We arrived to visit family and they recommended Caribbean food in Margate. We ordered the oxtail dish and the brown stew chicken. My hubby and myself loved the oxtail, the brown stew was okay, rice was okay and the cabbage okay. Service was friendly and food is pre - made so there's very little waiting. A nice spot especially after a nice drive. read more

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The food was the worst I ever had First I ordered online when I went to pick up they didn't have jerk pork or plantain they tried to substitute with out asking then they gave the worst attitude like it was my fault they was out food. And they refused to give a refund when I asked to just cancel my order I will never ever go back read more

$15 for a small plate of food that is inedible! Wow the food and service here was TERRIBLE! It is carelessly served from staff who have a horrible demeanor. There is an older lady manager that has been sabotaging this businesses by purposely giving customers rude service as well as wrong portion sizes. The plantain were all burnt and couldn't be served. The jerk pork was majority fat pieces with only one piece of meat that was edible. The rice was good but the way the manager slopped the food on the plate made it look disgusting. This manager has no heart for serving food and the well-being of her customers as the face for this location. She is rude to the other workers which makes it awkward as a customer and she's rude to customers. I've given this location chance after chances spending thousands of dollars over the years but the buck stops now! I will never and make sure everyone knows how terrible the food and experience has been. This is one location that will end up with a new owner once the business dries up because the reviews on here and google are echoing mine. read more

Donna's Caribbean Restaurant - The location on 441 - Caribbean Near Me - Margate, Florida

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Just moved from New York, and today I wanted Curry Goat. So I checked to see what's in the neighborhood. Came across Donna's and decided to check it out. First most the customer service was zero. From the way the food looks I should have walked out, but I went ahead and order the curry goat which was horrible, the meat did not taste like goat. I promise that I will never go there again or tell anyone about this place. read more

Hadn't been to Donna's in a while and I was craving some oxtails...boy was I disappointed . After waiting in line for close to 30 minutes, once I tasted the food I wish I hadn't. The oxtails were tough and very bland. After reading several reviews with the same complaint, management may want to make some changes. I've been a customer since they first opened on Broward Blvd with $5 lunch specials and I'd hate to give up on them...hoping it was just an off day but if this keeps happening, I will have to. read more

The food is authentic and delicious. Great for a quick bite to eat or sit down to eat. They have outside seating as well.

I love their oxtail and husband loves their stewed chicken but holy hell the service is always ungodly slow. They definitely take island time to another level but we always just keep coming back because the food is delicious and the price is just right. We got the jerk chicken once and it was just a bit dry for us. We just stick with the oxtail and stewed chicken and love their slaw when they do have it. Most of the time they don't but def ask for it and get the slaw in place of the salad, it'll be a nice treat for your palate. It's not the Mayo based slaw like most places. Adds a nice acidic note to the heavy platter. read more

The food was absolutely DISGUSTING!!! Very bland and it wasn't fresh at all, this is the 2nd time at this location, there will not be a 3rd. If negative stars were an option thats exactly what I'd give this establishment. read more

Every time I come to this location boy lemme tell yall. Okay first of all that big behind red lady always has an attitude and be skimping the hell out of the portions. And even if you're polite she still has an attitude. Especially they don't even hand you receipts or offer you. I politely asked for a receipt and the woman got upset when I grabbed the receipt, she didn't wanna hand it to me or even talk to me. Super weird energy. read more

This is a chain. But you wouldn't know it by the food. You order and pay at the counter. They do a huge take out business too. But there are about 10 tables and you should be able to find a seat. Just got their #1 oxtail which I got with peas and rice, salad, and plantains. I asked for gravy overall. This was some of the best oxtail I've eaten in a very long time. The oxtail was rich and meaty. The dark brown sauce so flavorful that I was constantly licking my fingers. Their peas and rice is with red beans (habichuelas) rather than Bahamian "peas" and it's mixed into the rice like congris. A small order was still a Very large portion. The plantains were sweet, thin and well cooked. The "salad" was like a slaw in a vinegary slightly sweet dressing -- shredded cabbage, thinly sliced red peppers, carrots and cukes. Very refreshing. My husband's brown stew chicken lunch was equally delicious. Oh my god. Then there was the coconut cake. Got a slice to go but thought I'd just taste it.. wow. Moist. Coconut aroma wafting all through, under a soft buttery and creamy frosting with more coconut. I'm in heaven.. Will be back anytime I'm in this neighborhood. Soooo good! read more

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Most of the time I've been ordering my meals to go. It's very busy on location but I do like the oxtail and stew peas the most.

