519 S. Illinois Ave
618-547-2092
Evelyn’s came very highly rated from a friend and neighbor. I was so disappointed to find that the high hopes and expectations of a New Orleans style soul food experience fell flat. And hard.
It’s possible that dinners are better, but the lunch experience was terrible, and the empty restaurant during a Saturday’s prime lunch hour spoke volumes of the lack buzz about the place. First, you’re a New Orleans style restaurant and you only offer gumbo at dinner? Very limited selection, and we went with both jerk and curry chicken tacos. There is NO EXCUSE to serve tortilla shells that are so stale leather would be a suitable substitute. Not all six where like that, just the top 2 or 3 that could have been thrown out to get the fresher ones underneath. Then we had to ask if they were supposed to be hot or cold, because they were neither. I grew up in Memphis and moved here from Georgia so have been around a few collard greens. These were WAY overdone – almost soupy. The red beans and rice were OK but nothing special and the rice in them rather poorly done.
I can’t recommend this restaurant.
π Nothing really to grouse about, breads and desserts are their most successful items
π ½ Service was OK, but should be trained to spot problems and correct or report them
$ Honeybakers, Marion IL
1131 North Carbon Street
618-997-3992
I must be pretty frickin’ hard to impress, as I write this review it occurs to me how negative most of the areas reviews have been. To borrow the vernacular of Chicago’s Southside it’s “sawright”.
Again, it was a wonderful evening with friends. And unlike some places we’ve been there are some real bright spots here. If you’re a bread/roll person I think the rolls here are fantastic. If I could make them that way I’d be twice my present girth. The desserts are numerous and roundly enjoyed by our group. The entrée’s are a step down from the two aforementioned products. I had a barbeque parfait which was enjoyable (beans, coleslaw and barbeque pork served in a mason jar), but no single component better than average, in fact the beans were probably no better than a good canned baked bean (if you believe that exists). I’m big on value when I review a restaurant and here too it’s “sawright”, but I found little to entice me to drive to Marion area from our Midland Hills home for another trip anytime soon. If you live in the Marion area or are going through, I’d say give it a try.
π π ½ Nothing really to grouse about, breads and desserts are their most successful items
π π ½ Service was OK, when we travel in a large group I give them more leeway than I’d otherwise do.
618-997-3992
I must be pretty frickin’ hard to impress, as I write this review it occurs to me how negative most of the areas reviews have been. To borrow the vernacular of Chicago’s Southside it’s “sawright”.
Again, it was a wonderful evening with friends. And unlike some places we’ve been there are some real bright spots here. If you’re a bread/roll person I think the rolls here are fantastic. If I could make them that way I’d be twice my present girth. The desserts are numerous and roundly enjoyed by our group. The entrée’s are a step down from the two aforementioned products. I had a barbeque parfait which was enjoyable (beans, coleslaw and barbeque pork served in a mason jar), but no single component better than average, in fact the beans were probably no better than a good canned baked bean (if you believe that exists). I’m big on value when I review a restaurant and here too it’s “sawright”, but I found little to entice me to drive to Marion area from our Midland Hills home for another trip anytime soon. If you live in the Marion area or are going through, I’d say give it a try.
π π ½ Nothing really to grouse about, breads and desserts are their most successful items
π π ½ Service was OK, when we travel in a large group I give them more leeway than I’d otherwise do.
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