Roots in Kingston upon Hull, City of

Midweek dinner for two. Very quiet, warm & friendly welcome, good music. Interesting menu - lamb patties, goat curry with rice & beans and ox-tail were all delicious. Relaxed, unhurried service.

Enjoyed our 2 visits here. Good atmosphere, friendly staff and generous portions of tasty Caribbean food. Would recommend.

Nice atmosphere ,good staff,fantastic food,reasonably priced. Added to my favourites will definitely visit again.

Booked for a Sunday afternoon, couple of weeks ago. Recommended to us, and , I have to say, it was very good! Good choice of food - we had coconut shrimp (which were huge) and patties to start, followed by jerk chicken & goat curry. Great portion sizes, all cooked perfectly. Good atmosphere and helpful staff. Will definitely return.

Absolutely adore this place and would recommend to any one visiting Hull. Obviously you need to appreciate the food, which is, in my experience, very tender and kicks with flavour. The goat curry is awesome as are the wings and ribs. Plentiful sides too. Turtle Bay doesn’t come close ! You can actually taste the cocktails and would highly recommend the Reggae Rum Punch or the awesome Zombie. Their delivery service is excellent too! Can’t rate them any higher ❤️

Well, it was open for a lunch on a Sunday so we gave it a try. The attempt at authenticity with the tables did not inspire a feeling of good hygiene. I was told by the waitress that they did not have any bo-ols of wa-er.......just tap wa-er. The tap wa-er arrived with ice which was neither asked for nor wanted. Starters were OK but the chips which came with the main course were saturated in an excess of salt.....hardly good for an elderly customer. Sadly, the restaurant did not serve any desserts. Would we go again? Not on your life!

Always amazing, food portions are massive never been disappointed with delivery or in restaurant service. Cocktails are to die for! Great atmosphere as well.

Amazing food as always, chilled environment with great staff. Would always recommend for good soul food

Absolutely fantastic Caribbean food, excellent service & great ambience. Loved it & will definitely come again. Clean & very friendly, very authentic

Been to the restaurant and had the food and cocktails delivered. Never a problem! Awesome tasty food and decent cocktails ❤️

Eaten here on several occasions and always been superb. Today we decided on a takeaway. 100% from start to finish. The Reggae Platter was awesome. The meat fell off the bone. Decent salad, spicy chips, rice with spring onion AND the Zombies were to die for. Best cocktails in Hull.

Just visited Roots on Newland Avenue for our Sunday dinner. Pleasant staff. Wasn't waiting too long for food. The roast pork dinner was absolutly beautiful. Atmosphere was great.

Called up to tell them my 15 year old son and his friend are both being served in there with fake ids they said they couldn’t do anything about it. How about not serving them? I gave them a full description of him and his friend! Fuming!! Now I’ll have to go sort it myself. Ridiculous!

Amazing value and superb tasty food. The gravy, puds and roasties were brilliant and the meat, chicken and pork, very tender. Loads of veg and 2 types of mash. Add to that the amazing cocktails and it’s a winner. Highly recommend the Reggae Rum Punch or the totally awesome Caribbean Porn Star Martini 😊👍🏼

We were looking for something different to eat and this place was recommended. The food came quick and filled us up. Food was nice and reasonably priced. The stand out for all of us was the sweet potato fries. I'm not really a carb person but these were delicious. Cocktails weren't up to much, the zombie I had tasted a little petrolly. £68 for 4 people with 2 cocktails.

Wow, fantastic food delivered piping hot, and so so tasty, brilliant value for money too, definitely will be using this place again.

Amazing food (highlight was the pork ribs) and great potion size for money (particularly the jerk shrimp). Great atmosphere to enjoy cocktails to:buzzing and friendly even on a Monday night. Cocktails decently priced for their strength and very friendly waitstaff! Will definitely be coming back.

Ordered 6 cocktails to be delivered during lockdown hoping to have ever such a lovely time with a woman what is called 'my wife'. In my experience, the idea of ordering a cocktail, for most people, is to get yourself all tipsy and have a...

Absolutely gorgeous food. Had Sunday lunch delivered for 4 people.... All the food was delivered in separate containers and was soo tasty especially the stuffing. Plenty of food to fill us all up. Definitely recommend.

Came to roots,for my friends birthday last weekend for food and drinks, as usually its a great experience and I've never had any complaint. To get straight to the point Two staff members in particular was beyond rude an older lady with short blonde hair,who...

