Finga Lickin’ Caribbean Eatery

I went here with my husband and daughter for my birthday because I wanted some jerk chicken. Reviews were pretty good, so we gave it a chance. The food here was awesome! My husband isn’t a big fan of Caribbean food, but the jerk won him over! I was impressed with the sides and my daughter’s curry chicken, also.

Dont drive by without stopping. Support Kevin and the lovely crew running this great, much-​needed place. Daily specials, one of very few places you can walk in and walk out of.
I second the jerk chicken and chicken curry. The warm fried things in the window mmmmmmm. Cash only.

I kept driving by this place after moving to the area and decided to check it out. I moved to Charlotte a year ago and I haven’t found a great Caribbean place and I wanted to really like this place. Especially being from the Caribbean, I know GOOD Caribbean food and I wanted to like this place even more when I met the guy running it. He was super nice and the restaurant is definitely a typical Caribbean restaurant on the inside if that makes sense. It’s super clean. When I went I got the Curry chicken, rice and peas, plantains and Mac and cheese. The Mac and cheese was good, not the best I ever had but really good. The plantains were really good but it’s hard to mess that up and the rice peas were good. The curry chicken, however, lacked a lot of flavor. There was little «umph». It just seemed like the chicken could have used more seasoning and the curry they used was very mild. I will say I may go back and check out other menu items and see if there other items that are a bit better.

Had the jerk chicken and curry chicken. Both were awesome, but the jerk was the winner of the two with its authentically spicy seasoning. Good portions at a good price. You are missing out if you don’t give it a shot.

There was an old restaurant at this location and this time that I was in town when I went there I saw that it had changed but I was told it was a new owner. The food is superb! There are not a lot of restaurants with this type of food in Charlotte so I was glad that the food was even better than before, the service was good and quick. I even saw they now serve breakfast, I am from out of town but next time I’m here I will def stop to try their breakfast menu.