Stopped by the cafe for lunch on a Monday. Had a grilled chicken sandwich (customized to your…read morepreference) with L, T and honey mustard with a side of sweet potato fries. They use chicken tenders for the sandwich and they had great flavor and the frites were A-OK. They have killer deserts and THEY HAVE SWEET TEA! Super friendly folks. If you see Amos, tell him I said hi!

We went for the all-you-can-eat weekend brunch and it's amazing! The quality of food, for the…read morevalue, cannot be beat! I highly recommend the waffles: so good you don't even need syrup!

Ummm lemme tell you about Soulutions: COME EAT HERE! Located in what can only be described as a…read morehipsters dream cafeteria, this restaurant boasts some of the best tasting food. From ribs, to fried chicken Mac, greens with Parmesan, award winning wings, and perfectly seasoned fried catfish (only served on Fridays), there is something for everyone. The prices are great and enough to where you can feed a family of 3 for under $40. Which is a steal! I loved how nice the staff was, and I even got a banana pudding to go (it barely made it to my room). I'll be back here next week lol

Consistently good food, great service, and good atmosphere at the salt city market…read more Their fire Mac & Cheese is really good, I've had it a bunch of times at this point. The chicken and waffles are amazing. And I'm just having this haddock sandwich for the first time and they really came through portions-wise. I really mess with SOULutions. If you're in cuse or at salt city market specifically you should really try it.

I felt glad I stopped at Creola…read more The bartender was on fire. After his first old fashioned - Woodford Reserve, sweet and smooth - I had to go for a second. I let him pick the spirit, and he went with Michter's rye. Spicy, sweet forward, and he used a torch to express the orange oil. Really excellent. The food was not on the same level, unfortunately. My short rib sliders had delicious burnt ends for texture, but looked basic and not as much aioli as I hoped for. I went back for truffle fries, but they were a bit too crisp, and lacked the starchy fluffy goodness that I look forward to. But all in all, a great vibe and great drinks mean I'd be happy to return.

Service was attentive. Ambiance was a bit dated but fine…read more Food was very good overall. Quite loud inside, couldn't talk to my dinner partner.

excellent each and everytime -we love this place .."…read more best drinks and seafood anywhere - and the desserts are to die for! Nothing better

Overall, food was tasty though a bit salty and service was mediocre. Casual atmosphere for a chill…read moremeal. I enjoyed the cornbread that they brought out to start- slightly dry and crumbly as most cornbread is but still yummy nonetheless. To start we tried their oysters. Not bad for Ithaca! For mains, we ordered the crabcakes and the fried shrimp basket. Both were on the salty side- classic shrimp fry. I told the waitress it was my friends birthday and asked her to bring out a slice of the chocolate cake as a surprise, but she forgot multiple times... maybe she was having an off day? Nonetheless, I liked the chocolate cake! Quite a filling meal, though nothing really stood out, I'm not sure I would return.

We've wanted to try this place for years, but it's never occurred to us during a Friday or…read moreSaturday, which are the only days they're open. Last Friday was one of those days we knew we needed to order out, but we were well on track to make a whole evening out of fretting over where to go. I don't know what it is, but sometimes absolutely nothing in the world sounds good. By some act of god, I remembered this place and our evening was saved. Their menu changes weekly, so we referred to their Facebook page for this week's options. I've only heard great things about them, so I had no question whatever we ordered would be good. No prices on their website, and money was definitely an issue on the eve of the St. Patrick's Day Parade, so we made kind of a flow chart in case pricing got crazy. Placing the order over the phone was difficult. They couldn't understand us, and they had to run every question by somebody else and get back to us. We ordered the jerk chicken and smothered pork combos, then threw in a pint of shrimp fried rice. I wish I could have tried everything; it was really tough coming to a decision. Cash only. I read so many reviews and everything they had online and didn't see this mentioned. Luckily I had just hit the ATM for the parade. The place is pretty small, take-out only. Easy parking, easy in and out. Everyone's super friendly. A lot of the appeal is how clearly they take pride in what they do. All around it just seems incredibly authentic and like nobody's cutting corners. So the food was great all around. We'd eaten garbage all week and were really going for that fresh, wholesome feeling, and they delivered in every way. The only hiccup was that they gave us Smothered Chicken (I think) instead of Smothered Pork. They labeled the box SP, but put the wrong thing in it. I was disappointed to see it because the pork was the first thing I knew for sure I wanted to get. Six seconds into the meal though, I truly didn't even care anymore. It was absolutely amazing. So tender it came right off the bone. It has to be the best I've ever felt about a chicken thigh entrée. I've only tried Jerk Chicken a few times, and mostly from a few Jamaican restaurants right here in town. I never really understood the point of it, like the taste just never amounted to anything I cared about. One bite of this one and it all made sense. Like, I now understand what they're going for with the flavor. Same perfectly tender chicken, and we absolutely loved the taste of both. We were curious about how the Shrimp Fried Rice would shake out with soul food, and it's definitely unique from Chinese takeout. Nowhere near as greasy, and it had a more savory, mildly smoky taste to it. No conflict with the beds of rice our entrées came on either. This wasn't our favorite fried rice, but it was good to have with our meals. My favorite side was the baked beans. Perfect texture, amazing taste. So soft and yet, so completely distinct. Didn't even know I could enjoy plain no-frills baked beans this much. The collard greens and yams were about average. I think for yams I'm used to a lot more butter and sugar than these ones had. Collard greens were just straightforward as well, no taste outside the greens themselves. Texture couldn't have been better though. Mac and cheese was good, but well past al dente. Super soft and didn't really pack enough flavor to make it top tier. The cornbread is standard issue - really soft and pretty dry with just the regular cornbread taste. I'd love to try some of the other things on the menu, but probably wouldn't for the price. There's nothing here I wouldn't be absolutely excited to have, but the experience wasn't profound enough to pull us back for $25 a plate.

