Ol’ Boy’s Soul Food

Its hard to find good soul food. This hidden gem not only provides great customer service, the food is good. I ordered the fried chicken breast, Mac and cheese, greens, tuna salad and chocolate cake. I wish I ordered the wings because chicken breast know matter who cooks it, is dry. But it was fried to perfection. The cornbread was so good that I could’ve skipped out on the cake and ordered another side of cornbread. The tuna salad is good. Hope the food remains consistent!

OMG! Delicious soul food 4 real! Sweet Cheese Potato Pie is to die for… Mac & cheese off the chain & bumpin collards. Neighborhood is rachet but this spot is well worth the trip all day. Well done Ol Boy, well done!

This place was recommended to me as halal soul food so I decided to give it a try while we were in town. i had the beef ribs platter with Mac n cheese and cabbage hubby had the jerk wings platter with collard greens and Mac n
ribs were nice and tender just wish they would have taken the time to trim fat and they were doused in bbq sauce not complaining. The cabbage was flavorful imo so were the greens. Now not to toot my own horn but toot toot I make better Mac n cheese. Then macaroni was overcooked in my opinion my 13 month old had no issue tearing this up so I guess that’s a plus. the cornbread was nice and moist but should have been warm not room temperature. Overall decent food and nice customer service.

Muy first time here loved it. Very friendly and social. The food is good I had a turkey wing platter. The greens and Mac & cheese is great. The candied yams and potatoe salad is also good. My new soul food place.

Nice in the way of giving me my money back I was happy to give back the food he didn’t want it though but the girl who answered the phone about my complaint was very smart «oh I already know that» and «I told them the mac was to salty» and telling me what I ordered but the older gentlemen I talked to was very nice maybe it was a bad night

The food here is excellent and the yams are so good. My daughter loves the cabbage. The fish is delicious and hot. I love food. The kitchen is clean. Everything is cover so nothing gets inside. Great customer service. I will be a regular here. This place is worth checking out.

This was the wackest soul food ever. Whoever likes it is just fat a shit and will eat anything that’s in front of them. The delivery service is good and also the customer service. Even though the food wasn’t amazing it was still (edible)

Great find for take out! Was on 60^th street visiting one of the shop owners and she asked if I wanted some good soul food so down the street to Ol Boy’s Soul Food we went.
I ordered the turkey wing sandwich with gravy on wheat bread. It was wonderful ! Such a huge portion and reasonably priced. I’d definitely go back.

Overpriced food, not terribly friendly counter service, and stemmy-​as-​fuck canned collards make this place just OK. They should seriously step up their game to dominate soul food in West Philly. Alas. The search continues.

My second time around was a breath of fresh air. I got to try the cornbread which reminds me of cake and it was warm. The bbq chicken wings and mac and cheese did not let me down, they both are really good… i got full so I shared it with my nephew whom devoured everything including the yams (but they weren’t his favorite he like the mac). I can now order more often (considering the time of day).

The food was just ok… nothing to go crazy over… although the sweet potato cheesecake is the best… I would give that 5 stars

When the place first opened the food was really good and the portions were generous. But over the last year or so the portions have consistently shrunk. The size of the chicken wings aren’t even as big as when they opened. But if you dine here make sure you get the collard greens and the macaroni and cheese! DELICIOUS! I would suggest the whiting but you may want to get two orders because you only get 3 SMALL fillets in the platter. Platters average around 10 bucks or so which is affordable

I appreciate this business so much. A couple years ago they opened up around the corner from my job. They have been consistently courteous and delicious since they opened!
Ol’ Boys offers the best staple soul food items: perfectly fried chicken, gooey Mac and Cheese, flavorful collard greens, AMAZING cornbread and delectable fried fish. The bonus is that they are always introducing new items and offering yummy specials. All are great. You never get tired of ordering the same platter cause… tada there’s something exciting on special.
They are excellent at customer service, speed of order prep and just pleasant people. They are the best business in this area bar none.

Had the Belgian Waffle, some Greens, and Macaroni and Cheese. All was exceptional. The Belgian Waffle was fantastic.

I ordered the chicken wings, mac, & greens. the chicken was great. The mac wasn’t so good. The noodles were overcooked too oily & cheap cheese. The greens I was disappointed I had more stem in my platter then the leaf. The cornbread tho was great sweet & soft I only suggest they give it out warm not room temp or cold

Ol’ Boys Soul Food Restaurant opened in the summer of 2013 in an area that looks a little neglected– I say this because we parked next to an abandoned house whose first floor was covered in garbage. I can’t say I have done too much dining around the 60^th and Locust area. But that might change now. Obviously from the name, I knew to expect soul food and to probably not expect a salad. I also couldn’t not think about the beloved, and very violent Korean movie that Spike Lee remade last year (see the original, please).
Inside, you order from a counter and there is limited seating. The menu is also limited. But that makes your choice easier. There is no pork on the menu, perhaps catering to a local Halal population.
Pondering either the fried fish or chicken platters, I ultimately chose the fried chicken breast ($ 10-​bbq, wings, and legs were also options). Platters come with 2 sides and corn bread. It took about 10 minutes for our food to be ready. I noticed a beer store is directly next door, and though I didn’t take advantage of it (and you might want to check to make sure it’s ok), beer along with the fried chicken would have only been more perfect.
The fried chicken was exactly what I hoped for: crispy and juicy. Nothing remarkable, just a simply fried breast with sturdy breading. I added a little hot sauce they had available for an extra sprinkle of heat.
The innocent looking corn bread was bonkers good– sweet and moist. Made me hate everyone who makes dry corn bread.
The mac and cheese side came as a big hunk. It wasn’t the gooey kind, the noodles were slightly overcooked, and it needed some salt and pepper, but I couldn’t stop eating it.
The other side I picked came off of the specials menu, lima beans. They were pretty much the best ever, super creamy and flavored with a smoked turkey hock. If this is an option, don’t miss it.
Ol’ Boy’s has made a fan. I plan to brave the litter again to try the fried fish, turkey wings, and candied yams.

