EllaEm's Soul Food

Stopped in for lunch and pleasantly surprised. Food was delicious! Staff was friendly and attentive. 8 tables to dine in.

I was excited to see a soul food restaurant today in North Las Vegas, so I had to check them out. They offer dine in, take out, and catering services. Went inside to place and wait for a to go order. Very comfortable, cozy family friendly atmosphere. Employees were friendly. Ordered smothered pork chops, fried catfish, sides of black eyed peas, yams, greens, and cabbage with cornbread. They had sold out of their lemon cake, which I look forward to trying on a future visit. Food was perfectly prepared and well seasoned with generous portions. Glad to have discovered EllaEm's Soul Food restaurant. Another terrific Yelp find in the books!

With the long line and wait, I was expecting this place to serve food so good it would 'make me wanna slap my mama.' Instead, it made me appreciate her amazing cooking even more. The baked chicken was very dry and lacked flavor, but the catfish was absolute perfection. The yams were the standout side--bursting with flavor--while the dressing was too 'wet,' and the macaroni was pretty forgettable.I also recommend they consider hiring more staff. The two cooks in the back, the cashier, and the single waitress were doing their best to keep up, but it just wasn't possible with the high demand. I love the history and charm of this place, but a little extra seasoning--on everything--would go a long way.

Me and my husband decided to eat here after my brother told me about it. We were told to sit anywhere with a menu. We preceded to sit for about 15 minutes without being helped at all, no drinks, nothing. Once another couple was sat and given drinks. We decided to leave. Unfortunately the service was not servicing.

I accidentally stumbled upon this gem of a spot, and I'm so glad I did! The place was busy, but after a short wait for a table, I was in for a real treat. I ordered the original catfish with three sides--yams, collard greens, and fried okra. As a New Orleanian, I've finally found an authentic Southern restaurant here in Las Vegas, serving up the kind of great food that's hard to find out here. Big thanks to Em, Tuni, and Teisha for taking such great care of me. I highly recommend dining here!

Looking for cooking like your Grandma use to make? Look no farther! Best soulfood in town! I have been coming here for over a decade and have never been disappointed. The food is consistently amazing even a decade later! Making a choice of what you want to eat is always difficult because it's all so good! During lunch it wasn't too busy. Of the few tables they have, only 2 were occupied. We ordered our food to go. We were helped quickly and our food was ready within 10 minutes. Our orders were correct, hot and fresh. I got my go to, catfish meal. Their catfish is the best I have ever had! I shared it with a few coworkers and they were blown away by how good it was. We are now planning a work lunch here soon. They agreed just a bite wasn't enough. The sides are always so hard to choose. I want them all! I chose the yams, collard greens and red beans and rice. They were all perfect and amazing! The sweet tea is great too! Not overly sweet, just right. If you're in the area give it a try. I'm pretty confident you'll find a new favorite restaurant!

Went here during a business trip. Have not had soul food in a couple years. Food was on point. I purchased the oxtails, Mac n cheese, rice , and collard greens. Great choice! Service was good and ambiance ok. Place does feature dine-in, however I would not have more than 4 people in your party. If you looking for a soul food spot in Vegas this is a great option and not that far from the strip.

You ever had such a bad experience your so mad you spent 70.00 and wish you could get it refunded.....no....well this happened to us at EllaEm's today. Disclaimer: we have ate here several times before and this was not our previous experience. This is the first time we have been back to eat here in a year or so. To start we walk in and they are using a portable air conditioner and it's not really cooling the place down but it's not too bad since there was only 2 other tables occupied. We get seated and was told immediately they don't have Coke because it ran out but they have all the other drinks. We order drinks and when they bring the drinks we are told they ran out of straws. We wait about 10 mins for the server to come and take our order. We wait over an hour and a half to get our food and this is after I flag down our waitress that at no time checks on us while we are waiting on our food. She apologized and said that they are getting a lot of door dash orders and our dine in order keeps getting bumped but she will tell the kitchen to prioritize our food. Which I think is a issue in itself, how are you bumping previous orders for new orders?Around this time the place has someone at all the tables, only 1 table has food and it's starting to get hot. We flag down a waitress and ask for our drinks to be refreshed as all the ice has melted from to the temp of the restaurant and how long we have been waiting for food. About 10 mins after we were told they would prioritize our food the food comes out. My gravy is missing and they didn't bring out any corn bread and we are still waiting for them to bring my husbands plate. She says oh they didn't give you corn bread, she says I will get it but we are out of butter. They bring my husbands plate and state they are waiting on the okra. Then they bring the corn bread out about 5 mins later and tell my husband they don't have any okra and did he want something else.Now going through all that I will be okay as long as the food is good and I would have probably only deducted 1 star but when the sides are better than the meat we have a problem. The chicken was bland and was not cooked to where it's easy to pull off the bone. The pork chops which is my go to when we eat there was also bland. This was a huge disappointment and there are too many soul food places in Vegas to setting for this type of experience and food. Please save your time and money and eat elsewhere. If I could give this place negative stars I would.

This is my second time here, but this time, I ordered the another pork chops. Let me tell you, the food was amazing! Very flavorful and even though they were an hour from closing, they were very nice and we did not feel rushed. The music selection was great as it was last time. I will definitely be back tomorrow!

Food was delicious but take it to go! The gnats run the place. I killed at least 10 in a 30 minute period and ended up taking my meal to go. The service was excellent. The restaurant and bathroom was clean. During the closed hours locate the source of the gnats and use a fogger to get rid of remaining floating around.