Roots Rum Shack and Kitchen in Kingston upon Hull, City of - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Had a lovely afternoon with friends on Thursday. Friendly staff, great food and good drink, all 50% off on Thursdays, highly recommended.

Not our first review. Always reliable and fun place to take friends for food and booze. Food is always beautifully cooked, on this occasion I had a slight issue with my meal and rather than trying to rectify the plate they had given me they gave me a new meal despite my pleading to make a small change, and then struck it from the final bill! They also carefully advised on the menu for my wife who has a health issue. Cannot thank the team enough for the attentive service.

Amazing food and cocktails, enough said 😍😍

We went on a Thursday evening, 2 for 1 cocktails and 50% off food was the offer of the day. Great friendly and attentive service also they did a great job advising me what to order due to a certain food intolerance I have. Food and drinks were lovely and the very chilled atmosphere made us feel very welcome and eager to go back.

Great food, great drinks and the staff are fantastic

Great food! Curried 🐐, Jerk chicken, and fish cakes. With a couple of cocktails is the way forward on a Thursday

Fantastic food and service to match it.

One of my favourite places to eat! Their range of dishes means there’s something for everyone and it’s all delicious! The service is fast and friendly. I’ve been several times and intend to keep going back!

Great meal at Roots. Food very authentic. Atmosphere buzzing and lively. Fun relaxed environment. Jay one of the staff was very entertaining and friendly. Phil helped us through the menu and made good suggestions. The chicken fillet with arawak sauce was amazing. I added some hot pepper sauce which was wow hot but delicioussssss. We also had oxtail with rice and peas. Very authentic and tasty. Sadly no desserts or fish dishes Definitely come again!,!

Have been here a few times for food and cocktails, just popped in for a couple of drinks. I had redstripe and pina colada my wife had a mock tail colada. Cocktails are fabulous. Very nice and friendly staff.

Great experience, great food! Absolute great table next to us 😂 jay our Host was great!!

Me and two friends went for the bottomless brunch yesterday, quick service & great attentive manager, food was lovely and drank our weight in cocktails 🍹 definitely recommend 💯

The drinks were well overpriced.

We had a meal yesterday, food wasn't anything special, the staff were friendly and the atmosphere was nice

Had food here in the daytime and it was lovely, good food, attentive servers and overall good. I also visited here on an evening for a meal, but decided to go elsewhere as the patrons were far too noisy and it felt more like a nightclub than a restaurant.

Zombieeessss! Whoop whoop! Love this place, great drinks and the atmosphere is great, always busy. Spot on

Always cool vibe. Shout out to security who saw that someone attacked me and wasn’t mad for putting that guy down. Good vision of the bouncers tonight. It is chill place so don’t think there are trouble makers,.

Great food. Great music and service fabulous

nice place for Africans to hangout.DJ plays Nigerian and African songs.

Excellent experience this evening. What fantastic staff especially Jay. Friendly, professional ultimate server. Can't go wrong

Jay!! best in roots ! Lovely service great night definitely recommend.

A lovely rustic Jamaican themed eatery. We couldn't fault anything, however our intention was to have curried goat but we had the Sunday lunch and it was amazing. You have to try it, even it's only a drink you want. Plenty of deals advertised on the windows, go on and give it a go 👍 Irie

First time in to check atmosphere out didn't eat danced and had a good laugh defo go back

Nice place for Caribbean food and cocktails, best in Hull and Yorkshire. Reggae music all day long and they even have a dj on Friday and Saturday nights and live music on first Sunday.

Awful bland food. Good vibe there but the food was tasteless and very disappointing! Would not be going back again!

I went to roots when it first opened pre covid, years ago! And going back now, it's just gotten better. Lovely atmosphere, beautiful food, presented stunningly. The atmosphere is chilled, and open to any occasion. Took my kids (17 year old twins) and it was simply perfect. Son has lamb chops, my pescetarian daughter had the shrimp, and as I eat small amounts (barbaric surgery 6 years ago) I ordered from the small bites menu and was stuffed! Highly recommended, perfect for a midweek chill out meal, or a weekend night out.

We travel 1 hour to eat here. The food and staff are amazing. Well done to all concerned 👍

Great place, the rum punch was delicious and the food was amazing. If you are near the Hull area and like Caribbean food this place is the place to go.