Ooooh! This place almost got 4 stars, then this place almost got 2 stars but we settled on 3. Let me tell you why. We ordered turkey wings, fried wings, mac and cheese, yams, tuna mac, and string beans.
The good:
Wings
Mac and cheese
The service
very clean
The iffy:
Tuna mac
Yams (fruity as opposed to sweet)
The bad:
Turkey wings (too dry and flavorless)
The canned:
String beans (they were tasty though)
All in all I think they have the capability to be phenomenal, especially because their customer service is great. They just need to work on their flavors a bit.

Came here because I was in the area and the reviews were good. I got fried chicken, Mac n cheese, yams and a side of potato salad and my friend got talapia, Mac n cheese and greens. The chicken was good but nothing special. The fried talapia was real good. The Mac n cheese was terrible like the other reviewer described it. The yams were good, loved the pineapples in it. The potato salad wasnt good. The Corn bread was good as well. The greens tasted like glory greens but weren’t bad either. Great staff and clean but they need to fix the Mac n cheese if anything. If your in this area you mind as well go to just to serve you at Frazier and Girard (great food but bad service).

I hate to do this in light of all the 5 star reviews so far, but I’m really not sure what they ate (except maybe the candied yams– more on that later). I’d like to give them three stars only because the place is super clean and the staff is super friendly. The food? Not so super at all.
We were looking for lunch and I had gotten a pm from someone affiliated with the store. Usually I ignore spam like that, but my favorite soul food restaurant in west philly burned down and has yet to reopen so I checked to see if there were any reviews. Surprisingly there were already 5, all 5 stars, and two of them were from people whose judgment I have always been able to trust in the past. So we ordered.
Fried chicken breasts and wings– ok. nothing special. actually smell like corner chinese food fried chicken :/​
Beef Short Ribs — ok. nothing special. cooked well but not noteworthy. BTW — They serve No Pork here at all, which is a bonus for those halal and kosher folks among us.
Mac and Cheese– AWFUL. separated, gritty/​cottage cheesy, bland– no seasoning whatsoever. no salt, no pepper, no onion, no garlic, no nada. and, like i said, gritty :(
Strring beans — I could taste the turkey neck in the liquid, but it was like they had dumped a bag of green beans into the juice to get coated was all. No happy, peppery feeling on my lips, no delicious oniony, meaty taste :(
Potato Salad– ok. nothing special. black bear at acme or shop rite is a million times better.
Greens — Apparently not good (i don’t eat them myself). Allegedly very vinegary and tough.
Candied Yams — Apparently Out of this World! (I don’t eat them myself). Said Yams: «wow, these have pineapple and oranges» and «you can taste the fruit juice!» allegedly very, very impressive.
Cornbread — very sweet and more like cake.
As I mentioned, the customer service was great– they even threw in some extra cornbread and a piece of what we thought was sweet potato pie but was actually sweet potato cheesecake. The people were so nice and friendly that I feel pretty bad rating their food honestly. (btw– the sp cheesecake It got eaten amongst three people, but none of them were overwhelmed.)
I really, really, really wanted to like this place. I hang out only a few blocks away a couple nights a week and we were thinking this could be a go-​to place :’(I don’t know if the first day they went all out on the food, or maybe we ordered too early and the food hadn’t had time to really marinate and get good yet, but we will be sticking with Mama’s Boy and J ust To Serve You from now on…

I am on a soul food binge, so get out my way! I came here or on a tip from a fellow Unilocaler and I’m really glad I did. I was driving in West Philly looking for this restaurant because I didn’t have an exact address. I’m driving down 60^th Street and lo and behold, I saw a really big black guy in a apron standing in front of the restaurant. In my mind I was hoping this was a place because looking at him, I knew I was in for a treat. When I approach the restaurant, the big guy said «you look hungry and this is the place to be my friend». Pinch me.
The restaurant is newly decorated, and the spot was so clean it actually shined. There were two attractive young ladies taking orders at the counter and they were very very pleasant and personable. They handed me a menu and I told them I wanted to try the fried chicken. The big guy said I should order the breast, it came boneless and it was very large. Who I am I to argue? I ordered collard greens, mac and cheese and potato salad to go with the chicken. The big guy said it would be ready in 10 to 15 minutes. They have a big flat screen TV in the waiting area to keep you company until your food is ready but what caught my attention was a row of individually packaged slices of homemade sweet potato pie. So I grabbed a slice to eat while I was waiting for my order. The pie was delicious not too sweet and definitely homemade with love.
The food was done and after talking with the young ladies, I paid for it and headed home to eat. The big guy was right the chicken breast was huge, crisp on the outside and juicy on the inside. and zero bones. The greens were flavorful and tender, the bake macaroni and cheese was delicious, and the potato salad was really old school. The meal came with a huge hunk of freshly baked corn bread that could have been mistaken for a dessert. It was high and fluffy with a hint of sweetness. All in all it was a pretty impressive meal, sometime simple home made foods are the hardest to pull off these days.
If they continue to consistently put out food at this high level, they will blow up! The prices are reasonable and it’s worth the trip from wherever you’re coming from.