best Jamaican food outside of the Caribbean. plus the staff is kind and hilarious. i almost walked…read moreby, but I'm so glad i didn't. go ea lt there.

We had lunch yesterday for the first time. What an amazing gem this place is. Lovely friendly…read morestaff. Fabulous tasting food. We ordered the rice and peas, jerk chicken, curried goat and brown stew, all tasted delicious. All served with salad and slaw. Great music playing and such a lovely atmosphere. Will definitely be returning when next in Notting Hill. I recommend you go too.

Great service and delicious food. I visited a week ago with a friend of mine and at first this…read moreplace didn't really look very promissing, but after our food arrived I was proven wrong. Every single dish we ordered was very tasty and the rum cake at the end was just the right final touch for a perfect meal. Totally recommended, but keep in mind that it can get a bit crowded in the evening so you should prbably make a reservation just in case.

A wide range of dishes to choose from. I had great time there and wish to come again.read more

Great drinks with a cool Atmosphere. The ladies working here were very friendly and readily offered…read moreus suggestions, being were visiting the area. Drinks were delicious and very fresh. Loved the music and the decorations.

This restaurant was really busy when we came in. We were seated on bar stools near the window…read more People were constantly running into my chair. The service was slow. The drinks we had were just ok. Not something I'd order again. The bread pudding was dry. It was edible just not that good.

Staff was super friendly, nice ambiance, and drinks were very sippable! Prices were also pretty…read moreaverage and affordable for the area

A cute tiki bar within stumbling distance of the Bayswater tube station. Easy to miss as it the…read moretiny doorway leads downstairs to where the action is at! Friendly staff, great cocktails that can knock your socks off! Unfamiliar with tropical libations? The menu describes in detail what ingredients are in each cocktail and the potency! Great music, ambiance, clean restrooms, cute interior. A great date spot! The drinks are sneaky strong... you may end up dancing with lamp shade on your head by the end of the night! A must-do for my visits to London.

How about some good value home cooked Caribbean food for lunch?! I went for one of the specials…read moreand thoroughly enjoyed the chicken Stew with rice'n'peas. Jay Dee's is a bit off the beaten track, i.e. a side road off All Saints, but well worth the extra steps away from Portobello Road. Good to know I won't have to wait till Carnival for my next fix of jerk chicken - and I wonder what is included in a Rasta Man Combo ...

Ordered deliver from them. Menu includes run of the mill caribbean food but there is no need to…read morestray far when you do the basics so well. Food was very good! Four of us ordered: 2 oxtails, one stew chicken and one jerk chicken; all with rice and peas. We also ordered the plantains and a beef patty. Beef patty was a bit on the skinny side but the meat taste fresh and wasnt dried out. The oxtail entrees had a good amount of oxtail and each featured a fair amount of meat on each bone. The gravy wasnt greasy either. The jerk chicken (my favorite of the entrees we ordered) had the right amount of jerk seasoning and had a crispy skin. The meat was succulent as well. The stew chicken was average but good. I definitely would recommend this to anyone who wanted some high quality jamaican food.

Rum Kitchen has the best jerk bowls! Their cocktails are lovely as well. I wish I could give this…read morelocation 5 stars but they never seem to have enough waitstaff. In pervious experience there has been one bartender, and one host/waiter for the entire restaurant. Granted, the place is small, but it definitely needs more staff. I would reccomend booking a table online before turning up. Do give this place a try though, their Jerk bowls are WORTH IT.

