Jeneane’s At Pinebrook

I really liked this place. It serves great Southern food, and it has a great atmosphere. If you’re in the mood for a good post-​Church service meal, then this is your hands down best option.

This is where local people eat time and time again. Tourists don’t know about this place, but if they did and wanted home style cooking in Macon it’s where they should go.
Meatloaf, salmon briquettes are the types of entrees here. The menu changes daily, with everything made from scratch. Flat cornbread and yummy biscuits. The sweet potato soufflé is so good it could be a desert.
The customers here are mostly older folks who know the food is always good. It’s nothing fancy, just good food served quickly.

You get A LOT of food for the dollar here. Good olé country cooking. The biscuits and sweet potato soufflé are delicious. Friendly and efficient service. I would definitely eat here again.

I was born and raised in Macon and am still confused as to why people seem to like the food here. My guess is that there isn’t much competition around, it’s in a good location, it’s fast and it’s relatively cheap for a lot of food. I would say the food is very average/​slightly below average southern cooking. Nothing I would tell people to go eat if they wanted to taste really good, authentic homemade southern fare. To me, the chicken fingers, honey mustard sauce, baked chicken and fried okra are really good but that’s about it. The macaroni and cheese always looks and tastes curdled to me. The biscuits and cornbread also leave a lot to be desired.

Ok I can’t say this place is a five star spot but… it’s a strong four.
First when I walk in I get that feeling that I’m at grandmas house and She’s cooking all my favorites. (Mashed pot. Mac n cheese green beans black-​eyed peas fried chicken banana pudding pecan pie beef tips and rice okra and the list goes on).
The service is the best because that southern hospitality really shows at a place like this. The cooks no what they are doing as well. The lines is presently short and moving like a well oiled machine.
I even made up my own meal combination because I couldn’t make up my mind between two meats, so I asked to creat a two meat and two veggies plate that’s not on the menu as an option. They accommodated my order and they have u go and sit down and the waiters being ur plate out to your table of choice.
The interior isn’t all plush but honestly I didn’t expect it to be. It’s not golden choral so the seats look used or comfortable because its homey. It also gives you that old school cafeteria vibe. I welcomed it and really enjoyed my meal and conversation with one of the waiters, they all had great energy and kept big bubbling smiles.
Please take a moment and step back into time or rekindle that southern spot in your hearts and stomachs to give this spot a try its well worth it.

i love this place

Grandma food minus the soul. Still a good place for a quick lunch. It’s cheap and consistent, but not true southern if you ask me. The staff is often pretty surly.

Naw… Ive has lots of really good southern food in my day but this ain’t it folks. This is supposed to be the best southern cooking restaurant in Macon and I am quite surprised at the result for a large historical southern city such as this… should have gone to Bears Den I guess.
This Friday night had the fried catfish… very thin meat and almost all corn meal breaking,…very little actual meat. Fries were of the frozen variety and not particularly hot and none of their peas or beans were fresh so got corn on the cob which was very juicy and sweet.
My sweetheart had meat loaf and was not happy with his meal either.
Meat loaf meat was fine but coating tasted like chef boyar dee instead of the baked on sweet spicy kind we prefer. He could not even eat the macaroni and cheese and I agreed that or was rather tasteless and uninspired. Dinners come with these odd «ho cakes» … Small corn meal pancakes that are supposed to serves as cornbread. They had a oily aftertaste too.
Sweet tea was good and the coconut pie was great… good texture and light crust.
Nice dinning room with drawings of local homes and loved the old black and white large photo of Mt Rainier (for some bizarre reason in Macon)

Stopped on the drive to Savannah. Jeneane’s did the trick. This place has all the Southern staples at a great price. You’re seated quickly, orders taken quickly, and the food comes out fast too. I had the chicken and dumplings. While not the best I’ve ever had, definitely solid. Oh, and I love the hoe cakes or whatever they’ll called that they serve you after you order.

The food is good here and lots of regulars. There is a specific menu for each day of the week, keep that in mind in case you don’t like a particular day’s menu. I like the chicken fingers here the best, they are very good dipped in their honey mustard sauce (you can actually taste the honey *rare nowadays*)! The fried pork chop is also good here! The cream corn is one of my favorite side dishes. The sweet tea usually isn’t very sweet, and that’s a shame! This would be one of two good stops on Sunday after church, either S&S or here but my favorite is… S&S!

Jeneane’s At Pinebrook is a great meat and three restaurant in Macon, Georgia. Serving Macon, GA the finest selection of country style meats, fresh vegetables, made from scratch biscuits, flat bread, homemade pies and banana pudding made fresh daily. A lunch or dinner of a meat and two vegetables will run you around $ 6.50. The meats and veggies change each day, but there’s always at least six meats and several veggies to choose from. All of Jeneane’s vegetables are fresh and when available, locally grown. The homemade chicken dumplings are unbelievable and some of the best I have ever had. The cranberry salad is also very good. We look forward to eating at Jeneanes when we go to Macon to visit my Dad.

I have a fully diagnosed food addiction. This is complicated by a bit of obsessive compulsive behavior… and I am now totally obsessed with Jeneane’s. First of all… their food is, yes, totally yummy to my tummy. They have the perfect combination of fried, slow cooked and fresh… and all of my favorite southern treats. They also have fantabulous biscuits-​which may be the final nail in this fat girl’s coffin.
Like the first reviewer noted (straight from their website… oddly enough) they have an ongoing rotation of meats, veggies and desserts. You can basically go to their website, check out the offerings for the day, select your meat and two, call it in, and pick it up… a neat package of divine goodness, or, of course, you can always eat in and enjoy the motley crew (mostly old couples and fat bachelors… at least when I was there) of diners. Either way… you can not go wrong. Mashed potatoes and gravy… omg! Field peas and snaps? Fried pork chops? HELLO? All delish, delish, delish.
I actually can’t wait to bring my parents here… Pops is gonna love it. Actually I can’t wait to go back myself. The last time I went I splurged and had an extra veggie side, exquisite iced tea and banana pudding… and I left with a ginormous to-​go box, a full belly and my wallet was less than 10 bucks shorter than when I came. That’s what I’m talking bout. Oh. minor disappointment… the banana pudding. Meh. I like it better from the Medical Center cafeteria… but that my friends, is an entirely different beast. Either way… Jeneane’s is a winner. I have yet to try their downtown location… but I need to!
Sorry. One more thing. Avoid getting devastated on Saturday… they are CLOSED.