We made a day trip to the area and were hungry, initially we wanted seafood but after stopping…read moresomewhere else we decided to pivot here after perusing reviews of this and several other establishments.
ambiance is... well, its in a strip mall, interior wasn't too much to speak of.
service was fast/friendly.
the food- my wife got oxtails with collard greens, mac n cheese and cornbread. i got pork chop sandwich with onion rings (was told i wouldnt be able to get lettuce/tomato, which was fine, so i just asked for open face with side of gravy, i really wantef smothered style so this was fine).
food arrived timely.
the appearance of my food wasnt all that, but the pork chop tasted good, appeared to have light breading, with good flavor, maybe a touch over cooked.
my onion rings were crispy, great to dip in ranch (thanks to my server for asking if I needed a side of it). The gravy was OK, but was separating a little/ runny and was extremely hot. so overall, I would give my food like a 3.75/5. we shared food and my wife echoed these sentiments.
my wifes meal. first, I will only say that I didn't feel like you got very much portion wise for her protein, maybe we are a little spoiled as there is a Soulfood restaurant closer to where we live where the price is about the same but you get a lot more meat. however, flavor is king and... flavor of the oxtails here was lacking. my wife felt they were underseasoned. the rice with them was... rice, didn't really pick up any of the meetings from the broth/marrow of the oxtail bones.
her mac & cheese was quite quite good, I ended up eating most of it.
The collard greens were probably the worst thing we ate, no flavor at all, even after adding hot sauce. Normally my wife loves collard greens and I don't eat much, but she was more than happy to let me have as much of them as I wanted, but after a couple of bites, I stopped. overall, I would rate the food she ordered as 2.5/5.
between our meals, one iced tea and tip it was $50. Again, the service was very good. My food was pretty good. My wife's food underwhelming. overall, Respectfully, we're not from the area so our odds of returning were not high anyway, but there was nothing else would really draw us back if we were to return to the area.
my final note would be, they were not very busy, but it seemed like most of the customers where we could tell what they ordered had ordered the catfish so that made be indicative of something we or someone else might want to order on a future visit.