Kool Runnings in Highland

Great food. Had curried goat rice . Very nice .Good place to eat.

It's amazing that there is a Caribbean restaurant in Inverness where you can enjoy plantain, salt fish & ackee, and goat curry. The food and cocktails are really good! Sometimes Kool Runnings looks a bit empty in the evenings, but it certainly doesn't deserve to be - so don't let this put you off.

Top notch Caribbean food and drinks with warm service

A very enjoyable evening with delicious food especially the belly pork, escovitch snapper & the goat curry. Pity we live so far from Inverness as would love to go again

THE best place in Inverness for cocktails and food, absolutely love it. It’s a staple for me and my partner. Totally recommend to everyone in the immediate area. Piña colada’s and jerk chicken are top top top tier

As a tourist spending 1 month in the UK, you need a break from pub food. Kool Runnings was a delicious alternative with a fun selection of Rum and Island cocktails.

Had lunch here while visiting Inverness. Great traditional Jamaican food with huge portions and decent prices. Definitely recommended if you're in the Inverness area.

Super delicious food! The best dinner I’ve ever had in Scotland 😻

Omg the best cocktails ever proper strong x

Burger!!!!! One of the best in my Life

The food and vibe (music) was very good. We had some typical Jamaican beer, chicken jerky and goat.

Delivered late. Order was wrong. Quality was poor and couldn't eat all of it.

Felt really bad after eating there, recommend to avoid!

Thanks for feeding me late at night 🙏🏼

I just loved this place and the food was delicious 😋. The staff were so friendly and the music, decor and listening to the staff talking, took me right back to the Caribbean on my honeymoon. I have visited 2 Caribbean restaurants, one in London and another in Guildford, and this restaurant is up there with them.

Very delicious food , staff are amazing and the portions of food are perfect

It was a really nice visit to Kool Runings. The atmosphere and the food were very authentic and pleasant. I had dinner there with a friend and we really enjoyed it. I would highly recommend it to anyone who wants to try something new 😊😊😊

Very cool, we were lucky that there was no room for anything else. The food was delicious and the reggea was great. Again and again.

Delicious Caribbean restaurant with a chilled atmosphere. The chef came to chat with us and is an absolute riot, hilarious. Also one of the only places besides kebab shops which serves food past 8pm. Would thoroughly recommend!

This was my first taste of Jamaican food and I certainly enjoyed it. We shared some jerk chicken and a goat curry, as we thought of these as the most typical Caribbean dishes. The goat was tender and the chicken nicely cooked - if I have a criticism it would be that I was expecting a bit more heat and spice. I wondered if the flavours had been dumbed down to suit tourist tastes. Atmosphere great and service friendly. A good night with friends.

Brilliant atmosphere, food was outstanding and the rum cocktails are amazing, staff was welcoming and friendly, good music too

Nice building, cool interior, excellent and affordable food and drinks. Plus good hospitality and made us feel welcome

The restaurant has an extensive selection of dishes and very tasty food. The waitress was very personable and committed to ensuring that the orders were implemented quickly. If you're visiting Inverness, it's worth a look there, even if it's not directly on the river.

Excellent food like in Jamaica. There is also Reagge. Even though it's cold here, it warms your heart ❤️.

Great atmosphere and food. Loads of choice and a good vegan menu for my friend. Friendly and relaxed staff. Well worth a visit.

Outstanding food and drinks! Delightful delicious meal, much impressed. The mister and I had Jamaican Jerk Chicken and a couple cocktails. Excellent staff and service too.

I know soul food isn't the first thing that comes to mind you think "Highland Capital" but wow nice place lovely laid back atmosphere staff make you feel like you're at a second home and greet you nicely by the door I had the jerk chicken...WOW the flavour. Explosion in the mouth and so juicy, plenty of eating in it and nice presentation. Also if you like a drink you're not short for choice , lots of rum mixes as well as house favourites.

Fantastic service, amazing food and great drinks. We tried lobster and goat.

Great late night eats. Thanks so much for having us

Chilled vibe, friendly and fun service, and phenomenal food and cocktails. Also, Jamaica had a bobsleigh team.

Excellent food. The chicken was perfect. Good prices too.

Amazing food and great customer service. I will definitely be recommending this place to anyone I know who is visiting Inverness 😋

What a beautiful find in a great city like Inverness! Only good things to say about the service - really relaxed, attentive and thoughtful. The food was brilliant too! We did try the Jerk Haggis out of interest which I (personally) wasn't sold on but my partner loved it! It's definitely something worth trying though considering the price of your meal is so competitive. Cheers team, all the best

Another day in Inverness another visit to Cool Runnings. I LOVE this place. It never fails. Braw food, braw staff, braw drinks. Thanks again! One Love x

5 stars over and over again. Can’t fault the food. Can’t fault the drinks. Can’t fault the charismatic people working there. Hell yeah! Another delicious dinner. Thank you very much.

