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| - Well after reading the reviews here I decided to give it a try. I find people who are of the same culture as a restaurant they go to, tend to be too harsh, so I went based on the first review and the in depth review he gives on his blog.
I first want to let you know that the low rating is for the most part NOT about the food.
I first went in and there was a large party being served so I ended up waiting at least 15 minutes for a menu. I had the foresight to ask for water and I think it was a good idea bc I think the guy wouldn't have brought me any.
I had a deal voucher so I perused the menu and ordered, adding up my costs so that I would use the whole voucher and a couple of bucks more so as not to waste it. I brought my own container bc according the the other reviews, the portions are big and I hate styro.
So the initial guy told me someone else would be serving me. He told me her name but I forget. When I tried to order the soup, none of the options on the menu were available. I was told there was only goat water. Well, that didn't sound good, so I made my other orders, to her surprise, and told her I would decide what else I wanted in a minute.
A party arrived after me and they ordered the goat water, I had a look at it and it looked really good. So, when the waitress came back, I ordered it. Again she was surprised. It came first. It was not watery at all. It was thick and rich and loaded with spices. Perfectly blended, not too spicy, not too mild and not one spice overtaking another. Gotta say, AWESOME!!!
Then my chicken wings came. I forgot to tell her how I wanted them and they came tasting very sweet, which was good. There were 8 in all.
Then came the jerk chicken, I was really waiting for a nice spicy dish as I have had at other restos and in Jamaica. It was so mild that it was milder than the soup. I was pretty disappointed considering that I had told the waitress that I like spicy, not white man spicy.
Then Chef Drew came out and greeted everyone in the resto. We had a good chat when he came to my table. I asked him about the soup situation and he told me it was Antigen day and there is a special menu for the day. Goat water being one of them. I asked him why he didn't have a paper pull out in the menu with today's menu. he told me it was bc he has an email list of people who know him/his resto and they are familiar with it. I pointed out that I had no idea there was a special menu, not was I informed and that it should be in the menu. I could see he felt bad for me. Then I asked him why his jerk wasn't spicy. He said he had a camera and he saw me, so he gave me the mild version. I told him that I had told the waitress that I liked spicy. Again, I could see he felt bad. He told me about some other things on the special Saturday menu and said he would bring me out some samples.
Then the goat curry came. You know how this stuff is usually so boney and half the meal is bones and grisol? Well, this dish had plenty of meat. Again, not spicy for the whitey. But still delicious. I was getting pretty full as I had eaten half of everything I was served and all of the soup and all of the sides. But I still ate almost half of it.
Drew came out quite promptly and brought me a small plate of his specials. There was a veggie mix, a dumpling and some of his homemade hot sauce. which, is very, very, VERY HOT!!! The dumpling tasted like a desert with cinnamon, he said it is usually served with fish and he doesn't call it a dumpling, there is a special name for it but, it is like a West Indian dumpling.
All dishes , save the soup, were served with a tasty side of slaw and perfectly done veggies. I guess Drew took the hint and added the slaw. I'm glad he kept the veggies as they were so tasty and not overdone at all. I don't know what he did to them but they were really good. The rice that came with the mains was standard rice and peas. Lots of peas and very good.
Once the service got started, it was par excellence. All dishes where served in a timely manner, neither being too close together or too long between. I was well taken care of and my server always came by to make sure I was OK. The finished plates were always taken away promptly.
OK, now for the reason of my rating.
-.25 for waiting so long. Since there was another server, why wasn't she out to make sure that the other customers were served?
-.25 for not serving me spicy when I asked.
-2 for way over charging me the prices on the menu. I ordered almost $27. according to the menu and I was charged $34. With tax, it came to $40. Now, I don't mind paying for something if ordered it at the price on the menu, but the jerk chicken was listed at $8 and I was charged $12 and my bill said it was a large. I didn't order a large!! There was no 'large' on the menu. Everything that I ordered was a different price on the bill than it was on the menu.
Hope Drew is willing to rectify!
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