Fun without the rum at Turtle Bay Blackburn – Review: October 2018
Bring on the good vibes, without the booze, at Blackburn’s Turtle Bay located in the Cathedral quarter development.
Follow the bold bright lights and make Turtle Bay your “One Love”. Plenty of warm welcomes from the GM Heather, Abs, Ben, Shania and all the team, who did a fab job looking after us all evening.
The bar offers a chilled casual Caribbean style service, why not wrap your lips around a can of super refreshing ting, the national Caribbean soft drink or opt for a non-alcoholic cocktail and staff will shake things up. The lush Virgin Kolada a fab frozen blend of coconut milk, coconut syrup and pineapple juice. The Virgin Passion Punch was packed with fresh passion fruit, lemon & orange juices.
Enjoy a Strawberry & Vanilla Nojito mixed up with Strawberry & mint, vanilla, lime & apple juices. Then chill out with a Virgin Raspberry Reggae man, with lashings of raspberry, pomegranate, lime & lemonade, I can guarantee you this will be a good ‘ting’
Reggae up to the restaurant, satisfy those hunger pangs and get hot, hot, hot. A colourful place with some chilled Caribbean musical beats.
Starters began with some lovely Caribbean hummus and then the mighty vibrant vital veggie platter, a feast of sensational Sweet corn fritters, tasty crispy okra, jerk pit grilled mushroom & peppers with spicy jerk, halloumi and mango flatbread, plantain with a super green salad thrown in for good measure.
Mouth tingling mains included the whole 24 hour spice marinated pork ribs, with spicy jerk, sweet potato fries and Caribbean slaw. Also, the amazing Aubergine curry in a light fragrant curry sauce, with steamed rice and roti flatbread. Spice things up with a whole range of sides such as spiced fries and jerk halloumi.
Dang the desserts were gorgeous and both vegan too, the super scrummy salted caramel brownie, a baked pie served warm with light chocolate ice-cream and a small exception to the alcohol rule, the rum and raisin bread pudding, slow baked with rum, cinnamon, raisins and vanilla ice-cream. All washed down with a perfect peanut butter and banana smoothie.
Don’t be a jerk, book into Turtle Bay Blackburn and feel the love.
Thank you for reading 😊
Melanie xx
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Ooh this looks lovely! So vibrant and full of atmosphere. Plus that Virgin Raspberry Reggae sounds delicious!
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It was and the Virgin Raspberry Reggee was scrummy xx
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The food looks absolutely amazing! I love a good virgin cocktail every now and again too. it’s nice to have something refreshing instead of boozey.
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Fab food and yeah the booze free drinkies really hit the spot – refreshing xx
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I’ve been to a few different Turtle Bays around the country and agree that the cocktails are yummy. I’ve not tried the non-alcoholic ones but they sound and look great too!
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Yes, they are and the non-alcoholic ones were really lush xx
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I love the decor and the food sounds fab, I would love to try the mango flat bread. I will have to see of there is a Turtle Bay near me! Sabina
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Deffo worth checking them out, as the flatbread was yummy xx
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Love love LOVE Turtle Bay! We go every few months and the food is honestly the best!!
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Same here! I could not agree with you more – fab place xx
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I have to admit although I’ve heard quite a bit about Turtle Bay I have never visited myself – it looks like it has a really good selection of foods though.
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The food was spot on. You should deffo pay them a visit hun xx
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Sounds like a fantastic place for a meal and non-alcoholic too? Two tickets please….they will let me bring the cheetah,right?
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Exactly, it was fun without the rum lol. Of course roar…haha xx
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I went to Turtle Bay for the first time recently in York. I had the squid which was really good, plus a margarita which turned out to be 2 for 1 – such a shame!! 😀
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Ooo love York!! Haha love that…oh well down the hatch xx
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That food all looks amazing, but that salted caramel brownie looks incredible! It looks like an amazing place!
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It was and yes I hear you, the brownie was just drool worthy xx
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I love turtle bay because of the 2 for 1 cocktails, and the food you ordered looks so good x
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Totally a bargain! The food was brilliant and we were super full by the end lol xx
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We love Turtle Bay also, they do such great cocktails and very tasty vegetarian options! x
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Yay, another fan! Yes the veggie food and the non-alcoholic cocktails were fab xx
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I adore Turtle Bay, as I’m a big fan of Caribbean cuisine. It has to be one of my fave chains ever!
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Tell me about it, so do I lol. A chain, but with a good vibe about the place for sure xx
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This looks very good. If we are ever around there we’ll definitely go.
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Deffo do, great place and fab food and drinkies xx
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I do love a good nojito, these days I am trying to keep alcohol and only drink on special occasions, this place sounds like somewhere I would love to visit.
