Welcome to Crav’n Caribbean
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2200 Thrift Rd Charlotte, NC 28208 Hotline: (704) 605-8824
Located in the City Kitchen along with a few other restaurants. This is not a place that you sit in and eat but order on an ipad and someone will come out of a door with your food when it's ready. Basically what we call a ghost kitchen. Me and a friend went on Juneteenth. A lot of the restaurants were closed but wanted to give them a try. My snapper was fried to perfection. I got bbq sauce and honey drizzled on it and man oh man, I need some more. I do appreciate that their yams weren't super sweet but just right and the plantains were sweet and cooked perfectly. I will definitely be coming back to place an order. My friend was amazed at the flavors from her jerk chicken and rice. It's def an order again and try something new. I'll def be back!!
Heard great review about this place. It's in a shared kitchen space. It took awhile to get our food but once we did we were not disappointed. They gave large portions and the food was hot and fresh. The oxtail cheesesteak was very flavorful, a little too salty for my liking 3.8/5. The salmon bites were good 5/5. Mac and cheese was tasteful 4.5/5. I'm going to try some of their other items!
Our city's tagline is true--Charlotte does indeed have a LOT. Amazing as our food scene is, what we don't have much of here is amazing Carribean food--in my humble, native New Yorker opinion--until now. Crav'n Caribbean checks all the boxes for me on what good Caribbean food should be--fresh, excellently spiced, and expertly prepared. What takes them over the top for me is their creativity. As someone who grew up surrounded by Caribbean cuisine, I can't say that I encountered the likes of jerk lamb chops, oxtail mac & cheese, or jerk salmon egg rolls--yet, I'm glad to know them now, lol! While my favorite combo so far is the oxtail fried rice w/jerk salmon bites--in all of it's perfectly prepared rice & beans loaded with tender, flavorful oxtail meat and accompanied by tasty crisp yet juicy salmon GLORY--I can also say that Crav'n Caribbean has not disappointed me yet. Run, don't walk, to check them out today!
One of my favorite spots in Charlotte so I had to review them again. Similar to my last visit, this was another great experience in terms of service. I placed the order upon arriving at the restaurant instead of in advance and then went next-door to Taco Azul for a couple of beers while I waited. My entrées were ready in about 20 minutes. I ordered the oxtail with oxtail fried rice and the jerk chicken with oxtail fried rice. Both were excellent as always! And something that I really appreciated about this spot. When my order came out, the owner asked that I check out each container to make sure it was to my satisfaction. That is usually something that takeout places don't encourage you to do, especially if they are passing on product that is not similar to what is displayed on their menu. Definitely not the case with Crav'n Caribbean. I highly recommend this place for anyone who is craving, (see what I did there?), West Indian food.
I'll be the first to admit, I absolutely hate and despise the whole ghost kitchen concept lol. I'm more of a regular, sit down restaurant type of gal so I never made it over here until I finally kept seeing so many reviews abt this place I had to give it a try. I was not disappointed. I got the oxtail sandwich with fries, and my word it was AMAZING! So flavorful, juicy and filling. Meat was extremely tender. They can definitely show some of these other restaurants how to make some good and tender oxtails because these were the best I've ever had. It definitely left me "Crav'n" for more!
Instagram bought me here lol. I couldn't wait to try this place and since I was in town I did. It's located in the city kitchen. You can place your order online or in person using the kiosk. Ordering was simple and the prices are slightly expensive. They will text you when your food is ready! Easy and simple. You get a lot of food! I literally shared this plate with an adult and had left overs. The food was hot and delicious l. I ordered the shrimp and oxtails. At first I didn't see the oxtails but once I started to eat I found them! They were shredded up and added to the rice!
