Negril

This Jamaican restaurant produces great food for around £10 a dish. We had the jerk chicken and a curry. The chicken was a very sizeable portion, and as it came with two sides there was a real nice choice. The curry was very well spiced, although the portion was a little small.
The restaurant itself has a really great large heated outdoors seating area, but people do smoke there which may put some people off.

If you love Caribbean food and want your money’s worth — this is the place to be. The food is unreal. We went to Negrill for a friend’s birthday and it was the best experience ever. Friends and food can never go wrong wherever you go, but Negrill brought an extra little spark to our night, with their great hospitality, the amazing and mouth watering food, and the atmosphere.
We had 6 platters between 12 people it was so much food. Their jerk chicken tastes amazing, and their fritters. Also there Mojitos are something to look forward too. The staff also came round and sang Happy Birthday to our friend which was such a lovely touch to the night.
Would definitely recommend this.

I already reviewed Negril but now they have delivery and I have had the pleasure of ordering it, it seems only natural to re-​review. Firstly, despite being a massive Negril fan since moving to SW London in 2012 I had reservations about getting a delivery. I don’t mind leisurely service in the restaurant as I soak up the booze and the ambiance but I want my take away food delivered with speed. The advertised delivery time on Negril’s website is 60 mins and I had a fear that they’d probably manage even that. However, every order has been delivered (with a smile) in around 30 minutes! The food arrives piping hot it tastes every inch as good as it does in the restaurant itself. My only grumble is that they have a surcharge for paying by card

I love Negril for having a whole section of the menu which is vegan! «Ital» is a traditionally vegan diet adopted by some Rastafaris, which not many people know about. I’d heartily recommend the Homemade Bean Burger — it’s great and possibly the only entirely vegan burger option in Brixton. The staff are very friendly and can also modify dishes to suit vegans — I came in for a birthday breakfast once, and they made a vegan version of the Caribbean breakfast especially for me. It was delicious! Note that the callaloo is on the spicy side — it might not be everyone’s favourite breakfast taste. The plantains however are divine — get a helping with whatever you’re getting.

Negril is one of my favourite places in London and a place we always, always celebrate birthdays and the staff are so nice.
It’s best to book well in advance now, as people are crazy for the place. Also, if you have a large group you have to order the platter which can be a plain.
However, I am upset that they stopped doing BYOB — one of the reasons I didn’t mind how much the platters are (which I do find to be quite pricy) was because the BYOB made it an easy, fun and affordable option for big groups…
I understand it’s probably because they’ve always been really popular but I’ll miss bringing my own tins of red stripe. It added to the laid backness of the place!

The service was great and the food very tasty and generous portions. We had the Negril sharing platter: rice, jerk chicken, fried plantain, salt fish fritter, coleslaw, gravy, salad, chips and lime mayonaise. We really enjoy it!
Next time I will try the Baileys cocktail, it looks delicious!

Negril has some seriously good jerk chicken.
It’s a bit of a walk from central Brixton, but that’s why you’d be luckier finding seats here. I know that Rum Kitchen is opening up soon closer to the Village, and Fish Wings and Tings are already there, but Negril is probably always going to be a good, more peaceful alternative. The staff was great here as well — I always seat outside, so I go there during the warmer days.

Wow how disappointing. People go crazy for this place but I thought the service was strange and they didn’t use their ingenuity at all. There were 3 «reserved» tables that stayed «reserved» my entire time… whilst sitting out in the cold. No one made me sit in the cold but I did start to resent the fact that thy didn’t love me to an empty table inside… especially since those parties clearly weren’t there yet. The food was alright.

Absolutely loved my lunch here.
Smoothie to start with which really rid my hangover.
That was quickly followed by a jerky wrap that made my taste buds cry with joy and happiness. Had festivals as a side which are basically corn doughnuts (yummmmmy). That, coupled with friendly service and reasonable prices make this a Brixton hidden gem. Loved it and will definitely return when I’m in the area.

Came here last night for my friends send off meal (she’s going traveling in Peru) and I was really surprised and impressed.
Not only were the staff lovely and attentive but the food was really tasty with really well sized portions for a great price. I got mango sorbet for dessert and I could barely finish it because there was so much (but I persevered, I never give up on mango sorbet).
I’ll definitely be returning, it’s a hidden gem of Brixton. 100% recommend.

I ordered a take away from here some time ago and have been meaning to write a review for some time! To be fair, there isn’t a negative word to say about this place. I’ve eaten in before but on this occasion had takeaway. Their service was good and very prompt. I had jerk chicken with rice and peas which was really nice. I also had the salt fish fritters which were incredible. A really nice all round restaurant serving food which is easily very good but also easily very bad if done incorrectly. ¹⁰⁄₁₀ Negrill!

In line with several previous reviews, this is not a place to just pop into for a quick meal. My visit coincided with the unfortunate combination of severe staff shortage, as well as a kitchen disaster.
My group of 6 sat at one of the tables outside and were brought menus straight away, so things looked quite promising for service. We quickly realised, however, there were only two main staff running around trying to care for all the tables (at least 50 people). When the waiter finally did come by he dropped the bomb — due to said kitchen disaster, there was no jerk chicken. Or rather, there might be some, later, but it would be well over an hour until it was cooked, and he didn’t know if there would be enough for all the orders. He suggested we order other items instead, the curries, ribs, etc — as this would all be ready. As we had already been dipping into our BYOB selections, we decided to just go with the flow, order a selection of other foods and see how it all went.
It was about 2 hours later that we finally received our food. Normally, this would infuriate me — but the waiter was so nice and trying his very best with circumstances out of his control, and as I mentioned before we had brought drinks, so were perfectly happy chatting amongst ourselves food-​less for longer than normally I’d be prepared to!
The food was pretty good — I won’t say amazing, which makes me all the more sad that we missed the jerk chicken, their specialty. I found the jerk seasoning on the ribs was almost too hot — and I’m someone who can handle a bit of heat. I think on the chicken it would have been juicy enough to cool it down a bit? The salt fish fritters were just a bit too stodgy and doughy for me, and again I found the fire sauce to be more of a burning taste, and not enjoyable heat.
Three stars is pretty generous in my opinion given all the variables around service, wait time, and the lack of chicken, but they did try their best. I’d like to think I’ll be back to give it another go and finally get my jerk chicken!

