Want to go back to old-fashioned country cooking? This is your spot!!! You will never walk away…read morehungry and not satisfied. Service is top-notch with that ambiance that makes sense you feel at home

The real deal. If you want Louisiana Soul Food. This place is amazing. The staff makes you feel…read morelike a welcome guest.

The food is GREAT! Service with a smile. Everyone is EXTREMELY pleasant with AMAZINGLY GREAT…read morepersonalities. The atmosphere is comfortable and can even be a romantic setting. GREAT food, service and price! Gotta Love that Kool-Aid

We lucked out as this place is only open on Sundays and it happend to be Sunday. We stopped in for…read morea late lunch about 1:30 and we're given a nice welcome. We were told there were only a few items left as they had sold out of other stuff. We got the smoothered pork chop, two scoops of rice with the pork chop gravy on top, and a scoop of cooked cabbage. The meal also included a roll similar to a kings Hawaiian, a slice of cornbread, a slice of cinnamon cake, and a choice of drink which was koolaide or bottle water (since I am diabetic We went with water), also a side of hot sauce and small container of cranberry sauce.The man and I shared the plate and it was enough for the two of us or easily one really hungry person. The pork chop was so tender we didn't need a knife and the gravy was so flavorful. The rice was lightly seasoned and I appreciated the gravy on it (next time I will ask for extra gravy). The cornbread was sweet and the roll was soft. I loved the cabbage it was soft and had a sweet flavor to it. Overall I can't wait to go back and try more things on Sundays. The meal was about $14 and some change and that included a 3% credit card charge which was fine.

Second time here and still delicious…read more We tried to go Friday and the parking was insane, that's probably my only complaint about the entire experience . We started with the upside down chicken Caesar salad with fries. Delicious. Fries could've been hotter but the salad was the star. A meal on its own but i love that red fish so much. So seasoned, beautiful meaty fish, mmm. The service was wonderful and the sweet tea was delicious. I will always come here if I'm in town!

as a visitor to Monroe, Louisiana, this restaurant was a highly recommended place. The restaurant…read moreitself was very large with a nice decorated bar. The music playing was very fun and the workers were extremely welcoming. However, given that it's near the river, it would be nice if they considered having outdoor tables, but it doesn't seem like there is much to see either way. We all got various cocktails, and I would highly recommend the lemonade if you really like something sweet. My table and I shared the duck wraps. they were filled with cream cheese jalapeño, and was wrapped in bacon. It was slightly sweet, which I didn't entirely prefer, but it was still very tasty and a unique dish that I would recommend everyone to try. I personally got A Burger and it was much larger than I thought it would be. It was very tasty, but it didn't have much sauce so it was slightly dry. The rest of my table got various seafood dishes, and they had very large portions. They all mentioned how well seasoned everything was. The one caveat of this restaurant was that everything took so long to get to our table. our waitress also didn't come check on us after delivering our food until it was time to pay, which was unfortunate.

My family and I were in town and visited The Chef Restaurant for lunch in Monroe, La…read more * The food was delicious. The true authentic taste of Louisiana. *The service was excellent * The ambience - very friendly and pleasant. The staff were friendly and welcoming. The true spirit of Home. The cost was very affordable for the family. We are were all very pleased and now telling everyone we know about this "diamond in the rough" . Try it you will not be disappointed.!!!

Our Senior citizens lunch bunch always enjoys eating here. The lunch menu is reasonably priced,…read morefood is delicious and we get great service.

We were told that they were "booked" and could only seat us outside. But there were lots of empty…read moretables inside. So we got seated outside in the sun on a hot afternoon. One of our members in the party was 88 years old and he had to sit in a high seat outside in the heat. The food was average. Only good thing was our waitress. She was amazing!

Friendly staff and great Southern cuisine! Keep it up HWSB! Great efforts and thank you for your…read morecustomer service!

When I think of where this restaurant is as opposed to how it used to be, it truly saddens me. As…read morerecently as 4-5 years ago, The HSB had the BEST soul food in town. On any given day, you could go in for lunch and see a virtual "Who's Who" of society in this little building, clamoring for a monstrous plate. The servings were huge and the BBQ ribs on Fridays were things that dreams were made of. Now, I believe the ownership changed and it's subsequently gone down hill. Everyone that I speak to harkens back to the good ol days and sad to say, I don't think they'll be open much longer.