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1 | I really wanted to get grub at Price's, but they don't have a dining area and I didn't want to get take out.\n\nCame here for lunch. Waitresses was pushing hard on the chicken tenders that she loved. Free cornbread was average. I had the fried chicken and sides of mashed potatoes and mac n' cheese. Surprisingly, n... | en | 93 | really wanted get grub price dining area want get take lunch waitresses pushing hard chicken tenders loved free cornbread average fried chicken sides mashed potatoes mac n cheese surprisingly none really good service cheerful guess best part able park downtown charlotte found free spot towed done eating | 47 |
4 | This restaurant is my favorite restaurant in Uptown. I first visited this restaurant before I moved to Charlotte. I was walking Uptown one day and decided to give them a try. Once I saw that they served soul food, that was it for me. For one reason it is very hard to find restaurants nowadays that are homey and laid ba... | en | 182 | restaurant favorite restaurant uptown first visited restaurant moved charlotte walking uptown one day decided give try saw served soul food one reason hard find restaurants nowadays homey laid back feels like home walk door got ta crazy like place serve everything fried chicken corn bread meal bbq beef ribs since eat p... | 86 |
1 | I really wanted to like this place. It had cool old wood signs and their original menu on a chalkboard, and friendly welcoming staff. The menu has a lot of good sounding items, but the problem for me was I was expecting some good Southern cookin with chicken fried chicken or chicken fried steak. So, I went for the f... | en | 91 | really wanted like place cool old wood signs original menu chalkboard friendly welcoming staff menu lot good sounding items problem expecting good southern cookin chicken fried chicken chicken fried steak went fried chicken breast blah dry flavor saving grace earned extra star side veggies good cornbread delicious | 47 |
4 | Mert's is awesome! I went there for the first time in a while, and everything was as great as I remember. First up was the mouth wateringly scrumptious cornbread, fresh out of the oven and served with plenty of butter. I liked it so much that I asked for more when my entr\u00e9e arrived. I had the salmon cakes, which w... | en | 223 | mert awesome went first time everything great remember first mouth wateringly scrumptious cornbread fresh oven served plenty butter liked much asked arrived salmon cakes best ever eaten grandma salmon canned stuff fresh salmon poach house perfectly seasoned nice moist inside crispy outside served remoulade compliments ... | 98 |
2 | I REEEEAAALLY wanted to like Mert's...Any place that has Heart and Soul in the name has to be delicious in my opinion. First, I will say, I will give Mert's another chance in the future. I went on a Friday night after work and it was crammed full. \nI took that as a good sign because that many people here has to say so... | en | 209 | reeeeaaally wanted like mert place heart soul name delicious opinion first say give mert another chance future went friday night work crammed full took good sign many people say something right quickly seated food came fast really complaints ordered salmon cakes mashed potatoes green beans thought would glowing review ... | 98 |
1 | The cornbread was the best part of the meal, all the other menu items I tried was sub-par. | en | 18 | cornbread best part meal menu items tried | 7 |
3 | I'm definitely a fan. The service was awesome, prices were right and the food was filling. We went for brunch and walked into a mostly empty restaurant. The sweet potato pancake had a unique texture, a bit on the sweet side (no syrup necessary), but delish. The biscuits were buttery and flaky. Awesome. The Shrimp Creol... | en | 93 | definitely fan service awesome prices right food filling went brunch walked mostly empty restaurant sweet potato pancake unique texture bit sweet side syrup necessary delish biscuits buttery flaky awesome shrimp creole omelette tasty really filling filled shrimp topped spicy tomato based sauce skip oj gross concentrate... | 53 |
4 | Can't believe I haven't reviewed this place yet. I used to live uptown and would come here for lunch often. I'm not a cornbread fan but I do love their cornbread. \nI also finally had their chicken tenders over the weekend and they were excellent. I debated between the salmon cakes or the chicken tenders and decided... | en | 126 | ca believe reviewed place yet used live uptown would come lunch often cornbread fan love cornbread also finally chicken tenders weekend excellent debated salmon cakes chicken tenders decided try something different glad mac cheese collard greens accompaniments pretty full could take doggie bag since headed smg movie pl... | 60 |
4 | Not only was the food wonderful but the staff are friendly. The ribs are sooooo tender and the red beans & rice are fabulous. The cornbread is YummmmmY. | en | 28 | food wonderful staff friendly ribs sooooo tender red beans rice fabulous cornbread yummmmmy | 13 |
4 | I love this place. There was a time when I ate here twice a week. The food is amazing and very true to its Gullah/Carolina roots of down-home, Southern cuisine. Everything is fresh, delicious, and remarkably low-priced. | en | 37 | love place time ate twice week food amazing true roots southern cuisine everything fresh delicious remarkably | 16 |
3 | Ok, just to dispel any misunderstandings, this isn't true \"soul food\" - it's great southern cooking.\n\nWe have been here three times since living in Charlotte and continue to come back for more. The mac-and-cheese is to die for, and every entree we've had has been terrific. I usually get the fried chicken tenders bu... | en | 134 | ok dispel misunderstandings true soul great southern three times since living charlotte continue come back die every entree terrific usually get fried chicken tenders opted barbecue ribs last time disappointed cornbread huge plus usually much finish shrimp grits favorite well save room dessert german chocolate cake tot... | 60 |
4 | Excellent! Home cooking, friendly service and the pies are amazing!! | en | 10 | excellent home cooking friendly service pies amazing | 7 |
4 | Went there with my parents (who are incredible health freaks) but wanted to try southern food, and we all loved it despite (or because off??) all the fried stuff. We ordered a Southern Sampler and a Soul Sampler, and it was perfect for the three of us. Granted we all eat like birds, but literally EVERYTHING was absolut... | en | 79 | went parents incredible health freaks wanted try southern food loved despite fried stuff ordered southern sampler soul sampler perfect three us granted eat like birds literally everything absolutely delicious cheap beautiful day sat outside wonderful dinner good service | 38 |
