The Front Porch

You don't have to be country to love the country cooking and eavesdrop on the locals as you enjoy a delicious breakfast. We loved the country fried steak and homemade biscuits. We also enjoyed listening to the local gossip from the hard working townspeople. You do need to speak Rural Tennessee if you want to understand it. 😉 Tanya was a good server and kept our coffee full.

5+2🤠

This establishment owned by Carolyn Reid is a real hidden treasure! Ms Reid has a real magic touch with her fixings! If you go away hungry, it's your own fault! Everything was delicious, the cornbread, banana pudding, the cake, chicken fried steak, Salisbury steak, catfish, stuffing, greens, potatoes, salads, as much as you can eat! There really is too much to list! Plug in the address on your GPS! And get ready to do some eatin! And don't forget to talk to resident historian Sam Brown! That man is a treasure trove of History, and I'm serious about that! And, remember what I always say? Clean bathrooms, clean kitchen! Dirty bathrooms? Walk away eat somewhere else. This establishment has spotless bathrooms! It's rare that you find a place that puts this much love and passion twords feeding your neighbors!

Definitely a must try! Amazing Staff and Outstanding Food! I had the "Loaded Home Fries with 2 Over Easy Eggs and Toast! VERY GENEROUS PORTIONS and FULL OF FLAVOR! What are you waiting on? Go get your belly full!

We were welcomed by everyone when we entered and the staff was all friendly and attentive. Our meals were delicious. Plenty of food and well worth the money. If we're back in the area, we will go back!!

The most welcomes staff- Ever!!’ and the food is delicious!

-Plenty of parking
-Nice wide open doors for strollers or wheelchairs
- Early bird hours
And they have grits y'all!

Portion was huge and the food was delicious!

What a great little restaurant. Small buffet but everything was very fresh and tasted great!
Love the atmosphere and the service was top notch!
A great place to have some breakfast/lunch and just set and visit!

We visited on a Saturday morning. There was no menu service, only the breakfast buffet. What a buffet!
Everything you could want including chicken fried steak, fried chicken, smothered pork chops and crab cakes! All for $8.99. Fantastic food. Fantastic service. A+++

Absolutely love this place. The breakfast was so good. This was our second time eating here and it was just as good as the frist time. Great food, very clean and the staff was excellent. I would highly recommend stopping here for breakfast!

The waitress was amazing! The food was delicious!!! Everything was amazing! I ordered a Mexican omlet, one pancake,and grits. It was easily enough food for two to three people! The fluffiest, thickest, but light pancake I've ever had!! My new favorite restaurant to have breakfast!

It's a quaint, quiet down home restaurant. The breakfast buffet is fantastic and reasonably priced. I have read a lot of the other reviews and after meeting the staff and enjoying my dining experience any negative reviews must be someone who is generally unpleasant. We came in at 15 minutes to close, took forever ordering, were served promptly, treated curiously, stayed well past closing time and were treated like a visiting family member. They assured us that we weren't inconveniencing them, that it would take forever to clean up. My gf ordered off of the menu and I ordered the buffet. As late as we came in the buffet was slightly depleted, however, they insisted on making fresh eggs and biscuits to accommodate me. It was a wonderfully pleasant experience. The portions on the menu item was colossal and reasonably priced and the buffet was pretty vast. Tender juicy ham, country ham, pork tenderloin in gravy, fried chicken wings, sausage patties, red link sausage, grits, gravy, home fries, fruits, a plethora of cereal selections, oatmeal and so much more. All for 7.99. I was encouraged to make as many return trips as I would like. And our waitress treated us like she was our favorite aunt. It's not the kind of place where you can pull a bus into unannounced, but it's the perfect place for a quiet family meal. This is the longest, and most satisfied review that I have ever posted.

This place is really great, ...nice older place,... Old house conversion...full bar and great food, nice bar downstairs.... Loved It.

Fantastic,pleasant ,family atmosphere, good food, albeit slow service from the kitchen sometimes. Table staff is excellent, friendly and accommodating.Hours are a bit limited owing perhaps to underpopulation locally. Great buffet, now recently improved, owing to more availibility during the week.

1st time there. Had the breakfast special of the day. Ham & cheese omlet with biscuits & gravy and it was great! Service was friendly and attentive. Very reasonably priced. They also do a daily luncheon buffet which really looked good. We are moving to this area, so I'm sure we will be regulars there.

We were passing through Bell and decided to stop at The Front Porch. It was a Sunday and they do a buffet. You get to choose a meat and two sides, and there is all-you-can eat salad and dessert bar. I had meatloaf with beans and okra; all were delicious and it was some of the best meatloaf I've had in a long time. My husband enjoyed his fried chicken. Other meat choices were chicken-fried steak or pork chops. Sides included cornbread stuffing, greens, corn, mashed potatoes, mac & cheese and more. Even though we arrived right behind a large group, service was very quick. A waitress took our drink order shortly after we sat down with our food. Desserts were an assortment of small pies and cakes. I had some homemade banana pudding made with real bananas and vanilla wafers that finished the meal nicely. Our two meals cost less than $20 and was worth it.

This was my first time coming here and my husband and I had the breakfast buffet and everything was delicious.
The workers are very nice and friendly. We will be back.

Best home cooked meals I'm this area .
Always if you want good soul food this is the place to visit. Great for with too notch service.

Food and service is great. Great prices. Yesterday was the first time I had eaten lunch there. It was great. Don't miss their breakfast either.

Great food! We’ve been back everyday for 2 weeks straight! Servers are awesome and all the guests are friendly! Will be coming back!

My husband and I have family in bells tenn. While were home our only place to eat is the Front Porch. Love the staff and waitresses. Food is delicious!! And fresh. If you go say hi to Pam and Patti from the couple from north Carolina