Just To Serve You Too

My Church family had gone to this restaurant about a month ago and raved over the food, service and ambiance.
Me and my daughters went yesterday and they were not wrong at all. Out waitress was a sweetheart, very accommodating, when she brought out the food I was amazed the size of the portions were huge. Everything (Salmon, Collard greens mixed with cabbage, yams, mac & cheese, jerk chicken and broccoli) was delicious. We even tried the lemonade which was homemade, excellent as well… I came to work telling my co-​workers about my experience. You can definitely tell God’s love went into every aspect of this restaurant. I pray Abundant Blessings on this couple and everything they touch it will PROSPER in Jesus name… Shalom!

This was my first visit to this restaurant and although it took quite a while for our food to come it was delicious!!! I see some of the reviews talking about the price but I think that for a hefty (portion) home cooked meal that the prices weren’t bad at all. I must warn you though that after a great meal I ordered (2) pieces of cake to take home for dessert for my husband and myself. The cakes were absolutely HORRIBLE!!! I do plan on visiting again and I plan to ask how can they serve the great food that they do and then sell those incredibly expensive ($ 4 each), horrible slices of cake that they do. The cakes (lemon pound and carrot) were both dry as the sierra dessert. I understand that when cake is refrigerated that it loses some of its moisture but these slices were either very old or just horrible from the start… BEWARE AVOID THE CAKE!!!

Food is great but the wait for carry out is RIDICULOUS. If they shorten the wait time for the customers I would be able to give it 5 stars. The food gets 5 stars but the extended wait time makes it a 3 star.

So I have been going to just to serve you ever since they opened on girard ave. I moved out of Philly now so I only come back to see my parents or handle business. Last night I decided to visit my parents so I placed an order for all of us. I called an hour in advance. I got there and our food was not ready. It was several other people waiting who said they placed orders over an hour ago. People who were sitting at tables were getting up and leaving prior to getting their food. The place was not that busy for the food to take that long! We counted 9 employees 5 sitting around doing nothing. I had to inquire about my food 4x and they kept saying 5 minutes, they’re bagging it up now. This went on for 30 minutes. I finally got my platters and we headed to my parents house. I have always like their platters every time I got food from their it was delicious so I decided to just overlook the long wait thinking maybe they were having a bad day. I opened my platter it looked good. Under further investigation my Mac n cheese looked skimpy compared to their normal portions, like it was the bottom of the pan and they were trying to stretch it. My greens tasted burnt, my chicken was salty. My mom ordered catfish and asked for light salt and it was doused in salt to the point no one could eat it! I ordered chicken fingers and fries for my daughter we open her platter and no fries! It’s sad to see this place has changed so much, it was good while it lasted and I will never go back. The service sucks, they never even apologized for the delay, they could of thrown in a free desert or took something off the bill for the amount of money we spent, but obviously they don’t care about customers. It’s sad they won’t be around too much longer.

I’ve eaten two dinner/​lunch platters and a breakfast platter from the Olney location. The food tastes delicious and they definitely pack the white platter box full of food, except for the breakfast platter, which tasted great, but they made sure the soul food platters were heavy. The fact that they pack so much food into platter boxes justifies the somewhat higher price because you most likely won’t finish all your food in one seating. Service wise I’ve never had an issue, food does take a while to be made but it isn’t fast food so I expected a bit of a wait.
I would highly suggest this soul food place to anyone, I would just recommend they bring more cash than they would pay for the near-​by fast food places and have time to wait for their food to be made.

First off, this was my first time ordering from here. My husband raved about this place and me, being the foodie that I am, decided to give it a try. When we walked in, we weren’t acknowledged or even asked the simple question «hi, how are you?» 1^st strike. I asked a question about the menu and was rudely answered from a walking away employee. That was the 2^nd strike. The prices were the next thing I was confused about. A large chicken wing platter is $ 14.04?! Ridiculous. But anyway, proceeded with my order. We get the okay that the order is confirmed so we head back to the car to wait. In 5 minutes, we come back to check and the girl who didn’t acknowledge us, make eye contact or even say «what can I get for you?» decided to tell us to wait in the back. 3^rd strike. They’re out. This is a RESTAURANT. Why am I being told where to wait? I will not be back. The customer service is not good enough for this place to be so damn high. $ 14.04 should have waaaaay better service and I HOPE the food is as high as their attitude.
Update: THE FOOD WAS DEFINITELY NOT WORTH THE WAIT. The chicken wings were large but they were so salty. Too salty. The macaroni and cheese with the collard greens were bland. Our platter was sitting before my husband came to grab it and not so much as a «I apologize for letting your food sit for 10 minutes and not going to check on your ONE platter to see if it was done.» Will take my business elsewhere. They clearly have enough money to have bad customer service and charge an arm and leg for ONE large chicken wing platter.

