When visiting P.E.I. for the first time two weeks ago, I had the considerable pleasure of eating…read morelunch at this restaurant. The food is authentically Jamaican (I am Jamaican) and Very flavourful. I had jerk chicken which was delightfully spicy (it can also be had in medium and low spice incarnations) and thoroughly enjoyed it (I can't find a decent Jamaican restaurant in Ottawa where I live). Service was prompt, courteous and delivered with a smile. The ambiance is picnic table style and wonderfully informal with the BBQ / smoker next to the seating area throwing off an appetizing aroma. The chef - Shakira - is very approachable and accommodating. If you enjoy Caribbean cuisine or just want to try something new, I highly recommend this establishmdnt.

We went there with a group of 4. Portions were decent, service was quick. I'd go againread more

This Mushroom Toast was amazing. It was recommended by my server. I was skeptical with the…read morepoached eggs on top, but it was really really good!

We had the blueberry lemonade, and a chocolate shake - after my tween daughter was indecisive the…read moreperson at the good treats made a great suggestion for the strawberry lemonade - cool spot will go back for dinner. Only negative was some very not nice music playing (language) but that was quickly changed.

One of the few recent highlights in the P.E.I. food scene, Saucy Bird hits all the right notes:…read moreStaff are friendly and attentive (when was the last time a food employee delivered an ice cold gourmet lemonade concoction to your car with a smile on her face and cute little notes written on your cup?); the food is fresh, cool when warranted, hot when warranted. It is tasty, carefully prepared, and the portions are fair. Consisting of Mediterranean flavours-- aromatic spices from Portugal - chilies from Africa and olive oil from Spain-- everything tastes delicious and healthy. Prices are in keeping with the curious inflation which infected the world during and after Covid-- and which has never been satisfactorily explained-- but my friend and I walked away wholly satisfied which-- let's be honest-- is not a very common experience on P.E.I.. The service on P.E.I. is most often surly and resentful (Hello to you, yes you, Willow Bakery staff in the Stanley Bridge outlet), and the food is often overpriced underimagined fried garbage. By the way, one little note on our cup indicated the Saucy Bird is an Indigenous establishment in which case we can only pray for more Indigenous-run restaurants and food stands of this quality in P.E.I.'s future. To add to the benefit of a visit, check out their partner in crime, Cool Clucking Treats a few steps away serving Milk Shakes and Saucy's own House Churned Gelato, Ice Cream Sandwiches and Home Made Cookies. This place is a gift to Charlottetown. Anyone considering opening a food truck/stand or a restaurant in P.E.I. needs to beg these folks to give them a lesson in how it is done right! Thank you Saucy!!

Nico was very welcoming and helpful, the food was fast and delivered to the table. The University…read moreAve location was cleanable and bright. The new chicken burgers and veggie burgers are really good - even had some churros with a salted maple sauce - if you haven't tried A and W in a while I recommend you visit again.

door dasher messed up order manager helped immediately…read more great guy! he gave me a free meal in drive thru 11 pm

Great Sunday Brunch menu, one of only a few places open on Sundays in the area. Excellent service…read morein an adorable cafe setting.

It's always a good thing when a new generation of restauranteurs injects life into a small town…read morewith their food and flavours, and this was the case last summer when Shoebox Cantina opened up on Provost Street. While the name has a Tex-Mex vibe, the menu reflects the broad base of appeal that is often necessary to succeed in smaller communities. As such, alongside their taco menu, you'll also find the likes of steak, bacon mac and cheese, and wings. My fingers were crossed that this wouldn't be a "Jack of all trades, master of none" scenario. Showing up for a lunch with my sister, we leaned into the Tex-Mex part of the menu and ordered the carnitas fries supreme ($13) and the taco sampler ($24). They've got a sizeable rotating tap list of local beers, so I went with a rye IPA from Tatamagouche Brewing. The pork carnitas fries supreme may not have evoked the flavours of Taco Bell's famous hot mess, but they stood tall on their own. A plate of moderately thick fries somehow supported a hefty layer of saucy pork, green onions and a lime crema. Rich and savoury, I found myself wishing for some tableside hot sauce, but was too busy demolishing these to ask. My sister and I, who have both languished for years under the yoke of higher priced food in bigger cities, were very impressed by the value for dollar on this as well. The taco sampler, which is comprised of Shoebox's chicken, carnitas, fish and sweet potato tacos, was both a literal and figurative mixed plate. I appreciated that all the tacos leaned in the minimalist direction of Mexican street tacos; I'm not interested in shredded lettuce and cheddar on my tacos. My two favourites were the fish and sweet potato. The beer battered fish was airy and crisp, and the fish itself was firm and flakey; pickled red cabbage added a lightly tart counterpoint to the deep fried haddock. The sweet potato taco was comprised of ultra-crisp, hash brown-esque pieces of sweet potato, as well as some avocado to add flavour and textural contrast. Sides of a few different salsas - pico, verde and roja - let you mix and match complementing flavours. The other proteins, while far from bad, didn't live up to their potential. The carnitas was oddly heavily sauced, and lacked the crisp bits that show up in this traditional hodge podge of chopped pork. As for the chicken mole, more mole sauce and its rich, lightly chocolatey depth would have been welcome. While I'm not a dessert person, I was blown away by how good the Spanish toast ($9) was. A brioche bun got the French toast treatment and was then topped with brulée sugar, dulce de leche, whipped cream and a blueberry compote. The crisp sugar was a pleasant contrast to an otherwise soft, albeit delicious dish, while the dulce de leche will have you forgetting about maple syrup completely. On a second visit, I hit the more pub-like section of their menu and got the buttermilk fried chicken burger and upgraded the fries to the bacon Caesar salad ($16 + $2). While the sandwich was solid, there's some room for improvement. The chicken itself was a winner - really crisp batter enveloped a moist and tender piece of chicken. The toasted brioche bun held things together well, and honey and a pickle added contrasting flavours to the sandwich. In the "cons" column, some hot sauce would have been welcome to amp up the flavour and there was an awkward amount of lettuce of the sandwich. In tandem with the shape of the chicken versus that of the bun, some bites were just bun and lettuce, which is...not great. The side salad wasn't the prettiest, but it hit the spot. Iceberg lettuce took the place of romaine, and I'm not sure if the croutons were forgotten or the ultra crispy bits of bacon were doing double duty, but it worked. Shoebox Cantina is bringing a lot to New Glasgow and beyond their generally well-executed menu, they host live music events and even have a recording studio upstairs. New businesses like this are just what small towns need, and the same can be said for Shoebox and your taste buds.

