FIRST time to visit for LUNCH on a FRIDAY and it was EXCELLENT! It is also my first time to write a review. \r
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I had the 'island salad' which consisted of shredded papaya, three very nicely grilled citrus marinated prawns, roasted peppers with curry vinaigrette (NO lettuce) and macaroni pie. Although I am a lover of seafood and would wish a TON of prawns on my plate, three provided just enough fo the dish. Can I have 4?\r
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A very good friend was visiting from Ecuador, (a STRICT vegetarian) had the Black Beans & Rice with Sofrito and House Salad that included Field greens, mango, jicama and red onion with hibiscus vinaigrette. My husband had the T&T Roti Curried potato wrapped in Trinidad-style flat tortilla with Channa(smashed garbanzo beans) & Pumpkin. All of us complimented Gail on the wonderful flavors in our all dishes, how yummy everything was and meant it!\r
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Gail Williams, (the owner) was our waiter. She was pleasant and answered ALL of our questions AND we did have a few! Asked if we needed anything else at appropriate times, and made sure our beverages were always filled! \r
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The restaurant is very spacious, bright and uplifting. Timing of our food seemed very reasonable and maybe because there was just one other customer (appears from the other two reviews that 'time' in general for all services was bad, but 30 people and no warning? tsk tsk!) We arrived just after 11:30a and left just before 1pm. In my estimation, PERFECT! I'm sure if we only had 1 hour for lunch, we could have talked less, concentrated more on our food and not order dessert. So in our experience, everything went very well! AND VERY reasonable too!\r
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Lastly, though we were nicely full, we all decided to split a fresh pineapple cheesecake which was scrumptious!\r
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For those of you who are thinking about trying this restaurant, please DO. Vegetarian? know there are plenty of choices for you. I know that WE will be back very soon! \r
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ENJOY!!!! We surely did!
Pros: ambience, street parking, reasonable, flavorful, bright & cheerful
Cons: closes b/t 2pm and 5pm and closed on Sundays
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