I've been trying several new soul food restaurants recently due to my pregnancy cravings, and the way the cabbage tasted was exactly what I needed to satisfy the little blessing that I'm growing. The smothered pork chops helped me sleep through the night without interruption.
Ava Moore
Great place for lunch
Jen Radnor
It was so good I loved it the slime is so good and all of the workers where nice
Rebecca Thomas
We have been traveling throughout Florida and decided to try Mama’s and the food was absolutely delicious. The portion sizes were more than enough and the service was excellent. I want to thank the young lady, Makayla, who served us yesterday. She had a wonderful sense of humor and was so accommodating. She made the experience top notch!! Thank you Mama’s for the wonderful food and thank you Makayla for the fantastic service!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Jimmy Smith
The food is okay but the prices are way too high it seems as though they're trying to provide the salaries for their entire family you pay by the serving instead of by the meal which is uncommon and way too expensive I'm surprised their doors are still open
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Tony Rotolo
Good soul food is hard to find in Florida, don’t know why, but this place is god send. My only complaint is that I was not offered dirty rice or white rice the first time I went, I found out they had that option after the guy behind me got it.
I’ve been twice now and both times were excellent. The corn fritters got powdered sugar on them, which was strange to me till I tasted it! My favorite (for now) is the smothered pork chops. So much flavor and fork tender. Wide variety of food available, perfect for parties that have both picky eaters and adventurous eaters.
They keep the music a little loud but I will say, it’s a fantastic selection and music lovers will enjoy the variety. I had no trouble hearing the people around me with it though.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Vienus Williamson
The food is amazing. my only complaint, The sweet tea is not good or at least the day I had it was
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Bridgette Long
The price of that food you can feed a family of three for the price of one plate you get plenty of vegetables the meat is limited on that plate I love to support black-owned businesses but I cannot afford to pay their mortgage the 20 to 30.00 plates is okay the 30 to $40 plates is what we would eat or want in a place like this I call it robbery two people came in that restaurant the entire time we were there we were the only ones there me and a friend and I do understand why I will not be returning
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Devin Anderson
If you don’t like food with flavor then don’t come here because it’s too delicious for your mouth to handle lol
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
D K
Food was not that good. Only thing I enjoy was my neckbones. Everything else was cold cornbread. It’s not cold all day fried fish and shrimp were way too salty definitely don’t think I’ll be returning here anymore.
The food here is amazing!! Well worth the price good portion and always great !! Thanks for coming to lakeland
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tia A
The wings were the best I’ve had in Lakeland but the service is nothing to write about.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Rebel Zoe 1804
The staff is selective with their service and food quality and if you call to speak with management the staff is not smart enough to mute the phone before telling and another member to ACT like management lol, I try to support black businesses but this place is ridiculous. The building they are in has been about 5 restaurants in 5 years let's see how long they last
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
David Edwards
Buyer beware, old food resold... seafood was refried in old grease... everything was salty (most likely covering for the fact food was old). My shrimp was tougher than shoe leather fish was crusty. I will not be back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
Kelsey Fain
This was me and my friends’s first time there we decided to sit down and eat there together as a girls thing. The food was good. I got the tilapia and shrimp. The tilapia didn’t really have much flavor. The dirty rice is good. The yams was decent, and the baked beans was decent. The cornbread was a little dry. The only reason why I didn’t give them that many stars is because of their service. The girls behind the registers were kind of rude to me and my friends from the time we walked in through the door, they didn’t have no type of welcoming.
I've been trying several new soul food restaurants recently due to my pregnancy cravings, and the way the cabbage tasted was exactly what I needed to satisfy the little blessing that I'm growing. The smothered pork chops helped me sleep through the night without interruption.
Great place for lunch
It was so good I loved it the slime is so good and all of the workers where nice
We have been traveling throughout Florida and decided to try Mama’s and the food was absolutely delicious. The portion sizes were more than enough and the service was excellent. I want to thank the young lady, Makayla, who served us yesterday. She had a wonderful sense of humor and was so accommodating. She made the experience top notch!! Thank you Mama’s for the wonderful food and thank you Makayla for the fantastic service!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
The food is okay but the prices are way too high it seems as though they're trying to provide the salaries for their entire family you pay by the serving instead of by the meal which is uncommon and way too expensive I'm surprised their doors are still open
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Good soul food is hard to find in Florida, don’t know why, but this place is god send. My only complaint is that I was not offered dirty rice or white rice the first time I went, I found out they had that option after the guy behind me got it.
I’ve been twice now and both times were excellent. The corn fritters got powdered sugar on them, which was strange to me till I tasted it! My favorite (for now) is the smothered pork chops. So much flavor and fork tender. Wide variety of food available, perfect for parties that have both picky eaters and adventurous eaters.
They keep the music a little loud but I will say, it’s a fantastic selection and music lovers will enjoy the variety. I had no trouble hearing the people around me with it though.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
The food is amazing. my only complaint,
The sweet tea is not good or at least the day I had it was
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
The price of that food you can feed a family of three for the price of one plate you get plenty of vegetables the meat is limited on that plate I love to support black-owned businesses but I cannot afford to pay their mortgage the 20 to 30.00 plates is okay the 30 to $40 plates is what we would eat or want in a place like this I call it robbery two people came in that restaurant the entire time we were there we were the only ones there me and a friend and I do understand why I will not be returning
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
If you don’t like food with flavor then don’t come here because it’s too delicious for your mouth to handle lol
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was not that good. Only thing I enjoy was my neckbones. Everything else was cold cornbread. It’s not cold all day fried fish and shrimp were way too salty definitely don’t think I’ll be returning here anymore.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Restaurantji Recommends
The food here is amazing!! Well worth the price good portion and always great !! Thanks for coming to lakeland
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The wings were the best I’ve had in Lakeland but the service is nothing to write about.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
The staff is selective with their service and food quality and if you call to speak with management the staff is not smart enough to mute the phone before telling and another member to ACT like management lol, I try to support black businesses but this place is ridiculous. The building they are in has been about 5 restaurants in 5 years let's see how long they last
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Buyer beware, old food resold... seafood was refried in old grease... everything was salty (most likely covering for the fact food was old). My shrimp was tougher than shoe leather fish was crusty. I will not be back.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4
This was me and my friends’s first time there we decided to sit down and eat there together as a girls thing. The food was good. I got the tilapia and shrimp. The tilapia didn’t really have much flavor. The dirty rice is good. The yams was decent, and the baked beans was decent. The cornbread was a little dry. The only reason why I didn’t give them that many stars is because of their service. The girls behind the registers were kind of rude to me and my friends from the time we walked in through the door, they didn’t have no type of welcoming.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 1
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