DJay’s Soul Food — Restaurant in Fort Worth

I tried this place for the first time today. Had a taste for soul food but didn't feel like hitting the stores and cooking my own. So with skepticism I decided to look for a soul food restaurant and found this one. First let me say the people that work inside were very friendly. The prices are a standard reflection of what prices for dinner at most soul food places are. So for $17.99 the sign said you're allowed 1 meat option and 3 sides. I decided to try the 2pc fried catfish with dressing, mac n cheese and red beans. I also ordered the 3pc fried chicken wings with green beans, mac n cheese and yams. I asked about the Banana pudding because for some reason restaurants think they can make instant pudding and sell it as real banana pudding. The cashier reassured me it was home made banana pudding. Now.... The fried catfish was good. The appearance looked like how fried catfish looks from your kitchen at home. The yams were 🔥🔥🔥. The mac n cheese was funny lookin but it tasted ok. Thats all that I enjoyed. The chicken wings were huge in size but didn't taste good at all. But for me personally, chicken anywhere hasn't been tasting like chicken. Even the chicken I purchase at the grocery store and fry or bake has a funny texture and strange taste. I think 2025 will be the year I stop eating what is being called "chicken". The red beans were watered down like they had been reheated. The green beans were bland...straight from the can... No seasoning... And the dressin... I should've known better because I usually dont eat anyone's dressing except mine, and a few select relatives. This dressing was dark and dry. It had little dices of some kinda meat and I couldn't figure out what it was. It was not good at all. No onions no celery no green pepper taste in it at all. There was absolutely no effort of making this food with soul unless its a Texas thing..... Im from the North and we get down when cookin our soul food... In our homes of course. So I definitely wasted at least 3/4s of the money spent on this meal but at least I can say I tried it. If they would just put a little more love into cookin it'll definitely come out tasting that way. These two meals tasted thrown together. Definitely some items reheated. And I overheard a lady tell the cashier something was dirty. She was lifting the lids to the stainless steel containers that held the sides behind the glass by the cash register. Sorry but she said it loud enough for me to hear it so Im gonna add it to this review. Again the people that work there were very nice... The fried catfish was ok and the yams were 🔥🔥🔥🔥 but I probably wont be back. Spent about $52. Oh and the banana pudding didn't taste homemade.. it had the same texture as cool whip and the...

Great customer service from D Jay, David, and Ann. I ordered 3 meals from their lunch special menu available Wed-Fri 11 am-4 pm. All meals include cornbread, a jalapeño pepper, green onion, and a carrot. I also selected the meat Ioaf with 3 veggies. I wish customers could select whatever drink they would like. Instead, you have to get their signature pineapple lemonade punch. The punch was good, but I didn't want it with each meal. I was allowed to replace the punch with bottled waters.

The fish and chicken were ok. The whole wings were small. I was baffled when I noticed each cornbread slice was a different size. Out of everything I ordered I highly recommend the meat loaf and burger meals. You can add cheese to your burger for an extra $1. I tried a variety of side veggies. All of them were good, but my favorites were the 3-cheese macaroni, cabbage, and cornbread dressing with cranberry sauce.

For dessert, I recommend banana pudding. It tasted like my homemade one that I'm too lazy to make unless it’s during the holidays. The establishment was clean, and the environment was warm and cozy. When I'm in the area on Sunday I'll try the oxtails. Note: They're offering Holiday Thanksgiving and Christmas meals. All menus are provided in...

We came in today ( a Sunday) around 3:30 ish. We get there and the dinning area ( which is small) is full of people. It was their family. Kids running around everywhere. Taking up all the seats and space in the dinning room. They had no manners ( all of them; just rude and disrespectful. So the people that are paying for their food can’t sit and wait and literally standing was crazy because it was no space. They took our order and we waited about 20 minutes then they called my name. To tell me they are out of things we ordered when they should have checked before hand but they were too busy catering to the family taking up all the space. Being loud and rude… then we waited another 15 minutes for our food. But this time we were annoyed, overstimulated, and have decided to never step foot back into this place. One of the ladies ( an older women) offered us desserts for the wait, but it wasn’t enough to compensate for the god awful experience, the food isn’t...