Ordered dressing for Thanksgiving that was awful! Looks like most of their food is cooked in the morning then sold throughout the day perhaps even preheated for the next day. Very poor customer service skills among staff. Spoke with Reggie?? over the phone he seemed polite and patient but the older man struck me as rude and unappreciative for my business. Take it or leave it attitude. read more

The food wasn't good like it use to be. I ordered chicken & dressing, cabbage and potato salad. The chicken was dry with a black spot on it. I did manage to eat some of the chicken. The cabbage was hard needed to be cooked more. The potato salad was terrible. I threw it in the garbage. I paid $23 with delivery. This Restaurant should be required to reimburse their customers half of the bill. read more

I haven't been to the restaurant in several months so I decided to go today and my experience was Really disappointing. I ordered the turkey wing and sadly it wasn't tender and was pale in color. The string beans and corn were from a can. It's sad this place food quality has gone down in my opinion read more

The food has the potential to earn a 5-star rating; I would try it again. I had the corn muffin, which had a good flavor but was too dry for me to finish. The pot roast with dressing was definitely a good choice, but the mac and cheese could have been cheesier and had more sour cream flavor. read more

Food wasn't good at all turkey wings taste old, dressing taste spoil , yams and greens were out the can....haven't been there in years once I saw how the food looked I should've turned around....Smh!!! read more

A friend brought me a turkey wing dinner with dressing it was delicious. Especially when you're hungering for a good soul food meal. (Add seasoning) read more

With all the bad reviews how can you refer this place...Here is mine Went there yesterday for my Mom she wanted a CATFISH dinner not a SWAI dinner... that fish that most are trying to pass off as CATFISH and you charged 16.99 for that mess! She was so mad first of all she's 96 yrs old so she knows her Catfish...The cabbage was bland and the spaghetti was just ok...The cashier is rude as hell and he stated that! I won't be back...Right now Dan's is riding on their reputation from years ago when the older woman was there and the food was good...Dan's is going to be the next Soul Food restaurant that bites the dust it has fell far from grace...BIG TIME! read more

Hello world! Have you ever walked into a restaurant and it felt just like home? Well, this is definitely the spot! The ambiance, the table settings, the friendliness of the servers and the chefs, feels just like family. Our experience was amazing from beginning to end. We were a party of 15! I enjoyed the catfish; perfectly seasoned, hot and fresh. The collard greens were delish and those candied yams oh, my. Not to mention the hot from the oven corn muffins. PLEASE do not take my word for it, go see for yourself! By the way, they do "take-out" orders! read more

Dan's Soul Food and Cafe - Catfish Platter! - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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The prices are outrageous even before the food market had, double Dan's Bakery was already charging higher prices. I really missed the mom that started there over 20 years ago now the green beans and the greens taste like they just come out of a can. This is not Soul Food. read more

Okay Dan's you're done! I don't know if you're trying to kill us or what. I had baked chicken mashed potatoes green beans (I got greens in my plate and had to go back) and Mac and cheese. Those mashed potatoes had so much salt it was ridiculous I threw them on the ground as you can see from the picture. I didn't want to go back in cause frankly your waitresses have attitude and I don't want any of the smoke. I'm so mad because the first time I ordered from here the food was delicious. I even bragged to others about it but these past couple of visits have been more than disappointing.. I spent $16 and I'm pretty pissed because these canned greens and mashed potatoes was not it. The metiocre chicken was barely passing and let's not discuss this Mac and cheese. But like I said you're done. I'm going to have to find a new soul food restaurant. Patrons enter at your own risk read more

Dan's Soul Food and Cafe - Mashed potatoes - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Do not order from here. I repeat, do not order from here. I ordered the chicken and waffle dinner which comes with two sides. Not only did they only sent me one side, the mac and cheese, it was cold. I was told that it was the driver's fault that it arrived cold. But everything else was warm. They also forgot to include my carrot cake and when I mentioned that they accused me of lying and said that everything was packed. customer service was horrible and the lady was unprofessional. I would never order from Dans Soul food again. Luckily I got my refund through grubhub. A Friday date night with the hubby ruin. At least grubhub knows how to treat a customer. read more

You all screwed up all three of my dinners! You either can't read nor write, or just didn't care. I ordered yams for all 3 dinners and you gave 2 green beans and 1 cabbage. If you need to hire new staff, just say that. read more

Dan's Soul Food and Cafe - Messed up food - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I came hear and upon entering one of the guys was just plain rude. I laughed it off as the other guy was pleasant. He was upset that I came in at 7:40 I guess. I ordered 4 plates and 2 sides of yams which came to about $80. The dude continue to be rude. My family and I used to be frequent customers but the food started to go down hill and we stopped patronizing this place. The food was horrible!! I literally spit it out and went and got McDonald's. I'm not sure what's going on there but the food had no taste whatsoever it also was cold. The only thing that was actually pretty good was the yams which I assume is why you have to pay extra. I came hear just to give them one last try as the other place I frequent is closed on Tuesday, that was my last and final time! I miss the older ladies that were there a couple years back! read more

