Great food and service ! Oxtails are seasoned to perfection. Mac and cheese is creamy goodness!

As others have mentioned, with takeout, the portions were ridiculously small. Overall the food was pretty decent taste-wise, but we felt absolutely ripped off. Maybe you fare better dining in, and if we ever try that I'll update my review, but I can't recommend them based on our poor takeout experience. My wife and I didn't want a ton of rice and beans so the Ocho-Rios Double seemed perfect - two meals, with just one serving of rice and beans and one side, and save a few bucks. More accurately, it was "Ocho-Rios Double: one meal for the price of two." As you can see in the picture, we received less food for our double meal than others have for one. Plus, the chicken on the fork in the lower left was the entire amount in the serving, and the other entree contained about 1/4 of the meat off of a chicken thigh. Insulting. The saving grace was that we ordered plantains, which helped keep us from being too hungry after our meal, and they were delicious. read more

Da Blue Lagoon: Jamaican Kitchen - Ocho-Rios Double: one meal for the price of two. - Caribbean Near Me - Indianapolis, Indiana

I wasn't impressed unfortunately. I placed a call in order to go and the service was fast and friendly. I ordered the dinner portion of the jerk chicken, rice, and plantains. The chicken was just okay. It had this sauce on it that I'm not used to with jerk chicken and it tasted like barbecue sauce which wasn't what i was expecting. Not bad food, but not the best Jamaican food I've had in Indy. I wouldn't go back, Jamaican reggae grill in Carmel is much better and a little less expensive. They also emailed my receipt to my work email. I'm not sure how they got that from my personal credit card as the two are absolutely not connected. It was strange. read more

One word. Great!!!! I have tried every Jamaican place in Indy and they are without a doubt the best. Did my research and they were ranked the best in Indiana on Travel Noire. It my have been a few years ago but they earned that title. Everything is fresh, and the portions are big. I love Oxtail and they have them everyday, compared to most places have them only on specific days. I gladly travel 30 mins to get a combination of Oxtail and Brown Stew Chicken. read more

I ordered 2 oxtail dinner and a rum punch. The rum punch had more juice than rum and it tasted like koolaid. The oxtail dinners were mediocre. When I walked in the restaurant I didn't smell anything cooking and the lighting is a little dim. I was so excited I found a Jamaican spot near by only to get the food home and for it to taste like it was warmed up. Perhaps they had an off day but for $40+ I won't be returning to find out. The service was good the food just didn't meet my expectations. read more

100% best food I've had since moving to Indy. Great service, spot on flavors, generous portions. Will definitely be back soon. read more

Da Blue Lagoon: Jamaican Kitchen - Island Trio - Caribbean Near Me - Indianapolis, Indiana

I was so excited to hear indianapolis had another Caribbean restaurant. I love jerk chicken so I couldn't wait to try it here. I got a carry out order of the jerk chicken dinner with rice and peas and steamed veggies . I also got an order of the fried plantains. They don't come with the dinner . The bbq sauce they put on the chicken is pretty good . I wish they had a spicy one . I prefer spicy jerk chicken . Next time I come out this way I will try another dish . This place is pretty far down Pendleton in Lawrence. I live on the west side so it was a quite a drive to get there . Nice place and I love the way they decorated the inside. read more

Da Blue Lagoon: Jamaican Kitchen - The outside - Caribbean Near Me - Indianapolis, Indiana

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Wonderful service! Amazing food! Perfect ambience! The prices are compatible with the quality of food they serve. The sounds of Jamaica through the speakers create more of an island feel but there are multiple screens with news and sports playing as well. You feel like family here and the recipes taste like it, too. Vegans and plant based eaters have options so this is a win! read more

Da Blue Lagoon: Jamaican Kitchen - Caribbean Near Me - Indianapolis, Indiana

I guess i had to give it a star but service and food was trash. Caucasian lady was rude. Someone else walked out while we were in there because of her trash service.. 4 little oxtails for $16 very fatty not tender !!! plantains were extra soggy .. I'm so disappointed and hungry !!! ughhh read more

This review pertains to their food truck which is currently at the Indiana Government Center South. The prices are reasonable food truck costs. They have decent meals, but I opted for a la carte. I paid $4 for my Jamaican beef patty and $4 for my portion of fried plantains. The plantains were seasoned well. A bit heavy on the grease, but still delicious. My Jamaican beef patty was just what I needed on this chilly, yet sunny fall morning. This was an awesome Caribbean food experience. Outdoor eating, sunshine, and genuine Caribbean accents and friendly service. read more

