I was in the area and decided to stop by since I was I. The mood for ackee and salt fish for breakfast. I arrived when they just opened and already the food for the day was cooked and on display. I order ackee/fried dumplings/salt fish/callaloo and curry goat/rice&peas/veggie. I personally didn't like the ackee. I'm not sure what "oil" they used but it threw off the taste and made it really "greasy". Also, for ackee and saltfish there were a good 4 small pieces of saltfish in my plate. Wish there were a bit more to balance out the ackee. The portion size was big enough. I actually never got to the curry goat and put it in the fridge for later just because I really wasn't feeling the ackee and saltfish. The service was good and they have real ice cream that you would have in Jamaica, apparently. If I'm in the area again, I'll try it again atleast for the ice cream. read more

I happened to stumble upon this restaurant after visiting a store next door. Let's just say it was a great idea. My dad and I ordered breakfast: liver with banana, cassava, yam, and collard greens while my dad had ackee and saltfish with yam, dumpling, banana, cassava, and collard greens. The food was amazing! It was perfectly seasoned and cooked to perfection. I know where I will be going for lunch and dinner next time around. The restaurant was clean and inviting and the host possessed great customer service. Whether you are in the area or far away, Nice N' Spicy is worth visiting! read more

The best Jamaican food this area hand down. Keep it up guys. Also five stars for great customer service which you don't normally receive in Jamaican restaurants. Oh I all most forgot to mention the portions that are served here. read more

I always drive by this place and I didn't feel like cooking or eating leftovers for dinner. I asked another patron in line what she would recommend. Since I'm not quite adventurous enough to try the oxtail, I went with the jerk chicken. Both she and the lady at the counter warned me that the food would be very spicy. I don't have a very high tolerance for spiciness but I was surprised to find it only had a slight kick to it anyhow. $7.00 for two pieces of chicken, a side of rice, mixed vegetables, and a few plantains. The chicken was pretty tasty but hard to pick through to get to the meat for some reason. The plantains were somewhat dry. Lots of packaged food and drinks are also sold inside the market. There's a frozen case of York Castle ice cream in the back to the right and a few tables to sit at if you decide to dine here. read more

Stopped by my favorite place for some good Jamacian food today. I'm a very picky eater, and I always get the curry chicken because I know it's great. Today I decided to venture out a bit and try the ox tail. OMG!!!!! Sooooo good. The meat was so tender and well seasoned. I always love the peas/rice it's so good. Got the cabbage. Oh my! It just melted in my mouth. I just moved up in this area earlier this year and this is without a doubt my go to place for some fantastic food. FYI... I got a small ox tail platter and there is more than enough for me to have lunch and dinner. Oh..... and the customer service...... well all I can say is they treat me like family!!!!!!!!! I just love it. If you want good tasting Jamacian food & excellent service, you got to try Nice & Spicy. You won't be disappointed (from the picky eater ..... lol) read more

Nice N’ Spicy - Ox tail w/ peas & rice and cabbage. So so good! - Caribbean Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

I mean WOW! That was Fantastic... as a longtime lover of authentic Jamaican cuisine I was delighted I run across this gem in Maryland. From the moment you walk in with the yellowman on the radio to the second the aroma hits your nose you'll be anxious to get your plate and start eating. Let's talk about options, as far as the super traditional ackee and salt fish to the more we'll know jerk chicken, brown stew chicken.. I had the brown stew and what a great mixture of vegetables and chicken slow cooked in the most delicious sauce you could imagine... if you're a big fan of spicy food.. the jerk looked fantastic!(had to choose one) but wish I could have had both! Now let's discuss portions... you can't ever get this much food for this price, with a 10 dollar plate you could easily mistake them for giving you a large when they give you a small! This is the way portions should be!! Pile on those rice n peas pile on the cabbage and cover it all in the sauce and chicken goodness... still in paradise after my lunch. EAT HERE NOW --- ps the catering/large party pricing is fantastic, feed 20-30 people for around $150... now that is value!!! Now go fire up a J and get your body right with the Ital goodness.!!! read more

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Flavor of the food was so so . Ordered oxtail dinner ($17) wayyyyyy over priced. They give a shit load of bland rice with no salt and top it off with oxtail. The spicy beef patty was not spicy at all. read more

Let me just say that I love this place! I'm addicted! Lol I've been eating from here since it was at the Rockville location! I went one time after a while to find out it was closed! I was soo disappointed! I called the number recently bc I was in the area and to my surprise it rung, someone answered and just like that I got the new location!!!! The kicker is its alot closer to me than the Rockville location was. I will definitely be referring ppl to the new location! read more