Took the wife and kids, it was busy night as there was a live music session on and it was Notting Hill carnival weekend . The atmosphere was lively and the vibes was good. They gave us a table upstairs away from the bar, the food was delicious and came in excellent time with plantains and rice and peas cooked to perfection. Decor was properly authentic and resembled the Carribeans style very closely. Great food and very good tentative service. Wouldn’t recommend it for very young children after 6/7pm as it becomes a rocking bar but 100% recommend a visit here for food rum and vibes

Love it here- good food and chilled atmosphere

Great vibes great food great drinks great music!! Excellent service and great music

We got takeaway cocktails. They managed to make 18 cocktails in less than 15 minutes which is impressive in itself. Had a convoy of two staff members come with us to put drinks in the car and suggested their best idea of how to get them back without spilling anything. Cocktails tasted great, could definitely taste the rum, just how we like our drinks!!

Amazing place, will defo visit again!!

Awesome venue!!!! The zombies are amazing.

Hi we the family went for a birthday Sunday dinner. Had a great time food excellent staff were spot on. Would defo recommend. We will be going Again very soon. Thanks to all the staff and the chef...

I wish I could have made eating the Goat Curry last longer. Totally enjoyable meal and great service.

Love it , good place very nice food

Food is beautiful goat curry is succulent well worth a try

Good food and service. It wasn't very busy but the other customers were quite loud. Maybe I'm just getting old..

Love the place! Amazing cocktails! Amazing music! Amazing staff! 6 Stars!

Stumbled in there quite late on, good atmosphere and some strange cocktails to try out.

Banging cocktails. Tasty food. Good music. Tick. Tick. Tick.

Wow more then you can eat and the food was real nice well done roots

Authentic Jamaican food with a great ambiance. I’m a big fan of Jamaican food and this hit the spot, meat was very well seasoned and the dish was flavourful.

The food here was amazing! My friend and I shared the Roots platter and its so much food, and all of it good.

First time here but won't be the last, very nice food cocktails are amazing. Service was excellent and atmosphere 10/10 I'll be back :)

Delicious Carribbean food, good variety of cocktails, relaxed vibe as we went in the day, I think it becomes more like a club in the evening.

Nice atmosphere for chilling and relaxing

DJ Darren Williams is a Pro🤞who knows just when and where to transition🔥🔥. I look forward to Nigerian afrobeats been played. I hope to visit again.

The local councils environmental health department, have only awarded Roots Rum Shack and Kitchen, one star. The Kitchen, and food handling protocols, are apparently very much below par.

Small and expensive but good atmosphere

Good place, good food, good cocktails, price is decent. Get's a little mad on a weekend tea time when you are trying to eat, but theres half cut people in and out on the cocktails.

great food being there gives me a taste of home 🇯🇲

Great food and very tempting cocktails with good service

Fantastic decor and vibe. Very friendly staff and great service. Reasonably priced and the Goat Curry was amazing. Will defiantly be visiting next time I come over to Hull.

Nice vibe inside looks the part but the food is not caribbean at all cooked by a white man for a start and was not even on the bone more like out of a tin curry... And the prices are way way to high

Iits a 👍👍for me best meal ive had in a long time. Thanks

The ribs were really nice, as were the cocktails

Delicious and good value Jamaican themed bar with tasty food and great cocktail deals. I never go wrong by asking the barman for his recommendation of a tasty rum cocktail - from a classic Dark & Stormy to a quirky Dandy Sailor, they have never failed to please. The colourful surroundings have a beach rum shack feel. The food tastes of real ingredients with a kick of Carribbean heat. A seriously good place to hang out.

The fact this is called Caribbean is a joke. Food was absolutely tasteless. There was nothing good about it.

went for my birthday - wonderful food drinks & staff! 10/10 can’t wait for my next visit

Great place, service is incredible. Phil one of the people there has great customer service. A*

We stopped off here on the way to the centre of Hull. The pina colada was very nice 👌

Yum yum, Lovely place great food and staff. Thank you.

Absolutely disgusting behaviour from the owner tonight. As I approached tonight to take my 3 son's one of there girlfriend and one of there friend's witch bearing in mind is autistic (and he turned up on his motorcycle). I was some what behind them and the owner was stood out side with his dog. I witness the manager talking down to them as he thought that the motorcycle was pinched !!! Bearing in mind the lad was in his full motorcycle clothing but ran up with my 14yr old son. As I approached he started to tell me this at witch point he started to say to the lad with autism get down the alleyway and then said the same to my 18yr old son. At witch point I had to step in. Then he started to say to us all that he would take us all down the alleyway. To be honest the behaviour of this from a restaurant owner was disgusting all because they ran up with a motorcycle. If this is not judgemental then I don't know what is. This guy literally tried to pick on kids (young adults) as I don't belive he would try that with a few adults. This place needs avoiding at all costs !!!!!!!!

Unique spot of different style cocktails. Would recommend for anyone new to hull.

