Wendell Smith's Restaurant

"This place is incredible! Down home country cooking! Great service definitely great food! Huge plate full, and the banana pudding is the best ever! Thank you Wendells! Definitely recommend and definitely am returning for more!!"

"2023: BeLT(BLT with an egg) was great. Biscuits were good but gravy was not. Grits were alright. 2022: Classic diner meat and three. Barbeque was bland but the roast beef tasted great. Corn bread was decent, green beans were okay, turnip greens were good, yams and marshmallows got 2 thumbs up. Some of the servers seemed new and awkward but ours was great, she seemed experienced and could anticipate our needs."

"We pass through Nashville a few times a year and we usually visit Wendell's. Has always been a good experience until today. Our server, who didn't give her name, was was rude and unfriendly right out of the gate. I ordered a bologna and egg sandwich with mayo. She didn't ask how I wanted the egg, so I asked her how it would be cooked. Over well, she said. I told her I wanted it over medium (in the VAST majority of restaurants, over medium has a soft, perhaps SLIGHTLY runny yolk.) She responded, with disgust, "You want it runny??!!!????!!". In the first place, what if I did? That would be my preference. I replied that I want the yolk soft, maybe SLIGHTLY runny. She retorted, "well that's over medium WELL" (in a superior, rude tone). She could have simply said "I will ask that it be cooked over medium well". That would have sounded "helpful: rather than "corrective". The sandwich came with bologna that was so thick it could have made three sandwiches. But, hey, we are all different. There are MANY people who like thick bologna. And that's fine. That is their preference, where thinner is mine. I certainly didn't ask her to have the cook slice it smaller because she was CLEARLY bothered by even being at work today. There was also no mayo. So we did ask for some mayo and a serrated knife. She rudely retorted, "do you need anything else so I don't have to go back and forth?!!!!?? My husband asked for extra napkins and mustard. She returned with a mayo packet, mustard packets, the knife we requested, and exactly TWO napkins. I cut the bologna to make it thinner, added it back to the sandwich, and added the mayo. Then I cut my sandwich in half. The yolk came pouring out. See photo. Obviously I am not the one she needed to "correct" concerning over medium vs over medium well. I ate half of the sandwich, removing the egg and wiping yolk from it. This is only the third review I have given on anything in my 60 years of life. And if Wendell's had an email or other way to make complaints I would have done so privately. But they do not. And I would have spoken to manager but was told he was not available. We may return for lunch or dinner again at some point. But we will not for breakfast. And if this particular server shows up at our table we will move to another. By the way, she realized she was rude and had offended, so she was loudly "over the top" friendly and smiley with all of her other tables from that point forward."

"I've been eating here for over 25 years and always a good meal. All you can expect in a Tennessee meat and 3. The only reason for 4 stars is I ordered online and was deceived by dessert names. I ordered desserts with our meal and placed what I thought would be a decent blueberry cheesecake and homespun lemon ice box pie. Being from the south you know exactly what I'm saying here. See pics for what I received,. An instant pudding style cheesecake with blueberry pie filling and a very well made lemon meringue pie. Please correct or adjust your menu online."

"My family and I went by Wendell Smith's Restaurant after my Uncle's funeral Thursday. It was my first time here since I was a little guy. My Aunt, Mom, Dad and cousin Ronald are all native Nashvillians besides my dad; he is from NYC. They go there a lot. Our server was overwhelmed with tables, but she did a wonderful job! The food was a bit pricey (but what isn't today).for what you got, but it was great! This is a Nashville original restaurant...I hope we keep it around for many years to come!"