Blue Rooster Southern Grill — Restaurant in North Carolina

My husband and I went here after passing it for ten years. We figured that with all the bustle outside that the food would be fantastic. I forgot that certain children in this area call spaghetti "psketti", add ketchup to said spaghetti in school cafeterias across the county, and have relatives that work in the local food industry.

The hostess and our server were incredible. We felt welcome and their energy was outstanding. I loved the decor. It catches your eye. It felt warm and homey.

The rolls were great. My husband's cheesesteak was OK. We grew up on Philly cheesesteaks. No, really. We did. We lived in Jersey, but our hometown is a suburb of Philly (re: Gaetano's steak sandwiches). I usually hate snobs that use that criteria; but past default gives you an edge in judging. If my husband said it was OK, that means you can order the cheesesteak at the Blue Rooster.

I ordered the special, thinking that extra attention would be lavished on it. It was the Thanksgiving meal, which is hard to resist in the spring. The turkey was from an Encore meal with canned gravy. It was lukewarm. A steak knife had been placed under the turkey in order to bolster magical thinking. As soon as I saw that I knife I knew that I was in trouble, as a fetus could masticate that turkey. The cranberry sauce was either good or unmemorable. I cannot remember if it was canned or not.

The stuffing was a powderized graham cracker with the most indescribable spices I have ever encountered. I still to this day cannot pinpoint what the enhancements were. A brave individual could have snorted it.

The prices are high for Waynesville. Asheville's prices are the same. Locally- at Church Street, we get a huge burger and tons of fries; at the Scotsman's, the portions are HUGE. I get leftovers. At the Rooster, the portions are small.

A person in a wheelchair may have trouble maneuvering in there. The bathroom is down a hall, but then you have to open a door after a sharp turn. Either that door or the bathroom door is heavy. The bathroom is clean. The cookbooks on the shelf outside of the bathroom are ignored by the kitchen staff. Or it is more decor, and supposed to be ignored. Or, it is reading material for the bathroom. I advise you to avoid that...

We are local and have dined here before. Last couple years we have avoided because prices jumped up way too fast. We decided to meet another couple for lunch. Blue Rooster since it was convenient we would try it again. We all ordered sodas and meals. We sat there for a little longer than we normally would as we were talking. I decided to order dessert since we were taking our waitresses table up a little longer than expected. Our guest followed and three of us ordered the pecan dessert to go as courtesy to our waitress. The dessert was $10 each and the size of a small brownie. When we looked and saw how small it was we couldn’t believe the cost of it. Another small container came along with it. We assumed it was sauce of some sort to go over the dessert. We get it home and it was melted ice cream 😂 who gets ice cream to go and it was a tiny amount at that. Our meals were just okay. Our bill w/o tip was $53 we tipped 20% of that (not our waitresses fault) This restaurant has gone downhill as far as the food is concerned and prices don’t match up with the quality you’re getting. Oh and we ate the dessert later it was hard as a rock! Then I remembered the waitress telling us to microwave it for a few seconds. Tried to give Bluerooster another chance but it was still disappointing. The $10 miniature dessert was the deal breaker. Won’t be back. Too many other places to...

Ate their for lunch on Oct 9th...our first time. We both ordered the fried chicken Wed special. Special is a grossly misleading. We both substituted our two sides for a salad. Both salads arrived in a small bowl and was made with iceberg lettuce My son had ranch and I had balsamic...my usual choice for salads. My dressing was flat, bland, it lacked any zest. Almost 30 minutes after our salads arrived the fried chicken came. I ordered the white meat and received a small breast heavily battered, and a wing, both were very greasy and over salty. My son got the dark meat which was two thighs and a drumstick all heavily battered and also greasy. At first I thought it was a joke. Served on this big white plate was a small breast and a chicken wing. I should have taken a picture. The can of soda $3.49! Seriously, for a can of Coke...really! The final shocking disappointment was the bill (see picture). The scant greasy and average size bowl of salad was $17.99 plus the two sodas for $45.97 and no Military Discount is offered! I usually tip in the 25-30% range and for the life of me the 20% I gave Carrie H. was far too generous. I tip on service not on food quality & value and here service was marginal at best. Grossly disappointed at the entire dining experience. MUCH better value, food and service ay Clyde's, Brickhouse, Ted's Shack just to name a few other...