Kemper's Cafe in East Point is serving real, authentic Jamaican food, and this oxtail plate was absolutely on point. I was skeptical at first after being fairly new in Georgia and hearing horror stories of restaurant bangarangs The oxtails were slow-cooked to perfection tender, juicy, and falling right off the bone, drenched in a rich, well-seasoned brown gravy that had layers of flavor you can taste in every bite. This is the kind of oxtail that tells you the cook knows what they're doing. I was sucking the bones like it was my last meal. The rice and peas were fluffy and perfectly balanced, soaking up that gravy like they were meant to. The fried plantains were sweet, golden, and fried just right not dry, not greasy. And the steamed greens were seasoned beautifully, soft with just enough bite. What really stood out besides the food, was the customer service. Warm, welcoming, and respectful from start to finish. You're greeted with genuine hospitality that makes you feel like family, not just another order number. The staff was patient, kind, and clearly proud of the food they serve. it was enough for me to leave some for dinner the next day, which I appreciated. If you're craving true Jamaican comfort food in East Point, oxtails, rice and peas, plantains, and love on a plate Kemper's Cafe is the place. Come hungry, leave full, and expect to be back. read more

Kemper's Cafe - Rice and Peas with Oxtail - Caribbean Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

i was so excited to experience this restaurant!!! a manager at a store, that I service, mentioned it to me. So me and an employee of the store came i to grab food for the whole store team. After AFTER checking the website attached to the restaurant iMa's listing. (not a third party website). I walk up, greet the cashier. They greet me. I proceed to order, from the menu that I saw on their website. "Can I get the jerk wings lunch special for 7.99?" "We don't have a lunch special." "Oh, on your website it says a few meals for 7.99, is there another meal for the special?" "No, we don't have a 7.99 meal. All the prices went up in October 2025" At this point I'm annoyed and disappointed, cause I rushed to get there before 2pm, again CAUSE ITS ON THEIR WEBSITE. I ended up getting the meal for $14 cause I've already spent half my lunch break waiting to be served. The fact that they did not honor their own prices and had absolutely no notice of a price change, is crazy! Honor YOUR prices, when it's brought to your attention or or just maybe, update your prices on the online menu and or post that prices have went up. PS: prices going up does not mean double. Maybe like $2-3. jumping from 7.99 to $14 is crazy! read more

Kemper's Cafe - Caribbean Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

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Stopped by on my way to work. Chicken/cabbage are good, rice and peas? Not so much. I'll be back on another day to try again. read more

Kemper's Cafe - Jerk Chicken Lunch Portion - Caribbean Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

I like Kempers. I do not like Kemper's prices these days. But the food is good so as you see; people come back. The Jerk Chicken is great - the jerk chicken pasta (Made to order) even better. Their brown stewed and curry chickens are also delicious and everything is very flavorful. Their jerk chicken pasta; even a small is enough to give me 2 meals. It's delicious. Their Oxtail? Also good; but the prices make me want to buy a cow instead. Long story short - the food is good, but the prices are high. But go get a jerk chicken (or salmon) pasta and a strawberry ginger lemonade and you'll be fine. read more

Recently visited Kempers for the first upon the recommendation of some coworkers and was quickly reminded why I don't take people's food recommendations at face value. The food was just as nasty, if not worse, than the staff's attitude. The prices are ridiculous for the portions they serve you. Remind you this is my first time, so I ordered a lunch plate (see attached image) not knowing what the portions would be like. I frequent several Jamaican restaurants and the lunch plates are normally the same serving size as a small plate, not here. Not knowing this, I placed my order and proceeded to pay. Once receiving my food, I looked and saw three (3) small pieces of chicken and knew that wasn't enough for me so I asked what's the price difference between the lunch and the small plate. The lady told me the price but stated that since I had already paid, I couldn't pay the difference to upgrade to a small plate. She proceeds to tell me that she already gave me extra because it supposed to only come with two (2) pieces. I honestly don't even know if it was chicken or not b/c you can't even tell what part of the chicken it is, it's like they had cut it into smaller pieces. I also paid extra to upgrade one of my sides to Mac N cheese b/c it looked so good --it tasted like water. No flavor whatsoever! Really the only saving Grace, was the curry. I will NEVER go back here, even if someone else is paying, and I would not recommend this restaurant. Oh, but if you do decide to visit for yourself take cash b/c they also charge extra for you to use a debit/credit card. If you want some good Jamaican cuisine in the metro area visit: Tastee Spoon or Jamrock. read more

