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    Island Flavor

    4.7 (11 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Esco Fish!
    Rena P.

    Tried this Jamaican cafe in Bennington,Vt. Got the curried chicken comes with rice and beans, fried plantain and sautéed cabbage. My husband said it's good but want more curry sauce. fried plantains was not ripe, and cabbage could have been warmer he said. Now my esco fish was made to order. It was as expected but could use a little salt. It brought back memories of my Jamaican co-workers, i always look forward for lunch breaks/dinner breaks just to smell and taste their food. Love the rice and beans. Will try the beef patties next time, non available today. We do like our food hot (temperature) i guess i could have warmed it up in the microwave. This a take out place.

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    5 months ago

    Amazing service and delicious food! Highly recommend! Warm space as well with different options for seating.

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    2 years ago

    It was excellent, but too salty for me. Next time I will ask for less salt and see how that goes.

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    2 years ago

    Great portions wonderful flavors. A must try. He is wonderful to talk too welcoming atmosphere

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    3 years ago

    Just got some curry chicken and couldn't put the food down! Great atmosphere and service as well.

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    A. J. W Caribbean Restaurant

    A. J. W Caribbean Restaurant

    4.7(18 reviews)
    34.7 mi

    Every person who comes to the U.S. brings their rich culture, beautiful art and music, and, oh…read moreyeah, delicious cuisine with them, and the Haitian community is no exception. Our communities are enriched by the gifts they bring. Yesterday, I got to experience it firsthand thanks to Amy and her crew over at A.J. W Caribbean Restaurant! They hooked me up with a FANTASTIC meal--a TON of fall-off-the-bone tender stew and delicious black rice and pigeon peas with some of the biggest plantain pieces I've ever seen! They've been open here in Albany for just over a year (a critical milestone in restaurant operations!), and if you haven't been here yet, you're missing out! I'll definitely be back (hopefully to try their snapper!)

    Sometimes a single dish is reason enough to try a new restaurant, and this is the case with akra…read moreat AJW. It's not fried okra as I assumed but a fritter based on taro. Moist inside, crispy outside with just a bit of heat. A must. Also had a medium portion of the beef stew with vegetables which was easily enough to serve 2. Stew was pleasant with harmonious flavors but the available spicy slaw kicked it up a notch. Accompanied by black rice which now comes with green peas, not mushrooms, and a pleasant plantain patty. (I'm used to plantains sliced like bananas at Cuban places and guess this one is mashed then reconstituted into a patty.) Slices of onion and bell pepper, shown in previous photos, no longer included nor is what looked like a pretty ordinary side salad. Still a very good value for what I received. The interior is spacious and pleasant (apparently a former Starbucks) and a little hard to find with a difficult to read sign. It's to the left of the Men's Wearhouse store in a strip mall facing Colonie Center. Give it a go so this cuisine newcomer does not go away!

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