Our Best Brings Country Cooking and Warm Service to Smithfield

A country restaurant with a strong following

Our Best has a sizable public following for a Smithfield restaurant: a 4.7 Google rating based on more than 1,800 reviews. Across the sampled feedback, diners describe a country-style dining room, familiar Southern cooking and friendly service, all delivered without much fuss.

Reviewers do not frame it as a polished special-occasion destination. They compare the experience more closely to sitting down for a generous home-cooked meal, helped along by staff members who treat first-time customers like regulars. The interior is described as clean, neatly decorated and inviting, with fresh flowers on the tables. Several diners say they plan to return. One felt the meal justified a 45-minute drive.

Southern staples lead the menu

Traditional comfort cooking is the clearest thread running through the food reviews. One table ordered meatloaf, country-fried steak, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and a salad. Their food arrived hot and tasted good. Another reviewer had a more direct assessment of the servings: huge.

Fried cornbread comes up more often than any other specific item in the available feedback. Diners call it old-school, point out that it is complimentary and praise it as particularly good. It is a small touch, but one that establishes the restaurant’s home-style character before the main plates reach the table.

Breakfast earns enthusiastic notices, too. A first-time visitor ordered biscuits with sausage gravy, bacon and pancakes, then described the meal as delicious. The limited sample of reviews does not show how broad the breakfast menu may be. It does indicate that Our Best serves as more than a lunch or dinner stop.

Desserts draw attention, although personal preference clearly plays a part. One reviewer praised them broadly. Another disliked the texture of the chocolate pie, while that diner’s husband enjoyed it and found it nostalgic, reminiscent of family cooking. The split says something about the restaurant’s traditional approach. Some preparations may taste intentionally old-fashioned.

Service and atmosphere matter here

Service stands out as one of the most consistent strengths in the reviews. Diners repeatedly use words such as friendly, attentive and welcoming. One server receives praise by name, and another diner ranks the service among the best they had experienced. Taken together, the comments describe a dining room where hospitality and conversation shape the visit.

The surroundings fit that picture. Reviews call the restaurant clean, neat and nicely decorated, with a comfortable country atmosphere from the start. The straightforward format is likely to suit families, road-trippers and anyone looking for an unfussy meal.

What to keep in mind

The sampled feedback is overwhelmingly positive, with only a couple of isolated cautions. One diner reported spoiled tea, though the problem did not alter an otherwise favorable verdict. The texture of the chocolate pie disappointed one reviewer as well, even as another person at the same table enjoyed it.

Reviewers describe the prices as fair, and the listing puts Our Best in the moderate range. Its high rating, substantial volume of reviews and steady praise for the service make it a convincing Smithfield option for country cooking, particularly for diners who care as much about generous portions and a welcoming room as they do about novelty.