Shoney’s Restaurant-Corporate

Pretty typical low class low rating restaurant. I mean seriously it’s Shoney’s my expectations were never high I only expect to be treated decently at least. They stay in business I guess because there aren’t many choices in the area at all.
It’s typical waitress standing around talking, waiting to get seated stuff.
Today was it however I had been going there because I truly like the apples and rice for breakfast Buffett. Sometimes I sit down and eat sometimes I take it to go. Today they put out a sign $ 6.99 per pound for to go breakfast so I asked when did that start she said «today because a man took advantage and filled his box with bacon». I thought oh goodness. Well apparently they weighed mine with my side banana and biscuit and jelly and butter total was $ 24.69 wow so I was looking at getting the gift card $ 25 which says use and get 10% off all meals well after a good 20 min of several hostess trying to figure out the gift card and price etc they basically could not say «we don’t know what we’re doing». They could not somehow ring up the gift card nor give me 10%.
Will never return they not only wasted my time but the several other persons waiting behind. I will call corporate one for wasting my time number two the manager was uninterested in helping and said oh well and it’s poor service on top of advertisement.
But again the food is ok half the time they run out oh wait for them to fill it back up etc same crappy service.
I would like to give 0 stars that’s not an option.

This place is a chain, we saw them a lot traveling from NYC to Nashville. Neither of us have ever eaten there, and when leaving Nashville and wanting breakfast we tried it. They have a menu you can order from or a buffet — we got there about noon and they had both lunch and breakfast available. (A+ for that.)
Nothing fancy at all, but cheap so it balances itself out.
Decent, not amazing.

My husband and I used to come here all the time. For the breakfast buffet. And it used to be so good and fresh. But the last time I ate there. I not only wanted my money back. I also felt like it should be shut down. My shoes was sticking to the carpet. Smdh

I live just a few blocks from this Shoneys so about once a year I give them another chance to see if it has gotten any better… IT NEVER DOES… The buffet is moderatlly priced, but there is a reason for that. It’s just not very good. On my last visit, I was there for 30 minutes with the fried chicken bin empty and never refilled. Green beans from a can with no flavor at all. I said something to the server and she simply said.“Everybody is complaining about the buffet today. Will never darken their doors again.

Terrible service. Food ok. NOT CLEAN. floor around buffet sticky. took forever to be greeted by server and order a drink. Flies love this place. Shoneys is based in Nashville like Bob Evans is based in Ohio. I’d drive to Ohio before I eat here again. Can’t believe corporate allows this place to be this bad on the home turf!

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I usually round off to the nearest dollar when I tip, and at least 20% for even the most minimum of service. But this was the first time I took out a calculator to figure the tip out to the nearest penny at 15%. The service was one of the most inattentive I’ve ever experienced.
a.) I asked for a cheeseburger. I got a plain burger. To her credit, she charged me for the burger because she wrote down burger.
b.) I like to ask for my dessert at the same time as my meal. When she brought out my burger, she said that when I’m ready for my dessert, she’ll bring it right out. She quickly left before I could ask for it now. I waited about 20 minutes until she came around again to ask if I wanted that sundae I had asked to be served with my meal.
c.) She asked me if I wanted more tea. I said yes, and then she got interrupted by another waitress asking her a question that she never came back to refill the glass.
d.) She practically yelled at me when I was spooning off the extra whipped cream off of my sundae. I don’t mind whipped cream; I just wasn’t planning on eating all of it, just half. In an exasperated tone, she asked why I didn’t tell her that I didn’t want whipped cream. I didn’t need to tell her because I didn’t think she’d pay attention (see a-​c), and because I don’t have a problem taking off some of it myself.
As for the food, it was just okay. I had a basic burger (would have preferred it with cheese) and french fries. I don’t have any notes on the fries, so it was probably okay. The whipped cream on the sundae made me bloat nearly immediately (glad I didn’t eat all of it), and the sundae itself was actually quite good.
I have never been in a Shoney’s, so I had no idea what to expect. There was a buffet area (which I don’t think the waitress offered info on). It was popular enough, as nearly every table around me had plates of fried chicken from it.

