The Caribbean Plate

Just moved to area and was looking for real yaardie food. Delighted to find this place close by. And thanks for surviving Covid to stay open. Extensive menu with great "authentic sounding" choices. So many dishes looked delicious, so I ordered the sample plate. Looking at the menu, everything seems "pricey" but on arrival, was good sized portion. ALOT of rice, but a little skimpy on the curried goat & oxtails. Fair sample portions of curried chicken, brown stew & jerk chicken. What I really liked was the plantains were very nicely cooked (not burnt), and even in the take out packaging, was nicely presented. The food was good, but as I'm a Jamaican, I thought it needed more ..oomph....spice. it was nicely seasoned and it did taste nice, but rather bland. And, yes. Menu is pricey, too expensive to be a daily or even weekly choice....but to satify a craving for a taste of the islands, would definitely have some again.

Boomars and myself early dinner trying carribbien. Place is rather small. Some tables inside. Clean, and fun decorations. Good Caribbean music. First time having Caribbean food which I enjoyed andvwill be back. I tried the Sample platter which consisted of curry chicken, ziggy wings, jerk wings, oxtail and goal and 2 sides. I had the coleslaw and rice and peas. We also had the pan fried snapper (whole fish), crispy flavorful. We ordered a jerk chicken meal pie and a beef pie. Every was well seasoned and delicious. The curry chicken was delicious, a different curry not spicy. Not like an Indian curry or Japanese curry. Very good. I loved the jerk chicken wings. These had a little spice and a little mire kick. The ziggy wings were good more on the sweeter side but very good.The oxtail is really good. Not a lot of meat but flavorful. I enjoyed the goal

A no frills place to eat. My jerk chicken breast with rice and peas and fried plantains was the most reasonably priced and really was good. One friend had never had oxtails before and had the combo with wings, which she also liked. The other friend was disappointed in the curry chicken with mild sauce, which she found much too mild. There were no muffins or roti today. Two of us out of three would go back and would try the jerk chicken sandwich.

Ordered delivery through grub hub. The food: arrived hot and everything kept well. I did put the beef patty in the air fryer for 4 minutes to make it extra flakey but i could have eaten it as is. I also got the jerk chicken wings, rice and peas, and cabbage. The jerk had good heat but was a little salty IMO. The pro: The wing meat literally fell off the bone - it was incredible! I’ve never seen chicken wings this tender. So so good. The con: You only get 4 wings which i thought was low for a $12 plate. Follow me on Instagram and Tiktok for more @AlixTakesaBite