Cottage Hill Jamaican Grill

The Food! The Food! THE FOOD!! Absolutely everything here is good. Even the homemade ginger drinks are banging! The staff is always so friendly and welcoming. I love the dine in service and the Caribbean ambiance keeps me dancing and moaning from how delicious the food is!

I've visited this restaurant several times and gradually trying there different menu options which I feel is a good time to offer a review on. First I'll say I grew up on authentic good good Jamaican food and well know how it should taste. Therefore, I look for a certain level of standards while keeping mindful that restaurants are catering to the general public so they may make some minor adjustments however it still should take away from the overall taste. That's my disclaimer. Thankfully service has improved since the last couple times I visited. Not sure if it's because they've seen me more often and remember me , someone said something to them, or simply having better days. Whatever it is I'm grateful because my initial experience was such a turn off that I was strongly considering ever going back even as much as I love to support local businesses esp minority owned.Now we got those things out the way on to the food reviews. Hands down my all time favorite thing to get there which keeps me coming back is there fry dumplings and festivals. Truly taste like mom's homemade fresh out the frying pan. Fry dumplings are nice and buttery with the perfect crunch on the outside and soft gooey dough on the inside. There festival has the perfect sweetness and texture with nice crunch but not too hard yet soft on the inside. Unfortunately they only make festivals on some Saturdays. I suggest calling first and please save some for me as they sell out fast. Lol. I hope they start making them more regularly and larger quantities for this reason. Two weeks ago when I came for my usual Saturday festival pick up I saw they had Hominy Corn Porridge. This is my all time favorite porridge to have growing up that my mom made for me until I learned how to make it myself cause I'm a porridge girl. Well I must say Cottage Grill nailed it on this one as well. It was oh so flavorful, perfect thickness (for restaurant style. I prefer it thicker but again they are serving to general public. I still enjoyed every bit of it. Will definitely be back for more. Note - they only make this on some Saturdays as well. Call first. On that same day I also saw they had Stew Peas and decided to give that a try as well especially cause it had pigtails in it. In my opinion that's my the most authentic and flavorful or at least my favorite way to enjoy Stew Peas. I've had many good variations including vegetarian but with pigtails is my favorite. And YES, I was on an unexpected food sampling fest that day. Lol . The Stew Peas flavor wise was just ok. I've definitely had much better at another local restaurant. I will say it did have a good amount of meat, dumplings, etc. I had it with white rice which was fine but wasn't hitting the spot flavor wise. Therefore, I'll stick to my other spot for that. In the past I've also tried there Oxtails with rice and peas along with plantains. My favorite Jamaican dish to eat that I grew up on. Unfortunately, it lacked in flavor and the best could have been a bit softer. It was bland with not enough seasoning (even for restaurant style) and they need to allow the seasoning to marinate in it as well. That's what gives Oxtails its true flavor. It was kinda pricey too but I was craving it the day I got it and was VERY disappointed.Same experience with their jerk chicken that I tasted when my friend ordered it. It was such as disappointment they didn't finish eating eat. Also, we are not a fan of jerk cooked in the oven as it just doesn't taste the same as on the grill and greatly takes away from the authenticity of jerk. For these reasons I gave this review three stars . I've also tried the Coconut Drops they sell there. It's made by someone else and just sold there. It's hit or miss when they have them. I've definitely had much much better as it lacks in flavor especially ginger which is what really makes a good Coconut Drops. I get it once in a while when I'm really craving one as they are one of the few places locally that sometimes has it. While I can make my own it's quite time consuming but reminds me why I should. lol. On a brighter note one of the first things I tried when picking up fry dumplings was their Pepper Shrimp and it was good. It had a nice spicy kick to it without being over powering. Good heat/flavor combo. I love eating it with fry dumplings and/or festivals. It was delicious and I'd definitely would get again. Priced reasonably as well along with being good size shrimps.I look forward to trying more of their other dishes like the Lobster I saw the last two Saturdays. Looks really good. I'll have to plan that on a real treat myself day. I'll keep you posted on my other samplings. Thanks for reading my long review but I hope it gives a good idea on what to consider when visiting.

Shoutout to Ms Esther, Mr Gary and staff! We really appreciate all the LOVE that is being put into this food! I get my favorite foods first and then have a try of more dishes to educate my palate with the treasure chest of flavors that is offered in this venue! The ice creams and desserts are delicious as well!! Cornbread, bakes, and coco bread... so much to love about the food of this cuisine. I am always leaving full and happy when I eat here. We ordered a tray of oxtail, peas and rice, a tray of curry chicken and Roti for our youngest daughter's birthday party! It was a hit. We also like all the flavors of ice cream!! Some new Unique flavors as well as old classics. The store area is always fun to get ingredients, treats, and souvenirs! I am blessed to have a great local venue like this :)

If you love Caribbean food, please make this one of your go-to spots!!!!! The food is delicious from main dishes like oxtail, hot pepper shrimp, jerk chicken with white rice or rice and peas to something simple as Jamaican patties. Some food is made fresh, so there is a wait, but it's worth it knowing that the food is freshly made. The staff is polite, and the owners are very humble. All around a great place for your dining needs.

I got the brown stew snapper with plantains and rice and peas...I'm normally very picky when it comes to my snapper and was truly shocked at how delicious and flavorful this dish was! Not to mention affordable with great customer service! For $25- a made to order delicious brown stew snapper is a steak! Truly recommend this spot!

I love their patties. They have cheese in it. And I'm from New York and I'm used to having cheese and my beef patties

Delicious food ! Always delicious. Best Caribbean food in the area. Also the ice cream is yummy .

I got the chicken very tough to bite. Seems like it was left over dried out chicken backs from the day before. I gave it to my dog and he spit it out. Portions were small. Plantains & rice were excellent. Maybe I just got them on a bad day.

This food is just plain awful! I don't know how these people stay in business. I'm Jamaican so once in awhile I like to take a break from cooking and try out some Jamaican restaurants. This place is giving us a bad name! The food is extremely bland. I ordered what they call Jerk chicken and ain't nothing was jerk about it. It was more like BBQ. They ran out of rice n peas so I ordered the yellow rice. I ended up throwing it away. It was so soggy and tasted burnt. This place is just bad. Save your money and try somewhere else!

We brought 5 meals and honestly we threw it all away. This is by far the worst food ever. The stew peas was brown water, the stew pork was old , hard and no seasoning . The Ackee was mushie with a lot of salt, the liver was white, can't explain. Just terrible, the goat was the only thing that was bearable but just keep passing . You will be throwing your money away.