Love love love this place!!!! I genuinely forgot I was in a restaurant; felt like I was in a grandmas kitchen getting home cooked food. Portions are extremely generous and piping hot! From what I presume, the owner came out and constantly checked on us and made us feel right at home. Get the meat loaf and grits here, you won't regret it! read more

it is poor the service is horrible.I wait 15 before I en up leaving waitEd and hour for a fish sandwich don't ever go there

They are very friendly. The special breakfast is delicious, not expensive at all. The local is very clean and amazing decoration. Music was lovely; such as Aretha Franklin. I totally recommend this place. read more

I went to this place because for some reason my Man wanted pancakes. I arrived at 10:15 am walked in there was literally 5 people, 1 at the counter and 2 couples seated. Not crowded at all. Gave my order of pancakes and a small hot tea with lemon. I got the tea with lemon immediately (thought that was great). I saw the customer at the counter get his food and they were gone, saw both seated customers get their food, another couple came in, ordered their food, so far I still do not have the simple 3 pancakes that I ordered. a customer came in who called in advance to pick up their food, received it and left. it is now 11:00 am still no pancakes. By now my Man who is waiting outside with our dog is growing very impatient and wants me to just leave, he doesn't even want the pancakes at this point. So as not to be rude, I told him that they are coming because that is what the waiter affirmed to me that they were coming at 11:00 am. Now I am getting very angry, because the couple that came in after me has finished their food and they are leaving, I asked the waiter what is the problem with my pancakes he wanted to know what did I order (are you kidding me), I told him I ordered 3 pancakes and I will never ever come to this place again. He was very apologetic and assured me that they were coming. I am very upset at this point and told him I can not believe that 3 pancakes takes almost an hour to make that is so crazy. Finally the pancakes come out and I hear the waiter having conversation with the cook, "no one told me that they were ready", when he FINALLY brought the pancakes out i touched them to see if they were hot because I did not believe that they were. They were hot. One of the cooks comes out and tells me that she also is sorry but I told her I don't care about the apologies I just want the food and I am never coming back here again. She proceeds to tell me that it was the waiters fault because he never came to get them I told her that that was just TMI no excuse is really a reason why I had to wait 1 hour for 3 pancakes. I told the waiter what she said and he got upset, I told him that you guys are blaming each other I really don't care about any of that the problem is that I had to wait 1 hour for 3 pancakes and they even forgot to give me butter and syrup. I will never go back there again. I wish them the best, but my time is precious. I should've been told that they had to remake them so that I can decide if I wanted to stay or go. I would not recommend this place to anyone at no time. Valerie Harris read more

I went to Ma & pop soulfood heard about it from a friend. I had shrimp, eggs /w cheese & grits THE BEST. shrimp had flavor was cooked great grits was nice and hot and eggs tasty cooked how I wanted scrambled. wait about 10min service was good had nice relaxing music playing very nice decor. I WILL BE GOING BACK. p.s. I already think I know what I want too. : ) If you want a nice relaxing place to go eat or just have tea or coffee or be on your laptop this is the place. GOOD WORK MA & POP SOULFOOD read more

If you're Brooklyn make sure that you have a meal here! The food is GREAT and the service is AMAZING!!!! You'll feel like you're at home with family. My favorite is the Catfish with Cabbage and Yams but everything is WONDERFUL. I haven't had their breakfast but I've heard that it's really good too. You don't want to miss out on this Bed Stuy gem. read more

I have been trying to find the best soul food spot in NYC this is not it. They were incredible friendly on the phone and made sure that everything was in order. With that being said the food itself was incredibly disappointing. All of the food lacked flavor. My grandma grew up down south and has made better soul food than I have even tasted in South Carolina. I wasn't expecting incredible food but this was a waste of money. read more

Tasteless...... I ordered chicken and waffles the waffle was hard dry and tasteless just like chicken beyond disappointed. Chicken taste like it went from the pack to the frying pan read more

