Restaurant is a festival of light and flavours

Being a Friday evening, whoever was the DJ for the night had possibly got over-excited as the tunes being blasted out were those you’d normally hear on the dance floor at a cheesy nightclub.

Fortunately, they were kicked off the decks halfway through our meal and much more relaxing Bob Marley-esque music was allowed to complement the surroundings. The food itself even started to taste better once the reggae and calypso sounds began to wash over us.

Before looking at the menu, we ordered drinks from our friendly waiter, Will, who was our host for the evening. I went for the most thirst-quenching drinks I could find after spending much of the previous hour running around like a madman – I’m training to run a 5k in under 25 minutes, a ridiculous ambition for a food critic I know.

And boy, did those drinks from the ‘Caribbean Softs’ menu hit the spot. The limeade, home-made with freshly squeezed limes and club soda, came in what looked like a used milk bottle, making me feel like it had just been served to me at a beach-side bar. The watermelon crush, fresh watermelon blended until smooth with ice, was like a slushy but with a much cooler vibe. Both came in at a pricy £3.60 each.

Before ordering the food, I took my time checking out the menu that has been relaunched this year after getting customer feedback – it now offers plenty more fish and vegetarian dishes.

We chose three starters: whitebait with fresh jerk and lime mayo (£5.10), jerk pit wings with sour orange chutney (£5.10) and glazed pit baby back pork ribs with sweet mango chilli sauce (£5.50).