Came here as a party of 7 for a friend's birthday and it was really good time out! This restaurant's Happy Hour 2 for 1 cocktails made the drinks especially affordable and that helped get the celebrations off to a delicious (if also slightly boozy) start.
Apparently this is a chain of Restaurants serving Caribbean style of food and so of course I had to get the Goat Curry for my main! This dish was super delicious, with great peppery heat. Special shout-out for the especially fantastic coconut rice and peas - honestly next time I'm going to order an extra side of just their coconut rice and peas alone, cause the taste was so good!! My main was served in this cute big round bowl, and since it was a good amount, half of the dish ended up coming back home with me in a doggy bag. The Goat Curry dish also came with a sweet plantain and excellent dumplings (x2 pieces) - all of this great tasting food for only £10.50 is an absolute bargain!
I also tried the Trini Chicken Curry which was another winner. The chicken was beautifully tender & had a lovely distinctive spice taste. This dish also came with 3 pieces of Roti and rice +peas.
I also really liked the Doubles which we got as an entree at the table. This dish had two pieces of well cooked roti flatbreads, and a generous amount of the curried chickpeas as well as a great tangy cucumber chutney. For £5.30, this dish was hearty and delicious and if you just want a light nibble, I would totally recommend getting this dish.
However it's not a 5-stars because some of the other dishes I had were not so successful for me, taste wise. For the starters, we'd also ordered the Crispy Okra (£5.30); the Crispy Whitebread (£5.30); and the Crispy Chickpeas (£3). All of these dishes were okay, but the spice notes for me were off - so for example, the okra's mango and jerk mayo were an unnecessary taste distraction for me, and in fact made the okra less crispy. The Whitebread was super oily & the chickpeas were spiced underwhelmingly. I wouldn't get any of these starters again.
On the whole tho' overall food was great as was service so I'm keen to come back and try more things on their menu.
Yelp 173/ 2019 read more