Huge portions! Good flavor! Plenty of space between tables and in the parking lot. The service was attentive but not annoyingly so. SoulKitchen is a non-profit to help small businesses AND feed vulnerable communities and this is one of those small businesses. Everything was clean and comfortable. read more

Food & service are outstanding! A must try. Pasta salad & House salad are very yummy. Their calzones are amazing. The cheese they use is so tasty. read more

Sooooo, NOW it's Marcos! Can't keep up with this place!!! Let me say that the food is AWESOME, but... When the visit starts out with being given the menu, and then being left to pick out what you want, and then when the waitress comes back and I try to place my order, and she answers, "We're out of that today." REALLY??? WHY, oh WHY didn't you tell us that when you gave us the menus? Seriously! BAD waitress manners!!! I'm sorry, but that colors the whole visit. Can't get back to a great rating from there. read more

Soulcial Kitchen - The Turkey Pesto with Fries - Food Trucks Near Me - Swansea, Illinois

Hi there. Red sauce had no flavor. Chicken breast had the texture as if it was previously frozen. Wings had that too much smoke from a coal smoker flavor. Burger was too greasy with no bun barrier. However, the staff was TOP notch. You go girl! The concept here is promising with live music and kid's play area fenced in next door. Also appears to be outdoor pet friendly. With some changes with the food this place could boom. read more

A little confusion with this restaurant. My MIL suggested this place because of the variety that they used to have. Apparently, everything has changed. Soulcial Kitchen used to have a variety of food trucks and the food was kind of related to the kitchen inside but, we were told that things are entirely separate. Macro's Express is the menu on the inside of the building. $5 sangria's were advertised coming in and while these were cheap, they were incredibly light for the amount of sangria given... I'd understood if it was a cocktail with liquor but a red wine sangria? I'd expect more. The food was overall delicious but my MIL said her spaghetti and meatballs had "crispy" spaghetti pieces around the outside of her plate that were not appetizing. I'm assuming the plate is placed in the oven to melt the cheese. Okay sangrias. Decent food. Okay service. read more

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Stopped in for lunch on Thursday 3/31/22. The wife and I ordered the fish tacos and the chicken tacos. The cod was freshly battered and fried with slaw and onions in a corn shell, while the chicken tacos had a sweet/ smoky bbq sauce. Both came with refried beans covered in shredded cheese and had good flavor, better than most Mexican restaurants. Will be going back to have some traditional bbq next. Pics included. read more

Soulcial Kitchen - Fish tacos - Food Trucks Near Me - Swansea, Illinois

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Food was excellent! Service was also excellent. Had a very large group and they handled it well! Would recommend them to any o e that wants a good meal! read more

The owner is always happy to see guests in the dining room! It makes me happy that they have set up a playground outside, along with ample picnic tables. It is a fun place to meet up at. I enjoy the variety in the menu. I usually get a quesadilla, and my kids love sliders from the space ship! In the summer they tend to have live music- great for a night out and meeting people in the community! read more

This place is so much fun! The indoor dining area is very nice, almost a little fancy. Outside you can sit at a picnic table under an umbrella- somewhere for everyone! Today we are inside for lunch. We had a salad which was a very nice portion size and the ranch was amazing! The he sandwich had nice, thick slices of meat and tasted wonderful. Our waitress was very nice and took excellent care of us. read more

Soulcial Kitchen - Medium Garden Salad with Ranch dressing - Food Trucks Near Me - Swansea, Illinois

This place has always confused me. What are they? Food trucks? A sit down place? When are they open? Seemed all over the place. Now that Marco's Express has anchored the space, its way better. Marcos food is great. Service is great. And it just seems more comfortable inside. read more

I heard about this place a few times and finally was able to try! My friends and I came in around 11:45, and there were plenty of tables. Upon walking in, we were greeted by an extremely friendly and attentive person who I believed to be the manager :) He was running around taking care of various things yet was still able to continuously check on our table. Our food came out in less than 10 or 15 minutes, and it was fresh, warm, and flavorful! The veggie burger was not what I expected, but in a good way. It was pretty much a large, raw mushroom with their tomato jam and arugula! It was delicious while at the same time I didn't feel too guilty since the ingredients weren't fried or greasy. I subbed the tots for the street corn which was another mix of flavors on its own. I was extremely satisfied with Soulcial Kitchen and will be back! read more

Soulcial Kitchen - Veggie Burger & Mexican Street Corn - Food Trucks Near Me - Swansea, Illinois

My friend and I went to Soulcial for the first time, yesterday. There were maybe 3 or 4 tables when we arrived. The atmosphere is quiet and soothing. We both ordered hamburgers--my friend requested no bun but extra lettuce and pickles and potato salad as the side. I had the standard burger with their tater tots as a side. Neither of us really planned on eating the tater tots but they were crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. We finished them up in a jiffy. The server was great. She handled take out as well as the customer in the restaurant. There was hot water in the bathroom--something I always check. (If there is no hot water in the BR for me, then there is none for the employees returning to work). All and all, we really enjoyed our visit. We will go, again. read more

Soulcial Kitchen - A wall of words - Food Trucks Near Me - Swansea, Illinois

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Service was excellent for server was granddaughter of my companion. My companion and I had a salad and pizza. I found the salad and dressing was good but drowning in Italian dressing. I recommend to ask on the side. Pizza was adequate. Parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes help a little bit. Maybe EVOO on the side would have help. Drinks were good. We had Stag beer and tall volka tonic. Ambience was ok. We had service with a smile. It was all good. read more

