Southern Palace

If you are looking for a place to get great Chinese food, Southern Palace will be a good choice. They are open every day of the week: Monday-Thursday 11:30 a.m. -10:00 p.m.; Friday and Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.; and Sunday from noon to 10:00 p.m. Southern Palace is located at 602 Brannen Street in Statesboro, next to Dollar General. It is a great place to go for a quiet sit-down dinner. However, you can also order take-out. With the low prices and casual setting, Southern Palace is hard to beat. They accept all credit cards, checks, or cash.

Everything at Southern Palace is cooked with 100% vegetable oil. No MSG is used in thier cooking. There is ample parking space. Catering is also available for offices, factory, or homes. The party menus are available at your request.

Most everything on their menu is under $15.00. Everyday from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. they have the lunch special. This includes a choice from the lunch menu which includes Chinese classics such as sweet and sour chicken, sesame chicken, beef with broccoli, hot pepper shimp, shrimp with mixed vegetables and many other things. With your meal you can choose your choice of soup (wonton, egg drop, or hot and sour), and egg or spring roll, and rice (steamed or fried). Everything on this lunch special is under $7.00. How can you beat that???

There are many options on the dinner menu also. They have soup, appetizers, beef, poultry, pork, seafood, vegetable, egg foo young, and the chef's specialties. For all of you trying to watch that figure for summer, they also have weight watcher's dishes.

There are many different kinds of soups that Southern Palace offers. They have egg drop soup, wonton soup, hot and sour soup, and many more.The appetizers include egg rolls, chicken wings, dumplings, ribs, etc.Their famous beef dishes include Hunan Beef, Szechuan Beef, and Beef with Broccoli.Poultry is also a good choice. The sweet and sour chicken is delicious and a personal favorite. I am not a huge pork fan but they offer pork anyway you like it.Their seafood menu is endless. There is shrimp with broccoli, shimp with garlic sause plus much more.

The chef's specialties are also very tasty, but a little more expensive. They include General Tso's Chicken which is crispy chucks of chicken in a Southern Palace special sause, the Seafood Combination on Hot Plate which is crab meat, scallops and shrimp with mixed vegetables. These chef's specialties range from about $10.00 to $16.00.

All of the meals come with your choice of rice (steamed or fried) and choice of soup as I mentioned earlier.

They also have a special carry-out menu for college students. Southern Palace understands the demands that college students face with money being low, but they still want you to come and enjoy great Chinese cusine. The college menu prices range from $1.00 for soup all the way to $7.00 for the chef's specialties. WHAT A BARGAIN!!!

I personally enjoy dining in at Southern Palace. It is a nice, clean, quiet place to eat and enjoy dinner with friends. With the way the restaurant is set up, you actually feel like you are in China.

The Statesboro Herald Dining Guide has a place where you can go and rate resturants.

Southern Palace Ratings
Food Rating: 3.6 out of 5
Service Rating: 3.2 out of 5
Atmosphere: 3.4 out of 5

Please check out more about Southern Palace at www.statesboroherald.com/dining

I would suggest trying Southen Palace is you are into Chinese food. I am sure that you will love it!! Let me know your comments. Until next time, Happy Dining!!!

El Sombrero

El Sombrero is a great sit-down Mexican-style restaurant. With its low prices, everyone can go enjoy a great taste of what Mexican cuisine is like. They are open every day of the week with two locations in Statesboro: 600 Northside Drive, Suite A, and 406 Fair Road. I usually go to the one located on Northside Drive. It is somewhat smaller, but the food is just as good. They have a wide variety of food ranging from tacos to fajitas. If you go eat at "El Som" or "The Hat" as some college students call it, you can walk out of there spending only about $6.oo, which is a bargain for any college student. "Trust me, I know." The "El Som" on Fair Road also has a bar and music, where college students can go and have a drink with friends, still enjoying the atmosphere. The lunch menu offers the same meals as dinner, just in smaller portions and lower prices. But dinner is still inexpensive. You get free refills on your soft drinks and sweet tea and all of the chips and salsa that one can eat. Personally, I always fill up on chips and salsa before my meal arrives. It never fails, I can not leave El Som without feeling stuffed. "It's a great feeling!!" The waiters and waitresses are very friendly and always make me feel at home when I am there, and trust me, I eat there all the time. They even know what I want to drink as soon as I walk in the door. It seems to me that you always see the familiar, friendly faces when I go in there.

As I mentioned earlier, the prices are hard to beat, and they offer anything "Mexican" you can think to order. For appetizers, they offer a bowl of cheese dip for around $3.00, and a side of sour cream or guacamole for $.75. For lunch, you can get lunch fajitas for about $7.00. The lunch fajitas can be chicken, steak, shrimp, or a combination of all three. They are served along with onions, tomatoes, and peppers. You also get a salad and your choice of rice or beans. "What a bargain!" You can also get most any kind of quesadilla: shrimp, steak, chicken for only about $4.00. The nachos are one of my favorites. They offer beef and cheese nachos, chicken, steak, or the texas fajita nachos which is shrimp, steak, chicken, peppers, onions and tomatoes, all topped with nachos and cheese dip. It's wonderful. This costs about $4-6, depending on whether you want a half or full order. Tacos (hard or soft) are only about $1.25 each. They also have burritos, chimichangas, and enchiladas for low prices. Well, enough about prices.

I know some of you are thinking, "Well I am a vegetarian." They have food for you too. You can get a taco salad, or the wonderful mushroom and spinach quesadilla, along with many other options.

El Som is also the perfect place to go to celebrate a birthday celebration. They sing "Happy Birthday" to you in Spanish and put the Sombrero hat on you while they sing. It is an unforgettable experience, and highly entertaining.

El Som has many options for everyone. You could eat at El Som everyday for a month and never eat the same thing twice. How cool is that. The wonderful atmosphere and fine cuisine makes going out to eat, whether alone or with friends or family, lots of fun.

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My blog is about eating out in Statesboro. There are many restaurants to choose from in the Boro, and I will be commenting on many of them throughout my Spring Semester. Some places will be coffee shops, sandwich shops, and others will be places to get a nice steak dinner. I will actually sample the food and comment on it and the atmostphere of the restaurants. I will also blog about upcoming events, such as bands and entertainment, specials, job-offers and recommendations about what to order!! Feel free to give me your feedback and comments. If you have a favorite restaurant, please let me know!! I would love to hear from you!!!