This was a location at the Parkville market. They had a number of different types of patties and platters to choose from. I went with the curry chicken patty ($3.50) as the jerk was not available at the time I was there. The patty was very good as it had the perfect crisp factor present. I would have liked there to be more filling as the ratio to the actual patty was not the best. It helped that the filling was flavorful though. There was a hint of heat in the filling too that I was expecting. Will I go back? Most likely. read more

Jerk Shack - Curry Chicken Patty - Caribbean Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

Nestled in Parkville Market, this jerk restaurant is definitely a must stop especially for their pineapple jerk bowl. If you're the type of person that orders fajitas so everyone is jealous of your food as it comes to the table, this is the thing for you. I've tried the jerk salmon, chili salmon, and the pineapple jerk bowl with pork and chicken and everything has been delicious. The jerk is the perfect amount of spice to get your nose running and it's balanced out perfectly with the sweetness of the pineapple. The service is always friendly and proteins are made fresh. However, the last time I visited my salmon was a little overdone and the sauce was a little in excess where my steamed vegetables became soggy. Additionally, the steamed veggies could have had a little salt, but maybe I'm just not a steamed veggie lover. That being said, I will continue to return and grab a quick bite here, as it's one of my favorite booths at the market. read more

Jerk Shack - Pineapple jerk bowl, sweet chili salmon with steamed vegetables and plantains - Caribbean Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

Jerk Shack is located in the Parkvillle Market. It's a Jamaican restaurant. I love Jamaican food and had plenty to choose from in South Florida. I was excited to try this one out. We went on a Saturday for lunch. The place was not too busy yet since we went a little early. I ordered beef curry over rice and peas, veggies, and plantains. The food took a while to be ready. It was missing plantains. Now here is where it really fell apart. The curry beef was so bland. I am not a food waster and very easy to please for the most part, but I took 3 bites and just couldn't do it anymore. Maybe their other menu items are good? I am not planning to try it out. read more

This is the worst Jamaican food I've ever had. I got brown stew fish and it had zero flavor. The food looked better than it tasted. I got some curry chickpeas from the vegan spot next door that tasted better than my entire meal. The young man taking my order was polite. Ambiance was good. First time in parkville market and I will def be trying other food spots. This one was so disappointing. read more

I enjoyed the food here. The oxtail had a good flavor and fell off the bone because of how tender it was. I also enjoyed the mac and cheese and plantains, though I wish the plantains were a little less mushy. I also thought the food was a bit pricey, but I guess everything in Parkville Market is. Overall, this wasn't the best food I've had, but it was still enjoyable. read more

Jerk Shack - Oxtail (Small) - Caribbean Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

When visiting the Parkville Market for the first time, I decided to eat at this place after I saw the oxtail on the menu. Growing up in a Puerto Rican household, having oxtail stew for dinner was a special treat. I'd say it had been about 5-6 years since I've had it. I ordered the small portion (it wasn't that small!) and chose pumpkin rice (something I had never heard of) and the fried plantains. When I asked what pumpkin rice was, she was nice enough to serve my friend and me a small portion to try. My friend ordered the same meal, but with white rice. The portions were big, and it was really good! I thought I would end up retaking some of this home, but I ate the entire thing! The rice had a subtle flavor, the plantains were perfect, and the oxtail was very tender and full of flavor. She added a ton of sauce, and it was delicious. I can't wait to head over to Parkville again. I know I'll be tempted to get this again and not try a new place or a new dish, but maybe I'll just get this to-go! read more

Jerk Shack - Storefront - Caribbean Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

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If you need some authentic Jamaican food this is the place to check out. It is one of my favorite restaurants at Parkville market as they have the best Jerk chicken. There is never a line and the area is well maintained I did not give 5 stars because one week I tried the oxtail and it was overcooked. I, however, had the pineapple bowl and it was very flavorful. Today I had the jerk chicken meal with 2 sides of plantain. These are 2 of my favorite Jamaican food and it was so good. I am never disappointed when I order these 2 items. The chicken was well marinated and the plantain was sweet and not too soft or oily. I bought the small meal, but there was so much chicken on my plate you would think it's medium or large. There is a wide variety of Jamaican dishes on the menu and you can never go wrong if you are looking to try something authentic that taste homemade. read more