1) My first experience here was through delivery. I ordered Trky chops, pot sal, Mac & ch, greens (salty) & peach cobbler I know, I was being greedy. The order was delivered at a decent amount of time. However, I realized no peach cobbler. Called the delivery guy he said he’d bring it back it took like 2 hrs. Okay…
2) I picked my food up this time, I spoke to the owner nice lady. Meatloaf, mashed pot & greens.
(Watery substance called gravy) ok my food was good. Worked around the gravy.
3) I had my food delivered gave the person on the phone my address like 4 times I even had her repeat it to me, she said it wrong I told it to her again very slowly. She still wound up giving the driver the wrong address. Sooooo, the driver and I had to communicate to get him on the right track to find my house, after this long wait for my food. Told the gentleman that delivered food about the salt in the greens. He said he’d definitely mention that. He’d take care of me next time I ordered… (Not looking for anything free just don’t want to keel over in these greens fr a heart attack)
Whiting, pot sal & greens (salty)… Food Good in spite of…

All the platters above, they pile the food on your platter. You def get your money’s worth.
4) I had them deliver my platter BBQ jerk ck, greens (OMG THE ENTIRE BOX OF MORTON SALT) & Mac & Ch…
I was given one price on the phone, when the driver came he gave me a different price. I was given regular jerk ck, I asked for BBQ (no big deal, I have BBQ sauce here), they gave me 2 pieces. The first piece was a thigh (a lil dry but I worked with it, hunger), the second piece was this little dried up drum stick hard & wiry as an old leather shoe! I could not eat it at all! A huge disappointment!
Soooo, (1^st call) I called them once again I told her about the pricing situation, she said she made a mistake and gave me the wrong price (so when you realized that you should’ve called me back to let me know), (2^nd call) about this ck that I cannot eat, these freaking greens that you had to of dropped an entire box of salt in & sold them any way.
The female tells me that the owners will telephone me tomorrow… I’m flabbergasted … That was 2 weeks ago, I’m still waiting for their call… will update when they finally call me… Twenty something dollars down the drain~~~
I always try to give restaurants the benefit of the doubt. Especially certain ones. I definitely give them constructive criticism, because I want to see them prosper. So, I tell them about the areas they can do better in, based on my personal experiences. Customer service is very important, consistency, quality just to name a few things that are core to owning a restaurant. I hope this review has helped. The food is good. I suggest eating in… Or picking your food up & checking it before you leave.
Peace & Blessings~

Typical black owned restaurant. «Good food, poor service. «They opened their doors with an extremely long wait for food but you’d think they would try and correct this problem. No. A few years later and the wait for a platter is still 25 – 35 mins. if you’re lucky. So the next step is to call ahead. Well, you’re out of luck on that to. Their phone takes you to the answering machine & it tells you they don’t ck it. So you’re forced to go to the restaurant and wait the ridiculous amount of time for your food. And this applies to both locations.
But here’s one for the ages, on Pope Saturday, both locations (which are in primarily black communities) close for the Pope. No sign on the door, people inside but too ignorant to come to the door to say anything.
I know they’ve lost lots of $ bec of there lack of caring about their patrons time. But the no taking orders on the phone and closing early w/​o notice or even a sign on the door is fcuked up and plain lazy. Unfortunately they think they’ve made it, but as I’ve said in the beginning Typical blacks owned restaurant, «Good food, poor service. «.
I don’t know if their BS is worth it.

This place is the best soul food I’ve tried in Philly hands down!!! Best cornbread! Short ribs are massive and full of flavor. Potato salad is the best and so are their green beans. Haven’t been disappointed yet and will keep returning.

