Amanda Springer
Traveling through and didn’t want the typical fast food. Found this place during a web search and boy am I happy we did! Cute place off the beaten path but only minutes from the highway. Fast and friendly service. Food was fantastic with large portions. Cannot beat the price! Not sure about other reviews but we though it was great! Good food, good people and good prices. What more can you ask for?
… moreGene
Burger was very small for the price and lacked flavor. Fries were crisp and hot. Staff were wonderful and friendly.
… moreErnie Hatmaker
UPDATED REVIEW: CR Smalls Family Restaurant changed hands mid-March 2025. And with that change came subpar food, higher prices, a horrible atmosphere, and a management team that believes berating their servers in front of customers is the perfect way to run a restaurant. The location of CR Smalls is still great. Some of the original servers and cooks are still there, although the new owners are slowly but surely running them all off. It seems that everything that made CR Smalls a great southern cooking family restaurant, the new owners want to change. The food used to be premium in taste and quality. For example, fried green tomatoes used to be almost palm-size and fried with corn meal. Now, it seems they’re a lot smaller and fried in flour. That’s not a fried green tomato, folks. Southern people would know that. But don’t worry, because they didn’t forget to raise the price. Another example, the fried pickles. They used to be 6 spears for 6.99. Now they are slicing them, so you barely get 2 1/2 spears for the same price. There are all kinds of fun rip offs like that happening now with the new ownership. Portion sizes are so much smaller now. Instead of a huge basket of fried mushrooms, you might get 10 for the same price. And the mushrooms aren’t even seasoned like they used to be. It’s a rip off. In fact, most of the “old” appetizers have changed in flavor and quality. The prices are higher.
I have been there 4 times since they opened under new management, including opening day, hoping to give them a chance to redeem themselves. The salads are no longer premium lettuces, but just a cheap iceberg mix. Did I mention that three of us ordered chef salads (which boast meats and eggs)? None of us got turkey or egg in our salads, even though the receipt even said the items belonged on there. The ham sandwich used to be a premium breakfast ham. Now it’s a cheap deli ham. Same price as a premium breakfast ham sandwich with none of the taste.
Can I say anything nice about the place, besides about some of the servers? Sure. They are removing all traces of “southern” atmosphere in exchange for televisions on the wall. Wait. That isn’t a nice change either. Everything that made CR Smalls great has been tossed aside in favor of making more money off the customer base that apparently made them want to buy the restaurant in the first place. They should change the name to “Everything Is Different But Give Us More Money”.
Older review for when CR Smalls used to be good:
Great food, good portion sizes at reasonable prices. My favorite breakfast item is the western Omelet. Sometimes I get it with tots and sometimes with toast. The servers are friendly.
Try the homemade oatmeal raisin cookies!
… moreRichard T Hamilton
Excellent food and customer service!!! It wasn’t on the menu, but they made me a breakfast bowl and it was awesome!!!
… moreAngie Fahr
Found this place on a whim while searching for a place to get breakfast while traveling through the area. Extremely friendly. Food was great and the coffee was delicious. All at a low price! Would definitely go back.
… moreHeather Jones
We recently dined here and had a mixed experience. The building was clean, and our waitress was friendly and attentive. We appreciated the all-day breakfast option, but unfortunately, the execution didn’t meet expectations.
My burger arrived approximately 20 minutes before my husband’s breakfast, which was a bit unusual. When his biscuits and gravy finally arrived, they were cold, requiring a reheating, then an additional 10 minutes to have the other part of the breakfast order to arrive. The hash browns were overly greasy, likely from the burger, making my burger dry in comparison.
On a positive note, the ham steak and French fries were enjoyable. While the service was commendable, the kitchen’s timing and food quality need improvement. We hope this feedback helps them enhance their offerings.
… moreRita Duty
We’ve been traveling for 4 days and the food we ate, here is byfar the best! Definitely mark this one on the map! Real burgers cooked perfectly!
… moreSavannah Ferguson
If I could give this less stars I would. I am a local and have eaten at CRSmalls hundreds of times. I even used to work there. When I take my daughter somewhere to eat, it’s to spend the money that I work for and earn. I do NOT have to spend thay money especially on overpriced, inedible food. My entire family went there when they did their first crawfish night and they were undercooked. My daughter’s 16 Oz steak was undercooked and nasty. They smothered the steak in butter that NEVER melted. My daughter and I went back tonight to give them a second chance and what do we get? Ignored. We sat at a table right under the windows. We were not greeted by the staff though, those that came in after us were. We sat there and waited on a waitress that NEVER came to our table though, people thay came in after us were. At this point, i told my daughter thay we were leaving.
If you are going to run a business, it takes several factors. Customer service, food prices, food quality, management, atmosphere to name a few. This place has NONE of these factors.
I will just go ahead and say this outright: the previous owner never should have sold to these people. She built something awesome with all of the key factors, and these people are destroying it.
… moreIrene Womack
I normally like the food but omg I went for breakfast this mornin the menu was dismal and over priced I was suppose to get two pcs of sausage only got two half pcs got 6 tots and my hole plate was piled onto everything I did not know that was the way it was comin and I do not eat my food piled on each other like a pile of vomit. Couldn’t eat most my food and I will never go back I’d rather go to Johnson’s in Wynne and wait a hr and half to get my food at least it’s edible
… moreJennifer Parson
We went Saturday night, and we got the best steak and crab leg’s. The new owner’s were working so hard beside their employees to make sure everyone had a Great experience!! It’s a 10 out of 10 for me!!
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