I had such a nice dinner at Beryl Pepperpot! It was such a nice ambiance and the staff was lovely. The pasta and snapper were really good! Highly recommend; I enjoyed the roti but I've had better, still really good though. Everything was super filling so we got containers to go. Highly recommend and will be returning! read more

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As I walked in, a customer was just leaving so I held the door open for him, literally within a few seconds the lady at the register yelled telling us to close the door. After ordering the large jerk chicken entree, I noticed the portion size was small in comparison to other caribbean spots. Their large takeout box was equivalent to a small or even a regular box at almost every other place. Charging $16 is insane. Food was mediocre, the jerk chicken was decent and rice were ok as well, in my opinion was under seasoned and had little spice. The only thing that carried the food was their gravy which was actually quite nice. read more

Extremely poor customer service. The person who answered said they are the "line cook" amd didn't know how to take orders but proceeded to take our order. After a really difficult phone call trying to order I was told it would be 45 mins. I showed up when it should've been done. And was told it's not ready. I waited in the store for another 50 minutes... I kept asking and they said it was almost done when it clearly wasn't. almost 2 hours the chicken was extremely dry in the jerk chicken. The rice was flavourless. The fried fish smelt so terrible we had to throw out. I highly doubt not recommend. The food was no way worth the 2 hour wait nor the over priced. I will never order here again and advise you to do the same. read more

The worse jerk chicken ever !! Chicken was so hard !! It was like a week old. I just put everything inside the garbage can. I just paid for old and nasty food. You guys should be ashame of this type of food that you are selling, people can get very sick !!! Ministry should be notified about this, seriously read more

Great - Caribbean food. Daily specials - this place is tucked away in a little commercial plaza and is well worth checking out. Jerk Chicken dinner is super. read more

It's been a while since I had good oxtail. It was nice and tender, gravy was delicious, and the rice n peas were delicious by themselves. The price was worth it because it wasn't bland. Imma come thru and try different items, but so far the oxtail was fire, best ive had in Durham read more

Beryl's Pepperpot - Oxtail, coleslaw and rice and peas - Caribbean Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

This is my second review and I've been here a number of times since my first. The food here is fantastic and the specials are great value for your money more than enough food. The only negative about this place is that they have the same girl taking orders and dealing with people out front all the time. She lacks any customer service skills at all and her attitude is simply off putting. Today I got a large jerk chicken, it tasted great however when ordering she asked me which gravy, I was kind of caught off guard as my assumption would be that a jerk chicken would come with jerk gravy I said what are the options? She looked at me like I was an idiot for even asking ignored me hissed her teeth and rang up my meal. I come back because I know how good the food is but the girl taking orders I'm sure has scared away customers people don't like to deal with someone like that. Great food terrible service. read more

Beryl's Pepperpot - Large jerk chicken extra sauce - Caribbean Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

Wow, what an awesome little joint Beryl's pepperpot is! We stopped by based on Yelp recommendations for some goat curry with a side of dumpling and fried chicken lunch. The goat pieces were fall off the bone tender and the curry, a perfect balance of spices without being too salty. Hubby's friend chicken pieces were also excellent with a side of crunchy coleslaw. All at a very reasonable $20ish bill, this place is a real gem! I'll be back to try out their other goodies soon. read more

Beryl's Pepperpot - Curry goat and boiled provisions - Caribbean Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

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Great google maps find! The name really appealed to me when I saw so we went to check it out since the review was also good. Line up was long but that's how you know a place is good--when hungry people are willing to wait! And I was not disappointed! My husband was not hungry so I got my jerk chicken to go and ate at the car. It was a delight at first bite! When my husband tried it himself, he went back inside to order his fave oxtail, it was a win! The only thing I find though is that sometimes it's inconsistent. First time I ordered the portion was generous and it was swimming in delicious gravy but the 2nd time was lacking and not enough gravy. Anyways, all the other times were satisfactory so we will keep ordering Jamaican food from here. I have yet to find a better one! read more

Beryl's Pepperpot - I wish I took a better photo but I only have a screencap of my story. - Caribbean Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

Finally had a chance to try the jerk pork here and it was fantastic, just as other reviews that I've read. It's difficult to find jerk pork, but this place was excellent. The spicy gravy was also delicious! As with most Caribbean restaurants, it wasn't cheap and the large jerk pork was about $10 and mostly rice and peas. The only reason that I'm giving this review 4 stars is because the rice and peas weren't as good as I expected ... the rice almost seemed that it came pre-made package. I definitely try this place again, and hope that this was just a problem this one time. I'm looking forward the the one that's opening in downtown Oshawa! read more

Beryl's Pepperpot - Daily specials! - Caribbean Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

