Hummingbird Jamaican Restaurant

180 S Halsted St, Chicago Heights
(708) 755-5009

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Rice Beans and Chicken Dinner
Jeak Chicken Dinner
Macaroni and Cheese
Rice and Peas
Jerk Chicken
Oxtails Rice
Jerk Wings
Macaroni

Mains
Jerk Chicken lunch
lunch size portion of our popular jerk chicken paired with any 2 sides of your choice. come with our delicious jerk sauce
Brown Stew Chicken
Selected parts of chicken seasoned and marinated to infuse flavor , it is then cooked down as a stew with a delightful brown color in rich flavorful sauce. served with your choice of our delicious sides, and plantain and bread if available.
Curried Goat
curry goat is delicious with any choice of sides but best with white rice or rice and peas also, may be served with bread and plantain if available.
Jerk Catfish
lunch size portion of jerk catfish serves with choice of sides and with bread and plantain.
Curried Chicken
Lunch size portion of our delicious curry chicken paired with any 2 sides of your choice. also may served with bread and plantain if available.
Jerk Tilapia
Upon demand the Tilapia is freshly marinated and jerk on an open flame to locked in the flavors, afterward it is paired with your 2 choice of available sides and our vinaigrette, carrot and onion dressing, bread and plantain is served if available.

Family Special
Family Special Whole Jerk Chicken
Don't feel like cooking tonight or cook for a small gathering, our Family Special comes with: A whole jerk chicken, 2 large choice of sides, a 2 Liter soda and bread and sauce.

Most Popular
Jerk Chicken dinner
1/2 Jerked chicken paired with any choice of side with our tasty and mouth watering sauce, also served with bread and plantain when available.

Appetizers
Beef Patty
FILL WITH FLAVORFUL GROUND BEEF IN A CRISPY GOLDEN CRUST ITS A TRADITIONAL JAMAICAN FOOD ITEM, AS A GO TO SNACK FOR MOST SCHOOL CHILDREN PAIRED WITH ANY OF OUR IMPORTED SODAS, YOU JUST CANT GO WRONG.
Jumbo Jerk Chicken Wings
wings can be ordered by it self, as meal choice or catered for an event, either way you wont be disappointed. served with our delicious jerk sauce.

Sides
Mac and Cheese
when it comes to Mac and cheese we are not saying we are the best, but we come very close to being the best.
Yams
Our mouth water yams has just the right amount of sweetness. This sides choice can be paired wings or jerk chicken or just an additional side for your sweet tooth.
Cabbage
Fresh cabbage, carrot and peppers steamed with other spices to a flavorful side order that is desired by all.
Festivals
Festival are similar to hush puppies but tastier. This can be paired with any choice of meats but especially nice with any escovitch fish, ackee/salted fish. 5 pieces per order.
Rice and Peas
Rice and bean is a traditional Jamaican cuisine and is used as a side dish.
Fried Plantains
fried plantain
Greens or Yams
greens and yams are great combinations they paired well with our jerk chicken, oxtail, and jerk catfish as dinners.
Steamed Cabbage
Fresh cabbage shredded and steamed with green, red peppers, sliced carrots other herbs and flavoring. served as a side order with or as a vegetarian choice.
Garden Salad
A bed of fresh lettuce, green and red peppers, cucumber, tomato and grated carrot with your choice of Ranch or Italian salad dressing. can take the place of cabbage or green on and dinner order or just as a side salad.
Steamed Cabbage
Cabbage, carrot red and green peppers steamed with other herb and flavoring
Macaroni
When it comes to Mac and Cheese everyone claimed to do it best. We are not saying we are the best but we come very close to being the best
White Rice
Five pieces.
French Fries
white potatoes washed and cut into French fries shape. fried to golden tenderness then salted. served as side choice with katsup.

