Had to take a break from ordering from here because it was taking all my coins! Delicious Trinidadian food that will make you come back for more. I've tried roti from other restaurants and Caribbean Palace reigns supreme. The others are mid. Love their doubles and the boneless chicken curry roti (all their other roti options have been tasty). Their speciality drinks are amazing - sorrel and pineapple ginger are very flavorful. They never seem to have the peanut punch flavor available which is why I knocked off a star. Definitely satisfy your roti cravings with food from here! Highly recommend! read more

Caribbean Palace - Boneless Chicken Roti - Trinidadian Near Me - Takoma Park, Maryland

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The food is amazing! I haven't found another carry out Caribbean place in this area that serves this quality of food. The prices are a bit high but I come because I feel it's worth it. It's in a small carry out area with small staff in a busy neighborhood. There is parking in front of the restaurant. read more

This place is so very disappointing now. I came two days in a row thinking the first time was an anomaly. I've been coming here for more than a decade. They must've changed ownership. They don't serve pineapple ginger juice anymore, which used to be very good. The roti hardly had any filling and what it did have was bland. I took a few representative bites and ended up throwingthe rest away.The curry chicken dinner was accompanied by two different types of mush. See picture. I'll be eating the chicken and throwing the mush away.No cabbage and carrots like I'm used to here and at every other Caribbean place. The homemade sorrel tasted ok but extra sweet and not as fresh as before. They have changed their menu for the worse.This used to be my go to when in this area, but sadly I won't be coming back. read more

Caribbean Palace - Boneless chicken curry dinner. - Trinidadian Near Me - Takoma Park, Maryland

I've been coming to Caribbean Palace on New Hampshire Avenue for years. This Trinidadian spot used to be one of my favorites the food used to taste so good. Every bite reminded me of real Trini home cooking, with rich flavors and the kind of spice that hits just right. But lately? It's just not the same. The quality has definitely gone down. The flavors that used to pop feel dull now, and the food just doesn't have that authentic Trinidadian taste it once did. Even the doubles, which were once a go-to, feel bland. It's disappointing because I know how good this place used to be. I'm not sure what changed maybe different cooks, maybe cutting corners but whatever it is, Caribbean Palace isn't living up to its old standard. I really hope they can get back to the way things were, because the community misses the flavor. read more

Food was good. Customer service was good. Only reason it's not 5 star is because they ran out of buss up by the time I got there

I love this place , they make the best rotis . I had visited the place only twice before, when on my third visit they greeted me by name . They actually had remembered my name from the previous visits where I had to give my name so they can call it out when my order is ready read more

Caribbean Palace is my go to place in the DC Metro for authentic roti and curry. My family is from Trinidad and I've been several times. I usually get the boneless curry chicken roti and a boneless curry chicken buss up. Busy they've stopped selling buss up shut so I just get the boneless curry chicken with the slight peppa. It's a carry out spot so I usually devour it in my car and wash it down with a champagne Solo or an Apple J soft drink. read more

I felt like I was in Trinidad again! The setup feels very home like, and there are tons of photos of Trinidadian culture both inside and outside. We called ahead to be sure there was still Roti available and once we arrived it was made to order. The flakiness of the Buss Up Shot was a taste to remember, and the Dahl Puri was just as tasty! The Pholourie and tamarind sauce hit the spot, leaving literal crumbs in the dish! The server we had was very helpful and double checked our order to ensure we had all that we needed. I had heard so much about Caribbean Palace and after experiencing it for myself, it will definitely be my favorite go to. read more

Caribbean Palace - Counter view - Trinidadian Near Me - Takoma Park, Maryland

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I was in the area so I stopped in and got a couple of rotis. Good thing is they take cards, not just cash only anymore. As for my food, my taste buds were not satisfied. I asked for 2 chicken roti, mines barely had any chicken in it, mostly chickpea mixture.... my sons had no chicken and he said that his roti was dry. I dunno what's different as far as the staff and who's cooking, but something has changed. read more

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The flavor is here with most dishes, but the portions have diminished. I got about .5 to 1c scoop of shrimp curry in my $14 roti. The rice and peas were not good and did not seem like they were made that day. This place doesn't seem to keep up the pre-pandemic quality. I will still go back and give them a few more tries. read more

Caribbean Palace - $14 for roti with a light spread of shrimp curry lol. It was not like this in the years past. - Trinidadian Near Me - Takoma Park, Maryland

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This is the closest I've come to Caribbean Food as good as the food is in Canarsie, Brooklyn!! If you're looking for authentic taste;every time. Go here!!! read more

Just found this place but I'm loving the food. It has exactly what I need..Doubles, Doubles and more Doubles! Dhal Roti was also good. Keep up the great work. read more

