Tropics Jamaican Restaurant
“I def recommend people to try out food at this place If u are in a mood for some jamica jerk chicken.”
“this is a big plus for me because i hate calling in a order, and would rather use an app to place my order..they also run deals on groupon and other such sites.”
“When I delivered the food to her, she couldn't stop smiling, and the more I salivated.”
Tropics Jamaican Restaurant
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
5 reviews
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Tropics is a small restraunt ( around 5-7 tables?) located right in downtown bloomfield. The area is relatively safe and ahs an ihop and state street diner very close to it. Parking is side street and depending on the day can be hard to find.
Service: Okay. You go upto the counter, order and sit anywhere.
Food : Their rice and peas was pretty good- needed salt. Jerk chicken was really well done and tasted amazing- but it didnt really taste authentic. They have carrot juice and ting from what i recall. Cabbage salad was spiced with lemon juice vinegar sat and pepper. It was simple and somewhat refershing. The plantains were good too- a little too dry for my taste though.
Food was priced reasonably for their portion ( lunch special : 3 pieces of chicken, and a heavy hand of rice and peas + cabbage salad) . They had a few slices of cake for dessert. Id return here for some grub!
So I went there around 1:30… Went up to the counter and asked for the smallest size container being that I was placing 2 orders and it was only lunch not dinner didn't need a 2 large orders for 2 people…. Anyway the girl points at the medium-sized container and I was like "no that's too big what happened to the the smaller containers " the girl says we don't have those anymore so I look to my right where they have the food and there was the small containers, so I told her and pointed to them and I said look those containers I meant the lunch special containers…. And she said nop we don't do lunch specials anymore…. What kind of restaurant doesn't have a lunch special???? Anyway I was already there so I asked to just give me the medium sized order that was $12 … I get home open it and there was barely food in the container, I figured I would be able to split it been that the medium sized container was triple the size of the small…. I was shocked all they did was make the container bigger but put less food than the small containers… If I'm paying $12 for an order give $12 worth of food … I will never come back again I don't mind paying more if I get more food but how are they going to serve a little bit of food. The food is decent it needs more salt and seasonings but I was fine w it because too much sodium is not good for u… I guess I will have to drive all the way to the Oranges whenever I want some jerk food …
Had to come here twice today. My wife wanted Jamaican food for lunch, so i yelped and found this place, and honestly, this place deserves at least 4 stars. I called them, placed my order, and in no time, I arrived and picked it up. I asked to see my order because it smelled so good.
As I drove to deliver the food to my wife at work, I contemplated on pulling over, to eat half of it, but I held back diligently. When I delivered the food to her, she couldn't stop smiling, and the more I salivated.
I called right away and placed a second order.
Yep! I had to taste the curiosity I had built in me, and it was worth it. The fish was well done and well sautéed, the portion size was generous and complimented Jamaican food so well.
If you're looking some good Jamaican food, yeah mon! This is the place to go.
Bless Up!
I've definitely had better Caribbean food in the Essex County area. Had delivery from here once but it was simply ok. The curry goat was lacking liquid and rather dry, as was the rice.
I checked out this place based on the high reviews of other Yelpers. I got the jerk chicken with rice and peas, cabbage & plantain. The food was average. The dark pieces of the chicken were most and flavorful. The white pieces were very dry. I never get the jerk sauce on my chicken so this is without a sauce. Rice was bland but with the sauce it was good. I enjoyed the cabbage & veggie mix. It was a little different than the normal. Overall, the food was ok.