Charles' Kitchen - Glen Allen

This place is amazing. I?m honestly speechless from start to finish. I can hear and smell the salt spray off my old Beneteau as we round Pigeon Point headed for a wedding in Martinique with these exact flavours on the menu. So many memories flooding back I can?t tell if my tears are from the hot pepper sauce or not. All of you locals must come here, I know I?ll be back whilst I?m here for sure. Charles is fantastic!

I usually always get the large ox tails with cabbage and plantains which have been really good. Unfortunately they were super skimp on the plantains, as you can see there are only 3 small plantains and my cabbage was severely undercooked.

I ordered the Curry chicken with coconut rice and cabbage carrots. The portion looked amazing but the taste was very bland. The chicken was perfectly cooked and tender but lacked spice and seasoning. The rice was undercooked and hard. My cabbage and carrots were disappointing, with no flavor and a bit overcooked to my liking. I don't think that my food had enough gravy to help with the dryness of the rice and veg. I would say a little overpriced for the quality that was

This place has relocated down the street on Broad St off Cox Rd. I have had friends who love it here but it was never open when I stopped by. Well, I finally tasted the food and it didn't disappoint. I had the coconut garlic shrimp and it was delicious. I can't wait to go back and try some other dishes.

One of my favorite places around Richmond for Caribbean style food! Curry chicken, oxtail, curry goat, salt fish, everything! Make sure to get a sorrel and guava punch