Came here randomly and my experience wasn't the best. The food was mediocre at best. Poor customer service and pretty expensive for what you get. I had gotten the lamb stew and the sauce was pretty decent but I was charged a pretty penny for a dish that was mostly made up of little bones. The beef patty was alright though. Not the best but not the worst and better than 711 beef patties haha. Would I come back? Probably not unless I had a weird hankering for some Jamaican food. read more

Ordered the oxtail stew, more bone than meat. Surprisingly filling with the rice&peas and cabbage. The large order satisfied two of us. read more

Nice N’ Spicy - Oxtail Stew with rice & peas and cabbage - Caribbean Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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I loveeeeee nice n' spicy. I have been going there for years even when they was in silver spring....I would totally recommend them when anyone wants some good Jamaican food. read more

I must agree, after visiting the new owners on a few occasions now, the food was old, chewy and dry. When I got home and tasted, I immediately called to complain. The lady was LESS than pleasant. Really rude. I ordered jerk chicken and it had no pleasing flavor, tasted old, was overcooked, chewy and ultra dry. The old owner was over priced and small servings, but the food was tasty. I am disappointed that I wasted my money. I used to really like this place, but will not be returning. read more

This place is horrible. So I waited in a long line with two servers serving very slow busy talking and taking forever. On top of that when I ordered Jerk Chicken I asked for jerk sauce and they said they don't have it? Big disappointment. I had to ask for their Beef stew sauce to pour on it. So I got a small Dark meat Jerk Chicken and the meat was so dry. This place is overrated and not good at all. It was ok food. Also they should really change their restaurant because they're not nice and their food is not spicy! At least Island Market and Island Prides Jerk Chicken has a kick to it and Spicy! I wanted to try this place to see if it beats Island Market and Island Pride but it doesn't. All you Jamaicans out there try the place I tell you. Island Market is in Gaithersburg and is a hole in wall type grocery store with really authentic Jamaican food. Their jerk chicken is tender, juicy and flavorful. They even pour the jerk sauce over your peas and rice and chicken! That's how you're supposed to do it! Island Pride is located in Rockville. The restaurant is across from Montgomery College Rockville. They're next to the Cuban restaurant and near Seafood Cameron's. This and Island Market is hands down the best Jamaican restaurant in Montgomery County, MD! I was recommended by several Jamaicans that told me that these two places are as authentic as you can get and I tried it myself. The workers there are kinda rude and it's a run down dirty restaurant that doesn't look clean. I tried liking the food but not worth it. Negril went down hill ever since they hired Latin workers making the food. Try these two places. It will definitely give you the YA MON! read more

After making a trip past my area to run an errand, I ran into this Caribbean spot on my way and have loved it ever since! The portions are more than enough to fill you up and the food is authentic and amazingly good. I ordered the curried chicken with spinach and rice as my sides, and it was perfect. That with a piece of coco bread was about $10, which was great for the portions I received. They were very friendly too, as it almost felt like going to a close family friend's for dinner and interacting with them. I have found a place to get my jerk chicken and ox tail from for sure! read more

Parking is terrible! There are too many great food spots for the limited parking. The two guys who work there are great. The rice and peas are the best I have ever had. The cabbage is to die for. Some people over cook cabbage, but theirs has a nice bite, just enough. The jerk chicken is OK. I say ok because it is a little dry. I think the dryness is my fault because I go after work, close to their closing time. I probably get the chicken that has been there all day, as they cook a lot in the morning and that's it. Be warned, they run out of food close to closing so get there in the afternoon. read more

I loved the oxtails and jerk chicken. This is true homemade Jamaican food, so good. We also got a small curry chicken order which was also very good, I'm not a huge fan of curry chicken though. I would definitely recommend this place if you're looking for authentic Jamaican food. read more

Aww man. I wanted to love this place but I can't. Start off by saying the women here are ever so pleasant and extremely happy. Customer service is great ! Food not so much. No flavor, roti was not flaky, where are the potatoes in my curry no bueno. read more

The food was Good but this place is closed. Just drove 30 minutes to find an empty location. Grrr

I rarely write reviews, but I had to share my experience. I placed a catering order for jerk chicken this past weekend. The owner was so kind, professional and accommodating. Best of all-the chicken was delicious!! I will definitely order again in the future. read more

Island PRIDE? Aye don't TINK so - eh! This place is "just okay" and is nothing to write home about. I don't understand how people who obviously EAT good caribbean home cooking, can serve certain things to people the way they do; for example: *Dry, bland, and hard plantain! *Undercooked, and underseasoned, bland, stewed-cabbage! *Old roughly cut Kallaloo that is barely seasoned! Why? I mean just..... why? I just KNOW these restaurant ownders don't serve food to their families this way, so why serve it to the public? They need to focus on the QUALITY of their product and not the quantity of their sales. I went to the newest location on Rockville Pike today and came away with very dry plantains. I don't understand how I am able to get PERFECTLY cooked, sweet and delicious plantain from a nearby Peruvian chicken place, but walk away from a Caribbean place with plantain so dry and hard they prompted me to write a review here. I wish someone with a passion for caribbean food would open a real caribbean restaurant in Montgomery County already. Caribbean Feast was even worse than this place and I'm sort of glad they shut down. Only thing I missed from there were the "Beef Loafs" Island Pride needs to have more "pride" in their product or they will not be seeing me again. read more

