Down Home Pub and Eatery — Restaurant in Quincy

This was our first dining experience here. We honestly have never heard of this business. So, looking up restaurants in Quincy, this popped up. Ok why not. Something different for us. 🤷‍♀️ Upon entering we were greeted right away and sat at a table. Very nice.

The menu has such a great selection to choose from. We went with Loaded Potato Skins as an appetizer. Those were very delicious. Then we decided that the tenderloin pizza sounded really interesting. We ordered that as a share plate. It was about the size of a personal pizza, we felt it was alittle dry, and either needed more sauce or cheese. My husband ordered a 3 patty smash burger with mac n cheese and fries. He loved the fact that you can build your own stack, as in how many patties you want. I ordered the BLT with a side of broccoli. I just love broccoli no matter how it is cooked, the sandwich on the other hand was a bit sad. It was basically a bacon on bacon sandwich, 1 slice of tomato that had the whole thick core in it. Lettuce, well..... I had to open it up to take the core out of the tomato anyway, and I finally found the very thin piece of lettuce that didnt even cover 1/2 of the toast. The wheatberry toast was very dry, even with the mayo on it. After deconstructing the BLT, I just put the bacon in my broccoli. Our plates were presented very well.

There were several tables filled during the time we visited, around 2pm. Lots of room and a great selection of beers and mixed drinks. Salad bar had several items for a salad of course, meatballs and two kinds of soups. It would of been nice to have those labeled. Clean everything, including the restrooms. Well stocked. Service time lasted about 45 min.

Our service from our waitress was exceptional. So friendly, drinks never went dry. Great recommendations on food and drinks. They have everything on the menu that was printed. Not out of anything, so that is always a plus with restaurants.

Thanks for the good dining...

If you want to eat in a dirty hot restaurant with subpar food and be served by a less than friendly server this is your spot! Upon entering the restaurant we immediately realized they had fans sitting all throughout the place on the floor. With it being hot outside it still felt cooler than we came from outside. After being seated a few and ordering drinks we realized the fans were actually scattered throughout the restaurant due to what seemed like a lack of function air conditioning. After ordering our food we realized in an area near the bar they had bug spray sitting with drink supplies and an ice scoop on the counter. Also realized the ketchup bottle at our table had ketchup all over it and gnats constantly landing on it. When our food arrived I asked the server for a different bottle of ketchup, she said nothing but took the dirty bottle and slammed the bottle from another table down on our table and walked away. The food was subpar at best. The fries had a weird taste to them. The cheese sauce on the horseshoe was cold. They advertise $2 off on tenderloins for Thursday however the menu states $13 and we were charged $12. They brought a paper order pad page as the receipt showing no individual prices just a cash and credit total. Once we gave a credit card to pay the server brought us a receipt from the point of sale machine with prices of items and a separate one to sign. This left me wondering if they don't enter sales into the point of sale machine until you give a card to manipulate prices or perhaps they don't enter cash purchases to avoid taxes? The atmosphere was bright like sitting in a cafeteria. It's also worth mentioning that the publicly available food inspection records show they have a history of cleanliness issues and unsafe food...

I ordered from this place on doordash. Boy do I regret it. everything except the sandwich arrived cold and/or soggy, if it arrived at all. the Mac & Cheese Bites were actually okayish, albeit cold. Did not receive my Pretzel. The potatoes and gravy were watery and tasteless. Didnt even get my coleslaw. Flavored Lemonades were delicious actually, though overpriced. The Philly Cheesesteak was bland and tasteless, as was the Smothered Chicken Dinner. Pickle Chips didnt come with sauce, and the breading was plain tasting and soggy. Soup of the Day(chicken tortilla) was almost entirely chili powder, to the point of grainyness. The Chicken Strip Basket was sad, the strips were the smallest skinniest strips id ever seen, and they werent even good. They ignored my request for mashed potatoes but perhaps that was for the best. The Potato Skins were all burnt to a crisp. I learned through this that doordash will not give you your full money back even if the food was disgusting. I wouldnt have paid $10 for this, let alone the amount I did, even with the $30 something I was able to get back. Dont make the mistake I made by...