Tropic Island Chicken

This place is the best! I love the greens and the chicken is just priceless.

I don't know who is reviewing this place if they are a real customer and not a person that owns or works here, but if you know me or don't I will give you the run down.

Ok so I was craving some jerk chicken and I looked on here and here is Tropic Island Chicken with a lot of stars, I also seen that they have delivery so I called and a male with a Jamaican accent picked up "E-lo Tropic Chicken" I then mentioned to him over the phone I wanted to make an order for delivery he respond with "oh no no no he no work here no mo, he got tired of doing delivery" then he abruptly hung up on me without seeing if I wanted to order or not. But no my fellow yelpers I was persistent so I got my boyfriend to wake up and take that drive to 79th just so I can taste the food and get a dinner for my mother. I get there and the place looked clean, the food was set up in like a steam table without a cover (but I guess steam tables don't come like that). they had a nive array of items but they looked sort of dried out or limp looking the chicken was in the back. I ordered 3 white chicken dinners at $34 each came with 2 sides, red beans and rice, and bread. we rushed home to see what we would get... and to our disappointment this is what we found:

Jerk Chicken- had no jerk at all!, tasted like some ok BBQ chicken I could have made at home, the chicken was dry there was barely any chicken skin to have that jerk flavor I was looking for, the chicken looked good but didn't make the mark clearly wasn't worth my money or commute out there.

Mac and Cheese: My boyfriend liked but I didn't tasted like butter and kraft mac and cheese hell deluxe tastes better than this mac they have

Steam cabbage- I love cabbage with all my heart but it has to be seasoned well with onion, and other seasonings and can't be too hard, this cabbage was tasteless and too hard like it was poorly under cooked I wanted cabbage not coleslaw like cabbage leaves damn it!!!

red beans and rice- hard and not fluffy, dry, they poured gravy on it that didn't taste to good either

Yams- were ok not syrupy tasted like cinnamon was on there it was alright

Bread- Yes I judge the bread because with jerk hicken I like my bread to be like a pound cake in taste and how thick and dense it should be, this bread was like a regular white bread slice!

Overall all of our dinners were bogish, subpar,mediocre messes and I wasted my Honey's money on this find another place to get jerk chicken and not here! I meanwhile is going to try Uncle Joe's on 47th

I grew up on the spot, but lately they have been a bit stingy on their chicken and sides..I mean if I pay $10 for a Jerk Chicken Dinner give me more than 2 pieces of Yams!! They have def. been downsizing, and although I preferred them over Uncle Joe's, due to them offering rice and beans with an additional 2 sides, at least Uncle Joe's gives me enough of my sides!