Based on 137 opinions finded in 2 websites
Based on 137 opinions finded in 2 websites
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Ordered large jerk chicken. Which contained of a drumstick and 3 wings! It literally felt like I was given left overs. Zero jerk sauce on the rice and chicken. Definitely won't be seeing me again.
Dee P . 2024-03-24
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Ordered on deliveroo the Food was really nice would love a boneless option for the curried goat the flavours were great and meat very tender i also purchased macaroni and cheese and that was very delicious, would recommend this restraunt
Chelmo4star . 2024-03-05
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The service & food was absolutely amazing 😊
Louise Mack . 2024-01-24
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Rice and peas was nice and moist, curry goat well seasoned and cooked down. All credit goes to the chef!👨🍳. Lovely 😋 highly recommended 👌
Rosezanna Simms . 2023-11-22
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Good jerk chicken spot. Ordered large jerk chicken and rice n peas and wife had a small.rixe with vegetable patty and it was really good. Chicken was dripping off the bone and full of flavour. Was proper filling and a deligh to eat. If I was ever back in South Croydon again... would be my regular haunt.
J 77 . 2023-11-12
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Sooooooo goooood!!!!!! My 10 year old also loved it
Sally Smith . 2023-10-08
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Very disappointing. I’ve had alright meals from here before but today was a complete miss. Really bland overcooked chicken and pork. Totally lacking seasoning and the mediocre “jerk sauce” that the rice swims in did nothing to mask that fact. Won’t be gambling here anymore
Michael Adegoke . 2023-09-25
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If you don’t eat here your missing out honestly the food is so good and the service is amazing.
Aaliyah . 2023-09-12
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Went in on the 25/08 for small jerk pork and festival. Went back to work and opened the container, pork was horrible, no colour on the meat it had no taste whatsoever. Appears to have been boiled in a pot, as it was overcooked. The festival had oil dripping from it, seems as if it fried from overnight and put in the microwave. The worst jerk pork and festival I have eaten. I have had their jerk pork and festival before and it was really good. Maybe the chef has left or something, but this was definitely no good.
Odette Thomas . 2023-08-25
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My daughter brought back home jerk chicken pie mash and veg, my stomach upset had to eat raw ginger and hot water then lay down
Lorraine Mclean . 2023-08-20
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Fantastic food need a bit more meat as your given a lot of rice .
Jennie Clarke . 2023-08-06
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Everything except the food is great. Ordered a fried fish with plain white rice. The fish or gravy that the waitress added was excessively salty, I had to add sweet chilli sauce to make it edible.. and I still ended up throwing it away. Good customer service, designed beautifully.. but you need a new chef.
LifeOfALawStudent x . 2023-08-02
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Food was absolutely fantastic. Low key restaurant with great music. Staff were so attentive.
Fahmida Begum . 2023-08-01
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I stopped in to get take-away after my daughter and I had a hard day, craving some home-cooked, comfort food. The service was excellent - friendly, happy, and nothing was too much trouble. It had a relaxed but professional family vibe. I noticed how everyone working was wearing hair nets, and the place looked clean. I ordered a whole heap of food - jerk bbq wings, pepper steak, both with rice and peas, mac & cheese, festivals and dumplings (oh yes - it was that kinda day!), and coleslaw. All of the meat was well seasoned and tender. Good sized wings, seasoned well underneath a good bbq sauce. None of the steak was fatty, fell apart under the fork. Rice and peas perfectly seasoned and cooked. Mac & cheese was a good comfort side. Coleslaw was a good balance. Festivals were just the right amount of sweet, and dumplings had risen just the right amount. Neither were too greasy. Portions were generous, especially considering the quality of the food and the reasonable price. To top it off they have frozen slushies - we had tropical, which was something we'd never usually have but it was a long hot day and they went down good! They're doing good things here
Kate Franklyn-Little . 2023-07-28
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This was the best jerk pork I’ve ever had cant recommend highly enough melted in my mouth was lovely also had the jerk chicken was incredible to but the jerk pork was out of this world trust me get yourself to the JERK LIFE CENTRE
Jayne Masters . 2023-07-21
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Giving it 1 cos I've had a few good meals here but I just got home and opened my box to find I bought a £10 rice box with bones....check your meal before you leave... Definitely gonna be a 2nd thought when Delly's is just 10 mins extra journey for much better consistent quality and servings....so disappointed I had to write a review Edit: 2 bites in and I wish I never for real. I'm just mad I wasted my money on this dead food. The rice and peas is drrrrrrrry. £10 box of rice and the rice is bad...bare in mind I bought a large oxtail meal so yeah definitely last time for me.