It might have been due to the lateness but atmosphere felt very unwelcoming, I’d much rather to have been told not to come in at all. We were sat waiting to order for a while, then ordered at the bar. Cocktails were generous but took over 30 minutes to arrive. Food also took along time but was good sized portions and nice.

Cracking wee place. Popped in for a lunch on Saturday, hardly anyone in, but the food is spot on, good portion sizes for a really good price. Drinks were really good, nice cocktail menu. Will definitely make this my regular spot when we are in Inverness.

The food was AMAZING! Best of the trip!! Great service great employees!

Veggie & vegan family turned up expecting a feast! And boy did we get one! Kids enjoyed corn on the cob and rice and beans whilst grown ups had spicy patties and curry. Loved the random 80s music but Caribbean music would have been nice!

Stumbled upon this gem on a stopover in Inverness. Wasn’t sure what to expect when we walked in but this turned out to be one of those surprises that surpassed all expectations! Great goat curry. Ordered a fried Mars bar for dessert and was presented with a stunning plate of food. Atmosphere was ace. Highly recommend!

A warm welcome on a damp night. The Jerk Chicken was tender and fell off the bone. The spices were wonderfully balanced. The Goat Curry was rich and tasty. Great choice of drinks, beer wine and cocktails. Highly recommended.

Beautiful beautiful Caribbean food here with super friendly services! You must come and try the special Caribbean dishes at this restaurant~~ and the service is served by super friendly handsome guys🥰 Nice dark beer…so yummy! Dishes: goat curry & ribs with sweet potato chips

Superb food. Really proper taste of the Caribbean. Recommend Jerk Chicken and Curry Goat.

The owner left alone, but still served 3 meals after closing. Food was very good

Perfect fish'n chips. Great Jamaican service and music. Thanks 👍

A friendly and knowledgeable staff, interesting detailed decor, delicious food. As a vegan, I was happily surprised to have an entire menu to choose from. The korma was delicious and I recommend the sheepshagger beer ✌️😊

went here last week...just walking by. wonderful atmosphere, great drinks and service.

Dined in with a collegue, from the moment we walked in service was great. We both ordered the burger, large portion and well worth the money, tasted amazing! 10/10 recommend to anyone in the area.

Glenn will make you a delicious late night meal! Jerk chicken and the jambalaya were great

Great atmosphere with friendly staff. Food was great value and filling.

Not impressed at all got a delivery on just eat was handed this!! Cheese not even on the pizza slices wasn’t even cut properly either and I ordered a large and got pretty small

Pizza was a shambles never ordering from here again!!

One of the worst burgers I’ve ever had, the bun was toasted so much that it was burnt black! The piece of bacon was so overcooked it was complete inedible. The packaging was not suitable for the type of food, all the sauce in both items leaked everywhere. Overall a disappointing experience.

Really nice food, great vegan options, friendly and speedy service.

Excellent. So happy to find a vegetarian option as soon as i arrived. Jackfruit is delicious

Delicious food! Very tasty, had the taste of Kool with goat and chicken, lots of spices and big portions

This year im going to take a trip from Nottingham to try this place the food looks delicious, me soon come me General

Good Food despite rude chef by saying “just pay and get out”. What a terrible attitude, they won’t be sustained without customers.

One not to miss if visiting Inverness. Great value for money and delicious food - lots of vegan options too!

Went in here and the food was nice, albeit quite a strange combination of Jamaican and Scottish food. It was lunchtime I visited and the place was absolutely dead, so has to rank low on the atmosphere score unfortunately

Best food ever,massive portions and fresh ingredients! Excellent service and tasty haggis with chicken! Top class place!

just amazing! the portions are huge, the chicken in my meal was the freshest and softest i've ever had in a restaurant and the service was so sweet, the owner went to the store to get a mars bar just for me, because i wanted to try that and he wouldnt admit he doesnt have it. 10/10 experience

Excellent food! Best Jamaican style I’ve had, very very tasty. Friendly staff good cocktails and very well priced

I eat curry goat all the time and this was more like a vegetarian curry there was 2 bits of meat in it the rice was cold don't be fooled by the presentation I was the only one in there and he took 30 minutes pretty sure I heard the microwave ping a couple of time and for 20 quid save your money

Delicious food and friendly, personable service. Highly recommend!

Great food, recommend curried goat.

Really good food, exciting flavors, fantastic cocktails and really tasty non alcoholic drinks. Big portions!