Kemper's Cafe - Curry Chicken, rice and peas, Mac and Cheese - Caribbean Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

Update: The food is always really good but their service is consistently very slow. They need more people working here. There is one person on register and one person on the food line. When they get an online order alert from Doordash, Uber eats, etc... they now have to balance the long line in the store and filling the online orders. What keeps me coming back is the great food and the ladies are always so nice but they really need some more help in there. read more

This was a nice find on a cold, rainy day when I was sick recently. I ordered through Door Dash and had a great experience and meal. The lunch specials are super reasonably priced. I ordered the curry chicken which comes with rice and peas plus cabbage. I also wanted to try their macaroni and cheese, coco bread, and sweet potato casserole, so I ordered those on the side. Overall, it was a great meal. The curry chicken had just the right amount of spice for me. The rice and peas with cabbage were seasoned well and cooked just right. The mac n cheese was nice and cheesy - just the right amount of everything and baked perfectly. The coco bread was good; just like a regular sweet bread. I think I'm more interested in trying the patties next time though. Finally, the sweet potato casserole was good, but different than I'm used to. It had a lot of ginger in it, which was refreshing, but I'm used to more of a sweeter American style. Everything was great though. Definitely worth another try. Reasonable prices, good portions, and lots of flavor. read more

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Foods good, service is great.. it's a cool little vibe if you want to just sit and chill real layed back atmosphere.

1st time stopping through. I had jerk chicken cabbage rice with oxtail gravy it was good jerk was sweet and hot pretty good will be back read more

Kemper's Cafe - Jerk Chicken, rice oxtail gravy and cabbage - Caribbean Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

The cashier was so sweet and patient with me. The food was amazing. Definitely will visit again.

I came right in before they were closing but everything was just as fresh as it ever could be. Like the bused out the new Mac n cheese and didn't give me the last scoop of the previous pan. Really above and beyond good service and quality. Now let me tell you about the ox tails, best I've ever had in my life. Perfect mix of veggies and the sweet potato had so much ginger flavor really 100/10 honeslty of of the best meals of ever had in my life I can't wait to stop back there. read more

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Ordered through Door Dash. The oxtails was disgusting . It tasted like sour vinegar water yucky . They were tender i can give them that but a tad hit rubbery . The rice and peas was over done . The cabbage wasn't what I'm use to. They were slightly crunchy tho, which is a plus . I'll try something else next time . As of right now they get an F+ on the oxtails . Yucky read more

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When trying to support your people #Jamaican goes TERRIBLY wrong. I ordered my food and told the young girl I wanted #plantains . The damn girl forgot (probably on purpose cuz yall know my Jamaican restaurant workers got major 'tudes!). I go and tell the cashier lady... roll please...this is the SHIT she gives me. NEVER AGAIN. And yall know when I'm in #ATL shooting I always go here. NO MORE. WE GOTTA DO BETTER. That's why #BlackRestaurants don't survive. They fuckn lack customer service. Why are you handing me any kind of food (outside of banana pudding ‍) in a damn plastic cup??! #KempersCafe #Kempers #JamaicanFood #Atlanta read more

Kemper's Cafe - The plantains the girl forgot. - Caribbean Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

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I am pretty impressed by this place. I hate spicy food too, but I make an exception here. The jerk salmon pasta is spicy as all get out and I still gobble it up. read more

