Jerk Island Grill in Southend-on-Sea

Took over an hour to arrive even though it’s 10 min down the road, microwaved Mac and cheese was stuck together chewy and cold, chips were stale, burger was decent but bun was soggy. Ordered a drink didn’t arrive. My order came to £40 and didn’t want to give a small freebie. Bad experience. Go to an authentic Jamaican.

My mate let me try some if the jerk pork once and then i decided to order from here the jerk chicken the curry goat and the dumplings are to die for we now have this restaurant down for our sunday takeaway options in the office lol 10/10

Great service and very accommodating. This take away has the very best jerk outside of Hackney. The plantain was beautiful and the curry goat ( boneless ??) was fabulous. Brilliant Saturday night take away

Our first order from this outlet (Jerk Island Grill) and only our second ever Jerk Chicken, the first being eaten in the Caribbean! Well, for me EVEN BETTER than my first experience! The ‘original Jerk chicken ‘ was absolutely delicious and the sauce sublime! We had it with sides of rice & beans, bbq sweetcorn and a first for me, fried dumplings!! Blown away and definitely returning. Highly recommended!!

The portions were good. I thought it we could eat there didn't know it was takeout.

Over a 2 hour wait for food, would not recommend!

Delicious food, especially the dumplings and the curry goat - our favourites!

incredible as always. so much flavour and great portions.

Ordered from here for years, always the best Caribbean cuisine in miles

For future reference, I will go to the restaurant on weekends as they're always busy and won't be able to answer the phones. I had to ask for an update as there was no updates on my order or what's happening with my food, 1hr 45mins before my food finally arrived and it was freezing cold!!.

Food was cold milkshake like water and was very late

Great food but be prepared to wait 90+ minutes for it

Food was amazing but delivery was late

Absolutely Amazing food, service and delivery. You just made a new customer thank you.

amazing food delivery driver was friendly and polite overall I'm happy with my purchase and the service provided by the company

AMAZING FOOD. such a shame it was delivered extremely late :/

Can’t even put no stairs, waited 2 hours and nothing….

The food and drinks are so delicious! However, the delivery time is awful. I highly recommend whichever options you think you may like the most, but you need to be so patient as it will take a very long time for delivery. I will order again soon, but they really need to improve next time. Thank you.

This is the second time we have ordered, food is delicious and good portion sizes. Curried goat and dumplings are by far our favourite!

Some of the best Caribbean food I've ever had. I had the curried goat and fried dumplings. I will be back for more. I don't know how I didn't try this place sooner. A real diamond find in amongst many restaurants in Southend

What can I say…food arrived hot. Gotta be the best curry goat ever melted in my mouth. Jerk chicken juicy and smoky gravy delicious rice and peas perfect…dumplings moreish and Mac n cheese tasty good portions will definitely order again…please introduce salt fish fritters 🙏 Tell your friends decent quality food 😊

food was amazing and so flavourful, delivery driver was friendly and polite overall I'm happy with my purchase and the service provided by the company

Quantity not good curry goat was of the bone none was on the bone like it should be? Not impressed at all compared to my carribean back in london. Best part of the meal was the fried dumplings.

Me and my partner have been coming here for years. We love the food we always get the rice and peas the original jerk chicken and the stew chicken. We absolutely love it I definitely would recommend, delivery may be a little while to wait but it’s definitely worth it

All the food was such high quality and delicious! Been back several times and always love our food from here. Thank you!

Insane! Loved the food from here every time I’ve ordered. So good!

Awesome food. We had takeaway curry goat and jerk chicken. Like a proper home cooked meal. High quality meat. Really tasty and well cooked. Best W.Indian I’ve had.

best carribean food in southend hands down

Estimated delivery time was an hour and a half after ordering, it then took a further 26 mins to turn up.

