Now Serving Lunch July 17th! We’re a 12-seat reservation only restaurant with two menu options a 7-12 course chef’s tasting and a 5 course meal. We open Thursday – Saturday. Your tasting menu experience takes approximately 2.5-3 hours, the table is yours for the night. The restaurant also serves as an art gallery for some of the area’s best artists.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 846 N President St, Jackson, MS 39202
Phone: (769) 202-6059
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Reviews
I wish we lived nearby as I would eat there every month. You dine in a room with two other tables. It was a communal and convivial experience. We made new friends.
Our dinner included wine but I am not sure if the regular meals do. I believe you can bring your own wine for a $25 corkage fee.
This restaurant is a true gem and anyone who is remotely near Jackson should try it out.
My husband and I were SO looking forward to coming to this restaurant as a celebration of being married for a week. Unfortunately, we were severely disappointed. Don’t overlook the poor reviews given to this place—they definitely had truth to them. We gave Southern Soigne the benefit of the doubt and were unfortunately burned by it.
The atmosphere cannot be blamed on the restaurant itself since it’s part time an art gallery, but there are ways to make due with what you have. Using what sounded like a speaker to play a spotify playlist that sounds more like it could be played at Walmart…not the right move. Even if this restaurant is just starting, there’s no reason why you can’t play something that helps make the atmosphere seem a bit more upscale. There was little decoration on the table, though the silverware was nice.
The wait staff was the best part of the experience. Margie was a doll, and we enjoyed our interactions with her more than that with the chef.
We paid $165 each for a 10-12 course chef’s tasting dinner. We were only served 6 courses, though the quality of the food (and the flat affect of the chef) didn’t have us asking for the rest of them. When you read Chef Golden’s accolades online, you’d expect something other than mostly chicken for the dishes. Course one had chicken skin, course two was a drumstick, course three was a flat wing with venison stuffed inside of it, and course four was lamb and (you guessed it) chicken sausage. I wouldn’t mind paying $60 per person to have this much chicken in a meal, but there is no way that our meal was worth even half of what we paid, especially when the fourth course was vegetables, and the fifth course was an orange and grapefruit salad—definitely not pricey ingredients to constitute charging such a large amount per person.
Was the food good? Sure. Was it something to write home about? Not really, though that could be blamed on the fact that so much of it was chicken (which I believe you can only elevate so much). I would value the six courses that we were served to be worth $50 per person at the most, not $165. For that amount of money, I’d expect to eat dishes with more choice ingredients than chicken.
The portions are smaller, but this is to be expected with a tasting menu containing many courses. Don’t walk in with the intentions of leaving with a fully belly, even if you do get all the courses that you pay for.
Overall, there need to be some drastic improvements made before we risk wasting our money again (but odds are, we won’t be returning.) Don’t be deceived by the online sample menu like we were! This was an absolute waste of night for us.
The restaurant is in a historic building which is decorated with local art pieces. The food is a work of art also. Dinner here is an enjoyable experience for foodies but has a flare of southern comfort. Prior to dinner I would check with Chef Zac as he will make wine recommendations for the courses.
I have brought friends and family here for the past two years and they all comment that this is a hidden gem in Mississippi.
Also check out the episode of True South on SEC network where they did an episode on Jackson that includes Chef Zac.
I highly recommend a dinner here for a culinary experience.
Cheers!
The food was perfectly seasoned and well-prepared. There was nothing out of place and no complaints.
Pay the $5 uncorking fee online and it’s BYOB. Everyone there brought bottles of wine (honey mead for us) and wine glasses were provided.
The tasting starts 30 min after arrival so you have time to look around at the art and explore the house.
It’s definitely a great date night or small group activity!