Snappy Lunch — Restaurant in Mount Airy

The experience was everything we had hoped it'd be! We came to Mt Airy aka "Mayberry" during Mayberry week in September and got so involved in checking out the town we almost missed getting in for lunch before they closed! When we got there, there was a huge line that we joined but it moved rapidly and we were inside in less than 10 minutes😁 I had the ground steak sandwich all-the-way and my hubby had the famous porkchop sandwich all-the-way each with a baggie of chips and a sweet tea for a total of about $10!!!!

Was I dubious when I opened my ground steak sandwich which had a THICK juicy tomato slice that dominated it? Sure! But this was a Surry county specialty and one I had recently read about in Our State magazine and I wasn't letting anything get in the way of me trying it. All I can say is while the ingredients are humble (hence it being created in the area during the Depression to feed hungry factory workers, the flavors all-together are outstanding and melted in my mouth! And you need it made "all-the-way" in my opinion to get the full experience...the creamy meat mixture held together by the perfect ratio of flour & milk, the fat, juicy tomato slice, the crunchy slaw, the smear of mayo, and hint of yellow mustard sandwich between a toasted burger bun. Sooooo gooood!!!!

My hubby had the famous porkchop sandwich which he feared might be tough and hard to chew but it absolutely was NOT!!! When I had a bite of it, all I could say is WOW!!! I was surprised by the sweet, thin batter on the thinly pounded porch chop but it all balanced well with having it all-the-way with the slaw, yellow mustard, chili, and tomato between the toasted hamburger bun. The porkchop was so tender!!!!

Loved the classic, 60s diner feel at prices and warm welcome from the staff whom sure know how to hustle it!!! It's tight quarters with the grill front & center stage when you walk in and it's walk-to-wall Mayberry memorabilia. If you want that place "where the locals go" with fab food and service, this place is IT!!! Do you research before going as far as what their menu consists of so you aren't disappointed. It is a classic diner where food comes wrapped in paper in a basket and Im sure there is tons of preservatives!!! Woooohoooo!!!! Dont go in here and give them a hard time because they dont have fancy, diverse food or can't change all their food for your sensitivities. Pick somewhere else to cater to that.

Go here and enjoy it as much as we did!!! If you want to "attempt" to recreate the porkchop sandwich at home, pick up a copy of Aunt Bea's Mayberry Cookbook which contains the ACTUAL recipe supplied by Snappys owner with tips on how to make it successfully and if you want to try and make the ground steak sandwich, check out the article and recipe on the Cook's Country website that goes over the sandwich's history in...

Very poor service and extremely rude waitress. We were met with an eye roll when we came in with 4 families and told the waitress how many were in our party. The large dining area was closed, so we split up between 3 booths. We had several children but we ordered for them all and could not have made it any easier for the waitress. The tables were nasty, we were stepping in spilled drinks from the table before us, they made no effort to clean the tables off for us, so we used baby wipes to clean before we sat down. One of the waitresses was very snippy and rude. When we did not receive all the chips we ordered, she stated that she brought us what we ordered and turned to walk away with a very annoyed look. We had to ask another, much nicer waitress to please bring us the rest of the chips we did order, and offered to pay the difference if there was any misunderstanding on the ticket. All in all the food was decent, but the service is just absolutely garbage and this restaurant continues to go downhill due to being seemingly constantly short staffed (although it could be run much for efficiently,) and the character of the waitresses is always very poor. It’s really disappointing that what was once a very good place to eat has turned into a place where paying customers are treated as a total inconvenience. Note, our kids were well behaved and not a problem. There was no reason for the attitude from the waitress, aside from not wanting to...

This place was hyped up and we were excited to try it but after standing outside, waiting for awhile to get in, I was super disappointed! The only menu item that seemed to be worth getting was the pork chop sandwich but if you're not a big fan of pork chops, like myself, you're pretty much stuck with a hot dog or a lunch meat sandwich, something you could easily make yourself and not something I would want to wait around in line for. I ended up with a ham sandwich, which was just deli ham on a roll. The only sides served here seemed to be small bags of potato chips. The place was crowded and noisy and I seriously didn't understand the hype for this place. Lunch meat sandwiches would be something to send to school with a child for lunch, not something I would want to eat when going out. If you like pork chops, I was told the pork chop sandwich was decent. The waitress was friendly but clearly stressed. She had a lot of tables to tend and we did not get checked on at all. The prices were cheap, about two bucks per person, but considering it was mostly hot dogs and lunch meat sandwiches, I wouldn't expect to pay very much. Overall, I was really...