Martha! Gangantha! Where are you? The folks you left in charge do not understand the assignment. I love, love, love the food but Lawd please miss me with the lack luster customer service, sterile ambiance and inconsistent execution. People does come from far to get a decent roti. Can we get reasonable hours of operation, an enthusiastic cashier, a little Soca, pan, Calypso tunes while we wait 45 mins for our food? We need to have a townhall, we want to speak to your business manager. How have we not invested in the interior or even expanded operations by now? I have a lot of questions. I personal have funded at least new seating and menu board via my roti purchases. At this point I'm willing to volunteer if that helps open doors at 11am or even take orders. I have a great smile and disposition. You can pay me in curry. Signed a hungry and disappointed roti lover. PS I'll be back. read more

Caribbean Palace - New store hours - Trinidadian Near Me - Takoma Park, Maryland

Update 8 years later yep the food still good this time had this shrimp Roti unbelievable two people can eat one curry sauce is perfect pepper sauce and Fire go to this place right now read more

The doubles.. get them! Love this place. Never had anything I didn't like. Me and my friends also go for roti

As a Trini who has been coming to this place for yearssss it breaks my heart to have to leave such a bad rating but it is well deserved. My experience today at Caribbean Palace was not a good look and I don't think I will ever return to this establishment to give them any more of my money. I walked in, in the middle of a pandemic, to see the cashier had zero mask on. Not even on her chin. There was no mask in sight. Just about a 12 inch Plexiglas glass that served no purpose as virus particles don't simply travel in a straight line- they disperse into the air. I had to ask because I was both furious and curious. "Excuse me?" I started, "where is your mask?" "Right here," the cashier said, pointing to the folded mask on the counter behind her. As if it served some purpose on the desk rather than on her face. "Why aren't you wearing a mask? We are in the middle of a pandemic," I responded, stunned by her negligent response and laissez faire attitude. "Because customers can't hear me with it on." "I prefer to ask you to repeat things than get coronavirus." The exchange was absolutely absurd. And what was even more absurd was that she claimed she'd put her mask on... only to secure it to her chin- leaving her nose and mouth exposed for another 10 minutes before she slowly pulled it over her mouth- leaving her nose exposed. I asked to speak to a manager to which she replied "you'd have to wait." And surely I did. The manager took her good old time coming out but I was willing to stand there all day if I had to. If you've visited this place before you would know just how small the establishment is. In addition to which the tiny closet of a restaurant has little to no ventilation so my concern was through the roof with there being no strict enforcement of mask wearing for their employees. After a good 15-20 minute wait the manager popped out and our conversation was just as absurd as the one I had prior. I raised my concerns about the cashier not wearing a mask and she went through all the excuses in the book (though she managed to forget the one about customers not being able to hear to cashier). She said "she has trouble breathing with it on." to which I responded "then she shouldn't be here working because seems like she might be high risk for the virus." Then she asked me "if I ever cooked with a mask on?" to which I responded "she's not cooking she's out here cashing." It was very comical how this manager was grasping at straws rather than reassuring her paying customer that this won't happen again. There was a part in the conversation where the manage said something along the lines of caring for everyone to which I responded "clearly not if you are willing to put your customers in danger." I thought the worst of it was over- that was until I got home and found a hair in my roti. I guess they enforce hairnet wearing just as well as they enforce mask wearing. I'm attaching pictures for reference. A shame, as I feel as the quality of this place has dwindled over the years, but it's not my recommendation to eat here. I am hoping that after the pandemic another shop will come to rival this place as the only reason we've been forced to return has been due to the lack of options for Trinidad food in DC. read more

Caribbean Palace - I don't remember asking for hair in my roti. - Trinidadian Near Me - Takoma Park, Maryland

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Always enjoy the food here. The best doubles and roti!! I love the channa roti . The prices are great as well. read more

My GF and I were heading home after the D.C. Auto Show and had a taste for authentic Caribbean cuisine. I'd been here once before several years ago and, since it was on the way home, we decided to stop in. What a great idea that turned out to be! The food was as good as I remembered! I had the Curry Chicken & Bust Up Shut, my GF had the Curry Chicken dinner with rice and peas. Everything tasted amazing!!! The Bust up shut was soooo good and the curry was on point! I'll have to come back to try their Doubles. I've had real, homemade Trinidadian curry before and this definitely met the mark! Flavorful with tender chunks of chicken throughout. It also came with curry potatoes and curry chick peas which were equally delicious!! I love Carribean food, especially Trini cuisine so I will definitely be back! read more