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My favourite place in Durham to get oxtail. I have been working my way through the menu and I have been working my way through their menu and honestly I have zero complaints. Everything I have had from the oxtail to the jerk pork, chicken and curry chicken have all been on point! read more

Great place for takeout, the food is awsome. The rice and peas (common on all Jamaican place) tastes better than most places. Fried chicken is a must have. read more

If you are in durham and looking for Mom & Pops Jamaican Food Take Out, his is the place for you. Beryl and her team is awesome providing friendly & fast service. Food is made to order from the kitchen, not sitting under heat lamps. It's just too bad I have to travel to Ajax from Richmond hill to get my craving satisfied. Home cooking at it's finest Recommendations: Jerk Pork on white rice with extra gravy read more

Just finished eating a large order of Jerk Chicken and Jerk Pork shared between the wife and I. We were deeply disappointed with the flavours. After reading the reviews on here we were stoked - being lovers of Jamaican food for years. In the end, what we thought would be phenomenal was just 'whatever'. This leads me to ask the question, what the hell were all these reviewers going on and on about? Seriously, I have been to countless Jamaican/West-Indian joints for Jerk, Roti, Curry, etc, and this place DID NOT stand head and shoulders above all the rest. In the pool of Caribbean restaurants, this joint AT BEST is 3/5. For reasons on WHY, read on. Why, contrary to other reviewers, I found this place to be an average 3/5 stars: 1) They charge you almost a full dollar for gravy on your meal - 0.95 cents to be exact. This is just unheard of. I've been to Ritz's on Yonge, Cravin's, Mr. Jerk, Tastees, Caribbean Wave, and countless other restaurants along Eglinton Ave West (btwn oakwood and Allen) and I have never been charged for asking for gravy on my order. To add insult to injury, the amount of gravy given was ridiculous and the rice and peas still tasted dry - now I know why one reviewer recommended the gravy. THIS IS A HUGE MINUS 1 star. 2) The food can be evaluated in components: a) Jerk Chicken - they serve more of a dry jerk chicken; the flavour is on the outer skin of the meat and the marinade didn't really penetrate the meat on the inside; the flavour was subtle and you have to almost think about it in the after-taste to actually process the taste. Better at so many other joints than this place. b) Jerk Pork - not bad...a bit on the dry side...nothing spectacular or praise worthy - in fact, if they couldn't do at least this much, I'd have deducted another star. c) Coleslaw - again, disappointing. Lacked a cohesive flavour. Good coleslaw allows the cabbage to soak up the other ingredients and become one in flavour...the coleslaw here tasted like the cabbage and the mayo had a fight and were trying to make the best of a relationship headed for disaster. I tasted grated cabbage that was wearing mayo; it wasn't 'coleslaw'. d) Rice and peas - good in terms of texture and firmness/softness, but again, it's freaking rice and peas man...if you can't make this to at least this level, you are not doing it right. Overall, I think the people who buy from this place and put up these HIGH reviews are either: 1) ignorant of what really great west-indian/jamaican food is supposed to taste like or 2) they are related to the ownership/management of the restaurant. ;-) Recommendation: Go if there is nowhere else for you to go. But, I will not say this place is heavely, devine or magnificant. Why? Because it's not. I won't follow the rest when the rest obviously don't know what they are talking about. Personally, this place is easily forgotten and makes me think the reviewers of ajax west indian food really need to travel into the GTA core to sample what is probably a closer representation of the true flavours of west indies. Peace. read more

Beryl's Pepperpot - Line up doesn't get shorter. When ordering jerk chicken or pork and you ask for oxtail gravy they charge you 0.95/order! Boo. - Caribbean Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

I use to go here when service was appreciated. Food is plain nothing to go stir crazy for. They always have someone at cash in a pissy mood. I make better jerk on the grill at home. read more

Today the food was great. Flavors were on point and quality was there. Glad to see the last time we went was not the new norm. read more

Beryl's Pepperpot - Fry chicken - Caribbean Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

Went their for the first time today and I'm glad I did. The chicken roti was great. Since moving to Ajax from Toronto I've been having trouble finding a place that I liked and Beryl's fits the bill. Other places seem to run out of chicken or just seem indifferent to being there or helping me. Service was fast and friendly. I'll be heading back there next week. read more

This restaurant has the best jerk chicken! I get it with extra spicy gravy and half rice and peas, half coleslaw. I have been to Jamaica a number of times and this is comparable to what we've had there read more

This is definitely my favorite Jamaican food spot of all time. I love their food , especially the jerk chicken , my second favorite would be the curry goat, my husband is a huge fan of the jerk chicken also. The only negative about this place is that the price keeps going up. Also I wish they served more meat when you order a large instead of more rice. Other than that I would highly recommend this restaurant. read more

Outstanding Jerk chicken! The best I've had in Canada. read more

Beryl's Pepperpot - Caribbean Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

Great food with a nice home-cooked feeling. I like that there's a different menu item on special every day. I'm one of those people who tends to always order the same thing, but the rotating specials have gotten me to try some new stuff. Haven't been disappointed with anything, but the jerk chicken is still my #1. Check out the website before you go to see which menu item is the special for that day. There's also one or two soups on offer each day. For the Ajax location, try to avoid the peak lunch hour since it's a popular spot for people working in the area and the line can get pretty long. read more

Food always nice. Coleslaw is the best. Unless I want some roti or doubles, I go here for my Carib meal.

