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Dan River Family

Dan River Family

1050 Smurf Rd, 27016, Danbury, United States

Family • Brunch • American • Breakfast


"I'm not sure what some of the other reviewers were drinking when they reviewed this place but this is definitely not a five star restaurant by any means. Maybe a 4 star if everything was absolutely perfect but the atmosphere alone brings this down a star. We were starving after hiking ten miles and found this place and decided to give it a try because of some of the good reviews and the close location. From the moment we walked in we knew we had made a bad choice. Walked in and didn't know where to go. Found one staff member who was managing the cash register and phones and she showed us to a table. She took our orders and we ordered salads, vegetable soup, the ribeye and mashed potatoes. We were the only people there at the restaurant yet it took fifteen minutes for the salad to come out and another twenty minutes for our entree to arrive. Salad looked like it was made from old lettuce but it was edible. Vegetable soup tasted like it was made with canned vegetables but it was still ok and ended up being the best part of the meal. We were told we would have dinner rolls but only crackers were brought out. After asking three different times for the rolls, the staff member finally brought some out and they were the kind you buy in a package at the grocery, definitely not the kind of dinner roll baked in an oven. We were told that there were no more mashed potatoes so we asked for the baked potato instead. When our main entree came out, it looked like a country steak definitely not a ribeye! It was cut about the size of a thin piece of a hamburger patty. Husband ordered the larger size and I ordered the smaller but they were both the same size and the waitress who brought it out wasn't even sure which one was which. Baked potato was fine, nothing too wrong but it would have been nice to have chives with it. Miraculously, this place managed to have a fly in January hanging out in the dining area and it kept trying to hang out at our table. All in all, I'd sum up our experience as better than a can of baked beans. If you're starving and want something one step above that then maybe this place is worth a shot."