Bradfords Barr — Restaurant in Maplewood

The food is amazing, made me feel like i was eating from my Grandma's kitchen again. The food was all fresh and made to order. The owner is a tiny and very friendly woman who kept us entertained throughout out entire dining experiance. She will remind you of a member of the family. The enterior of the restaurant has a few tables and some counter space for dining. Popular items sell out early so call ahead to see whats still available if your looking for Oxtails, ribs or turkey wings. We end up ordering the salmon and the chicken and shrimp dinners We sampled most of the sides offered the yams, mac and cheese, cabbage and rice with a house made gravy. All sides and entrees were generous portions. The yams were soft and full of flavor but not to sweet. The baked mac and cheese was cheesy and well seasoned. The cabbage had pepers and onions in it and was seasoned perfectly. The rice and gravy was also really good it was made with some kind of cheese gravy. You will have to try it to understand. And the house made bread was really good almost like a piece cornbread with pineapple upside down cake had a baby amd called it Tootsie bread. I will definately be back. But i'm calling first cause they ran out of Peach cobbler and i really wanted some to take home. Lastly cost: I believe I got what I paid for, good quality meal and a unique real experiance with an owner/chef who actually cares about the customer experiance and the legacy of the family members whos recipies she is sharing with the community by way of the meals she has prepared. My only complaint: Is the items i wanted were sold out when i arrived... so i can only imagine how good they had to be if what was left was still extreemly good quailty and...

Damn where do i start.

I ordered over the phone and was told 25 minutes. I got there 35 to 40 after i called expecting the food to be ready and it took another 20 minutes for my order to be ready. There was another customer there complaining of the wait time.

The burger i ordered was over cooked, salty as hell and for some reason was drowned in garlic to the point that it was a turn off. My wife had chicken wings mac and cheese and cabage. The wings drowned in garlic to the point that it is a turn off and too salty. The mac and cheese and cabbage had no flavor. The chicken breast again, drowned in garlic, dry and too salty. The yams were blah, the string beans were drowning in garlic.

I dont know if this restuarant was poppin at one point and they fell off, or maybe the chef was having a bad day, but from what i tasted the seasonings were not balanced in flavor and everything taste the same. Anyone who thinks this food is good must love garlic. I love garlic but this was excessive. This was my first time ordering from here and...

My first time ordering from this so I’ll share a little about my experience. I ordered the salmon with jasmine rice and crab cakes. The food was a little salty, it was good but I’ve had better. A little to much sauce and rice for me. The crab cakes were amazing. I would have been better off just ordering those. Price wise, it seems a little expensive for it not to be a fancy place to eat. The place needs a little redecorating, I called 25 minutes before I got there and my food wasn’t done by time I arrived there even though I was told 20 minutes. This place is in Maplewood I called while I was in Rahway. So I was pretty annoyed having to wait upon arrival. The people are nice but could use some leadership training not whispering while customers are present, it seems rude. Other than that it’s worth a try but drink plenty water before and after if you’re not used to salt...