Update: 5/11/16 I had to update my review on what once use to be a good restaurant. My initial review was from 2012, which was a favorable review. (See 2012 review below) Four years later and it's no longer the same place. The food which use to be consistent is no longer consistent at all. They display the food on the counter top and many dishes are prepared and ready to be served. I noticed most of the dishes were swimming in oil. A lot of oil! I can understand if there is some oil, but I became nervous when I noticed the excess amount of oil today. This coupled with the fact that each time I have eaten at this place in the past 3 years it's been bad. I thought I was unlucky each time, but a pattern was beginning to emerge. Each trip yielded disappointing results from over cooked, bland and stringy food. This never use to happen before 2012! I don't know what changed. The owner use to be so accommodating and now he seems to be off in some way. He doesn't greet people as he use to. It's as though he is burned out or something and it shows. I ordered the oxtails today and it was loaded with a lot of red bell peppers. However, that is what it tasted like. Red bell peppers and the meat was tough. The rice and peas and veggies were good, but the main part of the dish was awful. During my visit today there was only one other person/patron in the restaurant. The Greek restaurant (The Big Greek Cafe) two doors down was packed and busy. As I left Nice N Spicy I realized I should have ordered food from The Big Greek Cafe. I went inside The Big Greek Cafe and the aroma in the air was amazing. I wish I had went inside before I went to Sweet N Spicy. The next time I am in the area I will go to either The Big Greek Cafe or Angelos across the street. Both serve really good food. Don't take my word for it, go inside each restaurant and see where are the people are. That's sometimes a good indication where the good food is at. lol I will not return, since you never know what you are going to get. You might luck out and the food maybe good or it could be terrible. I will no longer recommend this rat trap. If I am in the mood for Jamaican food, then there is no need to go to Sweet N Spicy. I prepare Jamaican food so much better than this lousy restaurant and there are many much better Caribbean restaurants nearby. NOTE: To those who hold Restaurant.com coupons to this establishment don't expect to use them. They claim the use of the coupon is fraud and they no longer participate with Restaurant.com. I contacted Restaurant.com and I was told they did stop participating with Restaurant.com, but much later than the date I purchased the coupon. I'm not certain why the owner had to lie about this, but I had a feeling he was just making everything up. What a liar! Nice N Spicy was suppose to honor all remaining coupons purchased before they stopped participating with Restaurant.com. Unfortunately, they have no intention of doing so. Wow, what poor business practice...... it's no wonder business has dropped off. *************************Previous Review from 1/13/2012***************************** I have dined in and ordered carryout from this restaurant on several occasions. I keep coming back, since the food is always good. The large portions are at bargain prices and I have never had to wait a long time to receive my food. I generally order the oxtails and curry goat when I dine in or carryout. I will be dining there today for dinner. The food has been prepared very well each time I visit, so I like the consistency. Often other Caribbean restaurants lack the consistency or simply the food is bland and not cooked properly. read more

Tried today for the first time. Family sizes of curry and brown stew chicken. Both were excellent! The perfect amount of tender vegetables, seasoning, and sauce. Owner was very personable too! Such a refreshing change from the prior situation. I will definitely return! read more

A Jamaican restaurant in a place where you would never expect one. It's tucked away in a strip mall off of Georgia Ave., right around where Georgia Ave. turns into the boonies. My favorite place in the world. ::sarcasm:: It gains a star just for being in such a crappy location - it made the drive to my destination a lot better. The menu is rather limited and consists of the Jamaican standbys - oxtail stew, curried goat, goat soup, patties (chicken/vegetable/beef [spicy or mild]), fried plantains, some dishes with fish, etc. The patties weren't bad, but not the best I've ever had. Same with the plantains, and I also got a 'fried dumpling' that tasted like...well, if you took one of the biscuits from popeyes, squeezed it like a tomato and formed it back into a very dense ball, and then deep fried it. sounds odd, and I'm sure that won't make any sense to those of you reading this, but it worked. Especially for 40 cents or however much it was. Would have gone great with that goat soup, if I had gotten it. Another plus - great drink selection. I walked off with mango carrot juice, but they also had the standard ginger beer, sea moss, peanut...AND there was a sign in the window saying that they serve Yorkcastle ice cream, but I didn't see any when I looked around. read more