Jamil Sannie . 2023-07-04
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The food here is great. I ordered a Curry Goat, Mac and Cheese and Festivals and they were all spot on. The Curry Goat was flavoursome and good the quality of meat. Their Mac and Cheese was tasty, hot and it was generous with the cheese. The Festival's arrived hot, smelled and tasted very good. All portion sizes are generous! The delivery time was super quick! It was no more than 30 minutes, maybe less.
Michael Joseph . 2023-06-30
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Food is good but service is TERRIBLE!!!! Was a loyal customer but the white girl that works there thinks it her shop and thinks she can talk to customers anyhow!! Just don't use them there are so many better Caribbean food places in croydon!! Don't even bother using there loyalty card you wont be able to claim any of the free items even after spending £90 just to be able to collect them. Stay clear!!!!
Crystal Mbomba . 2023-06-07
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We are from out of town and was looking for good Jamaican food. So glad we came here.Jerk chicken and jerk pork was delicious!!! Rice and peas also cooked well. Service prompt and was welcomed by a friendly lady. Will come back here when back in london.
Elaine Gayle . 2023-05-30
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I ordered from here couple of days ago and totally forgot to give my review! I would give more than 5 star if it was available because after trying out so many Jamaican cuisine shops this is the only shop that satisfied my craving. Honestly, will order from here again.
Joe F . 2023-05-19
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Reviewing before ive even finished my food cause i couldnt wait lol, Divine!! Thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you!
Jodie Micallef . 2023-03-27
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Normally I travel to heath for jerk, I couldn't be bothered to go that far so thought would try here.. so glad I was being lazy cause I will never be going back to heath the food is amazing, there was a nice amount of chicken, the coleslaw was sweet it was nicest I have tried and love their festivals definitely recommended and will be sticking with this shop now. The staff was friendly and the price was good for the quality and amount you get.
Louisa Smith . 2023-02-18
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I'm a regular customer here now and the food here is delicious and wait times are not too bad. The first question you should have on arrival should always be "what do you have?" As with many Jamaicam restaurants not everything on the menu is always available.. however I swear by any of the foods they do have available. Delicious, nutritious and well made. I'd always suggest adding a serving of festivals to the meal as these are very delicious (I believe they put in vanilla extract). As someone who grew up in Jamaica, I cam say this restaurant did not disappoint. I love their seleceltion of music while you wait on your meal and although the restaurant is not massive there are a few options for seating which you could easily bring your partner in for a quick sit down and dine in. Overall lovely experience and I will continue to return.
Ras Lunacy . 2023-01-06
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Nice tasty west Indian food.oxtail special on a Friday it lovely. Jerk chicken is a must.
Jennifer Robinson . 2022-11-27
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The food here is great. Staff make you feel welcome and at home! Mac and cheese was amazing. The cakes are also excellent!! Must try the slushies too
Nathan Edwards . 2022-09-05
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I felt like someone played a joke on me. Such good reviews, I was expecting more. I was craving some good home cooked Jamaican soup so went to Good Life for the first time to order some chicken soup to take away. Always treated myself to a couple of festivals. The in-house experience was good. The guys behind the counter and in the kitchen were all good. They ended up giving me the soup someone else had ordered and not turned up for (I was skeptical as didn’t want any stale, gone cold, leftover soup) but the guy behind the counter reassured me it had only been there for a couple of minutes. Got home, really excited about my food but got festivals that were crazy oily and so rock hard I couldn’t even finish eating them and soup that had hardly any food in. Not one dumpling! Where were my potatoes? Yam? I was soooo disappointed but it was too late to do anything about it. I’m new to the area, and was hoping I’d found my new local Jamaican spot for some good home cooked food but unfortunately, this was such a disappointing experience that the search continues :(
Nadine Stewart . 2022-08-26
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tasty jerk chicken , coleslaw portion are very big. overall nice shop.
t j . 2022-08-24
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The food was tastier than some of the other Jamaican/Caribbean restaurants in Croydon. With the exception of hard food, you can most Jamaican food there. On the evening we went, most items on the menu were unavailable- this may have been due to the fact we went about two hours before the closure of the restaurant; the young man who served did say that day was extremely busy, which contributed to running out of food - this is something they will have to work on dealing with. There is an area for dining, but just enough for a few people, so be aware if you have more than eight of you eating. I would definitely recommend you trying if them out.