Excellent read some good reviews about it when we went it was better than expected nice quirky place good decor and plenty to look at . It's not the biggest place so it gets busy very quickly definitely need to book if going . The staff are very friendly and go out of their way to accommodate you quick service not the biggest choice on the menu but foods really good and hot nice portions. Plenty of cocktails to choose from they are even better than the food. There a few big tables so can get a few round them definitely going back

rude staff, wrong order and delayed delivery when I had to re-order

Excellent place for food I had mo Bay chicken curry it was very nice

Always used to go here as a student, revisited it on a reunion and the cocktails did not disappoint, however, feel the prices a nearing that of London and seems a bit extortionate. 4 stars none the less though

Nice big portions and good food, I recommend this place

La cuisine est très typique et qualitative. Je recommande ce restaurant pour sa cuisine mais aussi pour son bar dansant le soir qui est très sympathique ! Super !

Great drinks, good atmosphere on a weekend. Would recommend the Wings they serve highly. Authentic flavours and good value for money

Loved Roots. Good choice of cocktails and excellent food. Staff really friendly and helpful. Brilliant atmosphere.

Santiago Chicken, Blue Hawaiin. What more do you need.....

Lovely little rum bar. Friendly staff, plenty of cocktails to choose from and outdoor seating. Great vibe.

Absolutely love it ..recommend ❤💛💚

Im form the Caribbean soo in British terms "well done rum shack

Google advertises this business as open until 12 a.m. this is the first time I've ever contacted them to place an order I rang up at 10 a.m. two hours before they advertise closure, I'm guess what thet was already closed!!, What a total joke the first time a customer contacted them with their business to order food and they are closed, not a good start at all I hate it when this happens if businesses done run their operation correctly are closed early then people will go elsewhere like I am doing now first point of contact and this happens, not good enough update your website or Google page it isn't hard as customers will go elsewhere when you let them down on what you are advertising has been open

Always beautiful food, quick and great value

Food excellent service good spoilt by group of young men shouting and swearing on a lunch time

Still have to book... can't understand why... wasn't busy and we were only having a quick drink .... maybe they want people in to eat ... which is fare enough

Good value and quirky, couple of fish options would be nice.

Always worth a visit. Cocktails are good as is the food.

Absolutely amazing food! The flavours and quality is just sublime. I recommend the Zombie cocktail! Service is spot on. We dined outside with our dog and they brought us a bowl and actually seemed happy to be serving people which is a rarity these days.

Great food, strong cocktails. Top class

The most amazing food . Service was fantastic staff very polite and well mannered. Highly recommend this place will definitely be going back

Got table service which was quick and efficient no waiting around. Staff was friendly and happy to help. Didn't eat this time but enjoyed the rum zombies

Fantastic food and lovely rum cocktails. A true Jamaican experience 🌶 🍸

Pretty awful food, especially if you know your Caribbean food. Service varied between pretty good and seriously dreadful. Loos not nice at all. Probably a good place to drink in, but I wouldn't eat there again.

My favourite place to eat without a doubt!!! The goat meatballs are soooo good!!!

Great place to relax and have a drink.

We sat down the corridor and it was freezing... Ordered a couple of cocktails on the 2 for 1 offer and was surprised when 4 came (thought we'd literally pay for 1 and recieve 2)...nice surprise though. Wasn't a fan of one staff member walking in, smoking and swearing like a sailor to another table (obviously friends of his).

Spot on ...Good service And food....

This has always been a five star for me, but after the last order I would have given it a one star. I order the £50 deal every month which comes with 2x starters 2x mains 2x sides and 4x cocktails. I may give it another try but me and my wife really didn't enjoy the food for once. We ordered the brown chicken stew which is usually beautiful, but this time was very watery. I had the meatball starter which came with no sauce. Every other time it's come with a generous amount of sauce. The meatballs were really dry. The fishcake my wife ordered she said was alright but no where near as good as before. The sweet potato fries arrived cold. The cocktails weren't too bad apart from the fact one of the cups had a split in so we only had half of one of the cocktails. The sides weren't as good as they usually are, plantain fritters and dumplings. The dumplings weren't cooked enough, had a raw texture and the plantain was pretty hard, normally they are super soft. Pretty let down and I really hope it's a one off.

Great place for a few drinks. Staff and drinks are awesome!

Ordered takeaway and was very poor😠 everything tasteless and goat curry was like something out of a tin🤮 the rice n peas was like eating wood shavings!...never again

Try the Trinidadian Rotti - Bang on!

Food was amazing hot tasty really fresh and affordable

Great food and drinks, local to the university. Only issue is price but even then the 2 for 1 deal fixes this.