Nadia's Soul Food

I got there this afternoon and waited more than 5 minutes to be greeted. There was 1 other customer and she ordered b4 I came in. The light skinned dude was fixing the plates with one glove. Mind u he took the time to answer the businesses phone and still didn't greet me. When he decide he would he was pleasant and had a sense of humor. This is when thing began to turn. An older man, I. Talkin salt and pepper hair older came from the back to drop off a dish. He kept peeking around the corner looking at me to see if I was lookin @ him, that's what made me keep a low eye on him. By this time I was trying to set up my camera. Before I could set it up, he took some mac & cheese from the pan on the side with his bare hand. I swear he did, in the photo u can see him focused on it, it must have hit the spot. If they have cameras over there rewind them. I was totally grossed out, as that's what I really wanted to try. I skipped over that. The bananas in the pudding was old, i can tell because the cookies were soggy and the bananas were brown. Through the container you could see the banas were brown. Why would he even give me that? Poor service! On a Monday afternoon i was not expecting old anything. The collards had a acidic taste, the mashed potatoes had way too much garlic. The baked chicken had no flavor, but there was plenty, more than expected. I put some lemon and salt on it and it was a go. I will not be returning due to that old man puttin his hands in the food amd the old banana pudding. I would have given the place another shot on another dish but that old dude was too much. Y'all be careful, just because it's served by us doesn't mean they care about us!

The food here delivers the flavors you hope for when dining out. Their crew provides warmth with careful observation. The kitchen outperforms expensive competitors. The restaurant exceeded all expectations. This restaurant makes coming back essential.

I ordered the BBQ Chicken dinner with two sides. Which currently cost 14.95 but with tax it was $16.93. This meal from Nadia’s soul food is worth $10 for the amount of food and especially the one piece of chicken. I’m very disappointed and never again will I order from here. Constructive criticism: Just something to think about: If this store got crazy traction, especially by an influencer or celeb, do you honestly think this would be presentable? Can you effectively market this plate with the price that is charged? Do think people would come from all of the boroughs and line up for it? The amount of food compared to its price tells me as a customer “I’m money hungry.” I understand it’s hard times and people are trying to make a living the right way, but please be reasonable and realistic. If you give more, you’ll get more!

I am highly recommending this place, Nice atmosphere, Food is delicious, Service fast, Kitchen is very clean, I come here five times a week because my kids love this place👍👍👍👍

This is the absolute worst soul food spot I've ever been to. Turkey wing wasn't even cooked right an looked nasty as hell. Did not look presentable at all. This was a lesson for me not to support a food business just because we're the same ethnicity!

All the positive comments prepared me for a great meal. I enjoyed the dishes and appreciated the waiters. Excellent flavors and reasonable charges for the amount provided. Most notably, the team shows authentic warmth. My next trip here will include this restaurant.

Rice & peas are good! Macaroni salad very good! As you can see all gone ! The turkey wings are good (but a little salty) if you read this please less salt!

I ordered a fish dinner plate, plus a side of macaroni & fried chicken. The macaroni & cheese is Overly seasoned. If im not mistaken the macaroni taste like they use the same seasonings as the fried chicken. The fried chicken looked & tasted old & Dry & Burnt. I paid $6 for a leg quarter that I was highly disappointed in. I came to this restaurant twice and I will never be stepping foot in here again, I do Not recommend.

Not quite soul food :( maybe I'm biased being from the south. The Mac and cheese was weirdly textured and lacked cheese. I had to go back to the description to check if it was vegan. The greens were bland and the lemon pepper wings were dry and lacked both lemon and pepper.

I just finished eating the smothered chicken that was dry and tough With some very nasty Mac n cheese Collard greens tasted basic And the cornbread was trash !!!!! I will never order from here again .. they should close this place Eddie Kane

I ordered the turkey meatloaf on 5/26/25....I have never smelled/taste something so horrible in my life. I try to support black own business. But I can not afford to risk being sick. Nadia I can't come back.

