Jamaica Blue in Castlereagh

Food here is pretty dreadful, and not cheap. I had something described as chicken souvlaki – souvlaki is the Greek word for a kebab, so naturally I assumed that I would get a skewer of chicken chunks. How stupid of me! What I actually received was a bit of naan bread, smeared with tzatziki, and a few tiny bits of something brown scattered thinly on top. Turned out these were some kind of chicken – I think, they didn’t taste of anything. They had never been part of a kebab, I can tell you that, they were little bigger than peas!! I was really hungry, and had to get to Lanyon for a train, or I’d have made a fuss. This was one of the worst meals I've ever been served, and I'm getting on a bit now. Absolutely not recommended!!

Tan decepcionado que las cosas están tan mal, si no peor que en mis 2 visitas anteriores. Las quejas habituales sobre la llegada de alimentos media hora antes del café (falta leche fría y caliente) . El personal era joven, sin experiencia, muy agradable, pero claramente fuera de su profundidad. Para el número de mesas, tiene que haber una máquina de café mucho más grande. Había 12 cafés esperando a ser hecho cuando pedimos. Este es un problema de gestión y si no se aborda, el negocio no va a sobrevivir.

Sorprendido por la cantidad de experiencias negativas aquí. Ahora han venido aquí para el desayuno o almuerzo ligero 4 veces en las últimas semanas. El personal es encantador - amable y servicial. La comida también es genial - excelentes capuchinos! Es limpio y una gran variedad de comida.

Segunda visita. Con la primera tomé el brioche bap de salchicha Cumberland, la salchicha era una salchicha de cerdo común. Esta vez huevos revueltos y tostadas y tortitas con tocino, se esperaban encantadoras tortitas esponjosas obtuvieron 3 crepes planas muy decepcionante, los huevos revueltos se cocinaron en microondas y sobre cocinado gris y seco. Definitivamente no les dará una tercera oportunidad.

Absolutamente terrible el servicio, el personal de camareros antipáticos. pedí huevos escalfados y el huevo ni siquiera estaba corrido, ¿cómo se puede estropear tanto? Comida muy cara y porciones pequeñas. AVOID

This cafe is the best cafe that I have ever been too and my family loves going here great service and the mangers are very polite I would love you to go again ❤️

Helpful staff grest coffee and food lovely place to sit in to look out at corn market. Def recommend the coffee to any coffee lovers

Popped into Jamaica Blue for lunch before we could check into our accommodation - and I am so glad that we did! Great price for a family of four to have delicious food, delivered fast and piping hot, and fantastic coffee. There was a slight mix up with our order (which didn’t matter at all) but the server still gave us a warm lemon muffin to say sorry - unnecessary but much appreciated. Would definitely come back again.

Absolute chaos behind the counter. People coming in and not knowing which side to queue from because there is no sign or direction given from behind the counter. Poor service and coffee. Not sure how they are still in business.

I went to get a latte and read my book when I was told not to sit at the back because they were closing soon (it was 4pm and they shut at 6pm). I sat where I was told and another staff member told me my ‘table was closed’, to which I replied that the barista told me to sit there. She then Proceeded to hover around me brushing the floor, eavesdropping on my phone call, and then brushed the floor at my table, pulling out the chairs at my table, and made me really uncomfortable. She then took my latte away before I could finish it and went to brush my feet when I decided I felt too uncomfortable to stay. No one should be made to feel a burden in any establishment and I appreciate Saturdays are not ideal to have to work but this was the worst experience I’ve had to date at any coffee house, especially feeling anxious going in alone. Can’t say I’ll ever be back.

Popped in for a coffee and a bite to eat. Horrible experience. Dirty table which was cleaned at my request. The veggie sausage bap was so dry. No sauce - nothing. Coffee was fine. It was the attitude of the staff that , I felt, was appalling. So haughty and superior. Rude. Avoid.

Ordered a latte and Americano. Waited a while they brought the latte but no other drink. After waiting a while longer went inside and informed staff that we were waiting for another coffee. A member of staff who had not served us said you didn’t order a coffee. Explained that we had ordered 2 drinks and had the receipt they still said you didn’t. The girl who had served us cane over and explained that we did, they checked their till tickets and agreed. Said they would bring the coffee over and that we hadn’t received it in the first place because they didn’t have a table number. Coffee arrived and it was bitter and was not drink worthy ended up leaving the 2 drinks. Awful coffee go elsewhere is my advice.