The food was decent but it didn't knock me off my feet. I ordered the baked chicken with cabbage and green beans. I was expecting it to me exceptional because my mom loves it. The chicken was a bit dry and the portion size was small. For $15, I expected more chicken. I will give them another chance and try something else on the menu. read more

Dan's Soul Food and Cafe - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Well a tile floor and sanitary contractor I meet on LinkedIn and became friends introduce me to this particular soul food restaurant because he has a good Liaison with the owner nickname "Dolphin". Anyways I ended up eating his short ribs dinner with 3 sides of your traditional Black American soul food. It was delicious . For the money you spent despite me getting it for free as a treat out was worth it. Being Pinoy Filipino American. The ribs the way they were cooked was boiled and soft. It tasted similar as well as had the texture to a Home cooked Filipino dish called "Nelaga". Only it was not garnish with Cabbage, carrots fish sauce called "Patis" and potatoes. It came with so many choices of 3 sides. I ended up getting the base with white rice instead of mashed potatoes and the sides I got was string green beans which was cooked great, traditional collard greens no ham and black eye peas which had a miled but pleasant smoky aftertaste. The owner being a African American/Black owned restaurant liked Pinoy Filipinos and he allowed us to dine in instead of carry-out which my business floor contractor friend wanted to do but he felt trapped. Lol. The owner offered a sweet potato pie which was tasty good too on the house. I did appreciate his hospitality and I plan to come back to try his other signature dish which is a chicken. this is soul food so I'm not surprised and there's so many soul food places in Chicago South side but this one's another good one that's been here for 28 years. He had a lot of interesting not sure if their paintings of African American or black Americans fighting the Civil war and the most interesting was a black African American version of The last supper of Christ. Interesting. read more

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The food is decent like grandma's, but here's the problem. Ordered 3 entrees only received 2. Called back got someone they said they would try to get it to me, that didn't happen. Asked to be refunded person said fine they will let the manager know. Called again the next day asked for a call back, never got it nor are they picking up the phone. This all started Sunday and now its Thursday. UberEats isn't any help they say I got my order even though items are missing. Not giving my money in support of this black business again and F@%k UberEats also!!!!! read more

My friends and I are all originally from Chicago just not the Southside. We wanted to eat southern/homestyle food without leaving the area. We googled and decided to try Dan's. It was easy to find right next to a bbq place that smelled delicious...but I digress. We walked in around 130p on a Thursday afternoon the place was empty with the exception of Auntie, Grandma and Little Nephew. We sat ourselves in the bright dining room. The decor was lovely and the tables were dressed and cleaned. My only angst was there was a visible pile of dirty dishes by the door of the kitchen. Auntie came and took our orders. We ordered various things...smothered pork chops..baked chicken...meatloaf...dressing..red beans &rice...macaroni & cheese..greens...and peach cobbler to go. I would have given them 5. My nieces plate came out piping hot so I was super excited! The rest of our plates came and they were plated very well. However, my food was lukewarm at best and I had the Mac & cheese sent back to be reheated (I really should have sent the whole plate.) That was actually a test for me...I feel like you should never reheat and bring back the same dish. I feel that I should have been given a new dish of hot food..but ...again I digress. I heard Auntie fussing at Grandma'nem in the back and said that they forgot to heat the food. I completely understand with the amount of selections they offer the food may be prepared earlier in the day, however, the food should be kept at temp. Don't straddle that food safety. That's not a place to cut costs. The food was good. It's like eating at Mama's house for Thanksgiving. They were really nice and welcoming. I'm glad to have supported them. My bill came to $85 for the 5 of us. read more

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Food was fresh and hot. Service was friendly and fast. Workers were pleasant and welcoming.

I ordered on Uber eats and it was popping hot when it arrived. Great portion size and delicious. It wasn't over seasoned. The cake was small for the price but once I took my first bite I realized it was well worth it!! read more

Dan's Soul Food and Cafe - Chicken & Waffles w/ Macaroni & Cheese and a delicious slice of lemon cake! - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Great soul food, the food is tasty and you get good portions for the price!!! Love the sweet potato pie and peach cobbler!!!!

Smh.....i really try to support black businesses, I really do, but getting the phone hung up in my face when I call with a valid complaint does not help at all. For the second time, some items I had paid for were not in my bag. So check your bags folks! Don't just trust they put everything in there! This place needs to address customer service skills with their employees. read more

Nice to have such an establishment in the neighborhood for our soul food requirements. Please watch the salt in your dressing and place a bit more attention to refreshing your take out. I would hate to think the food wasn't fresh. I'll keep on coming as long as you keep up the quality of food. read more

Dan's Soul Food and Cafe - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This place has the best dressing I've ever had outside of my kitchen. I am looking forward to going back and trying other food options. I had their smothered pork chops and my daughter had their meatloaf. The portions are huge. Well worth the money spent. The deserts were delicious as well. read more

Ordered meatloaf, mash potatoes with side Lima beans. I love love Lima beans. So was very excited to see this spot serve them. Last time I ordered the Beans, they were a bit salty, figured was a one time fluke and I still ate them. Ordered Lima beans again today and they are extremely salty and unable to eat them. Please cut back on the salt. read more

