Okay -- I tried it out last weekend, and have to say I was underwhelmed.
First off, I don't think they changed anything about the decor of the place. It used to be an Ethiopian restaurant. There's the same Ethiopian artwork on the walls, the tables and chairs are the same as before...in short, there is nothing about the inside of the place to indicate that it is a Jamaican/Caribbean restaurant. Hell, they were playing Shania Twain music when I was there. Would it kill them to throw on a CD of Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff or some steel drum music at least?
The wait staff was ONE Filipina woman who didn't seem to know much about the menu/wasn't able to answer questions about specific items.
We ordered a variety of dishes, just to try stuff out: jerk chicken, black beans and rice, fried plantains, etc. A word of warning: dumplings are basically tasteless fried bread. Don't know why they call them dumplings, because they're not.
Black beans and rice was actually red beans and (basmati) rice. And it wasn't so tasty. I make better at home myself.
Jerk chicken was so-so -- the spice/heat was in the dipping sauce (not the chicken itself), and it was okay. But overall I was disappointed in the food and the whole experience there, and won't be going back.
"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise."
-- Maya Angelou
Okay -- I tried it out last weekend, and have to say I was underwhelmed.
First off, I don't think they changed anything about the decor of the place. It used to be an Ethiopian restaurant. There's the same Ethiopian artwork on the walls, the tables and chairs are the same as before...in short, there is nothing about the inside of the place to indicate that it is a Jamaican/Caribbean restaurant. Hell, they were playing Shania Twain music when I was there. Would it kill them to throw on a CD of Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff or some steel drum music at least?
The wait staff was ONE Filipina woman who didn't seem to know much about the menu/wasn't able to answer questions about specific items.
We ordered a variety of dishes, just to try stuff out: jerk chicken, black beans and rice, fried plantains, etc. A word of warning: dumplings are basically tasteless fried bread. Don't know why they call them dumplings, because they're not.
Black beans and rice was actually red beans and (basmati) rice. And it wasn't so tasty. I make better at home myself.
Jerk chicken was so-so -- the spice/heat was in the dipping sauce (not the chicken itself), and it was okay. But overall I was disappointed in the food and the whole experience there, and won't be going back.
"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise."
-- Maya Angelou