Grandma Ruby's Country Cookin' — Restaurant in Winston-Salem

I got delivery NOT THROUGH UBER EATS OR DOOR DASH YES THEY HAVE THEIR OWN DELIVERY SERVICE THE DRIVER I HAD WAS A YOUNGER MAN WITH GLASSES HE WAS FAST COURTEOUS AMD EVEN OFFERED TO BRING ME AN UPDATED MENU NEXT TIME HE IS IN MY AREA. HAVING GROWN UP IN RESTAURANT AND OWNING ONE MYSELF AND ALSO STILL IN SERVICE INDUSTRY. PLZ SUPPORT LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS. I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE LIVED IN WINSTON 4 YEARS AND NEVER KNEW THIS PLACE EXSISTED ( IM A BUS RIDER) BUT ITS A DIAMOND 💎 IN THE ROUGH FOR QUICK COUNTRY COOKING. YOU KNOW ITS FRESH BC THEY HAVE NEW SPECIALS DAILY AND VEGGIES. SO FAR EVERYTHING I HAVE TRIED IS PERFECTLY SIMPLE AND DELICIOUS 🤤 EVEN IF U R A VEGETARIAN AMD OTHER DIET RESTRICTIONS ALL FRIENDLY OPTIONS TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY MORE THAN I CAN SAY FOR CHAIN PLACES. I CAN'T WAIT TO TRY MORE DAILY SPECIALS AS TIME GOES ON. BE THE FOOD THE SERVICE U KNOW THESE PEOPLE CARE. GREAT FOR A HOME COOK MEAL DOMT FORGET BREAKFAST AND ESPECIALLY DESSERT. I HAD STRAWBERRY BANANA PUDDING I WOULD HAVE LIKED MORE STRAWBERRY AND THE COOKIES WAS A LOT OF PUDDING BUT STILL AMAZING. THE PRICES DID NOT MATCH BY FAR THE MENU I USED AND EVEN PRICE CHECKED WITH UBER SO IM NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED I DID INCLUDE DELIVERY BUT STILL WAY OFF. MINOR ISSUE . ALSO PLZ PPL.TIP UR SERVERS AND DELIVERY DRIVERS U KNOW WE LIVE OFF TIPS PLZ.STOP USING THE THEY GET A CHECK NO......NO RARELY EVER I WON'T SAY NUMBERS. TIP PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR U CASH IS ALWAYS A PLUS TOO.. 😉 PLEASE CHECK THIS PLACE OUT THEY R PERFECT AT WHAT THEY DO. SUPPORT...

Once again, disparity in reviews was part of what drew me here, particularly (and curiously) the different opinions on the gravy. So let’s start there. I think the gravy controversy is a matter of semantics—people have different ideas about what the term “gravy” connotes. Many assume it is sausage based. The simple fact here is that Grandma Ruby’s gravy is a basic milk gravy that has a pleasant, if plain, taste. You can, upon request, make it sausage gravy or chipped beef gravy (or as they call it “chip beef” 😂). So I think the gravy is fine as long as you know what you’re getting. Eggs over easy were perfect, grits were flavorful, bologna was tender and tasty, the coffee was good, but the fried tenderloin lacked seasoning. Once again we come to what is rapidly emerging as the biggest mystery to me on my breakfast adventures: the biscuit—taste was just ok, but once again at yet another breakfast establishment, the biscuit texture was spongy and unappealing. I am beginning to think that places are making their biscuits early in the morning and just letting them sit too long. Interior decor is cute but leans toward too busy. The staff was generally pleasant and attentive. Price and portions were acceptable. Would give 3.5...

I visited Grandma Ruby’s a while back and was not impressed. But I didn’t post a review because I wanted to give them another chance. So I visited for the second time and was once again underwhelmed by the quality of the food. I tried the pancakes, which were cloyingly sweet and what I would guess to be ordered from a local food service vendor- not good, and reminiscent of a popular pancake chain. The flavorless syrup was very poor quality as well. The bacon was tough and leathery and the sausage links were shriveled tubes of sausage-flavored grease; obviously reheated. The grits tasted like field corn and they were not creamy in the least. And wow the biscuit—once again, reheated. When I bit into it, it turned gummy and doughy in my mouth and had very little flavor. The coffee was average at best. Two things that I did like were the low price and friendly service, but unfortunately these things aren’t enough to entice a...