Scends — Restaurant in San Leandro

Shout out to Scends Restaurant in San Leandro!

My Mom's closest friend passed a couple of weeks ago and the family was struggling to figure out how to feed the crowd after the service. They reached out and asked for recommendations and unfortunately, we didn't have any but my Mom did suggest a few items be included because the dearly departed enjoyed soul food.

Fast forward to the repast and we find out the family was able to be connected to SCENDS RESTAURANT from San Leandro. They catered the repast to a degree- the fried and baked chicken was purchased elsewhere as requested by my Mom as the dearly departed one loved this particular fried chicken.

However, SCENDS came through with everything else and when I tell you that EVERYONE raved about how flavorful and tasty this food was.....baby- we had to go plates to take home...that's how much food was provided and how good it was.

MY REVIEW: Keep in mind I am a semi-pescatarian/mostly vegetarian so there were not a lot of options for me BUT I made sure to include feedback from other meat eaters.

MAC N' CHEESE 7.5/10 - TBH, I'm not a huge mac and cheese fan (judge your mama) BUT this was so dang good. A good little brown crisp on the edges- creamy where it needed to be and cheesy for the rest.

GREENS 10/10-Best thing on most people's plates.... after the fact, I found out they seasoned them with turkey meat but it wasn't present in the greens so you may want to ask before consuming. BUT I just pretended I didn't know and they were GREAT!

CORNBREAD: Gave me cake texture- slightly sweet...a little crumbly...could use more butter.

And lastly the finale was the PEACH COBBLER (they did serve and offer cake desserts but I'm not a fan and most people were like MEH)

BABY- it was served warm and gooey and sticky and nutmeg heavy and all the things it needed to be. CASE CLOSED.

Read the menu in my pics- and go see them and judge...

Okay, I dropped my stars. I was feeling for some turkey wings last week.. The mac and cheese was blan and dry (not the picture below). The yams were too sweet, and the greens were too salty and no flavor.. no smoked turkey added. I'm assuming they had a chefs change because the consistency is not there like before..

Turkey wings was seasoned well. Cakes are over priced for a slice, $7.00. 4% on credit card users and food was not even a 4 out of 10. however I must say they need to get a better cash register system instead of using a calculator..It can slow the business down waiting for them to add up the total, when it can be entered on the register..

I hope they get someone who know how to real cook good mac and cheese and stop using cheap cheese that...

This was me and my husbands first time dinning in and i was so impressed with londons and dion hospitality the food was delicous it really touches your soul my turkey wings fell off the bone mac n chesse perfection yams a delight red beans and rice a hit its not a game when it comes to good authentic soul food i was so happy i felt like i was eating my grandmothers specialties i recommend scends to all everyone there was so pleasant customer service and amazing food im so happy i found my new soul food home may jesus bless each and everyone of you i was eating good and enjoying the music that was being played in the back round you have my continued support never juge a book by its cover you have to read it first also very...