Good oxtails everytime I go ! Mac and cheese good and cabbage! I didn't like the meatloaf tho

Dulan's Century Blvd.: A Disappointing Replacement for Bertha's I've been a dedicated Dulan's customer for nearly 30 years, Brunch & Lunch the Crenshaw location and even the Inglewood spot, when Crenshaw was only doing catering. I had never eaten at the 1714 W Century Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90047 location, which used to be Bertha's Soul Food Cafe. But we were in the neighborhood and decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, this was a huge mistake. The smothered short ribs were a complete disappointment. Instead of the tender, fall-off-the-bone classic, I got two thin, Korean-style slices swimming in a watery, beige gravy. The red beans were practically nonexistent - literally 2 table spoons of beans over a cup of rice, and the entire meal felt like a pale imitation of what Dulan's used to be. The only saving grace were the candied yams. At over $25, this meal was a total rip-off. I'm heartbroken to say that I can no longer recommend Dulan's. Something has drastically changed, and it's not for the better. #dulans #soulfood #disappointment #whathappened #notthesame #berthas #soulfoodlosangeles read more

If you like soul food, that is the place to go I give it a five try and you'll see why the cornbread is great

The older melanin ladies there have a nasty attitude and unpleasantness. I have been coming here for years and I'm disappointed and won't b returning to this location... going to Inglewood where they show you more love!!!! Do better ladies we are supporting the business you run or work for, be more humble. read more

So far, I've had great dining experiences at Dulan's. The portion sizes are decent, and the food is always tasty.

Honestly I don't see the reason why there's 3 stars but for me this place is legit. Yeah the wait can be a little long and the service isn't always great. The quality of soul food is incomparable. My go to is the smothered chicken(usually go with the white meat) and mashed potatoes / macaroni and cheese for the sides. The chicken and the gravy are a match made in heaven not too salty but perfectly seasoned. The sides are always tasty especially the Mac (not runny but baked to perfection) there isn't much space to sit and eat so you're better taking it to go. I guess if you're not from there you don't know what to expect hence the 3 stars. But please don't let uneducated reviewers stop you from trying so great soul food. read more

As far as I am concerned they can shut Dulan's down because that s*** is nasty. I've eaten there 3 times in my life and I am 70 years old. Each time was a bust. Dulan is old enough to know what real OG soul food tastes like. These people at these restaurants kill me, they stop using pork, they don't use much salt, they just take out everything that makes soul food soul food. You don't have to eat it all the time, but when you do eat it enjoy it and make it taste good. read more

On sunday bought my mom a chicken dinner. It was served with a dessert, she chose sweet potato pie. When my daughter saw the pie she asked the man who gave her the order. Was the dessert she saw sweet potato pie. The reason she questioned it was because the pie was looked horrible it was very dark. My mother stated the pie tasted horrible. My mother still orders from dulans. I rarely go now. If you have questions the attitudes are horrible. read more

Mid food, high prices, ok portion sizes (on protein) but good service. Dulan's is crazy overhyped and to be honest you're better off going to Soul Food Shack down the street. Service was friendly, and food came out fast despite waiting 20min in line to order. I paid $20 for a meatloaf plate and a choice of cornbread and two sides, so I picked mac and cheese and cornbread dressing. The cornbread dressing had great flavor and the gravy was delicious, however the texture was literally like baby food (as someone wrote in another review), which was odd because the cornbread dressings I've had at other soul food spots have a great variety of texture rather than mush. The mac and cheese was not that good, it wasn't necessarily bad, but the noodles were definitely overcooked and the sauce was really similar to velveeta. It had texture but also no flavor at the same time, and I feel like mac and cheese is a strong telling of whether the rest of the food is good or not. Meatloaf was disappointingly small in size, although the picture I added was already bitten through, trust me when I say that protein portion was small as hell. The tomato sauce on top tasted like canned tomato soup and IMO didn't compliment the meatloaf very well. I will say the meatloaf had decent texture and flavor though. Cornbread was delicious, great taste and texture- was probably the best thing out of my order. I really wanted to like this place, but unfortunately it was a miss. It sucks that all the lower rated reviews have highlighted the same issues (quality of food, texture, mac and cheese) but unfortunately there was no improvement because I ended up having the same experience with their food. $20 is crazy for a palm sized amount of meat, velveeta mac, and mushy cornbread dressing WITHOUT a drink. Not an ideal representation of how soul food is. Wouldn't come back or recommend to anyone. read more