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"Psychedelic shack, that's where it's at People, let me tell you 'bout a place I know To get in it don't take much dough Where you can really do your thing" (The Temptations) If you like Jamaican food, let me tell ya 'bout a place I know. It's the Shack and it won't take a lot of dough for you to do your thing and order up a big plate of awesomeness. They sell Jerk chicken, jerk pork, jerk fish, fried chicken, oxtail, stew chicken, curry chicken, curry goat combination plates in two sizes with your choice of two sides, plus meat pies and specials like Rasta Pasta and a Pineapple Bowl. I ordered a small Jerk Chicken with the traditional rice and peas and steamed vegetables, after tax it totaled $11.27. "Small" is relative term because it was a pretty generous portion of perfectly cooked rice and beans and tender vegetables. The star of the show, of course was the chicken. It was moist and pretty much perfect. The sauce was pretty zippy on its own, but the cautionary comments from Yelp CM Alex P.T. about their incendiary hot sauce kind of intrigued me. When I asked for some, they gave me one of those itty-bitty containers filled before my eyes from a newly opened bottle of Spur Tree Jamaican Crushed Scotch Bonnet Hot Sauce. That itty-bitty container would have been like a year's supply for me. An eyedropper's worth is all I would have needed to deliver some serious heat. So be cautious of it and apply at your own risk. While we're on the topic of dining at your own risk, if you are a fan of Jamaican food, you already damn sure know the chicken is going to be bony. They pretty much take a chicken quarter and hack away at it with a cleaver like a crazed killer in a slasher movie. No pulled chicken here -this isn't a BBQ joint. Bottom line? Everything in my take-out container was terrific -the chicken, the rice, the sauce, the vegetables, the price and the portion size. And that Scotch Bonnet took it into orbit around the sun. read more

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First time at Parkville Market and I chose to eat from the Jerk Shack. Parkville market is a food hall filled with a variety of food from different countries. Service is that you go up to a window and order food. Seating style is long tables- ambiance is casual. Wasn't a huge drinking scene when we went on a Saturday night, people casually drinking. I opted for Jerk Shack (interesting name), and ordered the jerk chicken, mac and cheese, and rice with peas. I got the small, which was more than enough for me and I had leftovers to bring home. The food was a little spicy, but not too bad (my tolerance for spice is very low). Highly recommend this place!!! read more

Jerk Shack - jerk chicken, mac and cheese, rice and beans - Caribbean Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

Amazing service and even better food. MUST TRY! Steamed veggies and jerk patty

My boyfriend thinks this is the best thing ever, and I have to say I agree! The chicken is perfectly charred, smoky, and seasoned, and is very tender. For someone who doesn't like meat a whole lot, I would totally eat a whole pound of their chicken. Their sides are also very good, the Mac and cheese is buttery but light and you can tell they used a good cheese in it. The rice is also seasoned very well and a perfect accompaniment to the chicken. They have massive portions, great service and efficient order-receiving times. They also have a hot sauce you can put on but I honestly love the flavors as is. This shack is located inside of Parkville Market. Seating on the first floor can be hard to find at times but there is always plenty of seating on the second floor. Totally worth checking out! read more

Jerk Shack - Jerk chicken, Mac and cheese, rice - Caribbean Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

I enjoyed my first Jerk Shack beef patty today. Ninety percent of the beef patties I've had in my life are from the same place in East Hartford. I appreciated the subtle differences between Jerk Shack's patty and the East Hartford one. They're seasoned a little differently. Jerk Shack's patty is flatter and breaks in a slightly different way. I would order it again. read more

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This spot in Parkville Market is always kicking. Try a Pineapple Bowl filled with Jerk Chicken or Shrimp. It's so amazing and fun to eat on a hot Summer Night! Have it with the most tropical drink you can think of from Local and you're back in Montego Bay! Yummy to the Max! read more

Jerk Shack - Caribbean Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

Yes it's the worst Jamaican jerk I've ever tasted in my life it was cold and sloppy and it had no taste whatsoever I damn near just spent $100 for nothing it was terrible terrible the jerk chicken the curry goat with rice the stew chicken and the jerk pork was just terrible might I say terrible I don't recommend this spot for no one they need to give back the name cuz there wasn't anything appealing about this place but the name read more

Acrylic nail in my stew chicken!!! Food flavor was great BUT this was in my mouth. I hate to post things like this but I had to let people know. read more

Jerk Shack - Acrylic nail in my stew chicken - Caribbean Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