Service was on point the waitress (tracey) was super helpful kind and did an amazing job looked after me and my friend with all our questions and requests ...... the food was lovely and the cocktails was the same very happy customer

Got to be up there with one of my favourite places to eat in Hull. I’ve been on 3 different occasions for food and every time I was given a top service and food was always full of flavour. My most recent visit I got...

First time having food from roots we had the Sunday roast sharing platters they were absolutely beautiful fast delivery too

Fab Sunday lunch and cocktails, massive portions, everything really tasty, cocktails strong and great value at 6 for £30. Repeat ordered during lockdown and quality always high, definitely recommend.

We have ordered Sunday lunch on a few occasions and it has been consistently good. It always arrive on time and is well packaged. A good helping of meat, vegetables, mashed & roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding and the gravy is fantastic. My only small criticism...

We ordered takeaway here on a Saturday at 4pm. One of the main factors in my choice was that Roots do takeaway cocktails. I rang and asked if they deliver to Swanland, they said yes, if we can order ASAP. I rang back a few...

having ordered at the beginning of the month, this is my 2nd time of having Jamaican. The food was delicious, a proper bbq taste compared to an artifical one you quite often get in sauces. The cocktails are fantastic, the novelty of having them delivered...

We have just had a take away for our anniversary. The food arrived hot & great presentation. We are regular visitors to the restaurant & were pleased to see it doing takeaways. We had jerk ribs & Lamb Jamaican patties for starters & I had...

Food was horribly disappointing and bland. The starter chicken wings and main meals were very tasteless unfortunately. The chicken wings weren’t seasoned whatsoever and the only taste came from the bbq sauce which was straight out of a bottle. Drinks were decent though. Never returning...

Food is absolutely lovely here. We got the mix meat platter and it was huge. Good value and great atmosphere inside.

Went to Roots for a belated Grandson's birthday. Have been before so we knew what to expect. Place is always alive with music and because I'm thinking it was Wednesday and raining it was pretty full but not over crowded. However there was a great atmosphere as usual. The staff was attentive but not too over powering. The food is good, cocktails to die for. Say no more.

Been before a few times to have cocktails which are lovely but when me and my friend went for food it was absolutely vile to the point we couldn’t eat much of it. We aren’t ones to leave food when paying that much and we aren’t picky eaters but honestly that food was a joke. Imagine charging a tenner for a bit of microwave rice, some salad and then god knows what that sauce was but it certainly wasn’t edible. £6 for the small bites and trust me the name represents it well seen as you only get 3 shrimps, very disappointed with both the food and customer service. We kept getting rushed to order as if he had better things to do than be working which isn’t our fault.

My partner and I visited Roots one early evening ordered Jamaican patties goat curry chicken wings the food was amazing portions really big plenty to share with each otherThe service was outstanding I would recommend you visit Roots bar if only for the goat curry

The menu is very select, I eat most things however this menu is extremely select. My friend got ribs and I got chicken which I would normally like however my friends food was okay (she said she wouldnt recommend nor oppose) and I didnt eat even a quarter. When I brought up a problem they didnt offer any alternative even though I'd barely taken 2 bites. Charged us both full price even though we both raised issue half way through and ate less than half. The drinks are very nice and tastefull and would definitely would recommend, only on the fact you dont get food.

Visited Roots again and the food was better than last time,staff friendly and wanting to help,service is great ,once you have ordered food comes quickly its hot and well presented.

This place is an absolute disgrace to caribbean food. If you’ve never had it before then you may think it’s good but it’s not authentic. I had the curry goat and it was awful, barely any meat, bony and no flavour, it was really bland. I also had the festivals- hard and just unenjoyable. The cocktails aren’t that great either, they’re either really watered down or really strong. If you want authentic caribbean food then this isn’t the place.

Seriously, nothing to fault at all with this resturant, come here all the time! Staff are polite and very attentive. If you love carribean food i recommend this place!

I like the bar but OMG the toilets. They're like a stinking corner of the park where alcoholics gather. The repungent smell of amonia really did make my eyes water.

I’ve enjoyed coming here for a few years now.. foods not authentic but I still love it, Santiago chicken is my favourite and the cocktails and Redstripe are a bonus. HOWEVER I’ve grown tired of the managers grumpiness every time I go in. He genuinely seems annoyed having customers in and it puts me off spending my money in there. Shame.

Review visited here Friday night, enjoyed the night. Great food, great staff, great atmosphere. Definitely recommend it for drinks and food.

