Yadkin Valley Steakhouse

I really enjoyed my dining experience last night. Our food was really good. The service was attentive. The atmosphere was warm and inviting. My party of five all left happy. We were seated after a short wait. Our server, Jason, appeared at our table within a few minutes of being sat. He took our drink orders. We ordered an appetizer. He gave us a few minuted to look over the menu. It seemed like five minutes or less he reappeared with our drinks. We also got a refill in a carafe and a bucket of ice with an ice scoop. He brought us several small loaves of bread and butter. We got a basket of crackers with cream cheese dip. Our appetizer came out. We ordered fried green tomatoes topped with pimento and cheese and applewood smoked bacon. They were delicious! The salads came out minutes after that. They were pretty basic but they were composed of fresh elements. Our food orders came out in a reasonable amount of time. All of our orders were correct. Everything was hot. Our server made sure we had everything we needed to go with our meal. I got an 8 ounce sirloin. It was cooked perfectly to my requested doneness of medium. It was surrounded by delicious au jus. I got a side of buttered rice and broccoli and cheese. The broccoli was good and not mushy. The cheese was like processed cheese spread. The cheese was the only part of my meal less than excellent. Someone else got mashed red skin potatoes that were yummy. One of party members ordered cedar plank salmon that was delicious and perfectly cooked. She added an order of shrimp for $3. Another ordered corn chowder as a side. It was topped with bacon crumbles and was awesome. They displayed a sanitation grade of 99.0. The dining area looked clean and tide. The restrooms looked and smelled clean. To say the least- Yadkin Valley Steak House was a good choice and I can't wait to go back.

So I can give a good background on this place through the years. Used to eat here weekly since the owners were family friends back in the 90s and early 2000s. Ownership changed hands and it's been very hit or miss since.I went last in 2014, hung out in waiting room for an hour with no res, and ordered a medium well steak that came out 2.5 hours after that was cooked as rare as a steak as I've ever seen and I couldn't handle eating it. I still remember the wait time that was blamed on a private party. When the person at the register asked how it was, I responded 'pretty bad' since my date was also not very happy with her meal after 3 hours of being in the restaurant and left $1 dollar tip for what ended up being over 4 hours. Fast forward to giving it a try again with my wife in 2024, and we had a more enjoyable time. Told it would be a 45 minute wait on arrival at 6 PM on a Saturday, so that hasn't changed in 8 years. Got sat down and had a very helpful waitress in her 40s that was a enchanced the experience. We ordered the Yadkin Valley Sirloin for 2, and it came out cooked perfect. I ordered a medium for my cut this time and my wife got a medium rare, both hitting the mark. Great price for what we got and left the restaurant at 8:43, so still leaving one star off since I think it's difficult to do this experience in under 2 hours, so be patient.

Hidden jewel. Great food, service and wine selection. We love date nights at Yadkin Valley.

Went there tonight for the first time to have our anniversary dinner, We are new to the area, and wanted to try this place, We are always willing to pay a good price for a good meal, and to splurge on a great meal. It was AWFUL. The decor is REAlLLY bad. We were seated in a section off the main restaurant even though the place was empty. Although not much better, the main part of the restaurant had a little better feel than the area where we were seated. We ordered 2 filet mignons. I guess I should have known there was going to be a problem when I ordered a baked potato with mine and was told they were out of potatoes at 6:30 pm on a Thursday before Mother's Day weekend. WHAT??? No potatoes at a steakhouse???? I decided to take the red-skin mashed potatoes instead. My husband ordered a baked sweet potato with his, a side of baby shrimp (dusted and fried) and a side of sautéed mushrooms. We both ordered a cesar salad as our other side. My husband tried to order a craft beer, only to be told they no longer carried ANY of the craft beers on the menu. Now - the menu is pages inside a 3 ring binder. It's not hard to take the page out and replace it with what you currently have available! The cesar salad came - not great, limp romaine and just ok dressing. The steaks came with the sides. We both ordered our steaks medium rare. Mine was blue - not edible for me. My husband took mine and I took his slightly more cooked (but still less than medium rare) steak. The waitress never even came by to ask if our steaks were cooked properly or if our food was ok. Now - EVERY person who has ever worked in a steakhouse. knows you ALWAYS ask if the meat has been cooked to the customer's satisfaction. The mashed potatoes were inedible; hard and cold on the outside, warm on the inside and terrible! My husband's baked sweet potato was OLD - the skin was burned on the inside and the potato was cold. The baby shrimp were not good either - no flavor. The mushrooms needed salt & pepper, but they were the best part of the meal. The best part of the experience is that the older woman who checked us out gave us about 1/2 off our bill, which would have been about $100. I am very grateful that she did.We will NEVER go back to this place again.