The worse soul food I ever had in my life. I ordered door dash, the only good thing was my order was correct and the food was still hot. Other than that the food was trash, and I actually threw it in the garbage. The Mac n cheese was salty and not cheesy at all. The greens tasted and looked like canned greens and lacked seasoning tasted like water. The dressing wow the dressing was the worse part, I'm sorry but I couldn't tell if I was eating dog food or real food. I had never in my life tasted dressing that awful I couldn't even stomach it and it had a weird smell. I ordered peach cobbler I was it was basically soup and lacked any crust and the peaches were huge. The fried chicken and cornbread muffin were decent and fresh that's it. I would never ever go to this place again so disappointed. read more

Dan's is pretty good. I ordered the catfish, mac & cheese and black eyed peas. The portions are pretty good. The catfish was perfectly seasoned, the mac & cheese was good. The black eyed peas weren't done. If it wasn't for the black eyed peas being undercooked, they would've been a 5! read more

The food was disgusting. Everything. I had spaghetti, bbq chicken, mashed potatoes, macaroni, and cornbread. My boyfriend had salmon croquettes, mac n cheese, rice, spaghetti, cornbread, sweet potato pie, and oatmeal raisin cookies. All of it was nasty. read more

Food was great will return this week, we ordered the Smoothered Chicken with Dressing Black Eye Peas, Macaroni with Cheese and extra Sweet Potatoes, the Macaroni did not taste homemade it was ok everything else taste great, I also ordered the Veggie Plate which is 3 Sides and 2 Cornbread Muffins I got Spaghetti with Ground Beef in it, Cabbage and Mac and Cheese again everything the delicious, will be returning. The location is great and the restaurant is nice and clean everything is behind glass cafeteria style. I recommend this restauran. read more

Dan's Soul Food and Cafe - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Tried today for the 1st time, meatloaf was tasty, dressing was pretty good, and the sweet potato pie was GREAT! Now the mac and cheese was mushy, the greens were unseasoned and the peach cobbler was just bad, my cobbler was extra juicy, lacked crust and just was not good. I dont think I will be back but give it a try, soul food is different for everyone, you might like it. read more

The guy talks over the food spitting all over your food, gives you little sides, they unprofessional and charge to much dressing ain't real dressing we gotta pay a up charge for yams read more

The food was sooooo gud and not salty like others places i really like how we came late and still got great food .... must try again

When I got there no one was there to greet me me there is a bell you have to ring I rung it twice still no one came to help, so I called that's when when a lady came to the front saw me asked was I here to pick up I said no she said hold on and when back to the back another customer same in the lady came back to the front the other customer said I have a pick up. The order was not ready and she made there order before taking mines. Now its my turn to order I ordered the smoothed pork chops dinner over mashed potatoes and my 2 sides were mac n cheese and greens. The pork chops was over cooked and dry the mac n cheese was not baked no flavor no cheese like it was cooked on the stove top, the greens just ugh the tasted like can greens with no seasoning no smoked meat or turkey meat. the whole meal was nasty and not worth $18.75. After eating it my stomach starting hurting and I had to throw up what I did eat. read more

Catfish, greens, sweet potatoes... THIS IS ALL V FLAME. The Mac isn't my mom's Mac per se but it is too yummy. Definitely recommend read more

Dan's Soul Food and Cafe - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Underwhelming. It was a slow time, but I was ignored by the worker behind the ceiling-to-floor plexiglass for quite awhile. Veggie plate comes with 3 sides but yams are $1 extra (wth?). There was some drama among the staff, followed by a prolonged hunt among them for a nickel to give me my change. Food was so-so. I'm too done. read more

I started ordering from small local restaurants to support, unfortunately I won't be ordering again. I was disappointed with my order. Ordered off Uber eats a T bone steak sandwich that comes with fries and drink, but instead received a pork chop sandwich that's came with NO drink, no bread on fries only. I do not understand how you can confuse pork with beef? And yet a sandwich with no bread? There are other places to order from instead. read more

It's a pretty good place overall. I ordered chicken & waffles. Chicken was yummy but waffles were soggy. Also they forgot my sides so I was a little sad eating it. Hoping next visit is a lot better! read more

Great food and portions! We went in and got through the line fast. I love the base side option with your meat along with two regular sides! This was my first time and I will be back! read more

Dan's Soul Food and Cafe - Bakeries Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This is NOT SOUL FOOD!!!! Ordered the rib tips, Mac and cheese and cornbread dressing.......TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE!!!! Mac and cheese looks to have come out the box and even box Mac and cheese taste better. Cornbread dressing...... naw, was gritty like sand was in it. Rib tips blah. At least the sweet potato pie was decent read more

Best home cooked food I've ever had from a restaurant. The meatloaf tastes like an actual grandmother made it. The greens are fire. The corn muffins are moist. I will definitely be eating here again - soon. read more

If you have a hankerin' for greens, smothered chicken, sweet potato pie, banana puddin', fried fish, it is a good stop, They are very friendly and have a dining room you can to eat in. It pays t order ahead and it takes a while when you are waiting. read more