4 | Where to begin...\n\nEven the bread and butter served to each table is utterly delicious! Located conveniently in the downtown, Uptown, the restaurant exuded southern hospitality. The smell of fried everything wafted from the kitchen. Sign posters on the walls showed pretty much every stage actor ever had stopped in. A... | en | 117 | begin bread butter served table utterly delicious located conveniently downtown uptown restaurant exuded southern hospitality smell fried everything wafted kitchen sign posters walls showed pretty much every stage actor ever stopped staff friendly could food absolutely nothing feel short expectations fried tomatoes mmm... | 75 |
0 | I had such high hopes for this place but it fell short in many ways. I had their fried green tomatoes and for $6, I got 4 slices of skinny green tomatoes, deep fried and over battered. Tried their fried chicken, it wsa crispy but why is the portion so small. The table cloth is grimy and sticky..\n\nTry a Waffle house ... | en | 70 | high hopes place fell short many ways fried green tomatoes got slices skinny green tomatoes deep fried battered tried fried chicken wsa crispy portion small table cloth grimy sticky waffle house think better dining experience | 35 |
2 | It's been several years since I've been to Mert's, and I have to say I was a little let down. Now don't get me wrong the food is still good, although not consistent from dish to dish. The cornbread is on point, buttered to die for. The Salmon cakes were not very well seasoned, the collards on the tasteless side. The... | en | 123 | several years since mert say little let get wrong food still good although consistent dish dish cornbread point buttered die salmon cakes well seasoned collards tasteless side mac cheese creamy delish service still terrific staff friendly attentive greeted like saw yesterday come set southern charm meal great would go ... | 56 |
2 | The cornbread is great, maybe that has to do with the butter:) But, other than that I thought it was alright, but have had better. The greens were biter and I thought the red beans and rice would be a hit here, but wasn't all that impressed. I had higher hopes on my first visit but was sort of disappointed. On the b... | en | 68 | cornbread great maybe butter thought alright better greens biter thought red beans rice would hit impressed higher hopes first visit sort disappointed bright side service attentive | 26 |
4 | I finally made it to Mert's for dinner. I got the beef ribs. They were pretty good. The Mac and Cheese was delicious and a little burned on the bottom, just the way I like it. My dad got the chopped pork barbeque and loved it. I could eat that cornbread all night. Every time we've ever been here, the service has been e... | en | 89 | finally made mert dinner got beef ribs pretty good mac cheese delicious little burned bottom way like dad got chopped pork barbeque loved could eat cornbread night every time ever service extremely friendly pushes stars stars definitely back next time save room desert | 43 |
1 | Service was great! Servers had awesome personalities and were very hospitable. However, the food..... Sucked. The collards were not cook well and my salmon patties were burnt. The corn bread (which is what they are known for) was extremely dry and tasted like it came out of a box. We waited over an hour and a half to b... | en | 80 | service great servers awesome personalities hospitable however food sucked collards cook well salmon patties burnt corn bread known extremely dry tasted like came box waited hour half seated granted party disappointed good soul food | 34 |
4 | Best soul food in Charlotte. Other than the clogged arteries, nothing to complain about. The cornbread is amazing by the way, probably the most memorable part of my meal. | en | 29 | best soul food charlotte clogged arteries nothing complain cornbread amazing way probably memorable part meal | 15 |
3 | Mert's was an interesting introduction to soul food. We ordered sweet tea, salmon cakes with collard greens and black-eyed peas, fried chicken (dark) with collard greens and rice and fried catfish with okra and steamed cabbage. \n\nBefore all the food came out, the plate of 3 hot and piping corn breads were served wi... | en | 144 | mert interesting introduction soul food ordered sweet tea salmon cakes collard greens peas fried chicken dark collard greens rice fried catfish okra steamed cabbage food came plate hot piping corn breads served butter fresh right oven eat much corn bread wo able finish salmon cakes came spicy aioli tasty salmon cakes l... | 80 |
1 | Let me first say how delicious the cornbread was!\n\nThe catfish that I ordered was a fillet with a lot of batter on it although it was seasoned nice it was just to much breading for me ( and i thought i was going to get the whole fish not the fillet). The yams were out of a can so that was a major let down. The mac a... | en | 144 | let first say delicious cornbread catfish ordered fillet lot batter although seasoned nice much breading thought going get whole fish fillet yams major let mac cheese liking tasted like made velvetta cheap fried chicken lightly fried crispy either collard greens well like tourist spot staff friendly liked crowd get cha... | 60 |
3 | Great service and even better soul food. Try the fried green tomatoes, Mac and cheese, collards, catfish and fried chicken. | en | 20 | great service even better soul food try fried green tomatoes mac cheese collards catfish fried chicken | 16 |
3 | The food was great. I had the catfish & chicken qtr. combo with greens & yams. You could tell the sides were made ahead of time (they were barely room temperature) but were still pretty tasty. I'd recommend checking this place out if you find yourself in Charlotte! | en | 48 | food great catfish chicken qtr combo greens yams could tell sides made ahead time barely room temperature still pretty tasty recommend checking place find charlotte | 25 |
2 | I love Mert's- I have been going there for years, and I have written about them on here. I was disappointed today, though. I wanted to try something different than my usual salmon cakes, potato salad and okra and tomatoes. So today for lunch I had the catfish, with mac and cheese and collard greens. I was a little conf... | en | 151 | love going years written disappointed today though wanted try something different usual salmon cakes potato salad okra tomatoes today lunch catfish mac cheese collard greens little confused food came menu says whole fish meat comes easily bone whatever got filet asked server told whiting larger probably asked catfish o... | 64 |