Soup
Chicken Noodle Soup
Soups make a body good. our soups are to be desired, flavorful and hearty, how can you resist. especially on a cold and wintry day. help with your resistance to the winter colds.
Beef Vegetable Soup
OUR SOUPS ARE DELICIOUS AND HEARTY! ESPECIALLY DURING THOSE DOWN DAY WHEN YOU ARE UNDER THE WEATHER AND THE WINTER SEASON. WE USUALLY HAVE A WEEKLY CHOICE BUT EITHER WAY YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED., THEY ARE NICE!

Jerk Chicken and Bread Only
Whole Jerk Chicken
A whole chicken jerked to delicious flavor. Paired this with any selected sides and have meal for you and your family, comes with our jerk sauce,
Half White Chicken
Lunch size portion jerked white meat chicken, served with any 2 selected sides, also served with bread and sauce. if available.
Half Dark Chicken
Delicious jerked dark meat chicken cut in pieces and served with our in house jerk sauce
Quarted Dark Chicken
jerked dark meat chicken, come with sauce.
Whole Dark Chicken
Whole White Chicken
Half Regular Chicken
Half of a chicken served with sauce and bread
Quarter White Chicken

Dinners
Oxtails
Oxtail has become a favorite for most people. considered pricy but so, so delicious. just pair this with any of our side choices and it wont disappoint, served also with bread and plantain if available.
Jerk Chicken Dinner White
Jerked white meat chicken paired with any 2 of our sides choices. also Served with bread and plantain if available and our delicious sauce.
Brown Stew Chicken
selected of the chicken seasoned and marinated to infuse flavor. it is then stew down with a delightful brown color delicious gravy. this can be served with any of our arrays of delicious sides and with bread and plantain if available.
Curried Goat
Goat is one of are maybe my most favorite meat. This meat is seasoned and marinated for a full day or more. It is then cooked for a few hours to get it tender and the sauce just right, potatoes is added for even more added flavor. Curry goat in my opinion is best served over white rice, but choose any of our sides to paired with your delicious goat dinner, bread and plantain if available is also served.
Ackee and Saltfish
ACKEE/SALTED FISH IS JAMAICAN'S NATIONAL DISH, AND WAS RATED 3rd WORLDWIDE AS A FAVORITE FOOD. THIS IS MOST FAVORABLY SERVED WITH FRIED DUMPLINGS BUT CAN ALSO BE SERVED OVER RICE OR GROUND PROVISION AND OTHER SIDES. BREAD AND PLANTAIN IS ALSO SERVED UPON AVAILABILITY. THIS WAS SERVED WITH FESTIVALS. Picture shows: Ackee/salted fish served Festival.
Chicken and vegetable stir fried
cabbage, carrot, broccoli, cauliflower, green and red peppers stirred fried with a heaping of delicious Jerked chicken. can be eaten alone or served over rice and bean or white rice.
Callalloo and Saltfish
Callaloo is similar to spinach with a more distinctive flavor. this green is steamed down with a selection green, red, and orange peppers, onion and other spices, salted fish makes this dish a sort after favorite. This can be served with most sides but, I suggested fried dumpling, festivals or rice and peas or white rice Pic: Callaloo with rice and peas, fried plantain and festival.
Curried Chicken
Selected chicken pieces seasoned and marinated and cooked down to a delicious gravy. better served with rice bus is delicious with any selected choice of sides. Served with bread and plantain if available.

Desserts
Assorted Cakes
This is a customer pick. very delicious and popular.

Beverages
Ting
Imported grapefruit flavored soft drink. very nice drink
Sprite
Introduced in 1961, Sprite is the world's leading lemon-lime flavored soft drink. It has a crisp, clean taste that really quenches your thirst.
Domestic Soda
Carrot Juice
pureed carrot mixed milk and other flavor and spices. Its is said to be energizing, nutritinal on its own for a quick pick me upper.
Coconut Water
Flavorful and delicious thirst quencher. great hydrator.
Hot Tea
Assortments of hot tea serves to your liking such as: with honey, sugar or lemon.
Imported Soda
Bottled Water
Coffee
how do you like your coffee, let us know.