Christopher Gayle . 2022-07-27
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First time trying Good Life Centre. I Got large curry Goat and large Peppered steak rice and peas and both were bang on 100% best Caribbean food in Croydon i dont think i will go anywhere else now. Thank you food was Amazing.
Gary Holmes . 2022-07-21
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nice clean local place with great lunch time deals - staffs really nice too
Frontline Mag . 2022-07-19
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Amazing and for me by far the best carribean in London. Keep it up guys, next step big boi restaurant in the heart of Croydon. Love
Star The Artist . 2022-07-07
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Not the best caribbean I've had to be honest. The customer service is great. I just found too much salt and too much rice compared to protein in the meal.
Ekeisha E . 2022-06-07
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My partner bought me ackee for £6 and it was absolutely dreadful. The meal was dry, the rice and peas had hardly any kidney beans. The ackee had peppers and onions missing. Overall the dish was disappointing and please improve this dish.
Zoey Turnee . 2022-05-20
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If I could give 0 stars I would. These people are very impolite, they got mine and my partners order wrong then tried to blame it on us even called me rude for being upset. If I had sworn or cussed her out I could understand, at that point I just wanted a refund for the inconvenience and the attitude. I have severe anxiety which I take a high dose of citlopram for, I don’t like confrontation so I handed the phone over to my partner for him to rectify the situation but the woman on the other end was so sarcastic and disrespectful it gave me a panic attack. in the end I told her we’ll go directly through Ubereats, I’d already sent them a message with pictures for evidence and I recorded the full conversation with the horrible manager for good measure. Will NOT be back, we didn’t even bother eating what was delivered, took one bite of the oily ackee and had enough.
Eshara Moulton . 2022-05-16
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The curry goat and mixed jerk was one of the tastiest I've had. Passing through for work and this little place did not disappoint. Perfect spice and full of flavour. Very decent portion and fair price for what you get.
Sam Jacobs . 2022-03-17
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Love the goat curry and jerk chicken
Nidge Dias . 2021-12-12
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I've been going from the day it opened. Great food in the past, however standards have dropped significantly. Today I really fancied a treat, chicken and pork dish - Hard, burnt, salty. Such a shame but unfortunately last time for me. Very disappointed..
Adrian Thompson . 2021-11-30
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Food is good, don't like the fact you have to eat out of a takeaway box when eating in.
Sandor Gyurgyovits . 2021-11-18
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Always running out of food. Always cancelling orders because they have run out food without notifying us. It’s happened on a few occasions - with us having to call to find out the food is cancelled. They need to sort out their internal processes and systems, as they seem confused when asked why it keeps happening. Was very happy when they opened-up, but I’m seeing a dip in the quality and efficiency of their service as they try to keep up with orders. Try not to lose customers in the process. The food is good, but I’m starting to struggle with the service.
Julian Thompson . 2021-11-05
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Best Jamaican take away around Croydon food is delicious just like home cooked I love this place!
Angie Vergara . 2021-10-21
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Food taste like home...no jokes. Chef can cook. Price reasonable
Ashlei Jai . 2021-09-07
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Honestly very disappointed. I've had great food from here in the past but recently my orders have been wrong and the quality awful. Ordered stew chicken got hard jerk. Overcooked so the meat was stiff. Also the plantain was rock-hard. Absolutely shocking!!
Tiggytt 82 . 2021-08-28
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Banging munch. The coleslaw us the best out there and the serve pork.
Only “Freedom” Ftw . 2021-07-18
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Full of flavours and good size portion Pepper steak
Sam Tarakemeh . 2021-06-24
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Had our first visit to this venue for a takeaway last night. The oxtail with rice n peas was soooo good. We went to bed full and woke up full! The rum cake needs a bit more rum for my mum but overall we enjoyed our first visit. We will be back again soon.
Angie Greenaway-Samuel . 2021-06-19
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It can be hit and miss when you try a place: I tried this place for the first time, for me it was a little disappointing as food arrived very luke warm and although not bad, tasted like left overs from a day ago or something. Meat was burned, Ended up just eating the rice.😕 Ordered jerk chicken and rice n peas
Julie M . 2021-06-15
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One of the best Caribbean shops in Croydon down to the food to the customer service it’s nice to be served with a smile
J . 2021-06-10
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Been coming here twice a week for years. Fish on Wednesday and Oxtail Friday. Just amazing authentic food. Thee best yard food shop I've experienced. Consistent quality, great prices and good customer service. I would happily invest in another Good Life closer to where I live.
