Yogi Bear Honey Fried Chicken — Restaurant in Hartsville

We were in the area and thought it would be fun to give this place a try. Who doesn’t love Yogi Bear?! The parking lot was full when we arrived and we noticed a lot of folks eating their food in their vehicles. Stepping into the restaurant is like going back in time to the 1970’s. While waiting at the counter to order, we saw the staff was friendly and seemed to know everyone as locals/regulars. I ordered the three piece drumstick meal, which was accompanied by two sides and a roll, and my date had the three piece dark meal. Note that they do not have unsweet tea - or at least, were out of it while we were there. The fried chicken was very good! I didn’t feel it was sweet at all and it is served with honey on the side if that is your preference. The sides were not great. Between the two of us, we tried the mash/gravy, green beans, mac and cheese, and the coleslaw. The green beans were served southern style - which means they basically dissolve in your mouth and you don’t have to chew. The mac and cheese was overly peppered, and the coleslaw was a bit too tangy for me and had a very fine dice. I love crinkle cut fries, and wish I would have tried those instead. It’s hot in SC…and people were probably eating their food in their vehicles because it was 84 inside this restaurant. I would have the fried chicken again, but...

Absolutely the worst customer service experience EVER. For starters we arrived the young lady (packing the orders) who verbally assaulted us, was wearing a army scarf on her head may I add, a tank top and a sports bra which was visible, order placed with the cashier who looked uninterested as ever. Waited for about 30 minutes for our number to be called, no order, so finally my husband walks up to inquire about the order placed. The young lady at this point has on a work shirt on now ( I can only assume she was made to put one on due to the steady flow of customers coming in) so he asked the cashier FIRST,then he was ignored, so then he asked Miss Judy, she yells " who has number 10" then scarf yells "they will get it, when I fix it" well what? How is this even ok? being that the MANAGER was the one asking the question. She continued to be as RUDE as ever, even said well "you can cook at home" yes I cursed her out at this point, but why? All we asked was can we get the food we paid FOR. UGHHHH just beware, because the customer service is horrible. ALSO JUDY WAS NO HELP AT ALL WITH...

I would like to share my experience that I had today with Yogi Bear. I ordered a 3 pc box of chicken. Got home began to eat, everything was fine at first. Started eating my thigh and quickly had to spit it out bc it had DIRT on it. It was so gritty and so crunchy!! I had to rinse my mouth out with water bc it was all in my teeth. I called yogi bear and spoke with mgr Angie told her what happen and she says “I doubt if its dirt because I have 20-30 yr old cooks back there”. I said noone is going to admit to dropping chicken on the floor. She then said if I want to bring it back so she can look at it. I said the only way you would be able to tell is if you taste it bc it appears fine. Then she proceed to make excuses saying it could be the seasoning or bc sometimes they put it in the pressure cooker. I said well if thats the case all the pieces would have been the same but it was only the thigh. Never did she offer a credit or to replace the food. This experience was disappointing and although I have been eating from there all my life my family and I will...