I ordered takeout from the jerk shack last night for my husband and myself. We ordered the her chicken with rice and peas and plantain. We also ordered the Rasta pasta with chicken. On the side we also got the beef patty and the jerk beef patty. Both beef Pattie's were tasty. I still prefer the regular beef patty though. The Rasta pasta was full of chicken. The meal was a little dry and but it still tasted good. The plantains were nice and sweet. The jerk chicken was just how I like it moist, tender, and charred. The price of the pasta was a bit high for the portion size. Overall the portion sizes were smaller than I'm used to I'm making the decision to chalk it up to the current inflation market as I hope this is not standard. read more

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Jerk Shack is a Jamaican restaurant with an awesome location at Parkville Market. Its two owners have combined their specific styles of Jamaican dishes to create authentic and unique meals to satisfy the masses. I've seen their pictures posted on social media and last night was my first time ordering from their menu. It will definitely not be the last! I ordered the Pineapple Jerk Bowl and it came wrapped in aluminum foil. When I sat down at our table I was so excited to finally try it. It felt like I was a kid unwrapping a present on Christmas morning. Hot damn! It was one of the most impressive presentations of food I have seen in a long time. The portion was huge. You get to choose two toppings- chicken, fish, shrimp, pork, curry goat or oxtail. I went with chicken and shrimp and it was out of this world. The meats come on a bed of jerk rice and everything is sautéed in a custom made pineapple jerk sauce. It tasted amazing! Pro tip- they have some pretty intense hot sauce if you dare. I love hot sauce and theirs is inferno level. Just a drop will do you perfectly if you are a hot sauce aficionado. I also ordered the fried plantains as a side and it was a perfect dessert to end my meal. The banana cake is on my list for next time! Parkville Market is the first official food hall in Connecticut. It's housed in the former Capitol City Lumber Company building. Indoor and outdoor seating, nineteen unique restaurants, drinks and live music. Gather up some friends, head down to Parkville Market and check out Jerk Shack. You won't be disappointed. read more

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This place is inside Parkville Market food hall. They just opened this week, but still when I went on Friday evening this is one of the busiest place in the entire Parkville Market. I went with a goat curry small and jerk chicken small. I would say small was the right portion for me, not too full not too empty. Both were very flavorful. Goat curry was undeniably my favorite. Goat was cooked tender, and the curry had nice flavors. For sides fried plantains and mac n cheese was really good. Pumpkin rice was ok, may I should have gone for rice and peas. For dessert, banana cake was good. I was expecting more banana flavor from it, but it was mostly cinnamon flavor. Still it was good. read more

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I was ecstatic when I realized that they Jamican food in this food court and this spot didn't disappoint. I had the pineapple bowl (jerk chicken) and it was absolutely amazing read more

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Food was great actually tasted like Jamaican food which you don't get much anymore from Jamaican restaurants. Love how you get two side orders of your choice. Food is seasoned just right and the food is not dry. I got three meals and paid $53 yes they are very expensive. They only serve two sizes small and large read more

Jerk Shack - Rasta pasta - Caribbean Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

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I'll be as honest as possible because they were honest and rude as heck to all customers while I was in line. You have people who are trying Jamaican food for the first time and the employees are yelling at them when they're trying their hardest to order. The food DOES NOT back up the dirty attitude here. I would justify the attitude with the food but honest to god, it taste like hospital food. ZERO FLAVOR. Figure out what y'all trying to do Jerk Shack cause yall are confused. The attitude comes with good food and yall far far far from it. Redo your recipe and ur Attitude for read more

Jerk Shack - Small jerk chicken - Caribbean Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

We had the jerk shack located in Parkville Market and couldn't decide what to get. The employees were extremely helpful with helping us pick what to get and they did not disappoint. The pineapple bowl was SO delicious, was the perfect ratio hot to sweetness, you can choose the meets you'd like in your bowl read more

Jerk Shack - Chicken and Oxtail Pineapple Bowl - Caribbean Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

I ordered jerk chicken, rice and peas and a side of cabbage at around 7:30pm on a Saturday night. The cashier told me they ran out of rice and peas so I opted for mac and cheese instead of the rice. When I got home and opened the container, it was filled with cabbage and enough Mac and cheese for 5 small bites. Needless to say, this restaurant ripped me of because they were running low on food so they decided to fill my container with the scraps they had left and charged me the same price as they would for a normal meal. I am never going here again and would advise everyone to check they food containers before leaving the counter. read more

I went there for lunch for the first time and I was honestly dissatisfied with the food. The jerk chicken was dry and the soup was not tasty. I may try them again, because Maybe what I ordered was not the best that day. read more

For $10, you can buy a small container of scraps, lots of bone, in a bath of sauce; masqueraded as jerk chicken. I tried it, never again. Not one distinguishing piece of chicken. The absolute worst order , I've ordered through uber eats! read more

