Soldiers Restaurant AKA Banana Boat

Amazing Jamaican food! Unlike many steam table/​buffet places, everything here is fresh, clean, and delicious. It’s cash only, but at $ 6.75 per pound, the quality of the food is worth it. They have all the classic Jamaican dishes and because it is buffet style, you can walk around and see what you like. Not everything is labeled so if you’re unfamiliar with Jamaican cuisine, just ask-​chances are, it’s going to be delicious. My favorites were the steamed fish with okra, jerk chicken, and the callaloo, but really, everything I’ve had there is great.

I went to Jamaica last year and I absolutely loved the food and their culture. I couldn’t have enough of their jerk chicken, it was the right amount of spice and yet the savory flavors left me wanting for more when I came back home.
Enter Soldiers Restaurant it has the full gamut of all the Jamaican dishes in 2 huge double sided steam tables from Oxtails to Jerk Chicken to plantains to Salt Fish. Its something you have to see to really take in everything they have to offer but its like you died and woke up in a Jamaican food heaven. I particularly love the Jerk chicken because most Jamaican spots use just the chicken legs, which is the cheapest part of the chicken, Soldiers Jerks a whole chicken and cuts it up so you can have any part of your choosing. They have a sister establishment run by the same owners on Fulton Ave in Bed Sty with the same style.
The food is self serve and weighed and its not cheap but you can’t argue with the quality that is being served which is second to none in Brooklyn or even all of New York city, this place isn’t really close to me but when I get my craving for Authentic Jamaican food I run over here always leave satisfied

This place is relatively new and a great find in Flatbush. A large buffet featuring the most incredible and authentic Jamaican and Caribbean food I have had in awhile. The food is weighed by the pound and is a pretty good value considering the high quality of the food. Curried goat, jerk chicken, oxtails (excellent!) and a large assortment of greens and sides. I have a new favorite spot in Flatbush.