Robbins Nest Restaurant

Looked for lunch on the way down I-95 headed to Florida. A buffet connected to a budget hotel. Recipe for disaster? Nope. Thanks to previous yelpers we drove right up. Excellent food. Fried chicken, meatloaf, yams, mashed potatoes, southern veg, salad, pies.... all really spot on. The biscuits are light as a feather. Even the bbq was tasty for restaurant fare. Look out for the fatback, it is addictive.The buttermilk pie was new to me and really delish. This place is not just "good for road food." It is delish. Thank you, local yelpers!

What an experience! Lots of choices but definitely not the best quality. It's old-school buffet with lotsa hands touching serving utensils. The plates were smaller than average serving plates; therefore, many folks seemed to layer their plates. We were in line for at least a half hour before getting inside the restaurant - in all fairness - the extended wait could have been due to Mother's Day. In all fairness,The wait and bus staff were exceedingly attentive and courteous. Many southern dishes: greens, black eye peas, candied yams, smothered chicken, fried fish, corn bread!!! If you are chasing country-southern cuisine or if you prefer a diner-gone-country setting, ROBBINS NEST may be your place!

We had our Father's Day lunch here today. The restaurant has a nice feel, but extremely tight with everyone lined up for the buffet coming from different directions with the main dining room and then the back rooms. The food was good, the desserts were average at best. The waitresses left us tea and water on the table but they needed to leave some ice as well but didn't. The weird layout as well as the difficulty to navigate the buffet was why the rating wasn't better. The amount of money this place pulls in, along with the location they need to invest in a better layout as well and a better parking situation. Got blocked in and almost backed into a deep ditch trying to leave.

This place always hit the stop whenever I come to NC to see my mom I have to eat here. The service is excellent as well as the food. I leave full as a tick!! Well worth the price their is nothing like good ole country cooking. Trust me try a little of everything.

Absolutely wonderful!!! One of the few, or maybe the only, buffet in the Wake/Johnston county area and they do it right. Seafood nights on Friday and Saturday, along with the favorite country cooking. No matter what you decide to eat, you cannot go wrong. We eat here at least once a week. The waitresses are friendly just like it was back in the good days, the setting is just a country, laid back atmosphere. If you have complaints about this place, then it is you that may be the problem. If you don't like a small town, country atmosphere, then you shouldn't go. We will for sure though. Can't wait to go again! Thank you for having a wonderful buffet!

Restaurant closed Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. If you might be wondering if they are closed any additional days, there won't be any messages on their ' answer ' machine, signs on the door or any heads up on their media. They don't care if you drove 45 minutes for special food items a sick loved one would eat. Consideration for those of us who continue patronizing Robbins Nest is moot

We ate here for the first time this evening. There was a line but it moved quickly. The buffet was refreshed frequently. Almost all the food was homemade and my husband said it was the best fried fish he had ever had. I was pleased that the buffet had hard to find items like chicken livers and buttermilk pie. We are definitely coming back to this place even though we live 55 mins away.

The southern cooking at that buffet, was the best I've had in a while. The fat back was delicious.

So the wife & I drove 45 mins. to eat here. Buffet price is $15.75 per person, a little pricey in my opinion. For $15.75 you get over cooked fried chicken, over cooked fried fish, chicken pastry that is all clumped together. All the vegetable containers were almost empty as was the white rice & mashed potatoes. The kitchen staff couldn't keep up with the demand for food on the buffet as people were waiting in line for them to bring food out. I waited 20 minutes for fried chicken only to get over cooked fried chicken. The fresh chicken pastry they brought out was clumped together so that tells me they don't know how to cook it. All the food here is horrendous!!!! We definitely will never go back to this joint!!! Don't understand how they got any good reviews.

Robbin's Nest Restaurant the home cooking buffet are excellent. I've always went there a lot when I lived in Smithfield NC. The food were very good. I haven't been back there after I moved other town. I'll come back when I get a chance.