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    Wilma's Famous BBQ Express

    3.2 (30 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Ava W.

    I was so excited to hear that Wilma's flagship restaurant in downtown Chicago opened an express Wilma's in Matteson. Unfortunately, the Matteson location is NOT living up to the excellent, delicious cooking as offered at the downtown location. Here is an overview of my experience: Customer service : 9 out of 10 Rib Tips: 9 out of 10, meaty, seasoned and tender BBQ sauce: Amazing, 9 out of 10 Chicken Wings: 5 out of 10, over cooked and lacked seasoning Links: 5 out of 10, overcooked/dry and seasoning was too spicy French fries: 5 out of 10, not fresh The location is small. It's not a place where you would sit down and eat. The prices were reasonable. My three star rating is based strictly on the rib tips and the customer service. I will give them a couple of months to get the kinks out of things and hopefully the food will improve.

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    Alzetta H.

    Service was good. Tried the chicken tips for the first time. They were tasty and seasoned well. Pieces were smaller than expected but the portion size was acceptable. Will order again. The turkey link was good with a nice kick. Just wish I had a lil more sauce. Easily textured on next visit. Very impressed with the operation. Went on a Friday at lunch.

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    Shanice T.

    Ordered for pickup. Food was ready when we arrived. Wings are small & there is no sauce on the fries and little to none on the wings. Ordered Turkey and Rib tips with wings. Both are seasoned well and tender. Would order again, but with extra sauce.

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    Blanche H.

    First no ribs or rib tips because of something with the fire department. Only serving chicken and fish . Just got off of work so I went ahead and ordered the fish and shrimp combo. Big mistake. Two pieces of perch and 3 shrimp. $16 dollars. So disappointed. Best advise take the drive to Dolton. Posting pic ate piece of fish and shrimp. Now I'm extra angry for not taking it back .

    Wilma's robbed us last night!! These are the Smallest Chicken wings I've ever seen.  Highly disappointed!

    Very disappointed in your product. I purchased your 25 wings special and every wing was super small. I feel you deceived and robbed my family!! I have actually NEVER SEEN WINGS THIS SIZE and for you to think it was acceptable to give me 25 of them!! I've would have returned them, but I don't live close and you guys don't answer the phone!! I hesitated posting and was just going to take the Loss but you need to know and the public's needs to know. Beware!! Check your food before you leave Wilma's!! There were wings smaller than the ones posted!!

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    Great food you can smell the smoke blocks away grab desserts too. Consistent great service and reasonably priced

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    My experience included professional service and the food is always fresh and done well.

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    6 months ago

    yo best bbq Ive ever had in my life very saucy. Service was quick got my food in fast manner. Looks very nice inside very clean.

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    Why in the world do you leave the membrane on the slabs? It's very unpleasant and unwanted. REMOVE IT!

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    Red Lobster

    Red Lobster

    2.4(111 reviews)
    0.7 mi
    $$

    Me and my son went to Red Lobster for the Lobster Fest. I ordered a lobster tail sirloin steak with…read morebaked potato & rice. My son had chicken fingers, fries & apple juice. I asked for the steak to be medium rare, not too pink inside. I would say around 3:40ish our food arrived. My steak was too pink for me. So, I asked for it to be cooked well done. The waitress said to me "You asked for it medium rare". "I know I asked for it medium rare but, can you cook it well done?" "If it's cooked well done. There will be no pink inside & you asked for medium rare". Taken aback. I said "I know i will not have any pink. I just want the steak well done". She got a manager. The manager too replied in the same condescending manner "If it's cooked well done. Then it won't be medium rare. There will be no pink inside & you asked for medium rare". "I understand. I do not understand what the problem is! All I want is the steak cook well done. Forget about the pink. Why can't you just cook the steak well done. What is the problem"? Again, you asked for medium rare & it has pink inside. Cooking it well done. Leaves no pink. Sure, I lost it. "Why are you acting as if I do not understand? Why can't the steak be cooked well done?" The manager wanted to keep arguing with me. I am now very pissed off. Lost for words. Here I am me and my son are out enjoying our day and this is what we receive!!!! Mistreatment. Over a steak that could have just been taken back to the kitchen and cooked well done!!!!!!!! I just want to get out of there. So, I started yelling. At this point the manager and waitress condescending attitude (waitress smiling as if I am getting what I deserved) push me over the edge. I was then told to leave. I would only be paying for my sons' meal. Here you want to charge me for my son meal and he only ate two fries. Plate still full of food. My food sitting on the table barely touched. I mean the table full of food. At the register. I asked the manager for his name and number to Corporate. While waiting for the price of my sons' meal. I am still venting too myself. How I cannot understand what the issue was. I did not ask for anything in place of the steak. I just wanted my steak cooked well done. I no longer wanted it medium rare, and I am being treated as if I am stupid. OF COURSE I AM UPSET!!!! What was the issue?!?!?!?!?!!! Times are this hard that an establishment is telling the customer what they order and implying "Since you order this. I am going to educate you on what a steak or anything looks like. How it's cooked and you should not be asking for anything differently". This is perspective on the situation. With the manager & waitress condescending attitude and the waitress smiling as if "Yeah tell her". Business this BAD should GO OUT OF BUSINESS. I am very disappointed with the whole outcome and all I wanted was for the steak to be cooked well done. To be kicked out of a restaurant and hear my son say, "He is a mean man". For the manager not to give me his name. Tell me I am being disruptive. Point to the bar area. That is completely empty!!!! No one is the area of the front door. Educating me what medium rare and well done is. As if I was just born yesterday. Is out Outrageous. I have never been treated as if I was so stupid in my is an understatement and I have had my share of stupidity from others!!! This experience is over the top!!!! Then the manager had a nerve to lie and say "I tried to give you another steak". What another medium rare stake (he never tried to replace my steak. It was me asking him to just put it back on the grill or however you cook it. I was the one trying to deescalate the situation. Not the manager or waitress)????? I will never return to this location again. Hell, I might never return to another Red Lobster EVER after today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would have liked a sincere apology, but it is clear to see that a business and employees of that business could care less about morals. I will blast you on every social media post.

