Ericka Santos
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Nigel's is a small Southern Soul food. The food we order was 16.95 a plate and included one meat and 3 sides. For a lunch plate, I believe is high, but I do know that Charleston, SC., prices are high, period. Some plates are 21.95 in some restaurants. The prices are ridiculous everywhere, so high prices is a standard here, so 16.95 is a little lower than the 18 to 20 dollar plates I've seen out there that are just abusive. The inflation here is real. I ordered the Stew Chicken with Red Rice, corn, and collard greens. The Stew Chicken is tasty and on a blackish, brownish gravy. It was tender and good. I wouldn't rate it the best, but it was definitely tasty and edible. I ate all of it. The corn was standard yellow can corn with butter. It didn't have anything on it, no pimento or other, but I added Texas Pete which I'm glad they had. They have no hot house made sauce btw, and that was sad for me as I like my food spicy. The collard greens were alright. I ate them all, and they were nice and warm with bacon pieces. I say alright because I don't like when they add sugar to the collards. I like them with butter, garlic, and salt. I could taste a little sweet in them. But, they were fine, and I still enjoyed them. I'm just sharing my preference. The Red Rice that was supposed to be a staple to South Carolina was not what I expected. It came cold. I get it. They don't want to over mush their rice each time they warm it up, but it also wasn't the Red Rice I expected with sausage, celery, cilantro, and pimento. I was just not a fan. I tired their mash potatoes in my daughter's BBQ plate were amazing! I highly recommend the mash potatoes, but they needed more gravy as the gravy was limited. The BBQ chicken was also good for bbq lovers. I am not always crashing bbq sauce, so I didn't enjoy it, but she gave me some, and she said she loved it. She also loved her macaroni and cheese. The server helping us was kind. We appreciated him. The timing the food arrives is not the best as if delays quite a bit, and the restaurant is not too full, so prepare to wait a while. Our food took like 40 minutes. The server said the chef makes the food fresh. All in all, we had a great time! I would recommend it.