Caribbean Treehouse

2 Reviews on “Caribbean Treehouse”

• Janelle

  The chicken roti iis gOod ! dOesn’t really taste liike a REAL roti frOm trinidad, but hey. I’ll take tht subsitute any day. they’re other stuff iis good too but ii always get tht roti.

  October 28, 2009, 5:13 pm

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• Gina Q.

  A tree in the middle of the restaurant…. It’s been a while since I’ve eaten here, but I remember that the food was good and nothing I’d ever had before. A Trini brought me here a few times because it reminded him of the food he ate back home.This place is nothing to look at. It looks like a dilapidated building that you would easily pass and think nothing of it. Upon entering the restaurant you immediately notice the very real tree in the middle of the restaurant, ergo the name of the place. Once your inside, it’s not anything to look at either. There are a lot of rips and tears in the upholstery. The paint looks like it’s ready to peel off too. However, there is a lot of pride in this place. There are numerous pictures of Trini people who were Olympians, former Miss Universe contestants, etc. To complete the ambience of the restaurant, they have live steel drum entertainment. This place is really all about character and the taste of the food.When I first came here I had no idea what to expect of the food. Just based on the names of the dishes, it reminded me of food I’d seen at Indian restaurants. But, I was quickly corrected that even though curry and roti were mentioned on the menu, it was nothing like the Indian version at all. I soon discovered that when eating the roti, it reminded me of a burrito except that it had a stewlike curry inside it; not the saucy curry I’m used to seeing in an Indian or Thai restaurant. The one thing I thought was interesting was that the waiter asked the level of heat I’d want. I think I had ordered medium heat which was plenty hot for me. But definitely tasty. I loved the beef roti. I tried a shrimp roti one time and wasn’t too impressed with it. Definitely go with the beef. One thing I didn’t like was that the service is really slow and I mean really slow. From what I was told, they’re working on Trini time. Don’t know if that’s true or not, but I just went with it. That statment helped explain why the service was so slow. Also, be prepared to park in a very small parking lot. There aren’t very many spaces available and the lot can fill up very quickly.If you’re looking for something different to try, I recommend coming here.

  May 7, 2009, 5:26 am

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