Worth the Drive from Suitland. My grandpa is Trini so i decided to take a nice ride over here. I've heard this is the best place for Roti. I've been craving them lately and the other two i had one wasn't wrapped at all, the other was in a bowl and ... just no. A Roti is wrapped up. So i heard this place is the place to go for a proper Trini roti and one of the few places to get Trini food. I went to another place once and they were so expensive and the food wasn't anything to write home about IMO. We walked in and it smelled so good! No seating, this isn't a restaurant but more like a take away joint. I order a double, so good the bara (dough) was so soft and omg. It was just good! I ordered a boneless chicken roti. We also picked up shrimp, a combo, and a curry chicken dinner. All three came with rice and peas. I order Channa and potato for mine the combo and it was delicious. My only complaint is the dinner was a bit salty for me. The Roti was delicious and exactly what I needed at 18 weeks pregnant. I will always go back for the doubles and the roti! read more

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I want to cancel my poop review. Although I wasn't happy with my food i went back and they were apologetic and gave me a new one. read more

Caribbean Palace - I had to dig to find the barely meat in this roti. Very disappointing - Trinidadian Near Me - Takoma Park, Maryland

I've been meaning to make my way here because I'm partial to Trinidadian food. I'm not Trini but I had a Trinidadian babysitter and I grew up eating yummy Trini food. My friend and I were driving around and she asked me to pull into the shopping center because she wanted some doubles. I wanted some pholourie. Pholourie is a fried dough balls that comes with tamarind sauce that you pour over the pholourie. As you probably already know, it's a small restaurant--there are two barstools and that's it. My friend enjoyed her doubles and got a side of hot sauce. The pholourie was pretty good with tamarind sauce. I will say that you'll have to pack your patience as the restaurant is located in a busy shopping center. All in all, I thought the service was good and the pholourie was good. I'll be back to try some other things on the menu--I'm curious to try their chicken roti. read more

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I admit I haven't tried most of their menu yet, because I so dearly love their channa roti: A huge, flaky, saucy wrap of folded flatbread and mildly spiced chickpeas. It's the most amazing meal, vegetarian, and at a low price. If you like Indian food, you have to try this Trini relative! They run a brisk business -- sometimes too busy to answer their phones -- but it's a friendly takeout place where you can order at the counter and they make it pretty quickly. read more

Food is really good, remind me of my mother's cooking.Goat is not oily, dahlpurri was soft, and the curry aloo was really good. I been going here for 20 years and I'm always saying damn this is good. read more

Of course I have to give this place five stars. My mom has been taking me here since I was 8 (probably younger). I always get the boneless chicken roti and coco bread. The memories I have attached are what makes it so special. That aside, the food is amazing. You'd thing that chicken breast would be dry but it never is. The potatoes and chicken are so delicious and the coco bread on the side is a must! Try it you, have nothing to lose. read more

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Poor service.. ordered a chicken roti, had to look really hard to find the bits of chicken. Beef patties dry/stale. Their no refund policy sign speaks volumes. read more

I'm so irritated right now. I order something through Uber Eats from this place. When I arrived the girl told me they didn't have my food ready because the tablet was dead. Smh I will NEVER comeback to this place. Also the phone number doesn't work and they are very slow. The girl at the front counter was very rude as well. Smh. read more

We tried here the other day, because we reached the Caribbean Market too late for food. The young ladies were extremely nice and the service was really good but the food to my surprise wasn't very flavorful. We order the large kingfish dinner , the large goat dinner and 4 doubles. They accidentally made a curry chicken dinner & gave it to us at no charge, which was above and beyond. The dinner portions were really nice. The large dinners come with rice, channa and potatoes, again plenty of food but it lacked the flavor I was seeking. The doubles were ok and a little smaller than I'm use to but the tamarind and pepper was exactly what they needed. I've heard really good things about this place, so I'll definitely go back to try again. It may gave just been an off day! Side note - I have had the Pholourie here before and it was phenomenal read more

Had no real flavor. Rice was over cooked and mushy and the curry was bland. I've tried a few Caribbean spots and even got a chance to eat authentic Jamaican curry while in Jamaican, but this ain't it. read more

The quality of food here has changed. While the food still bares some form of authenticity it has become tasteless. The umph is gone. Please invest in a better cook who can actually cook and not follow a recipe from a book if that's the case. Service was mid. Smile more we are Trinidadian the happiest people on earth. Location is great but the length of time this place has been in business it's time to expand. read more

*This is not a sit-down restaurant* This is a hidden gem where you get a delicious double and/or roti fix (*cash-only*) and leave. Doubles: delicious chickpeas smashed between two flatbreads that would remind you of tortillas if they were fluffy. There's a light sauce that truly enhances the flavor, but you can ask for the tamarind if you'd like. Personally, I think it's perfect dipped in plain yogurt. These alone are enough to give this place a visit. I'm giving 5stars based on the food. This is by no means a fancy date place. The food is amazing and the employees are very sweet. Don't be a brat, that's all you need. You're welcome :P read more

