Tassa Roti Shop

Tassa Roti Shop is a small restaurant in Marietta that specializes in food from Trinidad and Tobago and the rest of the Caribbean. They have a decent-looking menu (although honestly I just glanced at it), but we were enticed by the buffet. What better way to try a bunch of different foods than doing the buffet? For lunch on a weekday, it cost $6.99 a person. I think it may be slightly more on the weekends.

The buffet included several veggie dishes: beans, potatoes, rice, slaw, and a delicious coconut-flavored cornmeal dish, to name but a few. The meats included three kinds of chicken: a jerk chicken, a barbecue-like chicken, and a curried chicken. Everything was really really great! My only complaint is that the jerk chicken was simply too spicy for me. Pretty much everything on the buffet had a bite to it, which was great - but that jerk chicken was like a five-alarm fire. I couldn't handle it, but Ryan said it was his favorite dish.

If you order the buffet, don't miss the homemade salsas that are on top of the buffet bar. And also, help yourself to the roti (a tortilla-like bread, much like Indian chapati) located in a small cooler right next to the buffet. After eating here, I was struck by just how similar the food was to Indian cuisine - lots of curries, Indian spices, etc. Most Caribbean food that I've had before is more like full of plantains, mangoes, etc. This restaurant wasn't quite like that (although who knows - maybe they have those types of dishes on the menu), so I really enjoyed having a different kind of Caribbean food.

If you'd like a drink (and your mouth will likely need one!), they are located in a refridgerator case behind the register - just ask someone working there to get you one. We each had a Caribbean soda, and I believe they were $1 each.

Overall rating: Yum! If you like Caribbean food or Indian flavors, I can't see how you'd be disappointed.

Located in a small house right near the intersection of Powers Ferry and the South 120 Loop, just off of I-75.

Tassa Roti Shop
224 Powers Ferry Road, Marietta
(770) 977-3163