Houston's This Is It Soul Food

10/25/09

The rudest people I have ever seen

by jonita woolridge at Citysearch

I went to this is it . These people are so rude . I asked for the prices and they rolled their eye and laughed at me and my husband . I asked for the manager ,and she was much better . We received our order ,left and never to return .

Ps. We travel over 1000 miles to receive that kind of sevice .The rating is 0.

• Pros: none
• Cons: Bad sevice

08/17/09

SO NOT IT..

by CSMobileUser2 at Citysearch

Me and my father were very hungry and he knew of this place but hadn't remembered why. After we left he was reminded really quick. Bad service, luke warm almost cold food, they didn't even list prices on the menu!!! Adding tax to every lil thing and its only soul food? Where is almost 30 dollars for two people reasonable in a soul food place?!!! And how did the receipt not have the prices for what the person paid for? I'm sorry but we are never going again. Good day to you all.

01/01/09

Great soul food experience

by chaliween at Citysearch

I hear about soul food all the time from friends which set high expectations. The very first soul food experience i had was Sylvia's Soul Food in New York which had HIGH merits. . . I thought it was less than mediocre. Even my African-American friends that brag about soul food were embarrassed. Granted it was a very LARGE party and the service was more a catering job. But This Is It restored some confidence in Soul Food. The atmosphere was great, very clean and the decor was interesting enough to keep you some what busy in the hour wait ahead. An interesting note was how this place made a million in 1998. . . would be profitable to spend a fraction on that to upgrading service to speed up the line. Everyone seems to talk about how "cheap" the entrees are, which fooled me. For the price I paid, I expected MUCH more. I wanted the best, so I asked business owner Craig Joseph himself which was the best. He pointed out the Ox-Tail and the pork chops. So our party split, 2 Ox-tails and 2 pork chops. Sweet tea was flawless. Cornbread was heavenly, Ox-Tail was glorious, Pork Chops.... OK. I read a lot of reviews meriting the mac and cheese; I, however, thought it was mediocre. Steamed cabbage, green beans, collard greens, rice and gravy; all good but all could be better here or elsewhere.

• Pros: Good Soul Food Experience for the curious and first timers.
• Cons: For the time and the price paid... expectation was NOT met