I have never been to Jamaica but this place sure made me want to go! Restaurant is warm, relaxing, and inviting. Has the right music and ambiance. Restaurant was neat & clean. Wait staff fast & friendly. All staff was very welcoming. It is casual and has some outdoor seating. They have beer and wine as well as liquor. I went for lunch. Food was fresh hot and delicious. They have a wide selection of choices. Their website has a menu to view. I will defiantly be a regular here! I had the jerk chicken with festivals - yum!! Super flavorful read more

If you're looking for good Jamaican food steer clear of this place your belly and pockets will thank me! The decor and atmosphere is great! Outstanding even!! However the prices are way to high... never in my life have a beef patty on a menu for $3.95. Seriously they are taking advantage of people and the chicken patty I had was not even flaky or crispy. This Soca Mac&cheese is a joke it's a over rated kraft (blue box) mac and cheese with some Cajun seasoning on it. In the pictures you will see what four dollars gets you know I love supporting black owned and operated business and I applaud Da Blue Lagoon for the there since of diversity I have never a white guy and a Latina girl work in a Jamaican restaurant matter fact I've never seen anyone that wasn't Jamaican work in a Jamaican restaurant. None the less they need to either condense their menu and adjust their prices or portions or yelp! this place won't be around for long read more

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Yeah Mon! Hands down the best Jamaican food I've had outside of Jamaica!!! Escape from the 'Rat Race' and experience Jamaica without your passport. If you don't know, now you know! Da Blue Lagoon has brought Jamaica to the states! read more

Came here at the recommendation of a friend, and boy are we glad we did! Everything was delicious! We loved the jerk chicken egg rolls, and the curry chicken was another favorite. Very hospitable, a great dining experience. We will be back! read more

We recently visited this place for dinner and were delighted by how nice of a place it was. The folks who work here are friendly and chill. I am vegan so I want vegan food the majority of the time, however, rarely I will loosen up my needs in order to try something that sounds very tantalizing. This was an exception. I ordered the Vegetarian Delight and I also wanted the Jamaican Soup and Salad. The Delight was a huge platter of rice and beans with cabbage and other veggies sauteed on one side and friend plantains on the other. Very good taste. The Jamaican Soup and Salad..... I told the lady I was vegan (Vegetarian this meal only) and she told me that there was a soup that had meat in it so I only had the salad. Sadly they do not make the coconut soup much due to lack of interest. :O A word on the salad. It was delicious greens with slices of strawberries and mangos and a raspberry vinaigrette dressing on the side. The salad also comes with walnuts (I have an allergy) and feta cheese. Due to allergy I could not eat the salad so she whisked it away and even offered to leave the feta off too which was fantastic. Over all a really great experience. My honey ordered the Jerk Pork with man n cheese and the cabbage/carrot veggies. He really liked the seasoning on the meat and he really enjoyed the cabbage dish as well. Everything was delicious and delivered timely. Another delicious restaurant to add to our arsenal of places around Indianapolis. We will be back. Thanks! read more

Great food and great atmosphere! The man serving my family and I was very friendly and invited us to an event at the restaurant for the following week! This will definitely be one of our new favorite spots. We ordered the coconut shrimp - it came with a pina colada sauce that was delicious, the curry chicken, and Mac and cheese for my daughter - had a little spice to it but my daughter loved it anyway along with the plantains. read more

Da Blue Lagoon: Jamaican Kitchen - Coconut curry chicken and coconut shrimp - Caribbean Near Me - Indianapolis, Indiana

Food was just okay. Got charged for another tables drinks....whole experience was comparable to a snack bar.

Couldn't sit yin side due to the virus. But looks like a great atmosphere. Food was great. Got jerk chicken coconut shrimp and fish. Island rum punch was great as well. read more

Kool spot with good music. Food was pretty good but they were out of the item we wanted. Portion was a good size for the price. Mac n Cheese was good. Jamaican beef patties were good good good! I had a drink called Da Bob Mary which was pretty but tasteless. Our waiter [who I think was the owner] was very nice. read more

Short description: Cool and unique experience, not kid friendly. Got $110 worth of carryout and faves were jerk pork, fried snapper, and coconut shrimp. Adults voted we would do it again mostly for uniqueness, but not include the kids. Island Mac n cheese was a no-go. Small bar was on point. Server Jessica was the bomb :) read more

