Melanie's — Restaurant in New York

I am from Queens and was craving some West Indian Chinese Food. In Queens, we had a few options like Bamboo Garden and Kaieteur as well as a few other less popular places, which all serve very similar food. In the Bronx, there aren't many options. I found Melanie's while browsing the internet and saw some great reviews. We were having about 10 people over and I remember the Queens' restaurants portions were large. We used to buy 3 dishes and adequately fed 6 people with leftovers. I called the Friday night before and ordered 2 Fried Rice Dishes, 2 Lo Mein Dishes and 1 extra order of fried chicken, all for a 2 PM pickup the next day (Saturday). I belive you can order through GrubHub. Keep in mind that there seems to be both lunch and dinner (full size) portions, so be specific if you are ordering take out. As expected, the lunch portions are a bit cheaper, while the full sized dishes were $10-12. The rest of the menu seemed pretty fair with most dishes ranging from $10-15. I arrived shortly after 2PM and the food was ready waiting for me. The restaurant itself it pretty small with a few dining tables and a bar. The place, despite being 2 PM on a Saturday, had a very bar/nightlife vibe to it. I believe they have performances there from time to time. Parking in that area can also be tough with metered parking along Castle Hill Avenue and very little parking on the residential side streets. Luckily I had someone else in the car who was able to stay there in front of a hydrant while I ran in. The food itself was very good. The portions were large with 2.5 dishes plus the extra fried chicken feeding 10 of us. I would definitely make this my go-to when craving this type of food. It is probably the best in the Bronx, especially given the limited restaurants that serve West Indian Chinese Food. I cannot comment on any...

First let me say I only decided to eat here because I had been wanting roti all day today but Jenny's roti shop a few doors down was closed. I ordered curry shrimp with Roti and the vegan option which was stewed chick peas with roti. The wait was at least 20 minutes. The roti itself was delicious but I can't say the same about the main dishes. The chickpeas looked and tasted straight out of a can with a few diced onions and what was supposed to be a curry sauce which I didn't see or taste. As soon as I pulled the plate out of the bag I was disappointed it didn't even look appetizing. Now the shrimp curry had a nice flavor but we're the smallest shrimp I've ever seen literally the size of penny's. The price was a bit ridiculous $13 for a small which is the small plastic container of soup you get at a Chinese restaurant. Overall I was disappointed with the food. The young lady's who greeted me were very pleasant and the overall atmosphere was nice but never again. I'll stick to Jenny's roti shop right down the block where the food is twice as good and...

We were hungry, and ordered two chicken fried rices. Upon getting it, we found feathers in the chicken. Are you guys not ashamed? You should be shut down. It’s disgusting. Clean the chicken properly. How do you expect to make a proper living if you can’t even clean a chicken and you’re the chef? Baffles my mind. On top of that, I ordered a chicken on the ruff and I was so excited. Anywhere I’ve bought it, it has tasted amazing. My excitement disappeared when I got a taste and everything was salty. From the chicken to the fries, horrible. No disrespect to the chef but if you can’t cook something, please don’t attempt it in the future. Waste of money. The fries? Wet and sappy. The rice in the chicken fried rice had no salt. It’s like the chef dumped the whole bottle of salt in the chicken in the ruff and had none left for the rice. Took two whole hours to come and it wasn’t even good. How can you even call this a guyanese/trinidadian resturant if the cuisine is far from? Just horrible. Wish I could...