Negril Jerk Food

They stayed open an extra 10mins, as I was late picking up my takeout. The guy was very friendly. I am so happy he did stay open, I ordered jerk chicken. It’s delicious !! The meat falls off the bone, it’s nice and juicy. Perfectly spiced. I would definitely recommend getting your jerk chicken here! so pleased.

Came back for round two but they were sold out of BOTH goat curry and chicken roti which was very disappointing :(
Despite that, we didn’t want to drive elsewhere so we settled for the ox tail dinner ($ 13.95) and jerk chicken dinner ($ 8.75). It was awesome that both of the meats were tender and juicy but the overall flavour of the sauces were a little lacking. Definitely incomparable to the deliciousness of the curry dishes.
My verdict is that I would come back for the goat curry but if they’re sold out again, I’d suck it up and just go somewhere else.

This place is close to home and I love roti so I sometimes drop by. They have beef roti on the menu, but they never have it available so I get the chicken. It’s still really good. I wasn’t crazy about the jerk chicken the one time I tried it, but at the same time it wasn’t too bad. I remember it being on pretty dry and not spicy enough for my liking.

Nigril Jerk restaurant is a very simple take out restaurant.
A few things that you have the note about this place is that if you’re used to traditional Jamaican food this is not the place to go they have a different spin on the Jamaican.
There jerk chicken is more like fricassee chicken. It’s not the traditional dry dry rub space jerk chicken. It comes very moist and cut up in smaller pieces.
There oxtail is particularly good too
The best thing about this place is there coleslaw hands-​down it’s the best coleslaw I’ve ever had in my whole life.

Based on reviews I thought I’d give this place a try. I was severely disappointed. The jerk chicken lacked flavour, I mean the chicken was totally bland. It wasn’t even a tiny bit spicy or jerked. It tasted like plain baked chicken with zero seasoning. The rice was bland, the gravy had minimal flavour. The food was barely warm. The coleslaw looked like it came out of a DOLE coleslaw bag from the grocery store. I mean, I was so disappointed. Trust me, don’t waste your money here on Jamaican food. I recommend, twice as nice on Kingston Road, pj’s take out on Kennedy Road, island spice flava on Pitfield Road, Ritz on Yonge Street and raps authentic Jamaican food on Eglinton ave west just to name a few great spots. The restaurants I just recommended are legit. Food is great at all locations. But not negrils. I will not come back here ever again. Let’s put it like this, if you were to try Jamaican food for the first time in life and you decided that Negril’s would be the first joint you tried, I’ll tell you that this spot would give Jamaican/​Caribbean food a horrible first impression in taste. It’s that bad. Don’t listen to these other reviews. I’m totally on point. And I’m from Jamaica so I know how good Jamaican food should taste! Bottom line, don’t come here for Jamaican food. It’s horrible, didn’t enjoy it one bit.

On the recommendation of my friend, I decided to check this place out. He has been going to this place since it opened 14 years ago, and he swears that it is the best jerk chicken he has had.
I introduced him to my favorite spot, the Ritz at Yonge & Carlton, which he quite enjoyed, but he said that he still liked his spot better. Well, that to me was a challenge, and I had to try his spot. The guy at the counter was super friendly, and asked in his Jamaican accent, ever so politely, if I liked my chicken «a little spicy». A big smile burst across my face, and I said «most definitely», and asked him not to hold back on the «pepper sauce» (which my friend told me was an inside joke that he had going with the owner).
Now the Jerk here is quite good. It’s very smokey, tender and tasty. My mom tried a piece and wondered out loud how they get the pieces so tender and flavorful. I definitely enjoyed the chicken, but will I say that it is better than my old standby, nope… not quite.
So after trying the meal, I decided to discuss the finer points of Jerk Chicken with my friend. We came to the conclusion that there may be two (or possibly more) styles of jerk chicken: the more barbeque-​esque, juicy, fall of your bone (which the Ritz gets to perfection) and the more smokey, dry but still flavorful variety (which Negril seems to nail). It was the only way we could see eye-​to-​eye.

Negril Jerk Food is a really hole in the wall take out restaurant. Yes there is really a hole where you place your order and you can see them preparing your food in that hole.
From outside Negril Jerk Food looks a little sketchy but when I went inside though the place is nice and sparkling clean. This take out joint is runned by a nice friendly Jamaican family with really simple menu.
They do have daily specials which changes everyday. I decide on the half Jerk Chicken Combo ($ 6.25) and Curry Chicken Roti ($ 6.95) extra spicy. The food was packed in hot dog look alike containers and off I go in 10 minute.
The Jerk Chicken is so nice and tender and juicy. I think it taste more like the Chinese style soya chicken and brushed with hot jerk sauce. The chicken just fall off the bones when I was eating that. and the rice with peas was great. I finished the whole order by myself and I was happy.
For the Chicken Roti, I shared with my coworker 2 hours later. It is still warm in the foam container, but I decide to heat that up in the microwave for 1 min. We both love the roti. The chicken is perfectly cooked so really tender with a great mix of chuncky potatoes. It has just enough curry sauce but not overflowing with it. The roti wrapping itself is great too, no funny flourly taste and not thick just perfect to pick it up and eat as a wrap. The spiciness is just perfect for my taste too.
We both agree that the roti tasted better than the one we have at Real Jerk a few weeks ago!
I would definitely be back to try out others food in the menu or getting the daily specials.
They accepts Debit with 50 cents surcharges.