(abeautifullife) Jamaican Cafe - Los Angeles, California

Emilio E. R.

Para mí tanto la comida como el servicio y el ambiente estuvieron en el salón comida Caribeña muy rica muy amable personal muy eficiente todo perfecto

Junior M.

Me gusta comer aquí Rise and beans muy bueno me subieron el precio al doble por la crisis sabrosa comida no importa el precio colita de vaca con Rise and beans y plata no maduro venga a Los Ángeles y coma aquí Thanks

Keyvin S.

Muy bueno

Beautiful L.

The food was amazing. The prices were totally overpriced. I ordered oxtails and only received three and nothing but fat and bones. My fiancé ordered lamb chops. The rice and peas were hard and dry. The oxtail mac & cheese were also amazing with only bones and no meat on the oxtails, which came with four smh.. We came in on Valentine’s Day and I must say they are not use to a big crowd. The servers were all over the place and didn’t remember our orders nor our drinks I would go back but never on a busy day for the price we paid $230 was not worth it on a very good loving holiday. they also add gratuity and they did not deserve a tip at all that night. My overall experience I did not like ..if I were to go back I pray that things will be more better when it comes to the servers and the bartender was constantly tasting the drinks right before serving which was very unacceptable and nasty. unsanitary is the correct word.

Charles J.

I really wanted to like this place. The ambience was nice, the food was pretty good and the drinks were decent. My two major issues are service and price.

Service was more about quantity than quality. “D” was excellent. But it was only one of him greeting people, taking orders, bartending, and bringing the food out. Once he got above two tables it was nearly impossible to properly give good service. At least one more person on shift would have made the experience so much better.

The second issue is the price. For two people each with one drink my bill came to 209.10$ and this includes and automatic 18% gratuity already added to the bill. I must have missed the fine print on the menu about this. I ordered the fish entree that came with no sides. Why? So now add rice & peas - 7$ festival Bread 10$, fried plantain - 10$. It should just be part of the meal.

The oxtail Mac & cheese was actually pretty good but for 30$ it’s a bit overpriced as a starter.

Basically they have some good Jamaican chefs, just not enough investment in the service. I don’t like feeling like I am getting taking advantage when I go out to eat. I would not be going back unless something changes.

T G. ?.

First let me say, it was refreshing to be in a space with no drama with all the liquor flowing😁.
The food was immaculate, everything was well seasoned and came out hot and fresh *as it should have for the wait*, but my four stars is for the service and forced tip; the waitress we had was amazing and very attentive *as much as she could have been* there were plenty of other staff walking around, dont know what there jobs were so don't wanna speculate. There is a mandatory 20% gratitude added to EVERY CHECK no matter the size of your party. The food is already "expensive" so adding on a 20% gratitude, expect to spend more. I don't mind the gratitude but that should be left up to the patrons, when most of the time those tips are pooled and the waiter or waitress helping you won't even see the entire tip. *even though I additional tipped my waitress graciously*, she deserved it.
The Oxtail mac was hot, bubbling
The Salmon and shrimp, seasoned but over cooked
The curry and jerk chicken, great and slightly spicy*obviously*
All was amazing
Would I go again, yes, just with a larger party to make sense of the added 20% gratitude

Tanya J.

I visited from out of state. Jordan was our server and he did great to be the ONLY server. The food was good as well. The only suggestion is to add on the website that the 216 location is closed on Saturday. If you aren’t a local, you wouldn’t know that. Overall I would visit again!

Andreas A.

We tried a variety of their dishes and food was good overall! Tried the Chicken bowl, samon bowl, curry chicken, mac n cheese and a couple of their patties.

A couple of complaints I have are the following:
1. I ordered online. My receipt said to pick up in 40 minutes and I was there after about 50 mins. They had no idea what I had ordered. I had to give them my order and they started cooking it then, so I had to wait another 15 minutes. Very disappointing.
2. The mac n cheese we got was very spicy which was not described in the online order.