Kemper's Cafe - Caribbean Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

This Jamaican food is THE TRUTH!!! I had a small jerk chicken, cabbage, and Mac & cheese. The jerk chicken was flavorful, tender, not spicy, it was the right type of everything. The cabbage was shredded slaw style and was a little on the crunchy side but still good. The Mac & cheese tho!!!!! Goodnight moon! I wasn't ready!!! That max & cheese was hands down the best I've ever had in a restaurant easily! The plantain were sweet and rocking as well. Pro tip, if you're going to order in person bring cash. I think they charge 5% more to use a debit or credit card probably because of Point of Sales fee on their kiosk. If you have a card, order through Uber eats to save yourself some $. read more

Kemper's Cafe - Jerk Chicken, Steamed Cabbage, Mac and Cheese, Fried Plantains - Caribbean Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

They have the most nastiest attitudes I've ever seen with such high prices, I tried to give them a second chance but I'm done! . It smell really bad out the restaurant read more

I love the oxtails but recently the jerk chicken wings have been my fave. I typically always get rice and beans and cabbage.

They understand the assignment when it comes to flavor. Everything is perfectly seasoned to perfection. From the food down to the desserts. They are the best Jamaican restaurant in the area. However, the business operations can be a bit sketchy sometimes. I tried to order lunch from there like a week ago on a Monday and they were closed although their business hours said they were open. Something similar has happened a few times before too. Food is still worth a try. If you can catch them open definitely give them a try. read more

The food and service is consistent and amazing. The wait might be a lil long, but always worth it! The turkey meatloaf is to die for!!! The most consistent Jamaican restaurant in Atlanta thus far. I have been here 12 years now and they never disappoint. read more

No improvements with service and prices have increased. You would think the food would be fresh if you are one of the first customers but it appears you are just eating leftovers from the previous day or days. This place is hit or miss the salmon is sold out daily so that might be the only meal that might be served fresh. Everything else like jerk wings and other items are just reheated if not sold. read more

Tried to order meals and was told there was an upcharge of $7 for each of the sides in the meal?!? I am already paying $35 for the meal, why would you call me and tell me there is an upcharge if it's not listed when I ordered?!? Don't go here, they should be ashamed for trying to charge too much for simple meals! Why have meals with side options and then you call to charge more!! Ridiculous!!! read more

First, the customer service was extremely refreshing. Then the food omg every bite was delicious. I plan to go back again this week. This time I had oxtails and I could literally drink the gravy it was so perfect. Next time I will have the curry chicken. You have to try it. Oh and I had the wings. They were falling off the bone and seasoned all throughout not just the skin. I will have more of those as well. read more

Kemper's Cafe - 4 BBQ Jerk Wings - Caribbean Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

Ok so I saw a review on here about the price .. I've never known them to have crazy prices but I just so happened to catch them while they were open today .. ummm .. I ordered the large curry goat .. rice n peas .. Mac n cheese .. and cabbage .. now I'm not sure if they just started doing it or it was much cheaper so I never noticed but rice n peas is usually included with the meal but it counted as a side .. so I say that to say .. I got 3 large platters ... $100 !!!! I ain't even tasted my food to see if it's still good as it used to be years ago.. anyway .. kinda pricey .. won't be going there weekly .. the food is always fresh and the place is always clean .. that I can say. read more

Visiting ATL for a Spiritual retreat, we chose Kemper's for lunch...and my my my!!! I ordered Curried Shrimp extra spicy with Cabbage and Mac n cheese! It was by far the best Jamaican I've had in quite some time. In fact, if my Jamaican food doesn't have the same level of flavor, freshness and perfect amount of spicy (FINALLY!) when I always request such as Kemper's brings--I just don't want it. The cabbage was cooked to perfection, still having a slight crisp to it--peppers and onions in the curry as well. There's truly an art to maintaining the nutritional value of veggies by not cooking them to Death!! The shrimp--of course, we all know how devastating an overcooked shrimp can be--this was NOT THE CASE WITH KEMPER'S!! Again...They have master chefs in the kitchen clearly and I for one love to praise and compliment those much deserving of such! Kudos Kemper's--definitely a Diamond in the a rough!!! I know Whenever I return to ATL I'll definitely be a repeat patron! read more

One of my favorite Jamaican spots in Atlanta. Be sure to try the kale and the butter beans. You won't be disappointed!