Went in for a quick spot of lunch without the kids in tow. 1st impressions the staff were absolutely lifeless.....especially the one who told we where queueing at the wrong end to order ( there was only one other person in the queue!!!!! Did it really matter. Ordered an Americano, diet coke, salmon bagel and a piri piri wrap. Given table number 27 and was told these items would be brought to us. It was Sunday but it was kot busy. A few minutes later our food was brought down, which had been warmed. I never asked for it to be warmed, wasn't even explained that this was what was going to happen. Frankly it made the salmon bagel a bit slimely. The piri piri chicken wrap had absolutely no spice or flavour from it. Tasteless, as was the small amount of rocket put on our plates covered in olive oil. As we were nearly finished our food I had to go and ask about our drinks which were eventually brought down with no apology at all. I would hate to see this place if it was busy. I'm in Forestside most weekends....but at £18 for that shambles I'm never be back.

Loved the coffee and smoothie we ordered, great taste and really friendly and speedy service. Special mention to Abby who made us feel really welcome and valued our custom.

Honestly I really enjoyed it but I have to say prices are way over the top don't think I would go back in a hurry pity as it was rather nice.

Dirty. That’s the first thing to say about this place. The floors are full of food from past meals. The tables are full of debris. The coffee ain’t from Jamaica. The staff is very nice and sweet. It all feels like a low budget cafe, like the one the show in the apprentice, but at higher prices. Avoid.

DREADFUL I especially asked for my food to b well done & it arrived half cooked. Hash browns had been dipped in oil not cooked cold. I have never seen bacon served as raw before & the toasted bread was that hard u’d break your teeth! My husbands was as bad if not worse. We sent back to b cooked & it was returned not much better NEVER AGAIN!!! The prices are expensive Although I did’t want the full breakfast I picked sausage,bacon egg & hashbrowns & that was dearer than the full fry.!!! Egg was £6.00. Hash brown x2 £1.90 No wonder such bad reviews On a plus staff were nice Wouldn’t recommend to anyone!!

Unfortunately a bad experience, my sandwich order came out wrong 4x then when it finally arrived, it looked like it had been half eaten already. My wife had already finished her brunch a while before my first wrong order had even arrived. I ended up leaving with a cold, unsatisfactory sandwich in a take away box. The two members of staff on the desk, were trying to be apologetic, but it wasn’t their fault. The manager paid no notice, a refund wasn’t offered.

Called in on A Monday lunchtime as expected with Belfast on a Monday it was very quiet went in , the doors were wide open which would explain why our Barista was wearing a large North face knee length coat unperturbed my partner ordered a sparkling water and a Latte , bearing in mind quite a few people here were on their lunch break so although not in a rush but couldn’t sit about very long either , ten minutes still no sign of drinks in between time a few people had gone up to the serving hatch enquiring about their meal the whole staff appeared to have a very relaxed couldn’t care less attitude another ten minutes later our drinks arrived , my sparkling water with a very dirty glass and my partner’s latte which had turned into an espresso……advice the reviews for this place are on point avoid at all costs !!!

Fabulous fresh, homemade Pancakes, Bacon and Maple Syrup and Latte Coffee best I've had also friendly, lovely staff would highly recommend

Ordered scrambled egg on sourdough. Arrived lukewarm and hard. Had tried this cafe once before for breakfast and wasn't impressed but thought I would try again. Won't be back and definitely not worth the money. Staff appeared v helpful though but overall quality of meals is awful.

Visited on 2nd Jan. It wasn’t packed, plenty of free tables. Didn’t like the system of ordering & paying before receiving food. We ordered 3 scones & 1 pancake stack, 1 latte, 2 cappuccinos & 1 mint tea. Food arrived, no cream with the scones & they were heated without asking our preference. We waited for the drinks. And waited. And waited. Food was eaten. We asked SIX times for our drinks. Had to repeat the order each time. We were told there was a backlog & they were understaffed despite the 2 waitresses standing about idly. The young guy behind the counter was stressed to the max trying to keep up with orders. Eventually we were told our drinks order hadn’t went through the till, despite them taking the money for it! The 2 waitresses were abrupt & unfriendly, no apologies or attempts to rectify. Multiple diners were complaining at the length of time they were waiting. Bedlam! They eventually had to stop taking orders. We asked for a refund on the drinks which we got. I don’t blame the staff for this debacle. Clearly management have tried to cut corners & have the bare minimum of staff covering over the new year. They have not trained their staff adequately & I doubt this establishment will stay open for very long. Avoid!

my friend waited 20 minutes then had to go up and ask where her coffee was as the waiters didn’t seem to know who’s order was whos

Food quite nice if a bit expensive. Surroundings and decor good. Service just ok and waiting times terrible. Took 40 min for an egg benedict..

