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Jamaican Restaurants in NYC — IslandVibes.nyc
Caribbean NYC Guide

Jamaican Restaurants in NYC

Every Jamaican spot we vouch for — five boroughs

1

Negril Village

📍 70 W 3rd St, New York, NY 10012
📞 (212) 477-2804

Upscale Jamaican restaurant in Greenwich Village — the first Caribbean fine-dining room to plant a flag downtown. Elevated takes on jerk, oxtail, curry, and a serious rum bar. A destination…

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2

Miss Lily’s

📍 2067 Frederick Douglass Blvd, New York, NY 10026
📞 (212) 913-9700

Vibrant Jamaican restaurant bringing island culture to Harlem with colorful decor, dancehall music, and a menu featuring jerk chicken, escovitch fish, and rum cocktails. The brunch is legendary and the…

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3

Scotch Bonnet

📍 200 Baychester Ave, Unit 81, Bronx, NY 10475
📞 (347) 924-7464

Bronx Jamaican staple on Boston Road — jerk chicken, oxtail, curry goat, patties. One of the anchors of the Bronx Caribbean food scene, serving the Wakefield and Williamsbridge communities for…

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4

Footprints Cafe

📍 5814 Clarendon Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11203
📞 (718) 451-3181

Long-running Flatbush Jamaican cafe and fine-dining restaurant. Known for curry goat, oxtail, stewed chicken, and a proper Sunday brunch. Multi-generation Brooklyn institution.

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5

Ras Plant Based

📍 739 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
📞 (718) 622-6220

Ras Plant Based is 100% vegan Jamaican and Caribbean food in Crown Heights — ital stew, jackfruit jerk, callaloo, and rastafarian-inspired plates with zero compromise on flavor. A James Beard…

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6

Buff Patty

📍 1402 Utica Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203
📞 (718) 451-2500

Home of the craveable Jamaican beef patty and coco bread combo. Buff Patty on Utica Ave serves freshly baked patties — beef, chicken, veggie — alongside full Jamaican lunch plates…

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7

Ranch Caribbean Vybez

📍 129 Dreiser Loop, Bronx, NY 10475
📞 (718) 484-1100

Modern sit-down Jamaican spot inside Co-op City's Dreiser Loop. Full bar, weekend brunch, jerk pasta, oxtail rice bowls — a step up from the takeout-window standard, with a 4.4 Yelp…

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8

Meritta’s Restaurant

📍 223-15 Linden Blvd, Cambria Heights, NY 11411
📞 (718) 527-0136

Cambria Heights Jamaican breakfast-and-lunch institution. Escovitch fish, brown stew fish, fried dumplings, oxtail, rice and peas. Sells out fast — locals know to come early. A Linden Blvd cornerstone.

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