I love the food except I don't think chicken and dumplings should have bones in it. I understand how it was cooked. I said feel like the be in the actual chicken and dumplings. Unfortunately, they can sometimes break off in your mouth which has happened.The on the line serving the food provide good service. read more

I visited Madea's for the first time on a Thursday while in town visiting family, and I was welcomed right at the entrance. The hospitality set the tone for a great experience. I ordered the pork chop plate, and the server kindly let me try both a fried pork chop and a smothered one since I couldn't make up my mind. I also had fried cabbage and yams. The cabbage had a little unexpected heat to it, but that's actually the same way my family cooks theirs, so I ended up really enjoying it. One thing that stood out to me was the staff. I'm not sure if the restaurant is always staffed this way, but I was genuinely impressed that all the front-line workers were men -- and every single one of them was courteous, respectful, patient, and mindful of each customer. While I enjoyed my meal, I watched them treat each person who walked in with the same positive energy and attentiveness. If you're in the area, go support this restaurant. The food, the atmosphere, and the service all made my first visit a memorable one. read more

I was on this side of town and was a little famished for some soul food. Decided to call in a take out order. The young man who answered the phone was very kind and ensured he had my order correct. Even verified I was ok with paying over the phone before he took my order. I arrived about 15 minutes later and once inside the cashier called for my order number then requested to see the card I paid with and my ID. In today's world it's comforting to know there are businesses verifying identity! Kudos!! Once seated at home I opened my container to hot fried catfish, tomatoes and okra, Mac n cheese and hot water cornbread. My first bite of everything was very good and seasoned to perfection. I got so full so quick that I wasn't able to finish but it made for perfect leftovers later that day. On to the desserts! My mom got a slice of pecan pie and I enjoyed the strawberry cake. Both were tasty and prepared perfectly! I will stop in again for fried pork chops when it's time for an off plan meal. read more

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Madea's is the place to go for southern comfort food! They are consistently good and flavorful and will add/substitute gravy upon request. I've tried many of the entrees except the chicken spaghetti and meatloaf. I haven't tasted a bad item there yet! If you haven't tried Madea's, what are you waiting for?! read more

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As soon as we walked in we were so welcome. They explained everything. There were so many options. The food was good and hot. Everything we ate was great. The place is clean. I would definitely be back. read more

Madea's Down Home Cooking - Catfish 6. Piece - Soul Food Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas

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We had a fantastic lunch there today. We all had the catfish, it was the best and cooked to order. The crust was crispy and the fish was moist. Great homemade tartar sauce too. Their choices were so good, meatloaf, oxtails, baked chicken, chicken spaghetti, chicken & dumplings, wings, and more. The veggie choices were amazing too, mashed potatoes, cream gravy, greens, sweet potatoes, green beans, Blk eye peas, cabbage, and so much more. You get an entire and 3 sides. Plus rolls or cornbread. Another star was the pecan pie! Holy moly! Flaky crust, the filling was perfect, slightly sweet but not too sweet. Just sweet enough to want more and more. The crust, wow, so flaky and good, we could have eaten a whole pie crust by its self. I highly recommend if your into some down home food. We drove from Plano and will come back. I'm hoping I can buy a whole pie for Thanksgiving read more

Celebrating Hubby's birthday in Fort Worth and he wanted Soul Food so this is where Yelp sent us. We ordered chicken wings and catfish as our meat. It takes extra time time to cook the fried food so be prepared to wait. The catfish was so good! The meal comes with 3 sides. We had collard greens, yams, buttered corn, mashed potatoes, green beans, and tomato and okra. The green beans and buttered corn were so good! The runner up were the yams and mashed potatoes. We ate until we were stuffed! There is plenty of seats to wait while they prepare the food. There is TV and good music while you wait. I came wait to go back and try the rest of the menu. It's really good! read more

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Wow! Three letters! W!O!W! I came in for a little late lunch and was so full I needed a nap! I got the meatloaf, greens, red beans and okra. With peach cobbler to finish it off. I was so full I could barely eat the peach cobbler! It was amazing. In a small little area with nothing around but make the drive over. I will definitely be back! Great people serving great food! read more