Review is not for service or food quality but for incorrect information being posted online. Google had today's hours listed as being open until 8pm, here on yelp it is listed as 7pm. I went to check the company website and it sent me to their Facebook page which states it was open until 7pm , however when my bf and I arrived the store was closed and the hours posted stated they closed at 6pm. A complete waste of time and disappointment for my hungry bf. Would suggest calling first before driving here, however we will more than likely not be wasting our time with this place again. And I know it isn't just us because another lady walked up to the door at the same time and looked at the hours confused and stated "man i thought the hours said 8". Please update your online information to reflect your actual business hours. read more

folks are hating! trust me in from Brooklyn, NY and this is the only west indian spot I got to grub at (doesnt hurt that its 2 miles from my house). Everything is cooked onsite by the owners and taste like home cooking. Ox Tail is my favorite thing and aunty always hooks it up. read more

I ordered the curry goat and a patty. The curry goat proportion was great especially considering the price and it was seasoned perfectly. Although it was a bit greasy, it was not filled with trashy meat like what they give at places like Negril. The patty was great as well. I'd definitely recommend this restaurant. read more

Favorite Jamaican food anywhere! Amazing Amazing food. I've been going since about 2006, and it's just really good! Fast for Jamaican food too! Usually some decent TV shows on if you stop in for lunch. Rare sodas and drinks like Irish Moss, Jamaican pantry too for Jamaican foods and sauces. And some gourmet ice cream too! Coco bread is awesome! Beef patties are perfect! Chicken is juicy, spicy, leaves you a little forehead sweat. The way it's should be! Ox Tail is out of this world! Red Snapper is indescribable. Crispy, flaky, juicy, so much going on here. You have to try everything on the menu! These people have a gift for food. I literally cannot drive by them during business hours. I have to stop even if I'm not hungry and get something for later! It's THAT good. read more

My family and I have been going to Nice N' Spicy since they were at Norbeck and Georgia. Food is fantastic. As Jamaicans, we know good Jamaican food and this is the best. Consistently delicious. We love the curry chicken and goat, brown stew chicken, jerk chicken, beef patties, rice and peas, vegetables and plantains. Cleve, Paulette and the staff are exceedingly friendly and it's always a pleasure to interact with them. read more

My wife and I came here Sunday, and they greatly exceeded my expectations. The serving sizes are well worth the amount you pay and the food was DELICIOUS. Out of all the places I've tried in the DMV, this was by far the best. read more

Great food and nice people. I got the curried goat roti and it was sublime. This is a nice oasis in Montgomery County.

The best food around Montgomery county that has to offer. I would recommend this place for everyone. Check it out.

So im sitting here eating the large curry chicken value meal thing, its curry chicken, white rice, mashed potatoes you know the works, and its absolutely horrible. it looks like curry, but does not smell nor taste like curry. an the rice is over cooked. im just disappointed. i have to order more food now because of this. read more

I loved the Ox tail meal with greens.. Very good.. I also had a patty and coco bread yummy..Found this spot and will be going back to try the stew chicken. I do wish they sold rum cake though.. read more

Went here last night and my chicken was terrible the dark meat was so dry that we could not eat it.

This restaurant has some really great food. The staff is always polite & friendly. The place is kept clean & nice. At first the service was slow during lunch time but after speaking to the owners about this concern, he said that they will hire more staff to have the service go faster during rush time. Other than that everything else is great. read more

Maybe I'm spoiled but I don't see why everyone is so excited about the prices here. I suppose if you compare it to fast food you would come out ahead. Food - Portions are fairly big, quality of food is decent. Better than fast food but nothing to write home about. Service - Unimpressive. I don't expect all smiles but both the man and the woman working there looked and acted as if they would rather not be there. Knowledgeable Staff - Horrendous. I am a picky eater and want to know what I am eating. This has become easier even at fast food places as a lot of them post ingredient and allergy information. Here it was like PULLING TEETH. When I finally got an answer is was a vague one and getting to that answer took 5-10 minutes. I assumed a local small business would know what they actually put in their food and what they cook with but I was incorrect. Overall Island Pride is a decent place to get some quick eats. The prices are decent but not impressive, the food is likewise and the service can be MUCH better. read more

The Caribbean food in Montgomery County! Had the jerk chicken well seasoned an slow roasted on the grill with the right amount of heat callaloo rice an peas Awesome.. Also the Curry chicken is good too nice flavor. read more

Favorite things: the meat patties & the cabbage side. Also had the brown (chicken) stew--nice tender chicken. DH's favorites included the rice & beans. read more

The food is excellent. Decor isn't so great. Goat curry and meat patties are so good.

Really good jerk chicken, peas and rice and cabbage. Not sure why people bash this place. Had jerk in Jamaica and this is on par if not better read more