On my way to the airport to fly back home to Detroit, found this place and boy was it a home run!!…read moreGreat smothered pork chops with green beans and collard greens. I will definitely hit this place up again the next time I'm in the area. Also the people were very friendly!

Redman himself greeted us at the truck when we pulled in. Such a nice man. Everyone we met was very…read morekind. The fried chicken was great. Very large pieces. Had plenty to take home! Mac n cheese had a really nice flavor to it. The surprise hit for me was the rice with gravy. I could eat that on the daily! Lots of seating. The place was clean. Redman said he built the dining area himself along with a friend. Showed us the before picture. You can see there is a lot of pride in the establishment and the food. Very nice experience.

There ain't nothing bad about this place. It is off the beaten path a bit but worth the time and…read morestop. We are from out of town on a girls weekend and wanted a good dinner. Redman had good ratings so we thought we'd try. We got 4 chicken dinners. They come with drum, wing, thigh and 2 sides. I got rice and gravy and French fries. Both good. Chicken was outstanding. No one complained or spoke we just all ate. It was delish! Seriously. Other sides were Mac and cheese, Mac salad and collards. All were delish as well. The place is pretty unassuming and you can pass it pretty easily. It's a large room and there are plenty of seats. The parking is fine and the service was top notch. The Owner made sure we liked everything. If I lived here this would be a normal stop.

The BEST food in town ! Had the jerk chicken it was amazing…read moreI was so full and still would have duh in for more had it been in front of me !! Great space loved the lighting

My wife and I moved to the area in mid-2022. Prior to this, we lived in NYC (specifically in…read moreHarlem) for 14 years. The biggest thing we miss about our last home is the food - there's just not a lot of good restaurants around here (I don't necessarily even mean fancy - just good). We have a short list of a few spots we frequent that are decent enough - we rarely deviate from these because, often enough, when we do, we're disappointed by whatever new place we try. Last night we wanted to go out to eat, but thought we would try somewhere new. We found MarShell's on Google Maps and it looked great so we decided to roll the dice. Boy, are we glad we did. Firstly, the restaurant itself is a lovely space. It's relatively modern, well-kept and well-designed, but still comfortable and casual. Tashell was great - we had a wonderful time speaking with her and she took great care of us. She said that the restaurant opened 2.5 years ago, right around the time we moved to the area - we only wish we came sooner. The food is spectacular. Soul food is a "humble" style of cuisine, but their take on it is just the right degree of refined. I don't mean it's fussy in any way - I mean they really know how to cook and this shows in every dish through flavor and texture. Things like collard greens or sweet potatoes, which are often overcooked to oblivion, are just the right consistency, and exploding with flavor. Sauces are rich and velvety, not overly thick or gloppy. Even seemingly simple things like chicken wings or fried green tomatoes are perfectly fried so the inside is moist and juicy, with a light, shatteringly crisp exterior - something many other restaurants don't care to pay attention to. TLDR - this is a great restaurant serving uniquely delicious, rock-solid soul food in a well-kept space that stands out like a diamond in the rough.

My go to place when I visit Ithaca, always has great service and delicious food. Yum yumread more

This place used to be amazing. They have recently changed from "Maru Ramen" to Maru Korea "…read more Not sure if they changed ownership (I believe they did) but the new place is mediocre at best. Maru Ramen served homemade noodles and broth. You could taste the love and care that went into the food. Now, as "Maru Korea" , the food is incredibly underwhelming. The noodles come from a package (confirmed) and the broth tastes like it does to. Some of the dishes are decent but even as traditional Korean dishes go....still underwhelming. I've eaten Korean cuisine regularly for 24years....this place would be equivalent to the Korean food you would get if there was a Korean version of McDonald's.

What an amazing hidden gem. Wonderful food. Everything was great and hit the spot. Generous…read moreportions. I was expecting mall food but we got the full positive experience. Our cook was amazing and super friendly. Strongly recommend this place.

I recommend this place one thousand percent!! The food is amazing and the owner is very friendly…read morewill definitely be coming back on a regular!! The place looks great so many options of delicious Spanish food to try!!