Dixie Lee Diner — Restaurant in Monteagle

Very unique place. The moment we walked in I wanted to take pictures of everything. Someone took a lot of time and effort to make this place nostalgic and it shows. I would rate 5 stars but I unfortunately had to take one away due to how long the wait was. They had one waitress and one cook so I kind of understand and in this world it's hard to get employees. They were super short staffed. The food was good and decently priced but we waited a good 45 mins for food and at the time we were the only people they were preparing food, we had 5 people. The waitress did apologize for me getting my food late, most of my family had eaten before I got mine because as the waitress admitted she forgot to put my order it. She was nice enough to take it off the bill, even though we told her we would pay for it. It was really good. She was a doll and I felt bad for her not having any help. I do though highly recommend checking...

We had lunch on 9/19. The restaurant looked good, clean and well maintained. As the server was coming to take our order, she received a phone call, which she took, several minutes later she came back to take the table's order.

When lunch arrived the chicken tenders, that my mom ordered, were burned and the waitress asked my mom, knowing they were burned, if she'd prefer some thing different. My mom then ordered the shrimp instead, which she said was ok. My Dad had the hamburger steak, which he said was good. His sides where French fries and slaw...the slaw he had to ask for three times...third time always a charm and the slaw arrived.

In the end, maybe I should have lowered my expectations as restaurants recommended by Tennessee Crossroads always seem...

Service was awesome, beautiful smiling face and pleasant attitude. Breakfast is not served after 11 am, menu does not state that. After several attempts of ordering different items, ( they were out of a few things, certain items affected more than one choice of food item) Prime rib was exceptional! I got a salad with their home made ranch, which was very good. The rolls were also delicious and the huge baked potato ( loaded) had mozzarella cheese and strips of bacon. If dessert is your thing, they have a wonderfully delicious strawberry cake and several pies to choose from. Atmosphere was great, had a old diner feel. Not too busy for a...