This Restaurant's Name is Pretty Self-Explanatory
Xcellent Soul Food is another soul food restaurant to put on your halal Brooklyn radar! It’s a fast-food takeout place only. No seating/dine-in option available. Our opinion? Order a bunch of different stuff and take it to a park or beach! FYI: they’ve been halal. They just recently decided to expand their outreach efforts to the greater NYC Muslim community.
BBQ wings, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes
Food: 9/10
All items are made fresh daily and put into the hot stations for the staff who are behind the plexiglass to put into boxes for you. We got the BBQ chicken, oxtail, turkey wings, and salmon. For sides we got mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, collard greens, sweet potatoes, and rice. When we tell you the food was immaculate!!!! We were really impressed by the oxtail - oxtail is pretty hard to get right and when we tried the one from here, it fell off the bone. It was saucy, tender, and tasted just right! The turkey wings are gigantic but not dry. Turkey wings and turkey in general is usually known to be dry but since it’s soaked in juices here, it’s kept moist and tender. Sides were awesome - the mac is different than what you’d get elsewhere. It has a more eggy mixture which alludes more to the soul food cuisine.
Price: 10/10
They have a $7.99 lunch special + tax that comes with soda and corn bread. That’s all you need to know. Very nicely priced for the portions given.
Atmosphere: -/-
Not rating this because it’s a order, wait, and go kind of place. But medium sized, ample walking room, and kept clean.
Service: 9/10
While this was an invite, we were observing the amount of time it was taking for other people. Everyone who came in seemed to have gotten their food quickly and was super cool with the staff. Some items will be made from scratch on the spot, so of course there is a longer wait time for that. We imagine it CAN get busy at certain peak hours.
Xcellent Soul Food
372 Ralph Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11233
Oxtail, collard greens, rice
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Turkey wings, candied yams, potato salad