Dan's Soul Food and Cafe

I went to this place because my uncle recommended them. My uncle had fish. My husband thought it smelled so good. I rushed to this place to be let down. The older guy must’ve had a bad day or something. His attitude was ridiculous. He gave very small portions and there was no more fish. I should’ve left when he rudely said “no more fish” I stayed and ordered $61 worth of bland dry food. The greens were not seasoned, the dressing were dry and crumbly, Mac and cheese was the worst I've ever tasted.(definitely Kraft)I asked if he can put gravy on my dressing. Instead he put it in a small container after I asked again. Even a lady came in after me stating very sure that she did NOT want him making her food because of these same reasons.(small portions) Boy was she right. Instead of being concerned of an upset customer- he argued with her- saying you only get what you supposed to get nothing more. Dude you literally gave one ice cream scoop of mashed potato and dressing. You can definitely put some more on the plate for the price you pay. I do not doubt that this place may have been great before - Grandma or Grandpa must be gone now. It always happens once the heart and soul of a family business pass on. You get these people who do not have that’s sense of service. That will be the absolute last time I go here or recommend to anyone that I know. The supply and demand is not far in between. At least have a pleasant attitude and give a healthy portion of food. I can honestly say the sweet potato pie I purchased for $13 was delicious. Other than that. I’m good!

I was debating between pizza and Dans. Decided to go with Dans, remembering the times I used to order and enjoy a good meal. First thing I noticed when my food arrived is that they didn't even include utensils as requested. How am I suppose to eat my food without utensils? Further more I ordered baked chicken with gravy, double side of dressing and yams with cabbage, I received canned greens and macaroni and cheese and zero gravy on my chicken. My dressing was only one serving instead of 2 like I paid for. Its one thing to receive the wrong order and another to not enjoy the food at all. The chicken is dry, dressing is very dry and tasteless, the greens are bland and soggy the Mac and cheese is a hard pass and the muffin was stale and had a nasty taste. The cabbage is fine, the only thing I had no issues with. I'm at a loss for words. This can't be the same Dans I enjoyed once before. I feel ripped off and saddened. Lesson learned, when in doubt, always go with your favorite pizza joint lbs!!

Tried Dan's Soulfood for the first time. My mother ordered chicken, dressing, greens and mac and cheese. Never again. My mom says the food was bland and the cook looked very dingy. He looked very unkempt. Dirty hands and appearance was very poor. She couldn't finish the meal because it was terrible! Sad!

NEVER AGAIN! This was my 1st and last time ordering from this place. I ordered a smothered chicken and a turkey wing dinner. It was horrible. The dressing, mac and cheese and the gravy were all watery and bland. The chicken and turkey were very dry. I even tried to doctor it up with more seasoning but to no avail. Soul food shouldn't be bland or watery. I normally don't give a review, I just never go back but this was so bad that I immediately threw it outside to the stray animals. Worst $35 ever spent. I should have cooked myself.

I am going to try to refrain from realllllly going in on how terrrrrrible the food was because at least the guy was nice. That is the only reason he is getting 2 stars. He seemed so very nice and attentive that I overlooked a red flag. I asked him what his favorite side was. He hesitated and I insisted that he tell me. He then said "I'm vegetarian." But still he proceeded to say his favorite side was the spaghetti. Ummm The spaghetti has beef in it. Soooo that response puzzled me. Now after tasting that horrendous spaghetti I am left offended that a professed "vegetarian" would stand behind the counter after having presumably cooked all that meat including greens & such with meat in it and serve it to me. Likely he didn't taste it then because it was alllll bad including the dressing! I have taught my son to never serve anything to anyone that you have cooked but haven't tasted. That seems right to me. Surely he doesn't taste that food because how could he and charge anyone for it. Lemme inform you all now that the prices listed online are woefully inaccurate. I wanted short ribs but I discovered while there that they are $30! So I settled on the smothered chicken for $15.99. That seemed reasonable except I wanted to throw it allll away. It came with dressing that was the WORST dressing I ever had in my half a century of life! It had an aftertaste that was sour! I couldn't believe it. I wondered what ingredient could give it that sour/bitter aftertaste. That smothered chicken was really underflavored. I wanted to cry because I bought 2 of those meals. The mac & cheese was the WORST TOO and dry-ish and didn't taste right. Glory greens from the CAN tastes better than the lil bit of greens he served me. I was astonished by how terrible they were. How can you go wrong with Mac n cheese and greens and smothered chicken???! Well...the absolute worst was the spaghetti. He said, I am a vegetarian. I should have turned around and walked out. I haven't been so disappointed by food in a long long time. I'm writing this review so maybe Dan's will DO BETTER some day but I deeply regret the money I spent there and I think no one else should have that same regret. Get someone in there that knows what good food tastes like or something! And lower your prices. That is a lot of nerve to charge such prices for such terrible food. I didn't try the peach cobbler yet (I'm scared) but I might add that the sweet potato pie looked very unappealing. It was the ugliest and lumpiest sweet potato pie I've ever seen. I'm inclined to think it is made with doo doo. There I said it because truly that was my first impression. I had to ask was that sweet potato pie. SMH. I should have just left. Lastly even the cranberry sauce seemed off...What a waste of money & time.

I know everyone has their fav soul food in Chicago but this is a decent contender. I went with the classic fried chicken, mac and cheese and corn bread and wasn't disappointed. I did take out and service was great. There was parking on the street available too. I went at an off peak time so I didn't have to wait too long.

I had a beef short rib with dressing, Mac and Cheese, & cabbage. My daughter had baked chicken with greens, dressing, and Mac and cheese. Everything was fresh, and very tasty. I only wish that i could have my first pick (rib tips). It was close to closing time so not to many choices. But very good choice for dinner. Prices are what I would expect for the meal. Worth it !!!

Stop by here for lunch. Ordered the vegetable plate. I liked the macaroni and cheese, cabbage, red beans and rice and the greens with corn bread. I probably will try something different next time. Update 2023 stop by for some grub. Didn't have what I wanted. I ordered the turkey dinner. Mac and cheese was cold. Cabbage tasted spoiled. Disappointed.