Cottage Restaurant

Reviews

• Wanda L.

  star star star star star_border 1 June 2026

  Now and again, one gets a hankering for something on the country cooking/soul food order.  I stopped by the Cottage Restaurant on Summer Avenue, in the French Village Square.  This was my first visit to The Cottage in many years.
  
  The fried green tomatoes were cooked to perfection:  tender and with just the right kind of breading on them.  The Northern beans were very good,
  The turnip greens tasted as if someone had just gone to the garden, picked them and cooked them.  The fried chicken livers were also cooked to perfection. I didn't taste the cornbread yet, since I got this order to go and still have half of my meal left, which I will eat the cornbread with later.
  
  They do have a lunch buffet, but it was half empty and what was there looked as if it might have been left over from another day.  Based upon what I saw at the buffet, it would not have been my choice.
  
  Overall, I give a 4 star rating.  This is because there was not one grain of salt or seasoning in any of the food.  Just a little bit would have helped.  The worst part was having to wait about 25 minutes for my order.  This was at 1:30 in the afternoon, when the place wasn't busy.  When I asked the waitress about how much longer it would be, she said they were working on it, but had only one cook, and he had a lot of orders ahead of me. I looked around and saw only 8 other people in there, and all 8 of them already had their food in front of them; therefore, I'm not sure what orders the cook had ahead of mine.  But, due too the time it took to get my food, and due to the lack of seasoning, I give four stars.  Still, the food was definitely worth returning for.

• Donna M.

  star star star star star_border 29 May 2026

  The Lunch Buffet was set up, but it looked heavier than I wanted, so I ordered the Morning Breakfast Special ($6.50).
  
  2 eggs any style / choice of bacon, 2 sausage patties, or 3 links / choice of 1 pancake, biscuit & gravy, or toast / choice of hash browns, grits, or tomatoes / coffee or tea /
  
  Beats the heck out of a breakfast biscuit & oj out the McDonald's window for almost as much $, or the (lack of) atmosphere in a Waffle House or IHOP.
  
  I couldn't resist a Bread Pudding To Go for an afternoon snack.  
  
  Server/Cashier was experienced & genuine 5*****.  
  
  Note that The Cottage is open on Mondays & uncrowded.

• Callie E.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 21 May 2026

  I am still in the restaurant and I don't like this place at ALL. Everything is over done, dry, and flavorless. On top of that, I saw one of those bugs mentioned in another review. Buffet looks so old I'm surprised the station was warm (not hot), and it doesn't seem to know how to pick a certain look and go with it.
  
  I will never even look this direction again.
  
  EDIT: MOMENTS after submitting this review a cockroach fell on my knee! I bolted. This place sucks.

• Gary B.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 13 May 2026

  Worst experience I've had !! Ordered 4 vegetable plate with turnip greens squash peas & green beans! They were out of Turnip Green the squash & peas were cold !! Terrible & they still charged me after complaining

• Brian L.

  star star star star star_border 12 May 2026

  I have eaten at The Cottage many times. Eaten as in past tense. It was one of my very favorites. This is the old Lenny's location. I've eaten here many times as well. Since The Cottage moved here, I've been only once before, and that was about two years ago, right after they moved.
  
  I must say, my visit on Monday morning was much better than my previous visit. They say the old building was in horrible shape and needed to be torn down. For me, it had character. The new cottage had bare red walls two years ago, but it definitely has some character now. Records on the wall. Some memories of Memphis. Liberty Land. Pop Tunes. They are even offering lunch buffets now. Yes, it's time to rekindle my long lost love at The Cottage.
  
  I rarely eat breakfast anymore, but circumstances brought me here and I was unusually hungry for breakfast. I like meat. I like burgers. The hamburger steak fit the glove. The biscuits were fresh and homemade. The gravy made me drool. The hash browns were great, and the coffee kept a coming.
  
  I like the Cottage. I used to love it. For me, this just isn't the same place as it was, but my therapist has been helping me overcome that. These folks really know how to cook!