Support Team . 2021-06-04
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Good food, on portion sizes not sure. The large portion is what I would call a regular in some other places I have tried .
Joseph Okwusogu . 2021-05-23
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The service was excellent my food was hot and enjoyable
Denice Stew . 2021-05-11
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Service is fantastic. food is so good best jamaican food I've had in the UK 🇬🇧
Jahmani Williams . 2021-04-19
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I ordered for the 1st time using ubereats. The jerk chicken was black and very burnt making it almost inedible, and the fish also was very dry and not fresh at all, no coleslaw served. The plantain was also very dry and undercooked, it wasn't ripe enough. The sauce/gravy poured over however was very tasty. I hate leaving bad reviews but I have to be honest as when dealing with food I think its important. I feel like I have wasted my money and unfortunately wouldn't order again. Sorry.
Leeann Marston . 2021-04-11
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Really tasty & authentic :) Good portion sizes & wrapped & presented well.
venetia fillery . 2021-03-31
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Very disappointed with Good Life on this occasion. The flavours in the meat were all there and fantastic. However, rice tasted like last nights lukewarm leftovers. My large curry goat meal was 95% bone! Not to mention the fact that what arrived seemed to be a small serving of meat (perhaps the last dregs in the pot bottom) with a double portion of rice- this is not good enough, especially as a large meal is £2 extra!! If there isn’t enough left it should be taken off the menu! Extremely poor value for money and a very dissatisfying meal.
sach walker . 2021-03-22
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The right amount of seasoning, spice level and portion. Many places in Croydon do Jerk chicken/pork but miss the mark with consistency and texture but the deliver one of the best in the area. The Callaloo stew was exceptional and would like to see more Vegan mains in carribean cuisine as a whole.
The Customer Experience Limited . 2021-03-16
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Very authentic taste and customer service is excellent and the surrounding is very clean Good life jerk Centre dont service us overnight food as their food runs out so fast, I have to place my order for pick up and asked the friendly staff to put it down for me and tell them the time I will collect it. I do so bast on my experience of going there at 20:00 and no food so please let's be truthful in our review give to them the ratings they deserve.
Jennifer Beckford . 2021-02-28
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Really good service, and great jerk pork!
Patrick Chambers . 2021-02-15
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Food was lovely. Nice portions, the lady who served had amazing customer service. Definitely recommend ! The coleslaw was sooooo nice.
rebbaca bradford . 2021-02-01
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I travel a while to get here but in my opinion one of the best jerk places. Clean, large portions and very tasty. Never disappoints
Just Me . 2021-01-31
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Not sure if they had a change in chef or new owners or something but we ordered from here over a year ago it was horrid. I just re tried them and OMG the curry Goat was spot on. Rice and peas also was hot and fluffy. Well done on turning a 1* review into a 5*
Carly Mcintyre . 2021-01-16
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Jerk chicken rice & peas nice but plantain not cooked fresh & rubbery/hard.. Plantain takes minutes to cook.. Meat can be tasty but mostly fat (Jerk Pork)
JH97 Anthony . 2021-01-05
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Meat was great in quality and quantity
Courtney Robbins . 2020-12-27
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I was having a bad craving for Oxtail so I decided to ring and check what their Chef's special was as I didn't fancy waiting two weeks for the Dutchie to bring my food. To my delight Oxtail was the special and the food arrived within 15minutes!!! Okay, they are in fact my local, BUT the telephone service was polite and I asked for pepper sauce to be added to the side and it was. Now, let me tell you about the Oxtail, it was sweet, spicy, garlicky, peppery and soooo good that I even cracked and chewed down the bone! Something, I used to tell my Mother that I would never do.....I will definitely be ordering here again.
Natasha Yadallee . 2020-11-27
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Best yard food in Croydon....hands down.
KERRI SIMPSON . 2020-11-21
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Good food, value for money, nice people.
Darren Devitt . 2020-11-08
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Their fried fish is the best I’ve ever tasted and their coleslaw is so creamy
Elizabeth Ibeh . 2020-09-26
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Fantastic food. Good price and service.
Shaji Trivikraman . 2020-09-24
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Friendly service and great food with good size portions. Will definitely be back.
Chris Martin . 2020-08-01
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I've been coming here -weekly for about 2 years. Weekly ya nah!!! Good Life JC cook amazing food at fantastic prices. The food service is quick and polite and the food is consistent in its quality. I eat EVERYTHING they have from the pork to the wings. Only niggle would be that the coleslaw portion sizeisize too small but you can always buy another as there only 50p!!! Good people good food.....