Great food as usual but delivery time was terrible. Ordered around 8.30 and stated 30-45 mins delivery. Once order placed it stated 9.35 delivery….. food arrived 10.10 by which time my daughter had fallen asleep so her meal was wasted

Delivery always takes long but the food is always worth the wait

Lovely food as always ! Great restaurant would recommend to all

paid didn't turn up and restaurant was closed when called got answer phone waiting for refund

I've been a few times now, the food is fantastic quality and all home made. I highly recommend the jerk pork, the smoky taste combined with the sauce was just amazing! One small complaint is the coleslaw isn't home made but.the rest of the food is just so good!

Your delivery time is shocking

Absolutely amazing! The burger was so juicy and fresh and the stewed chicken was soo good! 10/10 would defo recommend 😍😍😍😍

So disappointed! Such a shame, I’ve heard great things about this restaurant. Whilst the food still tasted good, it was stone cold, unappealing and 30+mins late. When I tried ringing to check up on the status of my food I unfortunately was met with voicemail and unable to speak to anyone directly. Would have been a great meal if it had been delivered on time.

Amazing !!! Definitely ordering again.

Excellent food. The goat was amazing.

got my order wrong gave me apple pie that wasn't even on the menu could be more flavour then spice

absolutely amazing food. freshly cooked and seasoned with love. delivery driver was friendly and polite overall I'm happy with my purchase and the service provided by the company.

Food did take quite a while to arrive but other then that the meal was really good :)

Was served mutton with strands of metal in from a metal scourer. Poor excuses considering they not allowed to be used in food establishments . They was very unapologetic . Customer lost . SHOCKING

Lovely food. Never disappoints I love this place !

Only ordered a salad and burger,hour and a half late

Food is always good but Nearly 2 hours wait is ridiculous

Food arrived an hour late. Was cold, wrong drink sent and salad missing! By the time it arrived I couldn't be bothered to argue or contact the restaurant. Definitely want be

I complained on just eat as it took nearly 2 hours, but......... when the food arrived, was one of best Caribbeans I've eaten, chef was apologetic and said wait for your food, I'm sure you'll be happy. Thanks for the lovely food 👊🏽

I have no food!!! I can't rate the food as I do.t have any. I'd like a full refund.

Sooo good - everything was hot and fresh. Really enjoyed it

Slightly issue with the order but was able to go back to the restaurant and get a replacement

Bland rice with no peas. Asked for veg patties got chicken. As non meat eaters this has been a total waste of time and money.

mac and cheese was bland and for 5 pound a tub expected more . goat was more fat than meat the rest was nice though

A delicious meal delivered hot. It arrived slightly earlier than the time this establishment notified me it would be delivered but this was OK as I had specified I wanted it ASAP.

Ist time ordering here. I had the goat curry & rice 'n peas. Hubby had crispy chicken burger & chips. Firstly, the chip bag was open & contents lukewarm at best. The chicken was just a strip which didn't fill the bun & hubby found hard/tough. The goat curry wasn't hot either so I had to nuke. There was plenty of meat in the curry but really spoiled by the sheer amount of salt! The rice was good. Paying £4 del (more than most) we expect the food hot at least. We won't order again which is a shame.

ok for 1 order come and was only £16 the rest I gave him a tip he forgot my drinks which I had spent 3.40 on I called straight away and was told he would bring them back half hour later h didnt come and everytime I tried to phone they cut the phone off so with drink and tip was over £7 which was totally wasted and so not happy with this

Terrible delivery service , took almost 3 hours waiting

But was worth the wait food was amazing

This food was sensational. I never leave reviews but I was overly impressed with the flavours . Piping hot too on delivery thank you so much

fantastic food. picked up and had great service and lovely food

Great food, great service, great everything 👍

First time ordering from here. Food was delicious!

I'm surprised, usually when I order from this restaurant the food is fresh and hot. The curry goat wasn't spicy nor hot in terms of temperature, and the plaintain was still tough. The potato salad was absolutely dead in terms of flavour and texture. I'm disappointed 😞

Taste amazing, great flavours. This is about to be my regular takeaway.