Still my favorite go to. They give a lot of food so don't worry about portions. I usually get a medium plate and most of the time I can't finish it. I have had almost everything on the list. They are always going to be packed so do not be surprised. For pasta or fish you will have to wait cause they make it fresh, but worth it. The Ginger lemonade is amazing!!!!! read more

Yummy Jamaican food, it is good & pricey!! Customer service is not horrible, but not great. I've learned to place my order over the phone for the salmon pasta(spicy) & order jerk chicken and oxtails once I get there. The pasta is made to order. read more

We went here on a whim today and I had to write a review as SOON as we got done eating. This was our first time here and never heard of it so wasn't sure what to expect. It's very mom and pop but it had a nice and simple vibe when you get inside. There were two women working when I went in and they made sure to speak. Not overly friendly but polite. There wasn't a menu anywhere which made knowing what I wanted difficult, but I just figured I could order two plates. The first one I got was a medium curry chicken plate with rice and peas and cabbage. The second was a small jerk chicken with rice and peas and mac and cheese. There was confusion when I went to pay because I told the other lady what I ordered but the first lady making my plate gave me a medium jerk chicken meal and not a small. I was fine with them just adjusting the portion of food so as to not give me more than I was paying for, but it looked like that was too complicated and she just gave me the food without the extra cost. She did seem a little frustrated but I appreciated the customer service. I felt bad about the misunderstanding, so made sure to leave a tip. Because there were no menus anywhere I was a little thrown when I saw two plates cost me $40. BUT you get a lot of food and it was so GOOD! I was shocked reading some of the reviews below because every part of our food was bomb. Full of flavor in each bite and hot. I do think having menus visible could be a huge help. This place is definitely worth the visit and we will be back! read more

The best Jamaican food I've had in Atlanta. I still think the Northeast offers better Caribbean food but for Atlanta, this is solid. I'm still getting used to Atlanta prices and I think it might be that they just price more effectively here than in the Northeast. The same massive plate of food that's ~$22 here is ~$16 back home. I think they're underpriced back home though lol We ordered the curry goat, oxtails, and jerk salmon. All were delicious but the jerk salmon probably won't be a regular item. The plantains, cabbage, rice and peas, and black eyed peas were all delicious sides. As many have commented, the wait can be a little long if you order on the spot, but they have online ordering through Grubhub/Yelp and I think DoorDash, so just be smart and order ahead. Even when I didn't order ahead, I didn't consider the wait that bad - most Caribbean restaurants operate like this, so it is what it is lol. Overall, this is definitely our go-to spot to satisfy our Jamaican cravings. read more

I think this is the best Jamaican restaurant in the city. My go tos are jerk wings, jerk salmon, curry chicken, butter beans, cabbage, mac & cheese. Unlike a lot of other Jamaican spots, you have to request rice & peas and plantains as they don't automatically come with meals. Food is always really good. read more

This is a stand out restaurant in the area. We dropped in based on the reviews on this app. PRICE: Though quite expensive for the area, 30 bucks for 2 small meals and 2 drinks, it was yummy. When ordering, containers come in small medium large. The small was plenty for an individual. FOOD: We ordered the following Small: Curry , cabbage, rice and beans Small: Brown Stew chicken , Mac and cheese, rice and beans EXTRA SIDE: $3.00 Sweet Potato souffle, with ginger. There is quite a bit of ginger in this souffle. So if you do not like ginger, you probably will want to pass on this one. DRINKS: Arnold palmer.. With homemade lemonade and sweet tea... It was really really really sweet! We won't be ordering this again. On the other hand, the Tropical Rythms drinks are super yummy. I ordered the Pineapple Guava. Total yum! Service was ok, for a mom and pop restaurant it would have been nice if the staff was a bit friendlier... The music was jamming. I wanted to get up and dance as we dined in. Will I go again. Yes, sir! read more

