Nu Caribbean - Ottawa

Dinner tonight at Nu Caribbean on Cyrville.I ordered the Ox Tail dinner that came with beans and rice, cole slaw in a citrus dressing, which was lovely and fresh, and plantains perfectly fried. To drink I tried for the first time Ting, which is a Grapefruit carbonated drink which was lovely. The food was just GREAT. Loved it!If you haven’t tried NU Caribbean, it’s a must. There’s something for everyone. Portion size is good. Service was friendly and courteous. I will be back again and again. The picture is of my half eaten dinner as I forgot to take it before I started to eat.

This may be the worst Caribbean food in the city. First of all they got the order wrong I ordered 1lb each of J Chicken, Oxtail, and BBQ j chicken and probably received half of the food because they decided to send a 2 meat combo instead of what I ordered. The food is flavourless across the board. Rice and peas was mushy and bland. J chicken was old and weak, as if it sat under a heatlamp for 3 hours. BBQ J chicken was the same with some kind of sauce on it. Beef patties are store bought really the only good thing about the meal; it actually had some flavour even though they came soggy. And what kind of Carribean restaurant doesn't have plantains as a side order? Do not recommend. Go to Ocho Rios or Run2Patty instead.

This restaurant is now permanently closed. Too bad. It was great. Almost like being in the Carribean. The pandemic did in many fine family run businesses.

J chicken is extremely bland, not spicy and no char. The rice and peas is just bland over cooked rice with no peas…no plantain. I wouldn’t say it’s terrible but but boring and far from amazing.

This place is a joke. Look at the picture, THAT is what they call a Full sized meal for 20 DOLLARS!! For just $16-$19, you can get 3x the size of this meal at any decent shawarma place. The owner will try to justify it as quality pricing , that they try not to have the cheapest food . They 're lying to you, because if they were telling the truth, the food WOULDN 'T TASTE LIKE A $5 FOOD COURT MEALLook at the amazing steamed vegetables . They literally went to Walmart and served you frozen vegetables. Holy craaaap.