Winner’s Circle Restaurant

Thought this would be a better dining experience but was disappointed. :(The food just wasn’t the best and at these prices I really expected more. If you order an entre it is still an EXTRA $ 4.99 for the salad bar. Which was mediocre at best. But what really got me was that I was told by the waitress there would be an EXTRA $ 2.00 charge just for me to give my 3 year old son some of the food off my plate. I rarely eat an entire entre by myself and he does not eat that much so we often share. If I was sharing with my husband maybe I could understand the restaurant adding an extra charge. But $ 2.00 extra for the same amount of food and just for my son to eat from my plate was ridicules in my opinion. We have no plans to eat here again. Next time we will search for a more «family friendly» place to eat. Not a place that has to add extra charges to everything to make their prices appear low.

Good basic food at a good price. Busy post church crowd, service was accurate and speedy. Sunday special of meat and three is a bargain. Linda and Dick do a fine job.

Really good restaurant. I’ve eaten here several times on my vacations to the Jefferson area. Every thing I’ve had was delicious. Great food for a great price. Service is great too, fast and friendly.

They advertise prime rib and steaks but what they serve is a roast of some sort. Though the management states that they buy prime rib and the steaks on the menu, she either doesn’t know the difference in the cuts of meat that she is serving or is serving a cut that is not the same as presented on the menu purposely. Food quality has dwindled over the past three years. And unfortunately there are few if any restaurants to chose in this area. This is one I do not recommend.

Some good, some not so good. They have a very nice salad bar, lots to choose from and kept up. There were four of us, my sister-​in-​law had the chicken Philly cheese sandwich which arrived stone cold and my friend ordered a penne pasta with shrimp, bacon, vegetables and Alfredo but got fettuccini with shrimp and Alfredo — the only thing right was the shrimp, it was good just wrong. We also noticed tables around us were slow to get their food but once it came I think it’s generally pretty good.

Amazing service and menu. We were impressed. If we had discovered this place sooner, we would have gone every day we were at our family’s cabin. Next time we are in the area, we will.

Love this place since they moved to their new location. Best seafood in Ashe County. Always feel welcome. Great selection of food and very tasty steaks. Best salad bar in Ashe County. Very accommodating to large groups. Our only critique is that they have a server named Amy. She was very rude and unprofessional.

Decent food for a decent price. Stay at the Best Western and get free breakfast from Winners’ Circle, on the house!

What has happened to this once fantastic restaurant? The sanitation grade is down to 90… almost a «B» and you have to be pretty bad to get a «B» but Winner’s Circle is teetering on the edge. We ate there Friday PM 8-​30-​2013. We usually eat there when we come up to spend the weekend at our cabin and we have always thought the food to be a savory experience. Food used to be fresh and top notch. We like the salad bar because of the shredded lettuce which few restaurants offer on their salad bars. This time the shredded lettuce was not fresh, almost tan looking, and not up to the usual standards. My wife’s hamburger steak came out way over done and dry and she could not eat it. I asked about the catfish filet and was told they did not have it but I could get salt and pepper catfish. What came out looked and tasted just like Gorton’s frozen fish sticks with three or four of them stuck together while being fried and there were two hunks of them like that on my plate. I pulled them apart and they were fish sticks! Salt and pepper catfish are whole fish head off deep fried with salt and pepper. This was horrible and not in keeping with what we grew accustomed to getting on our previous visits there. So sad. but we will have to take a break from Winner’s Circle for a long while and try some other places for sure. Don’t waste your money at Winner’s Circle. There is no value there.

