Montego Island Grill

829 Lynnhaven Pkwy, Virginia Beach
(757) 493-2950

Recent Reviews

Tamika T.

The best Caribbean food!! The roti and ox tails are my go-to, as well as the Mac and cheese. Desserts are good as well. I typically call my order in and pick up. There is a dine-in option but I have not tried that yet.

jamye graham

I've been wanting to try this place because of all the great reviews. But this was not it for me. We got the Ackee and Saltfish meal. And oxtail meal. The saltfish tasted like they didn't soak it at all. The meal itself was wayyy too salty. I wanted cabbage but the waitress informed me it would take 25 minutes for cabbage. The yams was overpowered by the taste of almond extract. The collard greens smelt like straight bbq sauce. I didnt like the greens. The watermelon lemonade was super super sweet. Wouldn't be surprised if it is just kool-aid. And then we waited for about 45 minutes for our food when there was only about 6 people in the entire restaurant. We ordered wings to-go when we ordered our dine-in food and still had to wait another 25 minutes AFTER we finished eating to get them. The good side of this visit is the customer service was on point. Greeted when we walked in and our waitress was very nice. She even offered a free patty for the long wait.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 5

Majour Williams

Good food nice vibes

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Michael A.

Chill atmosphere! My go to for lunch in the Lynnhaven area. If you haven't gone, stop by and support these guys!

Kesha W.

Quality of food drops drastically in the evening especially before closing. I ordered 2 jerk chicken dinners and they appear to be made at different times if thats possible. In one meal the chicken is undercooked and the sauce was everywhere (most likely from delivery). The greens were old and full of stems. The second meal had the sauce on the side and greens looked fresh. In both meals the sauce was not very flavorful. Ive had great food before but there seems to be a pattern in the poor quality late in the evening

David Gilchrist

Alex is an amazing bartender!!! She makes me feel welcome

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jerome B

This place is amazing great atmosphere, food is amazing I’ve had just about everything on the menu lol no cap but my go to is the beef patties and the Mac amazing happy hour…and strong drinks. Ask for Alex amazing bartender I don’t go unless she’s there and she’s very attentive and polite

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Rasta Pasta with Ox Tails, Wings

Rozena Moffitt

Food was really good but tge music was so loud we left and found a picnic area to eat at.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Recommended dishes: Jerk Chicken

Makia Downing

THE WORSE SERVICE EVER!!! Who is the owner??!!! Waited 30 mins for my first order which was a mango martini, it was good as hell but the wait time is unacceptable. Ordered food at the same time and didn’t get food until an hour later. I stayed bc was having good conversation with my bestie. The food was not hot but the flavors were there, yes I still ate it cuz I held off on eating since 4:30 bc I was craving Caribbean food. My friend ordered red snapper which was way smaller than the plate they put it on. Snappers are normally very large can’t fit in normal house size plate. Their excuse was they are understaffed. I asked the waiter if this was the normal culture he said yes then I asked him if it bothers him he said no. Will not go here again.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

Alyscia Cunningham

The food, service, and atmosphere was on point. This is one of two Caribbean restaurants that's most definitely worth the time to visit. Our first order was wrong but we still enjoyed it. Would be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Red Snapper, Jerk Chicken, Macaroni and Cheese

Nikole R.

It's Friday night I've been here over an HOUR and have yet to receive food . Hopefully the food is worth the wait , kitchen was backed up apparently .. seems to be only 2 ppl on shift maybe 3 if that . A lot of to go orders and orders taken from the bar but the dining room has food coming out very slow . Ordered jerk chicken , curry chicken & a kids shrimp . Came here starving hoping we would get fed quick but that was a mistake . Not even going to review the food I'm doubting I will ever get it tonight

Stacy Smith

Food was great, service very slow, but friendly.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 3

Mark Lofthus

The spicy patties are great. Wasn't sure of the meal was supposed to be fancy or indoor food truck, so I felt confused between atmosphere and price but best patties.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 2

Yah is My Shield

I was pretty excited to try out montego but I waited an hour for cold food. And I felt sick after.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Jerk Chicken Quarter, Beef Patties, Macaroni and Cheese, Goat

Justin Miller

Atmosphere nice, but food is bland. I got the jerk chicken with collard greens and rice with peas. The chicken is very bland and dried out. The collard greens were okay but had too much seasoning to cover the Glory Greens taste, if they used canned greens. Taste like they do but the rice was the best thing on my plate. I'm highly disappointed but hopefully their other menu items are flavorful.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

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