Carifesta Restaurant

My husband and I ordered jerk chicken from Carifesta a few weeks ago. We live one neighborhood over in Woodlawn and placed an order by phone; our food was ready within 20 minutes. Let me start by saying that the girl who took my order over the phone was very nice but she made a small mistake with our order – no biggie. The food was good. I got jerk chicken with fried rice and my husband got his with lo mein. The fried rice was so delicious and had a somewhat sweet taste. The lo mein wasn’t as memorable but the jerk chicken was definitely a standout. It was very saucy and a bit spicy. I just wish there was more of it. Some of the pieces I got didn’t have a lot of meat on them so I felt as if I was eating chunks of spices with my rice.
I will definitely order from here again because it’s reasonably priced and fast.
Side note: this is a small takeout spot so you’ll definitely want to take your order to go. The entire counter is behind what seems to be bulletproof glass, so I have some concerns about the neighborhood. My advice – go when it’s still light out.

Absolutely Delicious! The food tasted fresh, the service was great and my food came fast. I ordered Jerk Chicken and Fried Rice, Lo Mein and Wings and a half of Chicken. Yum! Consider me a regular. Good quality food!

I took it to go the food was good the only complaint is that they only accept cash I wanted more food but I was short on cash

Loved it. I have been up and down White Plains Road in search of the best Jerk Chicken and had not found anything that held my attention since when Arawak used to be the spot to go to before they closed. Looking for something different to eat other than the traditional Friday night take out, I stumbled upon the Unilocal review of Carifesta which offers a fusion of West Indian and Asian dishes.
I cannot more highly recommend the Jerk Chicken Fried Rice meal. Rarely, do I order any dish that I do not put some type of hot sauce on. I am glad I tasted before adding any sauce because the rice was perfectly seasoned and moist. And the most exciting part of my Carifesta experience is that finally… finally I had the Spicy Jerk Chicken I was looking for. It is not drenched in sauce, and not dull in flavor… This Jerk Chicken has just the right amount of heat and kick. I will most definitely be back there.
The only hard part is now going to be deciding to get the Jerk Chicken again, or experiment with another dish.

9÷23÷15: This restaurant is open again YASSSSSSS. Chicken Lo Mein is on point.
Their chicken fried rice is good and wings. Not spicy but just right. I am sad to hear that they are closed. Not sure where to get Guy-​Chi food in the North Bronx. Will try their Queens location one of these days.

So so so addicting. Get the beef lo mein and house special rice!
The family who owns the place are all nice people and great to talk with. Best chinese guyanese food around.

The food can be so so sometimes the rice tastes stale and the chicken would be too fried. There are other things on the menu but I really dont mess around here keep it simple and u will be ok. Ypu cant ho to wrong with the fried rice

The food is good however, the amount of food isn’t worth the price at all. You pay 8 bucks for a chicken fried rice and you get quartered of a baby chicken instead of half of a REAL chicken and you order a large of curry goat and you get a small size round pan. SERIOUSLY…