I have mixed feelings about this restaurant. I wanted to love them so bad, but for my food was a hit or miss. Service is slow let's start with that and the prices are up there. Besides the fried Pork Chops and Catfish nothing else was to my liking. The turkey wings were different. The flavor was off and was overcooked. The Mac and cheese had a flavor that I couldn't describe. The candied yams were very sweet and the greens were decent. Not sure if I'll venture here again, since this was my 3rd time ordering from them. read more

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Ordered once again and ONCE AGAIN, a hit! Finally got a photo of the banana pudding - please do not sleep on it. It's the best I've ever had in NYC. I can clean out the entire container (if I have no self control) in 5 min or less. read more

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I visited this restaurant on a Friday hoping to avoid the long lines I heard about. I originally planned to order and pick up via door dash or uber eats but they were not accepting orders via apps that day. So instead, I walked in and was 3rd online but by the time I got to the window to order the place was packed. The line that quickly developed made me believe that the food would be really great. Also, there were several people that joined the line behind me that spoke very highly of the food out loud. I heard so many people online praising the food out loud I almost thought I was in a scripted movie scene. hmmm?? I ordered the fried chicken meal with collard greens and potato salad for my sides. I avoided the mac n cheese because I was told it would take an hour to prepare. I also decided to order the banana pudding and soul punch as well based on the many positive yelp reviews I read. After getting my order and trying everything at home with a family member I was disappointed. Overall, the food was average. The fried chicken was the best part of the meal BUT I have definitely had better at various restaurants in Harlem. The potato salad was my least favorite because it definitely was missing seasoning, but the collard greens were good to me. None of the food impressed my family either. The soul punch was very good but if I ever returned, I would never buy that banana pudding again. I always try to support small businesses especially minority owned businesses. But I am definitely convinced at this point that these 4 and 5 star reviews on yelp, etc. are from people who have had limited exposure to great food because there was nothing great about this food at all. read more

The food and service were fantastic! The snack pack with wings and salad was a chef's kiss. The BBQ turkey wings were tender and fell right off the bone. The yams, mashed potatoes, and greens with smoked turkey did not disappoint. Pro tip: arrive 30 minutes before opening and have your card ready. Don't walk--run for "Food for the People!" read more

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What an experience! The entire staff, owner etc. was so pleasant. The owner was so welcoming. You're immediately greeted when you walk in and asked if you would like to try samples of the food. Everything is made fresh to order. The food was delicious. I drove out from Queens to try it and I'll be back. The day I went, they was playing oldies outside, felt like I was home with family. 10/10 recommend. read more

Katie O Soul - Fried Catfish Platter, Mac & Cheese, Candied Yams - Southern Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

So I saw the video online and decided that since I had time, I would venture out to BK for some soul food. While the service was good and the owner pleasant and courteous, no repeat for me. The prices are very high but I ordered the pork chop platter $25 cool and the chickens bite snack $12. The pork chop fried to perfection and tasted great. The chicken bites were good just not enough. The sides I only will recommend the collards which were very good meaty and a kick. Potato salad was ok needed a boost in flavor. The Mac and cheese was also ok but no reason to order again. The yams needed up being mashed sweets with a WHOLE LOTTA SUGAR of some sort, no cinnamon or nutmeg just sugar. They say the wait time is about 30 minutes overall not worth the wait, IMO. While I live 200 mile's away and took the train from Penn to BK and back about 1 hour I don't see me going again or recommending unless you live close by and nothing decent is available. The food was edible but just okay to me. Small spot with about 6 seat to wait on your order. Very small menu selections read more

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After a funeral at One Troy. Cousins had a taste for soul food...so Katie O Soul it was for Halloween night. Some of the items they didn't have but the ones they did were on point. Fried chicken was fried to perfection and the seasoning was spot on. Fried Shrimp were a nice size and made nice and seasoned well Candied yams were nice with enough sweetness Collard greens. Done just right. Banana Pudding was just what was needed to top off the mean. The house drink is always refreshing. Be patient as the food is made to order. read more

Hands down the best soul food I've had in a long time ! Expect a long wait, but absolutely worth it. I ordered the chicken wings with a side of macaroni and mashed potatoes. I also tried the spicy corn bread. Everything was delicious. read more

Smh... here we go again. After waiting 1 hour and 30 minutes outside before the store even opened, what I got was nowhere near worth the wait -- not even close. I ordered the turkey, cornbread stuffing, guava juice, collard greens, candied yams, and banana pudding. The turkey was off-putting, the cornbread stuffing was moist and had zero flavor, and the collard greens and yams (which were really sweet) were just passable at best. Lastly, the banana pudding tasted rushed -- the cookies were the only part worth eating in the entire dessert. The beverage was the only thing that actually delivered. read more

so I finally was able to stop by this place and this place is DEEP in the hood. the service was on point and the staff was fantastic. a small place but the food they served was top notch. I wanted Ox Tail but they were out, so I settled for the pork chops and catfish. the food was worth the drive and I would recommend this spot to everyone. read more