Dulan's - Mac and cheese, meatloaf, cornbread dressing - Southern Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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Always loved the taste of Dulan's I haven't had a bad experience, but the parking sucks at the Manchester Ave Location it just park on Manchester or Market St and walk a bit to the corner of Le Brea read more

Wanted a good Sunday dinner - we decided Dulans on Century. What a HUGE disappointment! Let me start with we have eaten at the Manchester location - which was always delicious and fresh. We chose the Century location as it's closer . Something has shifted dramatically with Dulans quality, at least at this location. I had fried chicken, corn bread dressing, Mac n cheese, and greens. My guy had short ribs, yams, rice n gravy. * Mac n cheese - the worst! It's nothing more than big noodles with some waxy cheese- morelike velveeta cheese sauce. No real cheese, tasteless *Corn bread dressing: pure mush- like baby food - disgusting. * Yams - were canned! Who serves canned yams? * Short Ribs - tough, not tender or flavorful, dog meat. * Greens - were the only decent item. * Fried chicken - was so-so in that several pieces but not seasoned well. Adolph - the original owner would turn over in his grave . This is an opportunity for black ppl to come up in our community with our food - yet THIS Dulans failed us !Its as though they are trying to trick patrons with this subpar food. I feel cheated and mad as we spent nearly $60 for takeout, which was bs! I'm feeding this slop to the feral cats on my backyard read more

Literally makes you wanna slap your mother! LOL OMG, I literally was looking at the negative reviews & thinking WHATTT??? Everyone has an opinion but here's mine: WOW!!! To be able to walk in a place & literally have a Thanksgiving dinner, no Christmas dinner staring you in the face & every bit of it be on point, WOW. The mac & cheese is very creamy & cheesy & I don't mean box craft creamy I mean real cheese & real milk creamy it's perfect, not dry & stingy with the cheese it's flowing with real cheese goodness. The smothered chicken was all kinds of good, breaded fried chix with loads of seasonings & smothered in good thick not watered down gravy again like grandma's. Candied yams, whole chunks of fresh potatoes not canned, not over sugary so you still take the yams, not dried out & over cooked, not watery just perfect. Baked fish, a bit on the tender side, but good flavor & fresh fish. I mean honestly M&Ms used to be my favorite but I'm sorry this place has them beat. I wanted to taste the dressing (stuffing) so bad but the guy in front of me took the last helping of it. Eat here you won't be disappointed. The buffet options are vast & I can't imagine everything not being delicious. Can't wait to return. read more

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first time visiting location today was very excited to visit location person at the counter, but took our order stated that she would like a tip, said if she did not get a tip, she would make sure that the portions of the order would be small. I feel that this person does not represent Dulins in a positive manner. She also when giving change back, put money on the counter, instead of putting him in hand of my husband, and kept insisting on getting a tip did not give us a chance to even offer her a tip. read more

Why is the meatloaf raw inside? Please fix this please. I spent 180.00. The meatloaf was raw, my mom had no meat literally grisle and fat on her short ribs.....Who cooks this? Cause they need a lesson on southern cooking. We pay our money but for this. read more

Very disappointed with the portions of short ribs of beef. These are Korean short ribs little meat and mostly ALL bones. Extra 99 cent service charge for what? This total is approx. $32.00. I know you don't car!!! Just lost a customer and family at least ten of us for over 25+ years. I understand the price going up and now the quakily is going down. The fish is not real catfish it is SWAI from China. Low quakily Ground beef for the meat loaf mostly fat and tough. Goodbye! read more

I ordered the smothered chicken there is no seasoning on the food not even salt and pepper. They are over priced even a can soda i will never go there again. read more

Listen. Those greens... ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.!! They taste like they went from the fields to the pot. Not a drop of seasoning. None.! They we're disgusting. This was my first time trying your greens and I would NEVA try them again.!!! read more

