Latens Restaurant

Drinks ambiance and service are good, the Friday night seafood buffet is not happening. Bland, overpriced ($ 28 for 8 selections) not worth it. Will come back and give the regular menu a try, will never touch the seafood buffet again.

Very positive experience! Food was really good and tasty, atmosphere was very lively. My wife and I were fortunate to be there on a Friday with live Jamaican music, which was very pleasant indeed. This is a takeout and dine in place which is good– I always say a restaurant that gets a lot of takeout customers must have good food! Menu is very well thought out too. On the weekend you have the choice to eat from their buffet which was very popular when we went: a seafood buffet every friday. If I can be picky about anything, the seating area is kinda small/​cramped and the seating not very well thought out. A very inconspicuous place too… kinda hidden in plain sight lol. But I’m so glad we found this place after searching for almost 2 hours for a good Jamaican sit down restaurant in the area I think we found it. Enjoy!

Siting here enjoying a good Jamaican breakfast. Ackee and salfish, green banana, boil dumping, collalu, yellow yam, butter beans. Listening to some old Jamaican gospel. Great place to be right now… job.

Came here for a mid-​week dinner. I was feigning for crabs but decided on this place since it was close by. Walked in and noticed the bar to the right. A little further back past the bar was the restaurant menu against the top of the wall. I was about to order fish but to my delight, crab legs were available for purchase. The guy behind the register told me it would take a little longer to cook than other items so me and my company decided to wait at the bar. About twenty minutes or so later the food came out. We paid and left. Great experience with the exception of the two gnats flying around.

Use to be one of my favorite restaurants until Now. I ordered roti and curry goat. The goat hard and the roti taste Luke banana chips.(crisp) also chicken feet and white rice. Chicken foot rush cooked n the rice is half done … I called to let them know and the guy that answered apologized while his female companion in the back saying. «Is this lady serious» as if to say y I called to complain. I don’t normally leave reviews but this will be my last time ordering here so I felt the need to… Dissatisfied customer…

Great environment, good for a relaxing drink after work. Buffet on Fridays are great, a lot of seafood varieties. The pricing is reasonable. Open bar and happy hour plus the dining service is great as well. Totally worth a another visit.

The grilled and jerk salmon dinners are consistently delicious. The peas and rice is moist and the steamed vegetables-​carrots and broccoli are also delicious.
I don’t mind the 30 minute wait…

Before Laten’s decided to close for renovations a few months back I utilized their take out menu to order my usual stewed chicken, rice and peas with steamed veggies.
Fast forward to today I decided to drop in to checkout the upgrades if any. Laten’s is just okay. Portions are on the small side. Mostly bone and hardly any meat. The stew sauce was sweet. Not sure what recipe they’re following but I wasn’t happy.
I also was taken aback by the waitress not knowing how to make a simple drink, Long Island Iced Tea. This is a popular drink not something made up or to cause trouble.
I overheard one of the waitresses tell her coworker that I was asking for a drink. The young girl sucked her teeth and said, «I don’t know how to make that!» She then proceeded to shake her head no to her coworker. They had no idea I heard the exchange. Soon after (I’m guessing) the owner of Laten’s came out asking, «Who asked for a LIT?»
He made it and then asked me to taste it to see if it was to my liking. I said it’s okay but soon after I realized I made a big mistake. It tasted like medicine and didn’t agree with my stomach.

I ordered curry chicken. It was tasteless. My friend ordered jerk chicken and Mac & cheese. The Mac & cheese had corn, peas and green peppers, yuk! Who does that? Even before going to Latens, we tried calling to order our food, and they never answered the phone. The jerk chicken was not good either.

Contrary to what has been stated, Latens, is in fact open and renovated. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to like to answer their phone. Drove over there and ordered chicken soup. Very flavorful but, way too many huge slices of carrots and one miniscule piece of chicken. Curry chicken was alright.

Mother’s Day lunch buffet was amazing. Roses for the mothers and just enough choices of food. Very courteous staff. We will definitely be back here

The jerk chicken and pumpkin rice is the best ! Also their friend dumplings, great service and you get a lot of food

Came in for a nice homestyle breakfast… didn’t disappoint at all. My kids and I arrived at about ten in the morning and basically we had to seat ourselves. No one came to greet you but hey… Not a problem… it was empty so we have our pick.
Nice décor, calm and relaxing. I was looking forward to a buffet but was told that it’s slated for Sunday. no problem. Ackee. and saltfish plate was pretty good and they give to a load of sides! Dumplings, banana, yucca… you will be full if you attack this first. I could have used more of the ackee and saltfish though.
There was steady traffic of prior picking up their takeout orders which is a good sign. I wouldn’t mind quicker table service either but the waiter was very nice when he showed up. That was the only thing that stood out. Overall I definitely would be coming back to sample other offerings!

Food is really good! Service is fine, our waiter was MIA for a bit at the end but that is easily forgivable since the food was tasty. Plus that is better than having the waitstaff constantly in your face. Will come again.

The food is so good. I could eat there everyday. One of the best West Indian restaurant in queens.

The food is great! The customer service is pretty good! The stew pork is my fave. This restaurant is also very good as a sitdown restaurant as well as take-​out

Love this place! I’ve come for both lunch & dinner. Friday nights are the best with live music! The food is «cuhlickshous» (as my family would say) LOL! The wait staff may get a little overwhelmed on busy nights, but it is so worth the wait! Good vibes, friendly people (both staff & customers). You can feel the island love in this place! I cant wait for date night to come here again! Come and enjoy you will not regret it!

I had a feel for curry shrimp and thought this would be the best place to get that since its made to order! NOT I paid $ 13.00 for six shrimp, if that’s not a rip off I don’t know what is… never again will they get my money again, bad enough they have a B (grade) which should have been my first warning before paying for a ridiculously overpriced meal.

I like the oxtail dish.
Soup was a bit too oily.

Friday nights are the best. They have an ‘ALL YOU CAN EAT’ seafood buffet for $ 15.00 per person plus live entertainment. The band is great.