I got take-out after viewing an apartment in the area, thinking it would be cool to live so close to great food. And it smelled so good on my commute home by mouth kept watering... when I finally got home it was utterly delicious, if spicier than my inexperienced tastebuds were expecting.
I'm giving 5 stars for the great food, but have to mention I found the staff unwelcoming. I was very smiley and friendly, trying to picture myself living in this neighbourhood. But the waitress who directed me to the menu and bar couldn't be bothered to smile back and treated me kind of like a nuisance. I tipped anyways, but she was quite cold and dismissive in spite of there being only one couple in the restaurant to look after. I've always experienced amazing hospitality in any home or restaurant run/owned by folks from the West Indies and my Trinidadian friends are some of the friendliest people I've ever met. I think the only thing I'd ask management to improve upon is to remind servers how a smile and and a welcoming manner cost you very little energy and improve the customer's experience a lot.
As delicious as the food was, the prickly interaction with the waitress (who seemed to get more irritated with me the friendlier I tried to be) cast kind of a cloud over finally getting to taste the delicious smell when I got home. And she wasn't in a bad mood, since she laughed and talked with the other servers. It was just me with my big smile she seemed to have a problem with. If I end up moving to the area, I hope the servers are a bit more welcoming next time.