Chef Trini's Restaurant

That is not doubles

I guess I’m not W H I T E enough to be treated with respect here! I came into this “Caribbean” restaurant” because I saw it on TV. Typical DC Restaurant these days typically catering to anyone that’s not of color. I stood there needing help and was ignored. So much so that a couple other folks just walked in front of me and were assisted! Wow! I just left. No way I’m coming back to this experience.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Very nice!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Helen is such an incredible server and person!! She made our experience here!! We had such an incredible time at Chef Trini’s and highly recommend the happy hour for anyone looking to have an amazing time!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Came here for happy hour with a large group and they were great! We had Helen as a server and she was so accommodating for the group and made sure we had a great time!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Went there for the first time during happy hour.drinks were great (& in expensive) & food was phenomenal!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Fish

Dark Chocolate Luzardo Cherry Tart, was rich and well balanced between sweet and savory with the filling and crust. Exactly what you want from a Valentine’s dessert!

If I could give it negative stars I would. I ordered doubles and the result is below. Didn’t taste it. Thick hard bara and the chickpeas look like it came out of a can with giant chunks of unseasoned cucumber. Avoid this place. While they claim the chef is Trini, she can’t even be from the Caribbean serving this.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

We were tonight at Chef Trini's Restaurant.
The food was great, with fresh products, great taste and more than plenty. The waitress was awesome, super friendly, and very welcoming! Thank you

I ordered the lamb curry and really enjoyed it! Flavorful and the lamb was so tender and delicious. All of the servers were incredibly kind and attentive. Cocktails were delicious. It was a great experience, I was pleasantly surprised!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It’s been a while since we’d gone to Wagshals and I was excited to see the new format. But I was very disappointed with the execution. Food took about 30 mins to be served, despite there being only one other table seated at the time. Only one follow up from the server during this time and no explanation or apology. When the food came out, my sandwich was cold and the meat was of poor quality. My wife’s dish was equally bland, though hot.

Also, my wife ordered a mimosa, which was priced at $7 on the menu. When we got the check, it was priced at $12. I mentioned this to the server and, initially, she said the prices had changed since the menu was printed. I didn’t really care about the five bucks, but that was ridiculous. Fortunately, she did agree to charge the posted the amount and, overall, was nice.

There are lots of places to eat in DC. We won’t be going back here.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

I am 100% Trini. Other than the fish, which they fried up ok, for the REST of the food…all I can say is Oh dear! This was an experience never to be repeated. I’ll leave it at that.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

My oyster was room temp…. and tasted fishey

And look at this “seafood shooter”. Mind you you choose an option of crab, shrimp, etc. I asked for crab.

Came for happy hour so my bill was cheap for DC, but I didn’t eat the food. I had one glass of white wine, which was good for the price.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Food was delicious. The salted cod fritters were outstanding as were the fried plantains. We had curried goat and curried chicken for dinner which was super flavorful. Will come again.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salted Cod Fritters, Sweet Fried Plantains, Plantain Chips

wish I read reviews first, definitely not traditional trini doubles, the man working didn’t know the difference and called it a “double” for one order and charged me for two. definitely not the right pepper sauce either.