I’m nervous. Really nervous. Like, palms-​are-​sweaty-​knees-​weak-​arms-​are-​heavy
–there’s-vomit-on-his-sweater-already-mom’s-spaghetti nervous.
I’m holding my breath and jumping in.
3 stars for Shoneys.
This may confuse some of you, but I think this high rating is warranted. Why? Is it the food? Could powdered eggs and stacks of luke-​warm sausage links under a sneeze guard have a place in this world? Hail Naw.
I’ll tell you what’s so badass about this place — People watching. Heaven on Earth, guys. Did you know that Shoney’s is one of the few places in town where you can encounter a language barrier even though everyone claims English as their mother tongue? Seriously, there’s no better place to enjoy a view of the local riff-​raff then over a plate of sad pancakes & chicken gristle at the White Bridge Shoney’s. Dental problems, same-​side-​sitters, mullets, matching air brushed t-​shirts the couple in the corner picked up on their way home from Panama City Beach — Shoney’s has it all. Not to mention all the evidence of physical abuse: So many bruises on so many hoes. They should really consider doubling as a battered women’s shelter. $ 1 off per bruise, $ 5 for stitches: Charity Shoney’s Way. Think of all the tax write-​offs. Sounds like a solid business plan to me.
The service was solid. The waitress, who I’ll call Wanda (because I can’t remember her name and she looks like a Wanda), was great. She was there to greet me with a smile and to fill up my mug with a hot beverage they refer to as ‘coffee.’ She was also quick with the order & quick to deliver the check — just the way I like it. I can’t remember the exact amount of the bill– somewhere around $ 10 — but I felt this was too high for ‘coffee’ and sad pancakes. I think Shoney’s should give you the option to pay in puka shells, VHS tapes, wampum, or some other form of extinct currency in order to get the true value of your meal.
Still, while the food isn’t my favorite, Shoney’s isn’t the worst place in the world to go if you’re in the mood for some laughs.

I would like to preface this by saying I love Shoney’s, in particular the Shoney’s in Nashville, TN, at White Bridge Road. My parents met here, twenty five years ago when my mom was a server and my dad was a dishwasher. I had more than one birthday dinner here as a kid. My parents even had a sit down dinner with me here when I was ten to tell me (gulp) that there was no tooth fairy. So, although the food quality and service quality has been going down at this location for a while, I kept coming.
Tonight was, by far, the worst experience I have ever had at any restaurant ever. My server was very slow, and she messed up both my order (I asked for no onions or mayo, and got both on my burger) and my cousin’s order (he asked for no tomatos, and got what seemed to be extra tomatos).
But I was willing to overlook that. I asked for a hot fudge cake. Since I can’t eat ice cream (gallbladder has issues with dairy products), I suggested to my cousin, in front of my server, that he could eat the ice cream, and he could have the ice cream. Since our service had already been slow, my cousin joked that we should make note of the time. Good thing we did.
Twenty two minutes later, I recieved a hot fudge ice cream sundae. I was frustrated, but having been a server, I understood what it was like to juggle a menu and I said forget it, trying to be polite.
Then, as I waited at the register, I heard my server, LOUDLY, in the kitchen with the open door, complaining about me to the cook staff. I heard that I was a «liar», that she «knew what [I] said,» and how she’d «better be getting a tip.» Baffled, my cousin loudly said, «You know we can hear you, right?» I can’t imagine what would’ve been said he let it go further.
So, I’ll never go back to Shoney’s again. And unfortunately, this story will be repeated to many others. The constantly revolving staff, management, and changing menus were offputting enough, but the rudeness is intolerable.
Too bad there isn’t a «0» stars option.

When I was a kid growing up, we had Elias Brothers Big Boy. When we came down here to visit my grandma, I was confused because it was Shoney’s Big Boy. I guess at some point Shoney’s had a spat with Big Boy and so it became Shoney’s. I learned this the hard way one year when I mistakenly ordered a «Big Boy». She looked at me like I had killed her dog.
This Shoney’s probably won’t kill your dog, but it might kill you. The several times I’ve been here, the service is usually slightly below average. I’m not sure if this is because nobody wants to be here or if its just exceedingly busy. Today I had to wait to pay while the hostess ran around looking for the cashier who was apparently engaged in cleaning the gentleman’s bathroom. She tried to hand this task off to another employee to said «I don’t like cleaning no mans room!».
Still, if you are looking for dinner and a show, Shoney’s will satisfy, but just barely.