Jamaican Grill

If you like spicy Jamaican food — The Jamaican Grill would be your place to go. And it IS spicy too. We both had the Jamaican jerk chicken and Jamaican jerk shrimp with oxtails on the side. With the island drinks that you get to choose from — it is reasonably priced. The chicken was very tender and fell right off of the bone and the shrimp was very juicy and not dried out. Next time I go there though, I’m going to order medium instead of hot.

Nice Denver gem… the curry shrimp was good! My sis got the jerk chicken and she said it was good also.

Authentic Jamaican food including several drinks from the island! Jerk chicken was very tasty.

+ Super good, authentic Jamaican jerk chicken, curried chicken, and jerk shrimp.
+ Reasonable prices. (Super reasonable during lunch hours!)
+ Fantastic, friendly service
+ This food cured my friend’s cold. Knocked it right out.
— I love spicy food, but the first time I went, they served it to me so spicy that it was almost inedible… almost. :-) Get your food medium spicy the first time you go.

Meh.
I ordered the boneless jerk chicken lunch with plantains because they were out of almost everything else – including ripe plantains. I got four slices of green plantain, which was the best part of my meal. The rice and beans were bland. The jerk chicken was just okay, and I was charged $ 3 extra for the boneless, which would have been nice to know before I ordered it.
I’m glad I tried it, but once was enough.

Been wanting to check this place out, finally made it here.
Place is small, but cozy. They have a bar in the back, but don’t think they turned the heat on and it was freezing if you say towards the back.
We got there just in time before the rush and there was one waitress.
We ordered the brown stew chicken, red snapper and brown stew oxtail.
Keep in mind that any of the seafood items will take 25 minutes so to keep from starving we ordered some bed patties to keep us from falling out.
The patties were decent. The pastry was a bit hard but the meat filling was pretty Delish. It was a bit spicy, but my six year old was still able to enjoy one by himself.
The snapper and chicken were good and the portion was huge. On the other hand the oxtail wasn’t worth the price. Considering the amount of meat that comes on those things, a few more oxtail a would be nice.
The rice was well cooked and seasoned well, the plantains could use a bit more crisp, but the cabbage was pretty tasty.
I would go back here for sure. I just hope they would hire more help and add more oxtails.
My husband ordered two drinks as well and our bill was $ 60. A bit much for lunch, but we walked out full and satisfied.

Legit Jamaican food, curried chicken was awesome, Jerk shrimp amazing too. Look forward to going back :)

This place is amazing! Don’t let the «hole in the wall» look scare you away! Food it’s BOMB! And to all my spicy food lovers. thier «spicy» is HELL HOT! I’m in love. I’ll be back :) But this is NOT your everyday spicy. I think I passed out once haha Thank you everyone at Jamaican Grill for a great lunch!

Every time I come here I order the jerk chicken and make the mistake of ordering medium heat. First off, the jerk chicken is delicious, and secondly, their spicy is an American burn your mouth off! I think, hey, I can at least do a medium! But it’s just too hot.
Other than that, the people are awesome, and you WILL find every different type of person here. The food is just that great!

We were in the area and this was the closest restaurant. My wife and I love jerked food and this place did not let us down. It was wonderful.
We had the original jerked pork ribs and wow they were good. It is is certainly spicy and we live scotch bell peppers and they were definitely in the sauce.
So they have mild, original and hot. Normally I go straight to hot, but thought better of it and got original. It was a good thing because they were as hot as I cared for.
Great Jamaican food!

Had a to go order of jerk chicken. It was DELICIOUS (insert me slapping my momma right here). The jerk was spicy, the chicken was juicy and full of flavor. I wish this place wasn’t so far from my house, I would be a regular! Rice and peas, QUALITY! Oh yeah, can I get some extra oxtail gravy on top of those!!!
Jamaican grill definitely doesn’t disappoint, I will continue to make the 35 minute drive to have a quality meal — DON’T JUDGE ME! :)

Good S#$&!!!
OMG I’m so glad I found this place! Just what I needed something different & oh soooo good, especially if u love spice like me!
I’ve never really had authentic Jamaican food… never even new this place existed til yesterday when my sister brought me here! We went late so I missed out on the infamous beef patties. But that’s ok because I want to go back today! LOL seriously I think I’m about to place an order & go now! hahaha these people are gona think I’m crazy yesterday & today! oh well who cares I’m going!!! u should too! SO GOOD
FYI I had the jerk chicken spicy w/​rice & beens & plantains! My sis had the jerk shrimp medium spice.

