Jake’s Good Eats

Best food and really cordial service. Try poboy or shredded chicken. try ever thing on menu

Came here since we are visiting my folks in town. My mom kept raving about it, so we came here for lunch. The food was so good! It’s the southern comfort food I’ve been missing ever since I moved up north!
For starters we had the fried oysters, and the fried green tomatoes. The oysters were good, and the fried green tomatoes were amazing! I never thought a balsamic would go well with fried green tomatoes, but it was perfect. Delish!
For entrees, I had the bbq chicken with Mac & cheese. The chicken was so tender, the sauce was good– tangy and a little sweet. The Mac and cheese was sooooooo good. Creamy with perfectly cooked pasta, and not over done. My bf had the pulled pork which was also delicious. The pork was tender and moist.
For dessert we got the peach cobbler and banana pudding. Both were great!
I would highly recommend this place if you are in the area!

Absolutely loved our experience at Jakes!!! Greeted when we came in with pleasant conversation from the owner, the food was phenomenal and the atmosphere was sweet and comfy!!! Our waitress was on her game! Everything was on point and we have made this one of our main restaurants for great food and atmosphere!!!

I like this place. Maybe it’s because Jake’s is a refurbished country filling station with an out-​the-​door line at peak times. Maybe it’s their quirky menu that is so out of step with my expectations (e.g. venison quesadillia?!). But, I think it’s because they cook their food so damn well.
Jake’s is a true anomaly with offerings unique enough to say, «oh, yea, gotta try that» and with prices just high enough to keep it from becoming a dive. Did I say I like this place? Yep.

I. Love. Jakes. Literary everytime I’m in town I come here. It’s fresh homemade food and it does not get any better. I’ve had just a bout everything on the menu. The pork chop is to die for. The food is always well prepared and the deserts especially the chocolate pie is a favorite
To someone that didn’t like the tortilla chips, if want bagged chips and canned dip go to Applebee’s. Jakes home made tortillas are awesome. Crunchy outside and soft inside. From the first time I tried them I was amazed. If you don’t like the food here you’ve been eating processed garbage too long.
Keep it up Jake! I think DDD needs to come back for a redux episode.

Best pork chop I’ve ever had. Amazing fried green tomatoes and venison quesadilla. Favorite place when I want a great meal close by.

I’ve never had anything but an excellent meal at Jake’s. The 3 of us had filets and they were cooked to perfection.

Good food. Good people. Great pork chop– get the pork chop every time

Had the chicken sandwich with homemade chips and the banana bread cupcakes for dessert. All of it was awesome! I couldnt believe I ate the whole sandwich, it was sooo good. The chicken was moist and tender and the bread was tasty. A new favorite. The banana bread cupcakes, were small. But packed a lot of flavor into them. You dont need a big one. Perfect size. Wait staff were very nice and helpful.

Not eating here again. I got stuck in a corner and basically forgot about. Whenever the waitress did come by with the food or drink, it was a quick set it down and run off. No interaction, not friendly at all. The food was pretty good but horrible service.

We ate here the other night. There was no wait at 6:30 and we sat right away. Our server was very nice and did a great job, the food just was not very good.
The spinach dip appetizer was not what we expected. The menu said tortilla chips, but the chips were almost like fried pita bread or they use flour instead of corn tortillas. The chips were chewy and greasy. We almost wanted to ask the manager to come out and try some of the dish and see what he would say.
The fried fish plate was big, but somewhat on the salty side. The breading on the shrimp and oysters overpowered the flavor and texture of the seafood.
We were disappointed with the food and will not return.

