Earl G Dumplin's

Small town diner feel. The fried chicken strips were satisfactory but not outstanding. They were the home cooked typed instead of the pre packaged breaded that you find in chain restaurants. The baked potato was excellent other than the "ball park spicy nacho cheese" slathered on if you order it loaded. The fried okra was standard "out of the frozen bag" fare. Rolls were excellent and cornbread was decent. The super star was the salad bar. It was an additional $4-5, can't remember which. It had all the basics, plus some. It was very well kept and clean. The lettuce was crisp and fresh and all the options were outstanding. Crackers were included with the salad bar. Service was lacking as they appeared understaffed for lunch. We did not have anyone offer refills or check on us during our meal and a lady from the cooking area brought our food. We asked another employee for our check and to go boxes as our waitress did not return after taking our order and bringing our drinks.

Southern comfort food. Fries here are tasty. Country fried steak is made from scratch. We had no problems with the service.

The warm buns were nice, though we didn't care for the corn biscuits very much. The frog legs were good. The breading on the frog legs and catfish was a bit too thick. Apple and greens sides were very good. Sever was very nice.

Lots of fried comfort food. My buddy wanted Chicken Livers. Said they were good, I had the chicken fried chicken, it was good. They were busy and it was a little chaotic, but service was decent. Cheap prices, good sized portions.

Good food for a great price. Had the turkey and stuffing with a couple sides and everything was delicious. I will be returning.

We were taking the backroads to Tennessee and, thanks to Yelp, we found Earl G. Dumplin's. This is a place to find some good country cooking with things like fried catfish and beans, an assortment of sandwiches, and a salad bar. I was glad to see the veggies. We both had a salad bar, and I ordered a baked potato and the hubby had a club sandwich. Food was good and so was the service. If we come through this way again we would happily visit again.

I discovered Dumplin's many years ago while my mother and I were in Scottsville to work on our family genealogy. We were planning to go to another restaurant which ended up being closed so we stopped in to try Dumplin's instead. Since then it's become one of my favorite restaurants! The service is always on point, the prices are great and the food awesome with large portions. The country fried steak is MASSIVE and so tasty, and the catfish plate has so much it's hard to finish. The sides are really good and they have a salad bar also. You simple can't go wrong! Definitely the best place in Scottsville to eat. I'm a huge supporter of locally owned restaurants, especially "Mom & Pop" restaurants. Great food, great prices and great service; they are a dying breed and need our support.