Devon House Jamaican Restaurant & Bar in Birmingham

Devon House Jamaican Restaurant, 10 out of 10 for the service ee received and for the food. It was the first time I went to the Restaurant, all the staff were friendly and very attentive. I went with my friends, they too enjoyed their food and service with a smile. The food was delivered in a timely manner, we received. I had side orders of sweet potatoes and colesaw, along with rice and peas, salad, salmon with a lovely sauce, the food was 😋, I also had a big glass of ginger beer, for my pudding I had apple crumble and ice cream, this too was delicious 😋. We were all full after eating our lunch. I would recommend trying the food at Devon House Jamaican Restaurant, I will certainly be going there again.

What an amazing night. Went for my uncles Birthday. Food was amazing. Nicely presented. All staff were friendly warming. We had the last slice of Rum cake wow was not able to take a slice home. Salt fish fritters my mother would be proud. My starters and main oh gosh . Fritters had plenty pepper like it should my curry lacked scotch bonnent which i dud say and waa given vhopped pieces to add but really needed to be added to the pot for a richer flavour but i can also understand why chef did so as not everyone wants pepper but chef curry mutton musy have some scotch bonnet 8n its cooking. Basically i have recommended to many to visit they have been since and have spread the word amongst others. Oh you must try the Devon House cocktail now thats the real deal. Loved every mouthful of my meal and drinks. Mocktails are good too. To be honest everyone should hear and visit Devon House. I would travel the distance dor a takeaway also i know it would be worth it. The only let down was the 2 toilets. Was not able to flush properly or was not working. My opinion this was the area that let them down big time. Thank you all for a wonderful night my uncle will remember his birthday song🤣🤣🍾

Visited on a Sunday lunch time with my partner, the food was lovely however the waitress got my order wrong, I asked for jerk chicken but got the stew chicken. I was in a rush so really didn’t have time to send it back and wait for the correct dish, also not big on food waste. Honestly it was still amazing so no complaints there. Reasonably priced too although the table was very wobbly. Overall, it’s a cute little restaurant and good food.

Visited Devon House for the first time. I opted for salmon with rice and peas, fried dumplings and coleslaw, followed by apple crumble & custard for dessert. The food was delicious and good portion sizes. Friendly staff.

Enjoyed a delicious meal on an afternoon out with friends. The food and service was top class. Clive the owner and Shanade the server were very welcoming and accommodating. Wonderful atmosphere.. I will definitely be eating here again and again..

I’m prompted to leave this as iv seen the news today & quite frankly was annoyed that people use bad reviews as a threat which essentially could cause serious harm to a business ! So …… I’ve eaten here a few times but never left a review!! I should have because myself & my partner love Jamaican food & this place does it so well . The service is excellent & very welcoming.

Had a hectic day and just wanted comfort food. Excellent service & the staff welcomed me as noticed I was alone. Food exceptional definitely SOUL food I had the amazing chicken rice. Did not take pictures but wish I had Thank you ☺️

Lovely staff lovely food!! We were a party of 25 celebrating two big birthdays. Sarina and her staff were friendly and accommodating even though we were a bit noisy. The jerk prawns and sea bass starters were delicious and the the food came out in good time considering the size of our party and other diners there. The reggae music added to the atmosphere. In hindsight I wouldn’t book such a big table as restaurant and kitchen are quite small but they coped well. An overall great experience!

The quality of the food was not of a high standard to what I usually get here. The chicken that was barbecue with sauce was too hard and the brownstew chicken was dry on the outside and tasted like it nearly caught.

Lo visité con mi pareja para celebrar mi cumpleaños. Reservar fue muy fácil y la respuesta fue rápida, lo que nos permitió planificar bien nuestro día. Excelente servicio de la joven, nos sentimos muy bienvenidos! Ambiente era genial para nuestra noche con música instrumental de fondo. La comida es 100% auténtica jamaiquina y sabe muy bien! Esta fue mi segunda visita y la comida terminó mi cumpleaños muy bien. El propietario se preocupa por sus clientes y nos hizo sentir más bienvenidos. Recomiendo probar los lados que se encuentran al final de su menú con su comida, no se pierda los deliciosos entrantes, la selección de bebidas fue buena y recomiendo el cóctel de ponche de frutas. Sin duda volveré a visitar en, buen ambiente para traer a toda la familia y lugar perfecto para una buena noche de citas.