Best turkeys wings I've had from a soul food place. Tender and crispy skin! The greens a really good to me, I've had better but it's good. Now the Mac and cheese needs more love and more cheese! It's tasty just needs more cheese and milk. Other than that it's a great place to get this order. And their lemon cake is so good! Best lemon cake! Sorry and moist. Ordered through DoorDash.

The Candied yams was distasteful I pulled roots out of my mouth from chewing the yams. The Mac and cheese was nasty and resembled hamburger helper with added tomato paste. The collard greens were tough and chopped large. You can tell this food was cooked with no love what so ever. I took half my lunch break waiting and was highly disappointed. It was my first and LAST TIME spending money in Nadia's soul food!

As I walked in, I was pleased the place was clean and no animals were present. I saw a sign that read No exchanges, and another that said No refunds. That should've been my warning. I took the leap and ordered salmon, macaroni and cheese and collard greens. I had an almond coconut cake as well. My bill was close to $30. I went all the way to Harlem for kids meal. I'm sure they used an ice cream scooper to portion out my sides. The salmon was sliced so thin and the size of the palm of my hand. For $30 I'm sure I could've bought a whole fish elsewhere. The service was minimal. The Cashier hid behind the counter and his hat, but he was pleasant. The food was edible. I was highly disappointed!!!

If you grew up going to post-Sunday service luncheons in the south, you'll recognize this food. It's the same stuff that you'd find inside the covered, Corningware casserole dishes that the church ladies start putting out during service, which waft their Jezebel-like aromas all around until only the most devout (or nose-deaf) among the congregation can pay any attention to the sermon. And if you recognize this food, you know there's often a disparity between the good vegetable sides that soak up so much flavor while they slow cook or sit, and the animal proteins that were (past tense) probably glorious about 14 - 18 hours prior. True to form, the chicken we ordered from Nadia's (just before closing to be fair!) was dry as shoe leather in all its variations (fried, gravy-smothered, "barbecued"), with little meat still tender enough to be edible.... The fried chicken was about on par with church luncheon fare where chicken was fried the night before, refrigerated, reheated, and then kept warm in serving trays for a few hours. I must note that a magical amalgamation of gravy and fried chicken crust is created when that gravy sort of halfway melts hardened crust, which is quite lovely. But there just wasn't much edible meat to go along with the good stuff. Slow cooked beef ribs, meant to be held at temperature for a while, were serviceable, falling-off-the-bone tender with a lot of seared "crust," but quite a lot fattier than we prefer. Contrast these shades of deliciousness past with the gorgeous, smoky collard greens (very much not vegetarian), which were as good as you'd find at a reputable kitchen down south; tender, flavorful cabbage; well made red rice and beans; creamy, buttery mashed potatoes; and what seems to be a controversial mac 'n' cheese that I personally found delicious. The mac 'n' cheese included cheese that simulated the toasty crust you'd find in a baked casserole with -- yes -- a touch of taco seasoning. It was a winner in my view. Cornbread was a little less northern-sweet and cake-like in consistency than usual in our parts, which I also dug. Sometime, I want to give the jerk chicken and oxtails a try earlier in the day and perhaps a few of the many seafood options. But mostly I'll be back for the "sides." Any kitchen that can make collard greens, cabbage, and beans 'n' rice this scrumptious has earned its stripes as my sort of soul food.

