Tortuga in Tameside

Been looking for a decent Caribbean since the unfortunate passing of The Rolling Chef and to be honest I have struggled. I heard a lot of good things about this place and thought I'd give it a try. Luckily I have found a great Caribbean Restaurant in Tortuga which is by far the best around north east Manchester. I've only tried the Curry Goat but the flavours were great and the portion size for the money was fantastic. I often wonder why a lot of these restaurants do not serve Jollof Rice as an alternative to Rice and Peas but I can say with confidence this place serves the best Rice and Peas that I've ever eaten. Although the photos may look dry, the sauce was underneath the rice so it wasn't dry at all. The amount of tasty delicious goat was overly generous and I certainly will be a returning customer.

Visited here on a quiet Wednesday evening. Food and service were both great. Portions were decent, food was tasty and hot. We will certainly be visiting again!

We had a bottomless brunch. Definitely plenty of alcohol in the cocktails which tasted really good. You get plenty in the hour and half. Food was great too.

Best meal I've ever had. An absolute gold mine. The quality of their food is second to none and I mean second to none. The size of the meals are massive, huge and value for money..... I'd have paid twice as much as I did in all honesty. It's well worth it. Thank you guys, an absolute find. I'll definitely be back again. Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

The curry goat with rice and peas is amazing but the fried plantain was greasy like it was cooked in old oil and the coleslaw looked and tasted like it was shop bought so a little disappointed, prices are decent and the atmosphere and service was nice :)

This place is amazing, came for a bottomless brunch and wow they are not shy with their measures. The food is delicious and all staff are friendly and welcoming. Already recommend to other people and will definitely be going back.

MISSING RICE AND PEASE. Curried goat was NOT goat. Food had clearly bben stuck in a microwave… dried out …. No juice … no seasoning … they even stuck a small scotch bonnet in dey up meat. No Jamaican food should be presented so badly.

This place is a joke they charge a service tip without any mention whatsoever I'm sure that's illegal we asked for the bill and to our surprise £28.60 was added for service it's bad enough spending over £200 pound without a charge you can garrentee we will never be going there again food was ok but what a joke to get a service charge and without no mention of it MY ADVISE STAY WELL CLEAR

I had the lamb chops and they were simply divine.

Perfect lunch. Curry goat was banging

Food is always fantastic. Highly recommend Tortuga.

Excellent food and great quality all the time. I highly recommend

I highly recommend this restaurant. I had previously had eaten steak and lamb chops, they were cooked to perfection. This time i ordered curry goat with rice and peas. It was outstanding. The meat was amazing, melt in the mouth not chewy. AMAZING

5****** Amazing food, atmosphere and service!!! We were a large booking and every dish was perfect! Huge thanks to the wonderful team and talented chefs!

Food is hot, drinks are cold, always quality from this restaurant. Definitely worth ordering.

African and Caribbean food. Lovely friendly professional and very good for the local community. I've been eating in there when homeless people have came in asking for any food they have spare. They always feed them before sending them on their way. I've never seen them refuse to help the hungry. The staff dote on their customers and are always in earshot in case you need them. Yet because they cook everything from fresh ingredients including Halal meat they can often take a little bit longer to get the food to you so sit back relax listen to their popular Reggae music and try their strawberry cocktail whilst you wait.

Ribs were tender, chips were very crispy and coleslaw was perfect. Very generous portions and great quality for a good price.

Came here recently. The food was really tasty. I have given full star because I really enjoyed everything. What I would say is, if you have coleslaw on the menu I expect home made coleslaw and the gravy that came with the jerk chicken and rice seemed like gravy granuals. However, I would definitely recommend Tortuga the food was lovely and wasn't that expensive. I need to visit again and try a different dish. There's loads of choice.

