Almost Home

Great southern food. Wonderful pork chops, roast, green and sweet potatoes. The owners are great down to earth folks. Be sure to sit in the back. Great view of Lake Sibley!

I would definitely recommend this place if you are looking for good home cooked food! People aren’t very outgoing but food is great!

Strongly recommend going ANYWHERE else in Natchitoches than this place. I’ve been coming here off and on since I was able to walk. My grandparents loved it so Sunday lunch was spent here for several years until it went under new management. Since then we have returned every now and then. Today I went to purchase a large take out order for the men that work at my school (I’m a student worker) getting ready for the new school year. I came in to get a quote and a menu for my boss to look over. While I was in there the older lady (mid 40’s, tall, slightly heavy set) was rather rude to the younger lady (early 20’s, slim) working there too, but I got my info and then later called in my lunch order. I got there to pick up, and was informed that my tax exempt form would not be honored nor would she take the credit card I’ve used at every other restaurant in town. Therefore, I told the afore mentioned older lady that I could not pay for the food and she then began ranting at me and then made me call my boss so she could rant at him too! I was going to return to buy my own lunch from Almost Home, but needless to say, I did not. Almost Home took my day from the usual to ‘almost’ fired in a matter of 30 minutes. I wouldn’t give this place one star if I didn’t have to for my review to post.

I would definitely like to thank the Unilocal community for mentioning this place… Chrissy, you have good taste!
This was one of the best porkchops I have ever tasted, although this is not traditional buffet as most people think. Buffet here means that all the food is out, and you pick what you want, but you only go through one time.
Update on price, it is now $ 8 for one meat, three sides, and a roll or cornbread. Tea is $ 1, soda $ 2 and dessert $ 2. The meat choices were porkchops, hamburger steak, chicken spaghetti and taco casserole. They had wonderful stewed okra and Friday nights is an all you can eat catfish fry.

Great place to eat if your looking for some good southern cooking. Their buffett food is delicious. Price has gone up, but so has every thing. Still a good bit of food for your $$$. Could have tea varieties.

Almost Home’s awesome buffet is one of the very few things I liked about Natchitoches when I was there as a student. «Mom and Pop» were super nice and the food was delicious yet cheap. In 97, you could get a drink, meat, two vegetable sides and a dessert for under $ 5.
I remember they had outstanding fried pork chops, meat loaf and coconut cream pie. The tea was questionable on some days, though. Most days it was delicious but some days it tasted like «sweet tomato trash.» Oh and watch out, Almost Home help me put on a full Freshman 15.