The Country Squire

Patricia Matthews

Our experience 05/07/2022– as regular, local people, not “review hounds”. We, a party of 5, were seated at 530pm as per reservation. We finally were served our meal at 6:50 pm. Food ordered was a chef salad with Korean beef, and the pork chop dinner— both are CS regular specialties; chicken Alfredo was also ordered by others. We had ordered drinks and an appetizer which we received fairly quickly. Then—we waited and waited… At 6:25pm the server flew by to say we were not forgotten and the chicken was cooking. (Allow me to note as a decent cook that chicken grills and bakes and broils very quickly). Our food arrived at 6:50pm. Now— either (1) the server did not immediately submit our orders, or (2) the kitchen dropped our orders or (3) chicken had to be thawed to fulfill our orders. At no time did management communicate, apologize, offer extra appetizers, or offer to discount our ticket. In fact our server never checked in again until our food finally arrived. Let me comment on the very pricey chef salad— it arrived on a 9-10 inch salad plate on a wooden server. It was in chunks and large pieces— not edible with a fork unless it all was dissected vigorously— which I could not do on that plate without pushing it off of the plate onto the table. The chef salad was primarily large sheets of barely green iceberg lettuce with minimal whole rings of bell pepper and onion and 1 round of tomato cut in half and 1/2 boiled egg and shredded cheese… I asked for a box and took it home uneaten. The other meals were judged to be very good but we all agreed that none of it was so great that it was worth the wait and below-average customer service. I am a Duplin county citizen and had not eaten at The Country Squire in a number of years due to a previous negative experience. It will likely be quite awhile before I “try” again.

Natalie Thomas

I came to stay at the Country Squire Inn with the vintage package for a girls weekend to celebrate my mom's birthday. This has been the absolute best experience! From the moment we checked in, everyone has been so warm, welcoming and personable. We went to dinner at the restaurant and the food was amazing. But the service amidst them being extremely busy was what really made the experience so great. They weren't rushed or rude or impatient. They still treated us like we were their only patrons even though we could see how packed the place was. We didn't get our complimentary glasses of wine during dinner so they gave us a bottle to take to our room to make up for it. After dinner, we went to the tasting room to do a tasting with Ron. We had a ball. Not only did he make us laugh and pour us delicious wine but he told us about history of the wine and the owners as well as upcoming local events. Service is a big thing for me and I am forever grateful for the hospitality that we have been shown during our stay. I will absolutely be back and recommending this experience.

Kayla Cannon

Absolutely loved it! The food, the experience and the wine! My favorite things and also what made it unique are the authentic decor, the potato topping bar that was brought directly to the table and served by your waitress and the home made, hand poured salad dressings. All of the wine was fantastic. We ordered the steak dinner for two. Steak was perfectly cooked and the stuffed potato was perfection. I can't wait for our next trip to the squire! Thank you Ms Iris for your hospitality.

Anna Baldwin

Love Love Love this place!! Haven’t been there in years and we went for my birthday didn’t disappoint!! The wine tasting was awesome and the gentleman that served us was very knowledgeable on all their wines and very friendly!! Our table was ready at our reservation time we sat right down and the service was excellent even though they were fairly busy! Food was out in a timely manner and was cooked and seasoned to perfection!! This is a must go to place if you live near by or if you live further they have a inn you can stay the night also!! 5 stars if you haven’t been there you need to for sure!!! Will be making another visit soon!