I haven't had BJs Market in years and was in the area and said let me get their famous catfish. I ordered the catfish dinner and it comes with 3 sides and a corn muffin. To me it's a good value for the amount of food you receive. I also ordered peach cobbler. I ordered Mac and cheese, dressing, and sweet potato souffle. I didn't personally try the Mac and cheese my daughter ate that. The dressing was good but the gravy was to watery for my liking. The souffle was delicious. My catfish was burned but still edible and flavorful. The highlight for me was the amazing peach cobbler! All I needed was ice cream. read more

I ordered from a Mexican restaurant this weekend on Grubhub and it never arrive so decided to order from BJ's. I got the smothered chicken, mashed potatoes, and green beans. Everything was delicious and it was a good portion for the price. Some of the best green beans I've ever had. read more

I wish I could be writing a review on the food from BJ Market but after arriving to their location from downtown around 7:15pm on Sunday, they were closed. Even though I checked various websites and they all showed closing time was 8pm, they went by a printed sign taped to the window. Very annoying. read more

BJ's Market & Bakery - Closing time states 8pm on the window for Sunday but that blue piece of paper say 7pm. - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Amazing service and the food is delicious . Clean and very inviting. Costumer service was excellent. I will be coming back read more

BJ's Market & Bakery - Baked chicken,Dressing,& greens and cornbread - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I went to the restaurant at 7:06 this evening. There was no food and the staff was cleaning the serving station. The workers said, "We're closed." I said the time on your website says open until 8pm. A worker said that's only during the summer. Then I pointed out that the time on the restaurant window says open until 9pm. The worker said that's wrong. Where's the consistency? Another customer showed up only to be told closed also. How do you run a business when the customer has to take a chance to see if you're open. That's unprofessional and extremely poor customer service. Although I live east, I'll drive west to Passion Eats for soul food. read more

Worst experience ever!!! DONT PATRON THIS RESTAURANT. How do you pay $40 for two catfish dinners and they only give one piece of fish in each one??? NEVER EVER AGAIN. They will be closing soon... mark my words!!!! I should've known when on a Saturday they had no trafffic in the store at 5pm. And again very disappointing to say the least. read more

Enjoyed their Loaded Fries with Hot Sauce, Chicken Tenders, and Ranch. A perfect item for sharing.

I went in there this past Monday with the hopes of getting me a meatloaf dinner. I see what I want and order. I notice the worker is a lil stingy with the sides but I ain't really trip. But when she attempted to give me a half piece of meatloaf I spoke up and expressed that I wasn't happy with the portion size. I was about to order another piece of meatloaf but quickly stopped when I was told it was $8 for an additional piece. So, I'm about to pay close to $30 for $12 worth of food??? I think tf not. I swiftly told them I was good and decided to go elsewhere read more

They never have enough cashiers available . The cashier has to do both food and payment they should let single customers know when they are going to cater out all their food the day before christmas her suggestion when I came in and there was no food, was we have some yo go items, no meat how do you run a business and gave it fail, keep treating your loyal customers like s#*!t that's how. read more

We used BJ's to cater our family gathering at the recommendation of a friend who has used them often. They were wonderful. Every single food item was DELICIOUS: fried and roasted chicken; garlic mashed spuds and gravy; potato salad; green beans; beef ribs; mac and cheese; corn muffins; peach cobbler; chocolate cake. Delivery was on time and the food was hot. Reasonable price and pleasant service. Did I mention that the food was AMAZING?!! Highly recommended. read more

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Ordered door dash and was brought burnt rancid fish. The fish was so rancid the smell of it made my entire family gag. We also ordered chicken that was COVERED in cumin spice. Who covers chicken in cumin?? The cooks are obviously on drugs and do not care about the quality or safety of the food. read more

BJ's Market & Bakery - Mustard Fried Catfish - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

10/19/2025: Today was a great day to visit my Mom. I decided to surprise her and pick up some food from BJ Market...catfish and turkey wing. These were not so bad..but not good! The sides were horrible (mac& Cheese, dressing, cabbage and the sweet potato[ was the worst I ever tasted). We use to eat here all the time, and I understand bad days, but everything was surpar and distasteful. I spent $65.00 l, supporting a black business and unfortunately I will not be back. You need to look directly at those cooks!!! On a good note, the counter staff was efficient and nice.​ read more

Food was delicious, hot and reasonable. I used them for Xmas dinner, also. We had more than enough for four people.

