POPS AND POOSH CARIBBEAN KITCHEN — Restaurant in Town of Hempstead

Their food portions are super scarce & isn’t worth the price nor is it for a serving of 2. You pay $9 for akra for 4 small fried pieces of dough.

It seems like you get more rice now compared to before & the meat if you order goat or pork is chopped so thinly & fried which totals a single portion of one thigh of chicken put together.

To pay $24 for a goat meal & it equivalents to a single piece of chicken like a thigh is ridiculous.

They’re price gauging & being greedy & taking advantage of people and their financial pockets let alone Haitain culture.

You can go to a hundred Haitain restaurants within the boroughs and you’ll get a separate container of rice and a separate medium or large container of meat that serves 2-3 ppl. Not here at Pops & Poosh which serves in super small containers.

Also their Haitain patties are extremely small. Haitain patties are rectangular in shape and flakey. It’s like when they bake their patties they then chop them in 1/2 making them a small square shape, which is what I’m not accustomed to paying for going to every other known Haitain restaurant in NY altogether. Also, for the size of their pattie they make and charge they double the price for a smaller size. Crooked business.

Although I will not disagree and say the food isn’t tasty, I just don’t think there worth the price. You have to beg for (sauce) gravy for the rice & they give you a small container which you put ketchup in. That’s also not a “Haitain” tradition.

As a business they’re greedy, not decent or fair with their food portions and expensive. Their super small serving containers and portions are ridiculous and quite disappointing let alone overall extremely expensive.

& tbh it doesn’t seem like they’re changing there method or listening to the people who are making them live a comfortable lifestyle as they take full advantage of their food portions & prices. I guess they keep having people whom they know whether it’s their family members or friends write these “great reviews” which over powers the negative reviews.

Even if you compare them to “Good taste” whom portions are HUGE and for the same price and can actually feed a family or a couple.

You have to beg for picklz and beg for sauce and hope they threw in an extra piece of meat.

So again, it’s disappointing, disgusting & frustrating black people taking advantage of black people.

Lastly, it seems like if you don’t agree to writing a great review… the owners whom are 2 black men (brothers) will send an antagonizing comment or response either sending laughing emojis or some sort or sarcastic response which isn’t remotely professional at all. Yet, you want people to show support.

Black people...

At the last minute, I decided to bring appetizers to my colleagues for the holiday and couldn't travel all the way to Queens. I stumbled across this takeout place after Googling "Haitian patties near me" (I agree with the other reviewer, though. You could miss this shop if you didn't know it was there. It's in a tiny strip mall with plenty of parking.)

A quick phone call to Pops & Poosh confirmed they had a variety of patties ready for pick up - no pre-ordering necessary. Upon entering, I was greeted immediately (love that! 🙂). After drooling over the menu for a moment, I decided to add a meal to the assortment of patties I'd come for. I settled into a chair to wait thinking it would be a while but my food was ready pretty quickly.

When I got to the office, I tasted the vegetable patty. Delicious! AND... this little place sold me the best, most tender/delicious lambi with black rice I've had in a very, VERY long time. That gravy... OMG! The side of mac and cheese was creamy and flavorful. Mm mm mmm! Unfortunately, I only got to try the vegetable patty. I can only imagine that the beef and chicken were just as good or better since there was nothing left for me to taste.

I will definitely be back to try other things on the menu. Hallelujah! No more trekking into Queens. I found...

AMAZING Haitian spot! First of all, let me start out with telling you that a good Haitian spot is hard to find, and let me tell you how friendly all the lovely young ladies are and how helpful they are. They’re all looking to help you and they really want you to enjoy THEIR food. They’re the real deal Haitians living the American dream and boy do they do it well.

I had the stew chicken, and cannot emphasize enough how much it falls off the bone. The tomato broth / sauce is absolutely fantastic, and the rice was SPOT on. My other half had the baked goat (it’s not fried like it says on the menu if you’re one of the only humans that doesn’t do fried food😏). The goat was delicious, perfectly cooked and succulent .

Then we had the beef and chicken patties (when we go all out we go all OUT). The dough is so fresh and flaky it’s incredible. The flavors are absolutely authentic and you can TASTE THEIR FAMILY in the food. As you’re eating it you can picture them at their own table. It’s a quiet clean cozy place with EASY PARKING!

PLEASEEEEE check out this spot and support a local Haitian family DOING IT RIGHT!

Absolute pleasure talking to them! ...