Richie Rich Caribbean Taste — Restaurant in New York

They're getting 2 full stars cause the food is actually good. So if you're okay with the following by all means...

They charge $0.50 for gravy. Unheard of.

On a recent trip to New York my cousin (a native new yorker and jamaican) took me to this spot.

We literally went to this resturant 3 times in the span of 24 hours ( like I said, the food is really good.)

First trip, off the late nite, on a Saturday.

We ordered 3 small food since we were skeptical. Fried Chicken rice and peas Curry chicken rice and peas Brown stew chicken white rice

Side of Mac and cheese ( you can pass)

Everything was amazing. However, we waited 35 minutes for our food.

Let me also mention. The food is already prepared and displayed at this restaurant, it is not made to order. So they literally just have to share your food.

Second trip was the same night... early Sunday morning, after the after party. Maybe 5 am ish.

We placed 5 orders of ackee and salt fish About 20 fried dumplin 1 large and 1 small peanut porridge 1 small fried chicken

Waited about 45 minutes.

The third trip was the worst. Left with a refund and no food.

Sunday dinner approximately 7:30 pm

We ordered

Medium brown stew chicken white rice. Small curry chicken white rice. Small fried chicken rice and peas.

Waited for about 15 minutes. During this time, the order preparers began to mention the rice wouldn't be ready for another 20 minutes.

When I placed my order I was not advised the rice and peas was not ready.

At that point I had to go, I didn't have another 45 minutes to waste.

I believe it goes without saying, you can't be a 24 hour jamaican resturant that runs out of rice and...

I don’t normally leave reviews but I have to let this be known. The Guy sharing/handling the food on 10 March 2024 around 7pm was vulgarly disrespectful to my mom. For health reasons she kindly requested less gravy on the rice than normal and the young lady at the cashier assured her that they would honor this request. She instructed my mom to let the guy sharing the food know who was right next to her so he already heard. All good. Upon waiting for a while we saw that he was finally sharing her serving when he began pouring the gravy all over the rice…we are all humans maybe he forgot which is completely understandable, my mom softly said “excuse me sir, but that’s a little bit too much gravy for me…” Now, I’m not sure what transpired with him internally but he started yelling expletives on the top of his lungs we were so confused, embarrassed and frankly upset with this type of response over a simple request. He continues cursing expletives saying that he didn’t put no gravy on the rice… this was the epitome of Horrible Customer Service! and we are truly disappointed in the service we received…we lost our appetite and left the restaurant without being able to get a refund that night. Manager if you’re reading this, that cook needs to be reprimanded or relieved of his duties because he obviously doesn’t value your brand or...

They just opened up a location on Cedar Avenue near river park towers. I have to say the food is actually pretty good, I can vouch for the oxtails, curry chicken and fried chicken. However they are over priced and they charge for gravy over the side dishes, also they have a seafood lunch n dinner section on the menu that states $15 & up, (what you mean and up.. what determines it to go beyond $15)..if you want to substitute the rice and peas for Mac and cheese it’s like an additional $4 plus tax. I’ve tried the shrimp one time and they were butterflied, well seasoned and crunchy, the second time around I was disgusted. Seafood should be made to order unless you serve buffet style. These shrimps were the texture of a balloon and they were soggy and spicy with no flavor. Completely turned me off. They are not consistent and they will not get my money any longer. Not to mention how unpleasant the girl at the register is, if you’re big on customer service and being treated with some appreciation for even stepping foot inside of an establishment, this place will immediately turn you off. They’ve definitely lost a customer and I’ve informed my entire warehouse which is located next door that’s it’s not worth spending money in there. They need to...