The real Caribbean flavour you MUST TRY when in PEI! Datcha is located in Founders Food Hall down…read moreby the water and is really turning up the heat for the founders food hall fam! Founders food hall is a collection of small local shops and food businesses with a fun vibe and seating options, a fantastic place to visit especially if you want a good selection of quality food. Datcha brings nothing but the best to the game, a simple menu, personable service and delicious authentic Caribbean eats. Datcha is specializing in Bokit, which is a fried dough like sandwich bread. It is essentially carefully crafted and risen dough that gets fried so it is light, crispy and golden on the outside but fluffy and soft in the middle. For the savoury options it gets filled with deliciously seasoned things like chicken, beef, cod, and some rotating specials. They all come with lettuce and tomato and sauce + a heat level of your choosing. You can make it a meal with a side of perfectly cooked sweet taters or the fried plantains (AMAZIN) that come with the house sauce and optionally coated in more hot sauce (the spice is so delicious if you can handle the heat) The Bokit fried dough buns also come in sweet versions filled with ice cream and toppings like Nutella and banana or berries! I must come back to try one of these soon! The Bokit is huge and runs at about 10-13$ ish for a savoury option with 3-5$ a side and the sweet Bokit is about $5. Overall, Datcha is pretty damn delicious and is bringing some true Caribbean flavours to our wonderful little east coast island!

Visiting PEI and read about this jawn on Reddit to stopped in. Parking is tough but the flavors in…read morethe OG are worth it! Absolutely delicious. Ordered the medium spice. Two of us shared one sandwich so decent value.

After making the long drive from Halifax to Charlottetown to join my wife while she was on a work…read moretrip, I was looking for something to eat that wasn't a chain restaurant, and Jollof House immediately piqued my interest. I had my fair share of West African food when I lived in Ottawa for several years, so it was a pleasant surprise to see a place that specialized in it in Charlottetown! I *had* to go with their namesake dish, and ordered the version with a chicken thigh. After placing the order online and a short wait, I had my food in hand and ate it in front of my hotel, happy to not be in my car, even if the view of traffic on Capital Drive was less than spectacular. The hefty container was loaded with jollof, and the rice a particularly dark shade of red from the tomato sauce and seasonings it was cooked in. Deeply savoury and flavourful, it didn't have the funk that some jollofs that I've had did, although a dollop of Ghanaian green chili sauce brought some serious heat, but also a bright vegetal flavour as well. The chicken thigh was a good size, and the skin was good and crispy. The tender meat was sparingly seasoned, especially compared to the jollof, but I eagerly devoured it after a long afternoon on the road. A slaw of chunky shreds of cabbage mellowed out the heat of the chili sauce, and added at least one vegetable to the dish. It's really great to see the food scene in the Maritimes evolve as more people come and enrich the culture, and Jollof House is a delicious piece of the tapestry that Charlottetown's culinary scene is becoming.

Small restaurant with minimal seating (it was raining when we came here and we thankfully snagged a…read moretable before a rush of people came in). The food was delicious - our first lobster roll during this vacation and I think it will be hard to beat!! The lobster pieces were much, lettuce was not too much, and the roll was like a garlic butter roll. Absolutely amazing and I already want another one before we leave!

FOOD: Great for seafood I got a lobster roll with fries for…read more17$. The lobster roll was great for a takeout restaurant. The fries were great not overcooked like a lot of people do it now and salted it for us which was a surprise because a lot of restaurants do it for you now. The problem with it is the packaging for some reason they gave me my fries on a paper plate just inside a bag SERVICE: The service was great it seemed like a family restaurant the person at the cash had a smile and welcomed us in. She also told us about the specials and everyone seemed happy to be working there. AMBIANCE: The ambiance was okay, There were some tables the menu made me feel like I was at a fast food chain not too big but you can't expect to much for a takeout restaurant one thing about the ambiance was that everything was clean. OVERALL: I'm giving a 4 because the food and the service was great

Chicken was over cooked No flavour…read more Are they even using KFC SEASONING? We had requested Sauces for the popcorn chicken but these were not included in the order That is our fault for not checking the order before leaving the restaurant

Extremely long wait times and the chicken is hit or miss as it's sometimes moist and tender and…read moreother times, more frequently it's inedible as it's so dry and tough to chew and the skin is very crispy....must spent too much time sitting in a warming oven ??? Use to be my favorite place but now, I'm reluctant to return there as it's been bad on several occasions....

I had the nachos.It was the cheap cheese and not as many toppings as other restaurants have…read more Smokey aftertaste. Service was fast

I have visited the this location on many occasions,i have to say the customer service here is…read moreexcellent,when the owners Matt and Nick are in the building they do it all, greet,seat.deliver food to the table,clean tables,they are hands on owners. They always have time to chat with their customers.Their servers are also top notch,Vivik,Shy,and Ella are all about customer service to mention a few. The food is great and they have excellent specials and one of the best happy hours .