Daily Specials
1/4 Dark
FLAVORFUL DARK MEAT JERK CHICKEN SERVED WITH OUR DELECTABLE IN HOUSE JERK SAUCE
3 Wings with Fries
3 jerked jumbo wings paired with any one (1) side and jerk sauce

Taco's and Salads
Jerked Chicken Taco
Flavorful jerked chicken embodied in 2 flour tortillas, topped with house sauce, cheese, onion, cilantro, lettuce and more cheese. They are delicious and filling; it comes with an additional sauce for pouring on, or dipping your tacos in. pure deliciousness!!!
Jerk Chicken Breast Salad
On bed of lettuce, assorted bell peppers, cucumber, tomato and carrot chopped succulent jerk chicken is added. this salad is delicious and filling any salad dressing can be used to make it your own. Stay healthy!!!
Jerk Tilapia Fish Taco
Freshly grilled tilapia embodied in 2 flour tortilla covered with cheese, delicious sauce, and topped with onion, cilantro, lettuce and more cheese. These ae delicious and filling and come with an additional sauce for pouring on or dipping in for your tacos.
Jerk Tilapia Fish Salad
a bed of lettuce, assorted peppers, cucumber, tomato and carrot with jerked Tilapia and your choice of salad dressing.

Seafood
Red Snapper
Escovitch snapper served with your choice of 2 sides. escovich is fried snapper steamed in a vinagrette, onion, and carrot dressing. Do you like it mild or spicy let us know.
Curried Shrimp
wow, wow, wow try our curry shrimp you will be hooked. it can be made as mild or as spicy as you like it. opt for white rice and collard greens great combination. this is prepared upon ordering so it need time to prep, your wait will not be in vain. yum, yum
Jerk Catfish
jerked catfish in a vinaigrette, carrot and onion topping, serves with your your choice of sides, paired well with yams. mac and cheese or greens.
Jerk Tilapia Dinner
Jerked tilapia paired with your choice of our available sides and dressed with our vinaigrette, carrot, and onion dressing. served with plantain and bread when available.
Jerk Shrimp
where are all the Shrimp lovers!! jumbo size shrimps jerked with an array of sweet pepper and onions. do you like it mild to very hot, we got you. pair this with any 2 of our delicious side choices. This is a must try.

Stir Fry
Stir Fry Vegetables
Stir Fry Shrimp

Sunday Dinner
Southern Dinner
1/2 Chicken, Greens, Macaroni & Cheese, Candy Yams, & Cornbread

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Recent Reviews

Ok so I want to preface this by saying, this would’ve been a 5 star review HAD my rice not been crunchy and weird in chunks. Otherwise that food was absolutely divine. The service was awesome and other than the rice, I can tell that they put lots of love and time into their food but they should really consider updating the ambiance of the restaurant. Doesn’t make you want to sit and eat unfortunately. What they might fail to realize, is that if someone sits to eat there, they...
November 2023
I called about callaloo. It was made for me. I really enjoyed the food. The rum cake is so very light and delicious. The natural juices taste different from the bottles. They are so good that I had two. It was worth the drive. I will return to eat there again. Louis Louis is the owner, and he is so accommodating. I love this place. I ordered stir fry and J*** dinners for my parents. I'm going to try more menu items. Greens and yams, cabbage, and plantain are all so very good....
April 2023
Here's the story: We found an online coupon for this Jamaican restaurant. Since we'd never eaten Jamaican food, and since we are on occasion adventurous, we decided to try it. At first, they were surprised by the coupon, but finally accepted it. She had j*** chicken; I had goat curry. We were both blown away by the food. I have eaten in Ghana and was strongly reminded of that experience in both flavor and spicy heat. The fried plantains were excellent. She also had a...
April 2023

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Hummingbird Jamaican Restaurant

180 S Halsted St, Chicago Heights, IL 60411
(708) 755-5009