I used to live in Droylsden, but have not eaten there for a very long time, I recently met a friend in Droylsden and we went out for a few drinks and then here for dinner. I was not sure of what to expect, but the Goat Curry was unbelievably good and washed down with another couple of beers. I have posted this very late after visiting, as I was looking at something else on TA and Tortuga came up, I had not reviewed it and as I enjoyed it thought I needed to write a review. Fine dining it is not, but very enjoyable.

my chicken wrap was overcooked and my chips,my husband had the goat curry and rice he said it was ok but has had better before.

The food was great, service was pleasant, reasonably priced. Overall, I would recommend this restaurant but I don't think it's acceptable to have people vaping inside!

On time and top standard as always

The halal food is great but it's the staff that make it. Service is genuinely great and the staff and owners are happy to have you there. Portions are generous and quality is consistent.

Food is good and tasteful. Worth to visit.

Never had a bad meal in there always on point, service good too... I'd have my last supper in there 😋...................

What a great place. For the past 3 years I have celebrated my birthday here as the service is exceptional. I’m always made to feel so welcome, the food here is amazing. I couldn’t recommend the bottomless brunch enough, cocktails arrive almost immediately after ordering and the prices are great for what you get given. They also provide food for events which is great. We will definitely be returning!! Thank you Tortuga⭐️

Second time we have had bottomless brunch here, service was absolutely fantastic as was the food cocktails and value for money.... special mention to Dion and Naz who work so hard and put absolutely everything into delivering great service, the owner ( didn't get his name) also gets very involved, to ensure everyone is happy, great atmosphere, cannot recommend enough!!!

Great tasting food good size portions yum!

Can't fault these at all, amazing food, and an even better service. Placed an order on uber eats, I noticed that the description stated a bit of an abrupt message from myself notifying the restaurant not to forget the curry sauce I had ordered as it was for an autistic child and the meal won't be eaten without it. It was an old description for a Mcdonalds order due to it being missed out on previous orders - no idea why it was in the description for this order but Tortuga included curry sauce with the meal all the same (hadn't even ordered curry sauce) SIX STAR RESTAURANT ***Hits golden buzzer***

Fantastic food, the slow cook ribs are amazing, quick delivery 10 out of 10 👍

Not happy this time 😒 not ordered for a while. Different option offered for a Gravy with the meal which I assumed would be in a separate pot. It was all over the food not sure what it was but it ruined what had been previously a favorite meal could only manage to force down half of it the rest is in the bin. Will not be ordering this again, and I'm still hungry 😫

First time here very impressed Mixed grill was amasing Only thing put me off was the beer £5 for what i thaught was a can of carlsborg .maybe look at getting other beers on draught

5 star treatment, the waitress knew her stuff. Friendly staff, lovely food. Plenty drinks. Small busy place, but food hot, staff very busy. Will go again I'm sure. A little bit of Barbados in tiny back street of Droylsden. Beautiful Bonus that one of the waiters looked like Mahrez, used to play for city.

Can only speak as I find. Food was fabulous. Hubby is very fussy about steak, his was cooked to perfection tonight Chicken skewers here, never fail to impress me, So juicy! On arrival service by Naaz was second to none. So professional and friendly. A definite bonus was that there was a 50% off deal on food. Scores on the doors 10/10. Get in there and try it, my recommendation.

Brilliant service, gorgeous food!

We ve been here on a few occassions know and this place is a little gem.wish we d have gone sooner know.but it will def be on our list of fav places to go know.dion is an amazing young lady,a credit to your company.has always been a delight and made you feel so welcome.all staff are fab :) food is excellent.goat curry & jerk chicken a must.keep up the fantastic food & service.would 100% recommend your resturant

Went at about 1pm and there was pretty much no one in. The girl serving was very friendly and couldn’t do enough. Food was fantastic as always, even better when it’s half price. Great food, great service 10/10

I walked past this place a few months ago and I swore I would take the time to come back. We have come a long way to have dinner in Droylsden. We have eaten in lots of places but Tortuga calls most of them into question, we've had a bangin' meal. And we are coming back.

Great food and staff but more like a canteen with a bar and loud music rarther than an actual restaurant. Drinks are expensive.