The renovations inside are awesome! Really neat bar & wonderful service! Live music outside was excellent. So glad to have something like this in Illinois! We will definitely be back! read more

If I could give SOULCIAL KITCHEN more stars, I absolutely would! What a wonderful campus where the entire family can feel safe and enjoy!!! The addition of Marcos is genius...excellent food! Along with Soulcial Kitchen favourites, there is something tasty for everyone. All food is made with love and excellence! The outside music venue is so much fun, and some of the best local musicians and bands are featured. The atmosphere is layback, fun, and upbeat! John is doing an amazing job in giving back to our community in a win-win way! The entire inside and outside staff and food trucks are so friendly, with that hard-to-find incredible spirit to serve and be their best! There is so much joy present... along with great food and the best local talented musicians!!! The StL./Metro-East area has needed this amazing campus of food, fun, and music offered to the entire family for a very long time! THANK YOU, John and Staff, for ALL you do. We feel the LOVE! Kathy K. Belleville, IL. read more

This is a great concept kitchen!!! They currently have TWO trucks, with plans for more! 10/10 on the taco truck and the BBQ truck so far and I AM SO EXCITED for what is to come! Back to the taco truck, CREMA SAUCE! Cover me in it and I will eat my own arm! read more

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Teagan, our waiter, was fantastic! Food was good, you definitely don't want to miss the wings...grilled but not a super strong smoky flavor so it didn't interrupt the buffalo flavor. Can't wait to return to try the food trucks! read more

Ok this is like... BEST IDEA EVER. A fine Swine food truck with out door tables under umbrellas! Corn Hole! Music! And more food trucks coming!! This is some of the best BBQ around and the atmosphere is amazing. I may put my own kitchen equipment on Craig's List and just eat here from now on... read more

The award winning fried ribs are AMAZING!!! Fall off the bone, tender and seasoned to perfection. Buy the full slab and save yourself $10...they will not go to waste. read more

The food is always great here as are the staff. The live music nights that have are really stellar as well.

Love eating here! Our most recent trip we ate inside! Appetizers were $5 that night, so we tried the toasted ravioli. Very good. My entree was the lasagna. Perfect if you are hungry, very large portion. read more

Where do I start... when I first seen the building being bought I kept an eye out for what it would be. Finally a GREAT food restaurant and food trucks, Belleville definitely needed. I first visited in the summer and I couldn't make my mind up on the taco truck or BBQ. So I purchased BOTH! And let me tell you! You will not be disappointed!! Another Plus is you can actually smell the food outside! Where do you smell the food outside nowadays?! Before I placed my orders the servers in the food trucks were very informative. They answered all my food questions. You can definitely tell the food there is cooked with love. Recently I finally made it to check out the inside of the restaurant; and it's beautiful, clean, great atmosphere! While waiting for my to go order at the bar a gentleman came over and asked if I've been helped already. He was very kind. I also watched him as he went around to different tables and check on guest as they ate. The food is delicious and priced well! I will be eating here a lot! Ps. my favorite sandwich is the "Championship Pulled Pork" With baked beans. The pork on the sandwich was smoked to perfection! The bun for the sandwich you can tell it is house made, buttery, and lightly toasted. The baked beans are phenomenal and seasoned well with a variety of beans! read more

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Wonderful customer service! DoorDash didn't bring my full order and their customer service line was not answering, so I called Soulcial Kitchen and they ran the remainder of my order up to my house. We will definitely be going back (and skipping the delivery with DoorDash option). The food was delicious- we ordered the barbacoa quesadilla, beef shoulder, and a smashburger. 10/10 recommended read more

The food I've had here on previous visits was good, but knowing when Soulcial Kitchen is open is a guessing / trial by error endeavor. Quite a few visits to this establishment (including today at Noon) were frustrated by the trucks and indoor restaurant not being open during published hours on Yelp or the door. Too bad. I know opening during fall/winter and COVID all had an impact, but ... folks more likely to visit if they can count on your being open. read more

We went to Marco's Express... when we walked in there was no music which felt a bit odd. Overall thought service was average. We went to this place expecting to be able to get the food that was advertised on the Soulcial Kitchen website not realizing most of the food advertised was the food trucks. We ordered a calzone which felt very average tasted like the pizza melts at Pizza Hut. Along with that we ordered the baked chicken parmesan which tasted like it was all warmed up from frozen. Overall we were pretty disappointed expecting different unique foods but got average food we could have gotten for half the price. read more

Took a half hour after we seated ourselves to get noticed and offered a drink order, 1/2 hour later the drinks showed up. 1/2 hour later our food order was taken, food took forever. I ordered a simple small pepperoni pizza, there was no pepperoni on it. Worst pizza ever. Another wait for the bill to show up. I paid in cash, looked at the receipt, I had paid for a salad I did not order or received. Worst food and service, will never go there again. read more

Everything about this place leaves me speechless. The food is amazing, service phenomenal but the business plan leaves you speechless!

OMG! So Good! This was the first time I ordered from there. We ordered the Competition ribs and beans, and also the Creamy Potato Soup from the Inspiration Menu. Those ribs were incredible. The beans had a slight sweetness but then left behind just a wee bit of heat to offset the sweet. The soup was very good also. We had the food delivered and it arrived quickly and hot. Definitely going back and will try the other menu's as well. read more