Jerk House

The food is great, the atmosphere could use a lot of work. The location is convenient for McMaster students as it is just down the street. However if you do drive there there is only a couple of spots for dedicated parking. There is street parking available though but depending on time of day it could only be 1 hour.
The first time I tried the food I found it overly spicy and did not overly enjoy it. However after visiting it a third and fourth time, I have grown to like the flavoring and spices used for the Jerk sauce. Now, I sometimes crave this food as it has become one of my favorites.
As I previously mentioned, the sitting area is pretty small it kind of feels a bit crowded. It isn’t a location I would go to for a date but it is somewhere I wouldn’t mind coming with a few friends for lunch. I typically go in on Tuesday as they have a toonie-​tuesday special which works out quite cheap for a good portion of chicken and dumplings!
Overall, I would recommend this food to a friend!

Great food, friendly service.
THE FOOD
I am projecting that the food is very good. We went around 3pm, so none of the food was very fresh [not even the fried chicken???]. But it was still very good, of course except the fried chicken. The jerk chicken was very moist and tender, and the rice and peas were pretty good with the brown sauce. I liked the beef patty, but I have never had one I didn’t like.
THE SERVICE
One of the owners served us. Very friendly. He could take things to the next level if he studied better establishments in TO, Montréal and the US [Hamilton in general seems poor for service].
THE ATMOSPHERE
Very nicely appointed and very clean. Surprising actually, give the fairly lowish prices. Pride of ownership in evident.
Definitely will return.