I’ve gotten both the Ox tail and fried chicken platters, both are delicious.
Food: 4
Recommended dishes: Mac and Cheese, Fried Chicken, Side of Oxtails
greekleo11
The owners wife is a terrible host and very rude. She greets with disrespect and talked backed to us very rudely when we asked a few questions about their menu. I highly don’t recommend. Besides the customer service being terrible the food was terrible. Over priced and food was the worst Jamaican food I have ever eaten.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Courtney
Such great Jamaican food. So many options including vegan ones! The sweet plantains are probably my favorite, with the jerk tofu, steamed veggies, rice and beans. My friends who like meat love it here too. Probably only place around here with authentic Jamaican food. The staff are all so nice, i’m so glad they got a bigger spot on the first floor
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Gokul Sampath
Ordered the chickpeas with three sides. Hardly any chickpeas, almost no curry/gravy. They gave me lots of the white rice side but very little of the entree. Taste was far below average. The coleslaw and the steam veggies are basically the same, but one is raw. Neither has any taste. I know what Jamaican food is more or less supposed to taste like, but this wasn't it. Terrible for cost.
P.S the Jerk sauce might have been barbecue sauce with spices added?
Food: 2
Dustin Bonk
The food is dynamite every time. The whole menu is excellent. Great takeout spot!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Samantha Kendall
Amazing, I would have taken a picture but the food's already gone
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Mike Brown
Been coming here for years because it is one of two places in a couple hour radius that sells Jamaican food . If it wasn’t out of being one of the only places people would not come here. Service is bad all the time. 80% of my visits I get skimped $40 for 2 pieces of oxtail in person. when I order online the plates always are so much fuller, even if and when I get a smaller size plate. The restaurant is closed more often than not and continues to keep online ordering up even when closed so if you’re ordering DoorDash or online ordering , call first annoying to wait a hour when hungry to find out their closed (also happens more frequently then not) The food quality also is not consistent you can taste they have different people cooking it and it is so over priced for how little portions you receive.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
Natania L
I’ve given this place about four chances, and each visit has been disappointing. The customer service is very poor no greetings, no smiles, no effort to make customers feel welcome.
As a Jamaican, I expected the food to at least make up for it, but it didn’t. I had the jerk chicken sandwich, and it tasted bland and inauthentic, like it was seasoned last-minute and baked in the oven. It lacked the bold, smoky flavor jerk is supposed to have. The patties were also dry and flavorless.
To top it off, the prices for the grocery part were made up. I went in recently to buy syrup and was charged almost $30 way too much.
Overall, it’s been a bad experience every time. If you’re going to offer poor service, the food should at least be good. I’m sorry but this place fails at both.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Colleen Tobin
Everything we had was so tasty
Talisha
Great little place to sit and eat. No complaints...I had jerk pork and rice n peas with enough food to take home for later.
I always get the Jerk Chicken plate and it is SO SO delicious. The flavors are incredible and the servings are generous for the price. 10/10 recommend!!!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kayla Girardin
We ordered catering for an event at our office, and it was absolutely delicious. We ordered pans of the jerk chicken, bbq chicken, and lentil stew, with rice and beans, veggies, and plantains for sides. They were so easy to work with and everything was incredible. Highly recommend for your next event!
Kaden Michelson
I tried ordering fried chicken and Cajun fries but the lady at the counter instead told me to buy something off the highschool lunch menu because it's cheaper and even though it didnt have what i wanted i still ordered off of it because i have no spine. I was charged the normal price for what i ordered anyways and the food took close to 20 minutes. the food itself was good but not good enough to make up for the struggle with ordering and most importantly the PRICE of the food. stuff's expensive. i don't see myself ever getting food from here again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Roy dePasquale
This place is one of Portland’s best. The locals know.
I’ve gotten both the Ox tail and fried chicken platters, both are delicious.
Food: 4
Recommended dishes: Mac and Cheese, Fried Chicken, Side of Oxtails
The owners wife is a terrible host and very rude. She greets with disrespect and talked backed to us very rudely when we asked a few questions about their menu. I highly don’t recommend. Besides the customer service being terrible the food was terrible. Over priced and food was the worst Jamaican food I have ever eaten.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Such great Jamaican food. So many options including vegan ones! The sweet plantains are probably my favorite, with the jerk tofu, steamed veggies, rice and beans. My friends who like meat love it here too. Probably only place around here with authentic Jamaican food. The staff are all so nice, i’m so glad they got a bigger spot on the first floor
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ordered the chickpeas with three sides. Hardly any chickpeas, almost no curry/gravy. They gave me lots of the white rice side but very little of the entree. Taste was far below average. The coleslaw and the steam veggies are basically the same, but one is raw. Neither has any taste. I know what Jamaican food is more or less supposed to taste like, but this wasn't it. Terrible for cost.
P.S the Jerk sauce might have been barbecue sauce with spices added?
Food: 2
The food is dynamite every time. The whole menu is excellent. Great takeout spot!
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing, I would have taken a picture but the food's already gone
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Been coming here for years because it is one of two places in a couple hour radius that sells Jamaican food . If it wasn’t out of being one of the only places people would not come here. Service is bad all the time. 80% of my visits I get skimped $40 for 2 pieces of oxtail in person. when I order online the plates always are so much fuller, even if and when I get a smaller size plate. The restaurant is closed more often than not and continues to keep online ordering up even when closed so if you’re ordering DoorDash or online ordering , call first annoying to wait a hour when hungry to find out their closed (also happens more frequently then not) The food quality also is not consistent you can taste they have different people cooking it and it is so over priced for how little portions you receive.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
I’ve given this place about four chances, and each visit has been disappointing. The customer service is very poor no greetings, no smiles, no effort to make customers feel welcome.
As a Jamaican, I expected the food to at least make up for it, but it didn’t. I had the jerk chicken sandwich, and it tasted bland and inauthentic, like it was seasoned last-minute and baked in the oven. It lacked the bold, smoky flavor jerk is supposed to have. The patties were also dry and flavorless.
To top it off, the prices for the grocery part were made up. I went in recently to buy syrup and was charged almost $30 way too much.
Overall, it’s been a bad experience every time. If you’re going to offer poor service, the food should at least be good. I’m sorry but this place fails at both.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Everything we had was so tasty
Great little place to sit and eat. No complaints...I had jerk pork and rice n peas with enough food to take home for later.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rice and Beans
Restaurantji Recommends
I always get the Jerk Chicken plate and it is SO SO delicious. The flavors are incredible and the servings are generous for the price. 10/10 recommend!!!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
We ordered catering for an event at our office, and it was absolutely delicious. We ordered pans of the jerk chicken, bbq chicken, and lentil stew, with rice and beans, veggies, and plantains for sides. They were so easy to work with and everything was incredible. Highly recommend for your next event!
I tried ordering fried chicken and Cajun fries but the lady at the counter instead told me to buy something off the highschool lunch menu because it's cheaper and even though it didnt have what i wanted i still ordered off of it because i have no spine. I was charged the normal price for what i ordered anyways and the food took close to 20 minutes. the food itself was good but not good enough to make up for the struggle with ordering and most importantly the PRICE of the food. stuff's expensive. i don't see myself ever getting food from here again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
This place is one of Portland’s best. The locals know.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Awesome spot! Pineapple salsa was 10/10.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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