Luke Forde . 2020-07-23
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Tasty food and amazing service. I wont order my jerk from anywhere else
Shardai Smith . 2020-07-06
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Super friendly lady behind the counter. Quick service. Large portions. Reasonably priced. Tasty as hell. As a caviat to this, I had a strange experience when I phoned up for a takeaway. The lady told me that I should hang up and use JustEat to order, which I did immediately, however every item I tried to select was 'sold out'. Confused, I called them back, the same lady answered the phone and confirmed they had run out of food. I'm not sure why she wasted my time.
Beer Baron . 2020-07-03
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Best jamaican restauran in town, full of flavours from the curry chicken to the pork to the curry goat. Just been back after the lockdown and still taste as good. 10/10
Yon Yem . 2020-06-15
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Great Jamaican food and really friendly service
Mark Johnstone . 2020-02-01
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This is my spot. Whenever I can I buy a meal from here. One of the best pit stop Caribbean restaurants in town.
Brandon X . 2019-09-22
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Great food. Big portions especially considering the price. Great service too
Zipo Mangaliso . 2019-09-17
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Great food at very reasonable prices. Staff very friendly. Jerk prawn and stewed chicken are amazing and if Mammas Rum cake is available do spoil yourself, you will not be disappointed.
William Nicol . 2019-08-16
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Great tasting food. Ordered a small curry goat via Uber Eats and it was big enough for two! Tastes freshly made and yummy. Don't know why I haven't tried this place before but now my new favourite Caribbean spot.
A sib . 2019-08-01
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portion was big, food taste nice, i met the lady owner, she was extremely nice, i only wish they do delivery, am right at home craving your jerk but can't leave the house at the moment.
mamasimonable mama . 2019-07-27
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Best jerk in london.all the food is perfect.polite staff. And good portions
T . 2019-07-17
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Food is so tasty, full of flavour
Sandra Simms . 2019-06-22
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Small enterprise serving the best of Jamaican cuisine.
John William . 2019-05-27
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Myself and my colleague have ordered from here twice this week. I've had Jerk chicken and curry chicken, with rice and peas. The chicken was tender and overall it was delicious. Will definitely be back next time we stay in Croydon.
Liam Rowbotham . 2019-05-10
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Im actually addicted to the jerk prawns
Maskelah Gabriel-adams . 2019-04-16
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The food is absolutely great my son love the curry goat with rice and peas.lunch time deal only £5.always hot and fresh pepper sauce is really nice ifyou like your spicy food. Run cake is really great. If you are thinking about going there between 12&1 call first to make your order sure a long line waiting for food...keep it up
Ann Sookhoo . 2019-03-19
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Best Jamaican food I've had in a while.
Stef N . 2019-02-23
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Amazing flavours! Best Jerk Sauce ever!
S A . 2019-02-21
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Great location, Fantastic food and service. I have been going here since they opened.
joshua lindsay . 2019-02-19
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The owner is lovely and makes sure the food is prepared to a high standard.Nothing is too much trouble
Rosemarie Gill . 2019-02-10
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The best jerk chicken!! the soup was out of this world!!! the Chef is the best ever!! Well done to you all!
Gwendoline Brown . 2019-01-19
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Nice food love the Jerk Chicken.Good customer service
Rue Mwenye . 2019-01-11
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Just tried jerk w. rice and peas from Good Life, absolutely great! Had tried a few other places around Croydon and this is my new favourite.
Rich A . 2019-01-11
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14th September This is the first time I've visited this place and the last time,such a shame because it's right on my doorstep. I ordered curry goat with rice and it should have been called curry bones with rice and they charger £8 for this. I think ill stick to Moorish who charge £9 for no bones at all
Terry Ellis . 2018-09-14
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Really delicious and super-friendly - by the time we ate they had sold out of almost everything which can only be a good thing - will be back ASAP (I am REALLY fussy so 5 stars from me is a massive accolade)!
victoria tett . 2018-08-21
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I ordered a meal for my whole family. My children are very fussy, both my youngest ate the whole of their stew chicken. Prices are reasonable and servings are fair. Their Steamed fish is especially nice. They have great lunchtime deals too. Food is full of flavour and I thoroughly recommend. Give them a try! I didn't remember to take a picture of the food it looked so delicious we couldn't wait to eat! We will be back! 😉
Naazina Sinclair . 2018-08-21
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