First time eating at a Caribbean restaurant and really enjoyed the food here. Shared two platters with 4 friends and every dish was tasty, and left us satisfied. Staff were friendly, would recommend this place and like to experience it in the summer!

Salt fish fritters with fire sauce were awesome

A great place to have a birthday-​do or just share a hearty meal.
I don’t even bother to look at the menu anymore — I always split the Negril platter with someone. It’s not in a terribly convenient location and the service isn’t the quickest, so it’s not a place you’d just drop by. Be warned that it’s BYO and there’s a charge. But it’s still a great place to hang out or celebrate at, since the staff’s friendly and the food’s good. Once, a kind old man who worked there gave me some ackee and saltfish to try off his own dinner plate! I sincerely hope this small business stays afloat for a good long time.

It had been months and months since I last had a good Jamaican breakfast. With my cousin in town and ever lusting after Jamaican food, we decided we would take the 45 minute trip to Negril. We got there a little after 1pm. Fortunately for us, there wasn’t much of a wait. We were seating, given menus and proceeded to get down to business. I had the ackee & salt fish with fried dumplings and a side of jerk sausage. it was so good I «forgot» to offer him some (super selfish, I know but it had been so long, I simply couldn’t resist). And to be fair he had jerk chicken, plantain, rice and peas and a few other things I can’t remember… It was all good!
Oh, and the best part– I ordered coconut water, and it arrived freshly chopped in a coconut! At that point, I think I knew I would be back!
Not the best I’ve ever had but pretty damn good! I’m planning on adding Negril to my every other week rotation. Highly recommended!!!

A
friend of mine bring me here yesterday. I found the place to be good
for brunches in Brixton, the food is not the ordinary meals you used
to eat every day. The staff are friendly and the prices are OK. But
if you look where to get drunk this is not the right place. Just go
some afternoon and try some Caribbean food.

I hate waiting and more than that I hate star dropping!
Anybody who knows me, knows I don’t do waiting, and on my last visit I spent more time trying to catch the eye of a member of staff, than I did anything else.
I like Negril, but I can’t accept bad service. Being seated, ordering and the food arriving was fine (even though that wasn’t great, but I’ll come back to that), but after we had finished eating, it took a little while to take our plates away — ok I can cope with that too. However we waited about 20 minutes (perhaps longer) before we were able to get somebodies attention to ask which desserts they had. Yes, we had to ask them! After the woman told us, she walked away and didn’t return to ask of we actually wanted anything. Needless to say we were far to irritated at the point to proceed so we decided to ask for the bill. The story does go on but it’s to frustrating & dull to bother with the details. It took a further 10 minutes and 3 request to actually receive the bill.
I had the curry goat with rice and peas. The curry goat was rather bland with no bite to it at all, and the rice and pea was not prepared the ‘proper way’ with coconut milk and a fresh scotch bonnet, or at least it didn’t taste like it did.
Poor show people, poor show.

This may become my favorite restaurant in all of London. Who wants to join me here again next week, and the week after, and the week after, just to be sure?
We stumbled in here on a freezing cold night, but we quickly warmed right up inside this cozy Caribbean joint. It’s a good thing we were hungry, as the default portion size is ‘feast’.
The jerk chicken was perfectly cooked, and served with huge helpings of bbq sauce and hot sauce– which is truly hot. The rice and peas were great, and even better were the plantain wedges. I wasn’t as into the ribs that I stole off the plates of my compadres, but I was into the dessert I stole off them.
This place is also BYOB (at a very small charge), which is good and bad. Good because it saves on the cost of dinner. Bad because your group may end up drinking enough that someone asks out the waitress. Or so I’m told.
All in all, we stumbled out so full that we could hardly fit any beer into our bellies later that evening. A glorious time, and one that I hope to repeat soon.

Now I have to say I wasn’t expecting to eat Jamaican food this evening when I headed out with some of the ladies but this had me reeling with delight. We had planned to try Manco Franco pizza’s but due to the snow, they weren’t open. As a result I mush mush mushed the girls up the hill to this little place that I had heard such great things about.
Now this has to be hands down one of the most pleasant dining experiences of my life. Table for 5, no problem. BYOB, no problem. We are just waiting for our friends, no problem. They were so laid back, it was almost horizontal! But that didn’t mean that the service was sloppy or that the food took ages. Quite the opposite. A friendly helpful waitress who dealt with the whole place on her own and not only that, the chef actually comes out to deliver your food, piping hot goodness that it is. Sweet plantain wedges were completed perfectly when some uncultured person I was with demanded ketchup. The waitress suggested some sort of lime dip instead which was «to die for»!
Now this is meat-​tastic with ribs, chicken and goat on the menu, but being a true Jamaican spot it serves vegan and vegetarian dishes from their Rastafarian selection. Not only that but there is a wonderful looking breakfast menu and Blue Mountain coffee. So all in all, this tiny little spot was a perfect dinner location, I now have to go wash the ribs and BBQ sauce off my face, actually if I sleep with it still there I can have it for breakfast.