Braehead is a bad restaurant the staff are completely clueless to the catering trade and what is required to make it a great place to dine out ,my experience was something from a Gordon Ramsey series that's how I would describe it my tea arrived within ten mins then the food arrived 25 mins later ,Hard boiled poached eggs on toast with a side order of butter who does that puts eggs on the toast and butter in a small ceramic cup so I had to remove the eggs then butter my toast ,put the eggs at the side of the plate for goodness sake simple common sense.

So so bad. Had to wait for ages for our food. It arrived and the chips were not cooked. Sent them back and the same chips came back incinerated 10 min after I finished my chicken burger which happened to have a hair in it. Certainly not mine because I’m completely bald.

First visit me for coffee and cousins having lunch. Staff seemed all over the place. 1 lunch served Turkish eggs very poor! 2nd lunch jerk burger didn't arrived for another 15 minutes and side order was chips not sweet potato chips as ordered. No vinegar for chips. Again very underwhelming. Can't see any of us being back and will be telling friends and family to avoid!

My wife and I have been regulars at Forestside and we have found the Staff to be very friendly and helpful . Now this not a complaint but I would suggest that the table numbers go back to what they were, it would then be easy for the staff to find the number instead of walking around looking for the number as they doing now, Whilst they are doing that food is sitting on the counter getting cold waiting to be picked up for another table Some from HQ would need to visit on a Friday morning when the place is packed to see how the staff get on. D Adams 1 December

Waited a very long time to get bland burger with even more boring oven chips which were also burnt at the ends. The waitress bumped the top chips directly against the top of the serving hatch and they spilled onto the shelving. Not realising we could see the hatch, she picked them all up with bare hand and shoved them back onto the top. Not acceptable. Regret not reading the reviews first, Will not return.

So disappointed that things are as bad, if not worse than on my 2 previous visits. The usual complaints about food arriving half an hour before coffee (cold, hot milk missing). The staff were young, inexperienced, very pleasant but clearly out of their depth. For...

Ordered 2 lattes a pain au chocolate and a cinnamon swirl. Ok. Quick to take money ok. 20 mins before got lattes. No snacks!! When lattes arrived we were asked if any other food to come? Yes, mentioned what I ordered. 10 mins later, still...

Visited as only just opened and food looked nice. Shocking place. Disorganised, rude staff will never be back.

Ordered coffee and waited ten minutes at a table, they said they would bring it down. I saw it sitting on the counter and no staff so I just gave up and went up and collected it myself. The place wasn't busy so where were...

Awful from start to finish. Avocado and bacon on toast Bacon was inedible.. the cheapest of the cheapest fatty offering. Meal took 50 mins to arrive. Would be hard to imagine that you could make a bad cup of tea but honestly it would to...

Possibly the worst experience in a very long time. We arrived shortly before 2 and joined the queue to order our meals. Order was taken at 2.01 and then we took our seats and waited. After 10 minutes our drinks arrived and we questioned the...

Possibly the worst lunch experience in Belfast. Nice looking at lace with lovely staff but a complete waste of time. Ordered the Steak Stack & coffee for lunch. £16. Took my number and sat down. Within a minute, was informed that this was no longer...

Tried this today. In my opinion their coffee is fabulous. Also tried there cakes, my wife who is vegan also had a cake which she loved.

I ordered a coffee and a scone. Rather than hand me the scone at the counter they insisted it would be brought to the table. The coffee arrived without the scone. I waited and had to ask again. By the time the scone arrived the...

Sitting among a forest of uncleared tables in an almost empty restaurant. (Not surprisingly as I would later find). Ordering at the counter the staff member was dismissive and unpleasant with the customer in front and it was to follow for me when I misunderstood...

Really surprised to see so many poor reviews. Went today with my wife and brother-in-law and really enjoyed the experience. Staff were very friendly and helpful. We ordered the jerk burger, Turkish eggs and sausage and egg bagel and all were excellent. We were told...