Food was amazing, delivery driver was friendly and polite overall I'm happy with the service provided by the company

First time using from them & I really enjoyed my food. Lovely flavours, great meat. Really happy,

Food was cold. Missing straws for the milkshakes and the salad just comes in cling film. Absolutely terrible

Bot cheap but good quilty. 👍 Thanks

10/10 jerk chicken cooked fresh falls off of the bone. I have tried many Caribbean takeaways and there is only 1 winner. The curry goat is perfect, tender every time. He also sells his own brand drinks that you need to try if you go there, he also sells the tastiest burgers. 👌🔥

Very tasty, exceeded my expectations. Will definitely revisit. Highly recommend.

One hour late, wrap wasn’t very hot but was okay

The best take away in Southend! Can no exaggerate how amazing the food is

Curry goat was decent. Rice and peas standard. Dumplings, good! Mac and cheese tasted like a 2 year olds lunch. Coleslaw was shop bought!!!! So disappointed.

Ordered at 8pm arrived at 10pm waited 2 hours. Ordered fried jerk chicken that I could have just ordered from the chicken shop. Chips were dry as hell! Waste of £30! Wouldn’t recommend!

The food was amazing and so flavourful. The delivery driver was friendly and polite. Overall, I'm happy with my purchase and the service provided by the company.

I live in flats and the delivery driver brought my food to my door..I really appreciated that due to having a 8 month old baby... The food arrived nice and hot still..and the taste was 10/10... Meat fell apart. Would defo order again.. My little girl even had some dumplin..she approved..never seen her eat something so fast haha and rightly so..was lovely!

Tasty meal delivered hot and more or less on time.

Super delicious Caribbean BBQ chicken n Rice.

Generous potion sizes and still hot when arrived. Will continue to keep going back

Perfect! Lovely food and delivered early which was a bonus. Always order from here and always great food!

Food banging but timings still bad

Took two hours to arrive from ordering. Food was stone cold. Requested refund on hot food items and no response. Will definitely not be ordering from here again. Very disappointed.

Great food, but did have to wait a long time.

The food was so good I’m deffo coming back again 5*

First order, soooooo good. I’ll be back😎

We had chicken takeaway and not only was fantastic, it was also half the price of Chinese and Indian. £10 each for a great big beautifully cooked meal. Load of chicken. Highly recommended

Delicious meal delivered hot and on time. It was our first order from this establishment but it won't be our last.

Another great meal , good portions, great taste.

Have ordered from here before chicken was amazing and so was Mac and cheese ( some of the best over ever had is how I described it to my other half at the time. However i ordered tonight and after spending over £25 on some food for mainly myself and I wanted to share a little. While I enjoyed the chicken I was still a little disappointed in portion sizes and the Mac and cheese was a little hard on top and cold in the middle . I’m sure this is just a once off as before it was astonshing.

I DID NOT RECIEVE MY ORDER !! No phone call even received to say why!!

Quite disappointed, not usual standard. Lots of fat on goat, small bits of chicken and tons of rice - way too much. Also collection was booked for 5.30, was told it was ready and when arrived it wasn’t and the man serving was quite rude. Been coming here for a long time since it was in Westcliff so hopefully just a one off.

The best place selling the best flavours of food

The food was amazing and packed full of flavour 😋 will be ordering again

DONT ORDER You place an order with them with a delivery time of up to 60 minutes 2 hours later still no food and the phone line just goes straight to the voice mail. Not the first time that they have done this. Absolutely terrible

Had the Goat Curry loved every mouthful, will definitely be buying again.

Food is banging as always, seasoned and piping hot 🔥

Food was good but it would have been better if the coleslaw was home made, that’s what l was expecting

Food was piping hot and authentic. First time ordering and will be ordering again. Very nice. Thank you.

One more fatty than the other.. not sure if I’d order again

Absolutely stunning, will definitely be ordering again, 10/10