📍: @devonhousejq 💃🏽Vibes : Date night, special occasion Food rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Cuisine: Caribbean Location: Jewellery quarter Birmingham ________ Part 1: 📝: This restaurant/bar opened in Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham a couple years ago. Because my first visit was amazing and I couldn’t fault it, I decided to revisit. However, the expectation second time round fell short. The service on a whole was not good. After the waitress took the orders the menu’s were left on the table, empty glasses were also left on the table for the duration of the meal. When I received my starter 2 hours later it was cold, I also had to wait around 45 minutes to receive drinks. However the cocktails were tasty and we were offered complimentary drinks for our wait. 🍴Starters - £5.50 Spicy Chicken strips - coating had good flavour, I would order it again, but didn’t like the pepper sauce. - £6.75 Fricassee chicken wings - balance of flavours was good , the depth of flavours was great you could taste everything you would want in a dish , the food definitely hit the mark. - £6.75 Barbecue chicken wings - I liked the sweet taste of flavours, it melts in your mouth. - £8 Jerk King prawns and Avocado salad - was tasty and flavoursome, cooked to perfection a really good dish - £8 Coconut crisp prawns - They were nice and crispy but needed more coconut as I couldn’t really taste it, the peppered sauce was way too spicy didn’t really like it and it did not go well with the dish. I would of preferred a different sauce. 📍: @devonhousejq 💃🏽Vibes : Date night, special occasion Food rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Cuisine: Caribbean Location : jewellery quarter Birmingham ________ 📝: part 2 - When I received my main course 3 hours later it was warm I was not impressed. I did feel like they struggled to cope with the pressure on Mother’s Day. I would not be in a rush to return as our experience this time round was not a good one. Considering it was Mother’s Day I was extremely disappointed. 🍴Mains ▪️£11.95 Veg curry - It was alright not bad, I would of pereferred potato and yam in the curry but it was just garden veg and peppers , seasoned rice needed a little bit more season as it was very bland. ▪️£16.95 Peppered steak & white rice - Steak has a sweet taste not spicy , nice strong flavours, the rice was very fluffy And the veg was flavoursome ▪️ £22.95 Steak & rice n peas - my mom ordered the steak cooked medium rare , she was impressed with flavours of the dish especially the mushroom sauce which she thought was lovely and she enjoyed the cherry tomatoes was really tasty ▪️ £14.95 Fried chicken & rice n peas - Chicken & rice was dry needed gravy , food was also warm not hot enough . I would not order it again however the rice n peas was nice and fluffy, if it had gravy it would of gone down like a treat . 🍴Sides ▪️Dumplings I wish they were cooked fresh as we did wait more than 2 hours for our food ▪️Mac n cheese - this was is nice not too creamy the consistency is just right , the plantin was sweet but it was hard so not very enjoyable , I would of liked it more soft. Colsesaw I didn’t really like it didn’t give me the wow factor. ▪️£14.95 Bbq chicken & rice n peas - it was nice nothing special, i found it to be warm And I like my food hot with the steam coming off it. #birminghamuk #supportlocalbusiness #foodlove #foodies #eating #eatout #meal #restaurants #foodblogger #blog #blogger #yum #foodstagramming #foodpic #foodphotography📷 #foodlovers #relaxedatmosphere #specialoccasions #dinner #westmidlands #caribbeancuisine #caribbean #caribbeanfood #starter #jamaica🇯🇲 #maincourse #jamaicanfoodie

Very pleasant staff and lovely atmosphere, food was spot on

Really nice good and service will be going again

Vale... Así que fue la fiesta de 60 días de un amigo anoche. Nunca he estado aquí antes, cuando llegó la fiesta sorpresa estaba muy bien organizada y las mesas estaban muy bien dispuestas con globos glaseados🎉🎊🎈🎈🎈 La comida tipo buffet fue sin embargo un poco decepcionante, ya que era muy limitado para el precio que todos pagamos por adelantado por persona. Lo que figuraba en el menú no se servía, se quedaba sin comida muy rápido, las albóndigas eran para morirse, la carne bien sazonada con una patada pero nada de lo que escribir a casa🤷‍♀️ Gracias a Dios tuvimos un exquisito pastel de be'day excepcional para todos devorar de postre🎂🥰 Las bebidas, sin embargo, eran deliciosas, especialmente los cócteles que eran muy agradables y no demasiado dulces como algunos🍹🍹🍹 y muy decente precio! Valoración general 4/5. Excelente personal atento muy contento Solo desearía que hubiera opciones adicionales como queso mac N, Callaloo, maíz en la mazorca, etc. El propietario era encantador. ¿Regresaría? ¡Probablemente no, pero soy yo!

