Barney's Cafe — Restaurant in Mount Airy

I really wanted to give this place a glowing review unfortunately that's not what I experienced. Upon entering it seemed to have an old time 60's era feel. There were several people sitting at tables and of course the lunch counter. Between the conversations and the rattle of dishes and typical kitchen noises it was a bit loud but hey that's the atmosphere you'd expect in a 60's era cafe. My issue started when my coffee arrived and my wife tipped me off that there was something on the rim of my cup. I turned the cup around to find Thelma Lou's lipstick, I informed the server that there was something on my cup and asked for a new one. She apologized and immediately went to get me a clean one. Problem solved right? Not exactly! My wife watched her looking for a clean cup and said she had to look at four to find one that was clean, she brought my new cup of coffee and all was well until I drank it down and noticed a ring stain in the bottom where it had been left sit with coffee in it. I told myself that it was a permanent stain and didn't get a refill. My food was okay but nothing to write home about and the tenderloin and gravy were barely warm while my eggs were hot. I also noticed that the floor of the place looked dirty so the best I can do for good ole...

I would say overall I would give this place 5 🌟. Had breakfast and lunch there. Breakfast was really good, only thing is apples didn't have a lot of flavor but everything else was excellent. Service during breakfast was a bare minimum. Waitress only served us, never ask if needed anything else or even a drink refill- spent all her time talking to a local guy. Now... lunch was exceptional! Got meatloaf and mashed potatoes and deviled eggs with roll. Husband got a hamburger and fries. Meatloaf was delicious! Mashed potatoes and deviled eggs homemade also and were delicious as well. My husband enjoyed the hamburger also. The waitress was 100% on point and so deserved her kudos- that she was so attentive and very friendly and made sure we didn't need anything Fabulous waitress!! I would go there again but if got the same morning waitress I believe I would just have to ask for someone that was going to give service to others not just one guy. O- and they have a map on the wall where you can pun it from where you are visiting from, I thought was...

After spending the morning seeing the sights in downtown Mt Airy aka Mayberry we decided to give this place a try for lunch. There were several places to eat in the downtown area but we chose this one for a couple of reasons, price and variety on the menu since there were 7 of us having lunch. We had a short wait as they were quite busy but we were seated immediately when the tables were available. Our server was friendly and prompt and our food came out in a reasonable amount of time. Food was hot, delicious and well worth the price. Now this place isn't fancy so if you're looking for that go somewhere else. But if your looking for decent food in a diner type of atmosphere this this place does the job! Burgers, club sandwiches etc are on the menu with some daily specials with today's being chicken and dumplings. We had all of these and all were good! I give it 4 stars based on other places I've been to of this type having more menu items and larger seating areas but overall it was a very...