3 | Eight of us went to Mert's today for lunch. We started out our meal with fried green tomatoes and soul rolls. The soul rolls were delicious. I had the beef ribs with Mac and cheese and okra and tomatoes. The ribs were good, but the sauce was sweeter than preferred. The Mac and cheese was excellent and the okra was... | en | 70 | eight us went mert today lunch started meal fried green tomatoes soul rolls soul rolls delicious beef ribs mac cheese okra tomatoes ribs good sauce sweeter preferred mac cheese excellent okra good everyone seemed enjoy meals service excellent | 38 |
4 | YUMM CORNBREAD. This place probably has the best cornbread I've ever had in my life. Period.\n\nI was in town for a day, and wanted to pick up somethingfor the road. My colleagues recommended Mert's, and I'm glad I went. I ordered a catfish, collard greens, and acorn squash for me, and a beef tips, mac n' cheese, and c... | en | 106 | yumm cornbread place probably best cornbread ever life town day wanted pick somethingfor road colleagues recommended mert glad went ordered catfish collard greens acorn squash beef tips mac n cheese collard greens special guy picking airport gobbled cornbread right away delicious know nothing tastes good first made sur... | 53 |
1 | This restaurant seemed perfect online but when I went there it was totally different experience. \nAs soon as stepped a foot in the restaurant I was in the face with bad smell which was combination of old frid fosh and burnt oil. This smell will stick to you for four to five hours at least.\nThe corn bread was the on... | en | 91 | restaurant seemed perfect online went totally different experience soon stepped foot restaurant face bad smell combination old frid fosh burnt oil smell stick four five hours corn bread good thing restaurant ordered chicken wings cold friend ordered chicken tenders tge bread old hard consequendly could eat sandwich | 47 |
0 | I am a new resident to the City of Charlotte. In search of some where to have dinner in the uptown area, to celebrate my friends Birthday, we came across this quant place. bypassing 5star gourmet restaurants we opted to have a quite dinner with some soul food. The restaurant was interestingly decorated and the menu ... | en | 434 | new resident city charlotte search dinner uptown area celebrate friends birthday came across quant place bypassing gourmet restaurants opted quite dinner soul food restaurant interestingly decorated menu appetizing service hand never tried shrimp grits special occasion decided try something new dish came table presenta... | 182 |
2 | People in charlotte rave about mert's, so we had to try it.\n\nIt's just ok in my opinion. I had a combo platter when I came: beef ribs, fried catfish, collards, and Mac and cheese. The beef ribs were not quite what I was expecting or really would have ordered if I had known. They were the short kind - and in this c... | en | 214 | people charlotte rave mert try ok opinion combo platter came beef ribs fried catfish collards mac cheese beef ribs quite expecting really would ordered known short kind case emphasis short little meat bbq sauce vinegary tastes catfish solid eating still understand hype collards best part meal delicious take classic mac... | 88 |
1 | The cornbread was good but everything was without season and it was fruit Flys (along with the traps) everywhere! The collard greens had an excessive amount of uncooked onions and tomatoes. I would not recommend this to anyone if you are in the mood for good food. | en | 47 | cornbread good everything without season fruit flys along traps everywhere collard greens excessive amount uncooked onions tomatoes would recommend anyone mood good food | 23 |
1 | I don't know what all the fuss is about. The cornbread is good, but they are stingy with the butter. (one little container for four small loaves). The servings for the kids meals were ridiculously small, and they burnt the outside of the chicken fingers! My kids would not even eat them. Another big problem.....par... | en | 194 | know fuss cornbread good stingy butter one little container four small loaves servings kids meals ridiculously small burnt outside chicken fingers kids would even eat another big problem parking charlotte getting locals downtown weekends pay park everywhere called restaurant going asked park person told could park free... | 97 |
2 | I went here with my family on a Friday night. There were six adults and two kids. We went early, about 6:30 - 7 to avoid the rush. We parked in the garage in the same block. The fee is validated by the restaurant. I was very excited to try this place because my family has eaten here before and said they love it. T... | en | 422 | went family friday night six adults two kids went early avoid rush parked garage block fee validated restaurant excited try place family eaten said love first thing noticed floor slippy grease almost fell even wearing flat shoes second thing noticed waitress night apparently feel like smiling talking patience night unf... | 205 |
3 | Mert's is true southern soul food. Not the New American type, but the real stuff. Mac-n-cheese, green beans cooked in animal fat, salmon cakes, fried chicken. It's all good. I love the mac-n-cheese and will often just order a veggie plate where I can pick 4 different ones to eat. They always have vegetable special... | en | 90 | mert true southern soul food new american type real stuff green beans cooked animal fat salmon cakes fried chicken good love often order veggie plate pick different ones eat always vegetable specials try something new every time go also different hot sauces table made point sample delicious corn bread make | 50 |
3 | Mert's is very good soul food. Came here with a friend last week. It took a minute for the cornbread to come out because it was hot and fresh out the kitchen. I'm not a big cornbread fan, but slap some butter on this stuff and it's quite amazing.\n\nOur server recommended the ribs, and so I ordered them with the yardbi... | en | 129 | mert good soul food came friend last week took minute cornbread come hot fresh kitchen big cornbread fan slap butter stuff quite server recommended ribs ordered yardbird mac cheese greens around great ribs falling bone yardbird good mac cheese stellar greens best tasted north finished meal peach cobbler fine great kind... | 57 |
4 | Soul food that make your heart smile. \n\nEvery time i visit da south for work I get excited about new bbq and soul food spots that I get to try. This place alone made my trip worth while. \n\nHad the jumbo wings with mac and cheese, collard greens, and cornbread.Everything was delicious and had a unique touch. The col... | en | 93 | soul food make heart smile time visit da south work get excited new bbq soul food spots get try place alone made trip worth jumbo wings mac cheese collard greens delicious unique touch collard greens best ever selection customer service outstanding even phone app cool right wait come back get mert | 51 |