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Me too and sounds like you have a wise plan ahead haha. Well worth a visit for sure xx
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I have a turtle bay near me and I love it. The food, the atmosphere- it’s all great!
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I can see why you do hun, Turtle bay is fab xx
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I’ve been to a turtle bay before and the cocktails are amazing!! I have to admit that I’ve not tried the non alcoholic ones though! We have never tried out the food but it looks and sounds delicious xx
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Ooo you should deffo give them a whirl, you are missing out. The food was spot on xx
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Oh wow, these dishes look mouth-watering. I love Carribean food and could go to this place every single day if it was close to where I am xx
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No need to worries, they are in various locations in the UK and so there could be one near you xx
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Those virgin cocktails look amazing! And so does the food. I’ve never tried Caribbean food before.
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There were top notch! You should give this place a try, as the food was scrummy xx
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I love how vibrant and cultural turtle bay is and the way it Really adapts the Caribbean culture. Not eaten the food there but I love the drinks. Great review. And amazing pictures hun!
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Totally agree!! Thank you so much for the fab feedback too xx
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We have a Turtle Bay not too far from us and I’ve never been… but after reading this I am going to have to go soon. It looks gorgeous! I’ve heard great things about the cocktails before too x
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Ooo yes! So glad my review has inspired you to give Turtle Bay a whirl . Good vibes all round Sonia xx
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The virgin cocktails look amazing, i dont think i have every had a rum free time at Turtle bay!
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Haha…maybe now is the time, as the virgin cocktails were lush xx
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I’ve heard sooo many good things about Turtle Bay but have never been, despite having one near where I work x
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I can see why, fab place and you should deffo give the place a go xx
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The bar sounds great. Love the way you captured your experience. Looks like a nice place to chill.
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Thank you so much lovely, means a lot. It was a fab experience and a very chilled out place to kick back relax and enjoy some fab food and drinks xx
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Really like the interesting interior of this place and I would definitely like to eat here. I’m sure the restaurant has vegetarian and sea food options.
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Yes, the starter, main one pot and desserts were all veggie, so you are covered hun xx
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Turtle Bay Blackburn looks brilliant, we are pretty near to their too. A new date night location xxx
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It was and sounds like that is your next date night sorted then lol xx
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Oh it looks so vibrant ! Full of life ! The food looks delicious too! Would love to visit one day! I live in Ireland so it will be a trip to get to Turtle Bay Blackburn but if I’m ever in the area it’s now on the list 😉
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You are spot on! Hah could be a bit of a trip, but check them out on your next UK visit, as they are dotted all over the UK xx
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I am loving the names of the mocktails. ‘Nojito’ is my favourite!
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Haha I loved that too and it tasted super yummy xx
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We had our first meal in Turtle Bay a few weeks and it was delicious, we ordered too much though so will be more careful next time
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Haha I can see why you did over order as the food is very yummy xx
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Oh my gosh all this looks so yummy and delicious and is right up my taste buds street. They don’t fancy starting up in Southern Sweden do they??!!! Love the idea of all those cocktails too without a hangover
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Haha, no put a bonus is the next time you do your UK touring you know where to go in the lakes now. Yes, they were yummy xx
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I love the look of this place! So vibrant and colourful. And I need to try a Virgin Raspberry Reggae!
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Haha you do and they are fab, bring on the colour vibrancy xx
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The salted caramel brownie looks delicious! And the Virgin Raspberry Reggae is definitely something I would order.
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Ooo those were two of my favs – super yummy for sure xx
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That’s funny we ate in turtle bay Chelmsford just last night . I was amazed by the food not what I expected. Great review
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Ooo good for you, I am so glad that you loved the food. Thank you so much xx
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Oh my that sounds like a fun place. I’d be happy with any of the mocktails you described and food sounds delicious. Gotta love a bit of Caribbean vibe and food!
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It was indeed and the food, mocktails and Caribbean vibe were on point xx
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I would love to visit here! I spent a few months living in the Caribbean in 2008 and I loved it there. This would bring back so many memories and it really looks amazing!
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You should give the place a whirl, it was fab xx
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Oh this looks delicious and such a cool trendy vibe to it!
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Very on trend and the food was just yummy stuff hun xx
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That food looks really good and I love Jerk and the rum based cocktails also look very nice. It looks as though it would be a fun place to go with a group of freinds.
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IT was and the jerk was a flavour hit, the non alcoholic cocktails were lovely and it was a fun place to hang out xx
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I need to visit this place. We are not too far from Balckburn and it sounds awesome. It’s not the first time I’ve heard good things about Turtle bay too!
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Ooo sounds like the perfect dinner outing for you and the family. Deffo worth a visit xx
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