Great food, great chat. I.m going back tomorrow.

Order didn’t arrive. Very poor

Paid £25 for a lamb dish and the lamb was as tough as leather, in the bin now.

Great service and delicious more than it look at first glance. If you are bored with the plain and salty taste of English food, I recommend this restaurant for your Scotland trip.

Food came late and really bad. My macaroni cheese was so salty that I couldn’t eat it (1st bite was ok, but after 3rd one I regret I not try more before complaining). Belly pork row but sweet potatoes chips burned so much that they were brown ! Who send that away to customer seeing it’s unable to eat?! My partner food the same - burned. I complained and was said new food will arrive - ok. Hour later no one ever answer my call. The next day my parter called and heard the food will be at our place after 5PM. Ok, hour later no food, I heard from the person who answered food will be sent after 9PM as they are busy now !!! That’s ridiculous. How can you treat a customer like that?? A year ago I was recommending that place to many people - well, not anymore. And that was our second try! Never again!!!

I ordered the food and it arrived raw and burnt within 1.5 hours. I called the restaurant. The boss apologized and said he would send new ones within 30 minutes. I called again after 1 hour because the new food never arrived. Nobody answered. I called the next day and they said they would deliver it after 5 p.m. because delivery was starting. I called again after 6 p.m. because the food still hadn't arrived. they said they wouldn't deliver it because they were very busy now and only at 9pm. I am very disappointed and unfortunately not for the first time. I will never order and do not recommend this place.

Half the food didn’t come things that did was horrible restaurant wouldn’t anser me when trying to phone

The delivery driver rang the door bell multiple times. Food was cold.

The food was okay but the service delivery and food packaging were very poor. I hope they will pay attention to their service delivery and food packaging so their efforts in cooking good food is not wasted by poor service.

Please tell me how you order food to be delivered and it takes more than 2hrs to arrive.You call them and they pretend like they are not hearing you,having to call on a different line and they lie that your food is stuck in traffic this time at night.An absolute appalling service…Had to drive to get my order asked for a refund and they won’t refund just wait until they finish preparing burnt food please don’t take orders more than you can handle

Still waiting on my order - over an hour after the estimated time of delivery, so will not be ordering from them again

Food was amazing and hot with delivery plates were cleared well done kool runnings be back again

Food great ,as were the cocktails.

The food was really good, spiced up nicely and the portions were big enough.

Fantastic food and service! Thanks to a previous reviewer, I had the pork belly starter and lamb curry and can confirm both were fantastic 😊. Would definitely recommend with a bottle of Red Stripe 😋😋😋

What was this that was delivered? Yous cannot be serious. 4 slices of bread covered in cheese masquerading as a “pizza” and undercooked chips.

Super tasty. The pork belly starter was recommended and was so yummy - fab recommendation! Goat curry and oxtail stewed for mains, so delicious - best meal of the year!

when we received order all the dishes were spilled and curry was everywhere

Well, I am quite surprised that my £18 'Oxtail Stew' was half mixed with chicken neck. At least, you should mention that there is 'Chicken Neck' in your 'Oxtail Stew'.

Is it appropriate to make half of the 'oxtail stew' mix with sick chicken neck?

That was brilliant. Different, amazing flavours, definitely well worth a visit!

Great food. Large portions. Recommend.

A little piece of barbados in Inverness

Ordered the food. Called 2 hours later to see what the he'll was going on to be told it was 5 minutes away and it never even turned up

Too much cheese I can’t see the toppings on the pizza it’s pretty bad

Amazing food. I ordered Mama’s Sunday lunch which was a mix of fried chicken, chicken curry and jerk chicken. It took satisfyingly long to come because I think everything was freshly cooked. So delicious and really satisfying. Can’t recommend highly enough

Delicious food and very nice staff. ♡

Delicious food, also very good vegan menu.

Great food, service & cocktails

First class service and food, I wasn’t sure as I’ve never eaten in a Jamaican restaurant but the menu had something for everyone - host curry for me served with rice and beans. Excellent value for money and enjoyed the ambience too - great reggae too - highly recommend this place - I’ll be back

Das mit Abstand beste Jerk Chicken was ich jemals gegessen habe! Auch die anderen Speisen waren, um es mit einem Wort zu beschreiben: perfekt! Uns die Cocktails ebenso lecker. Der Service ist jamaikanisch-authentisch, lessiver, freundlich, lustig. Sogar der Koch kam persönlich vorbei um nach der Zufriedenheit zu fragen. Weiter so!

We were wandering around for a restaurant and decided to pop in randomly. We're so happy we did. The food is out of this world and on the table less than 10 minutes from ordering. The owner was extremely helpful and was very friendly

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