Gotten take out from here a few times and its consistently good southern food - fried chicken, mac n cheese, corn bread and greens is my go to now. Enjoy!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The Audacity
The food is so so. If you’re looking for BLACK black grandma’s soul food, unfortunately this place isn’t it. The fried chicken lacked seasoning and still had hairs on it!! I stopped eating it, folks burn those off in my community.
The catfish was also low on seaonsing. The Mac is okay but it’s not all that, the greens are good but basically taste more like water than greens. The sweet potato pie is also on the barely flavorful side, doesnt taste like cinnamon, nutmeg, or anything was added. This is a great soul food spot for a person from Cambridge, however you want to interpret that. It feels very church plate esque.
Cost wise, this place is expensive for generally ok food. $30 for barely seasoned catfish and two sides is a lot to me, but again, this is Cambridge.
Further this place has extremely unreliable hours. I do appreciate that the people are nice and generally fast, it is a small business. However, I don’t know how they’re staying above water only being open Wednesday/Thurs at 3pm (??) and Fri/Sat. They would benefit from having more consistent daily hrs, and potentially a new cook.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
Daniella Nkoudou
Food is 7.5/10. Customer service is 2.5/10.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Alex B
Totally delicious! The fried chicken is WOW, crispy, fresh, and juicy. The collard greens are perfect, and the mac and cheese is pure perfection. The crispy catfish is spot-on, and the sweet potato pie is the best I’ve ever had. On top of that, the owners and staff are exceptionally kind. Tiny cute spot probably best for take out then planning to dine in!!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Susana Mayor
I came here with my date and ordered fried chicken, Mac and greens. They legit skipped our order and started serving newer customers food before us!!! and it took them 39 minutes until our food was ready. Sorry it shouldn't take that long to cook such a simple meal. My date almost left. Pathetic
Chicken fried in old oil, Chicken over cooked and dry, Mac and cheese dry, greens are over-cooked!. Maybe I will just come here for the cornbread.
Tashawd murray
Best..food..ever 🥹
Tracey
Small Cafe but a very quaint little place with great soul food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Geralyn Evans
This place is AMAZING! We ordered the ribs, fried chicken, candied yams, mac and cheese, and vanilla cake. Everything, and I do mean everything, was a 10/10! The place is super cozy and cute. They have a wide variety of dishes to pick from on their menu which I really appreciated. I will be back soon! (I placed my order over the phone and it was all ready for me when I arrived about 15 min after I called) :)
The soul food is great and very reasonably priced. We got the jerk chicken sandwich with fries, the fried catfish, and three sides - collard greens, mac n cheese, and candied yams. We could tell the yams were NOT canned, and the greens were on point. The mac was really good and fresh also. Only two recs would be to add some more salt to the fries, add more seasoning to the mac and cheese, and use less white sugar/more brown sugar on the yams. All that being said, we will totally go back here when we are in town.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Melissa
I was looking forward to trying this place based on the reviews, but the food didn’t live up to my expectations. The chicken was over fried and lacked flavor, and it tasted like the oil may have been old. The mac and cheese was also on the dry side, collard greens were good, and best part of the plate was their cornbread. . Overall I give my plate 7/10..
The best food, as close to Grandma's Blackened Catfish, as you can get. Yum!! But make no mistake, it's onpar with going to a hole in the wall, it small and I had to elbow my way to the front counter. But it's well worth that tiny bit of hassle.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Tony Long (Captain Long)
I have nothing but respect for the coast cafe. They are my go to for authentic soul food and the people there are like family.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Joshua Brandon
Great food, speaking as a southerner. Wish they had sweet tea though
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jireh Huang
Only few would understand these following words:
Food that comes from the soul is becoming a rarity. Why? It requires a certain individual to do things that normal society nowadays are not willing to partake in. The sacrifices that come with avoiding shortcuts, with choosing to maintain tradition, with maintaining quality over profit…those things are truly something that has become impossible to find.
I’ll keep this review short. Just take it from someone who actually knows what goes on behind the scenes *here* and appreciates it. Family business for 20+ years, doing the same thing following family recipes from grandma and doing her proud sharing the gem of food that they still serve up to this day. Mind you, it’s easy to be complacent…but they choose not to be.
If you want fried chicken that is cooked well Mississippi style (or fulfill whatever “south” you hail from) from scratch, this be your spot. It’s Boston. You can have real fried chicken or you can have “whatever” fried chicken. I rather have “real” fried chicken to appease one who actually has significantly travelled the south.
Those who know. I’ll see you there.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lia Te
I got the fried catfish plate with yams and Mac and cheese. I love soul food, but this was so disappointing. Everything tasted old and microwaved. The Mac and cheese was dry and the fried catfish was soft and nothing tasted freshly made. Everything was at least seasoned and the cornbread was good but those are the only positives.