Took about 2 hours to get our food and when it finally arrived several things were missing. They brought out the sides (forgetting the cheese so we had to wait again for them to rectify it) but the food was average at best. Overall not impressed. read more

LOCATION: 349 LEWIS AVE, BROOKLYN NY 11233, BETWEEN LEWIS AND HALSEY...Im originally from Brooklyn Ny, I wanted something good to eat. Not greasy but homemade good food. I found this place on my GPS. Thank God I did, EXCELLENT. I had Fried Fish not greasy and home made french fries not greasy. They slice the white potatoes while you wait. My Aunt had bbq ribs, my sister had pulled pork both with Collard greens and macoroni excellent. Also their Ice Tea and Lemonade was from scratch not from the box. EXCELLENT EACH TIME I CAN I WILL BE EATING AT THIS LITTLE NESTLED FAMILY RESTAURANT . They also have breakfast , VERY CLEAN FRIENDLY and just for REAL....EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT. read more

Got the fish and grits, I must say the grits came right of a cardboard box, as you can taste it, lol. The fish could of been seasoned more and fried harder. I was so hungry I ate it tho. read more

I'm so upset, they gave me another type of fish when I ordered catfish , & then told me it was catfish I eat catfish on the regular , my last time eating from there it's always a problem chicken still bleeding while I'm the middle of eating, just say you ran out of catfish , then the MAC was ends of from the Mac and cheese as if it was heated up from the night before , I know Mac and cheese I eat a lot of soul food myself read more

If I could give this spot 0 stars it would be too much... service horrible. We walked in sat down for 30 minutes, didn't even get a cup of water or an acknowledgement from our server. To give prospective customers context, there are only 5 tables in the entire restaurant. We tried to make eye contact with the staff and they look at you and walk by without a word. Heard great things about the food, but not worth the hassle. read more

This place is a hidden gem in the neighborhood! I think the owners redid the inside & changed the look a bit and it looks great - cozy and welcoming. My boyfriend and I came here for a basic breakfast - eggs, home fries, toast, etc - and that's exactly what we got! It was simple and affordable with warm service. Not a mimosas and smoked salmon brunch but good regardless! read more

Food pretty good bad service With one or two the young people that work there I just purchased a BB Q sandwich I was very nice and polite However as I thanked the waitress she didn't say thank you after I thanked her twice However when she took an order from three white individuals she put on her best foot forward That's alright more likely I won't be attending to Ma N Pop any longer read more

Simple place with not fancy, but very delish food. We came here with my cuisine for lunch and had a great time. The place is very cozy inside and the workers are very friendly. We had some fries cooked in a homemade style, some fried chicken and we were so hungry that also decided to have a portion of mac n cheese and share it together. Everything was fresh and looked so tasty, and we finished our meal so quickly with a great pleasure. We are definitely coming here next time. read more

The service isn't great, but the food definitely compensates. I got the catfish dinner- with Mac and cheese and cabbage. Fish perfectly crispy, everything well-seasoned. The serving size of the sides could have been a bit larger, but can't complain because of the price. A bit inconvenient that they only take credit cards w/ chips, but still no-doubt some of the best soul food I've had in a while. read more