Jake’s had a bad evening today, and how they handled it was less than spectacular. My first visit, and I had been looking forward to it, but I won’t be back again.
We like to go out to eat on Tuesdays since it is often a slower night at restaurants, and we generally eat kind of early. Jake’s started off fine, with spinach and artichoke dip, a good but pricy appetizer. The menu says the dip comes with tortillas, but it looked to me more like fried pita wedges. It came out immediately and it was good. Then we ordered our entrees. At 6:30 they were already out of the beef filet. So we ordered fish dishes – two ordered the bacon wrapped trout with crab, one ordered the salmon, and one ordered a fried seafood platter. The platter was supposed to come with oysters, but they were also out of oysters. So it was just shrimp and flounder pieces over fries.
The problem was that it took over an hour to get our entrees. At 7 the waitress said in passing, «Your food will be right out.» At 7:10 I asked if there was some reason it was taking a long time to get our food, but she only said «Its coming out right now» At 7:15 the manager, I guess, a different young woman, said there had been a kitchen emergency and there was only one person in the kitchen to do everything. Finally, a little after 7:30, we got our food, but after such a long and frustrating wait, we could not enjoy it – there was already a bad taste in our mouth. Other patrons who came after us had eaten and left before we were served.
The waitress, other than telling us our food was coming when it was not, was fast, efficient and knowledgeable. I am sure she was stressed and that is why she was short with us. Unfortunately, the food itself was not very good. The trout was way overcooked. The fried fish was just barely ok – the breading would not stay on and very little seasoning. (No problems with the salmon and risotto.) Like they said, there was only one cook cooking for a full house, too much to do and not enough hands.
At the end, they took the appetizer, one iced tea, and one beer off the bill to compensate us for the slow service, so at least they acknowledged they knew they had let us down. But I still ended up paying $ 100 for food that we had a painful wait for, was poorly cooked, and we could not finish eating. Maybe on a good night it is great, but on a bad night there is no contingency plan, and they don’t mind that the customer both suffers and pays.

Jake’s Good Eats is a great restaurant. I have lunch there as often as I can. I always get the Scallops appetizer. They’re excellent! I always get the Shrimp Po’boy for lunch. Amazing!!! Service is always on par. Prices are very reasonable. Dessert is homemade by Jake’s Mom and always delicious!

Let me start off by saying, it takes a lot in order for me to leave a 5-​star rating. I can without a doubt that Jakes Good Eat’s deserve’s 5-​stars plus a few more. My husband and I stumbled across JGE via an old episode of DDD. We live in Noda and JGE is not in our general vicinity of Friday night go-​to spots. In other words it’s kind of out there (Harrisburg or something like that), but oh was it worth the 20 min drive.
The view: When we pulled up we were greeted by beautiful horses in the pasture behind the restaurant. Ummm can you say romantic? The restaurant was pretty busy but the hostess greeted us immediately. She was super sweet and when she realized we had never been there, she gave us the low down on how to order a beer (additional details to come) and filled us in on the specials (Octopus … Go figure).
The bar: When we ordered a beer from the hostess/​bar tender she told us we could grab what we wanted out of the cooler. No lie, my husband and I thought she was kidding. Sure enough, we grabbed what we wanted out of the cooler, the hostess told us our server would add it to our bill, and we grabbed a seat in the Adirondack chairs outside.
While waiting for our table, we chatted up some other patrons waiting for their tables and before we knew it our table was ready.
The food: our waitress was phenomenal. She was sweet and made excellent dinner suggestions. We started off with the fried oysters. Oh Em Gee (OMG) where they tasty. Definitely recommend. We then went with the Pork Chop and blackened fish (sorry can’t remember what it was) with a jumbo grit cake. All I can say is WOW! The pork chop was juicy and tender and the mashed potatoes and apples that came with it was beyond flavorful. Fish and grit (cakes) was to die for. I’m from he south and have never had a grit cake but will certainly look forward to ordering them in the future.
Not only was our waitress (and the food) spectacular but each person that came by our table was helpful in terms of answering questions and/​or fulfilling request. We even (randomly) asked if anyone remembered the theme song to Andy Griffin (bc we were sitting in front of a photo of Barney Fife (sp??) and they totally helped us remember it! How great is that?
Finally Heather the manager was a peach. Our experience as JGE was spectacular and even though we live NO WHERE near it, we will certainly be back. Thanks for the hospitality!

