Vell's-Soul Food with a Twist

I enjoyed my experience at Vell's. First time there. My daughter picked out this place. We dined in. Masks are required upon entry, no exceptions. The restaurant itself was clean but could use a few upgrades. But the food was amazing. Made fresh to order. We wanted to try many things, so we got catfish nuggets, soul rolls, and fried chicken. Each entry comes with 2 sides, and a roll (depending on your order). The catfish nuggets came with hushpuppies, coleslaw, and tarter sauce. The sides we picked were Mac & Cheese, candied yams, and southern green beans. Everything was actually pretty darn good. The chicken was fried excellent with great flavor. Nuggets were good as well. I liked the soul rolls. They are stuffed with mac n cheese, collard greens, baked beens and bbq sauce. I think I would have preferred no bbq sauce but they were still good. My daughter loved them with the sauce. Hell, may try that eggroll idea myself at the next cookout or Thanksgiving. Only real complaint was that

Food was ok. Went before closing so I thunk I got the leftover Mac n cheese. Greens were overcooked and mushy. Chicken was ok. I will try again, but I would go earlier and not close to closing. Customer service was ok.

Im all for supporting small businesses, especially black owned. I was not happy with this place. The atmosphere needs work. Sticky floors, sticky tables. While ordering 5 people’s order, I wanted to change 1 item, the lady that places the order had to let us know she had to Rewrite the order with a disapproval look ( which wasn’t necessarily ) while waiting for our food we had access to look at the kitchen where the cook didn't change his gloves not one time since we were there. He handled the raw meats all while touching the drawers, doors etc!!!! I cannot believe what I witnessed. I will not return to this establishment.