My family and I enjoy trying local restaurants when we travel. We decided to have lunch at Memphis Soul (formerly 99 Cent Soul Food Express) after visiting the nearby Civil Rights Museum and it was amazing. The place is no frills, simple, and delicious. You order at the front counter, wait a few minutes (even if it's not busy, you might wait about 10 minutes...but it's worth it), then they call you back up with a bunch of styrofoam containers. It's not fancy, but the food is delicious. My teenage son said it was better than Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous the night before, and my wife and I agreed. The smothered chicken breast was so good, I wanted to stop but couldn't resist taking another bite....
We were in Memphis to celebrate Juneteenth and visit the Civil Rights Museum. As we were walking back to Beale Street we saw this restaurant and decided to give it a try.The inside was airy and cool with clean tables and nice music. The prices, on the other hand were likened to that of fine dining: oxtails $39, three-wing dinner $18, one slice of cake $6.99. Mind you this is lunch time and we spent almost $70 dollars for two people.The food was underwhelming, first my greens beans clearly came out of a can because the paper wrappings were mixed in the beans. The butter beans were not seasoned, the smothered pork chop was super salty, and the tea was not homemade (store brand). We bought cake...
Boy, was I dissapointed. I wanted to support my own, but was VERY DISAPPOINTED with the lack of quality and the price of the meal. Oxtail plate $30 dollars. I 've traveled to all 48 states Canada Alaska, and never have I seen $30 Oxtails. Then for them to be cold in spots as of they were reheated straight from a cold refrigerator is absurd. You can tell they don 't pan sear the Oxtails prior to simmering them down, whick locks the flavor on the meat so the beef stock or water doesn 't rinse the seasoning off the meat. The food was bland as if I had COVID-19 symptoms.If you 're gonna be in the SOULFOOD sector, you MUST put your SOUL into it.Also the tails couldve been younger and less tough....
I was thrilled to discover this restaurant near Beale Street. The staff was friendly and the soul food was absolutely delicious! The oxtails over rice were a pleasant surprise and we loved trying this dish for the first time. The catfish was crispy and flavorful, and the fried okra and macaroni and cheese were perfect sides. The portions were generous and we were able to take some leftovers home. Overall, a fantastic dining experience!
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Food was great but service could use some work, same worker manning the food and register and fulfilling orders...unfortunately saw multiple customers walk out because the line was getting long and he couldn't keep up. Food was everything we were looking for! Tasted Like mom's home cooked meal, awesome fried okra and Mac and cheese, fried chicken was hot and made to order, best fried pork chop ever--super tender and well seasoned
Unsure how reviews are so high on this place. Their prices are unreasonably high but they do give large portions on meats. The food is average at best. They’d do better to decrease meat portions to something someone can actually finish in a sitting and concurrently lower the prices. It’s ridiculous to charge $26 for some mediocre fried catfish. Salmon my fiancé got was small and was average as well for $15.
The food is good is pretty good. Had dinner delivered today 7/10, if had car would have taken side veggies back and ask for money back its cost to much for tablespoon of food. The pictures on site are not the servings they send you. I believe thus is done because they know you don't have a ride. And when they didn't have what I ordered it was replaced without asking me.
Very quaint and comfortable. Absolutely wonderful service! Food is outstanding! We got the avocado fries, stuffed chicken, and seafood paella. Delicious! The key lime cake is worth getting, as well. Looking forward to trying their brunch!
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The food at this restaurant is incredible, with generous portions. Be prepared to wait a bit as everything is made from scratch. The service is also pleasant and polite.
Sunny outdoor diningSolid pork chops, greens and yams with corn bread. Not fancy just good.
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