I got a long day today I’ll get something extra o get bowl of beans and cornbread and sweet tea .
After ordering they bring my sweet tea and three mins later they have my food and cashier ready for me to pay. I was like what ! That’s crazy time, but say well it’s gotta be cold and old. To my surprise delicious and Hot! When I’m in this area this will be my new fast food but home cooked meal I’m very happy! Thanks Jays!

Quick, friendly service at a great, low price! I’ve been meaning to try this place out for years and I finally did last week. No regrets! Way closer than Cracker Barrel and about half the price. Obviously, there’s no cutesy souvenir shop with scented candles and skillets, but the food is good. The greens were really good, but I don’t think they cook them with ham; I kinda missed the hammy flavour a little. However, the catfish was excellent and everything came out in less than ten minutes. We grabbed a slice of chess pie and pecan pie to go. The chess pie was pretty good, but the pecan pie was AMAZING. I don’t even like pecan pie, but I loved this. The pecans were nice and crunchy and a little salty, which helped to offset the sweet filling. Don’t come here expecting homemade food made fresh to order, but if you just want a quick and affordable bite this will definitely do.

Friendly service. Warm atmosphere. Eclectic group of local patrons. Good food. Nothing fancy here, just a small town diner that doesn’t realize Nashville isn’t a small town. I had eggs, bacon, home fries, and a biscuit. All the food was decent (if a little bland), but a belly full of hot food is less than $ 10. This is a place where salt and pepper don’t mean kosher sea salt and fresh cracked peppercorn. If you’re looking for adventure, look elsewhere. If you’re looking for a bit of grandma’s kitchen in a big city, come on in. It’s a refreshingly genuine place in an increasingly trendy obsessed city. I’m from a little rural town myself, and this felt like home.

If you live north of Nashville and are suffering jet-​lag, this is a fine place to be at 5:30a if you nowhere else to be.
This was my first experience here, and I didn’t prefer the pancakes, but I’m looking forward to trying it again. The specials menu looked good, and I wished I had noticed it before ordering.

My family has eaten at Jays since they opened. Today was the last time I will ever patronize this restaurant. After ordering the all you can eat catfish, I was unable to eat all of the 2 pieces on the plate. I advised the waitress that I wanted to change to the meat & three plate that consists of 2 pieces of fish. The server went to David, the manager, and asked that she be given permission to change my ticket to what I actually had, the $ 7.49 meat & three. He refused to reduce the price. Their reasoning, his Mama says that after it’s written on the ticket, it can’t be changed. I was forced to pay $ 9.99 for a $ 7.49 meal. I advised I would not be back & they had no problem with that. There are too many restaurants in Nashville, where customers are appreciated, for me to spend my hard– earned money at this establishment.

Spent a night in town, and close to our hotel, so we stopped for breakfast. Nice little place, food was good, the service was outstanding, a true testament to southern hospitality.

We were traveling through Nashville and just grabbed an exit looking for food. This was a nice, quaint diner. The food was good especially given the price. As a tip, if you’re going for steak, go one temperature higher (go medium well for medium).
It’s a great alternative to fast food.

great breakfast! fast friendly service

Jay’s is a place you can run in and get a pretty quick breakfast that is, OK. There isn’t really anything special about the place. It just taste like the place doesn’t really cook anything they just heat a lot of stuff up. So things taste very Robert Orr Sisco. It does have a good parking and you can usually get in and out quickly so even though the food is OK at best, I still find myself coming in here.
So the trick to Jay’s is always order the special they have written on the board by the kitchen and stay away from the regular menu cause that will cost you twice as much and you get less food.
So the bottom line on this place is. If your craving home cooked food at a sit down place. Go somewhere else. Now if your looking for food that plays the part of home cooking then this is the joint for you!

My wife and I, and some of our friends, have been here several times since we moved north of town. Frankly, it’s somewhat hit-​or-​miss, but on the whole, things tend to be good. Their mashed potatoes were a particular favorite of my wife when she was recovering from surgery. Their staff is unpretentious and occasionally loud, particularly the lady at the register (who is very nice, just… loud). We’ve never been mistreated in any way, and I can comfortably call their food above-​average. I wasn’t thrilled with their fried okra, which appears to come out of a bag of pre-​breaded, frozen stuff. On the other hand, most of their stuff is solid. If you’re in the area and want a relatively quick, reasonably priced bite to eat, it’s a decent bet.