Its been absolutely AGES since I’ve been out for a meal with Rehana and AGES since I’ve had any Caribbean fare so when Rehana suggested Mango Tree it was a definite yes.

The Mango Tree felt like a very upscale and modern restaurant so didn’t have the homely feel that Bamboula had despite the website talking about you being “lulled by the Caribbean warmth”. I was, however, excited by the menu which I’d naturally checked out during the day.

Here are the starters and mains we shared. And yes I’ve posted the same pics for our desserts – originally I’d gone with Mango and Banana Brulee but apparently they had ran out! But more on that later.

Starters
	Grilled Tiger Prawn Skewer with Ciabatta Bread	Marinated Ebony Wings in chilli, pepper and garlic
Mains
	Grilled Seabass Fillet	Camden Famous Curry Goat
Desserts
	Jamaican Rum Flambeed Bananas ..	.. with Cinnamon Ice Cream & Mayple Syrup

The presentation of the food was the fu-fu that you expect in a modern restaurant with everything that came out looking quite stunning. I really liked our starters in particular the King Prawns which were simply amazing and our mains of goat and sea bass were equally tasty if a little light on the portion-sizes. I would definitely recommend the goat curry. Mmmm … Our desserts were a little disappointing. Firstly, as I mentioned above, I wanted to try the Mango and Banana Brulee. About 20 minutes after we’d ordered the waitress came out to tell me that they’d run out. I then went with the second option of Rum Flambeed Banana. Once again we had quite a wait before we got our desserts and instead of coming out flaming, which I would have expected, they came out alread flambeed. It was also apparent that they had been prepared at different times so one was cooled with the ice cream melting all over the place (not cool.)

Overall I think that the Mango Tree was strong on presentation and looks, not too shabby on the taste front not that great on the value for money front, service, though friendly, was so-so in terms of efficiency but probably had more to do with the hen’s night next to us than anything. Would I go back again? Not probably as an every day meal kind of place but maybe on a special occasion.