Quba Ice

I heard great things about Quba Ice so my brother took me for a birthday meal there one Sunday. The place was quite empty yet they’d run out of some dishes by 1pm. I ordered the curry goat with rice & peas and was really disappointed. Had someone forgot to put the curry in? I always like the look of an open kitchen and watched the cooks prepare our meals with sullen faces. This is not what the Caribbean is all about. They heard my comment that I was unimpressed with the dish and thee service went downhill from there.
For dessert we ordered apple pie and custard. this caused a disturbance in the kitchens and eventually we were served two small ramekin dishes with apple purée in covered in some gritty crumble with a dollop of custard. Then they had the audacity to charge us £5 each for these which they obviously had just thrown together.
By now I was seething but my brother dragged me out as he doesn’t like to cause a scene.
Nothing like momma used to make and I’m sure other patrons who have no experience of how fine Jamaican food can be will find this heavenly. Plantation does it better and so do many more.

I would have given this the full five stars but for the weather — which really plays a part in your experience at Bedminster’s finest Caribbean restaurant. The outside decking is absolutely perfect on a warm Spring/​Summer day but a meal inside on a winter’s day will not have the same grandeur. It’s not that it’s particularly bad inside, it’s simply just not the same experience. The food is actually good enough to eat anywhere — the curried goat, chicken and saltfish are almost unbelievable and very, very reasonable. There is little to no reason to travel to South Bristol if you’re not a City fan, which makes Quba Ice’s popularity even more of a statement. Just make sure it’s summer when you visit.