Delicious and comforting soul food. Madras never misses no matter what you buy. I haven't been there in a while but I must say I made an excellent choice. Ordered smothered pork chop 5/5 Mac n cheese 5/5 Okra and tomatoes4/5 Candied yams 5/5 read more

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No doubt the best catfish in town. Super friendly staff on top of amazing food. I always dine in for great seating and pleasant atmosphere. Highly recommend! read more

The Meals we had were well prepared and delicious. The staff is fast and efficient with our order-to-go! The serving sizes are highly appreciated for the cost. read more

Stopped in for a Mother's Day lunch with the whole family. The staff were friendly and fast! Very helpful explaining the menu and patient with our large party. The portions were large! So much food we tried a little of everyone's plate. I got the smothered pork chops and loved it! The Mac and cheese was great. The mash potatoes didn't seem homemade. The meatloaf was amazing! Whew the koolaid and tea were SWEET!!!! The deserts were sweet! I was in a food coma when I got home. read more

Second time coming here, and it's been quite a while since the last. However, everything remains the same. Great food, amazing customer service, and a cute little place for family get togethers. I definitely recommend the ox tail, black eyed peas, green beans, collard greens, neck bones, Mac n cheese, cheese and broccoli rice, and corn bread. Stop by if you're in the area. It's worth it. read more

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The sides wasnt to my liking didn't like customer service was told desert goes with my meal and didnt and spent 154 dollars on food that's going in the trash the kool aide was good tho read more

We've been traveling all of Texas for 4 months now. I was really looking forward to Southern Cooking & BBQ, because that's all you hear about. We FINALLY had some amazing Southern Cooking. We just came into town and we like to drive around for a little bit. Luckily we found this place. It was just the 3 of us, and when we came in we looked so lost lol. The gentleman up front was so sweet and patient with us. I asked for ox tails and told him if you could pick out the 3 sides for me. He picked the Mac n cheese (which I LOOOVED) the Yams (yumm) and greens. I didn't care for those but my husband LOOOVED those but he didn't care for the Yams. He said they were too sweet but they were my favorite. It was perfect, we just switched & we got more of what we loved. Growing up, my dad is from Texas & would always talk about how amazing Southern Cooking was, now I finally get to see what he's talking about. read more

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My favorite place to get my soul food. I came on a Sunday and it was packed and there was a line to come in. My food was so good. I ordered the two meat dinner with meatloaf and baked chicken. My sides I ordered was dressing with brown gravy, candied yams, and cheesy broccoli rice. Omg so good ! Staff is so friendly you would think we family. Very good experience and great ambiance. read more

Madea's food use to pretty good, but I just purchased a dinner recently and I was so disappointed. First the prices are ridiculous. The food is certainly substandard. The candy yams were out of a can. The mashed potatoes were instant it used to be home cooking but home cooking never came out of can. I won't be going back $40.00 for meat loaf and baked chicken. I'm so so disappointed read more

Down home, soul food was good and pretty tasty! Portions were large! I was so glad to try it.

Always a pleasure coming here. I usually come on Friday to get the fried fish plate with greens and broccoli rice casserole. The broccoli rice casserole recipe seems new to me and I didn't really enjoy it. Needless to say it was fresh as always and the service is very comfortable and they always make you feel at home. Do not get me started on the banana pudding.. its a must have! read more

We've eaten at this establishment before and it was great. Today?! Horrible service and horrible food. I called in the order over an hour before we arrived since we were driving down from a conference in Oklahoma; the young Lady took our order over the phone, I told her we will be there by 430p. We arrived around 445p; their scrambling to locate our order, questioning if we paid for it, what the order # was, if we have a receipt etc. (completely irritated me because we don't steal). Our order wasn't ready, she didn't even place the order! She had to take the to-go plate to someone so they could fulfill the order. Irritated already because we waited almost 20 additional minutes and had 5 more hours to drive. This used to be our reliable soul food spot, no more! We weren't offered a discount, extra anything. The older woman in the corner of their "to-go" area was fussing at the girl about forgetting the plates but still didn't acknowledge us, the amount of time we had to wait, nothing. So boom, we get on the road and begin to eat. Oh. My. God. Oxtail ($30 per plate) with dressing, green beans, steamed rice (asked if I want brown gravy over the rice yuck), cornbread. Oxtail tastes like boiled unseasoned beef, green beans were mushy and weren't seasoned even though I so a few shreds of possible ham hock. Hot water cornbread and cornbread are two different things, why would you ask me if I wanted cornbread then give me hot water cornbread? Which was cold and hard as well. The only savior to this plate is the mac and cheese, everything else was a waste of money. Oh I forgot to say ... because our plate was never made, we had to substitute the dressing and the banana pudding because they sold out. Which obviously put us in a bind because we drove this way purposely for this restaurant. Do. Not. Eat. Here. read more