I don’t care how long I have to wait to receive my food, the quality and portion sizes makes it worthwhile. Their hot wings are amazing! The food is always fresh and full of flavor. It’s a shame this place doesn’t stay packed. This is a «hood gem»!! People don’t trust me when I talk about the location but everyone I bring becomes a loyal customer! The owner and staff are very personable!

Despite the wait for the food, the jerk chicken and wings were the best I’ve had in some time! The cornbread was tasty… and buttery, complete with the old school crust on the bottom.
Truly a diamond in the rough.

You never know who is walking into your establishment. So I won’t say who I am but I called at 7:35 (after trying 3 times already and it being busy) to place my order for pick up. I arrived around 8:00. The lady said it wasn’t ready yet. At around 8:30 I got up and asked how long and she said ten more minutes. (After saying on the phone 30 – 35 minutes it’s been 50 minutes.) at 8:45 she said 5 more minutes. At this point it’s been over an hour since I placed my order over the phone.
At 9:00pm my order is ready (an hour and a half later.) When I pay one of the servers wants to start telling me about how they didn’t have some of the food and blah blah blah. All the stuff NO customer wants to hear. Either have the food or close the doors. Unacceptable. And I was offered an extra piece of cornbread as if that would compensate me for the hour of my time they just wasted that I will NEVER get back. You are in need of serious staff training. Hopefully this helps. And I won’t be back if you couldn’t tell by this review. Time is the ONLY thing in this life we CANT get back and the least your staff could do is respect people’s time and be HONEST about what’s going on in the establishment. It goes a long way. Trust a stranger.

Love, Love, Love! The best platter ever! I ordered over the phone and when I arrived 20 minutes later, my food was ready.

My first experience there was great. The wait time was a little longer than anticipated but it was certainly worth it. Customer service was great, very courteous. Dinner platters come with two sides. I ordered fried tilapia, greens, yams, and mac and cheese. Tilapia was cooked perfect. Seasoning was on point, greens tender, not soggy. Yams were the icing on the cake for me! Just like my aunt used to make. Mac and cheese was pretty good, just a tad on the salty side. All in all, I’d recommend this place.

Food is Great!!! But the service stinks ! I came to pick up my food and the lady seemed like she didn’t want to be bothered and had a nasty a** attitude !
Customer service stinks! Won’t be ordering from there again.

Their fried chicken wing platter is very good. They are not shy with the amount they put in your platter and they’re a nice big size. Wings are golden fried to perfection.

Let me start of by saying the lady who takes the orders… short w/​o glasses
She was quite pleasant!
This place is spotless, very clean!
Each platter has food for DAYSSSS
But the fish lacked flavor, it wasn’t seasoned at all
The greens and mac n cheese are to die for
If I had to choose, the restaurant in WP
would be the one I would go to

So this is my 1^st time ordering from this place. When I 1^st walked in it was cozy inside and nice I ordered the fried chicken platter (6wings) it comes with 2 sides and cornbread for $ 12 I order mac n ch, and yams. 1^st turn off was the wings were so big I hate that and they were not good at all they were under season and soggy. Mac and ch, was salty and yams were not sweet and they don’t use yams they use sweet potatoes and it was so stringy and I kept choking so I just stopped eating all together. I also had a side of collard greens and they were cooked to perfection but we’re very salty. It only takes one time for me so I won’t b ordering from there again. Oh my grand mom ordered the turkey wings smothered in gravy she liked it and cornbread was dry i was very dissapointed and they do give you good size portions of everything

This is my second time getting food from here. I wasn’t as happy with it this time. I ordered the fried chicken, with Mac and cheese and cabbage. The chicken was a breast and wing. The breast was really big and moist and crispy. The wing however was really really salty. Like the bottom of the fry mixture salty (if you work in a restaurant, you know what I mean).
The cabbage was the worst part. It was not cut up into small pieces. They were really large pieces, and it looked like the first layer of a head of cabbage (green, thick). I even had a huge spine layer on my platter. I still would recommend but not the cabbage.

Great little spot, food was great ppl were pleasant. I had fried chicken, potato salad and collard greens with cornbread square. My friend had spare ribs collard greens and mac&cheese you know I had to taste the mac & cheese and was good. I didn’t care for the ribs just a little to tough for my liking. The strawberry lemonade was good too!
Great portion!
This weekend I will be trying their breakfast!