I want to begin with the assertion that, as violently as it tries to make me despise it, Ma-N-Pop Soul Food has a mysterious grip on me. I've just left what was my fourth visit - each time increasingly more bizarre & absurd than the preceding. M-N-P SF finds itself as the product of a David Lynch movie and MTV's "Boiling Points", ultimately feeling like a very intense drug you've never experienced. The first visit happened simply as a stumble in. I ate burgers with my man H. and found the place wonderfully endearing - the red & white table cloths, Sam Cooke on the radio, the whole 9. I strangely even delighted in the waitress asking us to come retrieve our food from the counter. It was immediately clear that M-N-P SF catered supremely to my frugal-bordering-on cheap lifestyle, the importance of which probably shouldn't be taken for granted while reading this account. A few weeks later, I returned with two friends L. & A. from out of town. When we left the consensus was unanimous that we'd never had a stranger waiter; a lanky guy who seemingly had never been to a restaurant before. The food took forever, he often came up to the table asking bizarre questions, or refilling only one of our waters. But the fries were dynamite. Unreal. Yet, the strange potion that it is, M-N-P SF pulled me back. My friend N. and I went for breakfast and the service was relatively expedient and the food was fine. This waitress, on the other hand, was thoroughly creepy. The other 2 tables were empty at a certain point and she took this time to gaze at us from the counter and ask, "So how did you two meet?". We evaded. When we left, though, she looked at me and winked. What?! I returned today. Today was next level. I had raved to N. about the fries so we went. There were two other tables occupied, and after sitting there for 10 minutes, the waiter looked at us and said, "you've ordered, right?". To reiterate, there are three tables in this place. He then proceeded to ask the same of the other parties, one of whom had already been served and who were already eating their food... We ordered two cheeseburgers, a piece of cornbread and 2 coffees. The coffees took 15 minutes, the burgers 45. Inexplicably, other people entered, were served, payed and left before we got our food. When the burgers did arrive, they were charred and distinctly bent downward. The cornbread was never served; water never refilled. When I raised my water glass and coffee glass concurrently to signal for more of both, the waiter looked at me and asked, "More milk?". He was also perpetually disappearing, with the incredibly well-meaning but hopelessly inept woman from the kitchen filling in in his stead. We witnessed the adjacent table's entire order go wrong - scrambled for sunny side up, pancakes for waffles, 3 bottles of water brought when they asked for refills of the glasses they were drinking. We didn't tip, and the WMBHI woman (above) hovered over us as we signed the cheque; her prescience seemingly anticipating this end. Strikes me that my initial assertion needs to be revised: as violently as it tried to make me despise it, Ma-N-Pop Soul Food once had a mysterious grip on me. Its genuinely absurd nature finally was too much to bear. I will never return, scorned lover that I am. That being said, 7.50 for two cheeseburgers with fries in NYC is nothing to thumb your nose at. read more

I used to live in the neighborhood and was craving some take out after I had voted in the nearby library so here I came. I was struck by how homey and comfortable the place felt and overheard people talking about the upcoming election at their tables. I ordered my food and sat at a nearby tables as the seats by the counter were taken. I waited and waited, by this time talk of the election or what sounded like idiots yammering about the election started to get on my nerves and I wondered if my lunch hour was going to be in jeapordy. The table with the loud mouth know it all was just getting their food? Wth? I thought they had been finished their food but nope they were just getting their meals. I considered walking out but felt like I had already committed lets see this out and give the place a chance. I will say the people working there seem to be trying with their service but sometimes they were absent because they ke[t disappearing into the kitchen. Im told my order now is about ready but more gravy needs to be made. Im like fine, I smile. I pay with my card and am anxious to try my food. My fried whiting was very underwhelming and had an off taste about them. My side of mac and cheese was pretty good but my rice and gravy? There was hardly any gravy there and altogether the sides were lacking in portion for a $12 plate. I was disappointed. I see that their popular dishes seem to be breakfast so I will be sure to stop by for a second chance. Like I said it looks like a chill spot to make a home away from home and get to chat with other people in the community it really is that comfortable inside but the speed of the food coming out and the taste MAY need work.. read more