2 | I had the blackened salmon, collard greens and yams. The collard greens were cooked perfectly and the yams were delicious. Blackened salmon was a little overlooked and under seasoned. | en | 29 | blackened salmon collard greens yams collard greens cooked perfectly yams delicious blackened salmon little overlooked seasoned | 16 |
3 | Chopped pork, corn bread, soul roll, blacked chop Delicious. Agree greens a bit stemy but still good. Strawberry cake fair banana pudding eh. I'd go back! | en | 26 | chopped pork corn bread soul roll blacked chop delicious agree greens bit stemy still good strawberry cake fair banana pudding eh go back | 23 |
0 | What a disappointment! My first day in Charlotte and I had checked Yelp reviews to plan my meals. The only good thing I can say is service was friendly and the cornbread was good. \nHowever, that wasn't enough to even warrant a second star because the rest of my food was so unpleasant. I started with the soul rolls... | en | 197 | disappointment first day charlotte checked yelp reviews plan meals good thing say service friendly cornbread good enough even warrant second star rest food unpleasant started soul rolls thought mixture flavors textures harmonize well seemed fried app sake fried without pleasing crunch real let shrimp grits served bowl ... | 90 |
0 | Although I have been using yelp for many years, this is my first review. My husband and I went to Mert's on Sunday morning around 1015. It was not full so we were seated immediately, right next to the server station. We watched server after server, at least 5 of them pass our table to put orders in the computer, server... | en | 124 | although using yelp many years first review husband went mert sunday morning around full seated immediately right next server station watched server server least pass table put orders computer server server chat one addressed table one said server shortly one said would like water one said let find server one went one ... | 58 |
0 | I spoke with Veronica the general manager. She apologized profusely for the mix up and assured me that she spoke with the staff. Ultimately, there was confusion about who was responsible for our table. She indicated that a long wait to be acknowledged is not common practice.\n\nShe invited me back to the restaurant. Ba... | en | 84 | spoke veronica general manager apologized profusely mix assured spoke staff ultimately confusion responsible table indicated long wait acknowledged common invited back restaurant based response give another try hopefully add stars disappointed hungry really wanted try seafood omelette | 37 |
1 | If this is great Southern Food then I am a craw dad . The Okra was not fresh and rather tasteless , the fish special wasn't fresh and was small and the cabbage was mushy. I was married to a Mobile girl and this is not what I expected for Soul Food.. But it was cheap and the corn bread was excellent. | en | 62 | great southern food craw dad okra fresh rather tasteless fish special fresh small cabbage mushy married mobile girl expected soul food cheap corn bread excellent | 25 |
1 | Our table agreed that the best part of this meal was the corn bread. Every order was lacking just that little something that would make a meal enjoyable. One person in our party of seven has said that he will return to give them another try. The rest of us will not be back | en | 54 | table agreed best part meal corn bread every order lacking little something would make meal enjoyable one person party seven said return give another try rest us back | 28 |
2 | I love that this place is open and serving dinner until 11 or midnight. That's hard to find in Uptown unless you are at the epicenter.\n\nThe food - well, mixed bag. The beef short ribs..tasty, but nothing to write home about.\n\nMy girlfriend and I both had the red beans and rice with roasted turkey....now when you ... | en | 188 | love place open serving dinner midnight hard find uptown unless food well mixed bag beef short ribs tasty nothing write home girlfriend red beans rice roasted turkey hear roasted turkey think wait minute ponder well got turkey sausage bizarre sliced taste bad confused actually waited several minutes waitress come back ... | 88 |
0 | The worst customer service by server and manager. We've been coming here for years. Tonight's experience is one of the worst restaurant experiences I've ever had. Supposedly there was a computer error with our food. Fine, I understand it happens sometimes. However while waiting two hours, we repeatedly asked our server... | en | 220 | worst customer service server manager coming years tonight experience one worst restaurant experiences ever supposedly computer error food fine understand happens sometimes however waiting two hours repeatedly asked server dinner got response every time right actually checking food tables around us came ate left meanwh... | 115 |
0 | WAIST OF TIME!!! My husband and I were in town for our 3 year anniversary and came to Merts after a great recommendation. We went to yelp and read the over all great reviews and were excited about trying this place. We waited about 20 min which was a good sign. The hostess wasn't too friendly but she was super busy so ... | en | 236 | waist time husband town year anniversary came merts great recommendation went yelp read great reviews excited trying place waited min good sign hostess friendly super busy could understand waitress older lady took drink orders almost right away went hill took sweet time coming back take order know saw looking like wth ... | 110 |
0 | Let me start off by saying that my experience was horrible and I would not recommend this place to anyone. My wife and I came to Charlotte celebrating our anniversary and decided to try Mert's per recommendation of her supervisor and because of the high praise the restaurant received online. We were seated in a reaso... | en | 170 | let start saying experience horrible would recommend place anyone wife came charlotte celebrating anniversary decided try mert per recommendation supervisor high praise restaurant received online seated reasonable time hill seated given bland cornbread still waiting order prepared cooked brought us prepared mind one ev... | 81 |
1 | We had to come try this place out since it had amazing reviews. We were disappointed TWICE!..The service was great both times. We had carryout the first time and ate in the second. The place was busy both times and the Chicken wings were the only thing that was consistently good. The Collard Greens are the toughest ... | en | 110 | come try place since amazing reviews disappointed twice service great times carryout first time ate second place busy times chicken wings thing consistently good collard greens toughest tasteless greens ever mac cheese husband fried whiting tasty also like sides said greens gritty agree cornbread delicious would return... | 49 |
