Virgil’s Jamaica

Will see you soon at the Food Truck Thursday, June 9 in Knightdale. I hope you have me some Rasta Pasta ready!

Virgil was super nice and food looked and smelled delicious. Chicken and curry sauce was awesome. Plantains were not very sweet and rice was a tad on the crunchy side.

We decided to try their Jerk Chicken plate today on their stop at Tanger outlets. I was super disappointed that their food was below sub par and the wait time was about 25 minutes to get it.
For $ 8 we had a single chicken thigh thats hard as rock and one sweet plantain. Rice and beans were plain bad. I loved the sauce that coated the chicken and it was the only best part of the entire plate.

For Food Truck Rodeo Tuesday I decided to try Virgil’s Jamaica. I went with the Jerkaque Chicken served with rice and beans and for my side the fried sweet plantains. I thought this was a good choice since the sauce was a mix of jerk and sweet barbeque sauce so it was not spicy. I got there right when it started so I was disappointed to hear that they were already sold out of Coco bread. $ 8 for a meal that filled me up is not bad for a food truck and the line moved quickly so that was a plus.
Unfortunately the chicken was flavorless and a bit dry and there were not many beans in the rice. As far as the plantains went, the smaller ones were fried to a crisp but the larger ones were cooked well and tasted delicious.
I was glad that I tried Virgil’s but would probably opt for a different truck next time.

Visited this food truck recently and was very excited initially as I know what good jamacian food is! Unfortunately the meat portion of the curry and stewed chicken was very tiny and the meat was dry. My wife agreed and said she’s not sure if she’d eat it if it was free. Hopefully it was just a bad day for them and that’s not the norm… The jamacian patties were good!

Great food! I had the Jerk Chicken with beans and rice and cabbage. All was just great!

Authentic Jamaican food served like your on the beach on the island. Plantains are awesome. Great customer service. I ordered the Jerk chicken and portions were just right as well as the seasoning on the rice and beans. Big ups to the team.

I had them cater my engagement party this past Halloween. Working on a Saturday and being Halloween was never an issue :)
They were right on time and the food was amazing !!! All my guest are still talking about the beef patties!!! So yummy !

Food was tasty but the meat portion I received, two thighs which were literally the size of wings, was unacceptable, especially for $ 8. Pass!

Visited the food truck at the raleigh rodeo. Any white person in line was either not served, served very slowly or served incorrectly. I watched as the food I ordered was scooped out of pre made bins and served to non white people while I waited 20 minutes for the same order. I was glared at for asking if the third order that went out while I watch was mine. Then I was handed bread when I had ordered 2 full plates with sides and paying and tipping well. Never got my sides. Never eating there again.

Well, I am Not sure if one can technically write a review for a place one has not visited, but in this particular situation I think I definitely should. I was not sure after reading other reviews and comments if I would like this food truck, still, decided to give it a go. They were scheduled to be at the parking lot of my office between 11:30−1 pm or so. And after deciding not to bring lunch and to try their (questionable quality for prices) menu, I discovered that they are also unreliable. Food truck never showed up. How disappointing. Got stuck searching for random food places in the area (mind you there is nothing around), starving, and oh yeah also 28 weeks pregnant. Wouldn’t trust them again.

This was one of my most disappointing food truck experiences. I stopped by at the last Raleigh Downtown Food Truck Rodeo. Because this tuck seems to mainly go to special events, I didn’t want to waste a chance, so I decided to wait in the very long line. And I waited and waited. This is probably my 10^th food truck rodeo, so I’m very familiar with slow-​moving lines. Never have I had to wait 45 minutes – and all of the food in the truck was premade! They were just serving it, and incredibly slowly. I honestly can’t express how slowly the line moved. It took 15 minutes for the two couples and one three-​person family in front of me to order their food and take it away. I waited over 50 minutes in total. And when I got to the front, the service was slow and not very friendly.
Then, when I get to the front, it turns out that they’re out of a lot of things, that they didn’t even attempt to mark on the menu, unlike the other food trucks. So, all of the dishes come with either cabbage and rice or plantains, and they were out of plantains. Fine. I asked if I could pay less and just get the chicken without the cabbage and rice – no. Okay, fine. $ 8 for two small pieces of bone-​in chicken and a lot of rice and some cabbage and rice. The chicken was quite tasty – especially the sauce on it. But it was really, really greasy and fatty, so I ended up throwing a good portion of it away. And some pieces of the rice were hard/​crunchy (undercooked?). The highlight was the cabbage – it was perfectly cooked and wonderfully seasoned.
Overall, the food was pretty good but not worth the experience. I would much rather go to the restaurant than the food truck.

Good food. I expected a little cheaper from a food truck. 8 $ plate 2 $ for the bread. The bread was tough I would skip it next time. Jerk chicken with rice and beans plus a side of plantains everything was up to par.