Virgil's Jamaica

We had lunch from Virgil's Jamaica Jamaican food truck and we thought the food was delicious. The food truck stopped by my wife's workplace in Chapel Hill so she picked up lunch for us and brought it home. It was a nice treat.I had a three-compartment takeout box that consisted of Jerk Chicken and "Jerkaque" Chicken on top of rice and beans plus sides of stir-fried cabbage and sweet fried plantains. Everything was tasty and satisfying. The standard entrees on the menu come with rice and beans and one side for $8. This double entree and two side meal cost $12 before tax and tip. It's not on the menu. You can ask Virgil about it.Chef Virgil, who was born in Jamaica, has been operating this food truck with his wife, Taffee, in the Triangle since June 2013. The "Jerkaque" or "Jerk-a-que" chicken is unique to the chef, a combination of sweet Carolina BBQ sauce and spicy jerk sauce. I enjoyed both the Jerk Chicken and Jerkaque Chicken equally. I got half dark meat and half white meat. Overall, the chicken was seasoned and cooked well. The meat was tender and flavorful. It also had a nice kick to it. A lot of jerk chicken isn't prepared spicy enough for me. Virgil's got the spice level right. It was good.The rice and beans were extra tasty because they were sitting beneath the chicken, soaking up the wonderful sauce, seasonings, and juices. I'm a big fan of both Caribbean cabbage and sweet fried plantains and Virgil's versions of both hit the spot. The cabbage was stir-fried with carrots and onions. It tasted fresh, savory, and delectable. The plantains had an appetizing texture and were addictively sweet, almost like a dessert.In addition to the items I tried above, the menu featured Curry Chicken, Brown Stew Chicken, and Vegetarian Platter entrees ($8 each) plus Jamaican beef patties ($3 each), and coco bread ($2 each). More items were listed on the online menu on Virgil's Jamaica website at https://virgilsjamaica1.com/. They do catering and events too.The food truck - technically, a trailer - looked weathered, like a trailer that's been well-used since 2013. There's a story about the three generations of chefs that Virgil is a part of posted on the side of the trailer.My wife said service was great. The food came out quick. At the time of her visit, it was a one-man show (Virgil). She said he was really nice. Payments were handled via Square. An itemized receipt was automatically emailed to the address associated with the card used for payment.Follow Virgil's Jamaica on social media by following the links below:* Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/virgilsjamaica* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virgilsjamaica/* Twitter: https://twitter.com/VirgilsJamaica

Our subdivision has been having Food Truck Tuesday & this week it was Virgil's Jamaican. Delicious Jamaican food from this local food truck.Tried the jerk chicken with several of the sides. Chicken is oven baked, 2 pieces to the serving, slathered with traditional jerk spices. Enough heat to wake up your taste buds... very tasty. The chicken is served over a bed of white rice and beans. The beans are highlighted with the same jerk spices. The stir fried cabbage, onion and carrot was delicious. Nice al dente veggies in a buttery melange. The fried plantains, one of my favorites, were excellent-sweet and sticky.Next time you see this food truck, stop & give them a try. Good stuff!

First I'll start by saying the owner is very kind and the cabbage is so so good! However, the jerk chicken did not satisfy my craving. I think the chicken could use more flavor prior to pouring the sauce on top. But the food it worth a try, everyone is different.

I was excited to try this truck with my sister who is a huge jamaican food fan. We waited in line for what seemed like forever just to place our order. We then waited for another hour or so to receive our food. We actually ended up leaving to go get food from another truck and even after leaving the truck, ordering from another and coming back our food still wasn't ready. Once we finally received our food, we sat down to try the jerk chicken combo with plantains, rice and peas and cabbage. I was awfully disappointed. The chicken was alright. The skin was tasty, but past that, the chicken was terribly dry and unflavorful. The rice was nothing to write home about and the plantains were a little on the hard side and could have been a little sweeter. It was a pretty expensive meal as well, around $14 crammed into a to go box made for sides. Won't be back.

Absolutely awful Jamaican food, and absolutely awful food period. Really glad we drove from Greensboro down to Tanger Outlets in Mebane for this hot garbage.I went for the jerk chicken because I love spicy food and a true jerk is really blazing hot. This was just a plain baked chicken thigh and when she handed it to me I just stared at it. She realized it was supposed to be "jerk chicken", pulled it back and poured sauce over it from a bottle, and that ain't jerk chicken, just a jerk move. The sauce had zero heat and the chicken was completely plain otherwise.The sides were rice & bean and fried plantains. The plantains were burnt to the point of being inedible and stone cold. The rice was so hard and crunchy that I wasn't even sure it had been cooked, but since there were some soft grains in the middle of the pile, it was obviously cooked then microwaved to an untimely death to reheat it. It had no flavor at all except for a little bit from jerk sauce that had dribbled off the chicken.

For Food Truck Rodeo Tuesday I decided to try Virgil's Jamaica. I went with the Jerkaque Chicken served with rice and beans and for my side the fried sweet plantains. I thought this was a good choice since the sauce was a mix of jerk and sweet barbeque sauce so it was not spicy. I got there right when it started so I was disappointed to hear that they were already sold out of Coco bread. $8 for a meal that filled me up is not bad for a food truck and the line moved quickly so that was a plus.Unfortunately the chicken was flavorless and a bit dry and there were not many beans in the rice. As far as the plantains went, the smaller ones were fried to a crisp but the larger ones were cooked well and tasted delicious. I was glad that I tried Virgil's but would probably opt for a different truck next time.

We decided to try their Jerk Chicken plate today on their stop at Tanger outlets . I was super disappointed that their food was below sub par and the wait time was about 25 minutes to get it.For $8 we had a single chicken thigh thats hard as rock and one sweet plantain . Rice and beans were plain bad . I loved the sauce that coated the chicken and it was the only best part of the entire plate .

Food truck was at the office today and it was not very good. I ordered jerk chicken with rice, black beans, and sweet plantains with beef patty on the side. Jerk Chicken was barely a portion and one peice was almost all bones no meat. In regards to flavor, what I did taste has the potential to be good. Rice and beans was just white rice with literally 5 single beans not even a good spoon full with bean juice so that was disappointing. The beef patty and the sweet plantains were just okay. The whole meal cost me about $11. Unless they make some serious changes I would not recommend eating here. Need to have bigger portions and better quality food.

Virgil was super nice and food looked and smelled delicious. Chicken and curry sauce was awesome. Plantains were not very sweet and rice was a tad on the crunchy side.

Virgil's food truck came to our office recently, and I got to try it out for the first time. I got the "jerk-a-que" chicken, which is supposed to be some hybrid between jerk and bbq chicken. I didn't think it was all the flavorful, and the rice/beans were pretty bland as well. My friend got a vegetarian dish and his "rice and beans" side was more like "rice and one bean". He was very disappointed.With all the great food trucks in the Triangle, I probably won't be going here again.