Sam’s Kitchen - Halifax, Virginia

Teri S.

I’ve eaten here twice…it did not disappoint! The food was delicious. Pictured is grilled cod with twice baked potato, hush puppies and coleslaw. My daughter ordered shrimp fettuccine with broccoli.
Everything was so fresh and clean!

B

So I order a cheeseburger. They make it with tomato(the 2 slices I got are stacked on the plate bout the size of quarters ) lettuce and mayo (more mayo than tomatoes. ) I asked for onions pickle’s, ketchup and mustard. When it got to the table I pulled the bottom off. Seeing so much dressings( bottom in the picture and saturated onions on plate) I requested another plain bottom. After a long wait. (No other customers) I finally get the bottom delivered with mayo and a lot of mustard on it. So I told them to take the whole plate. I wasn’t paying for it. Fire your cook. The previous time there I ordered steak. B warned they put garlic on the steaks. Couldn’t eat it. Just left it on the plate. Was with friends and didn’t want to make a scene so payed for it. If you’re gonna season steak with anything but salt and pepper you should warn your guest. Put it on the menu. Can’t tell them not to put it on if it’s not in the description. 2 bads out of 4 times eating there. I won’t be back.

Karen M.

I stopped in for lunch today (Wednesday) & can highly recommend this place. I got a cheeseburger & onion rings. The burger was juicy & delicious with fresh toppings & the onion rings were huge & fantastic. My server was a sweet girl who was attentive & made sure I had everything that I needed. Their menu has lots of options from steak to seafood, pasta & subs, pizza & wings, & salads with a kids menu & some vegetarian selections. If you're nearby, but don't have the time to dine in, they do offer call-in orders, as several people picked theirs up while I was there. I will definitely be stopping in again when I am in the area!! Delicious!!

Carina H.

We were pleasantly surprised by how good the food was. Fair prices, good service, and good food made for a pleasant dinner on a cold night.

We started with the appetizer sampler, and it was pretty usual for fried everything, but I will say it was good and hot and the marinara sauce actually tasted like a decent marinara (not the case everywhere around here). It was good. The ranch dressing wasn't exactly a ranch, almost closer to a dill based raita, but then, we're Midwesterners who are picky about ranch dressing.

I had the ribeye salad, and it was quite good. The steak was seasoned perfectly and cooked exactly how I like it. They didn't skimp on the tomatoes or the cucumbers, either, and for a winter night, that was such a nice surprise. They put so much on the plate that I easily ate all I could and have another serving for tomorrow.

My husband had the seafood combination pasta, and he loved it. He said the sauce had a bit of heat that worked really well with everything, and we were both surprised at just how much seafood they loaded his large plate with. Absolutely worth the price.

We will be back. Everyone was so nice, and the service was top notch, even considering the weather and all.

Gerald S.

Unfortunately, I have to leave in my opinion a bad review, and please allow me to explain why. First off, the food is really delicious. That is the good news The bad news is that they do not have enough weight staff, and that poses as a very serious problem. Twice now, my wife and I have had to leave the establishment because of lack of service. I can see the place being popular. Because the food is really good at A. Reasonable cost, but you are extremely fortunate. If you are able to sit down and get a waiter to your table within 15 minutes and I'm not joking. The last time that we were there, which was two nights ago, we literally sat there for twenty minutes and was not even able to put an order in. 3 times that we have been fortunate enough to order. The food is really decent and like I said, the price is good. I do not blame the servers that are currently there. I do not know if it's on management or ownership or just. Lazy people that do not want to work, but they easily need two more waitresses for the night shift, and then I would gladly change my rating. So I guess to sum it up if you do not mind waiting for a very, very long time to get service, then Hey, go ahead and give it a shot.

Update: they have hired some new wait staff, and things have gotten so much better. Definitely a good place to eat at a very fair price.

NeadoFlu

My food was good and made well and service was good. I forgot my extra food and they had already thrown it out when i got back so they gave me a pease of cheesecake which is very good service. My friend got a steak which was 50% fat or uneditable and just seemed like a lower quality steak, wouldn’t recommend the steak. My other friend got a chicken salad and his chicken was well seasoned and salad was good but the croutons tasted old(not fresh) other wise that, the interior was nice.

Sharon

I’ve been 3 times since the opening and every single time there’s a problem. We thought we’d give them another try today surely they are staffed now and got it together…. NOPE!! I called in the order that will be ready in 20 minutes we waited 35 minutes. Get there my husband was given a bag the girl disappeared another girl comes up gives him the bag and receipt and he leaves. He returned home part of the order is missing!!!!! I called in back “oh I had to make the salads” therefore the order wasn’t ready!!! No apology just a “ come get it”. Not a care in the world for our time and gas. I am quite aggravated as this unapologetic human being decided to tell me she wasn’t going to “tolerate my attitude”!!! I wouldn’t have one if her incompetence didn’t prevent her from doing her job and getting it right.

Demarcus B. J.

Just came to take a further dive into Sharon’s situation. I was dining in earlier this evening and observed what happened. Not only was the restaurant packed at the time, but there were only 2 servers there. I was sitting by the counter when I overheard one of the servers tell who I would assume to be her husband, that the salads had to be made and it would take only 5 minutes. I have no clue if he was in a rush but he turned around & exited the building. A few minutes later I’m at the counter ordering a side of fries, and hear the server on the phone with who I’d assume to be Sharon. Sharon proceeds to use vulgar & profane language towards the server although her husband was at fault for leaving the salads. Not to be biased in any way, but the server was completely right for her response, not only was Sharon rude over the phone but when she came back she made more rude comments. Moral is, If your husband forgets your salads; take that up with him instead of being rude to the servers because you could’ve ruined someone’s day over a small miscommunication that could’ve been avoided if you were patient.