Jake's Restaurant — Restaurant in Alexander City

The Greek salad was good. My burger had what seemed to be bone hard fry pieces inside one bite. It felt so hard I was afraid of breaking a tooth. So put that bite on my plate...to see what it was. Well there were two pieces about 1inch long but hard hard. Also my bun was cold and plain.. Right out of bag. I told my server.. She said she'd get Jake. I did continue to eat the remainder of my burger.as I believed it to be hard fries. Jake seemed like he didn't believe me. He said he was sorry and walked away. My husband ordered blackened fish tacos with cole slaw. There were two rolled flour tortillas on his plate. They looked like burritos. Inside chopped fish slathered in tarter sauce ...not blackened. We did not tell the server or Jake. But we had driven around ,"town" for 20 min deciding where to eat..as we are camping visitors. We paid regular price..no discount was offered and bearly an I am sorry. It was NOT a good...

Very disappointed for lunch on Tues, Jan 31. My wife had the special, fried chicken with fried okra and mac & cheese. Me, small garden salad with blackened shrimp. Apparently the owner and one waitress were working the floor and service proved to be lacking. Not enough staff? Chicken breast looked good upon delivery but proved to be quite over cooked and dry. Okra was very good, but the mac & cheese was nothing to write home about. My salad was unremarkable and small, even for a lunch size. And the shrimp, while seasoned just right, were also terribly over cooked. We visit Jake's a few of times a year when we are in Ashland, an extra drive for something special. So, hopefully these kinks will get worked out soon and they get back to their usual good food...

Was in the area today scoping out houses, getting ready to buy. Stopped in, got seated after about 10 minutes. Waitress brought 2 teas and I had ordered water..okay. We ordered food as well as a dessert to go. After about 20 minutes she brought the cheesecake to go, and we thought she would bring our food almost immediately...but we waited and waited..after about 45 minutes I went and asked the very nice gentleman who seemed to be running the place for the bill for the tea and cheesecake because we didn't get our food. He insisted we didn't owe anything. Like I said, I was considering buying a house in the area..but if that's how "nonlocals" are treated, I'm not sure it would...