Lizard’s Thicket Restaurants

tough country fried steak, needed to braise at least another hour, overcooked spinach no seasoning, cornbread dry and hard like it was left out overnight. Sugar in cornbread dressing what? The fried okra was good. When I first looked at the menu I thought this place was under-​priced, based on food cost and overhead, now I see based on the poor quality, pricing fits. Server was very nice.

Love drive thru window… quick with food. All meals are delicious.. 3 veggies… flounder is nicely prepared. Baked chicken too… definitely a choice to take to hotel room

What a great goto place for The Southern Comfort Food we all love here. I’ve always enjoyed the macaroni and cheese, fried pork chops and banana pudding. You guys are great. Thank you for what you do.

I have been a fan of this restaurant chain since its’ founding. The Sunset Blvd. location is close to my home. I have always found the restaurant clean and inviting. The staff is friendly and efficient. Although anyone can have an off day, the food is consistently good. I especially like their breakfast!

Good experience overall. Our waitress was very nice and cordial. The food arrived in a reasonable amount of time and tasted warm and fresh. The vegetables were delicious and the meats were cooked perfectly! The only critiques I can offer are these:
1) when we first walked in, we noticed the waitstaff all sitting down at tables near the entrance chatting. Not the most encouraging sign on your first visit to a restaurant to see employees parked on their behinds in plain view. Just a thought
2) The booths are comfortable, but ours and several others had residual crumbs from previous diners. Might have been remedied if the waitstaff did something besides sit around when we walked in.
Service: ⁷⁄₁₀; Food: ⁸⁄₁₀; Cleanliness: ⁶⁄₁₀

First and last visit! I ordered the «famous» salad with chicken. It was supposed to come with a baked chicken breast. What I got was some chunks of cold chicken breast which was slightly pink and part of a wing which was also cold and slightly pink. The lettuce was just plain old iceberg lettuce some of which was brown, there were however two cherry tomatoes. My husband ordered the turkey and dressing, fried okra and squash casserole. Oh my, the turkey looked like lunch meat, the okra was dripping grease and the squash casserole was yellow squash not quite cooked enough mixed with some bread crumbs and cheese. It also had a strong iodine taste, the dressing was mushy. The rolls that came with his meal were also cold and right out of a package. Usually when a restaurant touts that is «real» country cooking you expect that its homemade, nope I doubt anything there is homemade unless you count opening a can, bag or box as homemade.

I am sure a lot of the food here is from frozen or a can but I had the squash casserole which had to be homemade. Very delicious. I wasn’t as impressed with the mac and cheese which was dry and bland but others rave about it so maybe its just me.
The main plus about the place was the friendly waitress. No problems here. Reasonable cost, quick friendly service and food that fills you up.

I had the fried fish, Mac and cheese, blackeye peas, candid yams. This hit the spot for a quick southern style lunch. Portions are plentiful.

I like Lizard’s Thicket, but this location made me sad. I had taken my kids to the Riverbanks Zoo, and we had been there all day and were very hungry. We went inside, and within 10 minutes, nobody had even said «hello.» It’s not like the place was busy — it was around 2 PM and there were a few people seated, but the waitresses were chatting behind the counter. We were starving, so we ditched and went somewhere else. On our way to the car, a waitress stuck her head out and said, «Y’all change your mind?» She was quick to move when she saw us leaving, but not so much when we were actually there and ready to pay for a meal.