I was pleased to see a new cafe opening in forestside and paid jamaica blue a visit v.recently but unfortunately I was v disappointed. It’s hard to mess up tea… but it was not good, I poured it out of the pot about two mins...

I keep living in hope that this place will improve but sadly it’s just awful! Overpriced, seriously poor quality food….. I went round the tables looking for salt but not one salt mill had any in them, surely that’s a basic table prep. On arrival...

I waited an hour for food, staff kept telling me it was on its way. Turned out they lost my order. It was frustrating watching people who arrived in after me being served. I would have walked out, but I had paid for my food....

This cafe in forest side is dirty , the food is awful . I was given coffee half spilt into the saucer . It’s a rip off 8.50 for a mushroom on reheated bread ! Igot money back . The service is terrible . Pancakes...

Told on arrival of the 25mins + wait time. Tables left uncleared. Pancakes were awful.. See photo! Not worth £6.90. Vegan brunch was more presentable but food was all different temps with some cold! No one checked if everything was OK as you pay on...

Would give no stars if I could. Ordered one tea, one coffee, one caramel square, one slice of cake. Caramel square came with a pot of cream on the side? Wrong cake was brought and when the right cake came back, the imprint of the...

Stopped for lunch at Jamaica blue in forest side for first time ,and it was a nice experience.had two Fry's which were prepared fresh from scratch.well presented with americano.staff very polite and courteous.nice one chef's pouched egg's perfect as as was rest of the food...

I really thought it would be better…unfortunately not! We arrived and queued to order only to be told that you can’t order without a table number. In search of a table there were no clean empty tables, there were 5/6 dirty tables piled with dirty...

When ordering my food and coffee which cost £ 13.30 I offered to give the staff member the 30p, to save him from using up change in the till, only to be told no,as he then would not know what change I was to get!...

This was the second time I visited here never again walked in there was dirty dishes in several tables when I went to pickup the menu it was dirty and sticky coffee was bitter and served in a glass had to ask for sugar as...

I have been to this Jamaica Blue three times now. The first time was great so, we went back. That time, it was not great but decided to give it another go. My niece Deborah took myself and her ailing mum out for a treat...

I was in here today and the way i heard the 'chef' speaking to the younger and older staff made me very unconformable, cursing while their was customers also. I had my son with me who is 5 and he was scared from the behaviour...

Queue management is a disaster and very frustrating for customers. It will almost certainly mean that I would not return, nor recommend it

Visited here with my partner, we had 2 traybakes and a lovely cappuccino and hot chocolate. Chantelle was very attentive and made sure we had everything we needed! Couldn’t fault the staff!

Slow service and during not a busy time Kids meal. Toastie through on a plate looked. Like somthing a kid had made all day breakfast toast so hard was uneatable very dissapointing and not cheap

I had the most awful experience here. The food is massively overpriced and not good. The staff are very young and unhelpful. I asked for one slice of white toast for my 3 year old to go along with £2.90 for 2 sausages and I...

So over priced and the staff are clueless. I had to send my coffee back twice because they kept getting it wrong. The pricing is insanity for what you receive. The hash browns I had were not fresh - seemed like they were from Lidl...

I used to write quite a few reviews – but, with the virus closing so many places down, it seems that often only the bad ones are left, somehow. And you lose the will to describe every bad meal you’ve had. However, our experience at...

Got 2 bagels and filling 2 teas it came to £22 was shocked as two pensioners we won't be back as bagels where awful, and price is ridiculous.

My husband and I were excited to try this new restaurant in forestside because it’s exactly what it needed. Unfortunately though, we were extremely disappointed with the food and the service, which came at a hefty price tag. I ordered the black and blue burger...

My wife ordered lunch for us and our four year old daughter and I was gobsmacked when she told me it cost 40-something pounds. She got scrambled eggs and toast with mushrooms and I had the peri peri chicken burger. My wife described the eggs...

Large part of menu unavailable. 30 minute wait for food, even though rest of party at adjacent table had just ordered with no such time limit. Ordered poached eggs on sourdough toast. 2 pieces of dry loaf ( not sourdough, no butter) and 2 over...

Interior looks nice and menu looks fancy. Confusing service where it's not obvious which end of the counter is for queuing, and a sign as you enter tells you to order and pay at the counter when they actually expect you to take a table...