1600 Champa St Unit 230,Denver,Colorado
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We just came in here for the first time. My husband is a chef from the Caribbean, so my expectations are high. We have eaten at Caribbean restaurants all over, from New York to Jamaica to Miami. I ordered the Coconut Curry Chicken with potato salad and plantain. The chicken was delicious with a nice kick. The plantains were amazing! The potato salad was just potato salad. It tasted really good, and it was just no different than regular potato salad. Everything was on point, though. The presentation was very nice as well. The place has a very nice vibe. Overall, I definitely recommend it. đź’—
This place is really good with one fatal flaw. The food had no spice. There's no kick to it. I don't know if this is a way they survive in downtown Denver by not making their food spicy but it was certainly missing something. Another thing is service. We were one of the two tables in the restaurant for dinner and I had to go and remind them a couple items I ordered because they forgot it. Those two factors combined made it 4 stars. We ordered jerk chicken wings, oxtail and goat, all of them were great and melt off the bones. But things are rather sweet and no spice or a kick which was kinda obviously missing and dishes felt incomplete. The cranberry-pineapple drink was satisfactory, I think it was literally a mix of those two juices. The place is kinda hidden upstairs in the shopping centre even though it is right on the 16th street. Generally a good location to walk around after dinner and easy to get to in downtown. I'd still recommend that you check this place out, maybe you should ask for a hot sauce with your order.
Pros: Great customer service from the bartenders! Unfortunately I don’t remember their names but anytime i come, they’re great. Jerk wings (appetizer) Festival (sometimes it hits, but when it does it HITS.) Salmon Jerk chicken meal Cons: The mac and cheese tastes like dish soap The fried plantain doesn’t taste like ripe green plantain to me. Tastes more like a sweet plantain that isn’t ripe. Am not a fan The “rice and peas” is flavorless coconut rice. It’s soooo bland and white. Don’t do it to yourself.
Finally made it to this place for brunch during the time they said they had it and they weren't ready. I was sad. They had 1 waitress trying to hold down the entire restaurant and it sucked because the wait time was just that but really long. The food presentation was nice but my plate particularly had like a teaspoon on Mac n cheese on the side which was disappointing. We ordered bottomless mimosas but could only get one round as they ran out of Brut!?! Once again I was sad. We pretty much ended our outing earlier then planned because of this and the fact that we were still charged for the bottomless mimosas wasn't right. I feel it should just been charged as a regular drink. And we had to take our bills to the waitress as she couldn't come from behind the bar. Don't know that I would go back on a Sunday maybe try another day though....
The service was friendly and fast. Nice menu selection without being overwhelming. The food was unique and very good. Wonderful flavors. I had the Coconut Curried Chicken and Jerked Wings. I tried my son's Curry Goat which tasted great too.