Due South

This restaurant is awesome! The food was delicious. We had the meatloaf with mashed potatoes and collard greens and the cheeseburger with sweet potato fries. Both were so good. The meatloaf is made with ground brisket mixed with ground beef. Great flavor. The collard greens were the best I’ve ever tasted. We ate in the bar area and the bartender was really nice. The manager came around and visited us, too. He noticed that we were out of town guests from a visiting baseball team. Great hospitality! If I lived around here, I would bring my friends here to eat every time. Oh, and we had the pecan bar for dessert as a gift from the manager. It was really tasty, too!

Met friends for drinks. Once seated outside, it took about 15 minutes for a server to come out, even though it wasn’t crowded at all. The guy was nice enough and apologized for the wait. We ordered and the drinks came out in a timely fashion. After that, we waited more to be refreshed for drinks. Cool spot, but the waiting was ridiculous

If you're a fan of soul food, you will find this to be rather bland

Great service, but food not that great!

Coming from the Gulf Coast of MS & LA I was really hoping for good gumbo, but the gumbo was HORRIBLE. It was a lumpy roux that hadn’t been fully cooked out into the gumbo without the broth & had one piece of shrimp in the whole bowl and no lump crab. So sad. What’s worse is that our table waited 40 minutes to get the food. Wings and cornbread were decent, but not good enough to elevate the rating from the poor service and disgusting gumbo. I was already late to get back to the office so I didn’t stay to engage with mgmt and get a replacement or comp. I heard brunch and everything else was good, so it’s worth a try, but stay away from the gumbo.

Had a reservation for 4 @ 6:45pm tonight! Confirmed multiple times. Showed up to the restaurant and it’s closed for a private event! Not just any private, it’s a Democrat fundraiser. Good to know the once fine establishment of Due South closes their doors to everyday people without notice despite making a reservation days in advance! Never again!

Not too welcoming in 2024, I applied there when they first came to the neighborhood . lot of white people, then I figured out why they didn't hire me you but you never know the Pearl and the oyster. I hope they change their practices. Expeditor could manage your time a little better especially when you got gumbo and salad, and then the barbecue comes out cold. It lessens the experience of having to take it home and warm it up. But those biscuits stop me in my tracks.

Walking in the door was a good start, friendly hostess and was able to be seated right away. After that the place started to slip, waiting 10 minutes before a waiter or resemblance to a waiter to take a drink and food order. Food and drink came out fast, yet the up-charge for brisket ($8) is absurd for the four dinky flavorless slices provided. If you are going to up-charge for a menu item make sure you give enough to justify the fee. The jalapeño cheddar sausage was good but tasted like it was prepared in a frying pan not on a grill plus it was a single sausage. For the price charged/paid ($31) for this platter I should have gotten a decent southern BBQ platter with ample servings (not the case). The sides were decent, at least in taste. Someone should instruct or show the kitchen staff what a cornbread muffin looks like, the one I got was a cornbread muffin top. The jalapeño cheddar grits were the saving grace for this place. Finally it took 15 minutes to get the check and pay. Added little tidbit- the customer gets a nice added service fee (3%) to pay for a wage increase that the place already has figured in the prices- and it doesn’t go to the employees. Not bad food, just not wonderful service or value.

SERVICE: Our server was friendly and helpful. She just had too large of an area to service the night we went for dinner. ATMOSPHERE: Bar on the left side of the restaurant and seating every where else. The paired seating near the windows to the right of the restaurant are too close for my liking. You will hear the conversation of the people next to you. You can reach over and touch their table. FOOD: My husband had the turkey salad. He added chicken and shrimp. He really enjoyed the dressing that came with it. I had the pit master's platter. It was disappointing that my food was cold. ESPECIALLY FOR THE PRICE. I packed everything in to-go boxes. My ribs, brisket, bbq, man c cheese, and collards were delicious when I warmed them up in the oven at home. The Cole slaw, potato salad, sausage and corn bread were not good to my liking. I wish I could've substituted other sides for those items. OVERALL: Being from the south I had better expectations for the taste of the food. I do not have plans of going back anytime soon. The atmosphere and food are my reasons.