A Hugh H.
Yelp
I came here on Tuesday 9th July to give this place a try, and what a bad decision I made. I held this review, as I've been busy traveling, but I kept my notes in draft.
I'm from London, but both of my parents were Jamaican, so I grew up in a Jamaican household & eat Jamaican food all the time.
I used to live in Las Vegas, and there was only one jamaican restaurant around, so I was excited to try this place when I came into town. I ordered the jerk chicken, rice & peas with a side of plantain & veg.
They had a music open mic night, so I was catching a vibe while waiting for my food to come. When the food came, I was eating the chicken and struggling, so that was not good.
I added some hot sauce to see if that would help, but stopped half way - I think the mom came up and asked if I was finished, and I said no I'm just taking a break, but really I've never taken a break when eating yard food, so that was a red flag.
I came back to my hotel and within an hour my belly was running (bad) so I had a terrible evening, and I blame the food there - I've done intermittent fasting for the last 12 months, so don't eat until after 4pm and most days it's one main meal a day, and snack the night - as I wanted the Jamaican meal, I held off eating, and that was my first meal at 7pm
The next day I called back to the restaurant & said can I speak to the owner, and the lady who answered said the owner is not around, but she's the chef so I should speak with her.
I explained my story and she starts cussing saying there is no way the chicken run my belly and I'm lying that I do intermittent fasting - due to my Jamaican heritage, I didn't get triggered by her raising her voice or talking over me, and told her 'do better' I couldn't have got it from anywhere else ... unless it was the veg, rice or plantain, but that dinner I had gave me diarrhea for most of the night.
I tried to reason with her, but the chef ended up hanging up the phone, so it didn't go further. I didn't call back, but it's a shame, I would never eat there again & trust the food.