Lakay Caribbean Restaurant

I should start by saying that Lakay is Toronto’s only Haitian restaurant… and it’s not your typical «Caribbean» eatery. I grew up eating Haitian food my entire life and as far as I am concerned they deliver. This is my soul food and I can’t help but smile every time I eat here… it feel like home in a way. I recommend Griot which is deep fried pork cubes. The portions are quite generous and I always have to bring the left overs home.
The only reason I won’t give this place a perfect five-​star rating is because aesthetically the place looks sort of ghetto! If you can get over tacky paintings and plastic trays you’ll have an awesome meal :-)
Oh and they have 3 domestic bottles of beer for $ 10… that is sort of a sick deal!

Wanted to give this place a shot as it was my local Caribbean joint, but boy was I disappointed. There was one measly piece of jerk chicken left, which I wanted to order anyway (since I was craving it) and tried to order it with a small oxtail. Turns out that you can’t do that, so I ended up having to order two small dinners which came with two large heaps of rice & beans (that I didn’t particularly care for).
The total was about $ 16 and what I got for that money simply wasn’t worth it. The jerk chicken wasn’t even jerked; it had been out for awhile and was quite dry. Against my better judgment, I ate it. The oxtail was mostly fat and very little meat.
I’m not going back to this place, but I had to cross it off my list.