Caribbean Essence Menu – Belleville, NJ

Type : Jamaican restaurant

Location : Belleville, NJ

Based on 66 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 3.7 stars. Price $$

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery

Caribbean Essence 07109

Address:
91 Heckel St, Belleville, NJ 07109

Phone: (973) 751-3864

Website:

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Hours

Tuesday 1 PM–1 AM
Wednesday 1 PM–1 AM
Thursday 1 PM–1 AM
Friday 1 PM–1 AM
Saturday 1 PM–1 AM
Sunday 1 PM–1 AM
Monday 1 PM–1 AM

Menu

Fried Rice
BBQ Chicken Fried Rice $13.00
Hot Wings Fried Rice $14.00
House Special Fried Rice
Served with Shrimp, crab, beef or pork and chicken
$15.00
Chicken Fried Rice $12.00
Jerk Lamb Fried Rice $16.00
Mixed Fried Rice
Shrimp, beef or pork and chicken
$14.00
Pepper Shrimp Fried Rice $16.00
Plain Fried Rice $9.00
Roast Beef Fried Rice $13.00
Roast Lamb Fried Rice $16.00
Roast Pork Fried Rice $13.00
Jerk Chicken Fried Rice $13.00
Vegetable Fried Rice $10.00
Shrimp Fried Rice $13.00
Appetizers
BBQ Chicken $11.00
Cassareep Chicken $11.00
Jerk Shrimp $16.00
Barbeque Shrimp $16.00
Pepper Shrimp $15.00
Garlic Shrimp $16.00
Fried Shrimp $15.00
Barbeque Lamb $14.00
BBQ Spare Rib Tips $12.00
Banga Mary $12.00
Chicken With Broccoli $11.00
Chicken Gizzard Or Liver $10.00
Chicken In The Ruff
Served with French fries.
$13.00
Chicken Wings
Original, spicy, bbq or jerk.
$10.00
Fried (Green) Plantain Sticks $6.00
Fried Shark $13.00
Jerk Chicken $11.00
Jerk Lamb $14.00
Jerk Pork $12.00
Roast Pork $11.00
BBQ Pork $13.00
Soup
Chicken, Split Peas & Vegetable Soup
Small
$6.00
Chicken Split Pea Soup Large
Large
$10.00
Lo Mein
B.B.Q. Chicken Lo Mein $14.00
Chicken Lo Mein $13.00
Hot Wings Lo Mein $15.00
House Special Lo Mein
Shrimp, crab, chicken & beef or shrimp, crab, chicken & pork.
$16.00
Jerk Chicken Lo Mein $14.00
Jerk Lamb Lo Mein $17.00
Mixed Lo Mein
Shrimp, beef & chicken or shrimp, pork & chicken.
$15.00
Pepper Shrimp Lo Mein $17.00
Roast Pork Lo Mein $15.00
Roast Lamb Lo Mein $17.00
Roast Beef Lo Mein $14.00
Shrimp Lo Mein $14.00
Vegetable Lo Mein $11.00
Hot Wings LoMein $14.00
Chicken
Chicken & Broccoli $12.00
Chicken With Mixed Vegetables $12.00
Chicken With Bora & Cabbage $12.00
Vegetables
Broccoli With Garlic Sauce $9.00
Steam Broccoli $9.00
Mixed Vegetables $9.00
Beef
Beef With Broccoli $12.00
47ii. Beef With Mixed Vegetables $12.00
Beef With Bora & Cabbage $12.00
Pork
Pork With Broccoli $12.00
Pork With Mixed Vegetables $12.00
Pork With Bora & Cabbage $12.00
Lamb
Roast Lamb With Broccoli $16.00
Roast Lamb With Mixed Vegetables $16.00
Roast Lamb With Bora & Cabbage $16.00
Seafood
Shrimp With Vegetables $14.00
Shrimp With Garlic Sauce $14.00
Shrimp With Broccoli $14.00
Caribbean Dishes
Stew Oxtail $19.00
Goat Curry $15.00
Chicken Curry $14.00
Chick Peas & Potatoes $11.00
Sides
Roti $2.50
Dahl Puri $3.00
Fried Rice $5.00
White Rice $4.00
Sautéed Cabbage $4.00
Rice & Beans $5.00
Ripe Plantains $6.00
Fried Green Or Ripe (Sweet) Plantains $6.00
Beverages
Cream Soda $2.00
Pepsi $2.00
Coke $2.00
Sprite $2.00
Orange Juice $3.00
Pineapple Juice $3.00
Red Bull $6.00

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Reviews

Shaneekwa Smith
$19 for Curry chicken with rice and peas is absolutely insane for the quantity of the food which does not include steamed cabbage & plantains which you must purchase separately. I’m all for raising prices due to inflation but don’t cheat your quantity and quality! The chicken was undercooked…raw!!! This was my 1st and last order. Sadly the best thing that I had was the steamed cabbage and plantains.

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Kaylee Jenson
Delicious food! Also pretty vegetarian friendly. I had the mushroom risotto and it was really good. Also the Alfredo was delicious. The staff were super nice too!

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Brittney
I ordered on Ubereats and the food was absolutely disgusting. Chicken & broccoli with white rice. No flavor, chicken and broccoli was in a watery soup mess. The rice was so mushy. I will never order nor recommend this place. Go to Castaways in East Orange.

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Nastacia Crooks-Brady
As a born Jamaican I was a bit skeptical when I saw oxtails stew, goat curry , rice and beans etc. the roti was so hard like it’s been there for days. Jerk wings was old as well. The oxtail was so black I was scared to try it but it tasted better than it looked, the bbq chicken was so burnt. I spent over $50 on Uber Eats and was extremely disappointed cause we couldn’t eat the food. I don’t normally leave reviews like this but I had to. Like need to close down or get it together real quick please.

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Tanya ford
Horrible Horrible food!!! And I came to support and spent alot of moneyy …..yuckkk and I hate giving bad ratings but nahhh no good …..

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Cindy A.
my family bought our Easter dinner from here. The food was so good we forgot to take pictures. The jerk chicken obviously was very good and so is the oxtail. We would love to come again! food was not very spicy but they added separate sauce containers with a spicy scotch bonnet sauce. So good!

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Karen Slater
My goodness. I cannot get enough of their delicious food. Every single thing I ordered was delicious. Fresh and amazing. I have a very picky 2 yr old and although the curry is spicy. She can’t get enough of the curry goat and the chicken gizzard which im soooo surprised

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Maria Soriano
I had high hopes for this place based on reviews. Granted the order was for delivery and I placed my order around 8:00pm. I ordered curry chicken (no rice) and sweet plantains. I received curry bones and sweet plantains. I understand that sometimes when it’s late, restaurants run out of some of the items on the menu, a simple call to suggest other items would be better than filling an order and risk losing a first time customer. I’m giving two stars because I thought the flavor was on point and the sweet plantains were great! I will also try again, maybe second time is a charm.

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Kendra Parker
Had high hopes but food was mid. I wouldn’t order again.

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Grantley Downes
This place was amazing. The staff was amazing and the the drinks were strong. Picked up our food to go, and when we got home the food was immaculate. The chef put his foot (figuratively) in this pepper shrimp over lo mein. I will be back. Trust me!

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