I hate to say this, but the food was so disappointing. We had a large group come through and no one was raving about their entrees. I ordered the oxtails, cheesy rice & broccoli, cornbread, and yams. The oxtails serving was the best I have seen around, but there wasn't much flavor. I won't go into details, but it was lacking I will say that service was friendly! The people there were working hard and making sure everyone was getting taken care of. read more

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First-timer, dine-in. Ordered the oxtails with sweet potatoes & cucumber salad. Oxtails were fall off the bone tender, not overly seasoned, just right with a hint of sweet. Sweet potatoes were perfectly balanced. Cucumber salad was very good. Added a peach cobbler dessert that was on point, could've had just a little more peaches however it was very delicious. You will be walking out with a bag because portion sizes are huge and an overall a great value. I will be back. read more

Umm.. where do I start. I use to get food from here after school and it was on point. TODAY, I drove 20 min to get some southern food for my fiancé and I. I got oxtails (not good or seasoned) green bean casserole (lacking flavor) Mac n cheese was decent. He got meatloaf which the flavor wasn't that great , cornbread was terrible, and collard greens (awful) ... LISTEN, idk if there's a new cook or what... but it just isn't good. And sad to say I won't be coming back. I honestly want my money back! read more

Large portions, well seasoned down home cooking! There is generally a long line, especially on Fridays!

After walking nearly 3 miles at the Fort Worth Zoo, we stopped by this recommended soul food place. There were so many options in the buffet, but I got my usual: baked chicken, cabbage, sweet potatoes and macaroni. The sweet potatoes were really good, mac and cheese was ok, and the cabbage was mildly seasoned. The chicken was delicious and was literally falling off the bone We also got the oxtail and black eye peas. The oxtails were very tender and seasoned very well. The black eye peas were full of meat and the combination with the hot water cornbread was chef's kiss. Just had to get the peach cobbler and I'm glad I did. The crust and peach ratio was everything!! So glad we ordered two. I had to put the main course aside once i tasted the peach cobbler. I couldn't stop eating it! Just know you are given enough food that can last two days. I had two leg quarters! They are very generous with the servings here. read more

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They have continued to increase the price and decrease the portion sizes ( one scoop, smaller to go container). Yummy but extremely over priced. There are other soul restaurants that are not as expensive. I will go back there. read more

The best food I've had since moving to Texas 2 years ago. Good prices, wonderful service, the most delicious southern cooking that exists. I'm still in shock over what I just ate here. Every single dish, side dish was perfection. We tried a mix of everything, everything was possibly the best I've ever had... Best collards, best Mac n cheese, best yams, best rolls etc. Kool Aid to drink. I don't know southern food. Feels like someone just slapped my mouth with flavor. The beef tips and rice were out of this world. Shout out the Jordan who works there from the Boston guy. IMO one of the greatest dining experiences of all time. No cap. read more

Madea's Down Home Cooking - Soul Food Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas

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I so wanted my experience to align with all the others. I came in on a Sunday after the church rush and ordered fried ribs, Mac and cheese and yams. Fried ribs were not done, blood ran out and ruined my greens. I checked the other ribs and they were undercooked as well. They were good flavor, had a bit too much breading. The yams were good. Mac and cheese had a little seafood vibe to it which was appreciated. No I didn't tell they to recook my ribs. They just go down with a church rush and didn't look to welcoming to a reorder. I didn't like that all the condiments are in packages. It's almost as if they don't want anyone to dine in. All the orders are made to go and the cup sizes are like 8oz which comes out to be nothing but two sips before you need a refill. Huge amount waste with all the styrofoam that can't be recycled. Solid 3 maybe higher if they offered recyclables, friendly service and had condiments in a bottle vs all the plastic packages. read more