The food is over priced and the portion sizes are not worth what they are charging the patrons. Their fritters are decent, however, went there last week and was sold burned fritters. On top of that it tasted like the oil wasn't fresh when they were fried. I used to frequent Donna 's in years past, however, with their poor customer service and food quality it'll be a while before I patronize their Margate restaurant. They need to revamp their staff starting with some of the management staff!!! read more

I can't say anything other than *chefs kiss* for this place. I was in and out thankfully there was no line. 650 pm and the food was hot ready and waiting for me. Everything was clean, there was a cook, a front service clerk and someone cleaning and sanitizing the space as I walked in. Everyone I spoke to was polite and the food is so good! Perfect amount of salt, fall off the bone meat... ugh I have a new favorite Jamaican spot. Thank you! read more

Donna's Caribbean Restaurant - Curry Chicken Entree - Caribbean Near Me - Margate, Florida

I am very disappointed, I bought a stew chicken and the chicken is dry and tough. I paid $14 for that! It has been reheated so many times that you can't even chew it! I'm really upset . I had to throw it to the garbage. It was today 9/3/21 read more

Donna's Caribbean Restaurant - Stew chicken, so overcooked that it's dry and tough . I paid $14 for this ! - Caribbean Near Me - Margate, Florida

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Running errands and drive through strip center to see if anything appealed for lunch.... and there she was ... DONNA'S . We both enjoy good Caribbean food and this place has GOOD CARIBBEAN food! Choices for lunch specials come Small/Large. We choice the small lunch entrees which come with rice and peas, salad/slaw and sweet plantains. My wife chose the Oxtail I'm brown gravy and I chose the Brown Stew Chicken. If they ask you if you want gravy, say YES! GRAVY all over! Please! Don't be shy about eating your meat off the bone to get to every tasty morsel and there at lots of good sized sections of tender meat to enjoy! I asked for some hot sauce and vinegar (Southern thing ... South Jamaica in this case)to top my rice and peas which already had some savory gravy. The slaw is slightly sweet with a nice vinegar in with the cabbage, red and green peppers, carrots and cucumbers. Every bite of each was delightful with a pause to take a bite of the sweet plantains. My wife did share a couple bites if her coconut cake (2). I am not a fan of butternut frosting but this frosting not only had generous bits of fresh coconut, but was infused with coconut flavoring! The cake was moist and very coconutty! What a find! 441 just south of Sample...a couple doors north of Penn Dutch. read more

Donna's Caribbean Restaurant - Brown Stew Chicken - Caribbean Near Me - Margate, Florida

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#reheated. I don't understand why the rice portions is so much compared to the skimpy portion of meat. This is a medium size. Jerk chicken tastes bland all the time. I pulled the meat to top plate to show the difference. #annoyed read more

Donna's Caribbean Restaurant - "medium size jerk" - Caribbean Near Me - Margate, Florida

Service is soooooooo unbearably slow in this place, and they are mask Nazis two years into Covid. I guess we are expected to just wear masks forever now. read more

I have reviewed the other Donna locations but never this one. I came to this restaurant today with my cousin. I ordered a large fried chicken with extra rice and peas with oxtail gravy and my cousin ordered a small brown stew chicken with rice and peas. After leaving the restaurant, my cousin open her container to find a fly cooked into the rice. So we had to turn around and return the food. I will say the customer service of the line workers can be improved. It seems as the workers move from location to location and the same workers are always rude. read more

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Watch out for the bones and chunks of fat in the curry goat! I ordered the #2 combo which included rice and beans, plantains, and a small salad. The server asked me what size (?) and I said small. The order completely filled the sectioned take-out container. The taste was good. I also picked up a beef patty which had been kept warm under a heat lamp. The pastry and meat were very dry. I would not order again. Prices are not posted, majority of menu is taped over, and dirty tables. read more

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This place is great! I'm a Jamaican who can't cook Jamaican, it's a 2019 goal, but I've been wanting a good plate of Oxtail, Rice and Peas and husband has had a hankering for a beef patty. We have seen this place for 2 years and we always go too late in the day so they are out of everything or we just never stop. Well, we won't make that mistake again. The food is amazing. The oxtail was delicious, the rice and peas was made perfect. The flavor was on point and the price wasn't bad. I paid for 2 drinks, a medium oxtail dinner and 1 beef patty and it cost $16. The only thing I will say is that the patties aren't that good, they are passable but Golden Crust patties are much better! read more

I can't find words to describe how bad the food was, the taste, the smell, everything was really audible, I'm sorry for this comment but it was really bad read more

