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Cuisine Caraïbe Delite
Category: Restaurants Caribbean Caribbean [Edit]
4816, Avenue du ParcMontreal, QC H2V 4E6
(514) 274-4509
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 11 am - 9 pm
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- No
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
5 reviews for Cuisine Caraïbe Delite
4 reviews in English
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Review from Amanda C.
QC
10/9/2011
Delicious! Yes, they close early and the decor is well ... meh. But this hole in the wall mom and pop joint is great for takeout when you don't feel like cooking but don't care for the standard takeout fare of pizza or burgers. I really enjoy their jerk chicken meal, the lunch size being perfect for me, the dinner size a bit too big (but then I share with my boyfriend). This isn't the kind of place I would necessarily go out of my way for, but as a neighborhood place I can pop into between errands to pick something up to have at home, it's great!
A few reminders/fyis: they close pretty early and they only take cash. -
Review from Judd S.
8/18/2011
I hate to spoil the party here, but I have to say that this was the worst restaurant experience of my time in Montreal. I must preface this sad review with the note that I was so super excited to eat here, I looked forward to coming for days and days while we had other obligations. But this place was a huge disappointment. The first problem we encountered was showing up at 8:30 PM. I admit I like to dine late, but Montreal is a late city - I have never heard of a resto closing so early. The problem was their website and door said they close at 9. But the owner, who was really nice and yet surly at the same time, said he could not seat us because they were closing at 9. So days went buy until I could return. I was really excited about the idea of having French-ethnic food...something Montreal should specialize in. But I later found out that this restaurant serves food from Guyana, not French Guyana - so it is actually a British colony. And we all know how British food is. Maybe that explains what we found - some of the most bland, tasteless, unspiced food I have ever eaten.
This was not Caribbean food that I am familiar with; I worked one summer in Canarsie, Brooklyn - a huge Trinidadian community, where I dined on splendid roti every lunchday...beautifully spiced, wonderfully tasty food. I Not here. To be fair, we are vegetarian, and only had the chick pea and potato roti and main course (which was exactly the same, sans roti)...and I heard some repeat customers come in after us and order it with pumpkin. Apparently this is off-menu. And they did provide a bottle of hot sauce on the table. But the problem is that the hot sauce is too damn hot...and the food itself unspiced...so you have a choice of burn-your-mouth spicy or tasteless.
And because I can't review a place without talking about atmosphere - they make an attempt here but it is a kind of pathetic one. The cheap chairs and formica tables aren't that bad, but a flashing sign in the window that reflects into the restaurant makes you feel as if you are dining beneath a peep show sign. It's that annoying. -
Review from Neil S.
11/22/2010
I've been a semi-regular here for a couple of years now - I defy you to find better roti. I always go for goat, since I like saying the word 'goat'. The hot sauce is so good I bought a jar to take home. Intense but not too much so, and yet, you can taste the bitter/hot components.
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Review from David H.
2/27/2009
AWESOME! Definite hole in the wall. I used to live right around the corner from this place and my roommate introduced me to it. Great little Guyanese restaurant. Actually, I should say "mom 'n' pop" restaurant because it really is a mom and pop place. It's run by a couple (sometimes they include their son) a lovely pair really, treat you as if you were family.
Now on to the most important part of the restaurant, the food! Now this is no fancy bistro and the menus are actually the place mattes, but nothing to fear, the food is awesome. And cheap, very cheap. The menu items may seem foreign to some of you out there so I'll give you a hand. Order the mulligatawny (with goat). A great soup, the goat just falls apart. Next go for either the jerk chicken (slow cooked in a heavy spice rub, which isn't very spicy, so that the meat falls off the bone), which comes with rice beans and a salad. Or go for my favorite which is the chick pea roti. When the lady (or her husband) offers you pumpkin in your roti do yourself the favor and say yes. Finally, for desert get yourself the bread pudding, possibly the best I've had (with the possible exception of the one I had at Oleana) it's dark and dense and full of goodness. One problem, you have to call well in advance (think lunch time) in order to get it.
A must visit for anyone visiting Montréal.
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