text: While I normally judge a Caribbean restaurant based on the quality of their jerk chicken I just did not feel like risking getting a plate of dry white meat with no gravy last night and ordered the oxtails insteadnnThe atmosphere was amusing but had I been in a worse mood I would have just been annoyed They had a boombox going at one end of the bar and a flat screen TV blaring a Jamaican sketch comedy show at the other There were two other patrons one young presumably Jamaican and an ancient white haired white guy reading the paper who looked totally out of placennMy oxtails came on an oval plate atop a large metal platter with a mesh dome over it which I assume would be used in Jamaica to keep the flies off your food Nice touch I guess I would not say it was a healthy portion of meat for but the flavor was good and there was a large heap of peas and rice to fill me up The meat was of course very tender and flavorful but I kept getting little bone fragments in my mouth and had to be very careful when eating it I have experienced this a handful of times at various restaurants but there were more tiny pieces in this than anywhere elsennI would definitely return to Island Flavors but I still miss Caribbean Citchen in Detroit Maybe I can bribe them for their recipes