Jamil’s Cafe

This is my second time having food from Jamil's in the last year and the quality has been the same both times. The service is slow which is to be expected when certain things are cooked to order. It's takeout only and it's in your best interest to place your order closer to when they open vs near closing time as they do sell out at times. I ordered fried whiting, yams and seafood salad both times. The yams are sweet and delicious. The whiting is good and I normally add hot sauce for extra flavor. The seafood salad is good as well as it's seasoned.

I ordered through DD, and it arrived hot and on time. Everything was delicious. I had the whiting and shrimp platter with greens, seafood salad n a side of Mac n cheese. The side of mac for $5 was skimpy for the price but was good. I definitely support Black owned businesses if food is good. Overall, I recommend and will order again.

Tried this place on a whim while searching for lunch on a random Wednesday. Jamil's happened to be within a 5 minute driving distance into Philly which was a perfect distance for my lunch pickup. I got the Swai platter and it was perfectly fried and seasoned. The yams were a solid 8/10. They were sweet but not over seasoned with nutmeg or cinnamon. The macaroni was decent but not as good as the yams so I'd say 7/10.I tried my daughter's stuffed salmon and the salmon was tender. The crab stuffing was well seasoned but it was over-mixed. You end up losing the small lumps or crabs and are left with a stringy consistency. I got a half and half to drink and it was slapping. Honestly made me feel like I was back in Maryland for a minute. We'll definitely be back.

This is my go to place on a Friday after work. I like this place! They don't stay open late compared to other restaurants. They close around 6pm on a Friday couple of times I made it just in time and couple of times they served me after telling me they were closed. They saved me from having to fix dinner for myself after 10 hour work day. I'm a fan of the banana pudding,potato salad and the fried shrimp (it taste like mine).They seem to always have a smile on there faces.What I'm not a fan of is the string beans,collar greens to me they taste like they are out the can vegetable,for the people that eat can food I guess it's fine for you but I have a thing against can food. Fried Chicken is pretty good as well. The fried Whiting has a great taste even tho it's not fresh whiting I believe it's the whiting in a bag.This place isn't expensive.

Food is hot, tasty, and plentiful. Unless you are extremely hungry, you will eat twice from your platter. Customer service is informative and polite...phone call made to me for corrections. A happy go-to place to eat.

I ordered fish two sides. I got fish one side. I paid $22.00. I was disapointed. If the 2nd side wasn't available I would have been ok with another, even if I didn't eat it. The fish was delicious, so I'll try one more time.

Food was delicious! Reminded me of my grandmas food! The fish was fried perfect and not oily and I was shocked that I liked the potato salad b/c I only like my moms lol.

Let me start with the positive... the swai is really good... but that's it. The greens have no taste at all. No salt, nothing. The seafood salad is giving mayonnaise with lite old bay (because I added additional old bay). There was not one piece of shrimp or crabmeat in my seafood salad. I wanted to love this place because it's black owned! Hopefully it gets better over time.

I really hope this place stays around for a while. I haven't had good quality soul food in that area in a very long time. I got the stuffed salmon with yams and mac as sides, and they were both delicious and filling. It's a little small spot, almost easy to pass - but definitely worth it. Also wasn't expensive at all .

Jamil's Cafe has amazing food!! We randomly chose to eat there while riding down Ogontz Ave and was not disappointed. The customer service was warm, the food was ready timely with about a 20 minute wait. The fried whiting and seafood is a must try! We will definitely be back; support black-owned business y'all!