Black owned restaurant!!! My job catered us lunch from this restaurant today. We had backed chicken, mashed potatoes, green bean, and a dinner roll. The baked chicken. It was very juicy and well seasoned. The mashed potatoes were AMAZING! Seasoned perfectly!!!! The green beans were okay... too much black pepper and a little crunchy... I prefer my green beans on the soft side. The dinner roll was yummy (can't mess that up). I honestly look forward to trying different food items from this restaurant. I would absolutely recommend this restaurant to others. read more

Dulan's - Baked chicken w/ gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, and dinner roll. - Southern Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Man I wish I would have took pictures of our fresh and beautiful plates! My husband and I decided to go with this location and man oh man! I had the mac and cheese, candied yams and fried chicken. The seasoning, the flavor, the freshness. My God. My husband had the baked fish (I still can't get over the flavor!) , cornbread stuffing and oh man the greens!!! The cornbread muffins are insanely delicious and fresh! The service was attentive and timely. I look forward to exploring more menu items . Lets go Dulan's. Shot out to Francis, superb quality customer service!!! read more

Food is so BOMB! Serving sizes are huge! The customer service is pretty good. Parking is great! Lines can get a little long ! But honestly it is so GOOD! Worth the wait for sure read more

The WORST meal I have ever eaten. I am eighty years old and have eaten many place, but this was absolutely awful. The short ribs were nothing but bones. I slither had meat, the others were bones and fat, the cornbread was cold and the chocholate cake was dried and hard. I think it was left over from two to three days. I will never try this place again and you shouldn't either. $35.00 is what I paid for this slop. read more

Dulan you have truly redeemed yourself! I got a Sunday fried chicken dinner and a meatloaf dinner. The chicken was freshly cooked tasted like it just came out the deep fryer. The greens were phenomenal, the yams you can tell they cooking from scratch, and the cornbread dressing was delicious very consistent not runny. My son got the meatloaf with mashed potatoes dressing, Black Eyed Peas and macaroni and cheese. We couldn't even eat half of our food I ate half of half of the chicken meal. And the drink the mixed sweet tea and lemonade was delicious, the sweet potato pie scrumptious, chocolate cake good too. We back on 100! read more

Dulan's - Southern Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Food is quite tasty but the customer service is not the greatest. Make sure you check your order before you leave the restaurant because it may not be accurate. See picture: I ordered rice with gravy and instead got cornbread stuffing with gravy. read more

Dulan's - I ordered rice with gravy and instead got cornbread stuffing with gravy. - Southern Near Me - Los Angeles, California

The food was really good. I had the Mac n cheese, short ribs, yams, rice and gravy, and collard greens. I wish they would have given us more short ribs for what we paid. I thought everything was delicious. read more

I can't even begin with how displeased with the order preparation at this establishment. I ordered the Baked Fish Dinner... green beans...black eye peas and dressing... sweet Potato pie and corn muffins...... I got everything EXCEPT the dressing... the sweet potato pie... and corn muffins which make my dinner completely INCOMPLETE this is not the first time that this has taken place were my order has been languidly adhered to!!! Piss'd all the way offfff!!!! How u gonna give me butter with no corn muffins or cranberry sauce with no dressing? read more

Dulan's - It's suppose to be Baked fish, green beans, black eye peas w/dressing plus corn muffins!! Sweet Potato pie - Southern Near Me - Los Angeles, California

The food is not as good as it used to be, it's definitely more expensive, and the lady who takes the orders from the window has no people skills. Not the friendly type to have taking orders. Also, my food was at the window (century side) and young man was too busy talking to someone else instead of saying my number. In my opinion it's a bit unprofessional at this location, and definitely not the Soul food place we've been eating for years...... read more

This Dulan's Never Disappoint!!! The Food Is Always Good!!! The Best Soul Food Restaurant In LA!!! read more

Dulan's - Smothered Chicken Breasts, Cornbread Dressing, candied Yams, Collard Greens, Cornbread and Mac & Cheese - Southern Near Me - Los Angeles, California

