Smellys Creole Catering LLC.
Restaurant · Waverly
2430 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
Highlights
Creole & Cajun comfort food, generous portions, buttery garlic noodles
Creole & Cajun comfort food, generous portions, buttery garlic noodles
"Chef Smelly’s, the soul food pop-up in Oakland, is back at OSL with their iconic garlic noodles, lathered in so much fragrant butter you could pour the excess into a glass and throw it back like a shot. This year, the noodles are topped with blackened prawns or surf and turf—and for dessert, peach cobbler." - julia chen 1
"Smelly’s is a Creole soul food catering company that operates out of Au Lounge Uptown, which means you can walk in for your share of butter-drenched garlic noodles whenever you please. Those noodles, either paired with a roasted Dungeness crab or the juiciest hot honey chicken tenders on the planet, are a non-negotiable part of a meal here. Other soul food staples that you’ll preemptively order a second plate of: the cornmeal-crusted catfish, gooey “crack and cheese,” and the stewed oxtail that pulls right off the bone." - lani conway, julia chen 1
"Edward Wolley’s pop-up alias, Chef Smelly’s Creole and Soul Food, is one of the Bay’s most sought-after places for buttery garlic noodles and crab noodles. He frequents Outside Lands with his work, but he’s taken his pop-up to Au Lounge Wednesday through Sunday and the world is better for it. Come ready to eat as the portions are generous." - Paolo Bicchieri
"Dungeness crab is one of the specialties of this cult favorite pop-up, currently housed Wednesday through Sunday at the Uptown Oakland bar Au Lounge. Order one of Chef Smelly’s garlicky Creole-style crabs — and have him serve it over garlic noodles for good measure." - Eater Staff
"Smelly’s Creole Catering—also known as Chef Smelly’s—serves the best garlic noodles in Oakland. They lean sweet and are thick and extra chewy, drenched in what we can only assume is an entire stick of butter. The Creole soul food spot excels at other staples, too, like the Dungeness crab submerged in minced garlic, golden-brown fried catfish, and plump blackened shrimp. You’ll also want to make room for the hot honey chili chicken tenders, which are fried until deliciously craggy on the edges and juicier than most overripe fruits. Smelly’s currently operates semi-permanently out of Au Lounge in Uptown Oakland, but keep an eye on Instagram for updates. photo credit: Brit Finnegan photo credit: Brit Finnegan photo credit: Brit Finnegan photo credit: Brit Finnegan Food Rundown video credit: Taylor Gomez Garlic Noodles There are a lot of garlic noodles in the Bay Area, but none so buttery and gloriously breath-ruining as these. They’re non-negotiable here. photo credit: Brit Finnegan Hot Honey Chili Chicken Tenders Think about the best chicken tender you’ve ever had. Now bulldoze the memory from your brain, and replace it with these sticky-spicy-sweet stunners. You’ll never be the same. Lobster Po'boy This is good, but you won’t be planning a return visit for it. We wish it was saucier." - Julia Chen
