Back Home Restaurant — Restaurant in Elizabethtown

Back Home has improved significantly. I had an awful time approximately two years ago, where I could have sworn someone had a vendetta for me. I had ordered a simple mac'n'cheese as I knew I was not hungry at the time. What I got was a green allspice coated glob of torture. It tasted like suffering, and I had to muscle it into my mouth so I wouldn't look like the bumbling fool at the table whom got all queasy because of a little parsley. To this date I have not ate anything quite as unpleasant, and could not even finish the dish because my stomach had continued to throw up inside of my mouth. I had no intention on ever coming back, but a year ago I was given the opportunity to eat there for free with a few friends. At that time, the food was absolutely milequetoast and nothing better than a local fast food chain. Possibly in part to my earlier transgression. Today, I decided to try it one last time. I had chose this time to order the Mac daddy.

Description: "Our USDA choice burger topped with white mac n cheese, bacon and drizzled in BBQ sauce. Served with french fries. 14.95"

Fries are well crisped on the outside, and yet have a firm mashed-potato feel on the inside. The seasoning on the breading of the fries are palatable and quite nice, to the point of not requiring ketchup at all; though I did enjoy it with the provided ketchup as well. On the "Mac Daddy", it is exactly as its description states. I found the bacon to be crisp and both the BBQ sauce and mac'n'cheese inside the burger to be good and complimentary to the rest of the dish. The BBQ seems to have a similar taste inside of it to Heinz 57 steak sauce, but I quite liked the BBQ for this, as it still tastes like BBQ despite the similarity. The mac N cheese, albeit somewhat bland, is perfect for the dish. If it were spiced any further, it may compromise the integrity of the burger by having "too much" going on in the mouth. And to be honest? I'm REALLY glad there wasn't anything to say about the mac n' cheese part. I inquired to the server about what spice was used in the burger itself. The patty had tasted a hint more than I'd like of the allspice mentioned earlier-- mostly due to my unfortunate experience. Through the clattering and chattering of the lively atmosphere I was unable to glean what she said it was other than the word Montreal.

Overall, a solid 9/10 for the dish, especially for how it tastes altogether. It has restored my faith...

The atmosphere was very good. If you want a country style home vibe to your date or whatever, this is great. The service was also on par. That is why I gave an additional star. There is a sign in one room that says something like 'it's not about the food on the table it's about the people in the chairs' and that couldn't be further from the truth. At least it's an honest restaurant. I came here on a date with someone I intend to marry soon so yes, it was a pleasant experience, but the food... If you have sugar ants in your ancestory, you might find the sweet potato caserole perfect, and its going to be the same with the onion soufflé which was the best item we had altogether, though it was still hard to eat after a few bites of sweet heart attack. I had ham, and I think the chef mistook the salt for sugar when he tried to sweeten my ham, and it was indelibly salty. I felt the quality of the ham was from the walmart freezer section and put in the microwave for 2 minutes, then hit with the salt. Also, the plate came out with not enough food for a growing boy like myself.About my date's fried chicken, that too tasted like frozen chicken nuggets thrown in the microwave. They were fried... at some point in history. Mcdonalds easily rivals these fried chicken strips. Very dry, had that freezer food taste. The cornbread was definitely halfass, it was dry and didn't have that rich cornbread flavor like I'm used to when I make it, and no butter to start. We heard their dessert was good but we knocked off one "s" and deserted before we got to find out.

It doesn't end there, I came home and the next few days I recreated my ensemble and I went to walmart to get ham, powdered mashed potatoes, cornbread mix, and some gravy (this resturant gave me no gravy for my ham...) I know this is subjective, but my food was innumerably better and I even made it the laziest way I could think to make food.

I'm no food critic or expert, but I can say for certain if you come for the food, don't come it...

I've debated on whether or not to write a review or not, but I wish I had read an honest review before going, it would have saved us the trouble. The building and atmosphere is beautiful. The menu looks fantastic. I gave 2 stars for the food because the onion dip was delicious, but was served with stale tortilla chips. We had a table full of people so we tried a variety of food. The meatloaf was the driest I've ever had, the roast was tough, hot brown was dry. Service started out strong but after our food was dropped off they disappeared for a long time. I finally got ketchup to try to rehydrate my meatloaf but we only got 1 refill the 2+ hours we were there. We kept watching for our server so we could order dessert to go, even though we were disappointed in the food we still wanted dessert. We were there for Father's Day and my dad loves chocolate cake so it didn't feel like a full experience until we tried the cake. We never saw her again, we didn't think we had our checks so we were just going to tell the person at checkout what we had, but I found them when we got up to leave. So, our checks had been dropped off a while ago without ever asking us if we wanted anything else. We finally passed her while we were walking out. We met family there halfway, 2 hour drive for each of us. I've heard the saying "people wouldn't know good food if it slapped them in the face" so I have to assume that is the case for all of these positive reviews or else they're personal acquaintances. You're better off going to...