Black-eyed Pea — Restaurant in Lakewood

WOW! We've been the Black Eyed Pea after church many times. This was our worst experience ever! We thought it was going to be a great time because we got seated almost immediately upon arriving. That's so unusual on a Sunday, 10 minutes before noon. Our waiter kept putting off our order saying he'll be right back. By the time we put our entree order in (20 min later) he had already messed up three items, bread (requested honey), my drink (diet coke with ice, ordered without ice), mom's drink (brought iced tea, ordered hot tea). We did eat three baskets of bread before we got our entre order! Mom was so tired of waiting she put her head down for a nap and I had to stand up from sitting to long. The people next to us felt so sorry for us they went and complained to the manager for us without us knowing. They came in after us. After the people complained, the manager did bring out our food. After over 40 plus min. wait for our food, guess what? Our order was wrong again. I ordered extra side of okra, he put in extra orka and mash potatoes. Dad ordered his graving on the side, but his was covered with gravey and plus a side order of gravey! We also ordered all the orka to be doubled fried (extra churchy like my grandma used to make) but only one order was crunchy. We ate it very quickly to go get out of there. Mom only ate a quarter of her dinner (filled up on bread) and when she was putting it into the box, she was so tired, it accidentally fell on the floor while she was putting items in. Then my mom just started crying after such a hard ordeal. Then there was an error on the bill and had to have it corrected. We went to resturants far busier on Veterans Day with an easier, more enjoyable meals. Over one hour and forty-five minutes later......

I am a food critic & I hope this may help someone who debates going here. We (4 extremely critical/demanding people) dined here on a Monday evening. There wasn't a wait but the place wasn't empty either. Place was clean and yes I even checked the decorations amd corners of the walls and above the bathroom stalls and they were dusted, not even a cobweb. The table we sat at didn't have any gum on or under the chairs/tables. To me a restaurant no matter what class should NEVER EVER be just surfaced cleaned amd from what we checked it was 10 stars. Our Hostess was very nice, professional, courteous and went above and beyond for service, super accommodating! Waitress was prompt (wished I remembered her name, but others were very nice and helpful to us as well) and conversed well. Drinks were refilled by the time it hit the half-way mark (which for us is VERY important). The manager on duty was kind and asked how everything was. He wasnt the intruding kind either. I believe this is an important step alot of the more common not 4 star restaurants skip or don't have time for. The crew working the kitchen was smiling, kept their conversations professional and clean (very important to me). All Waiters made sure the food was perfect coming out, they conversed with the kitchen for stuff they needed and the kitchen repeated it back and it was served (just like these 4 star restaurants I go to in Beverly Hills and New York). The food was amazing, hot, fresh, perfect portion of everything right down to the gravy. Though we love cornbread, this place could stand a different recipe. All in all definitely 5stars, can't wait to go back! Way to go Black Eyed Pea, so far from what I've seen and experienced this is how every restaurant should be. Props to this...

Am l'm so glad we went here for my birthday last night 03- 04 - 24, there was 5 of us in my group, and there were a few other couples there but it wasn't too busy, but then we got there around 7: 30 and they close at 8 pm , but they let us stay and order and eat. We had a couple of appetizers, loaded tater tots, and cheese sticks and the those dipping sauce were the best in house made I've had in along time especially the marinara sauce,( I really want there recipe) every one was very pleased with there dinners they had ordered I had a CFS Dinner with mashed potatoes, and broccoli rice casserole, my youngest granddaughter had Shepherd pie, and onion rings, and my oldest granddaughter had the mashed potatoes bowl, Which is Chicken chicken tenders and corn with mashed potatoes and gravy and cheese on top .my daughter had rib eye steak , Fried okra and squash casserole. And my son in law had liver and onions with gravy and a Caesar salad, . The thing is this was a lot of food and I only seen one server and he waited on us with a smile and kindness and patience and he took care of the other people in the restaurant as well. I didn't catch his name but he did a fantastic job 👏 and since it was my birthday they gave me a cherry cobbler with icecream on top it was delicious and enjoyed it with everyone at the table , all the food was delicious home cooked meal 😋 this place is like a cute hidden little jem, the atmosphere was very pleasant it wasn't loud or noisy every body could talk at a soft normal tone and be heard with bothering others guests in the restaurant , I highly recommend this Black eyed...