Dutch House Restaurant, Wrens, Georgia

“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”

Virginia Woolf

Joe and I went out to lunch on Saturday. We were out doing some running around and enjoying our morning on another hot, steamy day. Since we were near Wrens, Georgia, we decided to go to the Dutch House Restaurant. Wrens is 31 miles from Augusta and is a pretty drive with lots of farms to see on the way. It is amazing how much farm land there still is so close to Augusta. We have been there a few times and have always enjoyed it so we took the drive to Wrens.

This restaurant has been in business since 1991 and originally opened as a Mennonite restaurant with great home cooked meals. It was designed to be a friendly family restaurant. It has gone through a couple owners and is now owned by Michael and Janet Decker. He was a cook in Texas and was asked if he would be interested in coming here to work as a fry cook at the restaurant. He said he would give it a whirl and moved to Wrens the next week. He had the opportunity to own the restaurant 14 months later. He has kept with the tradition of cooking excellent home cooked meals.

The restaurant serves good home cooked meals with vegetables, bread or cornbread, drink, and desserts. It is cafeteria style and the workers are lovely and helpful. You choose how much meat you want and what vegetables you want. I got the fried chicken with mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, cornbread, salad and drink. Joe got their hamburger steak (like a thick Salisbury steak with rice) greens, green beans, salad, roll, and ice tea. Everything we ate was very tasty. The restaurant has plenty of seating and has a room you can rent for events. The waitress comes around to see if you need anything else and writes up your ticket to pay. After your done eating, you take your ticket to the cashier to pay.

The room you pay for your meal is where you can buy homemade desserts and pastries to take with you as well as some lovely meals already made up and ready to go. You can buy chicken enchiladas, chicken pot pies, and other homemade casseroles that are ready to heat. They look fabulous.

This is a great place to go and have a good southern meal. While sitting there looking out the window at the restaurant, you can see the gourd farm across the street. Hope to see you there sometime. Eat up and enjoy.