Southern Restaurants near Torrance

“Friday (4-19-24) dine in for dinner. Personnel very polite, wait time was no more than 10-15 minutes for a two person booth. Clean and good vibe environment. Sever attentive and nice. Expect to spend $20-25 minimal per person. Will go back and do recommend. Thanks .“

“I ordered the 2 piece combo you get 1 side and choice of role or some type of sweet bread with powdered sugar. I opted for the roll and spicy rice. It was truly delicious, hot and reasonably priced. The rice was cooked to perfection and spicy good with chicken in it. The only thing is a lady in a wheelchair was in there begging for money. These establishments need to run them out.“

“Food was great and the vibe was awesome. Great music and great conversation“

“Rinky dink place, but the food and atmosphere make up for it. The customers were friendly. The service was extraordinary. The owner cane out, the cook and the waitress all checked repeatedly. Great service. Because we represented a sorority, Many people spoke to us. One person actually paid for our meals! When we found out, we all cried. It was a wonderful spirit at Dulans, and we were thankful for everything that occurred. We'll be back the next time we go to L.A.“

“Clean, good menu and slushies“

“Jabar was the most polite and welcoming and humble human I’ve encountered in a very long time. And the food was amazing too!“

“We had a large Slingshot group that was eager to eat. They accomodated us and we all LOVED our selections. We did have a long wait but BOYYY was it worth it. The mimosas are delicious and the side dishes are a good portion, the owners hospitality ended our experience with smiles. Long post but I bottom line is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! I live in the I.E. and cant wait to come back again.“

“This is a small place next to a small parking lot. So I was there on a rainy late Saturday afternoon and got right up to the order window. I had the fish and shrimp combo with cabbage and red beans & rice. The fish was fairly thickly and crunchy-battered cooked just right. The shrimp were quite large for a combo plate... this place isn't cheap, but they have it all down to a Cajun science. Food: 5* (Delicious to an item) Service: 5* (Delivered to my car) Looks like I'll be returning here!“

“We gave this place a 5 star rating when we came previously. Now, I doubt if we'll ever come back. We came in on 11/10 at around 2:15 and were told that there was a 45 minute wait. We left to head over to the Southern Girl Bakery. We came back about 50 minutes later and still had to wait to be seated. We werent seated until 3:24. Normally, the front of house worker will seat you and tell you that your server will be coming soon. That didn't happen for us. She pointed to a table to tell us where to sit. Our table still had food on it and I had to ask someone to come and wipe the table off. Every other table had drinking water on the table. Ours had none. We had to watch other people that were behind us coming in get served before us while we were forgotten about. No one came to tell us they were serving us for about 15 minutes. Someone walked by and saw me looking around to see who would help us when and said to me that she would help us in a second. 5 minutes later she finally came back with water. We never got her name. We finally got to order drinks and got a Sprite, 2 lemonades, an Orange Sherbert mimosa and Caramel Apple mimosa and then our food. This was about at 3:50. After some time, I looked over and saw what I was sure was my wifes 2 drinks sitting at the bar with people walking and talking around them. I had to get up and go to the front to find our server and remind her that we hadn't gotten our drinks. At 4:11 she then brought our Sprite and lemonades and then asked us if we had gotten the mimosas. She then brought us over the CA mimosa that had started to change colors and the OS mimosa that had ice cream in it that had completely melted and we had to ask for them to be remade. We then waited until 4:45 for our food and then we called it quits. Our daughter was hungry and wondering where the food was and actually started to cry when we said we were leaving because she really wanted to try the strawberry shortcake pancakes. As we were walking out, neither our waitress nor the front of house worker even acknowledged us. Waitress didn't even come and check on us during the wait or see if we needed refills. She stayed in the front area of the restaurant most of the time so I couldn't even see her to remind her that we were waiting. I definitely shouldnt have had to remind her that she never brought our drinks over. We live in Torrance and it's about a 20-30 min drive from our place to here. We wasted gas and time coming here. This was the worst service that I've ever received from a restaurant. Particularly upsetting that my daughter broke down about us leaving. They had a big party in their back room but we still shouldnt have been treated this way.“

