Jimmy S.
Yelp
When one is in Swainsboro, it would be remiss not to eat lunch at the Coleman House. This place is legendary amongst the good folks of this small town. The Coleman House used to be a funeral home that they converted into a restaurant. This gives it a pretty nice layout. They seat customers in numerous rooms, which are all a little bit different than the other. While you wait to be seated, they have a couple of rooms that offer handcrafted gifts for sale. The place is spacious, comfortable and feels more like a home than a restaurant.
While I've been told that the Coleman House has a menu, I haven't met anybody that has actually ordered off of it. One comes here for the buffet. And what a buffet it is! Dear Lord, if there's any traditional southern food you can think of, they probably got it.
The hot bar has corn on the cob, broccoli casserole, butter beans, green beans, glazed carrots, sweet potato souflee, candied yams, mustard greens, chicken & dumplings, fried chicken, fried flounder, beef hash with rice, cranberry muffins, and cornbread. They also have a pretty standard salad bar whose highlights include a delicious grape salad and pretty tasty pasta salad.
Everything I had was good but the fried chicken and flounder were out of this world. The chicken was so moist and juicy that the meat fell right off of the bone. The fish was delicately fried and very tasty. The chicken and dumplings were also exceptional. Service was friendly and the buffet was restocked early and often. Hopefully I can make it out here every time I'm in the 'Boro.