Hands down the WORST brunch experience I've ever had. My boyfriend and I came here on a Saturday afternoon with the intention of grabbing something quickly and leaving. Boy, were we wrong. First, we stood at the door for ten minutes waiting for someone to seat us but no one came. Someone finally poked their head out from the back and told us to sit wherever we wanted to. After taking our seats, it took another fifteen minutes for our waitress to appear and take our order. My boyfriend and I BOTH ordered the half sweet tea/half lemonade. Seeing that our waitress didn't write it down, I repeated it to make sure she heard me. Imagine my surprise when she brings out only sweet tea. This wouldn't have been a deal breaker except for the fact that she also forgot my boyfriend's cornbread, my eggs, and our utensils. Once the food came out, no one came to check on us so my boyfriend got up to find the waitress to tell her what we were missing. It took another twenty minutes for her to return with our utensils and to inform us that there was no more cornbread. I asked about the eggs and she said she'd bring them out. She never did. We finished the rest of our meal and waited for someone to bring our check but, of course, no one came so we finally got up and sat at the counter waiting to be acknowledged. After another fifteen minutes, someone saw us and we got our check. Lo and behold the missing cornbread and eggs were on our check. When we contested it, our waitress seemed perplexed by what we were saying. After some haggling the waitress came back and said it was fixed and we should "just pay $25." No, ma'am. I needed to see my itemized receipt. After more waiting we were given our itemized receipt, which we paid and left. Two hours later. I didn't want to leave a tip but my boyfriend insisted that we do since it's a black establishment. But black establishment or not, I'll never return. read more

Ate here tonight after grabbing a whitings sandwich here during the summer which was rather tasty and fulfilling. Boy did I make a mistake in thinking that I'd enjoy a sit down meal here as well. I ordered the whiting dinner and two sides the collard greens and yams. Upon waiting about 25 mins or more (wanting my fish fried hard) the meal finally arrived. My fish and yams were hot but the greens were cold. Because I was hungry I didn't want to wait longer for anything to be heated, I asked for the pea and rice instead being told it was already hot. Well, five mins past and still no food. The cook stepped out to scan the room, two tables were dining mine and another. I caught his attention and informed him that I was about to leave, shortly after the waitress returned with my food. Upon tasting the rice it too was cold less than room temperature yet my fish and yams were so hot I couldn't eat them. Smh, they messed the entire meal up by nuking food that didn't need to be warmed, and totally destroyed the fish which was now hard.... Bottomline, stay away from this place if you want authentic soul food, they give soul food a black eye. I gave them a two because I like the decor, other than that, they suck. Tonight they saw me for the last time. Oh by the way I forgot to mention that the fish were the size of guppies they were so small. Thank goodness Peaches was a few blocks down, had I known they were so close by I would have never stopped here to begin with. Ended up stoping in Peaches and got their turkey meat loaf and kale salad for the same price and came home fulfilled. Skip Ma and Pops and head straight to Peaches you won't be disappointed. read more

I have been eating out in New York City and Washington DC all week and this is the best meal we have had. The food is all delicious, authentic and homemade. The staff made me feel so valued and the cost was one third the price I have paid at every other restaurant and they deliver read more

I live up the block from here & i must say its like a hit or miss in there. Food is a bit overpriced for the taste. But besides the food, i went in there this morning & the hostess has the worse attitude ive ever experienced, 1st thing she said was "stay or go" without even making eye contact or EVEN saying "good morning", so i said "give me a minute while i look thru the menu", so she slams the pen blows her breath and walks away. I was so shocked, even the 2 ppl sitting down turned around and looked at her, it was like a baby throwing a tantrum. I try to support these type of businesses but its just so hard because customer service sucks. Bottom line, i walked out.....If anyone who goes there knows, its the extremely slim, tall, brown skin woman who sometimes wear a head scarf. I will no longer be coming here and nobody that i personally know will be coming back here. read more

Good service and good food. Mac and cheese was too salty but other than that I definitely plan to go back. They should put okra on the menu!

Excellent food! I have almost ordered every dish on the menu, and each time the food was delicious. They do breakfast, lunch, and dinner extremely well. If you love genuine soul food, this is the right place. I have so many favorite dishes but for breakfast I would recommend the pancakes, and for lunch/dinner I would recommend the meat loaf or fried chicken. But, honestly you can't go wrong. read more