112 E Lexington St,Baltimore,Virginia
4 (527)
Reviews
Really great food and service is really nice. Ms. Candy is extremely professional and curteous. The catfish here is really flavorful and crispy. The sweet potato pie was homemade and on point. I had that catfish 2x now, didn't disappoint.
My husband and I were in town celebrating my birthday and he found this restaurant near our hotel. The food was good.I ordered the catfish plate and. The atmosphere was awesome, and the service was amazing. We went on a Friday, and they had a live band.
My sister and I was visiting and I Googled things to do in Baltimore (mind you, it was a Monday night) they advertised a "jam session" and the food looked good and reasonably priced on site and when we got there, the food was spectacular! Well we got there and stayed 4 hours. The "jam session" was new for us because we thought the band would just be playing. NO MA'AM NO SIR! Patrons can jam too! Its like karaoke but with a REAL band! We were even asked to sing and I blew my chances to be a Star 🤣🤣. Singing with the bad through my off. I guess I am tone deaf. Anywho, we ended up going again on Wednesday because everything was phenomenal and they were supposed to have $1 wings and buy 1 get 1 drink for happy hour. My friend lives in Baltimore and she never heard of it so she was our plus 1. Well, there server was the only fail. She had to be new ( I hope she was because she was terrible). What was great is the happy hour only featured Black own liquor! I know isn't that amazing? I never knew there were so many Black owned liquor companies and Next Phaze had them on location! I had Lumiere Vodka that was powerful and my sis has Uncle Nearest Burboun she enjoyed. What you have to tried (and you will love) is the Cornbread Pudding! I never even heard of it but Lord have mercy it was fire! The catfish platter (real catfish not swai), honey Old Bay wings, sweet Jerk wings and that damn sweet potato pie are a must!
Being relatively new here to the city, I was initially skeptical of this place. After a few recommendations- and having met some of the wonderful staff- I decided to give it a go. I must say- DELICIOUS. I haven’t found too many spots in the city that make not only tasty fried chicken, but chicken that’s fried right THE FIRST TIME, no need to double back to the fryer. The chicken tenders? HOMEMADE! I most certainly wasn’t expecting that. And the catfish, it’s almost as big as one of my forearm. I would certainly recommend this spot to anyone who needs a little soul in their lives. Also, they have almost nightly live entertainment. I’ve sat at the bar a few times during a couple sets and it was just right, nice and intimate, without being too crowded. All in all, Next Phase is doing the thing!
We dropped in for a Monday night jam session while in town for a conference, and it was one of the best music and food experiences I've had in a long time. The staff made sure we knew they were glad we were there and took amazing care of us. There were more talented musicians and vocalists than I can count who performed classic soul and r&b greats. It was amazing to see new performers join in and seamlessly connect with the others to make beautiful music. AND the food was amazing! I'm from the south, so I was skeptical about southern cooking in Baltimore, but the catfish was respectable, the collard greens and sweet potato pie were really good, and the mac n' cheese was some of the best I've ever had.