We arrived at 7:45. I got our food at 9:33. We booked for six and they was not ready for us. We really wanted to have Caribbean food as it was a special moments for our father. By the time we got our food, we was so hungry it spoilt the whole night, the food was okay, but I guess we didn’t even notice because we were so hungry and my dad is diabetic. I need to have a better system of how the food is prepared and not to keep people waiting

Food is Delicious 😋 staff are friendly. I recommend to all and I love to support our own community.

2nd time in 5 years and nothing seems to have improved. We booked this for my fathers 65th birthday as we did for his 60th and the service seems to have fallen to new depths of disgraceful. Only surpassed by what appears to be management behind the bar. Who was intentionally rude during this ordeal. It started when we advised that 7 people were unable to make the evening. And want to give 2 tables back to the restaurant. Where the female manager with the Bob decide to make some type of irritated response. Whilst turning her back to us and muttering under her breathe. An hour later after our food orders had been placed. We asked politely. "If they could ask in the kitchen, how much longer the food would be"? I was greeted with an attitude and as the food came out follow by a shrugging of her shoulders as to why I had bothered to come over and mention the wait. Now if the place was extremely busy I may have had more empathy, but we were the only people in there so they had no other customers to cater too. Anyone who was there when we had arrive, had left. What makes the situation even more upsetting was that when the jerk wings came out burnt and we asked for them to be replaced. They said its supposed to look like that. As if we didn't know what jerk wings are supposed to look like.They initially refused and said there was nothing they could do. We just asked that they substitute the burnt ones. They sent the young member of staff to give our family the kitchens response. So my sister, whose daughter's food this was sent the food back and cancelled her families order. The rest of the families with children continued to wait. I actually enjoyed my food when it arrived, but everyone else's was mediocre at best. There was no apology from the manager. We had to call the chef out to explain why everything was so bad. He said he was under staffed. Again, there was only us in the restaurant. The booking was for 20 but 7 family members couldn't make it in the end. 13 people. There where 3 chefs in the kitchen and 3 servers and one rather horrible bar manager. Who, if they value their business, should be kept away from customers all together. It is worth mentioning the chef did come out apologise after we sent for him. Especially as ackee and salt fish was ordered but came with no salt fish and no explanation. And the platter didn't come completely described in the menu. We've had better southern fried chicken at KFC Me and my family will never go here again.

Encontrado por accidente, un accidente agradable, comida auténtica bien hecha y presentada hermosa. A mi hija le gusta la música. El personal carismático estaba bien informado y servicial. Una experiencia agradable inesperada. Devon House se ha añadido a mi lista de lugares para disfrutar de nuevo.

Definitivamente vale la pena una visita 😃 Comida increíble, muy sabrosa, grandes porciones y a un precio razonable. Personal amable, especialmente Devon el propietario, muy amable y charlatán muy buen chico. Definitivamente volveré pronto

Second time to visit this place and just as the first time the food was excellent and consistent in taste, would highly recommend, the staff and especially the owner were very friendly and welcoming.

Was a random find as was staying at an apartment near by. Small place but lovely and staff are welcoming. Range of drinks and cocktails/ mocktails available Food looked and tasted beautiful. A couple of big bookings in, so our table of 2 sort of got forgotten about. After a while we went up to bar to pay our bill as our table still hadn't been cleared.

Nice food, but very slow service. Overall waiter was nice and friendly.

First time I've ever been here food is absolutely delicious will be going back soon Staff are sò friendly

Absolutely disgraceful. We booked here for a 60th birthday meal and it was ruined. We had a booking for 6.30pm. Didn’t get drinks until 7.30pm, starters at 8.15pm and our mains weren’t delivered until 9.20pm after we were told they’d be 15 mins or so after the starters. When ordering drinks they ran out of Heineken on draught and in bottles, they ran out of red stripe and ran out of martini. They made numerous errors with the drinks orders and took an eternity to bring them to the table. The food was nice but not worth the 2 and a half hour wait to get it. The staff and the manager had zero customer service skills. When negotiating the bill we were told the reason for the poor service was because there was a large table of 20. A large table is not a reason for poor service as this is something the restraint should have prepared for as they would have made a booking. Overall, the customer service is dreadful which really ruins the experience. I will definitely not recommend or be attending again.