Although I have been to Beryl's now a dozen or so times since I was introduced a few months ago, I finally have had a chance to write a review. Having lived in Toronto for the last 10 years (and the last few just a few blocks from Albert's - one of the best Jerk places ever), I was really missing good, authentic Caribbean food. Hence my utter joy when a fellow football coach told me this place was 'legit'. He wasn't lying. Much like a lot of the smaller Jerk spots downtown, Beryl's has fast, and really friendly service. They offer pretty much what you would expect from a caribbean jerk restaurant - good curries, soup, fish, and of course, the Jerk. I would say they are generally on par with many other restaurants when it comes to the coleslaw, rice and peas, even the curries. But their excellence is in their jerk. Their jerk chicken is one of the best I have had. It's like having a Jamaican beach party, with the hottest boy/girl you ever met, in your mouth? As a Torontonian now stuck in the Burbs, I really recommend checking these kids out. Make sure to take it to go though - there are like 2 bar stools, and usually a bunch of people! read more

Been working in Ajax for a year now. Been looking a for a good West Indian/Caribbean place- Beryl's Pepper Pot is it! Friendly Service, Great Food, Fast, & Fresh. Best Jerk Chicken & Pork around. read more

I'm not one to write reviews, but I just had to do so about the top-notch service my family and I recently received from Beryl's Pepperpot in Ajax. My mom had just passed away and I was in Toronto from Washington, DC to help coordinate the arrangements. We needed to get some Jamaican dishes to supplement the food being provided by the caterer. After researching a number of restaurants online, we zeroed in on Beryl's. specifically because of the number of reviews and also the vibrant photos of their food. ... We were not disappointed at all. Ms. Beryl, herself, took our order and made suggestions for side dishes. We ordered Jerk Chicken and added Festival as a side order. The food was so delicious that we went back the very same evening and ordered additional Jerk because our family and friends wanted more. We also ordered large servings of fish the day after. Here's the bottom line: This is a small, bright, clean, efficiently run restaurant. The workers all wear very crisp uniforms! On top of that, the food is delicious. It's obvious to me that Ms. Beryl functions on a very high level, more than likely gained from a previous experience in a high-end restaurant? I'll be back at Christmas. read more

Overall the meats are well prepared and spiced. Rice is consistently dry, I must always pay for the $1 gravy to even be able to finish the rice without choking. This is food you have to eat when it is freshly made because once it gets cold and you have to re-heat it, oh boy, get your ketchup, soy sauce or whatever condiment you use out, and a glass of water, because that food will be as dry as my skin after a day at the beach. Prices just keep going up and up, it's getting hard to even be able to afford a large oxtail anymore on a part-time salary. The absolute worst part about this place is the service. Every single one of the workers there are rude. Every Single One. And they are really consistent with the rudeness too, it's every time. On top of the rude service, you get extremely slow service in addition to standing in a room full of other hungry people, as the space in the Ajax location is horrible. I order my food, leave and come back 20 minutes later to pick it up just so I avoid the waiting room. When you get your food to go as well, be sure to ask for a fork, it is not included with meals without request for some odd reason. This would have been a 3/5 if it wasn't for the service, dry rice & costly gravy. read more

Tried this place for the first time today. Firstly the location, it was tucked away in a light industrial/business plaza. I actually drove past it, not expecting a restaurant to be there. There's no seating that I noticed, it's mainly for take out and catering. This wasn't a problem for me, I actually wanted take out. But beware, there is no dinning section. I tried the curry goat, beans and rice, and coleslaw. The curry goat was decent and satisfied my craving. The beans and rice, it's beans and rice. Not much to it. The coleslaw is a sweet coleslaw. Which went well with the everything. Didn't over power the other parts, and was fresh. The person that took my order was very polite and to the point. They are friendly to their regulars. Bottom line, I'm going to go back and try the other dishes. read more

Seriously who takes a catering order and serves a tray of cold chicken that I paid $150 for and then says well you can bring it back and doesn't even apologize until I bring up the fact that the least they could do is apologize. Apparently they don't have an oven to keep food warm. Never have I ever ordered catering and was given cold food. No excuse, do not order catering from here. Very disappointed read more

