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Caribbean NYC Guide

Jamaican Restaurants in NYC

Every Jamaican spot we vouch for — five boroughs

1

Footprints Cafe

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

The original Clarendon Rd location of Footprints Cafe, Robert Gordon's group of Jamaican restaurants. It's known for Rasta pasta, penne in a creamy Caribbean-spiced sauce with oxtail, jerk chicken, tilapia…

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2

The Islands

📍 803 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238
📞 (718) 398-3575

A small Jamaican spot on Washington Ave near Eastern Parkway, on the Prospect Heights and Crown Heights line, serving jerk chicken, curry goat, oxtail platters and plantains.

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3

Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill

📍 1381 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210
📞 (718) 859-4360

A Brooklyn outpost of Golden Krust, the Jamaican bakery chain the Hawthorne family started in the Bronx in 1989. Stop in for beef patties, coco bread, jerk chicken, and oxtail.

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4

Jamaica Breeze Restaurant

📍 232-02 Merrick Blvd, Laurelton, NY 11413
📞 (347) 894-8049

Self-serve Jamaican hot buffet on Merrick Blvd in Laurelton where you pay by weight. Oxtail, jerk chicken, curry goat, saltfish, callaloo, rice and peas, and mac and cheese, served for…

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5

Jam-Rock Cuisine

📍 3670 White Plains Rd, Bronx, NY 10467
📞 (914) 513-6027

A Caribbean takeout and restaurant on White Plains Road in Williamsbridge, part of the Bronx stretch lined with Jamaican kitchens and bakeries.

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6

Ranch Caribbean Vybez

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

Sit-down Jamaican restaurant on Dreiser Loop in Co-op City, cooking Jamaican food with a modern twist. It takes reservations and has an onsite bar pouring rum punch, Caribbean cocktails and…

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7

Jerk House Caribbean

📍 4246 White Plains Rd, Bronx, NY 10466
📞 (718) 515-5375

A family-run Jamaican restaurant on White Plains Road in Wakefield, featured on ABC7's Neighborhood Eats for its jerk chicken. The menu centers on jerk chicken and escovitch fish.

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8

Meritta’s Restaurant

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

Budget-friendly Jamaican kitchen on Linden Boulevard in Cambria Heights. Regulars order jerk chicken, fried chicken, stew pork and stew peas with rice and peas and fried plantains.

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