Arrived at 9.05pm, three members of staff behind the bar, appearing not to be doing much, it took 25 minutes for someone to come and take our order, it then took another 30 minutes for the four drinks we ordered to arrive and our food didnt reach the table until 10.25pm - I ate at Devons House a few years back and had a similar experience back then, its a shame to see there has been no improvement on their customer service. When we asked how long food would be, we were told by the waitress "I dont know, wont be more than 30 minutes" There was an incident where an ambulance was called for an elderly lady and there was no sense of emergency by any of the staff to help with this. There was two other people we could hear complaining when paying their bill regarding the wait time. I appreciate a busy place may run behind but the way this place is ran front of house is terrible. The staff needs better training. The food was nothing mind blowing and was definitely not worth the wait, the Jerk chicken was dry as anything. When the Bill came and we were asked how the food was I stated the chicken was dry and there was no acknowledgement despite three quarters of the food being left on the plate. There is also no wheelchair access to the restaurant. I cant say I would be in a rush to return, the irony of that statement as nothing seems to be rushed at Devons House. Its only scraped a two star because the brown stew chicken was apparently very nice. I wouldnt recommend this place for the money, time and lack of service its just an overall poor experience.

We booked here for a 60th birthday meal and it was ruined. We had a booking for 6.30pm. Didn’t get drinks until 7.30pm, starters at 8.15pm and our mains weren’t delivered until 9.20pm after we were told they’d be 15 mins or so after the starters. When ordering drinks they ran out of Heineken on draught and in bottles, they ran out of red stripe and ran out of martini. They made numerous errors with the drinks orders and took an eternity to bring them to the table. The food was nice but not worth the 2 and a half hour wait to get it. The staff and the manager had zero customer service skills. When negotiating the bill we were told the reason for the poor service was because there was a large table of 20. A large table is not a reason for poor service as this is something the restraint should have prepared for as they would have made a booking. Overall, the customer service is dreadful which really ruins the experience. I will definitely not recommend or be attending again.

There was 3 persons on the night of visit yet the food took ages to arrive. On the menu is flavoured rice, yet when ordered informed they do not do it. Update the menu before we place order for the item no longer available. Toilet hand drier not working and toilet too close to sink, hard to sit down because of this.

The food was amazing service was great, lovely friendly staff. Cocktails were great Prefect place

I wasn’t sure what to expect from Devon House as I hadn’t had it recommended by many people. However I was pleasantly surprised, my dining experience here was fantastic, my highlights were the curried mutton with rice and peas, mac and cheese and saltfish fritters. If you’re a fan of Caribbean food please try this place! I couldn’t stop talking about how amazing the food was after finishing and will definitely back here for the curried mutton!

Roland served us with excellent service and patience with our many demands.

Been a couple of times but was a bit disappointed with the oxtail. Not as succulent and falling off the bone as previously. Coleslaw was on point but the service was slow today.

The place needed a good clean to be honest. Floor was dirty and covered in bits. Chair covers all ripped. Service was slow even though we were the only ones in there. The waitress was friendly though. Starter of jerk wings was almost inedible. Dry and jelly texture no crisp not much flavour. Main was ok. Salmon was nice rest of it was literally just about ok and it took ages to arrive. Won’t be going back.

The food was amazing! The service was equally impressive. I will definitely be returning. Faisal, the young waiter, helped to make the experience amazing by providing a friendly and professional service.

Lovely ambience, gres food. I will visit again. The service was great, a bit of a wait but worth it. Faisal was also wonderful.

Very dissapointing service, long wait for service and for food once ordered, mine came out wrong, sorting bill also took a long time. Came at 4.30, quiet period. Cool reception from management and staff. As we sat tables were pushed around for a larger booking that arrived later, with staff who showed us a table walking around or past us. We were told we wouldn't need extra salad as there was some included, this was a teaspoon size of lettuce flakes, fine for garnish or starter but miscommunicated. Didn't get the drink we requested after the meal. Expensive menu, inexperienced young staff. Equally as cool when we left.

Was hoping it had improved, just us in the restaurant and we still waited beyond our time. Did you know that you only get 2 bbq wings as a pose to 3 jerk wings (which are priced exactly the same). The jerk wings were seasoned well, but all wings were only warm (after such a long wait). Long gaps in service, no one greeted us upon entry or even to seat us, so we just picked our own seats. It was disappointing. On a positive note...the salt fish fritters were nice!

