{"id":135328,"date":"2026-01-15T23:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/135328\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T23:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:55:09","slug":"bridgetown-roti-review-this-east-hollywood-spot-is-los-angeless-most-personal-caribbean-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/135328\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridgetown Roti Review: This East Hollywood Spot Is Los Angeles\u2019s Most Personal Caribbean Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">After years of slinging patties and roti from commercial kitchens, pop-up events, and even her own home, chef Rashida Holmes opened a proper <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/venue\/95518\/bridgetown-roti-vermont\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bridgetown Roti<\/a> storefront in July 2024, along with business partners Malique Smith and Joy Clarke-Holmes. Now, after more than a year of getting the lay of the land, the chef has hit her stride in East Hollywood. While <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/maps\/best-caribbean-jamaican-cuban-belizean-restaurants-los-angeles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caribbean cooking can be found in pockets across Los Angeles<\/a>, no restaurant in town quite captures the heart and energy of Holmes\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/2024\/7\/18\/24180399\/bridgetown-roti-restaurant-los-angeles-east-hollywood-permanent-location-open\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">distinctly biographical approach<\/a> that spans Barbados, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles. If a roti shack were to be transported from the sunny shores of the Caribbean and reborn in the middle of Los Angeles, Bridgetown Roti would be it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Whether seated inside or out, the mood at Bridgetown Roti is perpetually vibrant, filled with rich Caribbean colors, iconography, and textures. The restaurant\u2019s upbeat, genre-defying playlist is curated by Holmes\u2019s wife, Shanika Honeycutt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">Aunt Vie\u2019s cod fish cakes, a staple dish since Bridgetown Roti\u2019s earliest days, are no longer on the menu due to the increased cost of ingredients (thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eater.com\/24401316\/trump-tariffs-effects-on-food-spices-explained-burlap-barrel-natoora-tuk-tuk-snack-shop-interview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s tariffs<\/a>). Fans of the bite-sized, crisp-golden bites can still get their fill by placing a catering order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1 masaseg\">Years in the making, <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/2021\/12\/8\/22812621\/best-los-angeles-restaurants-eater-awards-2021\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eater 2021 Best New Restaurant<\/a> Bridgetown Roti has finally opened its permanent location in East Hollywood with a full complement of paratha-style rotis made with Grist &amp; Toll flours and vegan butter. They\u2019re filled with chicken curry, green curry shrimp, and roasted red pepper goat melding the influences of Southern India in the Caribbean. Chef and owner Rashisa Holmes prepares an array of Caribbean-inflected dishes like doubles on the weekend, oxtail and pepper patties, and cod fish cakes. Just be prepared to wait as the place has been crushed since opening a few weeks ago. \u2014 Matthew Kang, lead editor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After years of slinging patties and roti from commercial kitchens, pop-up events, and even her own home, chef&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28829,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-135328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-dining-reports","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-headlines","11":"tag-la-news","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","14":"tag-los-angeles-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}