Golden Girls Restaurant

On the way back from Florida and we were looking for anything that wasn’t fast food. Unilocal helped us find Golden Girls, and based on recommendations, it was worth the stop for lunch.
As others have said, Golden Girls offers home cooking style meals with a Smoky Mountain décor and really friendly service. When you walk in the front door you’re immediately greeted by a member of staff standing in, basically grandma’s kitchen! There is seating in the front and back.
We were seated in the back which is a large room which pays homage to all things Tennessee Vols. The food was good and the portions were just right. They even offer to-​go cups which is always welcome on a long drive. I recommend the next time you’re in the area, skip the fast food and try Golden Girls.

When you want excellent home cooking — this is the place to go. The staff is friendly and service is pretty prompt. Extra points for being locally owned instead of a franchise ;-) Décor is charming and inviting. Must.Visit.Again!

Nice family type restaurant. We had a BLT, a hot ham and cheese, and a roast beef and gravy. We all cleaned our plates. The bill was about $ 20. Great staff, sure is better than a chain restaurant.

Stopped here on the way to Gatlinburg. Delicious southern food, cozy atmosphere with excellent service. We had the broasted chicken with green beans and mashed potatoes and the grilled tenderloin with cole slaw. Chicken was super moist and crispy breading. Grilled tenderloin did not need a knife, very tender. Mashed potatoes and cole slaw were delicious, but the green beans were average.

Golden Girls specializes in certain dishes — their ‘Broasted Chicken’ is great. Their desserts are very good and their breakfasts are very good as well. However, their salads are not. The Chef Salad has bologna type meat, not the freshest of greens, the cheap pre-​shredded cheese that tastes like cardboard, absolutely awful. It is an institution in Clinton however and has become so due to the menu selections it does well. Moral? Choose carefully.

Friendly staff, small little hole in the wall restaurant.
The meals are good portion, a little bland. Decent prices. Pies are amazing!

Cute place, really really nice staff.
Pork tenderloin was hot and ok. I am pretty sure the potatoes are from a box and taste like fake butter. Fried Okra tasted like they just made it.
Bananna pudding was so so. The peanut butter pie was really really good but small.
I love their salads and ranch dressing. In fact, I am craving one of their salads right now.
The reason I only gave it 3 star is they use fake potatoes.
The people who work at Golden Girls are so nice and seem sincerely happy to help you. It is because of the people that I will go back and keep trying different things till hopefully I find something there I like.

Always great food, at a good price… Friendly Staff. Never had a bad experience there. Great Family Atmosphere.

Instant potatoes and thick salty gravy from a mix. I really thought I was going to get some great food in the traditional southern style. What I got was straight from the restaurant supply store.
The cucumber and onion salad was very nice and I enjoyed the rolls. The child’s meal was just just frozen strips and fries.
Service was friendly and efficient so no complaints there.
The price was certainly inexpensive but the food wasn’t worth a higher price. This was a mediocre diner at best and is not the southern sweet spot I was expecting.
I travel through the area several times a year and I will avoid this place.

An average dining experience. My buddy and I ordered the country fried steak. Service was fast– maybe too fast. They came out in less than 5 minutes. Probably cooked ahead or nuked. Gravy was bland but the onion/​cucumber salad was nice and refreshing. My friend’s okra was very good or do he says. I have never enjoyed it. The atmosphere could have been livened up a bit both with some music and better air circulation. A hot day all over these parts but the ceiling fans were all off.

Everything was very good. You feel like you’re eating at someone’s house. We ordered both breakfast and dinner meals, great portions!

Nice server and home style atmosphere. The Dinners my family had were average. My beef roast, mashed potatoes and gravy seemed processed from a can. It was nourishment and I ate it since we needed to get back on the road. I did not like it at all. The bill was expensive for the type and quality of food we had.

So my friends and I stopped here on our way to Lexington from Atlanta. It’s just about half way between the two. A nice little place and the only original restaurant it looked like. The staff was very friendly though they need to get more than one bathroom. The line got backed up and we had to go to the gas station.
I order Broasted chicken which is a fancy way of saying fried. It was good as were the mashed potatoes, corn and bread. Overall it was a good meal.

For years I’ve been wanting to come to this restaurant. Whenever I am on I-​75 visiting my family in Georgia, I see the sign and just passed through. This year I made the effort dining in on a late afternoon for lunch.
Golden Girls Restaurant has nothing to do with the actual television show, but just had to dine here because of the name, good reviews and the fact that I love diners/​family restaurants.
This is located off I-​75 close to the Tennessee/​Kentucky border which is 0.2÷0.3 miles off the exit. It’s next to Arby’s and a hotel.
I didn’t know what to expect of this place when I pulled up. It was a cabin like building. When I went inside, I was greeted by elderly women working there. I had a great feeling that I was already going to like this place.
The front is a kitchen (before you are seated to the dining area). They don’t do the actual cooking there, but it feels like you are at home. The décor is country style (laced curtains and nostalgic cooking ware) mixed with Tennessee sports memorabilia.
I was seated right away. My server was super sweet. I just got a water, but already knew what I wanted to order.
I got the scrambled eggs (2) with 3 pieces of bacon and 2 biscuits with gravy (you get your choice of grits, toast or biscuits) for only $ 4.45! What a deal!
My food was out within 10 minutes. It was delicious, especially the biscuits which was fresh (not hard or crumbly) and bacon was not too greasy. It’s a family restaurant with a taste of diner quality food!
Besides breakfast, they do serve lunch and dinner. They have salads, hamburgers, country fried steak, chicken fingers, homemade desserts and more.
Restaurant and bathrooms are clean.
They give you a ticket/​bill at y and you pay up front.
Accept credit cards.
I’m so glad I finally got to eat here! They food is so good and on top of that, it’s cheap!!!
If you are traveling on I-​75, I recommend you stop here! I had a great experience.
Instead of stopping at a Krystals or Subway, I will now dine here every time I visit my parents in Georgia.

Drove through on ¹¹⁄₀₅ on our way to fly-​fish in NC. Good home-​cooking. Desserts crazy delicious! I think it was the apple stack cake that was the best. The rolls are yummy and the fish tasty. Will definitely be back!

Down home country cooking at very reasonable prices very close to the Interstate and it was the only non-​chain restaurant I noticed in the area. It was a good choice. Each day there is a special or two and it comes with two sides and a roll or cornbread for $ 5.99. I had the catfish and my daughter had the broasted chicken breast. My other daughter chose the chicken finger salad and she loved it and couldn’t eat it all. My son got…(I know this is a huge surprise if you follow my reviews)…chicken fingers. If you’re ever en route to or from Gatlinburg from Kentucky this is a great place to stop for breakfast or lunch. Well, or if you live in that area, it’s a great choice.

The breakfast was great. Good home cooking. Will definitely be back! Service was great and everyone was nice.