Was wandering around the Jewellery quarter and pondering if we should get a bite to eat or not and noticed Devonhouse. It was quiet but we were there early so had the pick of what table we would like (opted for the window to watch the world go by). We hadn't had any type of Caribbean food for nearly 22 years (as we got engaged on a trip to Barbados) so it was a bit of a novelty for us. The menu looked good and rather than go with something familiar(ish) I opted for the Ackee & Saltfish with a side of rice and peas whereas my wife went for the vegatarian special, a side of Plantain plus rice and peas. As i've never had Ackee & Saltfish before I didn't know what to expect but oh my god it was amazing, I honestly could have gone for another portion just because of the taste but alas it was rather filling and I didn't want to be a greedy pig (but it was tempting). We were pushed for time as we had only parked for an 2 hours but the food came out pretty quickly and as you can see through to the kitchen it's nice to see the chefs at work. Got to mention the lady serving as well, she was lovely and smiley and from what I can gather used to cook in the kitchen as well before going FOH. If we are back in the area again I would definitely go again. I noticed that one of the other reviews stated that it wasn't Authentic Jamaican food and to be honest I wouldn't know if it was or wasn't but I can certainly say it was GOOD FOOD.

Amazing food! Real authentic taste very happy with the service this place will be seeing me everytime proper yard food! 🩷 love

Celebrated our daughters birthday. Staff were lovely, very attentive. Cocktails were delicious....the punch was deadly! Food was amazing....chicken curry...curry mutton....fried chicken... Fish.....and all the trimmings. Reasonably priced. Would definitely recommend a visit.

The best food I’ve ever had eat it with in 2 minutes of them bringing it to me definitely worth a visit I’ll be going back again soon

Food coming was very slow not a lot of space for accommodation staff ignore you and stars were in small portions

Top jamaican service and food 😋 respect big man and the kitchen crew...

This is not authentic Jamaican food. The food was turtle bay like. Avoid at all costs. Jerk wings tasted like stale fried chicken wings smoothed with a load of jerk sauce! No desserts. Bring back the old chef because this is not good.

My first time visiting this place and I can highly recommend it. The service and food is great

The vegetarian ackee is a dinner; which is ackee, with rice and peas with veg. This order is ackee only. Can I get at least the rice and peas else I would like a refund

Good food good atmosphere and friendly staff good service

Had the pleasure of having lunch with the family here on Sunday, food was spot on, a good effort was made with all our meals, curry mutton 110%, service was nice and friendly, our first time of visiting but not the last, well done guys and thank you for a lovely lunch…

Food was satisfying. The steamed fish was heavenly and I was well satisfied.

Incredible Jamaican food. The dumplings were nothing short of perfection. Roland(I believe that was his name), my server was a complete gent and such a nice, friendly guy! Lovely staff and welcoming staff, very smart and clean establishment. This place is incredible! 10/10

Authentic Caribbean food cooked with a lot of love.

It was good but as you grow older it loses its hype 🥲

My partner and I went to the Deven House for a meal. The food was excellent and so was the service. Highly recommended you go and try for yourself. 👍🏼👌🏼😎

Ended up going to collect from the restaurant as it was taking so long to find a driver.

My first time here and I heard mixed reviews but decided to go and took my mum with family friends and their mum for Mothers Day. When we arrived we were informed that our booking was not on the list although the deposit had been paid. This was quickly resolved and we were seated. It took a little while before we were approached to order our drinks and food. We were served our drinks and it went downhill from there. Absolute chaos ensued with long waits for food orders and customers who had pre-booked tables waiting over an hour for their tables. It was a 90 min wait before we were eventually served and some of our ordered starters came with the main meal The host didn't offer any apology as to the waiting times or explain why there was such a delay in the kitchen. Thankfully there were no diabetic elders in our group and when the food did arrive it was tasty. Unfortunately my dish was further delayed as I ordered the steam snapper and they bought me steamed seabass. The white rice accompanying it was not thoroughly cooked and it was hard. My mum starter of soup was also missed off our order. I am not sure how often this venue hosts significant events but the service today was abysmal and extremely disappointing and unfortunately Devon House has not made a lasting impression.

It was really lovely food except for the salt fish fritters did not have any flavour. We did not have to wait too long for our meals.The service was excellent. The staff was very friendly.

