I'm from LA and I wanted some good cooking so I ordered Oxtail over rice and it was the best…read moredecision I've ever made. I believe the granddaughter was working and she was so sweet! She was playing some fire music da kitchen also. Thank you that was amazing!

Ordered takeout here at Johnnie Mae's and I was very pleased…read more The Cajun shrimp PoBoy was delicious with the perfect balance of shrimp, bun, and toppings. I don't think I've ever had a better one. The 1/2 order of jambalaya also excellent and properly spiced. My grandson enjoyed his chicken strips and fries. I also liked my Cajun fries and Jamaican cola. I look forward to returning here again soon to try some other tasty options on their menu, including red beans and rice, collard greens, oxtail, etc. The owners were very nice and the food was ready for pickup right on time. I will be back.

Baybeeeee, We were visiting Joliet for one of my good platonic male friend's wedding. A old college…read morebuddy visited this place w/ his wife early and posted about it on the wedding fb page. We quickly went to support this business & they didn't disappoint. The service was good, the owner and cooks were nice, & the food was excellent. There's FREE parking right next door. Its small but worth the wait. We sat down and ate along with taking orders back to the hotel for later (winded up sharing some w/ ppl). I HIGHLY recommend this place.

I thought I had me a new spot! Nope... The service was a 4. The chicken Wings were a 5. The oxtails…read morewere a 1. Smh! The fried foods which are hopefully prepared to order, were fresh, hot, and tasty. The oxtails were old, hard, and cold. I can't believe they sold me those things! Disappointed is an understatement! I didnt eat the cold sides either. I would return for items I believe that are cooked to order. Stay away from things earlier prepped/prepared.

My first time dining here. I had the Catfish Steak Dinner with a side of Potato Salad and Yams. It…read morealso came with Cornbread. To drink I had coffee and a glass of water. The food was very good! The service was friendly and good. I will be returning again. Looking forward to trying breakfast!

I should've listened to my husband and walked back out after we walked in and the place was empty…read moreand there was no smell of food cooking. The fried chicken tasted disgusting likes it had been cooked and recooked. The jerk chicken was dry. The cabbage was mushy and under seasoned. The yams were passable, the Mac n cheese and baked beans tasted gross

Came in for lunch with three others. 3 meatloaves and 1 catfish plate later and we were all stuffed…read moreand happy. The greens flavored with turkey were perfect. If you are in the mood for a meal that feels like a celebration then check this place out! Ate it all down too quickly to get pictures. You will just have to come in to try it!

Give it a try! Don't have a photo, the food was gone too quick! Sent my teens in to get the food…read moreand they said the service was good and everyone was really nice. Will grab a photo next time: we tried the chicken and waffles, wings with Mac n cheese, greens, candied yams. Everything was 5 stars.

We visited the restaurant for lunch. My friend enjoyed his sides. My order was sent back, since…read morethe cook prepared it incorrectly. Who decided to put cheese in a fried chicken bowl?? Since it took so long to be corrected it became an order to go. No offer was made to compensate us for the mixup in the order or the time it took to to give me another order. Poor customer service. Nothing special about the greens or mac&cheese. I will not be back.

I've been wanting to try this place for awhile so finally, 10/15/25 was the day. My friend and I…read moremade the drive from the city of Chicago to Monee, IL which was about 40 minutes. We get there and there is a cute young girl who greets us with an apron and chef's hat on. She seats us and takes our order - she was our waitress which surprised us. I ordered a cup of chicken noodle soup to have before my meal. I'm glad I got a cup and not a bowl. The cup was only half full. The soup was lacking flavor so I added pepper. The woman who is GrannyMa delivered the soup. She didn't speak to us or anything the entire time while we were there which didn't feel too nice. They were sold out of the beef liver, beef shortribs and sweet potatoes. We ordered the fried chicken (menu states it takes 20-25 minutes for the chicken) and the salmon croquettes. Each dinner comes with 2 sides each so we got the macaroni and cheese, green beans, dressing and mostaccioli (slight extra charge for the mostaccioli). Fried chicken was crispy and delicious! Seasoned well. The croquettes were good also - they give you two big patties in the dinner. We weren't impressed with the green beans as you can tell they came out of a can. The dressing was only okay. The mac and cheese was pretty good but the best side was the mostaccioli - it had a layer of cheese on top and was really yummy. I wish I had gotten that as a meal, it was that good and highly recommend it. For dessert I got the peach cobbler sundae which is peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream on top. The cobbler sauce was very thin. I like cobbler that has alot of flaky crust but this didn't have that but it still was good enough to eat the whole thing. The young girl brought us our bill. The prices are so reasonable for what you get. Our bill was only $62 with tax for all of what we had. The place is bright with warm colors inside. We conversated with the son-in-law to GrannyMa's, he was very nice and personable. Although the young girl was sweet, I felt some kind of way of her being our waitress because clearly she is underage to be working. We were told they have a Sunday brunch from 11-3 that includes a DJ. To my friend and I, the food overall was either hit or miss. One review mention about GrannyMa engaging them in conversation - she never came over to our table except to drop off the soup and she is the owner of the restaurant. Not a good way in customer service if you ask me. Overall, okay.

Had to get some fritters! I haven't been here in years, but always remember great times with old…read morefarm house vibes. Fried chicken was crispy on outside and juicy meat just like I remember. The fritters did not disappoint, sweet, sugary and savory. Mmmmmm nice and hot food. I've never eaten inside but seems like a ton of tables inside. I did take out and the cashier was friendly. Food came out fast. Next time we'll have to sit down and eat in!

