Roti Roll Caribbean Cuisine

Yay, I’m definitely a fan! This Caribbean eatery is located just a few steps away from Ryerson and offers delicious food for an affordable price! There’s a decent-​sized seating area although you order/​get your food at the front in styrofoam boxes and the employee was accommodating (told him I didn’t want it to be spicy so he gave me BBQ sauce on my jerk chicken).
I ordered a medium sized jerk chicken combo, which costed me $ 7.90 (tax included) and it was very filling. It’s definitely a fair meal for a fair price, especially because it stays within student budget. The jerk chicken was tender and flavourful, just the way I like it! It had a tinge of spice but overall, it was tolerable and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was given a hefty portion of rice and beans and coleslaw, which was awesome. A few things I was confused about, probably because it was my first time having it: the plantains were surprisingly warm and had a dough-​y texture? and the so-​called «dumpling» was actually just a piece of fried dough.
Overall, I would recommend you drop by this place if you’re looking for a satisfying, filling, and affordable meal.

Great value for your $ here. Can’t beat the $ 4.99 lunch combo option with 4 different types of chicken to choose from. Jerk, BBQ, curry and one more that I forgot at this time but they just load it up with so much food it’s amazing how they can even be profitable. Jerk was blend but for those of you looking for low sodium option, it’s a good choice. Will be back to try more. Very generous portion and decent quality of food.

I’ve been going to Roti Roll semi-​regularly, and they’re keeping up the quality. I’m not sure I’ve ever had another meal quite as good as my first one — generally they don’t have green salads. Their jerk chicken and BBQ chicken are comparable in quality to the stew chicken, which is really good. It’s still lots of good food for a good price, but I’ve realized that for whatever reason I’m never too excited to eat here, so 4 stars seems more appropriate.

I was looking for a quick bite for lunch and saw this pop up in my Unilocal search. I’m always looking for a good carribean food, so I thought i went to check it out. I ordered the $ 5 special, which contained rice, curry chicken, plantain, a dumpling, and chick peas. The food itself was alright. nothing exceptionally spectacular, but for $ 5, you’re easily getting your money’s worth. i’ll definitely come by here again either for the lunch special, or to try out their roti which also seemed reasonably priced.

Going to school downtown Toronto at Ryerson this place made me happy. Though the outer appearance may look a little sketch the food speaks for itself. This place has a an amazing lunch special 4.99 and you get huge amount of food. When I mean huge I mean HUGE! Out of all chicken this restaurant has I would go with the BBQ chicken. The jerk doesn’t really taste like real authentic jerk and next up to the BBQ chicken is their fried chicken which is another great option. This restaurant serves it with a great portion of rice & peas, coleslaw, fried plantain, fried dumpling, chickpeas and potatoes. The amount of options they have are actually a lot, so don’t be afraid to tryout new options.
Not sure if the guy who works in the front is the owner but he definitely hooks you up and is a really nice man. I would go there so often and bring my friends that he would give me even more food then what was already a lot in my eyes.

A hidden hole in the wall with good food, big portion and good price. Came here for their daily 4.99 special. Perfect lunch portion size for me. Others may not be able to finish. Rice, chickpeas, coleslaw, plantains, quarter chicken. They also have BBQ chicken if you’re not a jerk fan. Very friendly service! Would return to try other items on the menu! Downtown location but Scarborough portion, taste, and value!

The only place close to Ryerson which serves kothuroti
Pros:
–price
–try mutton kothu roti without carrots and ask for crispy $ 5
–Nice family run bussiness
–its Caribbean and Tamil food.
Cons:
–presentation of food in the front could be better
–seating area looks a little run down.
–little confusing to the store upstairs.

I’ve been here twice now, and I love it.
The food is a nice mix of Indian, West Indian and Caribbean cuisine. Staff are very friendly and the place is clean and comfortable. There is extra seating in the back.
Today I’m having the beef kebab which they made fresh. Very tasty. I asked for a bit more spice in mine and they added some home made hot sauce.
Last time I had the rice plate. It had roti, peas, rice, turnover and cole slaw. It was a massive amount of food for $ 6.

Came in here for the Jerk Chicken lunch special.
$ 4.99+tax got me a giant piece of delicious, moist, flavorful jerk chicken, a giant pile of beans & rice (make sure to get the curry sauce from the curry chicken ladled over the rice, it’s so good), 2 fried plaintain pieces, a big scoop of coleslaw, and a piece of fried dough (forget what that’s called).
It was enough food for 2 people, seriously.
I couldn’t finish half of it.
Really good overall.
It was quick and tasty and filling. And CHEAP.
Just a note they take cash only, so if you only have visa/​debit like I do, you have to get the receipt and go to the restaurant upstairs to pay with their debit (owned by same people). Not a huge deal.

I had a curry chicken roti here. Price was 5.75 and that should have warned me off this place. In fairness, I was warned that the chicken had bones in it and I’m cool with that but to expect that I’d be picking through back parts and that 4/5’ths of the meat was infact bone. Since there wasn’t any potatoe or veggies, I spent my time sucking on what little meat there was while totally disregarding the experience of, well you know. eating a roti.
Top that off with the well meaning but flustered waitor who was doing kitchen duty (who only works upstairs) and you can tell the employees are as displeased with how the place is run as the customers. Oh and there was no debit card machine, so I had to wait another 5 minutes before someone could take me up to the buffet to pay my bill.
I went somewhere else after and ate a proper lunch.

After trying out TKRE, I had given up hope on the prospect of indian street food rolls but was pleasantly surprised to learn about Roti roll that opened up close to Yonge Dundas square. Although this place seems more west indian than authentic indian, I took a chance and stopped by to try it out based on a couple of reviews I read from fellow Unilocalers. Unfortunately this place was even worse than TKRE. The place is definitely unclean with house flies all over and I almost felt like walking out at that point. They are clearly not ready for primetime yet. My order of chicken tikka roll took 25 minutes when it’s supposed to be street food that can be prepared quickly. The guy working the grill was clearly sweating with the high heat around him and the woman working alongside clearly was doing something else rather than helping out to prepare my order. I don’t think this place can survive with the absolute lack of passion on their part. The only saving grace was that they were very flexible with how the roll was assembled. I asked them to put cilantro in the roll and they obliged w/​o any issues. The chicken itself was artificially colored and tasteless (rather huge chunks as well), the omelette that is supposed to wrap the inside of the roll was broken and burnt and the chutneys did not do anything to add life or spice to this boring assembly. The mint chutney was watered down and lost all its flavor in the process. If you don’t care about how your food tastes (bland) and need a cheap filling roll, then this place fits your bill. Sadly for me, I have a high bar (Kathi Roll company in NYC) and this place does not even come remotely close to it. I am not sure how the rest of their menu tastes, but it looked equally unappetizing. Please avoid this at all costs if you are in a mood for rolls.