Visitors · Residents
Come hungry. Stay the night.
Thirty-six kitchens, three inns, eight rentals and a campground, in one list. The city doesn't rank anybody and doesn't take bookings — this is just what's here.
How to read this list
Listed, not ranked.
Every business in Columbia that we could confirm is on this page, in the same format, with a link so you can read reviews and check hours yourself. The city does not rate, rank or recommend any of them — a listing here is not an endorsement, and the order is not a verdict.
Hours change constantly in a town this size. Call before you drive. If your business is missing or a detail is wrong, tell us and we'll fix it.
Compiled from public listings in July 2026. Ratings and hours drift — the links go to the live page for each business.
Looking for somewhere to hold a party? Two event venues opened on Main Street within months of each other — both are listed here.
Local kitchens
Columbia's own.
Independent restaurants, cafés and diners — the ones you can only eat at here.
Southern Fried Rabbit — American · 229 S High School Ave · 601-736-2298
Second Street Bean — Cafe · 321 Second St · 601-444-9299
Debbie's Sandwich Shop — Sandwiches — open since February 1986 · 409 Lumberton Rd · 601-731-1838
The Broad Restaurant — American · 614 Broad St · 601-444-4174
Magnolia Grille — American, seafood · 115 R.A. Johnson Dr · 601-736-2222
Azteca Mexican Restaurant — Mexican · 1003 Hwy 98 E · 601-444-0223
Rajun Cajun — Cajun and Creole, seafood · 904 MS-13 · 601-444-9009
Tina's Family Restaurant — Home cooking · 1117 Broad St · 601-736-0909
Uptown Soul Food Diner — Soul food · 238 Church St · 769-204-4070
Bogey's — American, seafood · 801 Hwy 98 Byp · 601-633-5058
The Deck — American · 1111 Hwy 13 N
Yamato Steakhouse — Japanese, steakhouse · 815 Hwy 98 Byp · 601-736-1234
Osaka Japanese Express — Japanese, sushi · 103 Walter Payton Dr · 601-736-0408
China Buffet — Chinese · 936 MS-13 · 601-736-3385
Los Reyes — Mexican · 113 Walter Payton Dr · 601-467-7178
El Sabor Latino — Latin American · 1213 US-98 · 601-633-5013
Catfish Zone — Seafood · 1222 Hwy 98 Byp · 601-736-8388
Stacy's Skillet — Seafood · 12 E Lakeview Dr · 601-736-0602
R House — American · 2421 Hwy 98 E · 601-674-2021
Angel's Sugar Shack — Sweets · 400 Sumrall Rd
Donut Place One — Doughnuts · 35 Columbia Purvis Rd · 601-444-0010
Familiar names
The ones you already know.
Chains and franchises, mostly along the Highway 98 bypass.
Ward's — Mississippi's own — burgers and chili dogs · 1203 Hwy 13 N · 601-736-5168
Fox's Pizza Den — Pizza · 418 Sumrall Rd, Ste 9 · 601-444-0001
McAlister's Deli — Deli · 1278 Hwy 98 Byp · 601-804-1035
Hardee's — 809 Hwy 98 Byp · 601-736-4221
McDonald's — 1055 Hwy 98 E · 601-731-2321
Wendy's — 515 Hwy 98 Byp · 601-736-9555
Burger King — 920 Hwy 98 Byp · 601-419-7043
Sonic Drive-In — 1072 Hwy 98 Byp · 601-736-4040
KFC — 787 Hwy 98 Byp · 601-731-1312
Popeyes — 848 Hwy 98 Byp · 601-736-9451
Taco Bell — 807 Hwy 98 · 601-736-4422
Domino's Pizza — 925 Hwy 98 E · 601-736-0773
Little Caesars — Listed on TripAdvisor as “Little Ceasers” · 1003 Hwy 98 Byp · 601-522-2828
Krispy Krunchy Chicken — 940 High School Ave · 601-736-6013
Subway — Two locations · 200 Sumrall Rd and 1001 Hwy 98 Byp · 601-444-4612
Two grocery stores — Walmart Supercenter and Ramey's Marketplace — are filed under restaurants on TripAdvisor. They're groceries, so they're not listed here.
Hotels & inns
Three places to check in.
Corner Oaks Bed and Breakfast — 403 Broad Street, downtown
Magnolia Inn & Suites — 816 Highway 98 Bypass · 601-424-4400
Columbia Inn & Suites — 820 US 98 Bypass · 601-731-9955 (formerly the Rodeway Inn)
Camping — the county's Water Park on the Pearl has seven camper sites at $35 a night · 601.736.7382. Mimosa Landing Campground is also nearby.
⚠️ Two properties that still appear on travel sites are closed: the Colonial Inn on Highway 13 North, and Gasthaus Jordanberg on Briarwood Drive. Both still show "check availability" buttons on TripAdvisor. Don't drive out to either.
Short-term rentals
Eight houses and apartments on Airbnb.
Privately owned homes, cottages and apartments in Columbia proper. Each link goes straight to the listing.
Classy in the Country — 3 bedrooms · sleeps 6
Upscale 1 BR Apartment in the Heart of Downtown — 1 bedroom · sleeps 4
Herstory Home B&B — Downtown Columbia — 1 bedroom · sleeps 4
3 Bedroom Comfy Home in Great Neighborhood — 3 bedrooms · sleeps 8
Small Town Standout — 3 bedrooms · sleeps 6
3BR/2BA Home — Quiet Neighborhood — 3 bedrooms · sleeps 6
The Cottage at Corner Oaks — 2 bedrooms · sleeps 4 — same owners as Corner Oaks B&B
Studio Apartment — Sleeps 2
Or browse all Columbia rentals at once.
Nightly rates change constantly and depend on your dates, so we don't quote prices — the listing will.
Shop downtown
Boutiques, markets and makers.
Most of these sit within a few blocks of the courthouse. See also Main Street Columbia.
Deep Roots Market — 425 Eagle Day Ave · 601-795-7864
Artwistic Revolution — Art gallery
Not at a fixed address
Maggie's Food Truck.
Some of the best food in Columbia does not have a front door.
Maggie's Food Truck runs as a pop-up — currently every other Friday — which means the only reliable way to catch it is to check where it is parked before you go.
Check the schedule at maggiesfoodtruck.com →
That is the whole trick with a pop-up: the schedule is the address. Turning up at last month's spot is how people miss it.
Running a food truck or a pop-up in Columbia? Send us your schedule link and we will list it here the same way — a link that stays current beats a location that goes stale.
Newer, and worth knowing
Three more, and what used to be there.
Columbia's restaurants turn over in the same buildings, so locals still give directions by what used to be there. Here are three worth having, with both.
Mardi Grub — Southern Cajun take-out, 332 Second Street, downtown. A block from City Hall.
K's Catering & Meal Prep — 427 Eagle Day Avenue · (601) 395-8233. Catering and prepared meals, in the spot locals still call the old Southern Yankee. (And Eagle Day Avenue is named for a Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer born here.)
Cheyenne's Country Kitchen — 616 Honey Alley, right beside the theatre, in the old Jack's building.
Three restaurants, three previous tenants people still name. That is not decline — it is a downtown where the buildings keep getting re-used. Know of another we have missed? Tell us.
Missing something?
Tell us and we'll add it.
This list is only as good as what people tell us. If you run a restaurant, an inn or a rental in Columbia and you're not here — or you're here and something's wrong — send it over and we'll update the page.