Tastie Soul Food

This was a unexpected experience to visit here. They host Private parties on Saturdays upstairs lounge. The upstairs is only open Fridays and Sundays to public which is beautiful by the way. Food and drinks was amazing with great portions. Just a little expensive so don’t come here broke. Great servers! Free parking with excellent Hookahs. Thank you for creating such a cool and relaxing spot.

I would give zero stars if I could. I love to support a black owned business, but this place needs some serious organization. We had a reservation to celebrate a birthday and called to reconfirm the day before. We were told there must have been a mix up because they don’t do brunch on that day. Meanwhile there was a whole text thread from the initial reservation request. Red flag #1. A month later we try again for the next birthday and get the right day. This time we were told while being seated “there’s a $20 per person entry fee and it comes with a mimosa”. Red flag #2-An entry fee for a restaurant? At this point it was too late to get reservations elsewhere, but in hindsight we should’ve left then! This is something that should be shared when making the reservation. We overheard other tables complaining about the same thing. The food was mediocre, at best, overpriced, and slow service. The bill was obnoxious for such a basic brunch. Don’t ignore the red flags!! Save your time and money for a place that knows how to treat their customers.

Ok so not only was the prices waaaaaay too high. I literally paid $19 for this platter for me to get this miniature piece of salmon. When I asked about this I was told this is 8 oz of salmon in which it’s clearly not. Then to top it off I was gonna buy a slice of cake. They had the nerve to charge $8 a SLICE!!!! Food tasted mediocre to nasty. I would NEVER refer to come here again. Horrible place!!!

Was lookin for a soulfood spot in Philly and came across this place. Tasties Upscale. I guess they consider it upscale for that neighborhood. We walk in and the security guard is leaned over the bar eating out of a takeout container when he should be eating out of site. The DJ was in the front of restaurant and the music was so loud like it was a club and it was only 3 o'clock. And I shouldn't have to yell my order to our waitress. I asked to sit in the back cuz the music was so loud. We both ordered their version of chicken Alfredo which was a decent size portion and tasted decent but the price I felt was alil high but I figured ok it's Covid and everyone is raising prices. How u call yourself Upscale but u don't have actual metal utensils,cloth napkins and glassware,but our food did come on a real plate. Our waitress only came around to check on us once and I thought it's highly ridiculous that they only take cash and no credit which they should have a sign stating that on the front door and not when ur bout to pay ur bill. Our waitress never gave us our bill so we had to walk up to the front to pay. We get to the front and the waitresses were all huddled up on their phones,the security guard was at the bar takin hits off the Hookah pipe when a group of 4 young adults came in and the security guard gets up off his stool and blows out a large puff of smoke as he tells them to open their purses so he can look inside and he patted down the guy that was with them. I'm like am I at a restaurant or a club. I get they're trying to create a party like atmosphere but kick that off after 8,9 o'clock and just lower the volume sum and have it as background music. I doubt I will ever come back or recommend this place. Should be a sign that there's more negative reviews then positive ones. Just cuz we're Black we shouldn't have to accept mediocre service,especially if we're paying that amount of money for food and drinks.

03/19/22 was my first time coming here and my last ! The service was so slow! Even with a reservation very slow ! And then we finally get our food after being seated for an hour and a half they forgot one of our orders. We had to wait about 30 mins for waffles. Fast forward we ask to speak to a manager and her daughter Logan comes by very rude full of attitude says she will take 20 percent off the bill but just adds it back on for the servers tip overall the has been a horrible experience I WILL NEVER RETURN NOT WORTH THE TIME OR MONEY !