Hi, so it's me, Husband, here to give my review...my wife spoke about the decor, etc, let me tell you what I ordered. First off, let me start by saying this, if you order something and it's not good, give it back and request something else. Once my wife and I placed our food order, we told the waitress we wanted drinks. The drink menu had a wide variety of cocktails, wines, beers, and so on. When I go out, I always like to try something new instead of getting the usual so I ordered this drink called "Malibu Passion," something like that, the only Malibu drink on the menu. When the drink was brought to me, I took a sip and was like, okay, this is not good, my wife tried it and said the same thing. I took another sip just to make sure and yeah, the drink wasn't good at all. First of all, it tasted like straight juice w/o even a dash of alcohol, blah!
The waitress came back over to the table and you know the routine, "How's everything?" I told the young lady to please take this back, I said it's not good, can you please bring me another cocktail, I ended up ordering Sangria like my wife, great choice. Like I mentioned earlier, if it's something you don't like, give it back.
Okay, let's move on to what I had for dinner. I ordered the Southern Fried Chicken w/ Mac & Cheese/ Grandma's potato salad...I am a Southerner, always looking for good fried chicken. When the plate arrived, I was like yeah, here we go, time to dig in and get my grub on, LOL. As I am eating, especially soul food, I try not to make any comparisons; nothing compares to my parents cooking and the authentic food spots in the South, hands down. At this point, I am taking it all in, by the third bite, I was like, okay, not bad, I can get through it without totally bashing it. I must say, it was good but to me, it seem like one little flavor was missing from the chicken, don't get me wrong, I am just use to a certain style, but I respect anyone trying to cook southern food...won't knock it. The mac & cheese was pretty good and so was the potato salad, but again, one little flavor was missing. It's like this, if you grew up in the South, you would understand exactly what I am saying b/c it's a different taste here in the North as opposed to the South.
Overall, I give this restaurant a 3.5 like my wife. I would go back if I am in that area of Harlem and wanted to eat in a nice space, fast and accommodating. Oh, one more thing, yeah, the sweet potato pie was just potato pie, nothing sweet about it, once again, I have to take it back to my roots, not everyone is skilled in the area of making good pies, please take a trip down South and get the true "Soul" food experience.
-Husband
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