333 Restaurant - Restaurant Impossible Update

Photo - Robert Irvine Facebook

On this week's episode of Restaurant: Impossible, Robert Irvine and his crew are in Granada, Mississippi to makeover 333 Restaurant. 333 Restaurant is owned by Allyson, who is a full-time art teacher. Despite being a teacher, she requires the restaurant's manager to contact her before making every decision, no matter how small.  This means there is no clear leader in the restaurant and the restaurant is in danger of closing.  Since Allyson wants to continue to teach, Robert needs to get her to trust her staff in running the restaurant.

As I normally do with Restaurant: Impossible episodes, I searched around the Internet to read stories, comments and reviews about 333 Restaurant to get an idea of how the restaurant is doing since Robert Irvine visited, and here is what I found (note - all reviews are post Restaurant: Impossible):

Positive Reviews:

• "The food was delicious, but one of my favorite things from before the remodel was the extensive menu. You could get anything. Kinda miss that. Portions are smaller, too. I had a hamburger streak with Brussels sprouts as my side. It was really good. Will continue going there!"
• "Today we enjoyed our first Sunday buffet and it was...perfect. The selection of freshly prepared meats, vegetables, breads, salads and desserts seems endless for such a small space (there is an additional dining room and outdoor patio attached). It's one of those lightning-in-a-bottle Southern joints where there seems to be no dividing line between the affable cooks, servers and local guests. How lovely, and how completely authentic."
• "The buffet looked awesome, but most of us settled on Philly cheesesteak and fries. The home fries are seasoned and are exceptional! The great atmosphere and reasonable prices definitely make it the place to go."
• "We couldn't have been happier than dining at the 333 Restaurant close to Grenada Lake. The food was excellent and cocktails refreshing after enjoying a drive through the Scenic 333 Loop getting there. Ordered some beignets to go for coffee on the road for the next morning!"
• "Much better than previous experiences. The food and the service was much better than the other times there. Would recommend the steak with the crab cake on top with crawfish sauce."

Negative Reviews:

• "We were very disappointed. A few years back the food was amazing. We went last night and the menu has been changed up to foods you wouldn’t recognize. I was terribly sick after eating here. I had the coffee filet which was definitely not a filet and my husband had what was called red beans and rice but again definitely wasn’t. The bathroom was nasty!! The only good thing I can say about the place was the strawberry cake is amazing. If your looking for a good desert this is the place otherwise you may want to try elsewhere"

*Reviews from Yelp, Google

Other News and Links:

• The Restaurant Impossible makeover for 333 Restaurant happened in March 2022.
• Here is the 333 Restaurant Facebook page.
• Before the episode aired, the restaurant posted this message on Facebook, "Thanks to Chef Robert Irvine, his Restaurant Impossible crew, our participating 333 Restaurant patrons, co-workers and the generous volunteers for all their honesty, constructive criticism, help, hard work and renovation of 333 Restaurant. The whole Restaurant Impossible experience was very exciting, exhausting and a real blessing from GOD above to have Chef Robert’s wise helpful restaurant council.  Thank you again for all the great advise, insights and investment into improving the 333 Restaurant menu, dining experience, kitchen, management, accounting practices, customer service and co-worker performances.  GOD bless and keep y’all safe! Hope everyone will tune in this Thursday to watch the Restaurant Impossible renovation transformation of 333 Restaurant.  Please stop in for good times and great food at 333 Restaurant at the main entrance to beautiful Grenada Lake!  We would love to serve y’all!"
• Here are the reviews for 333 Restaurant from Yelp, TripAdvisor, and Google.

Conclusion:

The reviews for 333 Restaurant since the Restaurant Impossible makeover are mostly positive with people liking the food (especially the buffet), the service and friendly atmosphere.  It seems that the restaurant is very pleased with their Restaurant Impossible experience and have thanked everybody involved.


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