Sort of a hole in the wall place on West 8^th Avenue, which is larger than it appears. I was hanging out with Cyn and we decided food was in order. We stopped here and found parking right out front.
Upon entering, the waitress seated us and handed us menus. As it was lunch time, Jamaican Grill has some lunch specials. However, I love patties and really wanted one. The waitress told me they were out, but in fact, they were cooking 2 at that time. I ordered both of them, as well as an order of coco bread.
Cyn ordered the lunch special of brown stew chicken. To be honest, a «brown stew» chicken did not sound appetizing to me at all. When Cyn’s dish was brought out and I had a bite, I was proven wrong. It was delicious and the chicken was almost fall of the bone tender. When I come back, I will give this a try.
My beef patties were tasty and a bit spicy, but not too much. I was interested to try the curried chicken patties, but they were out that day. My waitress did forget about my nonalcoholic ginger beer, but didn’t charge me for it, so it was fine.
I did enjoy the food and will probably take my stepson next time he’s in town, as he loves beef patties too. The food was very well-​priced. Good food and happy to have a Jamaican place in Denver.

Yah Mon! This little Jamaican café is the real deal, serving up island fare against a colorful backdrop of reggae music!
We started off with the Jamaican punch, a variation of rum punch, and be sure not to miss it! For five bucks you will get a stiff blend of dark rum with fruit juices, and it is absolutely delicious!
Our table tried a number of things, but the biggest hit was the jerk chicken served mild, medium or spicy, served with a rice blend and your choice of sides. Just a note on spice, they keep it pretty mild– so medium is pretty mild, and spicy is enjoyably so but not too hot. We enjoyed every bite!
The staff is incredibly friendly and helpful and you will be welcomed in to the restaurant. Big shout out to Tammy who was so nice to our group and incredibly helpful and efficient! What excellent service. This is a great little joints and I will be back very soon!

Came for lunch and had to be rolled out.
There were multiple items that the restaurant was «out» of (or it would’ve taken a long time) like patties and coconut rice. So i had to make do with jamaican rice and coco bread instead. I ordered too much b/​c my eyes are always bigger than my stomach. I got the lunch special, which is about $ 8, for a lunch portion (quite generous) of brown stew chicken, a bed of jamaican rice, and a few plantains. And a fountain soda is included.
I ordered cocobread b/​c I was hungry and wanted some bread, ok?
Brown stew chicken might not SOUND all that appetizing, but it’s fall off the bone tender, so flavorful w/​o being spicy in the hot kind of way.
Service friendly if a little slow. But you should expect that at a mom-​and-​pop type shop where food is made fresh. I’m not sure I should be so happy that such a delicious place is so close to home.

Jamaica Grille in Denver brings a touch of island paradise to the plains. Plains With Plantains, that is! Plantains perfectly prepared alongside fragrant curried mutton and dirty rice.
Sizable mutton portions so if you are a meat lover, this is the dish for you!
My dining companion and I also shared the tradtitional Jamaican jerk chicken, its pleasantly piquant marinade blending well with the crisp crunch of the cabbage slaw.
Second time in this comfortable, laid back Marley inspired restaurant. Green walls are brightly coloured, adding to the blooming island atmosphere. Owner Tammy and daughter Malika provide down to earth and attentive service. A such a treat to chat with them! Learned about the Sunday buffet and hope to return with kettle drum music adding to the «one love» feel.

Maybe it was the time of night that we came in, but I was not blown away by this place.
We came in around 7:30 and apparently they close at like 8 in the winter, which is kind of weird but whatever. I think because we unknowingly came in close to «closing time» the food we got was all the leftover meat from the rest of the day. I ordered the curried goat and my friend ordered the jerk chicken and both of them had more bones than actual meat. That being said, the flavor of both was great, I just wish I had gotten a little more meat out of it.
We also ordered a beef patty which was also just ok. The fried plaintains and rice were good. I might give this place another shot earlier in the day to see if the quality of the meat is improved.