It was our first time visiting this Caribbean restaurant, they have a good mix of Caribbean and English meals to choose from. All the food we had was really delicious. We would definitely go back again. The only thing I would say is that it's more like a cafe vibe to the place with loudish music. As long as you take this into consideration when going, you will really enjoy the experience.

Good place to eat caribbean. Good value, good quality food. The staff were very friendly and great for advice when choosing what to eat, and they didn't disappoint either. Nice casual feel to the place too. Will be visiting again soon.

The worst jerk chicken I've ever eaten. No sauce at all. Very dry. No spices or flavour. Definitely not a Caribbean experience. Won't be ordering again

Went here for a family evening out. A varied menu choice, but perhaps an indication of the spice level of some of the dishes may be helpful to those of us who aren't all that family with Caribbean food. Portion sizes were generous, although the salad on my plate was more a garnish than a serving of salad. The meals we all chose were very tasty. One thing all of us hated was the level of the music. When we go out we like to chat to each other. Two of us are partially deaf and loud background music makes it so hard to have a conversation and is very isolating. Drinks were very expensive, a bottle of diet coke being £2.90.

Food was delicious and the service great, however, £2.90 for 250ml of coke, which makes it over £6 for a pint of coke is a blatant rip off. Shame on you!! I won't be back, sorry.

The curry goat was 10/10 and the main guy who works there is always polite and friendly

Been coming since mo turned this place around food is always delicious highly recommend Seabass is my favourite dish

I've lived around Droyslden for over 13 years and the lamb chops from here are the best I've ever had. The gravy that comes with them goes with the fries in a sublime way. Highly recommended.

The beef ribs are a little on the messy side but absolutely delicious, as was the Tortuga burger and loaded fries. Not the cheapest of places but you definitely get what you pay for. Feels like dine-in quality but at home.

Excellent food as always fast delivery and piping hot I’ve never had a bad meal would recommend it to anyone

Saw the good reviews this place was getting and ordered a takeaway on the back of them. Wow. The lamb chops were the nicest I can remember having and the mixed grill was equally as impressive. I've no idea why I've never ordered from here before and wish I'd done it sooner!

The food was phenomenal, the steak was amazing. Deonne was really friendly and knowledge on the menu, she is a credit to the team! Thank you

Authentic, feel-good vibes and mouthwatering goat curry. We'll be back

order from there quite a bit and eat there from time to time this time the portion of curried goat was tiny and the kidney beans was hard and dried out, I think this eas the last time I will never order or eat there again, its a shame as it was a great place to order , bit sadly not no more

Really nice food and genorous portion size. Will be going there again!

always good food and delivery service!

I wish I had tried this place out sooner. Brilliant atmosphere. Great music. Beautiful aromas from the open kitchen. The staff were genuine and really friendly. (Especially the lovely dark haired girl with piercings) Very relaxed place that I will be returning to soon.

Food order was cold burger was over cooked, not good when have to reheat food

Delicious, hot, fresh food. Good portions.. Polite delivery. 👌

Easily my favourite place to eat 👍🏼

Well what can we say, food, service, price just excellent. Chicken skewers were so juicy, dressing on the salad was very tasty. The steak was good quality and the veggies cooked perfectly. Hidden gem here in little old forgotten Droylsden.

I have been here on a couple of occasions with my family & friends. Each visit the food has always been spot on. I can highly recommend the jerk chicken! The restaurant isn’t overly big so highly recommend booking & they always seem to be busy with takeaways as well. The price of the food is also very well priced. On some weekends they have some singing in the restaurant (the guy had just finished when we arrived so I can’t comment how good he is.) Overall this is one of favourite Caribbean restaurants & we travel 45 minutes to eat here.

Red hot and as tasty as always x

Just what I needed!! Everything was amazing and I can’t believe I never knew this place was around the corner from me?!

