Deen's Caribbean Restaurant and Calypso Garden patio has been around since 1978. Current owners, the Mungal Family, originally from Trinidad (a small islands located in the Lesser Antilles) have owned the place for about 10 years. The mood of the patio is definitely tropical in flavour. A large stage with cut out wooden palm trees occupies the side closer to the restaurant while wooden tables are laid around surrounded by trees, bushes and Marion street. Loud rock music was performed by a live band that night which reminded me I was in Winnipeg and not in the Caribbean.

Curry seems to be the first word of every selection on the menu while Roti often comes as a second word. The Roti, a soft roasted dough approximately 20 cm in diameter, is the house specialty and it comes with a variety of fillings from boneless chicken to bonefull goat. Great rendition of goats guys!
Many vegetarian Roti including potatoes, chick peas and pigeon peas are on the menu but on a blindfolded test, Bethany and Dustin would be hard press to guess which is which.
The menu also offers rice entrées with the same offerings as the Roti (from boneless chicken to pigeon peas) but with rice instead of flat bread. For those with larger appetite or who just want to share a meal, combination plates mix and match rotis and rice entrées.

The bar offers a fine selection of tropical beverages including Red Stripe and Carib beer and a good assortment of Caribbean juices and soft drinks (Sorrel, Mauby, Solo). We skipped on the two choices of desserts offered, ice cream and cream cheese, and decided to visit nearby ice cream parlor Dairy Wip instead.
Deen's is overall a good experience that offers the right food at the right price and a good way to spend a hot summer evening among friends on a patio while drinking Carib and eating pigeon peas.