The Original Blue Cantina

Omg the best fried chicken and rice n peas I ever had and the macaroni salad is AMAZING

The food was great not telling a lie. It reminds me that I was eating a meal that was cook back on in Jamaica. Food look clean taste clean and well presentable and it is very affordable

The restaurant relocated from Bronx, NY to Mount Vernon, NY. This is the tastiest Jamaican food you will find in this area. The food is fresh, the taste is consistent, decent portions and reasonably priced. My personal favorite is any type soup, curried goat or fry chicken. Con: I wish they would inform you when the soup no longer has food or meat left in it. So many times I ordered soup and received broth only. If you are a Jamaican you know Jamaican style soup is suppose to have food (dumplings, yam, etc) because in our culture soup is not an appetizer, it’s a meal. Most times you will encounter a line but it’s so worth the wait.

The oxtails are delicious. The red pea soup minus the chicken foot is delicious also. Always a long line. Evidence of the really good food.

This restaurant was recommended to me by a friend that leaves nearby. Since getting that recommendation I've visited several times to try there oxtails, curried goat and garlic shrimp. So far EVERYTHING I have tried has been delicious down to the rice and peas. I really can't say what was best so I would say they were all equally delicious and flavorful. But I can say the oxtails are some of the best I've gotten from a restaurant in a longtime.
Unfortunately there are many Caribbean restaurants that make sub par rice and peas but serve you mounds of it with each dish. The rice and peas is so good that I have heard some people order only that.
My only issue is that they don't offer more of an option for vegetables to accompany your meal. When you ask for vegetables they give you a coleslaw. The coleslaw is delicious but not exactly vegetables. But overall anything you order here will satisfy your taste buds.