Ella Ray's Cafe

The atmosphere is down-to-earth, and you feel like family surrounds you. No pretenses. Nothing to prove, just great people and great food. Honestly, the food is fantastic — just like it’s made fresh at home by grandma. We had an opportunity to meet Mrs. Ray. Such a beautiful and joyful person! I like homestyle silverware. Unfortunately, they told me next time.

If I could give this place a flat out 0, I would. They serving HAIRY CHICKEN and acting like you still want the damn SAME FOOD afterwards. First off, it took forever to get the food. I was waiting for 10 minutes with no line for someone to greet me and take my order. Second, soon as I get back to eat my food after working all day, the first thing I see is a hair COOKED INTO THE DAMN CHICKEN. So I go back, and inform the cashier that I had a hair in my food and requested a refund. This guy (assuming the manager or owner) comes out, gives me $16 out his pocket, and says "I took the piece of chicken out that had a hair on it & you can keep the rest" like he's doing me a damn favor! No checking my receipt to see how much I actually paid ($20), no offering to REMAKE my food, just hands me th

This spot is a hidden gem for authentic southern soul food, cooked to perfection. I enjoyed the smothered turkey wings with collared greens and yams. It was hard to choose when their braised short ribs and rice, fried chicken, and oxtail dinners were on the menu. What a very well run black owned business. I talked to the owner, Ray, who was working dressed in his Sunday’s best. If I could give more than 5 stars, I absolutely would.

I bought THREE dinners total. One turkey wings dinner with yams and mac and cheese, one turkey wings dinner with cabbage and rice with gravy, and one pork chops dinner with baked beans and mac and cheese. The turkey wings were DRY, the cabbage WASN’T seasoned and the gravy tasted like HEINZ gravy in the jar! The yams and mac and cheese were delicious! I had asked for a SAMPLE of the potato salad to see if I would like it. I absolutely LOVE Carolina Kitchen’s potato salad. The server told me that they DON’T offer samples. I wasn’t asking for a container, I just wanted to TASTE a small TEASPOON. Had I been able to sample and I liked the potato salad, I would’ve bought at least three containers. The corn muffins were dry and burnt. I also purchased two slices of sweet potato pie. When I had g

I wandered in on a Thursday evening and was immediately greeted by a welcoming staff member, who asked me if I wanted to dine in or takeout -I opted for takeout, and he directed me to the takeout area. This was my first time ordering from Ella Ray’s, and there were several main options to choose from-smothered baked chicken, braised turkey legs, ox tail, whiting, catfish, and of course a variety of different sides -collard greens, macaroni and cheese, southern yams, green beans -I ordered the catfish (which was made to order, and was a short four-minute wait). For my sides, I ordered the cheesy macaroni and cheese and the cabbage and collard green-combo (this was permissible and they stated that people do this often-this is a better value :)). The yams looked too delicious to pass on, so I