Madre & Son Soulfood Cafe

Newark, NJ · Soul food restaurant

Rating
4.5/5
★★★★★ 4.5
Reviews
20
Rank in Newark
#194
of 1095 restaurants
City Percentile
67%
rating percentile
Address
Madre & Son Soulfood Cafe, 37 Commerce St, Newark, NJ 07102
Phone
(973) 733-0013
Website
madreson.top
Status
Closed · Opens 2:30 PM

Madre & Son Soulfood Cafe is a restaurant located in Newark, NJ. It is one of 1,095 restaurants listed in Newark. Its 4.5-star rating is above the Newark city average of 4.2 stars. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

Hours

Saturday2 PM–7 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★☆☆ 3.0 Rae Thompson · Sep 2025

Server was nice but service was incredibly SLOW! Two plates pictured here is wha we ordered and it took about an hour to get to us AND we got our meals separately. Not cool. Flavor was on point with the dishes (except the fish, I didn’t taste any seasoning at all) but for me the green beans were inedible because of the texture. It was very mushy. Not sure if I would recommend due to wait times and them being out of several items.

★★★★★ 5.0 Nastasha Zebrowski · Dec 2025

We were flying out of Newark and wanted to grab a quick bite before travel. We lucked up and found this gem on instagram. We are already ready to return home to grab more food from Madre & Son. They put both feet in these dishes. I wish I could post the video of my 6 year old devouring the honey garlic shrimp. The entire time he just kept saying mmm, mmm with every bite😋. Great portion for the prices. Service was also great!

★★★★☆ 4.0 Andrea Jackson · Oct 2025

Solid. I love okra so this is why I tried this place. Their okra has a little teeny bit of sugar in it, which is a new one for me. But I’m going to eat them. I find that northern soul food adds sugar to dishes for some reason. Same with the cabbage and the greens they were a lil sweet. Green beans were fine. But they forgot my drink.. But I like my containers because I can use them again. All in all not bad.

★★★★★ 5.0 Oscar Mendoza · Aug 2025

Man, all I can say is I tasted heaven today!! Hands down the BEST SOUL FOOD I've ever tasted not even my 10 years living in Georgia can compare. We literally stumbled upon this hidden gym, which 9 out of 10 are usually the BEST spots! Kudos to staff but hands down to the chef #yummyinmytummy. We had the amazing oxtail, the finger licking wings and the can't put down chicken & waffles. The cabbage and yam took it to a whole other level too!

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Tiffany Sykes · Jan 2026

The food is nasty they fell completely off I don’t know who’s the new chef in charge but they need to bring the old one back. I am not sure if they under new maintenance. The food didn’t have the season it used to be my rice was completely dry and the lady just gonna tell me that’s what you get poor service and poor communication

Services

Soul food restaurant

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