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It saddens me to report that this place is not worth the time or interest of anyone's attention who has a desire for authentic Caribbean food or customer service. I am not sure if management has recently changed hands but after buying food from Caribbean Palace for the last two years my last visit on 5/6 left me less than satisfied. The service has always been subpar. But now during the pandemic one would think as a family owned business they would want to retain their customer base. I called to share my experience with management who refused to give me her name and my words fell on deaf ears. I ordered 2 chicken rotis and curry goat dinners. The rotis had no meat and the goat was dry and had an offputting taste like it was cooked from 3 days berore. I would say the flavor profile of Cribbean Palace could be summed up over all as nasty and regrettable and a waste of my $52.00 Caribben Palace is not even worth the one star required to make this post. read more

The food is amazing my family and I love it and have been coming here for 5 years+. However please answer the phone! I had to call when I was 30 mins away to place an order and no one still didn't answer. read more

Caribbean Palace - Outside of restaurant - Trinidadian Near Me - Takoma Park, Maryland

Just had a Wisdom tooth removed after a bone from the goat stabbed me in the gum ( I bit in for a bite of buss up shut with the gravy from the goat bit Down to chew and that was it) I tasted the blood in my moth but shut it off as last chance. My husband said it was too many chances, after a week of agonizing pain i finally got a slot at my dentist and had to pull it out . Poor thing the tooth was perfect but the bite on the bone loosened the tooth just now pushing half way out. But the worst was as soon as we ate I had pain on both ends. I learned my lesson. Reheated roti, refried aloo pies, hard reheated doubles. When you loose pride in your preparation of food it not even good for the dogs! read more

Caribbean Palace - Paratha/buss up shut more like heavy winter jacket - Trinidadian Near Me - Takoma Park, Maryland

Stopped past this place yesterday on my way home to pick up some dinner. This place is located right off of New Hampshire Road and Univeraity Blvd intersection closer to the Starbucks in that shopping center. I've driven past this place many times without going in but my boyfriend said the food was good. I'm very picky about my places. Lol. The gentleman that helped us was pretty friendly especially with us coming in about 35 mins before they closed. There was a guy that came in after us and I heard a lady ask the back cooks if they were still taking orders. I would suggest giving yourself a cushion if you are going closer to closing time. I ended up ordering the boneless chicken dinner. It came with curry chicken, rice and peas, and channa and potatoes. My boyfriend ordered the curry chicken and 1 order of bust up shot. The food was just ok. The channa and potatoes were bomb tho. Lol just the right amount of spiciness. The curry chicken was good but I feel like you get more sides than chicken. It was also a tad too salty. Just be careful because the boneless chicken is not truly boneless. Dont want anyone breaking a tooth. Lol read more

Food was absolutely delicious. They were out of some things because they see so quickly. The service was great as the man left us know what they were sold out of. The wait was only 10ish minutes which was good, especially because there was only one man working. read more

I wish I can give this review zero stars. I stopped to get food from here the other day and it was AWFUL!!!!!!!!! Both meals were extremely TASTELESS, VERY DRY, the ingredients were very INAUTHENTIC. Almost everything was sold out by the afternoon and the customer service was weak as well. It's a shame because I would always travel a distance to get this food and have visited Carribean Palace countless times. Unfortunately, nothing I ordered tasted or looked like how it use to in the past. I end up trashing 2 whole meals (chicken curry meal and roti) including my doubles. Maybe the original owners or crew left and took everything with them including the recipes. This was a total waste of money for me. I am never coming back here ever again! read more

I recommend getting the large curry goat dinner! Along with your sides being spinach and mash potatoes. Oh and a beef pattie! Absolutely delicious . read more

asked for chicken roti, and they gave me what looked to be dumplings as roti skins. Pure trash.

Legit Caribbean food. I love the potato and spinach roti! And the Doubles and the Pholourie! And the plantains! The goat roti was a big hit with my friend who lunched with me for his first time here. read more

I looked for an open restaurant close by that also served roti. I ordered the veggie roti; jerk chicken w/ rice and peas; macaroni and cheese; spinach; phoulorie; and, coco bread. My food was great. I'm a fan of roti. My favorite roti place is in Atlanta, so I had to find a new place here. Since I usually get the veggie roti, I don't really encounter the problems that others have re the meats. However, the jerk chicken was too spicy for my little one (who has grown up eating jerk foods). The jerk sauce also permeated the rice and peas, so we had to mix the food up with more bland items so she could eat. Her father (who is west indian) had no problem with the spice level. read more