Tropical Joe’s

The food isn’t so great here… wouldn’t recommend it to others.
It doesn’t taste like real Caribbean cuisine. Also the cashier serving us was rude
Definitely not coming back.

Tropical Joe’s is a Caribbean restaurant located in the Albion Centre by the Cash Money. The place itself is much larger than it looks from the outside and damn, is it hot (they don’t believe in AC, but that’s fine). The menu offers so many different things from jerk chicken to fried chicken, beef curry, goat, roti, and even curry duck.
Despite all of it, I wanted to go for jerk chicken and fried chicken to try. I got the combination that comes with rice and peas (opted for white rice) and oxtail gravy. The jerk chicken was pretty good. Though not as spicy as I wanted it to be, it was decent. The chicken was tender and fell off the bone pretty easily. The fried chicken was the same. Skin was thin and crisp while the meat also fell off the bone. I thought both chickens were a bit dry and bland, even with the pepper sauce. The rice with the oxtail gravy wasn’t bad either, but again, could have used some more salt.
They have daily and lunch specials that come at killer prices. The portion sizes are huge and they don’t skimp on the portion or the amount of sauce you want. The service was super friendly and the place is quick. Most items are on display via hot table so feel free to pick whatever looks the best.