This the second time I at BJ market it is not the same everytime. The bbq is very tasty. The food is good. Glad they survived the pandemic. read more

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BJ's Market 1737 E 95th St, Chicago, IL 60617 I ordered a ¼ White Chicken, with 2 sides. First of all, I've ordered a ¼ White several times, from various places and this is waaaaay below the amount for a ¼ White. Google a picture of a ¼ White Roasted Chicken compared to my photo, you'll see what I mean. Also, it looks like someone tore pieces off of a Rotisserie Chicken and placed it in a to go container. Also, look at the color of the Chicken, to me it looks very Gray, and the skin was not crispy at ALL! VERY rubbery GROSS! The collard greens were VERY under seasoned, & the sweet potatoes were CLEARLY out of a can. They FORCE you to buy waaay more sides than what you need or want. Which is CRAZY considering that the size and the Quality of the main entree is NOT properly COOKED & INSANELY SMALL!!! You NEED to do better. If the cooks in your restaurant have Never cooked professionally before, then you need to hire people who have. read more

BJ's Market & Bakery - 1/4 White Meat Chicken, Sweet Potatoes, Collard Creens - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

BJs is one of the last reliable soul food restaurants on the South Side of Chicago. Unfortunately, it's recently become carry out only, and moved to a far south side location. In short- good food, but not particularly convenient. read more

Well I went too the BJ Market on Stony Island Avenue in the 80s. What has this place come too... I could not believe the Crap they call food being served ... as I looked at the variety of food, being served. The dressing was disgusting I'm sure it was made from the box. The mash potatoes were really good so was broccoli the (dried up chicken breast) based in a broth to maintain some moisture very dry .The peach cobbler was terrible. Apparently people don't know that cinnamon nutmeg and allspice goes in peach and apple cobbler or pies...But I will say the young ladies that waited on me were funny as hell I could not stop laughing. They knew there food was not up too par. Sad SCM read more

EVERYTHING is trash. They call it Dressing but it's really stuffing. Everything else had no taste at all. They need Chef Ramsey in that mf

The restaurant is take out only but the staff are always polite and the line moves pretty quickly even when they're busy. The food is always good. We have never been disappointed with anything we ordered. Our favorites are the beef ribs and the smothered chicken. We also love their macaroni and cheese and their yams. The food is always hot and fresh and tastes homemade. read more

The restaurant staff was very polite and kind but I ordered smothered chicken yams cornbread dressing, baked, macaroni, and cheese but once I made it home, the chicken was still bleeding in the inside and when I called no one answered the phone read more

BJ's Market & Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

BJ's never disappoints! My family has supported them for years, even when the original owner had the restaurant in Pullman. The food is flavorful, tender and appetizing. There is always a variety filled menu to satisfy all tastes. Fav: baked chicken and mustard fried catfish. Not sure if they still make turkey tips, yet those were delicious too! CON: Mac&chz and candied yam recipe could use a makeover. Needs to be more homemade. It's cool to eat when you want a taste, but it's not mama's. All green veggies are delicious, so that's a PRO! Note: the cashier didn't know that GrubHub takes orders for takeout via Yelp. When I arrived and said my name, she denied my order, even though I had a confirmation number and showed her my screen receipt. Her coworker had to correct her and show her where the orders process at a secondary computer. read more

This review is based on what I ate. Please eliminate the onions from the chicken gravy and the green beans. The green beans taste pretty good and definitely don't need onions. They add nothing to the dish and interfere with the presentation. Also, the baked chicken was tender, but the skin is too fatty and undone. The dressing was good. read more

I have followed the food of owner and chef BJ, since he left Wasburne Culinary Institute over 30 years ago, and I have patronized all of BJ'S eateries--the Mansion in the Pullman Community, the now closed markets on So. Stony Island and 7900 So. Racine and the market now located in the 95th Street Shopping Mall. I frequently stopped by BJ's Market for inexpensive take out meals in past years. I was never dissatisfied. But this changed the Saturday before this past January 1--holiday. This location had been closed, but it is now open Thursday through the weekend. I dropped by for a carry out meal of short ribs of beef with two sidès--mixed greens, macaroni, and cheese. The meal was without any real seasoning or taste, but I ate it because it was supposed to be a holiday meal. I also bought sweet potatoes and a peach cobbler dessert. The peach pie dessert was the greatest problem-- when I opened the container in which it was packed, I found it was some kind of uncooked crust with--I think peaches. This was the worst dessert I have ever eaten. It looked like wet bread with no sweet syrup and only small pieces of fruit. What a disappointment-- I paid $36.00 for the entire meal. I thought about taking the uneaten dessert in its container, back to BJ's after the holiday for a refund this week, but I decided I would let it go. I don't care for surprises, so I won't be buying anything else from BJ's Market--I am very disappointed about my decision because there aren't enough restaurants to patronize in my Southside community, and BJ's food was always of good quality and tasty! read more

Placed a catering order for Thanksgiving, had me and fiance and others standing outside in the cold for over an hour! Then finally make it inside and order still isn't ready! I also asked for my food to be prepared cold and they prepared it hot. This place has really gone down they probably lost alot of business because they down sized the restaurant. Maybe new owners because this place use to be so much better. This will be the last order I ever place with them. read more

Don't believe the hype these pictures look good and all , but if your looking for a Real southern country cooking I would not recommend this place to buy dressing they are selling stove top stuffing , not Dressing read more