We had heard about the cocktails here and wanted to try the food as well. We were there on a Tuesday evening which is 2 for 1 cocktails all night - bonus! It was a really good atmosphere, even though it y very busy. The staff are very friendly and so the service was good. The food was great - the menu is very unique and interesting. Most dishes were spicy, with a kick! Thanks for having us, I’m sure we’ll be back soon!

Groups of intimidating youths sat outside on arrival, group of young girls sat inside filling their drinks from their own vodka bottle. Staff & manager sat with both groups at various points of our stay and fully aware what was going on with the vodka, finding it hilarious that the girls were so drunk so early on in the evening.

The food is amazing.The staff are great and very efficient and helpful. Great value for money and cocktails are great.

Absolutely love it here,2nd visit and didn't disappoint,great food,great staff,lovely cocktails, amazing atmosphere...very good Friday night

I can’t believe these guys get away with such shocking food. We ordered take away from here. I ordered using the menu online, worked out the price to be just over £26. When I went to collect my meal, the price was £33.15? £7 for two pasties! Don’t even get me started on the main meal. We ordered a Veg roti and a Trinidadian jerk chicken roti, it was literally a cheap wrap some veggies and a sweet sickly sauce that was similar to BBQ. The rice was ok, very dry and lacking in flavour. The dumplings were dreadful and the plaintain was ok. The salad looked awful. The only thing that was nice was the sweet potato fries and for £3.75, You’d expect them to be.

Having been out all day we didn’t want to cook so found ourselves on Newland ave looking for inspiration.

The cocktails here are amazing! They're ever so slightly cheaper than most other places nearby but are so much better. Having said that, they are still expensive. Staff are friendly and the place has a fantastic atmosphere. Decor is great too. Just a fab place!

We stopped here for food, early evening on a Saturday and were seated upstairs, as the bar was getting busy. Service was great and the food was delicious. Lively atmosphere downstairs, but in a good way!

This was our second visit to Roots, this time with some family & friends.

Although the place looks superficially great with it's Jamaican shack feel, reggae music and cocktails, it all pales into insignificance when it comes to it's dining experience.

This place is meant to be great for cocktails but to be honest they’re not nice from here and when you watch them being made they are clumsily our together i could do a better job at home. If you’re really after a good cocktail on Newland avenue levels is the place to go. So much nicer and for the same price.

Endroit intéressant pour passer un bon moment entre amis ou en couple. Branché et cuisine différente avec beaucoup de plats à partager

Nothing better than average. A faddy place in a student area. Hence easily impressed clientele. Apart from cynical yours truly.

Visited on a busy Friday evening! No reservation needed which was a bonus. Basic Jamaican style restaurant shack style. Waitresses were attentive quick and efficient.

Came for a work meal i got the goat curry it was really nice however i spent alot of the time picking the bones out of the meal ;/ The cocktails are good however alot of ice in them for the price! But they use cheap rola cola which is awful on its own! All round good but i wouldnt eat there again.

Ordered two meals with drinks for tea (dinner). Both meals came pretty quick. my shrimp wrap was a little tough but tasty. Ts veggie wrap was also good. Minor gripe is that order was mixed up and T nearly had fish. Good value

Had the delicious Jerk shrimp, succulent king prawns in a creamy sauce with a kick and then the Bobs Mix it up of jerk chicken and ribs, fantastic Jamaican food matched by wonderfully friendly Hull service. Washed down with a very tasty Raspberry debonair, highly recommend

After hearing great reviews about this place I was excited to try it out but unfortunately left feeling very disappointed. I ordered the arawak chicken which came in a very bland sauce and overcooked sweet potato fries which you have to pay extra for. The soft drinks are very over priced at £2.50 each. I left feeling like I'd wasted £15 to be honest. The decor is great and it is a nice place but the food did not meet my expectations and I wouldn't eat there again.

Visited roots for the first time on Sunday for lunch , food was excellent , service was also of a high standard , very impressed and will defo eat here again soon

Absolutely beautiful meal,chicken wings were the best ive had...lovely jerk chicken butterfly,rice n peas,the slaw was amazing washed down with a few red stripes,great atmosphere, cracking tunes and staff were fantastic.reasonably priced.cant wait to go back!!

14 of went here for my nieces birthday.we were seated upstairs and our waitress was friendly and attentive. It seemed if you didn’t want a cocktail there wasn’t a lot of choice to drink,the beer was off so cider or lager.not good for a Saturday night,not all of us like cocktails .the food was nice enough.i had a veggi curry,it did say served with rice and peas but they looked suspiciously like kidney beans to me, but it didn’t matter.didnt try a dessert as we had birthday cake,enjoyed the night and the waitress was lovely .dont know if I’ll go back,not really my sort of thing but that’s just personal preference.