Kemper's Cafe - Brown stew chicken...rice and beans... Mac and cheese and sweet potatoes souffle! Total yum! - Caribbean Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

I ordered the food and though it came hot It was not good. My salmon was burnt, mac and cheese not good and neither were my greens. They had a woodsy taste to them. Now I must say the beef patties was amazing! I wish I just ordered a bunch of them along with some rice and peas which I ordered but didn't get. Maybe I will give them another try but order something else. read more

Food is always good here. service is great too. i Hope that other guest will realize that all Restaurants are struggling with staffing. A lot of it has to do with Covid and a lot of it is the way consumers talk to employees. employees are not slaves they deserve to be spoke to with respect. your buying food not the people. If somethings wrong give them the opportunity to make it right or go some where else. Put your phone down when ordering. i love this place! love the food. read more

Delicious! I ordered the shrimp curry, with a side of sweet potato casserole and broccoli rice and cheese. This plate was finger-licking good. No sharing, finish your entire plate good. The patties were great as well! read more

Food was flavorful, fresh, and authentic. Service was fast and friendly! This place really gives you a taste of the islands. My husband had the oxtails which were AWESOME! Highly recommend this place if you come to Atlanta. read more

Kemper's Cafe - Jerk chicken wings with rice with curry gravy and cabbage. - Caribbean Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

Food here was very very good. I love jerk chicken wings so I tried that first. They have a good choice of sides but I picked rice and beans. The Mac and cheese looking magically delicious to tho. They also have lunch portions available with lunch prices. The service was really welcoming. Got a great greeting at the door. The lady in front of me was vegan and they made her a veggie plate. They were very accommodating. Overall it was a good experience read more

Kemper's Cafe - Bout to go down ‼ I love Jamaican food - Caribbean Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

I recently moved to East Point and have been trying out new places. I had my meal delivered for lunch, the delivery came right on time and they did the contactless delivery like I preferred which was a plus. The food was still hot when arriving which is always a concern for me when ordering delivery, I hate having to microwave things... anyway, I absolutely loved everything. I didn't know how the portions were going to be, so I ended up ordering a lot more than I could eat but it was nice to be able to sample multiple dishes. I would suggest that anyone ordering be mindful of this because even if you order one or two sides you'll be full.. I got two sides and an entree, so I definitely have leftovers which is a plus in this case. The cabbage was absolutely amazing. Cabbage done right is one of my favorite dishes but it's always hit or miss. This was definitely a hit, it was flavorful and not overcooked and soggy. I literally inhaled the macaroni and cheese, I loved that it was the baked style and you could tell that it was homemade with a generous amount of cheese. For my entree I had the jerk shrimp pasta which was delicious. I liked the level of spice, not too over powering that you couldn't taste the other ingredients but still spicy like good quality jerk seasoning. I will definitely be a regular and look forward to trying other dishes. read more

I gave them 3 stars for portion size.. they are a little pricey in my opinion. I got the brown stew chicken with a side of rice and mac and cheese and it was almost $20. I've had much better tasting rice and Mac and Cheese. At most restaurants you get cabbage and plantains...but not here. Probably wouldn't come back. read more

First time trying and the food was gooood, very fulfilling. I would definitely come back but they are a bit pricey. $19 for salmon and a drink... read more

Kemper's Cafe - Jerk Salmon, Mac and Cheese and Rice and Peas - Caribbean Near Me - Atlanta, Georgia

Horrible business they lye about the time They suck they sat their and watched us at the door when they clearly seen us standing there and refused us coming in and also somebody was sitting in there there food is decent but customer service is horrible read more