Absolutely amazing food comes pipping hot tastes lovely I ordered curry goat rice and peas and it didn’t fail to please staff are lovely and delivered on time service with a smile

**my original view below** the manager, who wasn't around today reached out to me directly almost instantly after posting this review. Offered a full explanation and apology. That shows customer experience is important at Tortuga. My hiccup talked about below was a miss communication between the kitchen and a new staff member. Thats fair, it happens. It says alot that they were straight on this. Came for lunch today (early Friday afternoon 14.03.24). Starters were delicious, as were mains. Hot, fresh and the one waiter that was working was trying really hard to service all tables on his own with a smile. Our mains were authentic choices... Caribbean Jerk Chicken and Curry Goat with rice and peas. My partner and i both excitedly ordered a side of coleslaw each. I have tried many authentic eateries for Caribbean food - its always home made and light. Much to our disappointment we got 2 large bowls of supermarket style thick, mayo heavy, coleslaw. Nothing home made about it. I didn't touch mine, didn't put a fork in it. My partner had a spoonful of his with his chicken. When our plates were cleared i explained that the coleslaw hadn't been eaten, it wasn't nice and dissappointing from a place like Tortuga not to serve home made and i asked for it to be removed from the bill. The server came back, quite embarrased, to explain his boss said "you ordered it, you must pay for it". I didn't want to put any more heat on the lovely young server and said no problem if you want to charge people for food that wasnt eaten, wasnt nice and wasnt home made - thats on you and paid our bill. I asked him to let his boss know i would leave a review. No one bothered to come out and chat to me about our feedback. Another real shame. The coleslaw was only £4 so this wasn't a big deal paying for it but i do think my feedback should have been valued more than it was. My friends and i have done bottomless brunch a few times here, always great but the poor service today has left a real bad taste. There were only 3 tables in so sure the boss could have spared a second for a chat with me.

Great atmosphere Great food Great service 10s across the board

Enjoyed food here and staff are lovely

Food was delicious just like the delivery driver ;)

Fantastic food as always delivered hot and full of flavour definitely recommend

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING FOOD!! 1st time of ordering from here and saddened that we have not been to the restaurant to taste the amazing food that we have tasted tonight!! Absolutely 1st class food and service. Highly recommend Tortuga!! 😋💯👍

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING FOOD!! 1st time of ordering from here and saddened that we have not been to the restaurant to taste the amazing food that we have tasted tonight!! Absolutely 1st class food and service. Highly recommend Tortuga!! 😋💯👍

Perfect lunch menu. Food perfect and the staff extremely helpful.

Visited Tortuga for lunch today. The food was fantastic. I also really liked the atmosphere as it was really chilled and relaxed. The service was also amazing. The young lady was attentive, humourous and knowledgeable with all the items on the menu. All in all I had a great time and will definitely be returning soon.

Fuming kept arguing with the party that they can’t have another drink Asked multiple times for a new drink even though my drink was empty .. Food was rubbish also

What a lovely time we had last night. The food was fantastic everybody’s food fresh was hot even the kids love their food. The service was fantastic this was an 18th birthday party 21 of us nobody had to wait, prices are so reasonable. Cocktails spot on. Thanks you to your staff

Amazing as always....had a live singer in there tonight too.....gorgeous food...lovely service and atmosphere....2 mains....garlic bread with cheese...jerk wings...2 pints...an appletizer and a Fanta....55 quid! love this place 😍

Food was excellent. Really tasty. Great flavours.

excellent food... again, thanks

Food is delicious tried this place for the first time on Saturday and had to reorder today as we couldn’t wait a full week awesome taste and perfectly cooked

Blown away with the quality of the food

Had two takeaways from Tortuga both been excellent and relatives are well impressed plus nice touches from owner with kind messages on packaging and feedback Great customer service and care Cant wait to visit but been so busy taking care of elderly mum sadly we lost her recently she was full of life liked to party and would have loved a visit to Tortuga so we have to do that for her soon. Friends visiting this weekend so going to get them the mixed grill takeaway know they’ll love it and will want to go to Tortuga next time. Update booked a meal with friends last Saturday 20th Feb it was great food fabulous all plates cleared and all enjoyed the Caribbean Rum and beers Lovely friendly attentive staff and Manager. Great busy atmosphere cant wait to go back and our friends from Bolton said the same. This Restaurant is a perfect example of what we need to help put Droylsden back on the map for the future of our town . Massive credit to them all .

