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| - This is an updated review at the new location. First off, it has a lot more room, is much cleaner, and for the first time ever, Allwyn's has seating!
($$$ as of January 2016. All prices include taxes.)
Right off the bat I want to say that their prices have gone up a lot. Too much. The large jerk chicken dinner was $7.25 around the time his old location was closing down, and at the new one, the prices have gone up steadily every 3 or 4 months. Now that same dinner is $9.65 -- and that's insane. Seriously, I'm already going less because the value has gotten atrocious.
JAMAICAN PATTY SANDWICH (WITH COCO BREAD AND COLESLAW):
($2.50, or $2.25 without coleslaw)
This one hasn't gone up in price much at least. It's yummy, and two for $5 is filling and worth it. Without the slaw? Blah. I don't understand why people would do that. Without it, it's bland and boring -- it's Allwyn's delicious coleslaw that sets it apart. The coco bread and slaw -- one so soft and with a hint of coconut milk, the other a fantastic creamy crunch with lots of flavour. Available in both spicy and mild beef. Both are very good options, depending on your preference! I prefer mild. They used to only have the alternative patties (like chicken or veggie) sparingly on weekends, but now it seems to be available daily.
JERK CHICKEN SANDWICH WITH COLESLAW:
($4.60, also available with jerk pork for same price)
This thing is popular with the Yelp community. It's good but to me not filling for the price. I'd need to get 2 to be truly satisfied, and you're talking $9.20 by that point. There is a decent amount of boneless juicy chicken in that same soft coco bread with the slaw, but I certainly am not as impressed as others. Firstly, it's messy as heck (the chicken and slaw fall out of the bun, into the bag) and secondly, it's gone up in price FIVE times since I started going there not even that long ago. It used to be $3.70 and that I think was the right price for it. Then $3.85... then $4.25... then $4.40... and now $4.60. You can even see it in the pictures posted here -- every few months, higher prices. It's too much a jump, too often.
LARGE JERK CHICKEN DINNER:
($9.65, or $6.75 for the small)
Okay, first off, the jerk chicken on its own? Delicious. Allwyn's has some of the best jerk chicken around. The rice with beans? Plentiful and tasty, especially when it soaks in the jerk sauce. The slaw? Always good. It's filling, true, but the value is crap. As I said, it used to be $7.25 and now and not even that much later, it's almost 10 bucks.
JERK CHICKEN CURRY ROTI
($8.75, or $9.50 if you select goat)
A newer entry. The same boneless jerk chicken with potatoes, curry sauce, and wrapped in warm roti breading. It was good, although personally I didn't like the type of wrap they use. It was fairly dry, made using cornmeal or something. Next time, I will request extra sauce to compensate. When it launched at $7.25, it was decent value... now that's like $9. Come on.
Notes:
- You can get the jerk chicken or pork on its own. $5.90 for 1/2 a pound and $11 for 1 pound.
- The coleslaw can be purchased on its own as well ($2.50 / $3.95)
- They have soup on the weekend. I tried the oxtail soup once and did not like it
- They no longer serve loafs of bread at the new location
Overall:
I like Allwyns and I am glad they were able to relocate rather than shut down, but their prices are lousy now, and will only continue to go up. There are a few other places I go to that have had the same prices since 2013 - they'll be getting my business more often.
(Also, don't blame the poor state of the dollar. You KNOW that if the economy improves, no business in the country will drop their prices back down. So basically, people are spending more without getting more)
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