Tasties Soul Food Restaurant Reviews Summary

Category: Soul food restaurant Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Address: 1214 N 52nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA

Phone: +12154770281

Rating: 3.2
based on 247 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Tasties food is good the shrimp pasta platter is my favorite but after a couple visits it can get kinda pricey but for the quality and, ingredients in Tasties food it's worth ever $15.00 spent."
  • "Food was really good."
  • "The salmon entree was tasty and so was the chicken and waffles."
  • "The food was OUT OF THIS WORLD."
  • "The food was very tasty and well served."
  • "Food was absolutely delicious! I had the fried Whiting and yams and cabbage."
  • "The whiting and Mac n cheese were delicious."

Cons:

  • "The food was so bad that I can't even leave a review."
  • "Fish was very dry and TASTELESS."
  • "Food was nasty. Yams had a nasty after taste."
  • "The food was absolutely HORRIBLE, the Mac and Cheese Was Mush and had a BIG wad of paper in it."
  • "The Mac and cheese was absolutely dry and disgusting."
  • "The food was very nasty. The whole platter lacked salt itself."
  • "The food looked good but was very bland."

Service

Pros:

  • "Customer service was very good."
  • "The restaurant/ staff were accommodating."
  • "Oh and can’t forget the young lady that took my order & gave me my food was very polite!"
  • "I was greeted by the server Kabir as soon as I walked in. He was nice and patient with me."
  • "The service was Wonderful and the young lady who waited on us was very friendly and knowledgeable about the food."
  • "The wait staff is attentive, and the location is perfect!"
  • "The customer service is outstanding, I haven’t had a bad experience with rudeness, bitterness, they smile and are very chill ppl."

Cons:

  • "The place was understaffed and the staff that was there was poorly trained, inattentive, did not have a basic understanding of table management or how to positively interact with guests."
  • "The service my family and I received was THE WORST."
  • "Horrible service!!!! The daughter owner LOGAN has a bad attitude."
  • "The staff was very Unprofessional and our waitress started to go back in forth with my friend about our wait time."
  • "The staff that work here are extremely rude."
  • "The service was awful. While the atmosphere and decor were nice the service was slow and cold."
  • "The service sucks! We made reservations for 6:30pm and was forced to wait over 1 hour for seating!"

Ambience

Pros:

  • "Good music. Nice ambience."
  • "The atmosphere was amazing. They had a live dj playing great music, everyone was dancing having a good time."
  • "Such a wonderfully decorated facility in the area where I grew up!"
  • "It's beautiful, from the chairs to the chandeliers gorgeous."
  • "The place was clean and pretty inside."
  • "Urban fare in a cute quaint place. Very clean."
  • "Fine dine on Soul Food in the dining area, or private back room."

Cons:

  • "This place is extremely ghetto !! I came to order food they gave me food that was for someone else because 'they took too long' then the food they gave me got me SO SICK."
  • "Dirty burn holes in the chairs from smoking hooka!!"
  • "It was HOT AS HELL inside. It was a SAUNA in the bathroom as well."
  • "Painting and caulking while ppl are eating is a red flag for the Department of Health to be notified!"
  • "Smelled like trash in the eating area and back hall!!!"
  • "The place was dark and dirty looking but I guess that's what you get when you go to the hood."
  • "The restaurant is full of flies and they need hair nets."

Price

Pros:

  • "The portions are a good amount."
  • "The menu prices are reasonable (entrees ranged between $15-$40)."
  • "Price was amazing tho and service was fast."

Cons:

  • "It was extremely overpriced."
  • "The food was mediocre, at best, overpriced, and slow service."
  • "Tasties food is good the shrimp pasta platter is my favorite but after a couple visits it can get kinda pricey but for the quality and, ingredients in Tasties food it's worth ever $15.00 spent."
  • "The food is mad over priced for the quality."
  • "180.00 for brunch for 4 adults and 3 children? Since when did whiting, grits and a glass of water cost 30.00?"
  • "With all of the surprise fees and unreasonably priced food and drinks, our food was nearly $300."
  • "Food was very expensive and how it tasted didn’t match the price."

Payment Options

Pros:

  • "Customer service was very good."

Cons:

  • "The only problem was that they only took cash for payment."
  • "To be told they can not accept any other form of payment other than cash is not good business."
  • "First they Do Not Except Credit Cards 'Cash Only'."
  • "They are cash only for brunch as well."
  • "Before we were even greeted, we were told that they didn’t accept anything but cash."
  • "And by the way it’s CASH ONLY🙄"
  • "It was a disappointment that they did not accept credit cards."

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