Wanted to like it, but this is the worse Jamaican food I have ever had- this is coming from someone who has a Jamaican family background... I had the jerk pork with rice and peas and side of plantain. The jerk pork was dry and flavorless. It appeared that they cooked the pork separately and drenched it with the jerk sauce. The rice tasted like boil in bag rice ,did not taste traditional at all. The plantain were okay. Being in Hartford, I wouldn't buy this again as there better Jamaican options around ... read more

I got a traditional jerk chicken plate with rice & peas and plantain. Definitely some of the best jerk chicken I've ever had. Super flavorful, fall off the bone, perfectly spiced jerk chicken. The rice & peas were seasoned well too and the plantain was fried to perfection. 100% coming back here again, no questions asked. read more

Jerk Shack - Jerk chicken, rice & peas, and plantain - Caribbean Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

Went for dinner time on a weekday. The location was free of lines and well-maintained. The displays were clean and well stocked. I got a beef patty. Compared to the other beef patties that I've had in the area, the pricing did not for the product. The beef patty had what tasted like tendons in it. I had to pick it out in order to eat it because it was so boney. read more

Holy cow! What a fantastic place . The food is just fantastic and ever time we go there the owner is super friendly and singing. read more

Jerk Shack - Fantastic Oxtail - Caribbean Near Me - Hartford, Connecticut

Hello everyone, Would give negative stars if I could I hope you have better experience than I did with this restaurant. I wanted to support a local business and get jamaican food so I ordered through uber eats. They got my entire order wrong and when I asked if they could fix my order they said that "we forgot to call you that some of your items are not available because the transaction has gone through there is nothing we can do" in a very condescending way. Now restaurants get orders wrong all the time; however, a DECENT food establishment at least offers a way to rectify the situation. This restaurant expected to keep my money and not offer decent service which is disgusting, exploiting, and stealing. On top of that, they don't know how to talk to customers which makes it an even worse establishment. Disappointed but not surprised. And if the restaurant owner sees this perhaps you should take some time to educate your employees on etiquette. read more

BOMB. Their spice is on point. I get the fish with steamed veggies and pea rice and it's so good. The sauce is amazing and their patties are fire read more

After reviewing the menu I just decided to order just a simple small order of the curry goat it was a little disappointing being said it was way too salty for my taste goat meat is a sweet tasting meat and this is far from sweet flavor is delicious definitely taste the curry and the Heat but it's just way too salty little disappointing but good oh my God read more

food buss bredda, cook with love, service did nice and it was lovely. much much much love

I recently tried this place for the second time while I was at parkville market. Had some jerk pork with rice and peas and veggies, the veggies were good, the pork was solid, but the jerk sauce was oddly sweet. My big problem here... the rice was undercooked, and super unpleasant. Definitely an issue for a Jamaican restaurant. I'll try it again, but I can't really bring myself to give more than 3 stars so far read more

Save yourself the wasted money, go to Albany Ave. The jerk pork just has jerk sauce poured on top, you can't tell me this came from a smoker. The rice and peas taste like boil in a bag rice. Trust me, stop ANYWHERE else in Hartford for Jamaican food. read more

I tried this place on Mother's Day for the first time. I placed an order online and it said the wait would be 20 minutes. We waited over 45 minutes for my order and still got the wrong food.plus the young lady acted as though as she didn't understand that I was here to pick up my order. I ordered fried chicken they gave me jerk chicken. Along with that I ordered Mack and cheese which were dry noodles with little to no cheese. I ordered a beef patty with coconut bread and both things were dry and not tasteful. They also gave me the wrong soda. They have a orange soda which I ask med for pineapple. I waited all that time to get the wrong chicken. read more

Got oxtail. The food was saggy and quantity compared to other Jamaican restaurants was small.

Customer service is terrible. My friend and I went looking for authentic jerk chicken. We ordered the pineapple bowl with jerk chicken and jerk shrimp rice and peas. What we got was rice and peas with no flavor curry chicken with curry shrimp with heavy curry and spices sauce not jerk at all. We went back to the chef to ask him why we didn't receive what we ordered. He told us that's jerk chicken lol... I'm a foodie I know my spices and food very well.. it's sad that they selling this to the public.The staff is ill informed on what they are selling they Don't know their products.... we also ordered two pineapple Pina colada in a pineapple total waste, they blended up ice with unripened pineapple pieces terrible no flavor whatsoever....I'm so disappointed in this place..... I hope they start serving authentic food.... read more