Dan's Soul Food and Cafe
2523 W 79th St, Chicago
(773) 737-6695
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Tried Dan's Soulfood for the first time. My mother ordered chicken, dressing, greens and mac and cheese. Never again. My mom says the food was bland and the cook looked very dingy. He looked very unkempt. Dirty hands and appearance was very poor. She couldn't finish the meal because it was terrible! Sad!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
I am going to try to refrain from realllllly going in on how terrrrrrible the food was because at least the guy was nice. That is the only reason he is getting 2 stars. He seemed so very nice and attentive that I overlooked a red flag. I asked him what his favorite side was. He hesitated and I insisted that he tell me. He then said "I'm vegetarian." But still he proceeded to say his favorite side was the spaghetti. Ummm The spaghetti has beef in it. Soooo that response puzzled me. Now after tasting that horrendous spaghetti I am left offended that a professed "vegetarian" would stand behind the counter after having presumably cooked all that meat including greens & such with meat in it and serve it to me. Likely he didn't taste it then because it was alllll bad including the dressing! I have taught my son to never serve anything to anyone that you have cooked but haven't tasted. That seems right to me. Surely he doesn't taste that food because how could he and charge anyone for it. Lemme inform you all now that the prices listed online are woefully inaccurate. I wanted short ribs but I discovered while there that they are $30! So I settled on the smothered chicken for $15.99. That seemed reasonable except I wanted to throw it allll away. It came with dressing that was the WORST dressing I ever had in my half a century of life! It had an aftertaste that was sour! I couldn't believe it. I wondered what ingredient could give it that sour/bitter aftertaste. That smothered chicken was really underflavored. I wanted to cry because I bought 2 of those meals. The mac & cheese was the WORST TOO and dry-ish and didn't taste right. Glory greens from the CAN tastes better than the lil bit of greens he served me. I was astonished by how terrible they were. How can you go wrong with Mac n cheese and greens and smothered chicken???! Well...the absolute worst was the spaghetti. He said, I am a vegetarian. I should have turned around and walked out. I haven't been so disappointed by food in a long long time. I'm writing this review so maybe Dan's will DO BETTER some day but I deeply regret the money I spent there and I think no one else should have that same regret. Get someone in there that knows what good food tastes like or something! And lower your prices. That is a lot of nerve to charge such prices for such terrible food.
I didn't try the peach cobbler yet (I'm scared) but I might add that the sweet potato pie looked very unappealing. It was the ugliest and lumpiest sweet potato pie I've ever seen. I'm inclined to think it is made with doo doo. There I said it because truly that was my first impression. I had to ask was that sweet potato pie. SMH. I should have just left. Lastly even the cranberry sauce seemed off...What a waste of money & time.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 4
I am giving 5 stars all across the board because I know Dolphn for over 20 yrs.So I know there has to be the best food there.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My family has never had a meal from Dan's that wasn't delicious, well presented and hearty. It's been a go-to for our family after church on Sundays for good soul food for years!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Baked Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Peach Cobbler, Catfish, Red Beans, Fish, Smothered Chicken, Pot Roast, Sweet Potato Pie, Smothered Pork Chops, Turkey Wing, Dressing, Veggie Plate, Macaroni and Cheese, Macaroni & Cheese, Banana Pudding, Fried Chicken, Candied Yams, Mac and Cheese
I ordered a bake chicken meal. The macaroni was watery, the dressing was dry, the chicken was also dry, an the corn bread looked old. Very small portions and the food is overpriced. The guy that is on the register has a nasty unwelcoming attitude. Will not be returning, hate I wasted my money!
The food and service is excellent. The prices are very reasonable. Mr. Dan is very awesome and very polite. I would definitely come back. Also, I would recommend this restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I didn’t want to rate this establishment. I ordered smothered pork chops with rice Mac n cheese and cabbage. the rice was super hard not cooked all the way. Mac n cheese was soggy. I also ordered pot roast that was ok. I will neverrrrr eat from here again thee worst.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
Around 10 months ago I posted a good review about this place, but the last three visits the food quality has been horrible. My family has complained about the food not tasting fresh, I don't know if they are reusing food from the previous day, or if they have new cooks, but this issue needs to be resolved immediately.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
It's a hit and miss! The Sunday dinner was so good I went back a couple days later during the week and was disappointed!????
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dressing
I usually order online Ubereats, I decided to come in to order. When I came in the guy at the register had a real nasty attitude, the food was overcooked just sitting there for people not ordering it on the burners! I asked him to stir the foods he told me no it's good I told him no is not good I would like for it to be stirred! He refused started making the tray, the food was dried out, looked disgusting. I told him keep it..im good he never washed his hands. Fat guy, glasses, dirty clothes, funky attitude, customer service was horrible I'm disgusted that I ever ate from this restaurant it looks horrible & gross.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Restaurantji Recommends
The women behind the counter gave poor customers service on Father's Day, could have given me 4 pieces of pot roast instead of 2 and a half small pieces. I will not be back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Pot Roast
The Food was awful . no season at all. it's not worth the trip !!!
Atmosphere: 1
I use to go by there a lot .so I tried it out again the baked chicken is always red never cooked fully ...I was told it was donewish I could post this picture
Food: 1
Service: 3
My dad use to take me to Dans years ago. The food was always pretty good. Today, I decided to go because I haven’t had it in a while. I ordered the smothered chicken dinner w/ rice. ABSOLUTELY, DISGUSTING!!!?
My rice was uncooked. It literally taste like they poured the rice right out the box and put gravy on it. The chicken was nasty and had no flavor. The gravy was watery. Whoever made that mac & cheese can go to hell. I don’t even have a dog and wouldn’t feed my dog the meal I just purchased. Y’all basically sold me a container of garbage. Dine in is closed. Gone head and close the rest of the restaurant too.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I was debating between pizza and Dans. Decided to go with Dans, remembering the times I used to order and enjoy a good meal.First thing I noticed when my food arrived is that they didn't even include utensils as requested. How am I suppose to eat my food without utensils? Further more I ordered baked chicken with gravy, double side of dressing and yams with cabbage, I received canned greens and macaroni and cheese and zero gravy on my chicken. My dressing was only one serving instead of 2 like I paid for.Its one thing to receive the wrong order and another to not enjoy the food at all. The chicken is dry, dressing is very dry and tasteless, the greens are bland and soggy the Mac and cheese is a hard pass and the muffin was stale and had a nasty taste. The cabbage is fine, the only thing I had no issues with.I'm at a loss for words. This can't be the same Dans I enjoyed once before. I feel ripped off and saddened.Lesson learned, when in doubt, always go with your favorite pizza joint lbs!!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
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