0 | HORRIBLE customer service! (Not the waitress). The food was warm, had little flavor, and a simple menu item that read differently from what was expected was not offered to be negotiated. From where I'm from, when something reads \"smoked turkey\" you are expecting just that, not smoked turkey sausage (round slices of a... | en | 115 | horrible customer service waitress food warm little flavor simple menu item read differently expected offered negotiated something reads smoked expecting smoked turkey sausage round slices turkey sausage even given pass misunderstanding manager owerners daughter often identify interested making point making sure state ... | 55 |
4 | If you want a tasty soulful brunch on a Saturday morning, Merts is the place to go.\n\nOutdoor seating, pet friendly, and the best fried chicken in Charlotte! The organic yellow grits are out of this world good. I didn't care for their biscuits, but everything else was mouth-watering good!!! \n\nThe coconut layer ca... | en | 62 | want tasty soulful brunch saturday morning merts place seating pet friendly best fried chicken charlotte organic yellow grits world good care biscuits everything else good coconut layer cake light fluffy bites heaven fork | 33 |
3 | This place is amazing! The cornbread is perfectly buttery and moist, and the barbeque is seasoned just right and is making my mouth water just thinking about it! The staff there was so friendly and personable, and did a really nice job at checking on us- but not being overbearing. I definitely recommend this place if y... | en | 65 | place amazing cornbread perfectly buttery moist barbeque seasoned right making mouth water thinking staff friendly personable really nice job checking overbearing definitely recommend place looking delicious soul food meal | 29 |
1 | Such amazing soul food! Seriously some of the best collard greens ever! It's a shame that such awesome food can be disappointed by such horrible service! We waited for over an hour for an omelette and a vegetable plate! The waitress could have cared less that we had to wait. Our drinks stayed empty for most of the meal... | en | 113 | amazing soul food seriously best collard greens ever shame awesome food disappointed horrible service waited hour omelette vegetable plate waitress could cared less wait drinks stayed empty meal took minutes repeated requests small packet mustard town heard amazing things place great food super horrible service sure du... | 52 |
0 | Horrible service!!! Server forgot to put our order in. Came back 30 minutes later with lame lie. Another 20 minutes later still no food, not even apps. Hostess also provided 2 new lame lies. We left and will never go back. Dishonest staff ruined it for me. Honesty would have gone over better. Went to Tupelo Honey Cafe... | en | 63 | horrible service server forgot put order came back minutes later lame lie another minutes later still food even apps hostess also provided new lame lies left never go back dishonest staff ruined honesty would gone better went tupelo honey cafe instead awesome service food | 44 |
1 | Waited 45 minutes to get in at 8pm on Friday, that wasn't the bad part though..\nWaited 30 minutes for our drinks (our waitress didn't even show up, the host had to bring them) and after that, 2 hours for our food. By time it got to us we were so sick of waiting and so tired since it was 11pm that we could barely eat. ... | en | 142 | waited minutes get friday bad part though minutes drinks waitress even show host bring hours food time got us sick waiting tired since could barely eat food particularly good ordered chicken macaroni green beans chicken dry green beans seasoned bland macaroni good used cream cheese something tasted okay got two orders ... | 68 |
1 | Me and my family were in Charlotte for my Sorority's conference and we decided to go to Mert's for our last night in Charlotte. The wait wasn't bad and they accommodated for a party of 9 which was also nice because most small restaurants would just seat you at different tables. We did not think the food lived up to the... | en | 206 | family charlotte sorority conference decided go mert last night charlotte wait bad accommodated party also nice small restaurants would seat different tables think food lived hype lemonade freshly squeezed even though server said everything made house fresh cornbread soul roll best part meal anything fried greasy got f... | 115 |
3 | It was great. Our waitress was definitely a good host. I highly recommend this place if your in Charlotte. Mac and cheese was on point. I didn't care for the collard greens but overall we all enjoyed our meal and service. | en | 41 | great waitress definitely good host highly recommend place charlotte mac cheese point care collard greens overall enjoyed meal service | 19 |
1 | Service was extremely slow. We sat at our table for quite a while before we were waited on. Once we ordered the server brought cornbread right away. It's good but, not what I was expecting. We both ordered the fried chicken. It was cold and soggy. The mac and cheese was good but again, it's Mac and cheese. The server w... | en | 76 | service extremely slow sat table quite waited ordered server brought cornbread right away good expecting ordered fried chicken cold soggy mac cheese good mac cheese server really sweet attentive table food would go back | 34 |
0 | The worst restaurant ever! It doesn't matter if the food tastes good or not.. The service is the worst! Lazy and slow as ever! | en | 24 | worst restaurant ever matter food tastes good service worst lazy slow ever | 12 |
3 | I love soul food restaurants and this one is definitely a fave. I haven't tried anything there that I have not loved. I hate cornbread in general, but Mert's cornbread is something that every Charlottean should experience. Love it. | en | 39 | love soul food restaurants one definitely fave tried anything loved hate cornbread general mert cornbread something every charlottean experience love | 20 |
2 | I finally got myself to Mert's for dinner the other night after reading all the great reviews. Unfortunately, I left unfulfilled. \n\nThe staff is nice, when you can actually get a hold of them. Be prepared to wait for everything. 10 minutes for someone to acknowledge us as we first walked in. Another 10 minutes for ou... | en | 151 | finally got mert dinner night reading great reviews unfortunately left unfulfilled staff nice actually get hold prepared wait everything minutes someone acknowledge us first walked another minutes server greet us another minutes food show another minutes get check slow food good cornbread held high expectations buttery... | 76 |
3 | I was in Charlotte for the first time and decided to treat myself to a good southern dinner. My waitress Teresa greeted me with Southern Hospitality and just when thought that I had my meal selected (after reading Yelp, of course) she told me of the dinner specials, one of which was grilled catfish with mango chutney +... | en | 98 | charlotte first time decided treat good southern dinner waitress teresa greeted southern hospitality thought meal selected reading yelp course told dinner specials one grilled catfish mango chutney two sides choice sold choose yams mac cheese carolina blonde wash oh yeah complimentary corn bread honey butter start deli... | 51 |