We went to celebrate our 33rd wedding anniversary so we wanted a special meal, as normal we had another fantastic meal in this wonderful restaurant.

Found ourselves down Newland Ave in need of something to eat and decided on Roots.

Just visited tonight. Great setting,good location, brilliant cocktail options. Starters where fantastic and set the scene for a great evening. Mains then arrive and one was stone cold! I would add the restaurant was not busy with only 4 other diners. It was acknowledged and was advised a new main meal would be prepared. During this time I had finished my main and was left eating alone.once I finished, my wife's meal had arrived. With an apology for the initial error but our evening out was spoilt by this. When the replacement main came my wife didn't no longer fell like eating as once again she would be eating alone. It's fair to say the we choose to eat out as a treat. You want to eat together and share experiances. This wasn't an option for us. The main was taken off the bill without request but nothing additional was offered in a way of an apology. Was advised that the manager would be informed but he was too busy entertaining his friends at the bar! It's a Shame as the food I ate was fantastic. The guys looking after us where great and always at hand to offer service. Please don't be put off by this review try it for yourself. Could have just been a bad night!

I adore this place for food or just a cheeky cocktail!

Visited with high expectations after hearing many good things but was left feeling very disappointed, the food was what can only be described a bland and very poorly presented, pretty much slung on the plate with no care and was barely warm, the one thing that saved the evening was the great selection of cocktails which pulled the night around as I needed quite a few to be brave enough to eat what was put in front of me, they may have been having a off night but it will be drinks only for me next time,

the table was booked in advance for a birthday ..only 6 people . We were sat downstairs which unfortunately was very cold and draughty and the noise level quite high . After we'd waited for about an hour , I called over the waitress and very politely asked her if she knew when our food was likely to arrive as we'd been waiting for nearly an hour . About 5 minutes later a manager arrived waving a chitty in his hand , telling us we hadn't been waiting an hour it had only been 50 minutes ..when my friend said he'd actually checked the time when we ordered , the manager then said he didn't think it would have taken his waitress 10 minutes to put the order through ..but he wasn't going to argue about it !! ( the only one arguing was him) ..then he said how busy it was and our food would be about 5 minutes ...no apology for our wait . food was adequate .

We tried the Mexican across the road but unfortunately it was full, we were just going to go back to the hotel but noticed this place just up the street. This was the best meal we had in ages, everything we ordered was superb.....even the...

This was our second time at Roots. Love the jerk chicken wings for starters and my all-time favourite mains dish...

Had a last min table wow glad we did started with cocktails the dark & stormy was fab Didn't have...

I'd prefer not to see the staff member in the 'Manager' T-shirt placing his hands on the waitress at every...

The problem with celebrating a birthday between Christmas & New Years can often mean eating at restaurants lacking in atmosphere....

Thoroughly enjoyed my visit this evening. Lots of lovely options on the menu but settled for a sharing platter. Yummy! Also tasted the goat curry which melted in your mouth. Great choice of cocktails and I opted for the Bramble which I really enjoyed. Hoping for a return visit.

Been here a few times for for meals or on nights out for a few cocktails. Always a good atmosphere with loud music. Santiago king shrimp is gorgeous

ambiance très sympa et très bons cocktails. clientèle plutôt jeune. nourriture correcte. un endroit parfait pour se détendre et passer un bon moment.

Really tasty and flavoursome food, also a fab cocktail menu. During the week there are some great cocktail deals too!!!

Went here on 16/11/2017 , lovely food and cocktails , I had goat curry and it was excellent , highly recommended , wife had ribs and again brilliante food

Had my Hen night here last Saturday and it was absolutely fantastic. A MASSIVE thank you to all the staff they could not do enough for us all. There was 20 of us and I couldn't of asked for a better night. The food was gorgeous and all served at once. Lovely atmosphere. Gorgeous food and fantastic company. What more can a girl ask for. Thank you to all my friends and to all the staff at Roots xx

Be prepared to spend there more time then you planned, amazing cocktails and food, laid back staff, good music. Ribs out of this world so was chicken

I'm quite picky when it comes to ribs, as I've had far too many bad experiences but the ribs at Roots are amazing! I went for the rib and chicken combo which was great and really filling but next time I'm going to go for just the ribs as they are delicious! The cocktails are great too!

Busy Saturday late afternoon, some families still in. Not sure I’d eat there any later as looks like there is space kept for a good bar crowd, but it’s great you can move onto cocktails or their incredible rum menu. Menu was quite varied, the patties were lovely and both our mains well presented and very enjoyable. All in all I would eat there again.