Amazing Black owned establishment. Close to Sterling Street station and plenty of parking. Great food made with love. The whole family is involved with making your experience a great one. I highly recommend the food. Great music being played as well. Great customer service. read more

Environment was welcoming and the food was 10s across the board. The issue became the wait time. Now I understand that you wait for freshly cooked food but sadly that wasn't our experience. When it was all said and done it was hella long and while they were apologetic, it dampened the experience. Ms Katie came and offered apologies and kindness, which was greatly appreciated. But I'm not sure if I want to try it again and folks can understand my position. Believe me when I tell you....I've dragged my husband to boroughs all over when I hear rave reviews about food but this time, not so much. And honestly I'm kinda sad and let down. read more

Food is good, strong HOWEVER if the wait for food is almost 1-2 hours IT NEEDS TO BE HOT!! it's no reason for it to be cold if it's a two hour wait because that lets me know whatever I ordered was indeed ready long ago and the staff needs to pick up the pace! if you can't manage the orders in front of you then why are you accepting orders from courier services?? Get it together PLEASE y'all are only open 3 days a week make it smoother. read more

As of this writing this place has gone viral, so depending on the time you get there be prepared for minimum 1-2 hr wait for decent food. It didn't help that they opened 1/2 hr late. They did give out samples for those waiting a long time, though not everyone. I wish the signs warning people of the extremely long wait times were posted outside rather than in, so people can decide if they're going to wait. read more

I recently tried this place and the food was amazing! The banana pudding was delicious! I will definitely be ordering from her again

I got intoxicated from their food, also their attitude is horrible and their place is 2 noisy

The food is great ! I'm not just saying that either. I went this weekend . I had fried chicken, macaroni and cheese and spicy stuffing . I give it 5 stars!!! the food is pricey but I wanted to get sides but it's $7 that's a lot for a small container .If it was a large for $7 u got it . Other than that. The food was delicious read more

Hands down probably the worst food I've had since living in Brooklyn. I'm from the south and this was the poorest example of soul food. The collard greens had so much sugar in them tasted like sugar water, no flavor what so ever like not even salt. The fried chicken was seasoned with sazon for sure. Who even thought of that? That's an abomination to people from the south. THE MASHED POTATOES WITH THE WATERY FLAVORLESS GRAVY WEREN'T EVEN MASHED. Mashed potatoes are the easiest dish as long as they are mashed fine so many lumps and chunks of undercooked potatoes. The Mac and cheese was pasta noodles oil and cheese. Hands down a waste of money and time I waited. Will never in my life order again. If i could give 0 stars i would give negative 5. read more

Really cute spot that reopened a few months ago. I've gotten take out several times now. I've gotten the fried catfish, mashed potatoes, yams, potato salad and the Mac and cheese and everything has been delicious. The best really quality comfort food. The drinks are bomb too. The service is always fast and there's always the same people who are super sweet and welcoming. Such a great neighborhood spot. read more

Great fried chicken! Delicious seasoning, perfectly cooked, not greasy at all. Service is super friendly and welcoming. Love it!

I scrolled on by this restaurant late night while searching for soul food on Uber Eats. Of course fees/taxes and such are ridiculous so I decided to wait an extra day and stop by in person and I'm glad I did. Customer service is superb. Very pleasant people in a small hole in the wall joint. Hubby ordered and waited outside for the food because you know, Covid! Moving along. The food is AMAZING! It's very hard to find good soul food in the city, let alone in Brooklyn. All was great, however I do have a very few minor complaints. The jerk pork is made with what I believe were Ham-Hocks and that turned me completely off due to all the unnecessary fat and strong taste of the hocks. The jerk flavor was on point of course but I wasn't expecting Jerk Pork to be a ham hock. Secondly the collard greens are overly seasoned but nonetheless it taste great,not entirely like collards but great. Lastly, the chicken was also overly seasoned on the salty side but again it was very good. A little less seasoning on the greens and chicken, along with real pork butt or pork shoulder would make this a 5 star joint for sure. Macaroni and cheese was some cheesy goodness and so were the yams and potato salad. Will I come back again? Heck Yes! Grab a friend, place and order to go and sit down outside to eat. I chose to eat it at home because I had to absorb all the goodness while in the comfort of my home and couch lol. read more

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This is the best soul food I've had in a really long time! The food tastes homemade and is packed with lots of flavor! I ordered the baked turkey wing meal with a side of mashed potatoes and collard greens. Oh my! I was at a loss for words, it was that good! My entire meal was cooked to perfection. I ordered through UberEats, so the wait time was a bit longer than expected. It took an hour and 30 mins, but honestly this meal was well worth it! It seems like even during this tough time business is still busy! I will continue to support them! read more

