Nice set up, fire pit outside live music regularly, friendly staff. My food was good. The menu…read morecould be expanded a bit, not much to choose from. Too bad, super good vibe otherwise. The food DOES taste good, just too small a menu. I usually don't mid a small menu done right, but this is too small. There will be customers who don't see anything on the menu that they want.

Spicy and petty fast for the large servings they give loved the rice and beef patty will go back…read moremost likely

IGNORE the very few low ratings. Please!…read more If you are going to take the time to take a picture, upload it, and complain, then you should take a small portion of that time and calmly explain to management your concerns, that is how things get better. I have ordered from here many times, staple being the jerk chicken. Zero complaints other than they are closed on Saturday's which makes sense. Food is delicious and you would think that you were chilling out. Everything was FRESH, which is one of my most important and challenging characteristic from any restaurant. You would think that your grandmother spent two days cooking this just for you. 5/5 easy. Support your local family-owned businesses, if not, there is cheap horrible chinese takeout around the corner. Yuck

Ordered take-out for the first time and it was delicious. Staff are welcoming. Restaurant was well…read morekept and comforting. Rasta pasta was so yummy, so was the patty.

Pretty good, i got the oxtail and the Rasta pasta. The oxtail was good, they gave a nice amount of…read moregravy. The Rasta pasta needed flavor though. The sauce was bland.

I ate the food so quickly because it was so good! So happy to have found this spot. I purchased the…read moremedium sized oxtails dinner with cabbage and rice and peas. I will definitely be back.

The best food! It's so hard to find good vegan food with big portions at a fair price and these…read moreguys hit the mark every time without fail. We always have full, happy bellies with leftovers to enjoy the next day. The food is consistently amazing and the staff/owners are wonderful! We choose this place over any local vegan option nearly every time and happily make the 30 minute drive without hesitation! A must try even if you aren't vegan

In this food bar, stainless-steel food trays inside a glass case enable you to view exactly what's…read moreon the daily menu. You choose to fit your appetite. The large combo platter comprises your choice of seven dishes, the medium platter is five choices, and the small is three. The five items depicted in my photo of my medium-size plate are, clockwise from the top, grilled tofu, steamed broccoli, baked sweet potatoes, sautéed green beans with red peppers, and curried potatoes. The above descriptions double as the simple names of the dishes. The food does not masquerade behind pretentious titles, nor does it appear flamboyant or pretend to be fanciful. What you're served are affordable and generous portions of delicious and nutritious food. Real food. Americans call this natural food. In the Rasta lexicon, natural foods are redefined as Ital foods. As you might adduce from the photo, the café's two owners are Rastas, and their cuisine is authentic Jamaican Rastafari Ital. "Ital" is derived from the word "vital." To provide "vitality," Ital food on your plate differs little from how it looks on the farm. Ital food is usually vegan, but not always. Only four of the five Rasta cafés in Connecticut and nearby Worcester are strictly vegan. As there is no Board of Ital Cuisine to issue certifications, Ital cooking does vary with the territory. The Ital food served at Caribbean Style Vegan is, as its name attests, always vegan. It also is always nourishing, colorful, and skillfully prepared. Nothing is ever too spicy or too salty or too sweet or too oily or overcooked or undercooked. Grilled in a spicy barbecue sauce, even the jerk tofu is humanely spiced. With just the medium platters, I always feel satiated but never bloated, evidence of the frugal use or total absence of oil. Never drowned in oily sauces, the veggies remain visually recognizable and inherently flavorful. Caribbean Style Vegan stands as my favorite of the seven Ital cafés in which I have dined both stateside and in Jamaica. At the two Ital cafés that I visited in Kingston, neither served any mock meats. Yet at some cafés in the U.S., their varieties of mock meats almost equal their numbers of veggie dishes. I am mystified that in our corner of New England they serve so many highly processed mock meats, a concession to the American lust for meat. In contrast, Caribbean Style Vegan upholds a higher standard. It serves only a single mock meat. Grains, beans, greens, and root vegetables predominate. Most veggies are steamed; a few are sautéed; none are deep-fried. My kind of food. For in-house dining, you'll find two sunlit tables along the south-facing wall of plate glass window. Still, the café is more conducive for takeout. I have witnessed a steady flow of regular customers who sometimes place multiple orders of takeout meals to deliver to their families waiting at home. Yet even when other customers wait in line with you, the wait is always short. Their social media accounts is seldom updated. So view only their website. Yet, the website menu is viewable only during open hours. To place an online order or simply to view the website menu, you must wait until 12 noon, Wednesday to Saturday.

Staff is willing to go the extra mile. Been a long time customer and cannot say enough about the…read morecustomer service I have received.

Every bite is full of bones, oh and your food is old and microwaved before they serve it to you…read more Just terrible.

Great meal and friendly service. Definitely worth the ride from anywhere to get the great foodread more

Great service! Excellent food! Truly from the Island... got some food for my Mom and all she could…read moresay was "wow" while eating. This place was highly recommended by a friend and I can see why. I recommend this place too.

Great curry goat at the Hamden fireworks festival! Wonderful option to have as a food truck here!…read moreFast service!

Amazing experience! The portion was a great size for the price which I always worry about with food…read moretrucks. Great amount of meat and it lasted me about two meals. I made the mistake of not getting a drink and it was a little spicy so I got back in line and I'm glad I did! The Hibiscus Sorel was amazing and refreshing. Pretty sweet but a nice treat. I ordered and got my food very quickly. I hope to see the truck again soon!

amazing food great service was very pleased with my time there the place felt very homeyread more

This place is a dump. Not very clean. Very dusty with cobwebs. Lady with the short blond hair was…read moreso rude and acted so put out to take our order. Beef patties were bland and nasty. Jerk Chicken was very flavorless. I've had authentic Jerk Chicken in Jamaica and this was far from authentic. Sadly this was our first and last time. Don't waste your time for bad food and service.