Da Blue Lagoon: Jamaican Kitchen - Caribbean Near Me - Indianapolis, Indiana

I tried the Island Trio which was jerk chicken, fricasse chicken and coconut curry chicken and had the cabbage and red beans and rice. I liked the jerk chicken and red beans and rice. Chicken was tender. The other two were good but a tad salty for my taste buds. I also tried the beef patty. It was okay. Could be more flakey and bit more flavor in the beef. Loved the mango sunrise daiquiri! Atmosphere was great. Service was friendly. Music was great and wished I was on vacay. It was very busy during our visit. I'll come back. read more

Being from out of town and a foodie, we searched on yelp and found this gem. I have never been to Jamaica, but I watch lots of food shows and have always wanted to try this style food. We came in and we were the only people there, but service was great. I suppose the owner was there and he was kind and friendly and helpful. The food was dynamite. Stop in, you will love it. read more

We visited today- 2 adults and 2 children. We were greeted right away and the server was very nice. The food was amazing! Kid's ordered coconut shrimp. I got the island trio, and my husband got jerk chicken. We ate as much as we could and still had leftovers. We will be going back. Update- we got take out and it was a bad. Portions were really small. They forgot one of the things we ordered. Had to drive back to get it. The guy in the kitchen was really rude. Also, it looks like some of the earlier reviews saying the same thing are no longer here?? read more

Unfortunately my perfect review from 2 years ago has lost a few Stars. In my original post I reference choosing Da Blue Lagoon for Thanksgiving and it being a perfect addition, however I have since visited this establishment a few times since then with the hopes that I would be wow'd or impressed, and that just did not happen. I last visited just over weeks ago, I called the restaurant to place my order ahead and no one answered. I said they must have a humongous crowd tonight and are just too busy to get to the phone, that was not the case. When I arrived there was only one couple dining in in a dimly lit restaurant, you almost would not have known that they were even open for business. As I was leaving, the young lady turned one more lights, interesting. I ordered oxtails that came with cabbage and rice, also fried red snapper. I was told that it would be 15 to 20 minutes, I returned in 30 to 35 minutes as I was able to go elsewhere and place an order for my children. When I return I waited an additional 10 to 15 minutes for my food. The to go carriers were heavy and as I expected, it was majority rice that was certainly not freshly made. The oxtail also did not have an appearance of being recently made, of course this I did not find out about until I made it home. The fish was nice, I wasn't expecting the head to be attached, I didn't ask for an entire fish with head but that's my fault. I did not purchase it for myself but because of the head the person that I did purchase it for would not eat it. I have to say that I was happy to have it because the oxtail didn't do It for me nor did the rice or bland cabbage. It was a disappointment to say the least especially since it came with a healthy price tag. I have tried at least three other places that offer oxtails and all were better than Da Blue Lagoon, that's unfortunate because this location is the closest to me. read more

So this place is tucked away in a corner and you would probably never notice it, but I am tell you to make a stop if you are close. The food is the closest thing you are going to get if you are a fan of Jamaican food. I did think the service was fair, but it seemed disorganized at times and I feel like with great food, the service should match. I hope this place continues to get better. read more

The food was really tasty and flavorful. I really enjoyed the variety of platters that gave me the Jerk, Curry AND stewed chicken...JUST YUMMY!! Also, the beef and chicken patties had a zesty flavor as well. Truly a gem on Indy's Northside! read more

We ordered throug GrubHub, the food was still nice and hot when delivered. Overall not terrible but not great either. I got the seafood dinner platter which was tasty, the coconut shrimp was particularly good. Unfortunately the rice and beans were missing, so was my side of fried plantain, the restaurant never reached out to inform us these items were unavailable or ask if they could substitute anything. The salad that came with the meal was just cabbage mix and canned pineapple and the cabbage was soggy, wilted, and not fresh. My fries were placed under the fish and shrimp which kept them nice and hot but also made them soggy. We also got the beef patties meal. The patties were kind of bland, some spice but no savory beefy flavor and you mostly taste the pastry, definitely not as good as Patties of Jamaica. Im pretty sure the sauce that came with the patties was just store bought BBQ sauce (tasted kinda like sweet baby ray's) and the "pinacolada lime" sauce tasted like warm pinacolada mix and was very watery. read more

I've eaten at this place a few times. It's always a hit or miss and the last couple were just terrible. I typically order the same thing jerk chicken, extra plantains and a beef patty. The chicken quarter was so dry and the meat was tough like the food had been sitting all day. I was also charged $2 for two tiny ramekin of bbq sauce. What a rip off. I hope this place improves their quality of food, but I can't waste my money. I love to support small local businesses but the food quality has to be edible. read more

