🍽️ Caribbean Food, Worldwide
Jerk pits, doubles corners, fish fries and rum shops — the taste of the islands wherever you are. We start you off with spots near your region — switch country any time.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Turtle Bay
The UK's biggest Caribbean restaurant chain — jerk pit grills, one-pot classics and a famous rum bar.
🍴 Must try: Jerk chicken with rice & peasCottons Restaurant & Rhum Shack
A London institution since the 1980s — refined Caribbean dining and one of the largest rum collections in the country.
🍴 Must try: Curry goatMa Petite Jamaica
Family-run Jamaican spot in the heart of Camden with live music nights.
🍴 Must try: Ackee & saltfishNegril
Neighbourhood favourite on Brixton Hill serving home-style Jamaican plates.
🍴 Must try: Brown stew chickenFish, Wings & Tings
Award-winning Grenadian-influenced kitchen in Brixton Village market.
🍴 Must try: Salt fish fritters🇯🇲 Jamaica
Scotchies
The most famous jerk centre on the island — pimento-wood smoke, open-air seating, no shortcuts.
🍴 Must try: Jerk pork with festivalDevon House
The historic Kingston landmark — patties, I-Scream and courtyard dining at a national treasure.
🍴 Must try: Devon House I-ScreamBoston Jerk Centre
The birthplace of jerk — a cluster of pits at Boston Bay where the style was born.
🍴 Must try: Jerk everythingGloria's
Legendary seafood spot at the old pirate capital — worth the drive out of Kingston.
🍴 Must try: Steamed fish with bammy🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago
Richard's Bake & Shark
The iconic beach shack — the definitive bake & shark, dressed at the famous condiment bar.
🍴 Must try: Bake & shark with everythingThe Breakfast Shed
A row of local kitchens serving proper Trini breakfasts and lunches since the 1930s.
🍴 Must try: Callaloo with stewed chickenDoubles vendors, Curepe Junction
Doubles are Trinidad's street-food heartbeat — soft bara, curried channa, pepper to taste.
🍴 Must try: Doubles, slight pepper🇧🇧 Barbados
Oistins Fish Fry
The Friday-night institution — grilled fish stalls, music and the whole island out to lime.
🍴 Must try: Grilled mahi-mahi with macaroni pieCuz's Fish Shack
The famous beachside cutter shack — simple, perfect fish sandwiches.
🍴 Must try: Fish cutter with cheeseBrown Sugar
Long-standing Bajan restaurant known for its planter's buffet of island classics.
🍴 Must try: Cou-cou with flying fish🇺🇸 United States
Miss Lily's
Stylish Jamaican spot with a global following — part restaurant, part reggae culture hub.
🍴 Must try: Jerk corn & oxtailThe Door
A Queens stalwart serving generous Jamaican plates for decades.
🍴 Must try: Oxtail with butter beansPeppa's Jerk Chicken
Flatbush's beloved late-night jerk stop — smoke you can smell a block away.
🍴 Must try: Jerk chicken, extra sauceOrtanique on the Mile
Elegant 'cuisine of the sun' — Caribbean fine dining that helped define the style in the US.
🍴 Must try: Jerk-spiced double pork chopChef Creole
Miami's best-known Haitian kitchen — Creole seafood done big.
🍴 Must try: Griot with piklizGolden Krust
The Jamaican patty chain that took beef patties nationwide.
🍴 Must try: Beef patty with coco bread🇨🇦 Canada
The Real Jerk
Toronto's most famous Caribbean restaurant since 1984 — featured in Rihanna's 'Work' video.
🍴 Must try: Jerk chicken dinnerChubby's Jamaican Kitchen
Buzzy downtown spot bringing island comfort food to King West.
🍴 Must try: Hot fried chicken, island styleRitz Caribbean Foods
Reliable quick-service Caribbean across the GTA.
🍴 Must try: Oxtail with extra gravy🇫🇷 France
La Créole
Paris' grand Antillean table since the 1970s — Martinique and Guadeloupe classics with white-tablecloth charm.
🍴 Must try: Colombo de pouletAntillean market kitchens
The French-Caribbean community's accras, boudin and colombo — best hunted at the markets.
🍴 Must try: Accras de morue🇳🇱 Netherlands
Warung Spang Makandra
Beloved Surinamese-Javanese warung — a bridge between the Caribbean coast and Indonesia.
🍴 Must try: Roti kipKam Yin
Surinamese-Chinese classic near the Nieuwmarkt — broodje pom is the move.
🍴 Must try: Broodje pom