new south kitchen & bar

excellent experience. we ate at this restaurant last saturday. the new southern cuisine theme was what attracted us to the restaurant. there was plenty of parking and it's located in a shopping center so it's easy to find. there was no wait for a table though the restaurant was busy. i rate restaurants experiences based three things; food, service and atmosphere.

food - we ordered two appetizers for the table. the pork spring rolls were very tasty far better than i expected them to be! fried green tomato's are one of our favorite dishes and the ones prepared here did not disappoint. very tasty also! i ordered the pan fried chicken for my entree. i'm not sure i would call what i was served pan fired. it was more sauteed than fried. part of that may be on me, as i was thinking southern fried chicken when i ordered it. one bite however eliminated any regrets on my part. it was delicious. it was served with seasoned mash potatoes and green beans. the chicken was seasoned boneless breasts covered with a light batter and covered in a light white sauce/gravy along with the mashed potatoe . the portion sizes were generous and pleasantly plated. my wife had the sliced turkey breast. she was quite happy with it. i had a taste of it also. the turkey was very moist and served with dressing, cranberries, and mashed potatoes. nicely prepared and plated also. dessert was a shared chocolate tort. very rich but very good also. on a scale of 1-10 with ten being the best i rate the food at 9. it was good!

service- our waiter was efficient though he forgot a couple of things asked for and had to be reminded. not a major mistake. the meal took a while to come out of the kitchen, but the place was busy and the wait was appropriate given the number of diners and the diner hour. on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the best i'd rate the service as a 7.

atmosphere - this restaurant looked clean, table settings were neat and orderly, and the decor more or less standard restaurant design with an eye toward an upscale look. 1 - 10, i'd give the atmosphere a 7 also.

we will definitely gobackhere again. the menu had a lot of good options and i'm looking forward to sampling more of them!

don't waste your time. i will never gobackto this restaurant again! i went with a large group, and naturally, the childrens food arrived first, but then other parents food came, but my food, along the food of the two women i was sitting with did not come. we waited, thinking it would be out soon, but it never came! we talked to two servers, and waited a full hour and a half, but the food never came! finally my husband had to go track down the manager, who was extremely rude. instead of being apologetic, and willing to fix the problem, she got defensive, and told him it wasn't her fault, and that they were busy that night. when the food finally came a full two hours after we ordered it, we just had it boxed up, and left. worst service ever.

i enjoyed my experience at new south kitchen. i had the fried green tomatoes and meatloaf. both were fantastic. the dessert was amazing. i had the pound cake and my husband had the pecan bread pudding and they were both wonderful. i will gobackagain

my first time there for brunch was excellent, so when i returned i ordered the same thing, but it wasn't quite as good the second time. it was the blt omelette. it was so good the first time, but when i wentbackit had too much spinach, the eggs were runny & not enough bacon. will return, but will try something different next time.

ummm. new favorite place in s clt?. wentbackhere with my girlfriend for dinner. yes, as others have commented, the ambience is nothing special. but the food! we shared a reasonably priced bottle and a couple small plates and a large plate. the pork belly sliders were amazing: succulent and crisp. the duck confit was very good. the large plate was a tenderloin the size of a baseball, cooked a perfect mr. the sides were new south version of mac n' cheese (made with penne rigate) and perfectly seasoned collard greens. we finished it off with the bread pudding for dessert. it was a little drier than i usually prefer, but it was finished quickly (nom nom). the service was very attentive and knowledgable. we even got to watch duke get destroyed in the first round of the ncaa in the bar as we were leaving. all in all, a perfect evening!


-----14 mar, 2012-----

exceeded expectations. i went there for lunch with a colleague. excellent! i consider myself an expert on good southern cookin'. this place did not disappoint. i can see it becoming my new favorite place in south charlotte! if you don't like this place it's prob because you don't like southern food in the first place. 'nuff said ;)

awful food!!!. i just can't believe this restaurant had such a wonderful reviews from people!!! my family and i went there and i am hoping that we don't get sick. this restaurant is awful; the food is probably the worst i have ever had!! please note that the restaurant is pretty pricey! i would never ever ever gobackthere again!