Negril Jerk Food - Markham

I highly recommend avoiding this inauthentic Jamaican restaurant. The food is not true to Jamaican cuisine and is quite disappointing. The jerk pork was severely overpriced and lacked any flavor. My friend tried the jerk chicken special and only took a few bites before discarding the rest. This establishment does a disservice to true Jamaican cuisine and should be avoided.

I ordered a large 2 meat combo chicken and ox tail) and a side order of just j pork. The 2 meat combo came with a tablespoon size of coleslaw, 3 small pieces of ox tail and 3 small pieces of j chicken. For 20 dollars, that's not worth it. Taste was okay, nothing special. The j pork was 8 dollars and really dry.

Came here to get lunch because my landlord was doing renovations upstairs and the power was out so I couldn’t cook anything for my son. Saw this place a few times and wanted to try it out. Nice people, good service, food too expensive for the portion size. I couldn’t take a picture of the food as my phone died and due to the power outage that lasted 10.5 hours, I couldn’t charge it in the house so I tried to charge it in the car but it didn’t work. It takes a long time to start up again when dead. Anyways, I got the oxtail dinner size for my mother, and it was $19.50, got the island chicken (fried bbq) $14.50, a malt for my mother $3, and a patty for my son (I don’t remember how much this was). It all came to $42.50 and I remember thinking “I hope it tastes amazing!” Got home, started eating, and it tasted as if the rice and peas was missing something. I can’t quite say what it was..maybe it was coconut milk or something else but it wasn’t what I was used to. The fried chicken with bbq sauce was really good. My son enjoyed it. My mother said the oxtail was okay. I didn’t try it as the portion wasn’t big enough, in my opinion, so I didn’t want to take from her, and the patty was okay. For now, I would only return for the island chicken.

I think I've been going here for at least 15yrs. It's way out of my way, but the j chicken is authentic and delicious!

The food at this restaurant is fantastic! It is full of flavor, cooked perfectly, and seasoned well. The prices are reasonable as well.