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| - Two stars are for the waitress and Mama. Unfortunately not the food. Not the worst I've had but definitely disappointing.
Where do I begin? This was a recommendation from a friend of a friend. She said it's better than Caribbean Hut over on Tryon street (which is far from me). I thought great....there's nothing like having a favorite restaurant closer to home. So I met up with three girlfriends. We got there on a Saturday around 12:30 PM. Turns out the restaurant doesn't open up till 1 PM. Fine..we'll just stand outside and talk for a few. 1 o'clock comes around and the young lady who's the hostess/waitress opens the door. Before we even sat down, she begins to tell us that they have no brown rice..just white rice. They also have no curry chicken, no brown stewed chicken and no black beans! I mean seriously... you are just opening up, and it's a Saturday and you don't have all those menu items? Come on now!! That alone should've been a red flag but we were all gung ho for Caribbean food.
We were the first ones there so we sat down at a table and was brought over menus. I already knew I wanted oxtails and my other friend knew she wanted oxtails also. The other two looked over the menu but only took a minute or two to figure it out. One ordered jerk pork, the other fish. So we sat and we sat waiting for her to come back to take our order. Now, remember the place just opened up. It's really not that busy. But there were a few people at the bar getting to go orders. After waiting possibly 15 minutes, the waitress comes back and takes our orders. At this point of time, she was the only waitress there. Maybe as the day gets busier, they have another one or two. She was nice. She seemed kind of cold when we got there but warmed up later. Finally our orders arrived. I think it was Mama herself who carried them out. She seemed like a very nice older woman. I had ordered plantains for an appetizer, but they didn't arrive until after the entree. They were fine but plantains are plantains. It's kind of hard to screw those up.
Now I love me some oxtails, and I was so looking forward to ordering another order or two to take home, but these weren't worth the wait or money. Usually the oxtails I've had at Jamaican restaurants have been so well seasoned and fall off the bone tender. These were just OK. I found the white rice kind of mushy. The sweet potatoes weren't good and definitely from a can. I knew as soon as I saw them, they were from a can. The collard greens were nothing special. My friend who ordered the fish seemed to like hers. She wanted dessert, but guess what? They didn't have any dessert.
After all is said and done, I really wanted to like this place but there was nothing there that would make me want to go back or recommend. I think I'll stick with the other Jamaican restaurant. It may be further from me, but definitely worth the drive.
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