Everything is so delicious and all the staff is patient Courteous and kind. Go and then send me a Thank you! It's all so Very Delicious ** Tell Flo I said Hi ! read more

Madea's Down Home Cooking - Chicken Fried Steak Mashed Potatoes Cream Gravy Black eyed Peas Broccoli Rice Casserole Heavenly Rolls Cornbread I had the Lemon cake ! - Soul Food Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas

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I swear they had my big mama back there cooking...it is true blue soul food, some of the best I have had the pleasure to partake of. Run, don't walk to Madea's Down Home Cooking read more

Madea's Down Home Cooking - Six Piece Catfish diner with green beans, ocra and tomatoes, and sweet potatoes!! - Soul Food Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas

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I have loved Madea's for years - but to pay what I paid to get very smaller portions is ridiculous. I will not be Back. I know the economy is bad but I used to could eat a meal for 2 days. Greed! read more

Out of me and my wife's' food, these were the best things I tasted here. The baked chicken was way better than the chicken fried steak, The broccoli cheddar rice casserole was better than the Mac and cheese, and the roll was better than the fried cornbread. My wife really didn't like the collards greens and the mashed potatoes were ok. I was specifically disappointed with the cornbread, there was no sweetness to it, all the sugar was on the kool aid lol. I do have to say that the peach cobbler was absolutely delicious and that alone will have me coming back. The staff was very friendly and service was fast. It did feel pricey but the portion was very generous. I would recommend take out rather than dining in since all food is on to-go plates already. Lastly, I want to say that I really loved the sweet yams and can't wait to eat that later as a snack. read more

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Great food you can watch them cook it nice environment and great food come early or it's gone

When I want a good down home solid meal, I head in over time Madea's. The food is always fresh and well seasoned. Even though it is always bust in there everyone is always in @ great mood. The portion sizes are well worth the money. They don't mind if you make a special order. They are very Accomodating. The food is always on point even though the original chef is gone. His food was kabow! Super good and addictive. It's a nice place to sit and eat. Nothing super fancy. But it is nice. I really like going there. read more

The food is delicious it's very good , this is a " kids meal " , Lots of food so the price is worth it ! read more

Madea's Down Home Cooking - Beef tips over rice , Mac & mash potatoes - Soul Food Near Me - Fort Worth, Texas

My wife came home saying her friends told her this was a good place to eat. I had my doubts because I usually do not agree with them. Madea's hits it out of the park! The food is set up cafeteria style. As soon as I saw it, I wanted everything!!! I got beef tips & rice, chicken & dumplings, chicken Tetrazzini, and peach cobbler. The beef tips were tender and seasoned perfectly. The rice was cooked perfectly (warning I will say that word a lot). The chicken Tetrazzini was the best I have had in a long time!!! The chicken and dumplings are officially my favorite! Most places give you lots of dumplings and a little bit of chicken. Not here! Lots of chicken, lots of dumplings, and lots of flavor!!! The three veggies we got were sweet potatoes, cabbage, and mac and cheese! So good. Everything was perfect! I do not normally give 5 stars but Madea's deserves 10! read more

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Everything is good. I eat there at least twice within a month. The service is very friendly. There's always a line, bit they move you through quickly. I love the ambiance. Old school with old school music playing. Also you can watch sports. Love this place. Claudia read more

This is the first place we Go to if we are hungry The staff was very knowledgeable about the food they were offering. The prices were very affordable and our plates were overflowing I'm glad We go there Dwight and Kathy Sampson Oklahoma City Oklahoma read more

The food is not the same. The set up is crazy. They still have the line you can see the food. But you have to go to the cashier area and someone writes your order and you wait for them to fix it, waste of time. Not organized. read more

Oh man stopped in this establishment and it was full of good people good times and good food the guys behind the glass serving were super polite and stacking up the food the oxtails were super tender falling off the bone tender the greens were seasoned well cabbage was soft with a wonderful flavor I got multiple dinners ( baked chicken and beef tips and rice)and everything was delicious my wife loves the chicken tetrazzini we will most definitely make this spot our place read more