Shoney's - Emporia

Waitress did a good job. The buffet was very high priced for Seniors and price incorrectly quoted: food was cold. Did not bring any fresh chicken or fish to the bar in the thirty minutes we were there. Spoke with manager and she says food is dumped between lunch and supper but, they did not do that yesterday. Will see if the food is any better as Shonna says to come back in, she was very apologetic.

Dinner last night was homestyle good! But the star of the night was Hallie! So personable and friendly. The chicken fried steak and mac and cheese were such a comfort after 7 hours on the road. Hallie made sure everything was hot and as good as she promised. She was such a joy to two weary travelers.

Stopped through during our travels. Seemed to be a slower night for them but none the less it was a great experience our hostess greeted us and sat us with a great smile and happy energetic voice. She then turned into our waitress and introduced herself as Miss Haley and took our drink orders and got us all set up to eat. We all got buffet and the food was fresh hot and yummy with good variety! The restaurant was very clean and well taken care of! Miss Haley kept a constant check on us removing all our old plates, refilling our drinks, and just making sure we were enjoying our experience. She talked with us and enjoyed her overall friendliness and service. We watched as she greeted everyone else that entered, sat them, and waited on them all with the same happy energetic attitude she did with us. Once we had finished up she ended up being our cashier as well! And left a cute personal note on our bill! We really enjoyed our visit and will definitely visit again when passing through! I highly recommend visiting this shoneys and meeting Miss Haley! 10/10

Sorry Shoneys, used to love you. Food quality is low, service was terrible. I get we walked in an hour before you closed but no menus, asked what we want to drink and offered the buffet. For$15.50, we had very grew options and what was there really wasn't good. I thought, quite I used to love Shoneys as a kid (40 years ago). We don't have them up both so this would be great. Just really disappointed.

Well, if I could give no stars I would! Worst seafood buffet I’ve ever experienced. Two fish items on the buffet, some kind of white fish broiled and trout covered in some crunchie coating and deep fried. Both were at best “cool” not even warm. There were peel eat shrimp that were slimy. This is the first and only time I ordered a buffet without viewing it first. We asked our waitress before ordering and she said the buffet was excellent so all four in our party ordered. $14.99 per person for this and add another $4.00 per person for sweet teas, I was less than impressed. Service was poor, the buffet was the worst experience I’ve ever had. I am writing off Shoney’s as a place to eat on my travels. I do not recommend Shoney’s to anyone.Raymond Johnson