Katie O Soul - Baked Turkey Wings Meal - Southern Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Delicious seasoned food~fried chicken, stuffing with gravy,and greens with plenty of turkey meat. Since food is freshly fried there is a little wait. If you are first timer you get a little sample. Will go again, but only open on weekends. read more

Ok wow! We've passed by here so many times but it was never open. Serendipitously, we walked by, saw that it was open, and stopped in. We are SO glad we did. My husband and I met "Darrell" who was smiling from behind the counter. Before we even had a chance to browse the menu, he was offering us samples of lemonade and best-seller sides. He offered us 6 different foods from the menu, and even one that wasn't on the menu. The customer experience was off the charts. We got a platter with fried chicken, mac n cheese, and fries. For the $25 price tag, it was worthy. The quality of the food was exactly what we were looking for. This isn't "cheap" soul food by any means. The mac n cheese had the perfect texture, and was perfectly spiced. My husband said the fried chicken was crisp and fresh, Darrell boasted about the fact that they use fresh ingredients only, you can taste it! We dove in way too quick to take a pic, but it was awesome. Their multi fruit lemonade was great too! read more

This weekend was an UBER EATS weekend. I ordered BBQ wings ( which I paid an extra $1 for 6). Collard Greens, Mac Cheese. And Fried Whiting, Mac Cheese, Yams. The food smelled delicious! Someone wrote a wonderful little inspirational note on both of the containers, made me smile. The 1st bite of the fish was amazing. I then tasted the yams, they were good the Mac cheese was good as well Also, they gave free cornbread. Nothing special I then opened my other order of barbecue wings. 6 wings for a dollar extra. I got 6 pieces of wings/winglettes not 6 full wings...smh! With that being said the wings were cooked very very well the sauce was amazing now on to the greens they too started out nice but after a while you can taste the greasiness or the oil that they use very unpleasant Everything else was passable read more

Katie O Soul - Bbq winglettes NOT wings - Southern Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

It's typical soul food - fried chicken, mac and cheese, potato salad. On a scale of 1-10 I'd give the food about a 7. And the workers aren't the most polite buttttttttttt their banana pudding is everything. I mean everything. So much so I don't buy meals I just come here for the banana pudding. It's the best banana pudding I've ever had and it's a good size for under $5! read more

Katie O Soul - Southern Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

It took the restaurant 60 minutes to deliver an order to me 10 minutes away. Minus that I ordered a Shrimp Po'Boy. When I got my order the sandwich was on regular sandwich bread. I've never seen a Po'Boy on sandwich bread...always a hero. To be overpriced and terrible order service, I'm extremely disappointed because the flavor and food are good but not worth the jip I feel. At least call and say hey I ran out of the traditional bread for Po'Boy rather than serving this. I hope they improve in this area but I definitely won't be ordering for a while if ever. This isn't my first time having issues. I always come back because the food is good but presentation, customer service and delivery can do better for the way they are pricing. My delivery guy was nice so no fault to him Update...cornbread was staler than Kristen Stewart's personality. I don't know if because my order was late but the cornbread had no flavor and was a crumbly dry mess read more

Katie O Soul - I've never seen a Po'Boy on sandwich bread....disappointing to see a po'boy not on the traditional hero bread. - Southern Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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Good Food. In all fairness, this is the only combo I eat when I visit the location . I'm funny when it comes to Soul Food, however I'm smart enough to stick with a good thing ! The collard greens are good AF, they CAN be eaten by themselves. The fried chicken (mouth waters) is consistently good. The potato salad has a mashed potato type of consistency BUT the taste of it is dope. read more

Katie O Soul - Fried chicken, Collard greens, Potato salad and Corn bread - Southern Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Was craving southern food and was excited based on the photos and reviews. I ordered via u we eats and it came in timely fashion. I ordered a lemonade and did not receive my drink (very disappointed). The collard greens was delicious as well as the candy yams. The macaroni and cheese was a little too salty and the jumbo fried shrimp had tons of batter on it. Was ok in my opinion read more

Katie O Soul - Chicken Meal Jumbo Shrimp - Southern Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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Best soul food in Brooklyn so far! The food taste reminds me of the old Mr. Leo's. I ordered takeout and everything came very neat and complete. I had the smothered pork chops that were not just covered in some brown gravy. No,These were well seasoned and not soaked with unwanted no taste gravy, these were perfect! I also had the 5 cheese mac and cheese, potato salad, macaroni salad with tuna in it, candy yams, string beans, creamy mashed potatoes and corn bread (Sweet and yummy like I like it). I also ordered the banana pudding (OMG) and the red velvet cake (OMG). Thank you Katie O's Soul Food. Now I can stop searching for soul food around town. read more

