Service is horrible. I had went with a friend to attend the pittsboro by gaslight event and we had went into the general store for the entertainment and to grab a bite to eat. First off there was no hostess to seat us,but the girl up front was very apologetic about the wait,so we ventured into the back to attend the festivities. It took at least ten minutes before anyone approached our table. the girl seemed overwhelmed,did not introduce herself and just asked what would you like to drink? There was no smile she looked like she was miserable. Our food came out cold and we had to send it back,it was the chicken marsala and for the price it should have been hot when served to the table. We never got refills and we had to flag someone down to do so. It is way over priced in this economy and I will never return although the last band was very good. I would not suggest to eat here to anyone.…
THIS PLACE IS A GEM!. The General Store Cafe is phenomenal. Spectacular food (try the Shrimp & Grits and the Portabella Veggie Burger!) prepared with local, organic products and it tastes terrific. There's entertainment during the week/weekends..we went for bluegrass night - everyone dances! We overwhelmed our waitress (we were a group of 20) but she was pleasant, helpful, attentive and we all appreciated it. This went from a small deli to table service...they're making a tremendous effort and doing very well at it. Go there for the food, atmosphere (be sure to see the hand-painted umbrellas!) the fun...........we've all eaten at the swishy restaurants in Raleigh and Cary - try this - it's better and it's a hoot!…
Beware of Gratuity. Beware of 18% gratuity, they don't tell you and you might pay by mistake.
Good food, poor service.
My wife and I went there for the first time today. I was very disappointed with the service. We waited about 5 minutes before anyone asked us for our drink order. We got our order in a decent
amount of time, but there was not a lot of people there. We had to asked for refills of our drinks and our check.
Food was okay. My wife's sandwich was very good. My burritto was okay. I think my wife liked my order better than I did. Half way through, we swapped. I will try them again, but if the service is as bad, it will probably be the last time.…
AVOID at all cause.
My family and I had the WORST experience, ever, at any restaurants. It was a Saturday late afternoon, there were only several tables left but yet we still had to wait 1/2 hour to get our table. We
had this dumpy waitress who acted like she didn't even see us at the table. We had to flag her down just to take our drink orders. She was rude to us, didn't smile or anything. After 40 mins of waiting for our foods, we asked her why it was taking so long. Her response was, "Oh, didn't the hosts tell you that there will be a very long wait due to short staff in kitchen and the big party we just had?" Yes, that was her answer to us. When the foods finally came, it was a much bigger disappointment than the service. It was the most horrible food my family and I have ever tasted. Even my 3 year old neice wouldn't even touch her pasta with cheese. It was disgusting. You should have seen the amount of chicken salad they puton the bread. It looked like a layer of mayonaise. My smoke turkey sandwich had a little round piece of tomatoe on it. We told the wait staff about it and she came out with a plate of tomatoes.
The manager came by to just apologize for the long wait. They didn't even take anything off of our bill. I can assure you, it was by far the worst experience I've ever had. Save yourtime the time and money and go elsewhere for better service and food.…