The food was good, but there was a piece of hair wrapped tightly around my plantain. The stewed chicken needed more flavor and my beef patties were soggy & stale. Even after this I would still give them another try. read more

Order the oxtail!! It comes with rice and plantains and fills up a good container! It's essentially pot roast with the flavors cranked up by 1000%! I will be going back. Service was quick even though the man behind the counter was alone. A good amount of people were in there for a Thursday lunchtime near that location so that was a great sign! read more

Finally made it to Da Blue Lagoon for lunch today after hearing about it from colleagues for a while. My husband and I split an order of patties (one chicken, one beef), and then the sampler platter which is served with curry chicken, jerk chicken, and Fricasse(sp?) chicken(stew), with plaintains and black beans and rice. We also had an order of festivals. I didn't care for the festivals, they were very bland- and dough-y. The patties were delicious, especially the chicken. The chicken patty was filled with their curry chicken, so it had tons of flavor and the pastry was flakey and buttery. The trio sampler was great, the best meat being the jerk chicken. Moist and had tons of flavor. The plantains were good, and so was the stew and the curry chicken, but I would go for the jerk chicken again in the future for sure. The food took a while to come out, but it was from scratch so I understand. Service was fine, we were the only people in the restaurant (11am, so right when they opened for the day). My only gripe was the bathroom, the seat was dirty and the sink had paper towels in it. I didn't feel comfortable using it, and I don't consider myself a princess about bathrooms- this one was just too dirty to use. read more

This place is perfect addition to the area. I was a customer of the lunch truck and was so excited when I saw the restaurant coming to my side of town. I had the beef patty, calipso fish, rice and beans and plantains. I have been to the Caribbean islands a few times and this food takes you right there. The service is very nice and friendly. read more

Da Blue Lagoon: Jamaican Kitchen - Breath of fresh island air to the far east side. - Caribbean Near Me - Indianapolis, Indiana

Delicious, quick and inexpensive. I can't wait to try more items on the menu! We got carry out, and there were no difficulties

I love Jamaican food and this jerk chicken is a terrible excuse for it. It taste nothing like jerk chicken! Tastes like unseasoned grilled chicken. Smells like the chicken that's been sitting out next to the barbecue that got smoked by accident. I'm disappointed. NOT JERK CHICKEN. My mouth is not even remotely on fire. That's a problem lol seriously though. How is Golden Krust better than you?! OK so the rice is bomb but the meat is what I come for, so neeeeext. read more

Paid $20 for a oxtail platter and only received 7 oxtails and 1 was all bone! Grubhub said they denied my refund and the guy who called from the restaurant had hostility in his voice so I ended the conversation from the beginning. Sad that they are robbing customers during a pandemic! read more

Da Blue Lagoon: Jamaican Kitchen - Oxtails Oxtail Stew Dinner - Caribbean Near Me - Indianapolis, Indiana

This place is sooooo good!! My husband and I both loved it. We tried the jerk chicken, fries, rice & beans, and plantains. Everything was delicious. The chicken was awesome, it tasted like it had been slow cooked for hours.... tender, perfectly seasoned. Spicy but not overly spicy. I really enjoyed the seasoning on the fries. I also got the fried fish for one of my friends, she said it was the best fish she had ever eaten. We will be back!! read more

Awesome food! We have gotten take out several times and it is always amazing! We will continue to go. Love the sampler plates.

The oxtails were very good! Rice and peas could have used some cooking in chicken broth to help the beans not dry out. Plantains were okay, could have been flatten more and a little more sugar sprinkled evenly...overall first time having Jamaican food and it was good! The Bob Marley daiquiri was sooooo good, the colors were so beautiful and bright made me feel like I was @ Jamaica. The restaurant gives you a feel of being in Jamaica but the decor can be a little more Authentic with the feeling of being on an island..can't wait to see the upcoming new improvements that are too come! So glad Indy finally has some Diversity in food read more

Amazingly authentic Jamaican food and drink! Highly recommend Da Blue Lagoon. We just got back from Jamaica and wanted to relive the experience. Great portions and amazing taste! read more

Da Blue Lagoon: Jamaican Kitchen - Caribbean Near Me - Indianapolis, Indiana

My husband loves Jamaican food, so we were excited to have somewhere close by to get some! Very authentic, pretty minimalistic restaurant. It tends to be pretty quiet when we are there, especially during the week. The jerk chicken has good spice and flavor, and I love the seasoned fries. The rum punch is pretty darn close to what we had in Jamaica, and the daiquiris come in huge glasses. The patties are not my favorite in the world, but they will do when authentic Jamaica isn't around the corner. read more