Reviews for Sam’s Southern Eatery in Springfield, MO
First off, I HATE giving negative reviews and understand that it is really difficult in food service right now. So........last... Friday we ordered take-out from Sam's, we had 4 total orders at around $45. In those orders, we had about 10 catfish filetsalong with shrimp, fries, etc. This fish is good and overall we were happy with the food. When we picked up our order, theyoffered us some sauces. From past experience, we asked for two sauce containers per order but the guy at the counter said "wecan't do that", and proceeded to give us one extra sauce. These sauces can't be much more than 1 or 2 tablespoons as they don'teven fill up a jello-shot plastic cup halfway (see pic). The whole thing was kind of laughable but we were a little shook whenhe dug his heels in. I get it if we had one small order and were trying to stock our refrigerator with their sauce but c'monguys. Don't nickel & dime repeat customers over $.05 worth of sauce. That's weak sauce! Read more
Sam's Southern Eatery is a great choice if you are in the mood for seafood or chicken in a simple, relaxed atmosphere. The... restaurant itself was quite clean (including the restroom). Seating was comfortable and the tables were spacious. You orderedfrom the posted menu and then took a seat. The menu offered a fairly broad variety of food including burgers and sandwiches,chicken, fish, and seafood. Traditional Cajun entrees like po' boys, etoffee, and gumbo were available, as well as severaltypes of cobbler for desert. Our food was top notch, and it was served with very little wait time. My large gumbo was justthat...large, and very good. Gumbo prepared in the South is typically pretty tasty, but this was certainly above par. It camewith some fried bread which I had never had before, but I definitely will look for it now. We also had catfish fillets, friedshrimp and fried oysters... all of which were seasoned and prepared nicely. Chicken wings rounded out the meal and they toowere quite good. The side dishes warrant remarks of their own. Cole slaw and French fries were very good, but the star was thered beans and rice. Hands-down the best I have ever eaten... sadly, even better than mine. Staff were friendly and service wasprompt. Prices were a bit on the high end, but certainly not unreasonable given the quality of the food. The menu was set upnicely so you could mix up your choices a bit... 3 or 6 of this, 2 or 4 of that, etc. Lots of potential options from which tochoose. This definitely was a very good meal, and worth the effort to do again some day. There are apparently 51 locations ofSSE in the U.S. (mainly in the central and southern states it appears), so if you happen upon one... go inside and enjoy a greatsouthern meal. Read more
Unfortunately Sam's is not what it used to be. My husband had the fish po'boy which was very skimpy for the price. I had the... philly and again it was a small quantity of food. We shared the fried green tomatoes but their ranch dressing tasted more likemayonnaise than anything else. They forgot to give me my red beans and rice. When I brought it to their attention I was given myside. The red beans and rice with a little added salt were the tastiest part of my meal. Our bill was over $34. Never again Read more
Best seafood I?ve had in a long time! Definitely coming back! Fried greens tomatoes and fried catfish out of this world!
The food is always hot, fresh, and plentiful! This is our 2nd visit. We shared #31 (25 shrimp with fries and red beans & rice).... The server brought us a complimentary small gumbo to try too! It was amazing. The employees are courteous and take pride intheir restaurant. Read more
I got the 3 fish 3 shrimp and 3 oysters with macaroni and cheese with tartar sauce. The shrimp and oysters were enormous and... delicious. However, the fish was fried really hard. The macaroni and cheese is boxed. Read more
Hungry going in for sure full going out. The food is awesome we order Gumbo Large for 8.99 and 6pcs fish. Large portions and... reasonable price. Highly recommended Read more
First time in spring field Missouri & i could honestly say im a happy camper with the food really tasty & hot & fries, besides... the cashier been very rude, didnt have a name tag & wouldn?t release he?s name to me! Read more