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Charles' Southern Style Kitchen

2841 Frederick Douglass Blvd., New York, NY, 10039
at 151st St.
212-281-1800

Avg. Rating

9
Food: 9
Service: 9
Décor: 7
"Highly Recommended"

Average Reader Rating on a Scale of 10.

86% would go back.

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This restaurant is open!

By pk800 on 9/27/2011

  • Overall Rating: 10
  • Food: 10
  • Service: 10
  • Décor: 8
  • Yes, I would go back!

Just so you know, it's open. And fantastic. Moist and incredibly tasty fried chicken. Sides worth the trip up there. Just go.

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31 out of 50 people found this review helpful.

The BEST Cornbread

By NPNorthern on 12/19/2010

  • Overall Rating: 10
  • Food: 10
  • Service: 10
  • Décor: 8
  • Yes, I would go back!

OMG - the absolutely best food. Collard greens to die for and mac n cheese like home. This is truly fabulous cooking. VERY Sanitary, only the server is getting food from the buffet, so the risk of someone germy leaning over is limited. I can appreciate that! Did I say the cornbread was to die for! AMAZING, sweet and light!

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49 out of 92 people found this review helpful.

Wonderful

By shatasty on 11/4/2007

  • Overall Rating: 9
  • Food: 9
  • Service: 9
  • Décor: 8
  • Yes, I would go back!

If you want great home made cooking this is the place to be. Charles and his wonderful staff give you wonderful service in a home like setting. I haven't been in about a year and I'm telling you its been a hard one. The next time I come back to the city this place is one of my first stops. Best price and Best food.... I hope this place goes even more places.

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181 out of 323 people found this review helpful.

Magnificent

By shortyredd on 9/16/2005

  • Overall Rating: 10
  • Food: 10
  • Service: 10
  • Décor: 10
  • Yes, I would go back!

Splendid, juicy fried chicken with an unbelievable non greasy taste, which will keep your mouth watering. Superb collard greens and macaroni and cheese, and lest I forget the smoken oxtails. Mr. Gabriel, better know as Charles, will really keep your family and friends coming to his exquisite all-you-can-eat buffet with his southern hospitality customer service. This is one restaurant I will highly recommend to every visitor who comes not only to New York City buy New York State!! "KUDOS to you Mr Charles, you're going to go a long way.

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450 out of 872 people found this review helpful.

This place is the real deal, people!

By Tolstoy on 12/10/2004

  • Overall Rating: 10
  • Food: 10
  • Service: 10
  • Décor: 9
  • Yes, I would go back!

This restaurant has everything you could possibly want in a quality, authentic, home-style soul food meal. The fried chicken is world-class, the collards are superb, and the macaroni and cheese brought tears of joy to this finicky, homesick Southerner's eyes. It is well worth the trip uptown. A MUST!!!

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398 out of 761 people found this review helpful.

Great Chicken

By kasheem451 on 5/21/2004

  • Overall Rating: 9
  • Food: 10
  • Service: 10
  • Décor: 5
  • Yes, I would go back!

The food is wonderful especially the fried chicken and the cube steak smothered in gravy.....hmmm good, A friend and I walked home to washington hgts after we ate the all you can eat buffet, Thank you Charles and staff for a wonderful afternoon.

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365 out of 676 people found this review helpful.

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