Reviews for Ruthies Caribbean Kitchen in Vallejo, CA
Service extremely slow but young lady was very friendly. Food took forever to come out once it did my jerk chicken (I could... totally tell was at least a day old and sitting) was cold I had to ask for jerk sauce bc chicken had none. Sauce came and itwas hot and tasty. But I could not eat the chicken, it was old like day old from the refrigerator and I do not like that taste. Red beans (cold) & rice was ok after I poured the jerk sauce on it. Cucumber salad was nice, fresh and tasty. Best part of themeal was the beef patty appetizer. My husbands meal was cooked fresh. The Jamaican jerk shrimp and steamed vegetables. Whichmay be why all mine was so cold with beans & rice Luke warm bc they’d been sitting waiting for his food to be cooked. I leftmy chicken. Ate some of my beans but all my rice and cucumbers. My husbands vegetables were great and his shrimp was good but alittle salty. Anyway, we will not go back. But I do want to express how nice, kind and very helpful the waitress was. She wasperfect and doing everything! Read more
super friendly. Easily the best carribean food around (not a lot of competition, but that doesnt diminish the experience). the... vibe in the restaurant is awesome. the owner is very knowledgeable, welcoming, and is just an amazing host. you feel like yourein her home. the food is spot on, well priced and mafe with care. Read more
Ruthie's put more than enough food on your plate. The food was hot when delivered and tasty. We had the jerk chicken, ox... tails, red beans and rice, roti, and plantains. We enjoyed everything except the red beans and rice - I'm not Caribbean so Imake my red beans and rice different. Be aware, if you are dining in be prepared to wait. For one person doing everything, thestaff was intentional in being personable... which made for an extended wait time when she was with other customers. Overallgood food and service and we will be back again. Read more
You must eat here. Ruthie is an incredible host who went out of her way to treat us like family. She got to know each member of... my group by name, learned about our specific food interests and spice levels, then perfectly curated a meal for us that wasabsolutely amazing. This is true authentic Caribbean food. Ruthie mixes in her St. Lucian local twists into all her dishesincluding the most popular menu items including the famous Caribbean jerk chicken wings, fried chicken, and jerk shrimp. Theamazing spices and flavors pair very well with her home made tamarin juice. If I had 5 hands she would get 5 thumbs up. Makesure when you go, block 2 hours to sit at the counter and forget about the rest of your daily life. Ruthie will take you to herhome town in St. Lucia. Read more
I had the red snapper escovich.. This dish is the best I've had anywhere & I travel for work moving around from state to state.
Decided to treat myself for Mother's Day lunch here, but seems like only one person was cooking, and one person was waiting... tables and handling the register. My food was fresh, but they were so late preparing the Oxtails I ended up leaving them. Ithought jerk wings would have a rub on them, but these are glazed. And they didn't take the cake from the freezer so I had anicy slice of Red Velvet Cake. Friendly waitress. Read more
First off let me just say that this place is CLEAN, like really clean. The staff was so nice and polite, it's like they have... known me for years, the staff was very welcoming. I ordered the house salad, fried plantains and ox tails, my wife ordered lambstew. The Ox tails were so damn tender and delicious, the flavor was just right. The spices did not over power the dish, it wasexcellent. My drink was a soursop smoothy. If you have never had a soursop smoothy before, you are missing out on life. Mywife's lamb stew was incredible. The meat just fell off the bone. The fried plantains were hella good. The atmosphere wasawesome, definitely a place to stay and eat. My wife and I will become a regular at Ruthie's, count on that. Best Caribbean foodin the bay. Period. Read more
Ruthie is very nice and her food is very delicious. I make large orders for family events, Everyone always says the food is so... good and wants to know where it came from. It’s from here. Plantain, sweet potato, rice and beans, mixed vegetables, darkshrimp, mac & cheese, salmon. Everything is good. Sea moss great too. Read more