Fumi’s African Caribbean Restaurant - Ottawa, Ontario

Three of us went to Fumi's today for Friday lunch. Two of us ordered the Jerk Chicken Platter, the other Jerk Goat Platter. 1. took a while for the waitress to get our order (the place was almost empty, other than another table of 3) 2. Waitress asked us what we wanted to ... drink AFTER the food arrived, which took about 20 minutes or longer 3. My jerk chicken platter, the chicken was COLD, which makes me wonder when was it actually prepared? At least my rice was warm. 4. My friends jerk chicken platter, the chicken was cold, the rice was cold. 5. My other friends dish was warm to hot. 6. It was 15.99 for the platters but she charged us 18.99+tax which two of us foolishly paid, third friend told her she was overpaying, she argued but caved in... but then didn't say anything to the two of us... Will NOT eat there again... Read more

Am from Toronto, visited Ottawa yesterday with my family and were seriously hungry and I personally chose to come try this restaurant out. Am assuming its a family run restaurant which is good but omg the service was terrible and nothing to write home about, am guessing because there is ... no competition, thats why its that bad. first off, how do you serve straws to customers with bare hands? zero star on that one. secondly, food should always be ready and customers shouldn't have to wait endlessly to get food. zero star on that one too the food on the other hand am sorry to say is bad, the salad on the food looks like its a month old, the sauce or whatever they put on the salad looks like watery sperm, the chicken is black rather than the actual colour it should be since it ain't jerk chicken, very stale, no taste at all. My son couldn't eat the so-called kids meal they served. One staff serving multiple customers in a restaurant? Not good enough. I won't waste my money at this restaurant if I were you ever again. A lot of work is needed to improve the service and everything about this restaurant, more so y'all should visit Toronto and see how its done out here if you care about your business. The 1star was an accident since 0 star is not available. Read more

Really enjoyed my ox tail and the goat roti. Plantain was great, salad had a nice acidic taste to cut the spice and richness of the ox tail. Service was good, server was friendly and fast. No real criticisms, will certainly be going back! Was sad to see the Rochester pub go away ... but happy to see a the space in use for something good. Read more

This restaurant is under new management and it is not an improvement. My husband and I went to the Friday buffet today and we were disappointed. The jerk chicken tasted off (as if the chicken had been going bad before it was seasoned and cooked), the rest of ... the dishes were forgettable. We had to go to the counter and server ourselves water, and the owners barely acknowledged us when we walked in (there was only one other customer at the time). And we were charged $38.00 for two people (no drinks except water). We will not be going back. Read more

After ownership change things are going much better at Mugena/Fumi's. The owners are obviously hard-working, kind and generous people. The food has gotten a lot better. Oxtails were amazing! Great idea about Saturday soup special. Will come back for more for sure.