I ever had a TAKE AWAY aka TO GO Dinner from here before. That experience with the food was just «MEH». Hence to this establishment we went again, in hoping by this time things could have been better. I do hope so. First when we arrived at this establishment is DEAD! Seems DEAD. NO other patrons. This recent visit was on Saturday September 20^th 2014. That evening the time was about 18:50hrs ish.
Our lovely staff gave us the Menu, and took our order. We ordered the following items :
* 1 order of Beef Patties ($ 2.59)
* 1 order of Curry Chicken Patties ($ 3.49)
* 1 order of Beef & Cheese Patties ($ 2.89)
* Jerk Chicken and Pasta ($ 9.90)
* Curry Mutton (Goat) ($ 12.89) with an option of side, I opt to have Potato Salad.
* Mexican Coke Cola ($ 2.00)
For one, when our Patties arrived, ERR it was like its already pre-​made. Micro-​waved or put in the oven for several minutes. The Patties came luke-​warm. its more like Err, NOT a way to a good start. Its NOT freshly made or even freshly fried or baked. *SAD FACE* The Patties are 2 stars in our books with More Like «MEGA MEH». We opt to have the, Beef, Curry Chicken, Beef and Cheese.
Hubs like his order of Jerk Chicken and Pasta. But the word «LIKE» here is an understatement. Its just Chicken pieces, on some «Penne» Pasta and drizzled with some Generic Hot Sauce. Coz for one, its something that we could «stir» up at home. *SIGH*
My order of Mutton (Goat) Curry comes with Rice and Beans and one option of Side. The Side option, I opt for is Potato Salad. I am OK with my order of Mutton (Goat) Curry but somehow felt the portions can be skimpy and some key notes of certain flavor from the Mutton (Goat) Curry was missing… *DOUBLE SIGH* Maybe we ordered the wrong dishes from their Menu.
All in all SUB-​PAR Options. The dishes we ordered DID NOT WOW Us as much as we were hoping for. We felt underwhelmed from the OVERALL experience dining here in terms of Ambience, Food and Services. Hence this Generous 2 Stars Review. *SAD FACE INDEED*
By the time we almost finish our Dinner, many more Patrons came for dining in or opt to have their orders TO GO. Above anything else, we hope and wish Jamaican Grill best wishes and may all good things come along their way, in their future business undertakings.
Jamaican Grill
709 W. 8^th Ave,
Denver, CO 80 204
Tel: (303)-623−0013
@186/2014

FINALLY, a legit Jamaican restaurant in Denver. I am pretty ecstatic about Jamaican Grill. I came here last week with a couple coworkers, one who is Jamaican, and we all left impressed, especially myself and my Jamaican co-​worker.
The jerk chicken is perfect. Fall off the bone tender, great spice, great flavor, all around delicious. I asked for mine extra spicy. They made the chicken spicy and brought their extra hot sauce out on the side because they didn’t know if I could handle it. When a place does that, you know it is going to be legit. This jerk sauce was authentic. It was spicy and you could taste the scotch bonnet peppers in it. My coworkers couldn’t handle the heat, but I was pouring it on everything, including my rice. The jerk chicken was the best I have had in Colorado.
We also ordered some patties. I had a meat and cheese one. It was solid. Cheesy, meaty, flaky, and delicious. For drinks, we ordered rum punch and it reminded me the times in Jamaica sipping it on the beach late at night. It was perfect. I warned my coworkers that this stuff will knock ya off your feet though. Rum punch will sneak up on you.
The restaurant is very cute and has a very laid-​back island feel to it. Our server was attentive and very friendly. I highly recommend you stop by Jamaican Grill if you are looking for an authentic Jamaican experience. Go support this business. You won’t regret it!

I had the oxtails, plantains, & Jamaican rice. I enjoyed my food completely.
Can’t wait to try out Happy Hour!