With my partner been a vegetarian there was plenty on the menu to choose from we both had a roti. Overall we enjoyed it and thought it was reasonably priced.

Good honest food and excellent rum-based cocktails. What more could you want for a good night! It's not fine dining, but it is a great place.

Bland chicken sauce, over cooked sweet potatoes fries and rice and peas also tasteless and very dry. Staff were friendly but food Over all big let down.

We love eating out as a family. We probably do it far too often. This visit was a bit of a whim on a school night, and didn't even know we were going there. Got to Beverley, and then started looking for somewhere that seems to have closed. Then found this place during our search. Wow, really pleased we found it. Got to try lots of different things, most of which husband and I have had while living in Manchester, but kids hadn't had before. We have one adventurous eating son, and an uber fussy 5 year old daughter. We often assume when we arrive for a meal out that she'll hardly eat anything aside from fries, maybe we'll find macaroni cheese. She doesn't even eat burgers!!! But she picked at various things like we all did. Definitely want to go back, but we like to keep trying new places, so not sure when it'll be.....next time we have an after school whim to eat out maybe??

Tasty food. Brilliant service. Just go and try it for yourself. Recommended. Lunch specials during the week, but worth paying full price anyway.

We came here as a large group on an impromptu evening out.We were given the largest table to accommodate the group, and menus for food.The atmosphere was lovely but not overbearing. The drinks were great (we opted for cocktails) and the food was good value and huge portions.If I'm in the area again I will definitely be revisiting.

Just ordered our first takeaway from roots and what a joke. Within 5 minutes of it been delivered we rang up and asked for it to be picked back up. The chips was soggy, the goats curry had no meat and all bone and potato in it, the shrimp dish wasn't shrimp it was prawns and the Luke warm sauce was all over the salad. The portions for the price was a piss take. Won't be ordering again. If you can't cope with been a busy restaurant and takeaway don't have both.

I had some really delicious food here, ribs and jerk chicken. The staff was very friendly and efficient despite a big number of people (on a Friday night)

Went with the boyfriend for the first time after he said they do best cocktails. He wasnt wrong they were amazing. Totally reccommend

2 for 1 on selected cocktails. We went on a tuesday afternoon and it was quiet. Only a few other customers in. Inside and outside seating available. Chilled atmosphere. Good reggae playlist. Staff was nice. Can't comment on the food as we didn't have any but I heard and read it's cheaper during the day and it can get easily packed on a night! Would deffo come again and the cocktails are delish! And good value for money I think!

Had a lovely afternoon/evening in Roots! One of my favourite places to visit. Great music, great atmosphere and fab cocktails! Can't wait for the next visit!

Great food, even better cocktails ! The zombie is a must try for any rum or alcohol enthusiast! Would recommend Roots to any person heading to hull !

Been for the first time last Saturday, great food, great music and great atmosphere, will be going back here again very soon

Took me and my partner out Monday afternoon to Roots. It was our first visit to this restaurant and our first time trying this style of food and can quite honestly say that everything was awesome. From the theme and music to the Curried goat and Jerk shrimp we had everything catered for. The staff were friendly and very attentive and the two for one cocktails went down a treat. I would highly recommend anyone wanting to try something a little different to come to Newland avenue and seriously check out this amazing friendly and atmospheric place to eat.

Place has a great reputation for Its rum but we stuck to ginger beers which were fab. Its not easy to find goat on a menu in hull but here there is goat curry and goat burgers. Both are wonderful ! Jerk chicken too ! Lively atmosphere. Can get a little "messy" late in evening as the rum cocktails flow! I am perhaps far to old to frequent such a place but the food we had is authentic Caribbean street food at its best.

My favourite place on newland Ave brilliant music fab drinks lovely atmosphere haven't eaten here yet but most defo gonna try it

I don't know what I love more the food or the cocktails ..... the service is always fab too definatky worth a visit cant wait for next visit

Very nice food with good flavours. First time trying goat and enjoyed it. The chicken or prawn dish were fantastic. I really wanted to try the rum punch but was driving so had ginger beer. Will definitely return.

Great food, brilliant cocktails, good music, top atmosphere the place has got the lot. Been in a lot of times since it opened and none of this changes from one visit to another, the level of service is consistently high no matter how busy they are which can be very at peak times. Great place for a hangover as well, spicy goat curry and a couple of first class mojitos sorted me out brilliantly yesterday. Will go back again and again and would recommend to anyone. See how many zombies you can handle