    During my university days, Red Lobster people viewed as high-end seafood dining. Lines were always…read morelong. Wait times ranged from 40 minutes to an hour. The food was always worth the long lines and the wait. I remember the consistency in flavour right up through the late 90's, and then it appeared as though Red Lobster tapered off. It was as if the restaurant had suddenly experienced hard times and shut their doors. Fast forward to now, you can walk in and get a seat without waiting. Now I understand. The location in Matteson is close to my home, so I will pop in on occasion when I do not want to cook at home. The restaurant is never fully empty. Unlike days long ago when large parties occupied tables, that would be no problem now. The restaurant can accommodate multiple large parties at any given time. I tend to opt for fish and chips when I go. There are times when I will switch up and order salmon or any stuffed white fish along with vegetable sides. I would not say that the flavour has fallen off. However, there is something missing that I cannot put my finger on. I know that since the late 80's when I went to Red Lobster most, I had not yet broadened my palate, so I think that cooking and eating Caribbean and West African food primarily have wired my palate for a different set of spices that are not in the recipes at Red Lobster. This is not a bad thing, but it is just that my appetite is more satisfied than wowed. Service is always good at this location. That may be the case because the crowds are so thin that the servers do not come to the table agitated when they take my orders. I usually sit in the bar area. However, because the dining area tends to be mostly empty, the bar area closes so that diners can fill up the seats in the main dining area if possible. Red Lobster may be a cautionary tale of all good things eventually ending. This one in Matteson is holding on, though.

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    Hidden Manna Cafe - Fried Green Tomatoes

    Hidden Manna Cafe

    3.7(507 reviews)
    1.3 mi
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    As usual, I enjoy searching for Black-owned restaurants and bars to frequent and this was a great…read moreaddition to my list. I visited during a Saturday afternoon and was surprised with how empty it was. It was one other family that were in the middle of their meal so I was a little nervous. Luckily, the emptiness wasn't related to the quality of the food because it was good. The crawfish etouffee was well seasoned and had a bit of a kick to it if you enjoy spice. They do have a full service bar with cocktails; I ordered a mixed drink and while it tasted fine, I could hardly taste any alcohol in it. The service was also a bit slower than I'd imagine considering that it was empty when I dined. Despite those minor shortcomings, I enjoyed my dining and would keep it on my list of places to consider in the future.

    We ordered lunch for pickup at Hidden Manna Cafe 3 of 4 in my party had catfish poboys with greens…read moreand beans and rice. They enjoyed the poboys and thought the fried green tomato on it was an interesting touch. I ordered the vegetarian jambalaya, fried green tomatoes, and fried buffalo mushroom. Overall, I feel like everything, I ordered, was lacking in seasoning. The fried green tomatoes were good with dipping sauce. The batter on the mushrooms were on the soggy side; they might do better to cut the mushrooms instead of serving them whole. The jambalaya was too soupy. Traditional jambalaya doesn't have a liquid/soup to it. The jambalaya was more like a veggie étouffée. I would visit again to try the vegetarian jambalaya and, maybe, have the fried green tomatoes again.

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