Family Tradition

We have been coming here for years! Ever since I was a baby and they were at their other location. I love this place and still go just about every other week for supper. Great people!

Loved the burgers — or at least used to. New owners switched from hand-​made patties to prepared junk cardboard patties. Yuck. Wonder what else they’ll change for the worse.

This is one of my favorites. Don’t know what some of these other folks have a problem with. GD

My wife and I have driven by this place for months and never had a good reason to go until we had a lunch open on a weekday and needed to eat going towards Alpharetta from our house.
I had read the reviews, but I’m an incurable optimist and amateur foodie, so we went for it since we were both in the mood for southern/​comfort food. My wife had the fried chicken with Mac and cheese, green beans, and a roll. I had the Tuesday special fried pork loin with mashed potatoes and white gravy, fried okra, and corn bread, plus a nicely sized glass of sweet tea. The serving sizes weren’t small, but from the quality of lunch we thought this place would have good desserts. Seeing peanut butter pie on the menu and hearing the waitress praise it pushed us over the delicious dessert edge.
Highlights:
The fried okra! This was hands down the best okra I’ve had in a restaurant. I’m beginning to think that okra is to the South as eggplant is to southern China: can go wrong a million ways fast, but when done right is beatific!
Peanut butter pie also was great. My wife just learned how to make this, but the description for this one is different enough from my wife’s that we could justify it. The Reese cups in and on it were a perfect touch, and a normal crust instead of chocolate was a surprise too!
The fry batter, though, was not what I had imagined. I’m not technically skilled enough to diagnose, but it was too light in color and didn’t stick well to the meats.
The service was great, too. Our waitress seemed to enjoy her job, not only knew but took pride in their menu, and everything was prompt. We will definitely be going back!

It wasn’t bad… it wasn’t great. It was just mediocre. Institutional, frozen and canned food. Nothing stood out as «home cooking»…think” high school cafeteria «. The wait staff was thin, sparse, and slow. For a blue plate special place, it was disappointing. Still, there were a lot of choices. If they’d focus more on quality, it would be worth the drive up from Roswell, but as it is, there’s no reason to prefer eating here over eating fast food.

While the piece was nice the food was ok. Chicken was bland and the slaw was odd tasting. Fried green tomatoes were hot and nicely coated and the okra was good not great. Expected more from all of the positive reviews. I’ll stick to JohnBoys.

First I would like to say they can do so much more with this restaurant. The wait staff is mostly teenagers, big nor when I needed help, is served food to people they came in after us. Even some of the people would be finished with her food and we still did not receive ours. we would try to get the wait staff attention and they would ignore us and talk to regulars. the food would come out and it would be cold, or overcooked. I won’t go back and nor will I recommend it to anyone. but I think it’s too bad because it would be nice to have a southern cooking restaurant in the neighborhood.

Hard to go wrong here. Country diner, meat and veg type place. Love it!

Delicious food & great staff! Cornbread is almost always dry, but the other food makes up for it! Especially the country fried steak. Yum!

The food tasted like it was from frozen. The fries were definately frozen and not fresh. Really, nothing flavorful or memorable and we never went back. It’s too bad because we love southern cooking, but it was more like a bad Denny’s. I hope they improve since we like to support local businesses.

Family Tradition used to be a good place to get «meat & three», etc. But for some reason it’s gone way way downhill. The food is bland, portions are small, service (especially on to-​go orders) is really rough. Hopefully they turn things around. Just seems like the owners aren’t around or the managers don’t care.

Been to this location twice. First time (early May 2014) was very good. Had country fried steak with a couple of veggies and biscuit. The food was very good and the service was great.
Second time (May 24 2014) was a different experience. Both of our orders were wrong. This time I tried the fried chicken with veggies. It looked delicious, but looks are deceiving. This was the worst fried chicken I’ve ever eaten! Totally bland and flavorless crust and the chicken was dry! Apparently, they are looking for help and it showed that evening.
We’ll give them another try and then determine if we’ll ever return again.

It’s hard to find good old Southern home cooking that can even compete with Family Tradition.
You better be hungry as he portions are HUGE, the staff friendly and attentive.
I usually only get the Country Fried Steak or Catfish and have never been disappointed. Only too full to comfortably remove myself from the booth! The sweet tea is Southern perfect. I love the fried okra, fried green tomatoes (which they bring you a squeeze bottle of ranch dressing for!), the simple salad is always fresh and tasty. They make their own Ranch Dressing so it has no nasty tasting preservatives in it. Always fresh and tasty.
You can’t go wrong with any of the breads, from the cathead biscuit, roll, or their cornbread. The hush puppies are absolutely fantastic.
I’ve had breakfast, lunch and dinner here and it has always been more than satisfactory. There’s a reason they are always to capacity and that reason is quality.

Bring an empty stomach to this country kitchen paradise! Of course the fried chicken is wonderful. Good selection of home style vegetables. My friend always gets the fried pickles which are good, but whoever would have thought of frying a pickle :) ?
The fresh breads — roll, biscuit or cornbread are all good, but it’s hard to beat that yeast roll. Save room for dessert if you can.

Me and my wife really like this place. Very cozy southern restaurant. You can tell that several sides are from a can, but it’s fast, very great prices, and great service. You really have to try the fried green tomatoes!

I do not understand the passion people have for this place. It is all freezer food. Just pop it in the oven/​microwave and serve. People got nuts over this stuff. I just don’t get it. I guess maybe it’s just like their momma made it? I honestly would rather eat fast food over this stuff. Or at least Cracker barrel!

Good place for decent family /​home cooking. Yeast rolls are amazing and the best thing on the menu!

Tried the Salmon patties dinner and it was very good. I had tartar sauce with it. Large amount of food. I also had the peanut butter pie which was awesome.

If I want Southern I’ll go to Fam Trad.
Chicken tenders are always a safe choice for me. Chicken fried steak is a good one as well. Moderate prices. If they’re busy the wait can be a while so go during the day.
They have some specials that change throughout the week. Up on a board for everyone to see at their leisure.
Fried okra is a favorite of mine.
If you’re feeling some comfort food, this is a great place.

This place is great! Meat n two veg for a good price. Check the white board for today’s menu and you have your food in a couple of minutes. That usually means that some of the food is pre-​prepared, but it sure doesn’t taste like it.
The service is quick and accurate. The food is almost always excellent.
If you like good southern home-​cooking, check ‘em out.