Flames — Restaurant in Providence

I can’t speak to the service or the atmosphere because I did my order on Uber eats but I will say that the food is a far cry from wet flames used to be back in the Early 2000s am from Cambridge mass and we used to go to Boston all the time for flames because the food was very authentic and it was quick fast and my opinion reasonably price and it became my favorite in my household throughout the years. The quality has just gone down that’s the truth and I don’t know if there’s been a switch of ownership or what but the past few times that I’ve gone is not been good. I used to go to the one and Grove Hall when I was a kid but then I started going to the one right next to Ashmont station because that’s where I worked and the few times I went I did not like anything besides the beef patties , the jerk wings were very very salty. I felt like the prices skyrocketed now some of that is not their fault. That’s inflation and they have to keep up with the cost of things as we know you’re going to the market. Oxtails are very expensive now, so I don’t blame the price going up because they are small business and they have to compete with the prices in the grocery market to get to cook the food but as far as the quality, the quality has gone down down down down in my opinion, I recently moved to Pawtucket and was craving some Crico and I looked on Uber eats and saw that flames was now in Providence. I know the name flames and so I felt comfortable with ordering from them unfortunately, the food that I Received was not great. I purchased the curry goat with the yellow rice and cabbage. the curry goat, it was so so salty. I cannot believe how much salt they put in this curry. If anybody knows how to cook curry you don’t need that much salt because the curry already have a strong flavor my families from Trinidad and Trinity Curry and Jamaican Curry are a little different. However, I used to love going to flames to get the curry goat because it taste so good and so I don’t know what the hell they’re doing now and this is not to be mean or criticize but this is to be truthful and honest, the food quality has fallen off and I hope they take key to it they may not because you know they still have several different locations and they are probably still doing good and that’s a great thing, but the people have been here for years. They truly know that the quality is not the same and I thought maybe because they had just open the providence one that maybe it would be a little better, but it was not. I was very disappointed. And just to prove my point this food was ordered Thursday evening. I’m gonna put a picture up it’s still here I have to throw it out because I seen if my boyfriend would want to eat it because I thought maybe I was tripping. It was too salty We still have the full plate of food here today because it was so bad and I hate to be wasteful and waste food is something I do not do but I will be throwing...

I finally made my way to this Jamaican food place on Eddy Street! I ordered to go. I'm not very familiar with this part of town, and I can be a bit of a Nervous Nellie in unfamiliar environments, so I played it safe this time. The location is a mixed bag--RI Hospital, Brown University practices, and then just a few steps down, gentlemen's clubs so, your call.

Now, on to the food! They have the popular, made-in-house Jamaican patties that I enjoy so much. Finally, no more frozen versions. Of course, they were ah-ma-zing, right? I ordered beef and chicken patties and stopped myself from getting the veggie kind as well. As always, I'm in danger of overordering. I did give in to a side order of yellow rice--nothing special, but it wasn't dry, so that counts as a win. I also ordered this fried chicken fillet-looking dish, and it turned out to be a fish cake (or fritter) called 'Flitas'! Made with ground saltfish, it's a serious tastebud stimulator. Yum. I wish I had ordered more than one because halfway through eating it, I didn't want to share with my husband (again--see other reviews, lol). The Jamaican patties are large. The beef filling is moist and had a mild spice to it. The chicken filling is also moist and has a noticeable curry flavor. The crust are truly flaky. I also had the fried bread dough or dumplings. I liked the patties and saltfish fritters (my new favorite!) but found the dumplings only okay. These dishes are really greasy but oh-so-scrumptious.

If you're in the mood for an exotic experience, check out the menu board, which boasts Callaloo (Amaranth), goat, oxtail, more kinds of fish, shrimp, and more. There are Breakfast items, Soup, et. al. There are at least six cooked dishes on display that you can choose from. Flames also has a great dessert menu. I was tempted to order a slice of rum cake--next time! Behind the counter, they also have Golden Krust sliced bread--Cinnamon and Jamaican varieties (I'm very intrigued by the latter and would definitely come back to try it).

I'm always delighted to discover new-to-me, lesser-known cuisines in Rhode Island. I hear they've been on Eddy Street for at least six years. I hope it continues on as there's so much more I haven't tried yet. No Jamaican Jerk Chicken for my first visit? I know, right? A travesty! I just got caught up in the excitement.

I hope you give it a shot if you're...

They're only getting 2 stars because the food is good. The people who worl there are SO RUDE its not even believable. As the guy was making my plate i asked him to put an extra scoop of rice and he did, but then he put like a half of a scoop of cabbage on my plate. I wanted to say something about it but i didnt wanna be difficult so i just looked at it and frowned and let him keep going. I guess he noticed i was disappointed because this man literally looked me dead in the eye and said "fix your face." Not even like whats wrong, or, is there a problem... "Fix your face." Is that not rude in Jamaica?? So i told him he dont need to worry about my face, im a paying customer, all you need to concern yourself with is my money. Then when he was making my friends plate we asked if she could have the collards instead of the cabbage, he tried to charge us extra for collard greens! I went there before when the two ladies who usually work were there and they never tried to charge me extra to have greens instead of cabbage. And then when we checked out, with three very full plates, the guy at the register put everything into one bag. So i asked if he could double bag it because we're walking and we dont want the bag to break. He started shaking the bag and said "its fine it wont break." So what?! Its a 15 minute walk from here to my house. The handles will weaken. Just give me an extra bag! So i told him ill pay for the extra bag if its that big of a deal. He said "dont assume." My friend was confused but i knew exactly what he meant. He thought i assumed a bag costs more. And he was right. If you give me a hard time for asking for an extra bag you must want more money. This is the 2nd bad encounter ive had there. I wont go back. Which is sad, because the food is really good. But not good enough to make up for their...