West to West Kitchen | African & Caribbean Restaurant — Restaurant in Abu Dhabi

Having spent some time in the Caribbean, we are always on the hunt for a classic Stew Goat or Oxtail Stew but were never able to find the right taste in Abu Dhabi until West to West Kitchen opened up.

Initially it was a pop-up in the Urban Retreat area where we met the owner and enjoyed his traditional Caribbean style food, and life was never the same in Abu Dhabi after.

Our visits to get takeaway seem to just need a no reason actually given we lived so close to the Mall and when we learned they would be leaving the mall and going independent we couldn’t have been happier.

Fast-forward to last week, we finally manage to go to the new West to West Kitchen location on Salaam Street and loved the look and feel of the little place, there is limited dine in and as usual their delivery system was working non stop.

We were told they had just introduced a range of trini style roti options so we just had to try, went with the chicken and the shrimp option with some of the spicy sauce and loved it. The roti is stuffed full of chicken or shrimp with roasted veggies and is a full meal in itself, the taste s absolutely divine.

We also got our usual, the Oxtail Stew, the Goat Curry along with their signature jerk sauce and were happy to confirm the taste is still spot on, the oxtail has a nice bit of heat to it and the flavour is intense.

If you are a foodie who likes to try the cuisines form around the world, then a visit to West to West Kitchen for the finest West Indian food in Abu Dhabi is a must.

The food is great, the service friendly and the pricing is perfect, they also have meal options worth...

The food was good, fresh, delicious and well -packed for take away. We ordered several items that we are pretty sure do not contain gluten ingredients: Jerk chicken, chicken stewed in groundnut sauce (aka peanut sauce), fried sweet plantains, spicy callaloo, rice and peas, jollof rice. We ordered one gluten-containing item for someone who can eat gluten: Curry chicken roti. And we ordered the oxtail stew thinking it would be gluten-free but it looked like the gravy had been thickened with regular wheat flour. We'd like to know for sure.

The customer service was close to top-notch.

The reason for 4 stars instead of 5 stars is because of the lack of information regarding allergens in the recipes and the lack of knowledge by the ordering clerk/cashier about allergens such as gluten. This is not a failing of the employee but a failing of the management and owners to provide this information to their staff and customers. Thankfully, I am familiar with most recipes and I knew what questions to ask to find out what had gluten/wheat/wheat flour ingredients, but it would be much better if the chefs, kitchen staff, and ordering clerk's were fully trained on all allergens, and the importance of clear communication of the same to...

Visiting West to West it doesn't mean just eating good food, it means a complete and amazing experience! The ambience is very nice, calming, inviting. The music in the background giving it a lovely vibe, while still allowing conversation. Not to mention the gentleman working there was incredibly kind and helpful, when we asked for recommendations, he was happy to explain the dishes to us, chatted with us and just made sure the experience at West to West was even better. We were a party of 2, we ordered plantains (AMAZING), Trini Doubles (outstanding, comes with some out of this world sauce and chutneys that they make at West to West!), Caribbean Callaloo (fresh and tasty) and Awojoh Binch Wrap (nice). We spoke what we would recommend and to be honest, we would literally recommend all of the dishes we had, they were so good! The sauce was properly spicy sauce, so any of the mentioned dishes could be made as spicy as you want it. And if you've read any our other reviews, you'll know that one of us adores spicy and the other one barely tolerates mildly spicy food - and these dishes made both of us happy. We are definitely...