Mediocre Jam restaurant. Welcome was none exsistent, had to seat ourselves and wait to see if anyone came over. It appeared that a small group had booked half the restaurant for a buffet style function but there only seemed to be two staff members running the restaurant. Waitress had the typical “wah yuh wa” facial expression, not abrupt but not friendly. Food was a pass. (just about). I know this isn't the food the chef/s cook at home. This is the watered down, lack lustre version to turn a profit, like so mainly other restaurants out there. Nothing massively wrong to make the food inedible but nothing that would make me go back again. Half the stuff on the menu not available, ackee was sub par, punch tasted like a carton of sunrise tropical juice and no desserts available! One Positive: Restaurant frontage looks nice, they’ve tried to get that stately Kingston Devon house feel - unfortunately nothing inside matches up. 4/10.

Very disappointed tbh! After waiting a very long time for the food it was standard nothing really special about it!. We felt like we were just sat there waiting for ages as the staff were tending to a bigger party. The staff needs to be more tentative to their customer. If food is going to be long let them know, ask them how the food is etc. Nothing special here really. This is just my honest review .

Food and presentation is top quality, nice friendly staff also. Even though the restaurant was at full capacity near enough the service did not drop one bit 10/10

This was our first visit here for a family birthday meal. A lovely and cosy ambience with soft background music. Food was tasty and well presented and we was greeted and waited on with courtesy and respect. The only reason that I did not rate 5 stars was the lengthy period that we had to wait for a meals to come out….. something that I feel that you must try and work on! A definite must try!

Arrived at 7pm for a surprise birthday but the previous party booking were all still at the tables,once they exited due to the time some members from our party felt the need to help clear the tables as guests were already waiting around....eventually we got our own drinks from the bar and then about 7.30 the food orders were taken,the young lad who took our orders was very pleasant,The food come out slow,We watched everyone else eat every so often a few shouts towards our table that our food was being plated up by other servers were made..it was 9.30 when our food arrived,needless to say the children should of at least been prioritised first,but it was made clear that a decision had been made that the main head table was served first then everyone else after,I had the jerk prawns didn't think it was proper jerk seasoning just added at the end my fritter was burnt everyone just ate what they had because they were hungry it seemed so it was better then nothing, nobody asked if we needed anything else or was it ok...the fastest thing to arrive to the table was the bill very prompt with that one. Disappointed for sure.

Delicious authentic food friendly polite people and a wonderful setting too definitely classy joint would eat in next time bit too pricey because it is in jewellery quarter so as a local I know the rent is premium so all and all great place great food

Great food, very flavoursome as expected when you're getting authentic Jamaican cuisine. It was Thursday evening and it wasn't crazy busy at all, the starters were banging and the main course was mwah! You can order to taste and id suggest doing that if you prefer spicy food. The restaurant has to cater for all clients. The Guinness punch was nice, a small portion but good enough. All in all a good experience. Local parking after 6 is free.

Disappointed in the quality of the food doesn’t taste the same as when you eat in the restaurant. The plaintain was inedible due to being really hard. The Mac cheese tasted sweet rather than spicy. The mutton was boney and dry. Sorry I’m a regular and never complained before.

We indulged in a satisfactory evening. Although we didn't have a reservation, we were seated comfortably and attended to promptly. The staff were all very well mannered and welcoming. The menu was all you could want and more. The food was delicious 😋🤤, well prepared and well presented. The music 🎵🎶 set the vibes and joy. We will be warranting Devon House with many more visits and we hope they continue to prosper. From a very happy pair of customers 😁

Great food, great customer service, very accommodating, very warm, AWESOME drinks!!! No dessert menu

Definitely over priced fried chicken portion £9+ for one leg and one small thigh… no fried chicken coating used either (not sure why)?! I also ordered 2 portions of festivals and got what tasted fresh but bland dumplings. £15 for a small portion of mutton is also extortionate.. definitely will not return

Tastes just like home, cannot go wrong in my opinion highly recommended

We had our Christmas party here, it was very nice, we all enjoyed it.

The staff worked tirelessly to ensure we (a group of nine) had a wonderful time. It was special. I and we loved it as always. Thank you Devon House.

Food was very tasty, lovely cosy atmosphere, staff friendly and helpful. We will be back x

No curry mutton or chicken.Really!! Weren’t told until we were ready to order. Had the ackee and salt fish, they need to make sure fine bones are taken out. Plantain was tough underipe. Slow service.