We showed up on a Saturday with no reservations and they got us in. Was well worth waiting for. I had the whisky delmonico steak - delicious but huge (more than I could finish). My husband had the ribeye & it was fantastic also. Save room for dessert - the chocolate pie was delicious. Staff was friendly, and our server (Jennifer) knew the menu very well so could make suggestions & recommendations. COVID related - they are doing a great job. They are working at 50% capacity so seating is every other table. All the staff is wearing masks. Hand sanitizer is available at the front & patrons are required to wear masks when not at their table. We felt very comfortable eating in the dining room.If we find ourselves back in the area we will definitely be returning.

Don't judge a book by its cover. It doesn't look like much from the outside but might be top 3 steaks I have ever had. Better than Ruth Chris, better than Sullivans, way better than Angus Barn. The filet was perfectly cooked. Service was fantastic too. This place is 5 stars in my book!

The food was good. Service was fast. The fried shrimp was a little over cooked. Rice was like uncle Ben's. Prime rib wasn't the best I've had, But was ok. Sweet potato was good , Onion crisps for an appetizer were great. Bread was good with the butter spread. Nice atmosphere with the oil lamps. Very cozy. We would go back again .

Me and my boyfriend went last night to eat. The lighting in the place is terrible, when we finally got seated the waitress Hannah asked what we wanted to drink... once we had ordered our food (we both got a steak) she asked us how we wanted them cooked. Told her medium well so she writes our order down, we wait about 20 minutes or so before we get our food and once we have it the steaks are almost rare, both of our baked potatoes were almost over cooked, my broccoli was cold, the cheese they served on the side with it tasted terrible.. I told the waitress we couldn't eat those because they was not cooked enough for us, after like 5 minutes she brings them back out only to be burnt on top but still just as rare as it was from the first time. Than she goes to get the menu to show us that they can't cook the steaks medium well but it's clearly on the menu an she clearly wrote it down without telling us that to begin with. We paid almost $100 for a meal that we couldn't even eat! We will definitely not be back to eat or recommend this place to anyone.

Came in at 9:10pm, they graciously took our party of 4 as their last for the evening. Service was on spot....they were out of Cattlemen's Filet and a few other items but quickly stated they would substitute and all was cooked as ordered. Salads were fresh and then our server made a fresh ranch dressing to make sure we all plenty. No one had to send anything back, all sides came with meals as ordered. Our server was Hannah....BEST SERVICE EVER! Served us even though it was closing time and went WAY ABOVE to make sure our food was what we ordered and the experience was good! Thanks to Yadkin Valley for taking care of us 4 hungry folks at the last hour!! Small town steak house, price reasonable.

We visited on a Friday so not expecting immediate service However, there were only 3 tables in our section and the waitress was only hyper focused on one. Every time she brought one thing to their table then they asked for something else and off she'd go never checking on us. They asked for MORE bread and water and off she went never thinking about other tables. I didn't expect my food in 15 minutes but a glass of water or drink order would've been nice. After 15 minutes of no service, I went to the hostess station inquiring if we had a waitress. The lady who normally checks us out said she would see who our waitress was but after a few more minutes we left. We wasted 30 minutes between waiting for a table and waiting for a waitress who never appeared.