663 N Clinton Ave,Trenton,New Jersey
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Reviews
Last night we ordered a take-out from Jamaican Empire (located in East Trenton, between North Clinton and North Olden avenues) and we are happy to report that the food was good. The oxtail stew offered in medium and large sizes, and there is a wide variety of choices (two choices per order), from fried plantains and mac & cheese to white rice, rice and peas, or steamed vegetables). The most popular side usually served with oxtail, steamed cabbage, is served by Jamaican Empire as steamed veggies, with addition of corn and carrots. The prices are cheaper that at most of the competitors (large portion is sold for $20 through GrubHub vs $27 or $29 offered by other Jamaican restaurants in the area), the food was good, the proportion of meat and sides very decent.
Oxtails are flavored good but are mostly bone and fat. If you guys think it’s ok to serve a customer a beef patty this old and nasty it makes me questions anything you serve. Lost a customer.
Okay so I order rice and peas with jerk chicken. First let me say I was never a fan of oven jerk chicken. It look more like brown stew chicken. So that was a no no for me. Now for the taste and quality. The chicken tasted ok because it had the jerk spices. The rice and peas was hard and the gravy taste weird kinda like buttery. The cabbage was not A1 either. As a Jamaican I was disappointed of the taste. A real Jamaican that grew up in Jamaica would not approve of this. I couldn’t finish the meal Because the rice was hard and swimming in butter gravy that tasted funny. It should have been jerk sauce. Also this is my first time eating here. Have a lot of work to do flavor wise.
I just ordered medium curry goat and medium oxtail with ripe plantains. Firstly and sadly , the rice was like soup because of oxtail oil, literally the rice was soaked with oil or gravy , plantains were burnt outside inside was not fry and it was soaked with oil , first time ordering , I know oxtail is expensive so I won’t argue about the the two dwarf oxtail bone ( not meat that I got ) , disappointed after having a long day at work I wanted to treat my self with this meal.. curry mutton looked like prison food the mutton look as if it wasn’t properly prepared it was red like blood is in it . The rice was drowned in gravy . My stomach is upset . I’m sorry but I had to review this , I was not please . Please have a staff meeting . Ps I called it in and the lady apologize and she had good CSR skills but I’m still not please with the food , it came to 34.00 I work so hard this morning In the cold .
Ordered jerk Clinton beef patty and baked mac and cheese. Order came it was completely wrong. I received oxtail, rice and some vegetables that to be honest they were unrecognizable. I called they said the driver went home and I would have to bring it back, so I got in the car myself and headed to the store because it was only five minutes away. So I get there and they closed without waiting for me to exchange the order. So I end up not getting my food after driving to a rough part of town only to find they locked up on me. So I get back and decided to try the oxtail. It was terrible. Looked and tasted like they ran out of all seasoning in the entire restaurant. Couldn’t even take a third bite. I move on to the rice flavorless is not a strong enough adjective it would be almost a compliment to what that rice tasted like it will haunt me for the rest of my life. Veggies didn’t look good enough to try, even though I ordered a Arizona they also put a frozen solid lemonade in the bag which was just as heavy as the full plate of food I threw out never again.