Lovely food, friendly staff. Prices not too bad. Cocktail was on point... Had to rush home before it kicked in 😉

Friday 24th November It’s not the first time that we are going to Devon House has a big group we have had the same nasty waitress! getting a attitude with us when we’re asking her. Why is the food taking so long and we were waiting over an hour! The last time we came, it was my nephew’s birthday and we had the same nasty, nasty waitress, and we ignored her behaviour towards us! but we’re not ignoring it this time! This time we will never be going back to Devon’s house never!! When we all left we all said it at tge same time last time we are coming To Devon House👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽

Had a meal 29.10.23. Food was good. Howevrr when needed the tiolet the experience wasn't good. No Tiolet paper iand hand dryer doesn't work. When reported it to young assistant not sure whether the information was passed on. Later an older person wanted the tiolet. They said they didn't have no tiolet paper and went in the kitchen to get kitchen roll. No apologies. Also tiolet too low.

The stew chicken was literally awful but we didn’t want to be rude. It was tasteless, dry, tough and I would not recommend it. We had a few drinks off the menu and the rum punch was amazing. Would I go back again, highly unlikely unfortunately

Unfortunately, the food was simply not up to par!! We ordered the, 'Fillet of Sea Bass' and was given, something that looked and tasted like, pond life!! This cost us, £8.00 for nothing at all, and something that was honestly inedible. Furthermore, when my partner attempted to pay, he was overcharged, by £6.00 and was given the poor excuse about different prices online!!! He was told to leave his number and he will be refunded (we will patiently wait for that, but not hold our breath). We paid nearly, £50 for x 2 Oxtail dinners, that were bones and gravy only...... Seriously people, remember that we work very hard and when you are spending x amount, investing in small businesses, the quality of food should not be in question!!!!! Do better, Devon House and please provide some pricing training or something for the staff, because they have no idea, how much the food they are serving actually costs!!!! Advice to customers: check and confirm the prices!!!!!!!

It would help if the notes were read and food taken to the front door

Not my first time visiting. But on this occasion the food was just OK. Last time I've visited food was amazing..Service was a bit slow and it wasn't that busy.

I booked my wife's 40th birthday meal at Devon House and everything went perfectly. Booking for a large party was quick and easy, the food was on time and very delicious. The staff were extremely helpful and friendly and went above and beyond to make sure we were all well taken care of. My wife was very happy and so was everyone who was there. Highly recommend.

Absolutely amazing food and friendly Staff. This restaurant offers true authentic flavoursome Jamaican food . The management staff are visible and very pleasant. Like wise the waiting staff work exceptionally hard with a smile on their face . Thank you to the young lad ( he was very professional ) . Sade was pleasant too. And the lovely lady who served me (Sorry I forgotten your name ) you displayed excellent customer services.☺️ Pro’s: Excellent food and choices Excellent cocktails and true Jamaican beverages Good Location Free parking after 6pm onside st ( currently) Pleasant staff including management. Cons accessibility access - Sometimes along wait for food . ( which I was ok with as food was hot & fresh) Suggestion - snack basket on table after customer orders food (at busier times ) Promotional or photo wall Staff to wear name badges Thank you for an experience # Devonhouse

Had a great time for my wife's birthday. We had a large party and booking was easy. The food, vibes ,and service was Great. We had a wonderful time

Very quiet location the service was fast throughly enjoyed it

Had a lovely meal we arrived at 1730 so it was nice and quiet food was nice service was good All in all a good experience

My friend and I went to Devon House mid September for a catch up. It was rather empty during the afternoon, which was nice for us. We had a chance to chat with the staff and they were really pleasant. The food was lovely, not too heavy on seasoning, it was just a perfect balance. There were no starters or desserts on the menu, but we were able to use the sides as a starter. We did end up having sweet potato pudding (which was yum) as a desert as the owner brought that in separately to the restaurant - I think we were there on a lucky day. Overall I would definitely go again for during the lunch time.

Food came hot and the portions were generous. Really loved the steamed vegetables

Second time in two weeks, something is missing in the order, when we phone, the front desk staff said is because they are busy and have no drivers. What an excuse!! if it happens twice in two weeks, then everything is wrong with the restaurant.

Great night in great company. Never disappointed with my choice of meal.

Best Caribbean food in Birmingham

Visited shortly after opening and didn't have some of the basic items available. Service poor nearly 15 minutes for 3 glasses of water and we were the only customers. Need to do better

Dinner was delicious. Would definitely recommend it!!!!