Was in a mood to try something different and decided to give Donna's a try. Totally not disappointed! It's in the plaza next to Penn Dutch market. Nothing fancy but the food is very good! I ordered the ox tail dinner which was very hardy serving! Melt off the bone meat, and the rice with pigeon peas and gravy bursting with flavor! It's served in styrofoam containers so don't get dressed up for this place it's very casual. Cash or credit is accepted and there is ample parking. Indoor and outdoor seating. Staff is friendly and quick! This will be a go to spot for me the next time I'm craving Caribbean food! Try them out! read more

I LOVE the jerk chicken, the lunch specials are priced very appropriately. I wish it included a drink. The rice is probably my personal favorite. I could come here just for the rice and peas ( covered in oxtail gravy) Customer service is usually a little slow, and staff isn't always so pleasant. Kind of rude. read more

I ordered a medium soup and ask the lady if there was food in it and her answer was yes, only to get home and nothing but a few pieces of meat, why not tell me the truth and let me decide if I just want soup broth or not. This is the 2nd time I have been to that location and both times I was disappointed. I will never go back to that location again read more

The customer service there is horrible, I had bad experiences there with the workers before and it gets worst every time. There's one or two workers that will be friendly, but the bad out shines the good. Never going back there, and I'm done recommend people there. Not even worth one star. The worst part is that I'm Jamaican and I appreciate good food, which they provide. It hurts me to write a review like this, but I think people like me, that appreciate good customer service, needs to see this. I think they need to retrain the staff in customer service. I don't recommend you to go there for pick up. I recommend delivery or just choose another place to eat. I kept on going because or the food, but from the last experience I had, I'm done. read more

It's amazing how bad the customer service can be here. The employees are never pleasant - why are y'all so mad?? Also, don't call cause they don't take orders over phone. The food isn't worth it - go someplace else! read more

Not sure what happened to this place. I've frequented Donna's various locations for many years and this Margate location for 5 + years. It's been about 2 months since my last visit and it will probably be my last. The curry goat was tough as a goat and the gravy was thick and damn near tasteless. My wife's brown stew chicken had nice gravy but the chicken was almost all bones and hardly any meat. She ended up giving up and just throwing the whole meal in the trash. My daughter said her curry chicken was good. The steamed veg were good as usual. Not sure if it's just this location or Donna's in general but definitely disappointed. I always try to support the local Mom and Pop places but Golden Crust will get my future business in north Broward read more

Take out for breakfast...nuhh bad: - Ackee & Saltfish - Callaloo - Plantains - Frittahh - Boiled Dumpling - Boiled Banana - Boiled Yam - Porridge!!! And Sunday Brunch All You Can Eat? O WERRRRRRD I'M GOING BACK FA DIS! ;) read more

I have ordered about 4 to 5 times and each time the food was not the best. However, I believe in second chances, so I thought I would give it another try. I ordered the jerk chicken and a brown stew snapper. Unfortunately, the food was not good, again. As a Jamaican, I expected flavor and this was flavorless. If I had my eyes closed I would not know that I was eating rice and peas or jerk chicken. Tasted like unflavored baked chicken and the fish was no better. My 15-year-old daughter used ketchup to give it some flavor. I called the store, not to get back a refund, but to inform them about the food. She didn't seem so concerned, so I decided to write the review. I have never called to report my dissatisfaction, but I was compelled because I had ordered multiple times hoping that the food would improve. I will not be purchasing at this store again. read more

There was a long line out the door for a reason!!! Waited 20 minutes and then had true homemade Jamaican magic.It was awesome. I had curried goat that fell off the bone and was so delicious. Whole family enjoied the food. Don't look at the line with dispair... it's worth the wait. read more

I literally just took $48.00 and flushed it down the toilet. This is the second time being completely disappointed with this Donna's location. The oxtail was extremely salty with no flavor, rice and peas was dry. Jerk chicken was also flavorless tasted more like steam chicken. I hate to write a negative review but this is unacceptable, I ended up throwing away the food. Never again!! read more

I guess they are under new management, I just had the worst experience. I asked the lady for curry goat from the back thats fresh because what they had left looked old , dry and was sitting uncovered. Hello its Covid times, wtf. She gave me such an attitude and lied and told me they did not have anymore goat left. They lost a loyal customer. read more

My husband stops by Donna's Restaurant this morning to pick up some breakfast. This is what we found in one of the dumplings. I don't think we will be going back there. read more

Donna's Caribbean Restaurant - Dumpling with a plastic bag. - Caribbean Near Me - Margate, Florida