This food was so damn good I can cry tears of joy. I had beef ribs, yams & greens with aside of cornbread. Baby the meat was seasoned for the Gods falling off the bone. I also had a side of peach cobbler which all know everyone can't make , but they snapped here it was so tasteful and sweet. I ordered through doordash and my food was still hot& the packaging was beautiful. Thanks so much for such an amazing meal I really appreciate it guys. Love you all so much for that meal from the soul read more

I was craving soul food and decided to give Bj's Market a try since I had not been in over 10 years. (I used to take my family regularly on Sunday's after church to their original location). Unfortunately my $30 order was disappointing. The string beans tasted completely like liquid smoke flavoring totally overpowering the string bean, sweet potatoes did not smell nor taste authentic and the texture was gross. I purchased an additional piece of catfish filet (mustard style) which was not nearly as good as the regular style. My corn muffin looked as if someone had eaten off of it (I'm hoping it was broken). On a good note, customer service was great! The dressing , Mac and cheese and regular catfish was decent and the peach cobbler was good, but; not worth $30....... read more

There's always a moment before you place an order at a restaurant you remembered wasn't that great the last time you ate there and you hesitate because you know the experience will be as bad as it was before. Somehow the experience is worse at the new location. Horrible customer service extremely slow like it always has been, and the food was terrible the only partial saving grace was the mustard catfish. Which was decent but I remember it came with a sauce that apparently they don't give out anymore. The sweet potatoes were horrible and seem to be floating in grease. The mac & cheese Was incredibly sad. And the dressing taste like stove top stuffing, without any gravy! The corn bread muffin should've been called a cornbread crumble because it didn't even hold together. They didn't even seem as if they wanted the customers that were there to support them and looking into the back of the restaurant it was a complete mess. I don't know who BJ is but you should be ashamed of this place. I will definitely never go back! Now I remember why I stopped going to the old location! Complete waste of money. read more

I was a little worried about ordering because over the past year or two, the food didn't taste as good as it use to for some reason. But when I tell you they came back strong! The food was so good Keep it up! read more

I placed a GrubHub order for pickup, went to pick up my order and imagine my surprise when I got to the register and showed them my order and they said it had been picked up, now there was a young man who came in minutes before me stating he had a Grubhub order and the worker just handed him the bag (no process of control, no checking of his id) so apparently I literally watched my food walk out the door. When the cashier finally got to me and I stated I had an order for pickup and gave him my name he searched and saw that the order had been picked up already. At this point I'm understandably upset but ask how is this so, when I'm showing you my text message and I have ID to verify that this is my order, I am then met with a response of him saying "what you want me to do," flips the ipad around to show me that it's been picked up at 4:34 (I'm in line at that time by the way) I tell the young man I would like him to say he'd be replacing my order and apologize for having this happen, he states he can't do that because the order has already been picked up. I am definitely disappointed with the level of customer service, I'm not sure if there is a training process or what but I can't imagine that you allow your employees to treat their customers with such disdain. read more

I visited the restaurant on 4/14/2021. I did not like the treatment that I received as I asked questions about the dinners. The young man was rude and commented that the customers were tripping. I continued with my order despite the rude comment. The smothered chicken (dark meat with mac and cheese and dressing) dinner that I paid for was not good at all. I find it unacceptable to be treated this way. You need to make a lot of changes at this location. I will not be supporting this business. read more

Is this shop under new management?!i was really disappointed with the food I just picked up. The rib tips were tough and very fatty. The cabbage had no seasoning at all. I'm no tonsure if I'll go back read more

My first visit here was ok..it was opening day and the tips were tender and the beef ribs were tender. I'm not a fan of banana peppers in my cabbage but it was ok. Second visit and I can tell it's a different cook..the tips are very tough not done we had to put them in the oven and they also cut them way too big..the greens are for sure out of the can and the dressing taste mixed with corn bread stove top stuffing..I am very disappointed read more

The food is good but the customer service Is terrible. They consistently get my order wrong no matter what and they usually get an attitude when I call to let them know. It's happened so many times. read more

Used to go to the old location on Stony Island thought we would try the new location. It doesn't have clear signage above the location but signs in the window. The location is very small now with only five two person tables. The front desk is a tad disorganized. Two items were an hour and half wait, which reflects some better checks need to be in place in the kitchen. We ordered one Nashville chicken sandwich with fries and rib tips with mac and cheese and string beans. The front of the house needs some additional training the young lady was serving food with no gloves and it took a minute to be served. We decided to eat in. My Nashville Hot chicken sandwich was very disappointing it was overcooked and ended up being dry while slathered in coleslaw and pickles. It wasn't that hot, but it was seasoned with spices. The fries tasted decent with a sprinkle of spice on top, but there wasn't a ton of them. The dinner was much better the Mac and cheese was tasty, however the green beans tasted like they were canned, the rib tips had some tough pieces but nice sauce. We had to ask for the corn muffins and they were tasty. Overall, needs some work and I hope it's just the first months problems and they will reclaim the deliciousness of the original BJ'S in it's hey day! read more

BJ's Market & Bakery - Pork rib tips, macaroni and cheese with string beans. - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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