A Taste of the Caribbean in Albuquerque

This food is disgusting tasteless and nasty I try to reach out to the the restaurant in regards to my order I have purchase $80 worth of food and it’s was all disgusting the carrots was tasteless along with the cabbage . After reaching out to the assistant manager about my experience, instead of being compassionate he argues with me !!! Do not waste your time or money !

Menu calls out rice and peas but came out as black beans and rice. Not a big deal. I got jerked pork. The sauce was good flavor, but the pork was overcooked dry and tough. My wife did not enjoy her dish at all either.

While the food in my experience has always been pretty tasty, the prices at A Taste Of The Caribbean always seemed a bit high for the portion quantities. So the value ratio wasn't that attractive. It apparently has gotten worse. A couple days ago a friend, with whom I've visited ATOTC a number of times, gifted me an order of their oxtails, which is our favorite dish from their menu. The friend said the price had increased and the portion shrank down to 3 oxtails rather than the previous 4 pieces. Also, I noted that the oxtails were cut from the tail on a bandsaw, rather than cutting them apart with a knife at the cartilage joints. This had two disadvantages: 1 - There are small detached fragments of bone that got cut away from the main bone (oxtails have "fins" sticking out from the main bone) by the saw blade and are "floating" in the meat fiber. Thus you need to exercise caution when eating the oxtail to avoid biting down on or swallowing these bone shards. When the oxtails are cut at the cartilage, the bones are one piece and pose pretty much no issue with fragments. 2. These oxtails were cut quite thin (7/8" to 1" thick) compared to the "cut at the joint" method (typically 1.5"-2"+ thick per piece). So not only were there fewer pieces in the order, they were puny & chintzy on the size for each piece. While this yields more portions per length of tail for the business, it leaves the customer feeling shortchanged and cheated. So while we may continue getting oxtails from ATOTC for their good flavor, there will also be a bit of a bitter taste in the mouth from their treatment of the customers who are keeping them in business.