Now I' have been to all three of these restaurants, this was the first so the original but does not…read morenecessarily mean the best. I had received an email inviting me to a members party with free beer or cocktails, great never one to knock a freebee!! Upon arrival the private bar area was not ready so we waited at the bar, several others also looking for the members party arrived and were told the same thing, come on guys you say you are starting at a certain time so please do. Anyway once they had got their act together down we went to find that most of the seating had been reserved!! So faced with this we did as many others did and sat at a reserved table and waited to be told to move, which we never were. The free cocktail was ok nothing special, it got interesting when our table, which we shared with liked minded group looking for somewhere to sit, when they provided us with a large cocktail to share!! When I say large it was like a fish bowl but made from wood with several straws in it, for us to share with people we did not know!!! Not doing that. The other group on the table looked at us as we looked at them as they were not doing that either, they did give us the drink as they were leaving so awkwardness escaped!! Once we had filled our boots with the large free cocktail we went upstairs to eat, initially we were seated in the middle of the restaurant and that table was accompanied by an unwanted draft/breeze which was cold!! We asked to move and at first they were hesitant saying there was nowhere to move to!! We pointed out empty seats where we felt we could sit and not be in the draft again they resisted but eventually buckled to our relentless quest to be re-seated. The new area had less of a draft, I'm sure they could have just turned the heat up and the problem would have been gone. Once resettled we ordered. Having been to the other two branches of this brand we knew what to expect of the food. I like the idea behind the Rum Kitchen but I feel that the Carnaby Street one hits the mark more so than this one and the Brixton ones. My opinion, just saying!!

Nice spicy authentic food.. prepare to wait a while for your order…read more Pleasant staff Place could do with a revamp and a lick of paint

I practically live there. Love the roti and the service will definitely recommend. I would show you…read morea picture but the kids got to it first.

A friend who used to live in SB told me that the best jerk chicken in London is at Ochi. So a…read morecolleague and I went here and we were floored by how good the food was. I haven't had jerk chicken in London before but I'm doubtful anything can beat this place, and the price. The place itself is very small and there's only two small tables if you don't want to do takeaway. The decor is awesome... lots of pictures of Caribbean celebrities cover all the walls and even the menu sign. We ordered the large jerk chicken plate to share. It came with Caribbean fried rice with beans and one plantain. Would have been better if there were more plantains because it was absolutely delicious. The fried rice was amazing with the soft, tender, well-grilled chicken. The two sauces the dish came with was spicy so if you can't eat spicy don't get the sauce. Will definitely come back (worried I might come back too often) because we each paid 4 pounds each, so 8 total. Insane for London standards.

Oh, so y'all open whenever y'all feel like it? Copy lol. In NYC Jamaican joints are open 5-6am. I'm…read morelucky to get porridge past 10am. I woke up today with porridge on my mind at 10am and hoped they had some left only to realize they sell porridge after 12pm because they open at 12:30 lol. I wasn't going to make it 2 hours so went to Proud Mary's. However, I had oxtails from this lovely establishment two days ago and it was one of the best I've had. I was shocked there was any left at 9pm but it was just enough for little ole meeee. The ackee and saltfish was finished so I had to get oxtail which is usually my first option. I really wanted something light though. I'll definitely be back. I want my porridge and saltfish.

The food was great and as authentic as you will get outside of the Caribbean.. the oxtail was…read morecooked well with a great sauce. The sailfish on dumplings was a fantastic starter and the Happy Hour is a pretty good deal. The ambiance is good, they nailed the music. Very nice staff who are trying to bring a authentic Caribbean experience to Kensington..

I came here for brunch on a Saturday around 12:30 with my sister. If you're gonna do brunch, I…read morewould do this time because it got really busy around 1:30pm and there were only 2 servers so I know the service started to get slow. I did the bottomless brunch with rum punch which tasted just how my dad makes it but less sweet. I ordered the jerk chicken with rice and peas and the sweet potato fritter as a starter. Pros: the staff was really nice and were quick to refill our rum punch without having to get their attention. While i'm used to my jerk chicken being a dry rub or smoked, this was more of a saucy jerk sauce which I didn't mind. It honestly wasn't spicy which was good since I wasn't in the mood for that. Cons: the sweet potato fritter was just ok. I really could have done without it. It didn't have any flavor and it was dense. Overall, this is a solid Caribbean place to at least try once when you're in London.