Country Cookin' Diner - Cocoa

I was really disappointed to find that the only connection to the South in this restaurant is its name. I was expecting some good Southern food, but do you know what Southern breakfast doesn't even serve salt on its grits? It felt like a violation of Southern cuisine standards. I overheard a waitress telling another customer that they serve sweet tea, but she could bring unsweetened tea with sugar on the side—now that’s another Southern faux pas. The decor looks like they raided a craft store during a sale on farmhouse-themed items. There are plenty of places in the area that serve authentic Southern breakfasts at better prices. Just putting up signs with chickens and flags doesn’t make you true to the South, nor does it justify using the name. Please, add some salt to your grits!

Nice homestyle diner. Friendly service. Reasonable prices. Good food. Will definitely go again. Recommend

Food very good, waitresses friendly and really did a good job taking care of us at a busy time, definitely will be going there regularly

I gave it two stars because the service was good and the cook did a good job in spite of the low quality ingredients he was given to work with. Overall, definitely not going back there again unless they increase the quality of their ingredients. The issue I have with this place is with the very low quality of the ingredients in the Ultimate Omlet I ordered. The first couple bites, I literally had to spit out and check what the heck I just put in my mouth. Turned out my visceral reaction was due to the spinach, mushrooms, and bacon, all of which are ingredients that I normally love. I had multiple bites where I had to stop to pull out what I thought was hair from my mouth, turned out the spinach had very tough, long fibers in the stems. Gross. I normally like canned mushrooms, I sometimes even eat them on a salad, but these canned mushrooms tasted terrible. I had to pull them all out, but the taste from them still bled over to the other ingredients. But the worst ingredient in the omelet was the bacon, if you can call it that. It had no bacon flavor at all and the texture was somewhere between jerky and cardboard. It was clearly not the same bacon you get when you order their strips of fried bacon. I 'll also mention, the home fries were not fried at all, they were just boiled potatoes that were diced, which I like boiled potatoes , so not a big deal, but I was really looking forward to some home fried potatoes, which is not what they gave me.

Great local joint. I love mom and pop diners. Good service and yummy food, what more can you ask for. I forgot to take pictures of my food before eating for the review so sorry the pics don?t do it justice, but definitely should give this place a shot. Good bang for your buck too! We got the chicken fried chicken (gravy on side) and eggs with home fries, biscuits and gravy, french toast, and Rueben with fries. All delicious!