Annie M’s Cafe — Restaurant in Flora

We had dinner here with my grandmother, our waitress was the owners daughter. She was absolutely fabulous. Accommodating and friendly. The food was delicious and we decided to bring our family that Sunday, July 30th for my grandmothers 87th birthday.

Sunday all 15 of us arrived at 11:30 and were greeted by the owner who was just RUDE! No hello, good morning nothing just a “How many a y’all”? I said 15. She said “y’all gonna have to sit separate”. I asked if we could put tables together. Her response “no that’s not fair to my other customers”. Ok, we will sit separate all while this one man takes up a table of 8 or 10 (he was there when we walked in and sat there 20 mins before anyone joined him) by himself.

My cousin who was walking in with two children was trying to get inside when the owner looks at her and says “ shut that door”.

The rolls were burnt, she told us to pick off the the part that wasn’t burned. Also, no dessert was served with the buffet. I was telling my aunt in the buffet line what happened, the owner walks by and “PFTT” at me. My cousin was in line while the owner was putting out more food and one person held up the line so all their family could go in front. Just some backwoods mess!

It’s obvious she caters to the locals and that’s fine. I hope they can sustain her indefinitely because we had patrons from four different states visiting her restaurant and were treated poorly. Her staff was pleasant, I can’t imagine how she is to them. She was a nasty old lady and I’ll never spend another penny at her restaurant.

Edited to add: a waitress came to our table and asked if we were using our chairs. She needed them for the table who had the one guy waiting for his family to get out of church. The owner was ok with taking chairs from empty tables to overcrowd one but wasn’t ok with us putting a table...

[M06Jun2022 1:54 pm review:] Wow! I can’t believe this place is next door to Bentonia in Flora! An AMAZING working man’s pulled pork blue plate (...called it 10 H and added that data to paper log after pic). And ordered a slightly tweaked cobb salad (1x grilled chicken tender substituted for turkey) for later. Well worth the $30 bucks 💸, including tip and five BIG stars. 😏😀😎

[old review tagged as “a week ago" on M06Jun2022 1:54 pm:] Everyone I ask about Annie M’s Café raves, so been wanting to try it out—especially since it replaced the boring fried Glycine max farm-fed fried catfish place that was there before (No desire for fat 🐡 swimmin’ in earl! 🤢). Was excited to see the black ’n’ blue on the Google maps menu until told no longer but can make some chicken-based salad (...prolly good but with fake blue cheese, i.e., Syscosumfin ranch? Didn’t ask. 🙄🤣). The “Slow roasted pulled pork topped with cole slaw and BBQ sauce...” sandwich with potato salad were generous portions, unfortunately devoid of any spices and BOTH the ripped pig 🐗 AND bun were as cold as the TINY dabble of slaw. Thank goodness I added grilled mushrooms, but they put the BBQ sauce instead of THEM on the side!??! The mushrooms must have been grilled in a previous life—cold, too. 😞 No Coke but at least they have Pepsicocrud whatever root beer. Minus 1 star for all the cold stuff, and hopefully they know a REAL hamburger goes on a grilled bun for next time!

Oh, the desserts will fix ANY hypo (bread pudding today)—just remember portion control AND be smart order to go! Lol

Maybe I’m asking for too much, but if they had a REAL grilled corned beef Reuben with plenty of caraway seed sauerkraut AND Russian dressing (...NOT 1,000 islands whateva Lol) I’d be in...

I really wanted to enjoy my visit to Annie M’s Café because I’d heard good things about the food and was looking forward to supporting a local business. Unfortunately, my experience was far from pleasant from the moment I arrived.

When I pulled into the parking lot, I immediately noticed a car with a parking cone stuck underneath it — not exactly the first impression you hope for. Still, I went inside trying to keep an open mind. The food itself was okay — nothing terrible, but nothing special either.

The real problem was what happened while I was eating. From the dining area, I could clearly hear someone yelling and cursing loudly in the back of the restaurant. It sounded like chaos, and it made the entire atmosphere extremely uncomfortable. Eventually, the person I believe to be the owner came out from the back, visibly upset. As she walked past my table, there was a very strong smell of alcohol, which was both shocking and disappointing.

No one should be treated the way those employees seemed to be spoken to, and customers should never have to witness that kind of behavior in a dining environment. Regardless of how stressful running a restaurant can be, professionalism and respect should come first — both for staff and guests.

I rarely leave negative reviews, but this experience left such a bad impression that I felt it was important to share. I truly hope Annie M’s Café can get better leadership and restore what could be a great hometown spot, because right now it’s being ruined by poor ownership and...