Sylvia's Restaurant Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Sylvia's Restaurant, a beloved institution nestled in the heart of Harlem since 1962. Renowned for its Southern soul food and seafood offerings, this quaint eatery captivates both locals and visitors alike. The menu is a feast for the senses, featuring classics like the famous fried chicken, which boasts a golden, crispy exterior, and succulent meat. Don't miss out on the barbecue pork ribs and the comforting mac and cheese—a customer favorite that never fails to deliver on flavor.
- Special of the Day: Dive into the mouthwatering Meat Loaf with Sylvia's Secret Sauce on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
- Appetizers: Indulge in the fried shrimp and Sylvia's Wings to kick off your meal.
- Family Package: Perfect for sharing—a generous feast that encapsulates the essence of home-cooked Southern meals.
Sylvia's captures the warm, inviting spirit of the South, making each visit a heartwarming experience filled with delicious comfort food.
Family Package
Family Package - To Go Only
Feeds 4 or 5. 12 pieces of family style fried or baked chicken with 2 sides. Not Available for Dine-In. Prep time: 45 mins-1 hour.
Meat Loaf w/ Sylvia's Secret Sauce
Tuesday and Wednesday only. Served with two sides and cornbread.
Special of the Day
Appetizers
Catfish Fingers
Chicken Livers
w/brown gravy
Fried Shrimp
7 Shrimp served with Sylvia's Tartar Sauce.
Salmon Bites
5 bites served with Sylvia's Tartar Sauce.
Sylvia's Wings
6 wings tossed in your choice of our signature Sassy Sauce, Pineapple Glaze or Buffalo Sauce
BBQ Short Ribs of Beef
Served with 2 sides and homemade cornbread.
One Golden Fried Pork Chop
Served with 2 sides and homemade cornbread.
One Smothered Pork Chop
Smothered in Gravy, served with 2 sides and homemade cornbread.
Slab of BBQ Ribs - to-go only
Slab of Pork Ribs With Sylvia's original sassy sauce. (10-12 bones)
Sylvia's Angus Burger
Your choice of our classic Sassy Angus Burger or our spicy Jerk Angus Burger served with French Fries
Sylvia's World Famous Barbecue Ribs
With Sylvia's original sassy sauce. Served with 2 sides and homemade cornbread.
Two Golden Fried Pork Chops
Served with 2 sides and homemade cornbread.
Two Smothered Pork Chops
Smothered in Gravy, served with 2 sides and homemade cornbread.
Beef & Pork Selections
Chicken & Waffles
Chicken & Waffle
With fried chicken or smothered chicken.
Grilled Chicken Breast
Half Pan Southern Fried Chicken - Feeds up to 15 ppl
30 pieces of Down Home Southern Fried Chicken Serves 12-15 people. Allow additional prep time, up to 1 hour.
Oven Baked Half Chicken
Seasoned to perfection with fresh herbs. Served with 2 sides and homemade cornbread.
Sylvia's Down Home Fried or Smothered Chicken
Fried or smothered chicken. Served with 2 sides and homemade cornbread.
Chicken Selections
Seafood Selections
BBQ Shrimp
Served with 2 sides and homemade cornbread.
Golden Fried Shrimp
Served with 2 sides and homemade cornbread.
Grandma Julia's Cornmeal Fried Whiting
Served with 2 sides and cornbread
Grilled Atlantic Barbecue Salmon
Served with 2 sides and homemade cornbread.
Grilled Catfish
Served with 2 sides and homemade cornbread.
Grilled Shrimp
Served with 2 sides and homemade cornbread.
Tasty Carolina Style Fried Catfish
Served with 2 sides and homemade cornbread.
Seafood Combo
Fried shrimp and fried fish. Served with 2 sides and homemade cornbread.
Sylvia's World Famous Barbecue Ribs & Fried Chicken
Served with 2 sides and homemade cornbread.
Veggie Platter
Choose 4 Sides. *Maximum: 2 of the same side choices.
Combinations
Side Orders
Baked Macaroni & Cheese
Black Eyed Peas
Candied Yams
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Grits
Half Pan Sides - serves 12-15
Allow additional prep time, up to 1 hour.
Potato Salad
Side Order - Round Pan
Feeds 4 to 5 people
Steamed Rice
String Beans
Traditional Collard Greens
Vegetarian Collard Greens
Banana Pudding
Chocolate Cake
Coconut Cake
Double Chocolate Cake
Peach cobbler
Red Velvet Cake
Sweet Potato Pie
Dessert
Extras
Cornbread
2 pieces of cornbread
Fried Chicken
This option does not come with sides
Slab of BBQ Ribs
Waffle
This is option is a waffle only
Cookin Dippin & Moppin Sauce
Sylvia's Sassy Sauce in a bottle! Flavorful and irresistible, this all natural BBQ sauce is a household staple. Take your meal to the next level.
Gift Card $25
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Sylvia's Family Soul Food Cookbook
Enjoy these delicious and satisfying soul food recipes from The Woods Family & Friends. This book also tells Sylvia's amazing life story from Hemingway to Harlem!
Sylvia's Hot Sauce
Triple Strength with Aged Cayenne Pepper
Gift Cards/Merchandise
Large Orders
Half Pan - Fried Whiting
30 pieces of Cormeal Fried Whiting. Serves 12-15 people. Allow additional prep time, up to 1 hour.
Traditional Collar Greens Half Pan (12-15 servings)
Vegetarian Collar Greens Half Pan (12-15 servings)
Grandma Julia's Fruit Punch
Bottled Water
Lemonade
Soft Drinks
Sweetened Iced Tea
Sweetened Home Brewed Iced Tea
Sylvia's Uptown
Half Sweetened Iced Tea/Half Lemonade