Western Sizzlin

Reviews

• Jackson P.

  star star star star star 10 September 2026

  The food was outstanding. I had a cheeseburger, ketchup only and fries. The food was great. If you go to a restaurant in Athens TN, go here.

• Lori W.

  star star star star star 3 September 2026

  Was here back in 2006 and decided to come back, as we forgotten this was here. Walking in, you turn left and walk down the aisle way, across the dining room and over to the ordering area.  A little confusing-
  Ordered the 10 oz. Rib eye steak with potato and salad bar. Very clean and well kept up and stocked salad bar along with the buffet bar. Lots to choose from.
  They have a soup station, dessert bar, sundae bar, fresh fruit station....
  The yeast rolls here are like grandmas homemade rolls. So big and soft, melts in your mouth served with whipped honey spread butter.
  Steaks were delicious. Cooked exactly how we wanted them very courteous and friendly, hard working staff.
  
  Definetly will be back much sooner then before!!

• Susan K.

  star star star star star_border 27 August 2026

  Really enjoy this restaurant!!  You do have to walk through the line to order your food and then you choose your own table, but from that point forward you have a server that takes care of you - drink refills, entree delivery, etc.  Make sure to get a basket of complimentary rolls - they are to die for!
  
  Every entree comes with choice of desert (fresh baked cookies, slice of pie, muffins, cinnamon rolls, etc.) and you can add the salad bar for a minimum charge.  I highly recommend doing so as their salad bar is amazing!  In addition to traditional salad and toppings, it also includes items like carrot salad, apple salad and additional dessert options (like soft serve ice cream, cobbler, etc.).
  
  Each time I travel to Athens, TN this location is on my list to visit before I leave.

• Megan C.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 22 August 2026

  If i could I wouldn't give a star. This place is disgusting and the people we're rude.  As I walked in there were 2 waitresses on their phones and one one actually working. After we finally got our plates at this dine/buffet the hot food area was not but nuke warm and the fried foods were extremely dark from bad oil and the salad bar looked mediocre at best with wilting lettuce. After looking further my wife had found a bug in one of the dishes which ruined the already horrible experience.

• Billy B.

  star star star star star_border 15 August 2026

  It is been a long time since I've been to a Western Sizzlin. I just had a hankering to try one out.
  
  And you know what? It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. 23 bucks got me and my wife two buffets and two drinks. That's not a bad price for a buffet.
  
  They had a couple of entrees on the buffet, fried chicken and hamburger steak. the food tasted decent enough. For me though, the real saving grace was all the different kinds of gravy they had. and they had some nice ass containers that you could fill up with that gravy, which I then proceeded to use them just about everything.
  
  The real Superstar of our meal was our server, Amy. There was never a drink not topped off or a dirty plate left on the table. And she did this from multiple tables. Because of her, this is a four-star instead of a three-star review.
  
  One other thing that bugged me about this place is that in addition to the buffet, you can order a potato or steak for extra. In some ways that's good you can order how you want it, I just expected a little bit more for the price we paid. the stakes were very affordably-priced to I believe most of them came under ten bucks. For me though, if I had to choose a buffet I would probably just go to Golden Corral instead.
  
  I will say that the service at Western Sizzlin that we got was second To none. I've never had near that good of service at any other buffet.