Mentone Market — Restaurant in Mentone

Spent the afternoon at Desoto Falls and stopped by the Mentone Market for a drink. We had never been there before so we didn’t know they served food. But to our surprise, they had a full menu.

We opted to order the 4 chicken tender platter with baked beans and onion rings to share. When our order came out, we received pulled pork with baked beans and onion rings.

When I told the waitress that I had ordered the chicken tenders, she showed me the ticket and said “it says pulled pork.” I apologized for the misunderstanding but we asked for chicken tenders. She seemed frustrated and asked someone else for help.

After much to-do we finally received a chicken tender platter. Then the manger came by and said, “If you will pay for the tenders we will call it good”. Hmmm, this wasn’t my mistake, but I didn’t feel like arguing.

After eating, I went back to the register and told them I needed to pay for 4 tenders. They charged me $7.36 for just the tenders. (The platter with two sides is only $7.50) Again, I was having a great day and didn’t feel like arguing.

Looking past the mixups. The restaurant was clean and touristy. Had plenty of SWAG you could purchase for Mentone and Desoto Falls.

The onion rings were of the pre-made frozen variety but cooked fresh. The baked beans had a nice vinegar BBQ sauce flavor with pieces of bacon mixed in. What we tried of the pulled pork was salty, yet moist. The chicken tenders seemed cooked in burnt oil but were hot, moist and fresh.

Staff was friendly minus the mixup but seemed overwhelmed by the amount of customers at that time. They were also out of certain selections of beer that another customer had asked for and were out of potatoes as well.

Wasn’t bad but probably wouldn’t stop there again if I was...

There’s much left to be desired at Mentone Market. We stopped on a Saturday for lunch. Upon our arrival, the line was backed out the door, so we figured it must be great! We ordered two pizzas, a turkey club sandwich, a container of pasta salad, and a container of potato salad. Unfortunately, the pasta salad would be the only thing I would eat from there ever again. The pizza was doughy, tasteless and lacked any known pizza flavor. Sauce was bland also. The turkey club was the biggest disappointment for $10. It consisted of 3 pieces of toast (all were dry, maybe stale?), 1 piece of lettuce, one tiny slice of state cheese, 1 piece of bacon sliced in half to fill about 3/4 of the sandwich, and one piece of ham (not turkey that was ordered) neatly folded in half to represent two, paper thin slices, all of which was tasteless too. What a deal! I almost choked on the sandwich trying to chew and swallow it. The potato salad had a terrible bitterness to it that wouldn’t leave my mouth and everyone else agreed, so we threw that away. All of this for more than $50. We certainly don’t mind paying higher prices for good quality food and prefer doing so, however, this was nowhere in comparison to that. Highly disappointed, and have never had this bad of an experience! We eat out often and rarely run into this. Food is not anywhere close to subpar. Skip Mentone Market and go to Pizza Hut, Subway or some place that you actually get your moneys worth, if you’re looking for any of the food...

There are not many places to eat in Mentone. We stopped in one night to get to-go orders for our crew back at the rental cabin. We ordered the loaded fries which were tasty, but not the best (add chili and they would be perfect), a BLT - good but dry, needed mayonnaise (not sure if it was left off or if you have to request it). My husband got onion rings which were very good.

My daughter ordered a bacon and pineapple pizza and it was delicious!!! Thus the 5 star review. Definitely get pizza here. It was awesome.

We came back the next day just to buy glass bottle sodas after walking through town and we sipped them on the rocking chairs and benches out front and watched cars pass through town. It was a reminder of simpler times.

Inside you can find unique snacks, a few bare bones necessities groceries such as milk, crackers, a few canned goods, handmade soaps, t-shirts, etc...

It was a cute little place to visit and the folks working were super friendly.

Also, Google said cafe was open for take-out only. As of August 2020 the dining area was open for...