Whenever we go to Jefferson, we always stay at the Best Western. This little restaurant is within the hotel and breakfast here is included in the room price. Instead of the usual «free breakfast» standards of toast, muffins, cold cereal, etc., this little restaurant gives you a choice of cereal and muffin, or two eggs with bacon or sausage, grits or gravy, biscuit or toast, or a third option of French toast with bacon or sausage. The eggs are always perfectly cooked, the bacon crispy and they make wonderful biscuits with little pockets of butter. My only food disappointment was the French toast, which wasn’t quite hot and a bit on the soggy side. The waitstaff works hard and fast, and they always smile. I was pleasantly surprised on the second morning to have the waitress come to the table already prepared with my decaf and my daughter’s orange juice in hand.
I’ve not tried the other meals here, so can’t really give more than 3 stars. The food isn’t gourmet, but it’s a solid, friendly place to have breakfast.

This restaurant is connected to the hotel that we always stay in and they provide a free breakfast when staying there. We always look forward to the breakfast where we get a choice of a few different things. You can either get cereal with milk; eggs, bacon or sausage, grits or gravy, and biscuit or cornbread; french toast with bacon or sausage; or pancakes with bacon or sausage. All come with either orange juice or coffee. The breakfast is always freshly made and quite tasty. Also we don’t have to worry about where to go for breakfast. The staff is always friendly and attentive and by the second day, the waitress automatically brought us our drinks when we sat down. She had remembered what we always ordered.
We will be returning to NC in a few months and will be staying at the hotel. It’s centrally located to where we need to be with a good breakfast. The hotel itself is in desperate need of an update, and I know most of my friends would prefer to stay in a more updated hotel. So I would not recommend this hotel for their needs. As for the price and the included breakfast, it’s a darn good deal.

Loved it. We thought it was great nice little place to stay. Considering the price we paid which included a great breakfast this was terrific. Everything was clean and comfortable

Okay this was $ 79 for two queens in Mt. Jefferson, North Carolina. This was like the old Route 66 Row Motels where you parked you car right in front of your door. There was a porch that ran the length of the building with chairs outside each door and people would sit out here and do something amazing – talk to one another. A person would have to be freakin’ crazy to do that in Chicago but in Mt. Jefferson, North Carolina they might think you’re one of those uppity ups if you don’t. Refreshing. That made it worth staying here. I wasn’t stuck in the room watching old movies on their 32′ plasma screen. Breakfast was free in the on site restaurant called The Winner’s Circle and you had your choice of one of three types of breakfasts from a voucher you were given at check-​in. The food was tasty, the restaurant was clean and our waitress was very pleasant. I love a pretty southern accent taking care of me in the morning. Beds were soft yet firm and the sheets and blankets were thick and pillowy – is that how you spell it? And actually, the bathroom was one of the largest I have ever seen in an Inn of any kind. I definitively suggest ya’ll come back and stay at the Eldreth Best Western Inn ‘iffin you’all are down by this neck of the woods. Great place and nice enough people.

I can’t remember the last time I stayed at a Best Western, but this fit our budget and our last minute travel needs, so we booked it. Overall it was a nice place to rest for the evening. (And who doesn’t love rocking chairs outside every door?)
Alicia checked us in and was extremely welcoming. Enthusiastic, very knowledgeable about the area, and as we shared with her our plans for the next day she gave us plenty of tips (and a good local map). Our second floor room was just what we needed for the night (note: no elevators), it came with a microwave and a fridge, though the fridge didn’t seem to work, however we knew we wouldn’t be needing it so we didn’t call down.
My only complaint was the breakfast. At check-​in we received a voucher for either milk and cereal, muffin and a drink, a pancake or french toast platter, or an egg based platter in the restaurant downstairs. I ordered the muffin and it arrived on a plate fresh out of the microwave still in the plastic Otis Spukmeyer packaging. The egg platter came with barely warm «toast», paper thin serving of eggs, and over cooked sausage patties. I get that it’s a complimentary breakfast, but they should really just stop including it if that’s what they’re going to serve people. I would have much rather driven down the street and paid for a breakfast.
Overall — comfy beds, clean rooms, free wireless, nice staff — just skip the breakfast (though the restaurant’s dinner specials didn’t look half bad). Grocery stores nearby, and a beautiful view of the mountain from our window.