I ordered Crab Rice Saturday Special with fried fish and Gail Sauce, the rice portion was awesome and flavorful, fried fish was so fresh and hot and the Gail sauce was like Polynasian sauce with some kick to it, it was perfect with the fish. Highly recommend this place, the best soul food in town!
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Sharon C. S
Local Expert • 19 contributions
7/30/25
• DoorDash order
Gail's Special Fried Chicken - absolutely THE BEST Fried Chicken in Charleston. It arrived hot, with a crispy, well seasoned crust, and meat so tender and juicy - it was way beyond our expectations. Trust me, one bite, and you will eat all the chicken before you touch the rest of your food. It's that good. Unfortunately, can't say the same about the White Rice and Gravy , and the cabbage. Perhaps, they just weren't what I expected. I didn't care for either of them. BUT, Gail's Special Fried Chicken and the Mac and Cheese were so good that the rest didn't matter that much. We will definitely be ordering the Fried Chicken again. Next time, we'll select different sides. As for the Pineapple Pound Cake, I would have loved to review that, but it was somehow left off the order. Door Dash compensated us for the missing dessert. One last thing: the large portions are very generous.
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Clinton P
Emerging Expert • 3 contributions
10/18/24
• DoorDash review
Chicken was fantastic, nice and crispy and good flavor. cornbred was a little sweater than I like it but still good texture. mac and cheese was some of the bet i had in a long time, nicely seasoned and cheesy. Candied yamshsve good flavor, just wish they were a little more wet. Overall great place, food was hot well after pickup, 100% eat again
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Dianne C
Local Expert • 23 contributions
8/4/24
• DoorDash order
I ordered fried chicken, cabbage and mac n cheese. So good. Everything arrived hot and it was packaged well. The cabbage was the best I have ever had from a restaurant. The mac n cheese was like my momma used to make.The sauce they included was very good. A little spicy but not too much. It tasted like a blend of mustard and honey. I highly recommend Gail's Soul Food
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Courtney P
Emerging Expert • 15 contributions
11/7/23
• DoorDash order
Was pretty disappointed the second time around. Mac and Cheese was bland and really oily which was a huge let down because I know how good it could and should have been! And it was in a much smaller container than the previous time which was weird. Ordered Gail's Kids Special with 2 whole wings and collard greens. It came in a regular styrofoam take out tray which means the greens juice got all over everything and made the fried chicken soggy.
