Exotic Eats Nyc

Upon arrival it was a bit confusing realizing you are at the right location. Seems to be a hub for multiple restaurants.FoodFried Chicken was crispy and flavorful, finger licking!Sweet Chilli Chicken were delicious but could use more sauce.MAC & C was perfect for me. (Not a big fan of lots of cheese).Collard greens were also tasty, not much juice left in the bowl.Yams were different, a good different, very sweet.Overall the bowl wasn't super greasy so that was also a plus.Lockers system super smart idea. The wait time is about 15 minutes which is a bit much for the food not to be made to order. Food does comes out hot enough to be warm when you get back home.

I just don't know. I'm gonna stop doing my ine and done and give this place another chance to redeem themselves. I went here because of the reviews and it's not giving. Presentation is everything to me. I ordered the mac and cheese with honey garlic chicken and collard greens. The chicken is fried good but the sauce is light which supposed to be honey garlic. The mac and cheese has no pull and it seems to be cheese only on the top and barley throughout. The collard greens are good even though there is no meat in them. And they have enough salt as well.

Overall Review 3.5.I ordered after watching TikToker SadeintheCity's review. Ordered the 6 wings platter with collard greens and mac and cheese and 4 garlic butter shrimp add in. Overall the plate was packed. I definitely feel like I got my monies worth. The only reason I am removing 1.5 stars is due to the salt. Everything was overly salty except the wings. It made me regret not getting the candied yams for balance. Nonetheless, every restaurant is entitled to an off day or a chef that may be salt happy (every once in a while lol). More than happy to try again and update my review.

Exotic is an understatement. This is extraterrestrial eats. The locker pickup technology used at this location was very convenient and I wish more places would implement that. You don't waste a second of time: walk in, open the locker from your phone, grab your food, and you're on your way.I ordered the lemon pepper chicken meal with baked macaroni, candied yams, an extra side of collard greens, and extra cornbread.Before I even fully got through my first bite of the chicken, the seasoning punched me in the face. There's so much flavor in such little pieces of chicken. Most people would question the size of the chicken, but I thought it was nice in terms of managing portion control and they give a pretty generous amount for how much they charge. The chicken was tender and satisfying all around.The baked macaroni was also visibly seasoned and garnished, which excited me even more to eat it. The surface had that nice and salty cheese crust that makes this side a family favorite. The interior came with a nice creaminess to contrast the exterior, which made the macaroni experience amazing as well. I'd have to say the candied yams were my favorite side of the meal. The potency of flavor came with a snappiness similar to the chicken: as soon as I got near the yams, I was washed over with a soft and sweet flavor that still encompassed an authentic yam taste. The yams almost melt in your mouth as you eat them.The collard greens were strong in terms of balancing a number of flavors. The bits of turkey in the collard greens were seasoned nicely as well and they offered some variety to the collard greens as a whole. The greens felt fresh and came with a nice bite to them. It's not uncommon to find collard greens that become soggy in their liquid, so I really appreciated the level of structure that these greens held. They also weren't excessively salty: they only raised my blood pressure enough to offer a different point of view to the conversation, similar to all of the other sides.The cornbread was so soft that I couldn't even pick it up in one piece. Before I even ate it, I noticed a nice warmness and delicate aroma in each piece. It appears that the dishes here really are made with love and attention. Each bite was moist and the overall taste of the cornbread was strong. I can certainly say that this isn't your average Boston Market cornbread. Overall, getting a combo here gives you the opportunity to mix and match lots of unique textures and flavors to compose a memorable meal. I'd recommend this place without even thinking; there are Thanksgiving meals I've had in my time that don't beat this meal here.

Ordered from Uber eats tonight and overall it was OK... My fiancé and I got the soul bowls...and we were fairly dissatisfied. I always give some sort of benefit of the doubt when it's delivered. I will say the chicken wings were fantastic, and I know would be 10x better fresh out of the fryer. The Mac n cheese wasn't too bad, but wasn't anything memorable. Somewhere very much in the middle. However the yams....were....terrible. They were practically not edible. Burnt to all ends, super over-sweetened...definitely not myFavorite to any capacity. Also, for $23+ I was hoping for a bit larger portions. I wish I had taken a photo, but I was disappointed unfortunately. Closing on some good notes. We also got the cornbread and it was DELICIOUS, and absolutely perfectly cooked with a perfect taste. The honey garlic sauce that we added to our bowls was pretty dang tasty too! **Disclaimer, once again this was ordered on Uber eats...so the food had some drive time. Also, it was minutes before they closed that we ordered (online it said open until 3AM, which is the only reason I ordered...until I looked here and it says 930!) so sometimes businesses food quality may decline towards those last minutes of the night...even though ideally they shouldn't; I get it!

Really flavorful, everything was good, not just a couple things. I will continue to order fr here, and I'm really picky about where I order out from regularly. I will say the mac and cheese was too salty but I ate it all anyway because it was still fire.

GruHub delivery. Ordered the soul bowl with Mac n cheese and greens. And lemon pepper sauce. The chicken was flavorful. The Mac n cheese was creamy. And the greens were well seasoned. The portion was satisfying but probably wouldn't be enough for a larger appetite.

I'm mad asf cause my food was dirt and I dead planning to get food from there for like 2 weeks now and finally got it for my whole meals to be trash the potato salad was bussin thou but the yams Mac greens and wings was dirt the Mac was basically soup and it was salty asf the yams and greens was bland asf and the chicken taste like it was made in old dirty grease and that Spanish boy at the front got a stank as attitude but the potato salad was good asf but y'all should really gimme my dam money back cause 32 for a whole bunch of non edible food and I'm glad i got the Mac as a side cause the way y'all just smacked my wings on top my yams and greens and had them mad soggy that Mac woulda drowned the wingsand speaking of wings y'all really gave me all drumsticks like WTH

Food is amazing! I'm glad they decided to put the restaurant in that area , great choice. it'll definitely be apart of my day of the week meals& they're super sweet& polite . Y'all I think I found my favorite restaurant

Great Vibe , I Had The Salmon Dinner shit was firee, I'll definitely be back shout out to this spot fr fr.