Had two takeaways from Tortuga both been excellent and relatives are well impressed plus nice touches from owner with kind messages on packaging and feedback Great customer service and care Cant wait to visit but been so busy taking care of elderly mum sadly we lost her recently she was full of life liked to party and would have loved a visit to Tortuga so we have to do that for her soon. Friends visiting this weekend so going to get them the mixed grill takeaway know they’ll love it and will want to go to Tortuga next time. Update booked a meal with friends last Saturday 20th Feb it was great food fabulous all plates cleared and all enjoyed the Caribbean Rum and beers Lovely friendly attentive staff and Manager. Great busy atmosphere cant wait to go back and our friends from Bolton said the same. This Restaurant is a perfect example of what we need to help put Droylsden back on the map for the future of our town . Massive credit to them all .

Taken here as a surprise, none of us had been here before, but all four of us really enjoyed it.

gorgeous food as usual, with huge portions. really tasty 😋

The burger was burnt and tasted awful.

Very impressed, great quality food. Nice staff

Really good food and the live music was brilliant.

Is all I can say is wow! Great food great price and they have a live singer at least once a month! The best atmosphere I've ever seen in a restaurant. Please, please try this place I guarantee you will love it!

The food was absolutely amazing and the portions were huge. Was a really great experience overall. The staff were lovely and attentive and the restaurant itself was beautiful with good music. Can’t wait to try it again 😁 would recommend the spicy potatoes, prawn starter, and curry goat 100%

Food was late then no chips I called and they said chips wasn't included but it was clearly on my order. They did bring some to me though. Food was okay 👍

Best chicken wraps and the beef Frys cheese sides were amazing

Delicious food. Ordered first time, definitely not the last. Thank you

Amazing food. Amazing table service. Friendly staff. Great price. What more can I say. It's a hidden gem in the heart of Droylden.

Went for our works Xmas party. Excellent food and service,good value for money.would have liked the singer to stay longer.

This place absolutely kills it each time ….. food is piping hot, tasty and always spot on. Cannot recommend this place enough 👍🏻

So much salt on everything. The quality is slipping here

Fantastic food again and again.

Amazing food, great staff. I highly recommend the fillet steak. One of my favourite restaurants l, plus they do great takeaway food too. There's no direct parking but there's a Tescos just over the road.

THIS RESTAURANT IS TAKING ONE ASPECT OF A CULTURE THAT IS NOT YOUR OWN AND USING IT FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL GAIN. WHICH IS CALLED CULTURAL APPROPRIATION. THE FOOD IS NOT AUTHENTIC AND IT IS SO INSENSITIVE TO CALL YOUR BUSINESS A CARRIBEAN RESTAURANT WITH BOB MARLEY ON THE WALL. My husband and I was so disappointed. We choose the location based on the name. I wanted African food and he wanted Jamaican. One there greeted by a hostess that was neither, the other staff member was suspect as well. Ok we looking at the menu and there was no African food listed. My husband looked at me and from the menu he said this is not the real thing, the cook is not Jamaican, wanna bet, and the jerk sauce wont be authentic...Well to not have to go look for food I just had a burger and chips and he had a pasta dish. We spoke to another member of staff to learn that there is not a Jamaican cook. Egyptians are cooking the food and nothing authentic is about this restaurant. If I go out for an Egyptian meal I would hope it be authentic Egyptian cooks in the kitchen benefiting off it's own culture. THIS IS STRIGHT UP DISRESPECTFULL YALL GOT TO COPY US CAUSE YOU CAN'T BE US. YES I'M PISSED

Went to Tortuga for work Christmas lunch. The food was so delicious and worth the money! Food Excellent Service Excellent Atmosphere Excellent Thank you