Hickory Knob Restaurant — Restaurant in McCormick

Update - within an hour of posting this review, the park manager stopped by our campsite, apologized for the service, and offered us a gift card to make it right. He didn't owe us that and it was a very decent thing to do. This is a good campground and we've enjoyed our stay, and we really appreciate the manager doing that. It shows he cares about his operation and it's image, and I respect that greatly. I raised my review to three stars.

Original Review: Wow this was disappointing. I ate here years ago and remember it being great. Today my wife and I came for lunch and it was anything but. The service is nonexistent. You come in and no one acknowledges that you're there. A couple of patrons told us to just feed ourselves, so we did. The menu for today said fried chicken, but instead they were serving fried pork chops - pretty good, so I'm not angry there. We got food and sat down and eventually a server came over and got our drink orders - she was very slow and lackadaisical, as was the other server we saw wandering around. There was a third employee in the corner on a phone the entire time.

The food was good. Pork chops and Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, rice and gravy, salad bar - all pretty good. The sweet potatoes (the menu said carrot souffle, so I'm not sure) tasted like they were made in an unfortunate allspice processing facility explosion, as did the bread pudding.

I can live with okay food and lazy service, but the bill is then $45 before tip. Just wow. I knew the price going in, so it's my fault, and there really isn't anywhere else to eat for 15 miles in any direction, but dang. We're camping here this weekend and were planning on breakfast at the restaurant tomorrow, but I think a run to Dollar General for cereal may...

my family went to the park for our thanksgiving meal, what a bad decision that was. First , the cost of the meal $20.00 per person is a little too much, you could go to a nice steak house for less. The cashier ask if we wanted to leave a tip on the card, my wife said we would leave it on the table because we tip by the service we get. we were seated with in a few minutes, but waited about 20 minutes for someone to take our drink order, that never happened. My wife had to get our drinks. As for the food the dressing was not like my mom used to make , it was runny wet mush with no taste at all. the turkey was submerged in a pan of hot water trying to keep it from drying out but that did not work out very well. did I mention still no service at all . when we had had about all of that good old southern cooking that we could stand it was time for desert. I did not know cheese cake had a motor oil base that the cake was floating in. the time was around 1:00 pm an already the desert bar was trampled like a heard of cows had been in it grazing. I am sorry that was our choice for the day, I heard that the french restaurant HARDEES was open all day, may have been a better choice. The good thing about our visit was by Grace we did not get sick, did I mention still no service. and they wonder why THERE WAS NO...

This is a fantastic place to stay, eat, and play! It is very reasonable ... even the gift shop. We love staying in the lodge rooms down near the dock. You can launch and dock your boat with no fee. Peak season rates are 75.00 per night and off season specials can be as low as 45.00 per night. The rooms are clean and comfortable. The staff is exceptionally friendly. The restaurant has happy hours from 5 to 7pm. Half price appetizers. A big breakfast is 6.00. Yes. You read that right. The salad bar is always well stocked and very fresh. We love this place! We fish all day, rest well, and eat on the cheap! It is low keyed with an authentic sportsman feel. It is not plush. Easy online reservations. Perfect place for us to get away! Oh... and this lake.... it is...