Coast Cafe - Cambridge

We spent $83 on our meal (Uber eats) and I would say we were fairly dissatisfied. I had high hopes for this restaurant given all of the wonderful reviews they had.I was expecting juicy, crispy, lightly battered fried chicken only to get hard, dry, stale chicken. Perhaps they were having an off day but it was just such a let down.The ribs were good but they were tough to eat.We both got the fried chicken and ribs platter with 2 sides and the beef and cheese patty (which was very good!)The only reason I might try again is because their flavor/seasoning is great.

The j wings were cold. I repeat COLD, like they came out of a fridge and they were hard as if old (you can tell by how shriveled the chicken is even in the pic). Mac n cheese was bland. Rice beans ok. Catfish ok. Only the collard greens were good. Chicken very dry idk how so many people like it. My husband and I both weren’t pleased with the portions either. Overall just not very good.

This place is the best! When I had a snafu trying to bring food home to some friends and dropped the food, Tony, the owner, was SO kind and stayed open a few minutes after they closed to cook me up some more food for free. He and the whole staff were incredibly kind about it and the food was DELICIOUS! Everyone needs to try this place.

Ordered a fish combination plate. Despite the small portion and the expensive price, I wanted to support the business. Once I tasted the fish and it was devoid of seasoning, I went back to the restaurant to ask if they could prepare the fish again with some seasoning. The immediate response I got from the female employee was you can 't tell us that we didn 't use seasoning . Her entire demeanor was disrespectful, and once I returned the same energy she attempted to gaslight me. I then asked for a refund. They then begin to say that they don 't offer refunds. I work hard for my money and I 'm intentional about where I spend it. I support small businesses, and I 'm completely disappointed. Why would I give my money to doesn 't respect me?! If you don 't know how to speak to customers you 're in the wrong business especially when your food is subpar...Bad food, bad service. Save your money. This is not authentic southern cuisine. PS: they aslo made some weird comment about the words cis and sis, not knowing that my pronouns are they/them. This experience was horrible. All I wanted was for the fish to be seasoned. I didn 't want my money back until I was approached with disrespect.

I live in California, but I originally grew up in Cambridge. I remember when Tony first talked about opening a restaurant. When I come home to visit, I make sure to get delicious soul food from The Coast Cafe. My choice meal is the fried chicken wings, with Mac and cheese, greens, and I add on yams. I love the patties and cornbread also. My last trip was Sept. 24, 2021, prior to that, I went in 2015. At this point, I'm going to have to convince Tony to Fed Ex me a catered order in containers, because my greedy spirit misses this great tasting food! I recommended this restaurant to all my Cali friends who have children attending college in Boston or Cambridge, and they loved it too!