1 | Walking Uptown on a Sunday morning before church, my wife, daughter, and I stopped into Mert's. Our waitress gave us the specials but said them so fast and with such apparent disinterest that neither my wife nor I understood any of what she said. We ended up ordering one of the specials after seeing them on a chalkbo... | en | 259 | walking uptown sunday morning church wife daughter stopped mert waitress gave us specials said fast apparent disinterest neither wife understood said ended ordering one specials seeing chalkboard find confusing disinterested interaction waitress stopped special minutes know meant run spinach strange ended two omelettes... | 126 |
2 | I've been here twice now (The first time my living social wouldn't load so we had to return, not that we were upset about that after our first great experience!) \n\nI think the service here is really hit or miss though, the first time we had great service, the second time a robotic like server who was actively RUDE to... | en | 208 | twice first time living social would load return upset first great experience think service really hit miss though first time great service second time robotic like server actively rude us presenting living social coupon like toddler throwing tantrum rude understand lot people might tip less using living social pits ti... | 103 |
1 | We chose to visit Mert's over going to a high-end chain because we wanted southern style cuisine, it was featured in travel guide from our hotel, and it got great reviews on Yelp. I was in town earlier this month with my Mom and toddler while we visited my youngest brother who was working in nearby Kannapolis. We wer... | en | 528 | chose visit mert going chain wanted southern style cuisine featured travel guide hotel got great reviews yelp town earlier month mom toddler visited youngest brother working nearby kannapolis able sit right away outdoors great however highly disappointed food experience still memorable enough write fried green tomatoes... | 235 |
4 | We've been on a search to find great southern soul food in Charlotte and this place is definitely at the top of the list so far. The location uptown on College next to the theatre was perfect. The service was excellent. The Perch was perfectly prepared. The baked macaroni and cheese was by far the best I have ever tast... | en | 127 | search find great southern soul food charlotte place definitely top list far location uptown college next theatre perfect service excellent perch perfectly prepared baked macaroni cheese far best ever tasted collard greens black eyed peas cabbage oh oh oh corn bread banana pudding surprising cake bottom perfect texture... | 70 |
4 | Breakfast food is excellent, so is the service and restaurant. | en | 10 | breakfast food excellent service restaurant | 5 |
0 | After participating in the Charlotte heart walk, my friends and I went to Mert's for brunch. We knew the service probably wouldn't be that great but expected the food to make up for that. Big fail on that expectation. The collard greens were dry with no flavor and when someone on my party asked if she could exchange th... | en | 223 | participating charlotte heart walk friends went mert brunch knew service probably would great expected food make big fail expectation collard greens dry flavor someone party asked could exchange something else waitress caught attitude whenever would ask something almost like mother may situation know reaction would pos... | 104 |
3 | Mert's is a great find in downtown Charlotte. The service is solid and the food is pretty good. They have a beer and wine menu, but seem surprised when you order and adult beverage.\n\nI took my servers suggestion and ordered beef ribs and fried fish. It arrived along with sides of macaroni and cheese and black eyed... | en | 130 | mert great find downtown charlotte service solid food pretty good beer wine menu seem surprised order adult took servers suggestion ordered beef ribs fried fish arrived along sides macaroni cheese black eyed peas black eyes best ever beef ribs really short ribs gristly husband opted special tia chicken breaded parmesan... | 71 |
0 | This was my second and most likely last time attending this restaurant. Reason for this statement is our waitress topped off my glass of water with water from a glass not a pitcher. Who fills a patrons glass like that? | en | 40 | second likely last time attending restaurant reason statement waitress topped glass water water glass pitcher fills patrons glass like | 19 |
1 | Soul food is ok...needs more seaoning and to be drained of grease. My entire rating is based off the customer service which was very rude and disrespectful for me as a customer. The wait was long and don't try to make reservations because they dont take on weekends. The waitresses have bad attitudes and rush you when ... | en | 102 | soul food ok needs seaoning drained grease entire rating based customer service rude disrespectful customer wait long try make reservations dont take weekends waitresses bad attitudes rush ordering imma take yall drink order food order time first exact words live charlotte prior visit never return far worst soul food e... | 50 |
2 | I have had the pleasure of dining at Merts frequently over the past 15+ years. I've always been pleased with the food and service. Today....I had lunch here and ordered the Merts world famous Salmon Cakes. Sadly it appears the Salmon cakes are now Salmon BALLS. The portions appears to be cut in half. To whom it may con... | en | 129 | pleasure dining merts frequently past years always pleased food service today lunch ordered merts world famous salmon cakes sadly appears salmon cakes salmon balls portions appears cut half may concern love adore dish however disappointed someone decided cheat us delicious menu item hope next visit reveal someone merts... | 65 |
2 | Great place to get soul food in the city. You will have to wait for a table on weekends. The wait staff is personable, but seem to be spread thin tending to the crowds of patrons that frequent the restaurant. They aren't the cleanest restaurant, the bathrooms are gross. | en | 49 | great place get soul food city wait table weekends wait staff personable seem spread thin tending crowds patrons frequent restaurant cleanest restaurant bathrooms gross | 24 |
1 | Gritty greens,everytime!...Need I say more?? Not what they use to be. | en | 11 | gritty greens everytime need say use | 6 |
