Welcome to Sunrise Caribbean Whitby

“ August 3rd, 2021. 7 PM ordered with a nice young lady on the phone. I am so glad I got a different perspective of this place. I've seen many reviews about this place and it was literally a cold hard decision because there's not many places up here in Durham, that serves Caribbean foods. But for what it's worth.. it was a great experience for me. The food was awesome. I got a curry goat and 2 oxtail dinners w/ rice and peas, a large serving of slaw, dumplings, and plantains. I'm not all about the plantains here because it was a bit oily, but the dumplings and dinners were bomb. The severing was quite filling. I give it a 5 stars ”

“ Great experience for breakfast today ordering ackee and saltfish and fried dumpling! Good portion size and friendly customer service with a smile from the new management. I really appreciate the ample seating for dining in as some other locations do not have this. ”

“ Updating this review October 18th 2024 In the last few weeks at the insistence of a gentleman who was working at the Westney location I gave this store another chance. The first time I went there I saw a cashier that I often see at westney she let me know that things had changed and that both stores were owned but the same gentleman and that they share staff. As always her service was great, I came by a second time a week later and even though they didn't have any curry chicken at the time the cashier was pleasant, told me they had just ran out and offered a few other options. I went by tonight for the third time in the last month. Same cashier was there as the second visit. Her name was Kareene I believe. She was very busy with Uber orders but was still very pleasant, she remembered that I had come by a week before and there was no curry chicken... And let me know that she had it tonight. I want to thank the owner for replying to my concerns and it seems that you really have upgraded the staff. I will be back on a regular basis to the store. ------ I'm so torn about this space, it has been my favorite West Indian food brand for so long, we've literally been going to the store for close to15 years. Sometimes you go and the cashier is wonderful, greets you accordingly and is apologetic if they don't have what you want (woman with braids worked earlier this week, and a really young girl who I've only seen there a few times) often the cashiers are dismissive and screwface but at least they can get your order together... Today I walked in at 8:00pm there was a gentleman behind the counter in a blue shirt when I walked in and said good evening he stared at me and didn't say a word, I asked him if he was the cashier he gave me a dead stare and again didn't answer, I asked him again if he was the cashier or if he worked there... He looked off to the side and nodded his head. There was nothing displayed in the food windows so I asked him if he had chicken roti, and did he have paratha shells... His answer to me was what's that? I walked out of the store. As I've said I love the brand, the issue is this store. I've had a lot more luck with the sunrise restaurants on Westney, Kingston Rd and even York Mills. It's unfortunate that this is the case. The food is awesome and the taste is consistent when you can get it. In the past it has been good enough to ignore the bad service. But today was the straw that sent me across the street to Popeyes. To the owner, don't let a few bad apples destroy your investment. I went from eating at your restaurant twice a week to only going by when I forget to stop in Ajax before I get home to Whitby. ”