Gotten take out from here a few times and its consistently good southern food - fried chicken, mac n cheese, corn bread and greens is my go to now. Enjoy!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is so so. If you’re looking for BLACK black grandma’s soul food, unfortunately this place isn’t it. The fried chicken lacked seasoning and still had hairs on it!! I stopped eating it, folks burn those off in my community.
The catfish was also low on seaonsing. The Mac is okay but it’s not all that, the greens are good but basically taste more like water than greens. The sweet potato pie is also on the barely flavorful side, doesnt taste like cinnamon, nutmeg, or anything was added. This is a great soul food spot for a person from Cambridge, however you want to interpret that. It feels very church plate esque.
Cost wise, this place is expensive for generally ok food. $30 for barely seasoned catfish and two sides is a lot to me, but again, this is Cambridge.
Further this place has extremely unreliable hours. I do appreciate that the people are nice and generally fast, it is a small business. However, I don’t know how they’re staying above water only being open Wednesday/Thurs at 3pm (??) and Fri/Sat. They would benefit from having more consistent daily hrs, and potentially a new cook.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
Food is 7.5/10. Customer service is 2.5/10.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
Totally delicious! The fried chicken is WOW, crispy, fresh, and juicy. The collard greens are perfect, and the mac and cheese is pure perfection. The crispy catfish is spot-on, and the sweet potato pie is the best I’ve ever had. On top of that, the owners and staff are exceptionally kind. Tiny cute spot probably best for take out then planning to dine in!!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
I came here with my date and ordered fried chicken, Mac and greens. They legit skipped our order and started serving newer customers food before us!!! and it took them 39 minutes until our food was ready. Sorry it shouldn't take that long to cook such a simple meal. My date almost left. Pathetic
Chicken fried in old oil, Chicken over cooked and dry, Mac and cheese dry, greens are over-cooked!. Maybe I will just come here for the cornbread.
Best..food..ever 🥹
Small Cafe but a very quaint little place with great soul food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
This place is AMAZING! We ordered the ribs, fried chicken, candied yams, mac and cheese, and vanilla cake. Everything, and I do mean everything, was a 10/10! The place is super cozy and cute. They have a wide variety of dishes to pick from on their menu which I really appreciated. I will be back soon! (I placed my order over the phone and it was all ready for me when I arrived about 15 min after I called) :)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Candied Yams, Ribs, Jerk Chicken, Mac \u0026 Cheese, Cornbread Muffin, Wing, Vanilla Cake, Fried Chicken Wings
The soul food is great and very reasonably priced. We got the jerk chicken sandwich with fries, the fried catfish, and three sides - collard greens, mac n cheese, and candied yams. We could tell the yams were NOT canned, and the greens were on point. The mac was really good and fresh also. Only two recs would be to add some more salt to the fries, add more seasoning to the mac and cheese, and use less white sugar/more brown sugar on the yams. All that being said, we will totally go back here when we are in town.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
I was looking forward to trying this place based on the reviews, but the food didn’t live up to my expectations. The chicken was over fried and lacked flavor, and it tasted like the oil may have been old. The mac and cheese was also on the dry side, collard greens were good, and best part of the plate was their cornbread. . Overall I give my plate 7/10..
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The best food, as close to Grandma's Blackened Catfish, as you can get. Yum!!
But make no mistake, it's onpar with going to a hole in the wall, it small and I had to elbow my way to the front counter. But it's well worth that tiny bit of hassle.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
I have nothing but respect for the coast cafe. They are my go to for authentic soul food and the people there are like family.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food, speaking as a southerner. Wish they had sweet tea though
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Only few would understand these following words:
Food that comes from the soul is becoming a rarity. Why? It requires a certain individual to do things that normal society nowadays are not willing to partake in. The sacrifices that come with avoiding shortcuts, with choosing to maintain tradition, with maintaining quality over profit…those things are truly something that has become impossible to find.
I’ll keep this review short. Just take it from someone who actually knows what goes on behind the scenes *here* and appreciates it. Family business for 20+ years, doing the same thing following family recipes from grandma and doing her proud sharing the gem of food that they still serve up to this day. Mind you, it’s easy to be complacent…but they choose not to be.
If you want fried chicken that is cooked well Mississippi style (or fulfill whatever “south” you hail from) from scratch, this be your spot. It’s Boston. You can have real fried chicken or you can have “whatever” fried chicken. I rather have “real” fried chicken to appease one who actually has significantly travelled the south.
Those who know. I’ll see you there.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I got the fried catfish plate with yams and Mac and cheese. I love soul food, but this was so disappointing. Everything tasted old and microwaved. The Mac and cheese was dry and the fried catfish was soft and nothing tasted freshly made. Everything was at least seasoned and the cornbread was good but those are the only positives.
Food: 1
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