A venerable landmark since there was little else out here on Joliet road, and a leviathan among…read morerestaurants. And they sure do know how to fry a chicken. Based on food, that 2-star above would be a "4". It's a family-run establishment, and therein lies the reason for the 2-star mark. They have rules. Oboy, do they have rules. When you order the chicken, they bring it out "family style", and only the folks who order the chicken can sup from the bowls. They put out relishes and yummy corn fritters, but don't think you're going to get to take them along in the doggie bag. You can rent a seat for $10.41, if you don't order a full dinner; and your kids can rent their seats for $5.20, if THEY don't order a dinner. There's a "Lettuce salad" for $8.63, but only at that price if you order WITHOUT croutons. Apparently the WFF folks didn't swing when the crouton futures were favorable. For the record, "croutons" are nowhere on the menu...at any price. There was a scowling manager who reminded me of Basil Fawlty (q.v.). It seemed she was annoyed by the customers. Their policy is NO SPLIT CHECKS. That's okay, we have calculators on our fones. We were a party of four, a regular dining quartet, and it is our custom that no one picks up the entire check. Sometimes one or more of us pays cash for their portion and others have a card. We'll say: "charge each card $40, and here's $50 in cash". Round numbers, easy peasy. (which actually results in a bonus for the server 'cos the tip turns out to be greater than normal) We've never encountered a problem at any resto (who accepts credit cards) when it came to giving them payment in this fashion. O, but there was a problem here. One of our 4 didnt have any cash and needed to pay with his card, but was told "No, you can't!" The fellow with the Card was so offended, he said he was going to skip dinner, and just have a Diet Coke. But that would trigger the $10.41 "I ain't eatin'" fee. Well. It stupefies me that ANY establishment would kick back at customers wanting to pay their bill. The waitress was adamant that we could not proffer varied payments for our bill. We asked for a manager, and Ms. Fawlty sidled up to our table. They kept insisting there was "NO SPLIT CHECK", but we weren't ASKING for a split check. The ask was on the SUM TOTAL (with generous tip added). We even made the ask in "round numbers" They didn't have to do any math. I thought I was going to have to pull up an Esperanto translator to get her to understand we weren't asking to SPLIT the check. After some sprightly conversation, the loose wire in the old bag's noggin hit the right contact and then she grokked what we were proposing. I thought I saw sparks coming from her right ear, but it might have been a trick of the light. Luckily, the guy with the card could now eat. The aggregate service was fine, with the above exception, and as I said above, the food IS top-notch. Even beyond Chicken-- the Steak here is very good. My carping here nonetheless, it's a fun place to go, and you are guaranteed a fine feed. But if you're in mixed company, work out who is going to grab the tab before you sit down...

Loved this place. They supported other local businesses in Elmhurst, and they had really good food…read more The pulled pork fries were delicious! Sorry to hear they've closed.

Stopped in this afternoon for a late lunch early dinner. Place was very clean! My husband had the…read moremeatloaf with potato salad and fries. I had the rib eye sandwich with macaroni and cheese. Our food was delicious! My husband loved the meatloaf. He said it was very flavorful and tasted differently than any other meatloaf he's had. The fries were very well seasoned. The corn fritters were very good! The ribeye sandwich was very good. The meat was chopped and was very flavorful and savory. The Mac and cheese was really good. We'll be back to try some of the other dishes on the menu. Please give this place a try. You won't regret it. Thank you Abby for a great meal!!!

The food was amazing . I had the porkchop dinner which came with 2 large fried pork chops. They…read morewere like fried chicken. It came with 2 sides. There were several to choose from but I chose black eyed peas and sweet potatoes. The black eyed peas had a smoky taste to them. So delicious! The sweet potatoes warmed my soul. My husband got the meatloaf was in lage portion and full of flavor. He also got 2 sides. He got sweet potatoes and also collard greens. The collars were cooked to perfection. We also got 2 appetizers. One was fried green tomatoes. They were cooked through without being mushy at all. We also got Mac n cheese eggrolls with a sweet potato sauce. The service was more than you'd expect. Our waitress was very attentive to our needs. The ambiance was welcoming.The place was decorated so that you could have an instant elegant get together or bring your family.

I have been here to eat twice. 1st time the food was too salty but the 2nd time was much better…read more The fries green tomatoes though are to die for!!! Love them!! Will definitely go back for those if nothing else.

REALLY good! This was a food truck that was at Art History in Geneva - we were actually late but…read morethe gentleman that was in the truck stayed late and we were SO glad he did! We tried RIBEYE MACARONI & CHEESE & the BEAT'BOPPIN BBQ RIBS - both were amazing! The meat was so easy to cut I used my plastic spoon! The flavors were so good - not spicy but super flavorful!!

The food is awesome!!! Finally soul food in the burbs!!! The mild sauce for wings if great, Italian…read morebeef seasoned perfect and Gyros are a hit!!!

Last year, I catered from Vari's (fried chicken/peach cobbler/greens/mac and cheese/homemade…read moredressing/cornbread/and yams) for co-workers visiting our Chicago office from Poland. A couple of weeks ago, while visiting their office in Poland, I was surrounded by a group of seven people who were still raving about that meal! They laughed and asked if I had brought any of the food with me in my luggage. Thank you NETTA for creating food that not only tastes amazing but also leaves such a lasting impression across cultures and continents.

My favorite thing here was the fried pork chops... this isn't what the use to serve. It's still…read moreseasoned well but not the cut/size the use to have. I hope y'all bring it back