I should have told the chef no breast as I am not a fan of breast Flavors were nice but couldn't eat the chicken Fritters were amazing

Great food, great cocktails, great vibe.

Another excellent find of a Caribbean restaurant. The curried mutton was absolutely delicious, the meat literally fell off the bone. I also recommend the mixed platter for two accompanied by the house rum cocktail.. DELICIOUS.

Enjoyed a nice meal 😋 at this place..will try again 👍🏾

Nice food, wonderful service, lovely staffs

Great small place and the food was amazing👏

Booked here for my dad's birthday, the restuarant is quite small when you get inside, we happened to be booked on the same day as someone's 40th and they had reserved half the restuarant with a buffet service. I think the focus was more on that party. I found the service to be slow and they appeared unsure of what was available. There were several items we had asked for and they did not have them,which is typical of Caribbean restuarants/takeaways. We were a party of 12. Ordered some cocktails which I found were seriously watered down, not worth the price. Food took a little time to come but that's OK i assume it's being prepared as fresh as possible. I had the garlic prawns with rice and peas, you cannot have an alternative like stemmed vegetables instead so I had to order this separate. The steam veg was not the usual Caribbean style of doing steam veg but was actually very nice, save for the broccoli stems which were tough. I tried the rice and peas but they were not great, tasted like it was old rice as well as pot bottom, I didn't want the rice anyway. The garlic prawns were not the best, again not what I expected but I found the prawns too rubbery and just not to my liking. I tried the curry goat, it was just OK. I tried some chicken wings, I found them small and not that exciting. My dad did enjoy his oxtail so that's a bonus. We had a cake which they seemed unable to accommodate so we ended up bringing it out ourselves.(no obligation on them to) I just think they were understaffed for a busy day and again the focus was the bigger booking. Overall I wasn't impressed, however other people seemed to really enjoy the food, so I would always suggest you try for yourself.

I really don't know where to start... the staff were not rude but just not welcoming. There was 6 of us and none of us would go back. We waited over 40 minutes for water, only for it to arrive in a dirty jug which we returned. After that we did not want to drink from another jug! We then waited a further 20 minutes for our drinks to arrive. We had to ask a few times for the drinks. I was confused by the delay as their was only 2 other tables for the 2 waitresses to deal with. Slow is an understatement and at one point we were going to leave. The starters arrived after about 1 and half hours! They were ok but the plantin was not ripe and should not have been served. When the mains arrived we still had to await a further 5 minutes for the side dishes to come out! And at least one item didn't come out but by then we just wanted to eat and go so we didn't mention it. After we had finished eating dinner we were never offered a dessert menu. The one good thing was the cocktails which were very strong! I would not recommend this place as the food was only average. But the service was awful. I don't think we got a smile from the waitress until about an hour after we arrived.

I was celebrating a big birthday with 14 other friends. I had booked before..We arrived 5 minutes early to be met by rude staff saying we are early and slamming the door in our faces we waited outside the restaurant in the rain for 5 minutes. The food has only white rice or brown rice no hard food one desert on the menu waited 1.30 for food keept asking for water for the table. Staff eventually became more friendly after about 2 hours in the restaurant i felt embarrassed for my friends whom i told was a professional kind atmosphere . We have booked elsewhere for a group of 20 of us for another celebration definitely we will not be back

I have never been so disappointed !!! This was a memorial dinner for my mother of 12 guests. We had driven from London and Telford. Our drinks, guiness punch and rum punch were both watered down and tasteless. The food was well below average the plaintin was not ripe and was as dry as crackers, salt fish fritters was swimming in oil. Many of us ordered Sea Bass and Jerk Salmon which was dry and tasteless. To top it all we found a HAIR in the food. After that incident we were all put off our meal. Our plates went back three quarters full. We asked for dessert menu and waitress informed us there was only apple crumble no custard ,no vanilla ice cream only strawberry. I booked this reservation 4 weeks prior. I spoke to them the day before to check everything was in order. There was no manager on site. I asked to speak to chef who I found very aggressive. I brought to his attention that his bead should be covered when in the kitchen. To end this awful experience I demanded a 20% discount, after many attempts to get the owner to speak to us on the phone. I received my discount but I would had preferred to have had a lovely enjoyable day with my family to remember my mother. I would never recommend this restaurant not even to my enemy.