Cea-Lo Cafe

The food is good, and fresh. The side can is some work I don’t like that the green beans were over cooked. The customer needs help to, never call this place during lunch time.

The food is good to me. My favorite is shrimp with Candy Yams and Mac & Cheese. Now if I had to rate the atmosphere I would give them 2 stars. The reason why I say tht is because the neighborhood guys are forever standing in front of the establishment rolling dice, playing loud music and trying to talk to every woman that pulls up. It’s disgusting. Now as far as the employees, the men are very kind and respectful but the women tht they have working there seem to always have an attitude and they always come across like you’re interrupting their day. If the guys in f/​o the place would hang out elsewhere and the females tht work there wld get a attitude check they would get 5 stars because the food is really good.

This is My third visit to Cea-​Los. The food is great and the prices are affordable. I’m not a Big Potato salad fan but I always get it when I come here. The half half is always on point. And make sure you try the Mac and cheese.

Make a long story short.
Food is a bit bland.
I had the fried shrimp with yams & macaroni. The yams & macaroni were both oily & sloppy.
Taste like leftovers from the business day before.
The shrimps were few but tolerable. Everything else including the rugged cornbread went in the trash outside their restaurant. This place either began to slack on the food quality recently or they were over hyped from the beginning. Harlem is my next stop for Soul Food!
Cea-​Lo …
Never again.
In nyc restaurants are required to display their dept of health grade… From past Unilocal pics it look as if they were graded a «B» then went on to «grade pending». Now they have removed their health inspection notice altogether. Should I be worried?

Love hate relationship with this place. Most of the time the food is good. They do have quite a few bad days.

It’s pretty good. Second time me coming here. Last time I got the 3 pc whiting fish w mac and cheese and corn on the cob for $ 10. The fish was fish perfectly and tasted really fresh. The mac and cheese was really good as well. Really good taste.
This time I got breaded chicken dinner w mash and corn on the cob. B A N G I N G!!!

Parking: Street parking available– or just double park
Price: Fair
Favorite Food: Dinner Combo’s
Service: Good
Food: EXCELLENT!
Best soul food spot in the Bronx! Def. recommend it to all.
Their mac & cheese is on point!

Great the food is delicious. That great southern sunday dinner your mother grandmother cooks. I’m addicted to this place. the only bad part is that they don’t deliver. It gets crowded but they’re pretty quick

It’s located in the North but this is the place to get that good olé original southern soul food at its best. Just like MOMMA make it. Service friendly order taker with the care of the customer securing that the customer has what he/​she desires before leaving. Come on in and get s delicious meal or get it catering service,

This is one of my favorite spots in the Bronx. Everything I’ve tried tastes like magic. My favorites are the whiting, shrimp, yams and mac’n’cheese. Get their iced tea, too, while you’re at it.

This place is starting to become a hit or miss when it comes to flavor. Yesterday I had fried chicken Mac n cheese and yams, and same sides and fried shrimp. The chicken was fried perfectly with no flavor/​seasoning at all. I was quite dissatisfied. The fried shrimp was pretty tasty… the sides was just ok… No corn bread in any of the orders, and the half and had was a large cup of ice… For the cost it definitely isn’t worth it any longer…

Bake Mac is good, the whiting fish was fresh and the wings was crispy and good but the collar greens was a lil off too me maybe next time it will be better

A few of my coworkers and I ordered take out food from this restaurant. The order was made over the phone and picked up later. The order was placed and double checked for errors.
When we arrived to pick up the orders, they did not have an item (mozzarella sticks) and did not bother telling us until we got there. There goes one upset coworker. They forgot a few items so we had to wait a little while for them to gather the missing items.
The good thing was the food smelled great and we got free iced tea/​lemonade.
When we arrived back to our job and distributed the food, everyone that got a fish or shrimp item has no tar tar sauce, and no marinara sauce. Luckily, I had hot wings, mac and cheese and potato salad.
The food tasted good, in my opinion, but I’ve had better experiences with take out food.

Best soul food ever. Staff is always friendly and courteous. Be sure and ask for the half and half drink of half iced tea half lemonade. Also that’s the only place I found the great sweet potato pies

I love this place, their fried shrimps are the best I ever had, the cornbread is good too. The other food is ok. I alway look forward to going to Cealo. I wish they had other locations, like in Westchester County. The trip to Cealo is well worth the drive. The food is affordable, and not to expensive for what you get.

I honestly don’t know why this place has such low reviews. It has some of the best soul food you can find in New York. I have been to this place more times than I can count. The food is always fresh as you have to wait for it. It is always packed when we come. I think people maybe aren’t ordering the correct things.
We always get the whiting with shrimp mac and cheese and yams. It is so good. This is my stop for my soul food cravings. Yea the neighborhood isn’t the best but that is where the best food is. I’ve never been disappointed with the fish or yams. Once the mac and cheese wasn’t the same but came back again and it was on point. Cea-​lo I wish you had more locations!

We have has Cealo before and the food taste alright last night we both had fried shrimp and we got food poison. This is my first time getting food poison and it is not fun. Both my husband and I have been sick since eating this last night. I know I wasn’t expecting fresh or the best quality but I didn’t expect feeling like the devil is inside of my stomach (dramatic I know) but I will never return here ever!

Let’s face it, there’s a genuine dearth of decent soul food places in NY. Enter Cea-​Lo. It truly reminds me of southern cooking.
You can’t go wrong. It was on my stop during a very rare trip to the Bronx. I especially remember the fried fish being quite tasty.
It’s a standard no-​frills spot.

Hmmm… So mom suggested this for dinner last night ¹⁰⁄₁₃ so the five of us drove there. Wasn’t too crowded so we decided on our eats and placed our order.
Ok orders were taken by name to keep it simple. Wait time was border line long. Ordered for us jumbo shrimp and fries and fried fish wings and fries. The abundance of fries served with each meal was terrifying. I knew the fries would be horrible from the way they looked.
Mom asked about the corn bread and was told with every meal you would receive a slice of corn bread. Of course when we received our food they stated that these wee not considered meals. What are they?!?
For the wait and the education on what constitutes a meal or not the food was actually very good. I suggest calling ahead to avoid the wait — took a menu with the number to use on our next feeding.
They have eat in tables but the setting is very small and the ambiance from the PJs from across the street kept me on my toes so I can’t really see anybody enjoying a meal here.
Cash is king here which also leads me to wonder why a restaurant in 2014 doesn’t take credit cards debit cards or even EBT‼‼
Good food in the end. I recommend this place.

The two times that I visited the establishment during my vacay I tried the 12 piece fried shrimp and fries. The fact that I ordered the same thing each time I went back is an indication that the food was good.
To be quite honest, the shrimp was seasoned to perfection. Not to mention that they were also fried perfectly.
My only complaints are that I wish that I could have had more shrimp and that my fries were a bit more crispier. As far as funds are concerned the price was definitely worth it… quite affordable if you ask me.