This place probably has the best jerk in Durham region. Bought the jerk pork & chicken. Might be a little spicy for some, but very tasty & fresh! Peas n rice were also good! Will definitely recommend & come again. read more

This is the best jamaican food in durham. West Indian/ jamaican food is my favorite... the oxtail is amazing. . I usually get it with provisions. .. which means you get a boiled dumplin. Cooked banana. Yam and your oxtail or what ever meat it is that you want. it's pricey. And the wait is aometimes Long and you get a little attitude at the counter .. but I just want this food... it's so worth it. read more

Was in town to headed to Beryl's for their Thursday special - I had just missed it so got the Roti and Jerk Chicken. - Loved the jerk chicken (again you need to buy the sauce on the side as it adds a nice kick to the rice and peas on the side). - Coleslaw is disappointing though (so if your dish doesn't already come with it - then skip the slaw - not worth paying extra for) - Rice and peas are excellent and with an extra dose of their jerk sauce (extra cost) its even better - Roti - was disappointing (too much potato and the roti shell was subpar) skip the roti - skip the slaw apart from that the Jerk Chicken itself was a big hit and with the rice and peas the extra sauce is a must. read more

Oxtail and jerk pork is good here, but the rice is always dry and I always have to pay extra for oxtail gravy. You have to finish your food immediately because leftovers don't taste good. Might I also add that I didn't get utensils with my meal. Service is sub par. read more

Quick and easy. Been here multiple times. It's a real genuine place to eat. The food is right from the pot to your take out box. I don't think they move very quickly but the food is very tasty so if you have patience then you'd wait it out. Prices are a bit higher for a Jamaican restaurant especially for the portion size. I've only ordered a jerk chicken, rice and peas, oxtail gravy meal. Could they be any more skimpy?? One thigh cut in half is their small dinner, and a large dinner you get a leg. They probably haven't heard about Sunrise Restaurant (review coming shortly) where a small is ONE chicken leg cut. This place is in a horrible location so to think they would up their game. But no. If i'm ever in the food for tasty but skimpy food I come here but more often than not, im not. Food tasty, service horrible. The end. Oh..and they run out of food mid-day like nobody's business. Don't tell people you've run out! Make more! 4-6pm everything should be still available. 9-10pm is a bit more understandable. read more

Anytime I've ever set foot into a barrels Pepper Pot I'm always faced with rudeness and to top it off they have to charge you for every little thing, 1 dollar for gravy 1 dollar for hot sauce might as well charge for napkins and forks. They rope you in with specials and they are always done and the food doesn't taste fresh. It tastes like it was made the same day justb12 hours ago. Rather eat at shitty ass sunrise (who also suck) read more

I didn't even taste the food because of the rude service I got. Visited the store about 2 years ago because a friend told me how good the food was so I decided to try. Entered the store, said hello to the cashier (she didn't even look at me or answered) and placed my order. I then proceeded to pay with a $20 bill. The cashier grabbed the money from my hand and held it up to the light, then slammed the bill on the counter and said it was counterfeit. I told her that it was impossible because I just got the money from the bank. She became more aggressive and said to me "Don't try that trick here." Took the $20 back to the bank for verification and was told it's a good bill (not counterfeit). I have never returned to Beryl's and don't think I ever will. read more

They never have boiled dumpling at like 1 pm if there popular make more... that's my biggest complaint more meat could be added to but the taste is good but not authentic... an they always run out of stuff early like make more food then it's not rocket science read more

Last Saturday around 5 pm I decided to visit the restaurant. I had heard great things about the food and service. Well, I must say, my customer experience was less than STELLAR. As I entered the restaurant they were fairly busy... good sign I thought. I ordered the large jerk chicken. The lady server asked if I wanted coleslaw with my meal, I said is it extra..... she replied no. I then asked if I could get oxtail gravy on my rice, then the shocker, if you want oxtail gravy it would be an extra charge. I thought to myself what extra for gravy.....REALLY. She then said I could either get jerk, stew or curry gravy at no charge. Hold on, I can get the other gravies at no charge, but oxtail is a premium gravy so I have to pay! So now I wait 15 minutes for my order. For my patience I get 3 pieces of chicken, coleslaw and rice and peas for $10. Please I can go to Jerk King or SunRise and get a better deal and great customer service. To say the least, I was disappointed with the poor customer service at this location. I will ensure that I tell my friends about this poor service and I will definitely not be back! DISSATISFIED CUSTOMER read more

the shrimp roti is worth the wait. delicious; so is the jerk chicken, the beef / pumpkin ? soup, will be back !