Our absolute favorite place to eat. We have never had anything that we didn’t like. The fried green tomatoes and fried oysters are to die for. The barbecue chicken with white cheddar mac and cheese is scrum-​diddly-​umptious!

NEVER AGAIN! If someone tries to drag you here, resist as hard as you can. It’s not worth the diarrhea!

With family in Albermarle, I have seen Jake’s many times and knew it was on Triple D many years ago; however I had never dined there. We went on a Saturday night which also happened to be the last weekend a Groupon would be valid, so everyone else had the same idea. We were told the wait time would be an hour and forty-​five minutes to two hours. We sat in the bar/​counter/​lobby area and drank beer which you grab out of a Coke cooler. Our wait time ended up being only an hour and five minutes which was not bad.
We knew what wanted so we ordered immediately. The fried green tomatoes were lightly fried and delicious. The amount of batter was not overbearing. I had the free range chicken served with mac and cheese and broccolini. I was expecting southern style mac and cheese but it the noodles were not macaroni but penne pasta. It was different but good; however I would have preferred real macaroni.
The wife got salmon served with asparagus and risotto and she liked that. The service was rushed but so were we and that was understandable.
Jake’s is a cool place in an old gas station serving decent food. Some of it seems slightly overpriced, but the Groupon made it reasonable. Most of the workers were friendly although were extremely busy. I would return. Oh, I really like paying at the front after the meal too. This prevents servers from walking away with my card and also frees them up to do what they need to do.

I went here for my first time on a Tuesday evening for dinner. When my date and I entered we had to wait about 5 minutes to be seated — there were maybe 7 total people dining in the whole restaurant.
My date and I ordered drinks and the highly recommended venison quesadillas (from the Food Network) as an appetizer. The appetizer was «meh» — nothing that I wouldn’t expect to get from a basic chain restaurant (if they served venison) and the venison had a spongy texture to it. I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone. I kind of wished we had tried the fried green tomatoes instead.
For our entrées my date ordered the vegetarian dish and I ordered the the barbecue chicken dish — I also substituted risotto for the mac and cheese that it normally comes with. We waited for our food for quite some time. My entrée (the barbecue chicken) was mediocre. The risotto was undercooked — al dente risotto does not mean it should be «crunchy». I expected the barbecue chicken to be fully marinated in barbecue sauce, however it looked like it was boiled chicken with some barbecue sauce just drizzled on top of the chicken — it wasn’t very flavorful. My dates dish — the vegetarian cheese tortellini with various vegetables in a cream sauce — was relatively tasty. I sort of wished again that I had ordered that.
Overall for the quality and taste of the food here — I find this restaurant to be extremely overpriced. I’ve heard good things about their lunches and I might return to try a lunch dish — but I wouldn’t go out of my way to do so. More than likely I’ll never return for dinner based on my experience. Huge Food Network fail.

Yum!!! Jake’s def has some good eats! We tried this place today with a Groupon… and already said we’d be back after only the appetizer!
To start Spinach dip… fresh homemade tortillas-​soooo good! Tons of flavor.
Next, wedge salads. Delicious flavorful homemade blue cheese dressing!
Then, pork plate. Was good, hubby loved the sauce, I loved the chips and homemade ranch!
Lastly, peach cobbler. Hubby loved it, I like a more crunchy version.
Everything is and tastes super fresh and homemade! Cute, small atmosphere. We will be back!

What a fun neat place to sit and eat!
After getting a Groupon for Jake’s we hit the place up and I nabbed a Shrimp and Oyster Po Boy. Let me tell you, the shrimp where big, and breaded deliciously. The Po Boy was huge and the bread was pretty amazing!
We also got the quesadillas with venison. Yum, the jalapeño jelly was a great touch.
The overall staff was friendly and helpful. The décor was simple, mis/​mash farm stuff. With the property backing up to a lil ranch you can see the horses out back.
I really enjoyed the food here and will be back!