
Tasty Willows
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About Tasty Willows
Tasty Willows is a Jamaican restaurant at 91 Mansfield Rd in Nottingham, where food is ordered at the counter and the staff let you mix and match your meal. The oxtail meal comes with rice and peas, carrots and butter beans, with dumplings served alongside. Curried mutton and chicken curry are on the same menu, so you can choose your main and build the plate around it. The restaurant takes walk-ins. Meals come in sizes, with medium among them.
Good to know
- ReservationsWalk-in only
- ParkingFree street parking
- AccessibilityWheelchair: entrance
- Good for kidsGood for kids
Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention curried mutton and rice, oxtail with rice and peas, fluffy dumplings and curry chicken.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention curried mutton and rice, oxtail with rice and peas, fluffy dumplings and curry chicken.
Customer Review Summary
The one dissenting reviewer came for oxtail and white rice and found the oxtail tasteless in a curry mutton style gravy. They report dumplings and butter beans that fell apart at the first poke of a fork, rice that tasted like it was cooked days earlier, and staff who seemed apathetic, with mismatched seating and confusing walls. Others describe getting extra food to take back, and several say they plan to return.
Customer Review Summary
The one dissenting reviewer came for oxtail and white rice and found the oxtail tasteless in a curry mutton style gravy. They report dumplings and butter beans that fell apart at the first poke of a fork, rice that tasted like it was cooked days earlier, and staff who seemed apathetic, with mismatched seating and confusing walls. Others describe getting extra food to take back, and several say they plan to return.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“Wow wow wow! Yesterday I finally reached Tasty Willows after hearing about their food for a long time. The food did not disappoint, absolutely scrumptious, the ingredients tasted fresh, the rice and peas was the best I’ve had outside of carnival. This food taste like it’s cooked with love, something the other Caribbean food shops lost a long time ago. I had a medium Ox-tail meal with rice and peas. There was plenty of carrots and butter beans, just how I like it. Nice quality oxtail meat with really good ratio of meat to fattyness on it. Best yard food I’ve had for years and years. The dumplings were so fluffy and fresh. Still can’t believe I’ve missed out this long. Keep doing what you’re doing because the food fire 🔥”
- Google user
“Absolutely stunning food, great service!! Will be back again 😋💯 Thank you”
- Google user
“Really nice place to eat great home cooked food really nice staff foods amazing we had the mutton and rice and chicken curry as rice great flavours even got more to take back definitely worth a try”
- Google user
“Sorry Tasty Willows…I came out hoping to get some good oxtail and white rice, but it was tastless. It looked like it was in curry mutton gravy. It was inedible. It looked unappetising from the counter. That should have told me to get down to Radford ends. The dumplings and butter bean disintegrated into the mush with one poke of the fork. The white rice looked and tasted like old rice cooked from Monday. As soon as i walked in and saw the decor, confusing walls and mismatched seating and the apathy from staff i should have left.”
- Google user
“Literally very hard to beat & I’ve been everywhere! I’ve also ticked all 3 boxes extensively because food and customer service matters & they’re is so much more positive things I could say but Quite Simply Tasty Willows is Elite.x”
Highlights
- Popular for lunch
- Popular for dinner
- Popular for solo dining
- Small plates
Amenities
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Free street parking
- Takeout
- Dine-in
- Good for kids
- Cozy
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- Onsite services
- Coffee
- Quick bite
- Dessert
- Solo dining
- Trendy
- Dining options· 4
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Catering
- Counter service
- Offerings· 1
- Small plates
- Crowd· 1
- Groups
- Atmosphere· 1
- Casual
Location
Restaurants near Tasty Willows
- Bless Cafe & Deli4.71650.5 mi
hong kong-style dishes, cakes, retro booth seating
- Rolleston Fish Bar4.64250.9 mi£10–20Wheelchair accessibleGood for kids
battered sausage and chips, donna meat and chips, mixed kebab and chips
- Mapperley Fryer3.71621.4 mi£1–30Reservations
large kebab and chips, small portions, pizza toppings fell off
| Place | Rating | Distance | Price | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tasty WillowsWheelchair accessible · Good for kids | 4.8186 | — | £10–20 | curried mutton and rice, oxtail with rice and peas, fluffy dumplings |
| Bless Cafe & Deli | 4.7165 | 0.5 mi | — | hong kong-style dishes, cakes, retro booth seating |
| Rolleston Fish BarWheelchair accessible · Good for kids | 4.6425 | 0.9 mi | £10–20 | battered sausage and chips, donna meat and chips, mixed kebab and chips |
| Mapperley FryerReservations | 3.7162 | 1.4 mi | £1–30 | large kebab and chips, small portions, pizza toppings fell off |
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