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    3.3 (59 reviews)
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    Catfish dinner
    Nizel A.

    Stopped by here for a quick bite to eat. The place for the most part is clean. They have a no gun sign on the door. There's a decent variety of foods, most of which you can order jerk style. They surprisingly have things like king crab and lobster tails (which I assume is because they're down the street from the fish market.) I opted for the catfish dinner with dirty rice and broccoli with cheese. It took 20 minutes to make and comes with garlic bread. Everything has a milder taste than I was expecting. The dirty rice should have just been called seasoned rice because there was almost no ground beef in it. It's like they just cooked a box of zatarain's and threw some specs of ground beef in it along with half of the seasoning packet. The cheese with broccoli is ok. They cook it with butter and cheese, none of which seems to be high quality, but the broccoli itself is fresh. As for the catfish I was expecting it to be tossed in jerk sauce or have jerk seasoning mixed into the breading. Turns out they just pour a thick jerk sauce onto the fish once it's plated. It looks like mole sauce and is so mild it might as well be. I honestly can't taste any spice at all which is weird since usually jerk sauce has a kick to it. The sauce is also noticeably salty. I would suggest saving money by using wax paper instead of foil and repurposing things towards higher quality ingredients. They've got the appearance down, but a great restaurant focuses on good food too. Overall, I like the overall idea of things, but it can definitely be improved. The food itself looks good, but is underwhelming and overpriced ($24 for the catfish dinner.) I'll definitely check back in later to see how they're doing.

    Dry mac, Dry chicken and unseasoned asparagus
    Liyah G.

    The wait times are RIDICULOUS! We got here and there were a few orders waiting for to go(literally 3 people) we placed our order at 5:22pm and our order didn't come to us until 6:25pm MIND YOU we were TO GO!!!! Multiple people have came in after us dined in and ate their food, all while we are still waiting for our to go order, the guy that took our order seemed like he could care less about how long we were waiting, there was a guy that looked like the owner who saw what we were going through never did he come to us and apologize for the wait times or compensate us with ANYTHING for our wait. The lack of care for their customers is absolutely mind boggling. Then I get home and the food was sooooooo MID! The mac n cheese was not only dry but it clearly is not homemade. The sweet potatoes taste CANNED! My husband got an Italian beef and it was soooo soggy and he asked for it to be lightly dipped and we only live 4 blocks no way should it have been completely deteriorated by time we got home. My "jerk chicken dinner" was absolutely disgusting I want a full refund for it, literally not going to eat this... I will never in my life come back to or recommend this place..how the aesthetics don't match the food make it make sense!

    Jerk Chicken and shrimp pasta
    D'Von A.

    1. The food isn't bad and it is good. It has flavor and seasoning . Very good with making sure it taste good. 2. With my pasta , I would have asked them to reduce to cheese amount. They loaded -- and I mean -- loaded this pasta with cheese to the point that the dish is too rich . I love cheese , but the cheese is taking center stage here, and that's not how I envision a pasta dish. 3. This business has no reason to charge an AUTOMATIC 18% gratuity when there is no service. There are no servers welcoming you, replenishing drinks, bringing out entrees, or other hospitable acts commonly associated with tipped service. This is a crude way to generate revenue to pay employees. Not fair to the customers when they aren't being served . For that reason alone, I don't feel comfortable rating them above a 3. 4. Tasted a daiquiri and I wasn't impressed enough to buy. 5. I'm coming back to try other things...

    Eggrolls
    Paula R.

    The variety of eggrolls are good. Jerk chicken, Philly cheesesteak, and buffalo were all tasty. They came with fries which are really good but they never give enough. Bbq sauce comes with the fries and it's really good too. I got my food to go so not sure how the service or ambiance are

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    The service and food was great, the cashier Nijah provided wonderful customer service and was very helpful.

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    It is so good I thinks it one of the best out the turkey legs is one of the best things u have to try the lemonade

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    Food was Awesome - Service was the Best (Lauren), the ambience was a little young but very clean and bright!

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