This cavernous restaurant in North Dallas is home to the BEST Caribbean food in Texas!
This combination of party nightspot and restaurant can make for an exciting evening any night of the week, particularly on weekends.
The menu is traditional Jamaican with no creativity or deviation. Conch fritters, jerk chicken, ackee and saltfish... It's all there! Prepared, no doubt, by a thickly-accented Rastafarian matron from the island itself.
The restaurant has a full bar, but do yourself a favor and have a glass of their homemade ginger beer before getting a cocktail. Make sure you have a glass of water next to your plate!!! If the jerk spice doesn't get you, the ginger beer will!
The atmosphere is more bar than restaurant. They keep it fairly chilly and VERY dark. There is almost no decoration, with the exception of beach scenes painted on the walls.
The restaurant has a stage that plays live music on weekend nights, usually steel drum bands or reggae. Wednesday night is Open Mic night for standup comedy. They charge a $7 cover after 8pm.
Service at this restaurant is also typically Caribbean...laid back and sllllllllow. Come with a Jamaican mindset and you'll be fine. Come with a North Dallas mindset, and you may find yourself screaming to a manager with a glassy look in his eye, as if he's staring past you to the beach mural on the wall.
Caribbean Grill is a good outing for those seeking Caribbean food. The restaurant will remind you of a club in Montego Bay, and the cuisine will remind you of a food shack on the beach at Negril. It's very authentic, but don't go there expecting a classy dining experience.