Yardies - Elmont

I've ordered from this restaurant twice through Uber, once in the evening. My sons are always hungry! The food arrived earlier than expected and was warm. I loved it. The second time was just this afternoon. Since I work from home, I have to plan my lunch carefully. My boys and I ordered stew chicken with rice and peas. It was fantastic—the chicken was juicy! We also had to get the beef patties and coco bread. Overall, the food was great and satisfying, so I'll definitely be ordering again.

I am not a big oxtail fan. But I decided to order it at Yardies. And I've been there almost every week for a large plate. They definitely make the best oxtail and I've tried it at many places. Definitely comes close to the home made, I love.

The one star is for the veggies on the side ! The oxtail which was 20 dollars might I add came like the picture below. It was extremely salty the entire thing went straight to the trash. It’s so disheartening spending your money to skip the kitchen for a the day and this is the none sense you end up with.

I was hesitant to place my order after seeing my food today, and I now understand why Oprah advises to “listen to that little voice inside.” I ordered a large chicken soup and a small callaloo saltfish. The soup was quite mediocre, but the presentation of the callaloo saltfish was something I’ve never encountered before. I’ve had callaloo saltfish countless times, but I’ve never seen a restaurant serve them separately. It was truly bewildering. They provided me with a three-compartment container, with the callaloo in one section, the saltfish in another, and the steamed dumplings in the larger section. In my opinion, my callaloo saltfish should have occupied the larger compartment instead. I will not be ordering from this place again, and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone else either.

I ordered the escovich fish and it tasted like it had been fried two days ago. There were a ton of onions on it, but there was no vinegar or peppers. How is that possible? It’s not prepared the way it usually is, and honestly, it’s overpriced. If I had known, I would have just bought two fish and added raw onions myself.