4 | 1. CORNBREAD!\n2. Amazing southern food, everything was equally delicious. Great place to feel at home and fix your craving for fried chicken and all things southern.\n\nTheir cakes look incredible too. Try and save room, I wasn't able to and regret not taking a piece to-go. | en | 45 | cornbread amazing southern food everything equally delicious great place feel home fix craving fried chicken things cakes look incredible try save room able regret taking piece | 26 |
4 | While visiting Charlotte, we wanted a place within walking distance from our hotel, The Hyatt House (fabulous place). We found the perfect restaurant on Yelp and quickly chose Mert's Heart & Soul. I love comfort food so this was my heaven. I had blackened pork chops with collards and mac&cheese. The mac&cheese was so d... | en | 176 | visiting charlotte wanted place within walking distance hotel hyatt house fabulous place found perfect restaurant yelp quickly chose mert heart soul love comfort food heaven blackened pork chops collards mac cheese mac cheese delicious almost ordered second round husband ribs fried chicken combo collards mashed potatoe... | 95 |
3 | Great place...excellent fried catfish. | en | 4 | great place excellent fried catfish | 5 |
0 | Took my boyfriend for first time. Waitress kept going outside smoking and smelled like ashtray upon returning to table. Cornbread good. Chicken good. BBQ was disgusting and swimming in grease. Potato salad was also old tasting and could not eat. I was embarrassed that I had bragged to my bf about how good things ... | en | 76 | took boyfriend first time waitress kept going outside smoking smelled like ashtray upon returning table cornbread good chicken good bbq disgusting swimming grease potato salad also old tasting could eat embarrassed bragged bf good things terrible experience lunch worth drive parking time | 42 |
1 | Slow service con this cold and wet Monday. The servers just didn't have it together and neither did the cooks as my chicken was seasonless and my Mac and cheese was cold. The only thing you can expect from Mert's is inconsistency. | en | 42 | slow service con cold wet monday servers together neither cooks chicken seasonless mac cheese cold thing expect mert inconsistency | 19 |
4 | Great food, great prices, great staff, great atmosphere. Go here! Had the breaded chicken special with okra and cabbage and it was amazing. Tons of flavor and perfect portions! Southern cookin at its finest. | en | 34 | great food great prices great staff great atmosphere go breaded chicken special okra cabbage amazing tons flavor perfect portions southern cookin finest | 22 |
2 | I'm from NY. I only know what Southern cuisine entails from the Food Network Channel. Other than that, I have no concept of what things should taste like. Knowing I'd be in Charlotte for a short trip, I scouted out the food options in Downtown area and Mert's seemed to be the place where I could get my fix.\n\nKnowing ... | en | 148 | ny know southern cuisine entails food network channel concept things taste like knowing charlotte short trip scouted food options downtown area mert seemed place could get important business next day could take chances stomach safety order buttermilk fried chicken fingers ended way salty sides roasted potatoes mac chee... | 74 |
3 | I'm particular about my soul food. Seeing how I can cook it myself, paying for someone else to make it means the food better be pretty damn good.\n\nMerk's is the bomb, and it's cheap. I don't know how they get away with serving so much food for such a low price, but bless them. \n\nA 3 veggie plate is less than $7. Yo... | en | 148 | particular soul food seeing cook paying someone else make means food better pretty damn bomb cheap know get away serving much food low price bless veggie plate less ca beat yams sweet sticky collards smoky taste without unnecessary addition meat cornbread honey butter perfect mac n cheese cheesy without lot complaint s... | 68 |
3 | Great place. I had a birthday dinner last week. The food and service was great. Friendly staff .. Very pleased. | en | 20 | great place birthday dinner last week food service great friendly staff pleased | 12 |
2 | Brevard Court is good for an inexpensive lunch. Nothing fancy, though. The Wednesday salmon special is particularly good, as is Tuesday's London broil. It's your standard fare of burgers and salads, lots of fried stuff (if healthy is your game, try another ballpark). This is a good spot to grab a beer prior to the P... | en | 60 | brevard court good inexpensive lunch nothing fancy though wednesday salmon special particularly good tuesday london broil standard fare burgers salads lots fried stuff healthy game try another ballpark good spot grab beer prior panthers game work | 36 |
2 | On business in Charlotte, walking around downtown in muggy weather with colleagues looking for a place for lunch. The original destination was the French Quarter, but when I mentioned that I had been there before (and enjoyed it) they insisted on going somewhere else. As we stopped there was Brevard Court Sundries so t... | en | 119 | business charlotte walking around downtown muggy weather colleagues looking place lunch original destination french quarter mentioned enjoyed insisted going somewhere else stopped brevard court sundries although street level entrance restaurant upstairs went busy place everything actually great quick lunch quick servic... | 56 |
4 | Good, honest food, at a fair price, made by cheerful folk. I've been going there for years, and am rarely disappointed. | en | 21 | good honest food fair price made cheerful folk going years rarely disappointed | 12 |
0 | Yuck! I was on my way to Johnny Burritos when I saw their sign of \"specials\". I stopped in and ordered the cream of potato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. Both were awful. The soup had the consistency of milk, and not much flavor. It's no where close to \"cream of\" anything. The cheese on the sandwich was... | en | 125 | yuck way johnny burritos saw sign stopped ordered cream potato soup grilled cheese sandwich awful soup consistency milk much flavor close cream anything cheese sandwich thin pried open ensure given pieces plain bread like support small mom pop businesses really wanted like place maybe ordered wrong thing plan ever retu... | 56 |
3 | They got some solid subs here, especially on Tuesday for the special. $6.49 for sub, chips, and a drink. Just an overall solid place for lunch. Definitely couldn't handle going here like on a daily, but well worth it to mix things up from time to time.\n\ndmo out | en | 48 | got solid subs especially tuesday special sub chips drink overall solid place lunch definitely could handle going like daily well worth mix things time | 24 |
