Good Eatins' (Southern Soul Food)

5418 Douglas Ave, across from the Dairy Queen (used to be Wasabi Chi)

This is a new restaurant without a website, so I'm including food reviews for some context. It states that most meals are $15 with two sides, The food review group has had several people give it a good thumbs up, so thought we would try it.

REVIEW #1: "Our daughter turned 17 this week and she wanted to go to the restaurant called Good Eatins. We called before hand and had our tabled already ready for us.
Check it out! The food was great and came out super fast. The staff were patient and helpful.
Pretty much everything is $15 for the meals - comes with 2 sides. The 2 meat meal you pick any meat on the menu and 2 sides for $23 (in the picture is meatballs, rotisserie chicken with a side of mac&cheese and spaghetti, my husband got catfish and wings for the 2 meats). Our 9 year old got the catfish and loved it with 2 sides of mac and cheese lol. The 11 year old just picked a side of mac and cheese ($4) and he said it was the best mac& cheese he has ever had. Our daughter in the picture has turkey strips with corn bread and another side I can't remember but it was a huge plate of food could of been a shareable plate.

REVIEW #2: We tried Good Eatin’s Southern Food last night. We went shortly after 5 PM so I figured we’d be able to get in and out quickly. However, it took a while for them to bring out our food. It would have been nice if they brought out the appetizer first, but they brought everything out together. The food was amazing. We had the Philly cheesesteak egg rolls, which were to die for. I had the catfish with macaroni & cheese and potato salad. It was soooo good! My husband had chicken wings with the jalapeño corn and collard greens and said it was very good and filling. We were so full we couldn’t try dessert. Portions were 100%!!! The cornbread was good but could’ve used some butter & honey.

Review #3: My wife and I just tried a restaurant and I need y'all to RUN to Good Eatins Soul Food (5418 Douglas Ave, Des Moines, IA 50310). The fried chicken was crispy and delicious and the catfish, too! I'm a greens SNOB and the greens were FIRE!


I could see the greens being too spicy for some, but it is packed with flavor. Potato salad had really good flavor and the jalapeño corn was awesome, too! I would've like it thicker and more cheese, but that's me, but it still tasted great!
How did I take so long to go there?!


The owner is an absolute GEM and so sweet. She works herself ragged, but she pours her soul into it and you can taste it!
If you like soul food or haven't tried any before this is the spot!