The Historic Magnolia House

This is a historic landmark, one of only a few surviving Green locations. Greenbook you may ask? Go to the website or look up greenbook online. These locations fed and have shelter to African American travelers in the Jim Crow South for decades.Today 's Magnolia House still feeds and gives shelter to all. As for the food. We met on a lazy GHOE Sunday morning for brunch after a very eventful weekend.We were smoking the first seated for 10am brunch I believe. We shared the roasted sweet potato and beets which had caramelized onions ghost cheese and spinach. It was amazing and I will try to duplicate. Fried green tomatoes were also tasty. The show stopper was the oxtail and grits. The grits were excellent and super creamy. The oxtail were very messy, not super fatty and we 're very well cooked. Just excellent.The atmosphere was great and service was attentive, even with a trainee always in tow.

This is a historic landmark, one of only a few surviving Green locations. Greenbook you may ask? Go to the website or look up greenbook online. These locations fed and have shelter to African American travelers in the Jim Crow South for decades. Today 's Magnolia House still feeds and gives shelter to all. As for the food. We met on a lazy GHOE Sunday morning for brunch after a very eventful weekend. We were smoking the first seated for 10am brunch I believe. We shared the roasted sweet potato and beets which had caramelized onions ghost cheese and spinach. It was amazing and I will try to duplicate. Fried green tomatoes were also tasty. The show stopper was the oxtail and grits. The grits were excellent and super creamy. The oxtail were very messy, not super fatty and we 're very well cooked. Just excellent.The atmosphere was great and service was attentive, even with a trainee always in tow.

I debated writing to management, but my Google presented to me my day 's activities to rate, so I 'm doing it. I was super disappointed today when, understandably, there was no room for 4 of us at the famed Sunday brunch. Had my husband not made reservations on the website, I 'd have let it go. But it was bc no one answered the phone, that he went to the website this morning, which said outdoor seating was available and that he could book online, so he did. It said reserve table now , he picked a date, party size and it said there were tables available and the res. looked to be complete. When we got there, they said No, we need to email you a confirmation. The outdoor seating is not available. I need to explain why the website, Magnolia House 's responsibility, totally let us down, why it 's a big deal, and why it needs some attention. I was paying a visit to two people; my BirthMom, who uses a walker and has aphasia (at best) and lives West of the city, and her sister, whose cancer is not in remission, and lives SE of Greensboro. Coordinating this wasn 't easy. They are both frail, and husband and I had a 7 hour drive ahead of us, in addition to getting everyone back to their respective homes. We went to 3 other places before we could find a place to have our good-bye brunch.Lastly, the water line cover on the sidewalk outside is a lawsuit waiting to happen, and thankfully, it was my husband who fell in the hole and not my birthmom with her walker.I gave 3 stars bc I 'm sure the services we didn 't receive and the food we didn 't eat are top-notch. Sometimes, it is the little things however, that can make all the difference.

Love Magnolia House! Such a wonderful meal and fascinating history! We’ll be back!

I visited for brunch on my birthday this weekend and it was AMAZING!!The Staff and Chef are wonderful. They were very attentive, the quality of food is above most restaurants in town. You will not be disappointed with anything on the menu.The ambience of the place is beautiful and well designed. It is a great place for parties or events.