3 | Never even knew there was a Jersey Mike's uptown till recently. I may just have to start putting this into my rotation. I came in on a Tuesday for the Super Tuesday deal ($6.50 for Sub/Chips/Drink). It was pretty packed and I was told normally it's more crowded. Note to self, get there early as possible. That wasn... | en | 88 | never even knew jersey mike uptown till recently may start putting rotation came tuesday super tuesday deal pretty packed told normally crowded note self get early possible problem though becuase moved line well problem comes looking take seat eat limited seating area | 42 |
4 | Jersey Mike's Tuesday Special is awesome. $7 for any regular sub, chips & a drink. It's usually the only day that I drink soda. | en | 24 | jersey mike tuesday special awesome regular sub chips drink usually day drink soda | 13 |
3 | I go here with coworkers very frequently, and not once have I walked out disappointed! If you are tired of subway or just want a great sub (hot or cold) come here! I love their club sub \"Mike's way\", and their cheese steak hot sandwich. They are equally fast as subway, but in my opinion much more tastier! I will ... | en | 67 | go coworkers frequently walked disappointed tired subway want great sub hot cold come love club sub mike cheese steak hot sandwich equally fast subway opinion much tastier probably back soon enjoy | 31 |
3 | Oh, yum. YUM YUM YUM YUM. I am so happy to have found another great restaurant in Charlotte - we had relatives staying with us last week and didn't want to take them anywhere we hadn't been yet, in case it wasn't good, and we went to Mimosa after they left - were were so upset we didn't take them here! \n\nThe service ... | en | 331 | oh yum yum yum yum yum happy found another great restaurant charlotte relatives staying us last week want take anywhere yet case good went mimosa left upset take service excellent waiter totally point great personality made excellent recommendations get minute atmosphere beautiful ate outside gorgeous night fountains r... | 144 |
3 | This place was cool because it uses locally grown food in all it's dishes, which means the menu changes from season to season. And that's cool with me because the traditional southern fare is fantastic. Everything my friends and I had was cooked to perfection and there was a lot of it too. \n\nA little on the pricey... | en | 107 | place cool uses locally grown food dishes means menu changes season season cool traditional southern fare fantastic everything friends cooked perfection lot little pricey side terribly bad real side service might caught bad day waitress seemed rushed flag needed something though good experience | 43 |
4 | Absolutely fantastic. My husband and I were staying in downtown Charlotte last month and went to Mimosa Grill on a Friday night for dinner. We were looking to have a delicious, upscale meal and that is exactly what we got. They had a great (and reasonably priced) wine selection. The chef sent out a really nice parsnip ... | en | 206 | absolutely fantastic husband staying downtown charlotte last month went mimosa grill friday night dinner looking delicious upscale meal exactly got great reasonably priced wine selection chef sent really nice parsnip puree us tasty got trout entree one top entrees ever absolutely delicious incredible dish still thinkin... | 95 |
1 | Pros:\nGreat ambiance\nService was friendly and attentive\n\nCons:\nKettle one with soda - everyone knows that's soda water right??? not 7-up, gross.\nSalt, salt, salt....we ordered the halibut and the veal, but we couldn't tell the difference, all we could taste was salt.\n\nTwo salty entrees, two cocktails, two salad... | en | 64 | pros friendly one soda everyone knows soda water right salt salt ordered halibut veal could tell difference could taste salty entrees two cocktails two salads ouch four days beautiful city let see else find | 34 |
2 | Ate lunch here today... pulled pork was excellent, spicy but not too spicy. Really good Parmesan fries. I should have gotten a bigger order of those! The house salad was forgettable though - way too much lettuce and almost nothing else. \n\nThe facility was beautiful, all field stone and dark wood and bright light. I'd... | en | 64 | ate lunch today pulled pork excellent spicy spicy really good parmesan fries gotten bigger order house salad forgettable though way much lettuce almost nothing else facility beautiful field stone dark wood bright light eat wonderful | 35 |
3 | Low country cooking at its best in the City! Well, except for the lobster bisque, which was a bit too tomato-ey and not enough lobster taste.\nThey gladly exchanged it for two of us, and brought us a wonderful warm goat cheese salad. Waiter was very friendly and accomodating.\nAppetizers that couldn't be beat:\nLobst... | en | 146 | low country cooking best city well except lobster bisque bit enough lobster gladly exchanged two us brought us wonderful warm goat cheese salad waiter friendly could beat mac n cheese ritz cracker crumb crust nummmy chunks lobster great comfort food cold night green tomatoes perfectly tender inside crispy large portion... | 82 |
2 | Came in here for lunch, and found the food to be good, but certainly not worth the BoA/ Wells Fargo crowd wait. Based on the mahi mahi I had, I will try to make a reservation and come back for dinner. | en | 41 | came lunch found food good certainly worth wells fargo crowd wait based mahi mahi try make reservation come back dinner | 20 |
0 | Best thing about eating lunch here is the patio seating. Special soft shell crab over mixed green salad was disapponting at best. Soft shell crab was over-battered and lacked crab flavor. Salad was dull and lime vingrette seemed to be missing the lime. Chopped red onion totally overpowered. On prior visits, sweet potat... | en | 56 | best thing eating lunch patio seating special soft shell crab mixed green salad disapponting best soft shell crab lacked crab flavor salad dull lime vingrette seemed missing lime chopped red onion totally overpowered prior visits sweet potatoe fries decent | 39 |
1 | I've been to this restaurant for several other business dinners but this visit was the most unsatisfactory visit.\n\nFresh off a 5 hour flight, we checked into our hotels and went straight to dinner at 8pm. We were famished after our flight.\n\nThe meal started out great. We ordered the LOCAL ANTIPASTO PLATTER with ass... | en | 316 | restaurant several business dinners visit unsatisfactory hour flight checked hotels went straight dinner famished meal started great ordered local antipasto platter assorted dry cured berkshire meats olives sweet salty pickles toasted bread delicious took time enjoy appetizer chatting finished appetizers minutes later ... | 162 |
3 | Went on a Saturday night. Had reservations and was given the option of outside seating or indoor. Very accommodating. Recommends the cheese plate. Great service and atmosphere. | en | 27 | went saturday night reservations given option outside seating indoor accommodating recommends cheese plate great service atmosphere | 16 |
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