Cafe Trinidad To Go — Restaurant in West Chicago Township

As a Trini myself, I am a bit disappointed, when I found out there was a Trinidadian restaurant open in Chicago I was so excited cause I miss my home food so much, ingredients to cook it here isn’t readily available, I’ve tried this restaurant 2 times, the first time I had their doubles , aloo pie and roti , and curry chicken, doubles was bland , also pie is definitely prepped in advance and microwaved, buss up shut was hard , curry chicken was ok , the second time I tried was tomato choka with sada roti, sada roti is like a pita bread but I got a piece of bake( fried dough) which was okay but I would’ve liked my sada roti, tomato chokha was decent and I also had jerk chicken with rice , I gave it three stars because of the chokha and jerk chicken which tasted decent. This restaurant has so much potential but it’s lacking a lot of things , as one of the only Trinidadian restaurants out here u are so unique but the execution is not there , a little advice, if you could somehow get chadobeni to Chicago ( chadobeni is an herb) you can elevate your dishes to a whole other level and you should definitely go into making corn soup. (maggie seasoning is a must) and also stop microwaving your aloo pie to order , do it fresh same for the other stuff polorie and bara it makes a huge difference. I’m rooting for you cafe Trinidad, you have a lot...

The only reason why I'm giving this place three stars, is because the cashier was very polite. My husband and I arrived after work on a Wednesday @ 6:15pm. When we approached the register, we were told that they were out of everything except Salmon. I couldn't believe they didn't have any other Entrée besides Salmon. NO chicken, goat, etc. Since we made the trip there we decided to order the Curry Salmon, which is the most expensive entrée on the menu. When we got home with our food, we were both utterly disappointed, it looked as if they gave us a half of a portion of Salmon and covered the tray with veggies and rice. I started spooning threw the rice thinking just maybe there would be more Salmon underneath, only to discover we were charged for two dinners and they split a piece of fish between us. The food was good, but running out of food and stretching portions is unacceptable. We will never return! Don't expect customers to patronize a business that runs out of the entire menu and lack...

Picture it - this time last week, I'm driving through Binghamton, NY - middle of nowhere - and tried Trinidadian food for the first time. Was hooked. Got back to Chicago and found Cafe Trinidad To Go, thinking to myself "I live in Chicago, one of the best foodie towns in the world. I bet this is gong to be great!"

Wrong. So very, very wrong.

I ordered doubles - dry, bland, and flavorless. Needed a magnifying glass to find the mango chutney I'd asked for. Also ordered an aloo pie, and by the time I got halfway through and finally hit filling and not just empty dough it wasn't awful. But bites one through seven were just disappointing. Finally, had the veggie roti...are we afraid of flavor and spice? This was so sad to eat.

Won't be ordering from Cafe Trinidad To Go again. But if anyone wants to join me on my next venture out to Binghamton, let me know! There really is good Trinidadian food out there! Just not in...