This is my third and last time eating from this establishment!! First time I ordered a chicken dinner it was breast meat with mac and cheese and potato salad and to my surprise the food was good except the chicken wasn't good all the way throughout. Second time I just ordered sides on mac n cheese collard greens and potato salad which was good. Today turned me completely off like how you can serve people a quarter leg (I dislike quarter legs) and the chicken was barely cooked. Had to goggle for a number and the young lady told me sorry about the chicken but please go back NOPE!!! This place has lost my business today

Today on 4/15/2023 I visited this location for the first time (even voicing it was my first experience at this location. Unfortunately, the oxtails were not cooked so I called asking if I could (exchange) and she No. From a customer standpoint (in good faith) the customer is ALWAYS right. As a professional, the female should of been trained to use "discretion" and at least looked at the food . I'm reality, people can possibly lie (however what is the probability of someone saying the oxtails aren't cooked. These were the WORST uncooked non season oxtails and the rice was under cooked and taste burnt. The cabbage was the only thing good. This food is horrible

very disrespectful only two oxtails and the manager had the nerve to talk bs as we are talking about the meal to the cashier that was very rude to be speaking out loud about what they messed up about i cant believe them to be so rude to give hard collard greens and the macaroni and cheese was orange not yellow orange because of cheese they was just so rude they couldnt wven exchange the sides for us or help is because its through grubhub ,im so over this place

My Fried Chicken was undercooked the Mac and cheese was decent and the collard greens were really good. Collard greens was the best thing on my plate but the undercooked chicken threw me all the way off.

I love this place it's a great change from the normal foods spots on 125th street .....Lots of different options on the menu great tasteful food !!!

I was surprised to see a new soul food spot next to taste of seafood and decided to finally give it a try months later. I tried mac and cheese, yams, and oxtails. What a disappointment!!! The oxtails were mediocre; certainly not better than Caribbean stars oxtails on Lenox ave but the mac and cheese was the BIGGEST disappointment. I tasted it and was so confused! I let my boyfriend give it a taste and he couldn't even finish it! It tasted like HAMBURGER HELPER! The cheese didn't even taste like cheese. Omg, there is some type of seasoning on it like taco seasoning or beef or lord knows what! But that is NOOOOOOT IT. My boyfriend says it was the worst mac and cheese he's ever tried in his life and he is not an exaggerative person! I don't believe it was a bad batch because it looked exactly as it did from the pictures that I see on the internet from other reviews. I know it's really bold to say it was the worst mac but it was definitely the top 3 worst mac and cheese I ever tried in my 28 years of being a black person, especially from a place claiming to be a soul food restaurant. The people are nice though and I tried a piece of cake which was good. Oh, and the yams weren't that good either. Everything went into the trash beside the oxtails. I'm sorry to be harsh but these recipes needs some tweaking. I would choose taste of seafood every time for mac and cheese and yams in comparison to Nadias but they did relocate so.. looks like ill be traveling.

First, the fried chicken dinner, mac and cheese and collard greens was very delicious, and the five-star rating is on merit. But the people went above and beyond after my app order was not transmitted to the restaurant. They stayed after closing to prepare my meal and made sure that I wasn't disappointed. Well I wasn't disappointed and look forward to trying everything else on the menu!

i have tasted the beef ribs, oxtails , fried fish red rice , Mac n cheese , collards which are excellent and a few more items.. everything tasted very good, an abundance of flavor.. however today I had the Turkey meatloaf and I decided I wanted to give props to the chef!! it was amazing! The portion was really great as well I will eat the rest for lunch.

So happy to see this restaurant in the neighborhood. I've ordered from there twice and each time I was happy with my meal. The fried chicken dinner and Salmon dinner are delish. Look forward to trying other options.

Oh yeah. I have already brought a few soul food dinners from Nadia's for myself and family. So, what I like about this business the most is my top three, 1) the price $$ is right 2) dinners and desserts were delicious and a 100% right on every time and 3) restaurant staff are always friendly and pleasant, and the place is always immaculate when I visit. I definitely recommend Nadia's.

I went to the restaurant at 12 noon. I got bbq chicken with Mac and cheese and candied yams. Pretty easy meal , can't mess this up right ? wrong. they gave a dried up wing and a dried out quarter leg. it was so dried out I could not eat it. the Mac was ehh, yams were decent. i should have known something when I saw the guy kept shuffling the pieces of chicken.