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    J Mae's Home Cooking

    4.2 (50 reviews)
    ModerateSoul Food
    Closed 1:00 pm - 8:00 PM

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Fried pork chops  Spaghetti and beef  Mac and cheese  Pepper steak  And so much more

    Awesome food, great service and very comfortable restaurant. You gotta try it. I'll definitely be back!

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    Summer D.

    Ticks me off to have to take them down so many stars but bad customer service 6 times can't be overlooked. Unfortunately for us this is the best soul food Toledo has to offer. But now I've come for breakfast and somehow got forgotten eating in. Grits have no seasoning no flavor. How u forget me when its just me and another group of politicians having breakfast? Almost made me late for my hair appointment. Now last 5 times we have done carryout. If you call it in when its not busy no problem. Call on a weekend evening and they don't answer or you get that message that says the line is busy. When you ask, the carryout line lady says I don't answer the phone when it's busy. So why have call in orders if you can't handle it? I would be cool if she had just said my apologies what can I get you. They think that is OK customer service. Last 3 visits I got catfish. No condiments. How do you not just have at least tarter sauce? Yams weren't cooked all the way this time. Hard. Dressing not good.I will be going to Texas Roadhouse for my catfish next time. They have condiments and they apologize for subpar service and not act like that is what should be expected

    Smothered pork chops greens, spaghetti &  mash potatoes and gravy Cornbread muffin
    Belinda G.

    Absolutely delicious and affordable! You can't beat a dinner with 3 sides for 13$ish dollars. The customer service is impeccable! The way they box tour food and drink when you leave and give you a warm welcome when you come in blows my mind away! Catfish cooked and seasoned to perfection, mashed potatoes loaded with flavor and the gravy is so Bomb I had to ask for some on the side! Greens were a little too salty but still tasty. Mac cheese is perfect! Spaghetti is probably one the best I've had in a while. Super meaty for a side dish & so many great flavors! Toledo is lucky to have J'maes! Must stop by! :) Smothered pork chop was also STUPID good. I will be beach!

    Krystal P.

    Been here several more times, for dine in and carry out. Carry out service is very good if you can actually get through the phone like to place your order. Other wise you have to place it there and wait. Carry out has been great during pandemic. I've only had a few bad items, the potato salad and salmon patties weren't good. Meatloaf, catfish, fried chicken, are very good. Yams, Mac and cheese, greens, dressing, spaghetti, cabbage were all very good every time. The service on dine in is impeccable! We usually got the the same waitress and she remembers everything we order and is very good! Sometime the come out from the back to say hi and ask how everything is. Carry out service, the older lady taking orders in the phone ( if she even bothers to answer) needs a little better attitude!

    Catfish dinner: Mac & cheese, yams, cabbage
    Michelle C.

    So me and my boyfriend were looking for soul food in the Toledo area. The original place we wanted to go to was closed on Wednesday's. So I searched soul food places in the area & J mae's came up. I red the reviews and everyone was saying the food was great! The staff was very friendly even the customers who came through the door. I ordered the catfish dinner which comes w/ 3 sides y'all!!! I ordered the cabbage (which was amazing, a little on the spicy side) yams, as well as Mac & cheese. They give you just the right amount of food. I wanted to try their peach cobbler or even banana pudding but I didn't have enough room. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone in the area looking for some great comfort food!

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    Some of the best soul food in Toledo they have a little something for everyone great tasting desserts as well.

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    Definitely food for the soul. Everyone raved about their respective dishes. The staff was amazing and made you feel like you were home.

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    The food was delicious. The service was fast and friendly. Our order was accurate and the items were fresh.

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    Found on yelp, thank you!! Meaty, tender, fall off the bone delicious!! We will definitely go back!!

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    One of my favorite food reviewers enjoyed the food here so I gave it 2 tries. I did get these…read moreorders to go which most seem to do here. Thanks to Doordash for remembering my ordered items. Prices are $10-15 for pub type food so not bad So this is your late night grub spot in my opinion. Its midnight. We got a couple versions of the soul rolls which are egg rolls with different items inside. We got the Philly cheesesteak roll, buffalo chicken, jerk chicken. Also tried burgers and chilli cheese fries. They really need to upgrade their to go containers. The prices are inflated when using Doordash so use it to upgrade your to go. They are using the cheap styrofoam containers and you have egg roll type items so guess what happens when you get them? You get soggy egg rolls. Especially the jerk and buffalo chicken. They put the jerk and buffalo sauce on the outside of the Roll so it's just a soggy mess that honestly I got tired of fooling with it. Should be able to pick up n eat an eggroll. The flavor and everything was okay but the point of getting an egg roll is to have that crunchy type taste right?. The burger was well done with no options to remove onions or other items you don't like. It had zero flavor to me. The best thing that I had was the chili cheese fries and I don't particularly like chili but it was after midnight so post bar food. I think if they upgrade their to-go containers the rolls could be a highlight but for right now I'm cool on ordering from them.

    The best food in the city! Good people too! I ordered for…read morethe first time today and now I am asking what took me so long! The perch, greens, yams, cabbage i just ate was all the best I think I ever had, or among the best!

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    Hotboxbistro - A bowl of the Uncle Mike's Gumbo with sausage, and a piece of homemade cornbread. Both most excellent!

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    I came for the gumbo, and I stayed for the cheese fries…read more This little diner has been so many different things over the years and has sat empty for so long, it's easy to forget it's even there. The current tenants are serving up a mixed bag of southern fare, burgers and a bit of soul food along the way. Sadly today, the one thing they were out of was the one thing I came in for... the gumbo. Long story short, I will be back because I've heard it's really good. As for the burgers? Super fresh with a home cooking vibe. The fries? Cooked to order with skins on and really great! I added cheese and recommend you do as well. To note: their menu is super limited in addition to their "daily" specials, but it looks like their "daily" specials might be available all the time. Also note: beverage offerings are super limited. No tea or coffee. Just canned soda and bottled water. Next visit, I'm going to hopefully try that gumbo... and maybe some fried fish. Hoping this small joint succeeds, as it adds a missing element to downtown Toledo. Super friendly staff and great prices. This is not fancy food, it's just good food.

    I was visiting our office downtown and the meeting group planned to order in. I didn't want to be…read morehigh maintenance, so I just ordered a salad - no dressing. I didn't request chicken or anything on it as I didn't want to spend the extra money (or have the company pay extra, more precisely). Our orders were called in and I didn't think anything further of it. When the order arrived, the staff handed out containers of food. I waited and waited and waited. At the end, there was an extra grilled chicken salad (what I would have ordered if I really got what I wanted) - and they handed it to me. YAY! The salad was much like a cobb - with some mixed greens in addition to iceberg lettuce. There was some cheddar, cukes, egg, cut up chicken breast and more. It came with dressing, but I do eat my salads dry. There was enough stuff on it that I really didn't miss having a dressing (I do like oil and vinegar - but again, wouldn't get that on an order being delivered in). Was the salad the best ever? No. But considering I had packed fruit and assume they would bring in something I don't eat, I was quite happy and enjoyed my lunch. I would definitely order this again so I return and be given the same menu options.

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    J Mae's Home Cooking - soulfood - Updated May 2026

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