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    Gem's Jerk

    3.0 (31 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    Oxtail and stew chicken $15
    J L.

    Meh. I just needed my Jamaican food fix and I was in the area so I yelped around the area to see the best and I must say this place is rated highly for no reason. I ordered the large size oxtail and stew chicken with rice and peas combo. Came up to $15- decent price I guess but definitely not worth it. Oxtail was mostly the fatty part of the tail. Let me not start on the "stew chicken" it's basically a drumstick soaked and cooked in spicy soy sauce. I mean I must've been spoiled because the stew chicken I imagined would be similar to Sunrise restaurant. If I'm in the area, I'd probably look elsewhere for food.

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    Jerk Chicken In store purchase In the beginning of April, i came to this store at Airport Rd and ordered two large Jerk chicken meals. When opened the packages, we got a slap of a rotten smell...The chicken was dark pink and the smell was unbearable. Despite the enormous quantity of spices and condiments added to the food to disguise the smell and taste, we almost through our guts out...The Chiken meat was completely decayed "rotten" and we are feeling sick up until this moment. How dare you serving people rotten food and thinking it is okay?! How disrespectful, inconsiderate and abusive of these people, do this to the public. I was craving jerk Chiken after over a year of not going to this place, due to for several times in the past, having been served old hard Chiken that felt most like rubber, rather than Chiken meat, just to come back to have the worst smelly rotten jerk Chiken. I've avoided to give a review about this place for a long time, cause i did not want to cause the business any harm, but after this event, i feel so offended, insulted and mistreated, that I shall make the public aware of what they can expect from this restaurant, as no one deserves this kind of treatment and disrespect...It is ill what these people are capable of doing to the customers who put their trust in them...They have no regard and respect for those who seek their services to have a pleasant meal. I am terribly offended by this act and I don't know if We'll ever be able to eat Chiken again...That smell and taste is engraved in our subconsciouses. We are very traumatized by this event!!! Please everyone, be wary!!!

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    Britany S.

    If you've ate here, you cannot deny that the food is good. Gems is a bit further from me than many other Jamaican restaurants so whenever I'm in the area I have to have it! The food is made with love simply put. You know the meat is good when you are sucking all the flavours out of the bone. The oxtail is tender, moist and flavourful. The chicken is same. The food isn't spicy (most Jamaican places don't serve spicy food and have hot sauce available) for those who can't handle the heat. I would give this place 5 stars if the food wasn't so expensive. For two large meals and two drinks it came up to 30 dollars. The closer you get to Toronto the cheaper Jamaican food gets and the great flavours are still there.

    Large for 10 bucks, came with 5 pieces, rice and peas and 'slaw.
    Ravi S.

    This place man,... Just go there and eat. Proper food, amazing staff. Jerk chicken is on fire but has a beautiful sweet kick to it, very good and different, a must try. Coleslaw was just a plain and simple one, real thing that shines is the chicken and rice. Definitely top 5 I've tried.

    Jzotic F.

    Got a small jerk chicken taste like stew chicken with pepper for 9.61 not a rass not ever again

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    Alan K.

    Gems is not your average jerk chicken place you will find around town. They actually have several locations around Brampton. Their service is what you would expect from a Caribbean restaurant but the food is amazing.! Their ox tail is hands down unbeatable in town and its not just bone! There is sooooo much meat.! The jerk chicken is the traditional style and comes with rice and peas and coleslaw. You cant go wrong. The only reason why it lost a star is that it is more expensive than the other places. Roughly $5 but well worth it. If you havent tried it, its a must try!

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    Out of all the jerk places on this side of town Gem's gets my top pick. The portions are the largest and the taste imo is the best.

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    Don't waste your money ,taste average ,quantity poor,interaction poor not going back until it's last Jamaican food shop left in city.

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