Don't you know this is ToTV? Snarky, derisiveness thrives here...:1rotfl:

Snob much? I'd never step foot in an Olive Garden, but our go to for BBQ is Oakwood. Good ribs, chicken and burgers...

Yes, there are better mom and pop places just outside the bubble, but their hours are all wonky, and pretty much every time we want to patronize them, they're closed...

M&M (near 44 and 75) is quite good. But like I said in a previous post, they have weird hours...

We went to Sonny's twice. The food was average (at best) and the place was empty, both times. The waitstaff was nice, but we never saw a reason to return...

I will miss it.
 

I will miss it

Lots along I 75

I also miss their salad bar. I think more sonny's will close if not close all of them

Food is ok but sandwiches we find are rather skimpy. Willy Jewels has better brisket

There is another option for BBQ in LSL. This is an unpopular opinion but ......... I LOVE Cody's. They have the best Baby Back Ribs in the area. Yes, I have tried Oakwood ribs and Cody's is on parr if not better than Oakwood. Pass by Cody's and you will get the same aroma of BBQ as Sony's. I never thought Sonny's was all that great. Will not miss Sonny's.

Is that the way Cody's makes their ribs too?

A large group went to Codys about 6 months ago.

Took forever for waitress to take order and than 45 minutes later nothing came out, Asked waitress and she pretty much said not my problem. Found a manager and 15 or so minutes got our food. Ordered unlimited soup and salad, food was good but still waiting for the unlimited part.

Than could not find waitress for checks. We all paid in cash as we did not trust waitress with our cards. She took money never did come back with any change.

Looked around for a manager could not find one and finally we just left all of us deciding never again.

Have seen quite a few of these stories on here and other places.

Yup....post pandemic customer service. The new norm!

We go out to restaurants numerous times a week and have never seen anything remotely like this in the 4 years living here

Yours sounds like the perfect scenario for a future Undercover Boss episode!

Sadly, once @ Cody's, we had a similar experience. We sat for 40 minutes, waiting for a waitress to take our order, then another 40 minutes, waiting for our food.

Yes, they were severely understaffed, and yes, when she finally arrived, the waitress was extremely apologetic.

The burgers were good, the weather and music were nice, so it wasn't a total loss.

The other 2-3 times we've been there, there were ZERO problems...

At least you had an apologetic waitress, given what we had with a nasty useless one turned us off from ever going back

If you ever have that issue again...you should keep a bag of coins....preferably pennies in your car (Kramer inspired) and go back in and drop them on the table.

Would rather leave some monopoly money

Which Cody's?

Lake Sumter

I'm not surprised!!! Never was exceptionally busy. Mallory has a full rack of ribs for their specialty, while Sonny's onle had half

Went to Sonny’s, admittedly a while back, and the chicken was severely undercooked and the ribs were just baked with sauce poured on. Yuck. Not surprised it’s out of business.

In your place, I would have sent dear wife home with friends and gone back to the front desk to introduce myself? Me, "HI! MY NAME IS KAREN, AND I NEED THE MANAGER. NOW! AND HAVE HIM BRING OUR PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A WAITRESS! NO, I PREFER TO STAND RIGHT HERE AND TALK TO THESE FOLKS WHO ARE WAITING, ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE TODAY. THIS IS MY INSIDE VOICE! -----". 😠😡🤬👹

Thanks! Off my list, now.

Been to a lot of restaurants in our life and do think that was the worst experience we have ever had.'

Perhaps should have gone to a Cody website and told them.

Pass on good info along with bad every place you can. Sometimes a bad experience, or good, for that matter, is a one off. But usually it is a sign that standards are getting lax, and poor service, food and sanitation is going to become more common. This is a good first stop to warn your neighbors to beware. Cody 's website next. Corporate may or may not want to know, but they need to know.

Those sites are all outsourced

My ultimate ‘finger’....to any restaurant that is subpar in food and/or service is to never go back

Gee, we frequent LSL Cody's and have never had that experience. Sorry for you and your party.

stuff happens, happily lots of other places around here that have given us good experiences