Zanzibar Restaurant - Port of Spain

This meat plate came out sizzling hot and tasted good, but does not come with any side so that they want to order one and the chocolate eruption dessert is always a hit for me.

Nice enough place for a very heavy lunch. It feels more American/more of a sports bar than an African themed bar but it’s nice all the same.

Great food and not too expensive relative to the posh area this is happens to be located. Amazing drink options. Very large menu with any sort of food. Nice friendly staff. Could have been a bit faster with the meals. Food would have been better a higher temperature.

Overpriced local version of an Applebee's or TGI Friday's, plus a smidgen of club vibe. Out of the first two things I tried to order (how can you be out of fried rice?! , my third choice of the grilled seafood platter was a buttery mess.

This was a horrible experience. This was restaurant week. It was a party of 6. My wife attempted to book a table and was told no reservations till after 10pm, yet when we arrived we were asked if we had reservations and many people were seated while we waited for over 45 minutes before we could be seated. We had a break from the disaster and the appetisers were very good. It then went down hill again. The mains were brought before the table was cleared from the utensils used in the appetisers. One of the mains was totally forgotten and my wife asked for medium done but got raw steak. It then took about 30 minutes before the forgotten main came, then the redone steak came another 15 minutes after. My fish was fresh and one would normally be given a lemon slice to squeeze as an option over seafood (good luck with that). By this time, all we could do is pack it away to take it home. I had asked for a Coca-Cola to mix with a rather strong long island tea. It took over 30 minutes to arrive. By this time the drink was already consumed as the ice had melted and weakened the drink. When the forgotten main came we asked for the bill. We wanted for about 1.5hrs from then till we eventually left the table and had to ask by the reception desk to pay in order to leave. I'm not sure what is the standard of this organisation nor if they were just having a bad night but I will not be returning to find out. As a visiting foreign national, I was hugely disappointed with this experience as I would boast about the food flavours of my beautiful Trinidad and Tobago.