Katie O, thank you for everything you do for us. This place has everything: Shrimp-fire Chicken-fuego Cornbread-gods gift Mac n cheese-cheesy heaven on earth And good. Lordt. The banana pudding. Bruh. Treat yourself. You deserve this. read more

Soooo good !! the girl working at the time was super helpful and nice and let us sample everything . Great food, the food does take some time to come out but I think because they get a lot of customers . Nicely sized portions for a good price, I got the fried chicken with mac and cheese and mashed potato with oxtail gravy ... simply tastes AMAZING . I still think about it to this day ! read more

Katie O Soul - Southern Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

This place was DELICIOUS! Not only was the food good, but the service was great. Ms. Katie really knows what she's doing and knows how to keep customers coming back ! I ordered the BBQ jerk chicken with the baked mac n cheese with green beans and cabbage. It came with. Price of cornbread on the side. The chicken was perfect, sweet and spicy ; and the mac n cheese was cheesy with a nice crust layer on top (I love that!!) I also ordered the homemade lemonade (disclosure: it comes in a soup container ‍) and it was AMAZING! I'm from Boston, but luckily my friend lives in the neighborhood. I will be back! read more

After a little misunderstanding on the phone, I was a little wary of ordering from this place because I'm a stickler for customer service. However then woman on the phone just explained she was a little overwhelmed it was a particularly busy Friday and she was understaffed. Having worked in food service my self, I was completely empathetic and decided to order my meal for pickup. Now I had my reservations but she gave me an exact time frame for my food to be ready and she delivered on that promise. Boy can she cook her butt off. My salmon cakes were perfectly fried, beautifully and delicately seasoned. The Mac and cheese was great ( I prefer mines a little sharper ) it was flavorful and on point. Last my collard greens ( not vegetarian) and cornbread were perfect compliments. To top it off , the banana pudding was the perfect southern sweet treat to end the meal. I would definitely order from this place again, it's nice to see other black owned restaurants in my quickly gentrifying neighborhood that are not Carribbean ( big up my Trini massive). I encourage everyone to give this place a try... Pick up your order though lol!!!!! read more

Katie O Soul - Yumm - Southern Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Very unhappy with delivery service of this establishment. I placed an order at 2:48 through Grub Hub and at 4:30 I finally got in touch with the restaurant after an hour of trying, to be told my food just left. The restaurant called me at 3:00 to tell me they were out of French fries. This establishment is ready for modern technology. I had to also put in a complaint to Grub Hub because of course their were mistakes with my order. read more

Firstly, I want to say that majority of the negative reviews on here are in relation to a second party delivery service. Don't be upset at the restaurant cause seamless doesn't deliver quickly. Secondly this place is the absolute best, Katie is an absolute doll and her food is delicious. Every time I eat here I eat on location and it's just amazing, the turkey legs and resta pasta are fantastic, Love love love Katie Os. read more

Delicious! The best fried chicken I've had from delivery service ever! The Mac n cheese is to die for and the banana pudding is soo good! Delivery was prompt and my order was correct! Thank you! 6/12/18 Was here today! Stew chicken Mac n cheese string bean! Yummy! My dads first time having or tails he loves it, the candies yams awe awesome! My son had baked wings n he's eating them all! Yummmmm read more

**** Online order review **** +++ - I enjoyed the bbq chicken, I can't wait to visit in house to try the fried chicken ++ - 'Small' dessert portions are good enough for two people - Entree proportions are enough to satiate - All four sides I sampled were tasty (Mac n cheese, green beans, yams, potato salad) + - Fried shrimp was good, but I think it would taste better in person. Fried foods never deliver well. +/- - Peach cobbler and banana pudding were delicious, but incredibly sweet - - Very length delivery time at over 1.5h - I wish they added larger portions of side TIPS: - Apparently you should call ahead if you order fried food, and they make it fresh read more

I ordered a rasta pasta which was $14 through uber eats and this is what I received. This is not even $5 worth of pasta. Complete rip off. Highly disappointed and upset. read more

Katie O Soul - Rasta Pasta - Southern Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

So the plus I always order food with Uber Eats because atleast it will arrive, instead of 2 hrs later with Grub Hub or Seamless. I ordered catfish which is an additional $1 so it $15 for catfish with two sides. Now the catfish was crisp and delicious but there was only ONE smallish piece. How do you give one piece of fish for a whole order when that is all of your protein. I mean would you serve one piece of chicken? Ummm no you won't. My two sides was mac n cheese and candied yams. The mac and cheese was tasty, not enough cheese for me but liveable. The candied yams is sooooo good. It definitely sweet. Like eating a piece of pie. Now this would be a best meal if it had 2 piece of fish. But at one piece, I'm not sure I'll buy again. read more