“So, I decided to give this spot another try since the food was good first time. This time I opted to call at 530pm.... Google says open until 9pm. She said "We are closed! "Wtf it's 530! She said ok, I will take your order ...I said well I am driving 40 min away...she said okay! How sweet.., I asked for 1 oxtail dinner and 1smothered steak. Asked for yams and greens and mac and cheese. I got 3 sides Mac and greens only. Still grateful to, because I told her I only had some of the cash and she said it's ok and kindly sent me home! Main issue I have is ....I didn't get ANY gravy at all I had a comfort food craving and that entails lots of smothered gravy. I had to come home and make some gravy. I believe they have new owners because the name changed to Sol of Los Angeles. There is a buffet in Gardena...it's written on the wall!****Owners ****please update the hours on line ,I drove really far and they were closing hours earlier. I included a screenshot of the information given. I just tried the smothered steak I used to love and this one today is dry, unflavored and hard with no gravy. Oxtails we're very small and minimal, no gravy and overpriced for the value. Both these items total close to $40....“

“Came on a Monday night with a party of 4 and was able to get a table immediately. First of all, I love the atmosphere of this place, and as soon as you walk in you get hit with the smell of smokey bbq goodness. There’s tons of TVs to see all the ongoing games, no matter where you’re sitting. I started off with the Pig Head Red Ale to drink, which was very good. I got a 2 meat combination plate, which was enough food to leave me stuffed by the end. The ribs were very good - fell off the bone with a nice bark and smokiness. The pork belly burnt ends were pretty good, some pieces were melt in your mouth tender while others were on the tougher side. Flavor on them was excellent though. Potato salad was incredibly creamy and I enjoyed the addition of bacon. The cornbread was tasty, fairly moist and with a good sweetness and flavor. We had some hushpuppies for the table, which were nicely crisp on the outside while soft on the inside with a multitude of complex flavors between the peach chutney and the brown sugar cinnamon butter on the side. They have four different house bbq sauces, all of which are very good in their own way. Will definitely have to come back again to try out some of their other meats!“

“A passerby saw us looking at the menu and said this place was IT. We went in and had the best fried chicken I've had in years--I could have ordered just the crispy, crackly skin and been happy. Plus, the candied yams were amazing! We're coming back to this place.“

“I love the platanos and platano de empanadas, is my go to! Pupusas are great. Curtido is great, made the traditional way! I recommend you call in to place your order. Is not that they are slow is just the food is great they get tons of orders. I love that its clean inside too. Yeah its located in not the best street but never been a problem for me. I recommend this place!“

“Love their food but customer service through drive up window is awful n manager no better over green onion I don't want none they been doing great not giving it they trying make me take it my daughter wants green onion they want charge her not Xtra 29.00 worth she goes off speech to manager n he say we stop n we charge then why is she try make me have green onion on my fry egg rice n never get eggs they attitude stinks we go every sat“

“OMG what can I say about Dulan's so me and my family traveled all the way from Palmdale to this place because my nephew loves it so much now they have a few restaurants throughout la and they all taste the same quick service friendly staff the food OMG the food was so damn good I literally went to go try another restaurant that's not affiliated with them when I tell you I cried lol yes I did because the other restaurant food was trash I spent damn near $20 for trash so by the time I went back to Dulans they was closed i was mad ?the I think I had about everything they had on the menu the next time I went back so good I think know I feel that they cook their food with love because how could something tastes so good to be having you travel almost 2 hours just to get their food I promise you as long as they stay open I will never go to anot“

“Best fried chicken in Inglewood.“

“I was raised on Home made Southern food so trust me i know how Southern food is supposed to taste. I've eaten here 3 times not once have I been disappointed the smothered chicken is my favorite the chicken is crispy and smothered with a delicious homemade gravy, cat fish is flavorful and always served HOTT! Collard greens crack bread fried chicken and macaroni and cheese taste just like my Grandmother's. Oh yea and the service is great everyone is very friendly and attentive! 10 STARS across the board!“

“This place is good! I’m not sure why they have a low rating. I think people may be hating because it’s a Black Owned and run business. I think it’s a great place with a great vibe“

“the food was very good I had the meatloaf greens and yams very delicious not a long wait a for Saturday“