Caribbean American Gourmet

Everytime I have eaten there the food was good the owner is polite

if your hungry then its good

I visit from DC once a month and my goal is to try an mom and pop restaurant particularly Black owned. This month my treat was Caribbean and heard that this place was fantastic . The service was excellent and the portions although packed in a single package on top of each other (rice n peas at bottom- cabbage topped the rice and peas then the one big pc of jerk chicken topped it off- same goes for the oxtails in another one package container) was plentiful. I drove back home 45 minutes away and was savoring the taste of my new spot I heard rave reviews on. Food- oxtails NO flavor! Tender yet No salt pepper nothing! Jerk chicken was not jerk chicken more like country fried chicken with a little pinch of Spice and bland! Cabbage soggy! Rice n peas soggy! No flavor! Mac n cheese ticked me off the most bc I only treat myself to It literally once a month-no freaking flavor!!!! Just boiled noodles with a pinch of cheese. I’m think this place is a Soul Food place trying to serve Caribbean dishes that are NOT Caribbean dishes. Maybe it’s bc I’m use to REAL Caribbean dishes being as it may. I should have know when I saw food that was prepared buffet style Not covered I should have left. But, I wanted to support blk own business. What ever happened to the Pride of preparing food and keeping up a business? Honestly this is the 4th blk own business (food) I’ve visited in bmore and I have not been happy with the taste/preparation of the food. I won’t eat in bmore again. This place just put the stamp on it.

The food is delicious. The portions are plentiful. I will be a regular patron. It is a carryout; not an "eat in" spot.