Elsa's Place

Mother and I wanted to try a new restaurant; we landed on a Trinnadadian restaurant. Not knowing what to order, we went with the recommended dishes of the familiar 'fish, cabbage, mac and cheese' and something new 'Ox tail, cabbage, mac and cheese'. The OX tail are wonderful! We requested tarter sauce for the fish, the chef custom made a batch for us. The food is wonderful, the portions will suffice for two meals. The atmosphere is friendly. I recommend restaurant Elsa's Place (Jacksonville, NC). Mother and I will restart our diet tomorrow.

Delicious food! Miss Elsa has been there for about 18 years and this is a family run business. Everything is very flavorful here and it’s a must try! They have seating inside and many people order take out here. The collards are some of the best I’ve had and the Oxtail is very tender and good! I can’t wait to try more things here.

Okay this place was the biggest and most exciting surprise. We were headed to another place when we smelled the most delicious scent coming from Elsa's place and they were just opening so we gave it a shot. I could not have been happier with that decision. I got the jerk chicken which was absolutely phenomenal. The two people with me got the fried pork chops which I got to try and they were also incredible. The fries they served were fried to absolute perfection. My collards and fried zucchini, I just couldn't get enough of. Oh! Definitely try the Jamaican soda. I tried the cream soda and it was probably the best I ever had. Every single person in that building was so friendly, helpful, and attentive. I never had to wonder about anything. They knew what was in the food, which

Pretty bad. The food is much more southern than Jamaican. Jerk chicken with alright heat but overdone on salt and thrown in spices. Green beans out of the can. Pretty much out of every menu item. The place is dingy and everything sticky to the touch, dirty. Bad service with not getting what they had for cans of soda left, then when I asked for soda after not receiving them, he wanted to charge me again for them… very very awkward. The meat pie was good. 3 Stars is a gift. Probably don’t go here.

I drove an hour and half for this food and it was the WORST. Didn’t get what I asked for and they put whatever on the plate. Food was not good at all. I asked for collards greens gave me green beans instead. Mac&Cheese was horrible everything look thrown on the plate. Gave me rice and beans instead of plan rice I’m allergic to beans whole plate was garbage.!!!!!!!! This my first time ever coming to this establishment and will be my last. 17 dollars for nothing 2 dollars for the smallest cup. It was just a lot of grown men talking and playing the entire time cooked stressed out but did offer me another side for inconvenience but I was so irritated by the unprofessional people in the restaurant. One man called in 2 days in a row and they didn’t have his food. Smh trashy place POINT BLANK PER