This the worst Dulan's. Food was bland , Mac and cheese wasn't baked enough. Chicken had no flavor and the greens taste like water. The one in Manchester better. They giving all Dylan's a bad name ! Idk who back there in the back cooking ... but they need to step their cookie up. read more

Dulans keep doing yo thang!...Keep loyal to those Delicious Soul Food recipes of Dulans! I've enjoyed your food for at least 20 years! Keep having good, polite, professional service with competent employees! Keep staying in our area and offering multiple locations as well as online ordering on various sites and apps! Also catering! Please make sure those turkey wings are cooked to tenderness and not too sweet on that dressing. Wishing you the best and even better Dulans!... read more

What is the point of taking online orders if you're going to make me wait an additional 30 minutes for my order? The customer service was very bad minus the woman handing the orders. Just a horrible experience over all. Will not be returning!!!! Update! I get home and the order is missing items. I drove 25 min to pick up and I was told I can't get a refund for the missing items. read more

Dulan's - Southern Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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Pros - Food was absolutely delicious. Cons - You can only order & eat outside. Nobody tells you to pick up at another window as we sat at the patio waiting for our food. They give you cheap plastic utensils with no napkins. read more

It smelled great outside but I'm disappointed in the Short ribs chewy and would've prefer them cut with more gravy. Didn't like the collard greens never tasted collard greens like that. read more

After yesterday's dinner I order over 60.00 with extra foods added to my order. This was the worst soul food I ever had. I heard it been a hit and miss with your food order now I been dealing over 20 years with the Inglewood) location, been using the LA Dulan because it is closer to my home This one is the worst out of the 3 . New employee all the time here, got to fine somewhere else to go. when I don't feel like cooking. read more

Food was soooo good service was great ! Definitely will be back. Place had a good environment staff is nice and patient. read more

Dulan's - Mashed potatoes, Mac and cheese, corn bread with fried chicken - Southern Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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I have eaten from Dulans for years, at all 3 locations but yesterday 04/17/2021 i experienced my worst visit ever. I specifically gave my order twice and had the order taker repeat the order to make sure it was right. But once i got my order home,my terrible experience started. 2 orders completely wrong,cold cornbread with nothing i ordered. I tried to call but Dulans has a automated phone system that doesn't allow you to get a live person. Dulans Management you have to do better!!! Adolf wouldn't have allowed this poor service. read more

Dulan's - Receipt - Southern Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Dulan's is one of the oldest Soul Food Restaurants in Los Angeles. They serve some of the finest cuisine you can find. The food is fresh and delicious! I love this place!! read more

No question that the food is good but the inconsistencies every time I come here shows a lack of organization at times! I didn't say nothing about the other couple of times I had to wait unnecessarily but I gotta say something about this... Dulan's have a handicap sign plainly visible but then say they are NOT taking orders in the handicap line! This is in clear violation of what the whole purpose, intent and the law was for. Management need to sit down and instruct their employees more clearly about customers with handicaps/disabilities! Next day.... After getting my food yesterday; I got home and realized that they had mistakenly messed my order up! I called back up there and spoke to Joshua(I think Thats his name) and he asked me if I could come back. I couldn't so today I went back and explained everything and they more than accommodated me for that error which was great. Of all the times I've been; they haven't messed my order up but maybe twice. At any rate; I'm eating good another day! Thanks again Dulan for correcting a mistake! read more

Dulan's - Have the sign up but won't honor handicap folks taking orders. Why is that? - Southern Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Food is okay. Mac n cheese is a definitely no! Chicken was good and fish was alright.

Great co workers n get your food right away n always get your food on time n never late

The food looks so good, oxtail w/gravy 9.5 but the Mac and cheese can be alittle more cheesy 7.5 and for the red beans and rice 7.5 . And other lunch plate i got smothered chicken with Mac and cheese was 7.5 over all chicken breast was alittle dry. It was my first time going to try this place. Came highly recommended and always seeing it on social media but me personally it did not live up to the hype and the A1 reviews everyone talks about. But the oxtails is , " I'll be back for more". read more

Dulan's - Omg - Southern Near Me - Los Angeles, California