Jw's Place Soul Food Barbecue Restaurant Event Space

Over priced, small portions, not very tasty. Got BBQ sandwich. It had a lot of fat. It was $13. I was told that fries came with the sandwich. Then I was billed $2 for fries. My wife got the macaroni and cheese. She wasn't impressed. It was a very small serving.

The atmosphere was great with a live band and the workers are very friendly. The food was not so good. I have had better BBQ. If I go back, it will only be for the entertainment.

I'm hesitant to write this review because finding this hidden gem and now writing about it may make them extremely busy. But here we are so settle in and let me tell you about a great cool place that I wish I had known about sooner. JW's Place is defintely worth finding!We walked in and you seat yourself, the owners daughter told us she'd be over with a couple menus except the owner beat her to it by a couple minutes. She then took our drink order and said our waitress Kayla would be over shortly to take our order.Kayla brought our drinks and took our order. My wife was between ribs and oxtail so she asked what she recommended (Which I kinda figured I would know the answer to). Kayla replied hands down the oxtail, she mentioned that it comes with either rice or mashed potatoes and two sides. My wife decided on the mashed potatoes which was definitely the right choice! Her other two sides were mac n cheese and cabbage. I ordered the smothered pork chop which came with rice (I think next time I'm going to see if I can substitute mashed potatoes because those were perfect, more on that later). Mine also came with two sides so I went with the okra tomatoes and greens.As we waited they have tvs with various things playing all around the restaurant and some great music playing (Might have been a bit loud for the amount of people in the restaurant but not too loud). I saw that they are set up with a nice bar under what looks like some balcony seating, possibly a private party room or just additional seating for when they get busy. They also had a stage off to one side for live music.Our food arrives and talk about mouth watering. Everything looked great and smelled even better! We started by trying all the sides which was easy to do since they came in separate bowls. The okra and tomatoes were awesome, a bit salty but awesome! I ended up drinking the juice when I finished them. The greens... if they would have brought me more at the end of the meal I would have devoured them even though I was stuffed! That's how good they were and I actually told my wife I would do that exact thing when we were there. Her mac n cheese was creamy and cheesy like you want not overly done or chewy like you get at times. Her cabbage was tasty as well, done just right crisp and not cooked to death.Now for the entrees... I tried a bite of my smothered pork chop, the knife went thru it like butter. OMG the flavor... amazing, the cook on the chop... perfect. It had the perfect chew. Then I tried my wife's oxtail. It was melt in your mouth perfect! the sauce and mashed potatoes were the perfect accompaniment. Creamy mashed potatoes and oxtail you don't even have to chew all covered in an amazing sauce. I will say she won this round but not by much.We would have tried the peach cobbler if we had enough from to try it. Maybe next time, which there will definitely be a next time which could be this week as a matter of fact.I do hope I helped you decide if you'd like to give them a try cause they definitely deserve the patronage. I've attached photos to help you decide.

They fry food to perfection here!They really have mastered the art of getting that food golden and crispy. I'm already craving more fried chicken, fried okra, and hot water cornbread! Be sure to also try the greens, mac and cheese, and those short ribs... They're sure to hit the spot.I also appreciated how the owner took time to walk us through the menu's offerings as well as some off-menu options. She has a super bubbly personality which made us feel like we were dining with family.I plan to go back to try the fried fish soon.

The food was amazing. I ordered a stuffed turkey leg, greens and some smoked pinto bean. It was delicious. I'll definitely be eating here again. I got uber eats, but next time I'll be going in.