Booker's Restaurant & Bar

This place is a treasure!!! From the decor, the service and the food it was AMAZING!!! Jameelah was our server and her knowledge of the menu and kindness was top tier. I was very much impressed with this place and so glad I decided to stay local and BLACK OWNED last night, we were celebrating my friend who will be getting married. We will be back and since Jameelah was so good to us we will be requesting to sit in her section, I'm sure to be a regular here. Honest reviews go a long way and Im not a person who generally does them good or bad but I just had to do one for this place!!! Please don't change. Thank you again for setting the stage for a wonderful girls night out.

I enjoyed bringing my family to bookers. I went for brunch and I brought my 4 month daughter and so it was a great time to bring her because it wasn’t overly crowded and so I was able to dive into the menu and actually see what I actually wanted to eat. I had the peach cobbler French toast which was amazing. The service was amazing. The waiter came over but wasn’t overly coming to the table which I appreciate. The atmosphere is super welcoming. Other waiter were helpful even though they were not my waiter just to make sure we were comfortable. But overly I love bookers the corn bread and the strawberry butter is A1. A must try and have.

My partner and I had a reservation scheduled for 8pm tonight. We were seated, ordered two drinks, corn bread & deviled eggs. The Lemon drop was $20, couldn’t believe it. We waited 30+ minutes and never got the deviled eggs. We also watched our waitress take the order of a couple who came in after us. She never came back to our table. When the cornbread came, the server just threw it down on the table. Like excuse me? I hate to say this because I am black myself, but black establishments need to get it together. A waiter can really make or break your experience. We decided not to eat here and went somewhere else. When we asked for the check, we had to flag her down by getting out of our chairs. Like really? And she never asked why we decided not to stay or eat here, just kept going about as if it were the end of our meal. I really couldn’t believe it. Especially since this wasn’t our first experience here. We’ve dined for brunch, and it was fantastic. We had a lovely waitress, who was attentive and we had a party of 6. It was the total opposite for dinner, to the point where I would not return.

I'm a return customer. OK, I knowingly put aside the fact that parking is difficult and the location is very urban. But I enjoy the service, food, and vibe. This is a highly recommend.

Our waitress was amazing! Very attentive and pleasant! A group of us went for my sisters birthday and ALL got food poisoning. I had the bookers salad, not sure if the shrimp were old or not kept at the right temp but the rest had shrimp and waffles and also got sick. Cornbread was amazing as always tho but yeah NEVER again!

It was my first time coming and the food was amazing the menu was amazing I love having options. The services was nice down to earth comfortable and familiar which makes the atmosphere very homey can’t wait to go down the whole menus

Unfortunately, I only do reviews when the experience is less than satisfactory. Let’s start by saying my man made reservations for Valentine’s Day after seeing this restaurant on FOX29. I was hoping for SOULFOOD but that night the restaurant was trying to go for a fine dining experience. Anywho, He was forced to place a deposit otherwise our table wouldn’t be guaranteed. He decided to pay for the whole meal(with tip included)days before Valentines. Now the night of our date, the hostess could not find our reservations and just took our word and seated us. The spot we sat was awkward and I wasn’t really aliened with the table but not a big deal. The small small menu was on an even smaller index card that was originally ignored because of the size. Our rude waitress had to direct us to the menu card. (I’ll post a picture.) The menu contained a holiday style option. 2 soups and a salad for the appetizers. 5 entrée options and 3 dessert. Could have been better in my opinion. The staff was mainly melanated. We had the only white waitress. Seemingly she’d never waited tables before. Absolutely no mannerisms! She had 5/6 tables besides us and it was tight to maneuver around the small dining area. Saying that she hardly came to our table. We only had 1 roll up, so we had asked for a second after ordering our drinks/food. She came back with 1 beer, no hot tea, no roll up. Said nothing turned around and took the next tables orders. I didn’t get my hot tea until after I received my entree. Only because the owner walked around and my date said something. Let me also say there were food runners so our waitress never came back to our table. (Except one other time) We had to catch her to ask for desserts. Only for her to tell us to give her minute. Every other wait staff were absolutely amazing. The staff members collecting our plates and running our food were meeting our service needs in a timely manner. Our waitress seemly just did not want to serve us. When she did come back after collecting our dessert to go because we were sitting waiting for so long, she placed our dessert on the FLOOR!!! It was bagged but I didn’t understand why she would just give it to us in our hands. Disrespectful. FOOD: I would give the food a D+. I order the lobster soup. It wasn’t hot. More like lukewarm and got cold fast, then stiffened up. Next I had the ribeye and lobster. The lobster were fried and it was pretty good. I wouldn’t get it again but my steak was HORRIBLE. I asked for a medium. It was well done and dry!!! Btw, the steak was huge. Huge and dry. Everyone knows that’s something you have to get right. But my daughter likes it over cooked so she ate it the next day with gravy. I wouldn’t go back because of all the misfortunes not worth the gamble. Lastly, good luck finding parking.

We went in valentines night we had an amazing time. The bar was where we sat . They above and beyond whe it came to the service. I will be going back !!