C A.
Yelp
Well, I decided to try them again even though I didn't get to take advantage of their offer of a replacement meal. The reason being is they seem to be argumentative, as seen on these responses by the owner, and I didn't feel like going back and forth with anyone today. They said my name was in a book for the future, but that was a year or so ago so I paid for my meal today.
ANYWAYS, very lackluster and disappointing still. I would've given a full 3-3.5 had I received a bit more warm greeting regardless of the food.
Ordered the
Porkchops: Seasoned fairly well, could've used a bit more salt, but hot sauce saved it. However, holy cow, it was filled with copious amounts of oil and grease!!! I'm not trying to check out that soon. I mean it literally oozed out of the chop and the oil sat in the box, so much so, that I had to take the napkins that I grabbed fortunately, and sop it up before consuming. This is unacceptable to me and an easy fix. Although they were fresh and right out of the fryer, it would be a better option to leave them on a rack and let some of that oil drain, and then also consider using a piece of parchment paper to the box and put the pork chops on as well as lining the rest of the food.
Greens: surprisingly the most flavorful thing, but overly spiced. If you don't like like really spicy greens, I wouldn't opt for these. Didn't really get that big portion also.
Yams: very sweet literally mush. I thought it looked like sweet potato filling, but it had a nice taste to it. Were very hot, I enjoyed these for the most part!
Mac and cheese: I happen to like a dryer mac & cheese vs. What I assume most people actually like. So the mac & cheese is pretty good to me, although it has a slight curdle to it, had some pretty good flavor and cheese pull here and there.
Chicken wings: were not good to me and they lacked flavor, which was very disappointing. They were also very yellow in color, as if they used turmeric or mustard maybe? Great coating fried pretty well, but was lacking salt. And I'm not a salt heavy person whatsoever. It lacked other seasonings as well.
Cornbread: Tasted fresher today, but no sweet component that most people go for in cornbread which is usually why I don't like cornbread I don't wanna eat cake for cornbread. However, this one could've used a tiny bit of sweetness, maybe. What I don't understand is why it was placed in the same container of chicken wings? Again with no parchment paper or lining to separate it. Just haphazardly thrown in there.
Napkins and silverware: how am I supposed to use my napkin if it is wrapped and taped around one piece of napkin? I was not able to use it because it was taped. The tape is unnecessary and you should offer napkins. I'm glad I grab the ones I did to up all of that oil that I mentioned pork chops.
So this time around, I decided to give a more detailed review and to try them again and give them a fair shot, even though I did not get a chance to take advantage of their offer for me to return and have a free meal. But I'm still not sure if I would return unless all of the things that I mentioned were addressed, considered, and changed.