Irie Jamaican Kitchen

If you like Jamaican cuisine this is the place for you .Everyone that works there are friendly. The food is so delicious a d plentiful.

Irie Jamaican Kitchen is my go to meal when I don't feel like cooking or waiting for delivery. It's super close to me, so I am able to drive or walk over for a ready-made meal that is delicious! I love that it's cafeteria style, where the food is already prepared and all you have to do is select your proteins and sides and head to the check out. The service is usually friendly and courteous, and you can get in and out quickly.I usually get the Box It, which comes with two meats, beans and rice and two sides. I love their plantains and cabbage. The stewed chicken is tender and has a delicious flavor. It really taste like they slow cooked it for a long time so that it could soak up the various spices they incorporate. I also love their jerk chicken. It's not too spicy but does have a little kick. Their homemade strawberry and mango pineapple juices are good but definitely on the sweet side. I happened to be in one time when Chef Omar was perfecting his rum cake recipe and adding it to the menu. He gave me a slice for free, which was so kind. Now I lived in New Orleans for a while and I love rum cake, however, at the time this slice was overloaded with rum. That was a while ago though, and I'm happy to say that I have since had some of their rum cake, and it is delicious. I was grateful to be a taste tester.The real hidden gem about Irie Jamaican is their catering. Its super simple and straightforward and reasonably priced. I decided to order some food for a house party last summer and I was very pleased. Other places want a full contract, huge deposit, etc. Here I was able to call and place the order a few days in advance and I think I gave a card to hold on file. We agreed upon the pickup time and when I headed over, my food was packaged up and ready to do. I ordered a few half pans of chicken, full pans of plantains, cabbage, and rice. It was soooo much food. Everyone enjoyed it and I had leftovers for days. I appreciate that they don't try to charge 700 times more for a simple catering order like some restaurants do. I am definitely a loyal and repeat customer of Irie, it's fast-casual Jamaican comfort food.

Ordered the Rasta pasta w/ jerk beefThis was my first time here and I really wanted the oxtail but it was kinda pricy so I went with this Rasta pasta to get a feeler of the restaurant and flavors. The pasta was more like a soup and had no flavor but was spicy. The beef was super hard couldn't even stick a fork through it. I'm glad I ddnt spend the extra coin for the oxtail. Prolly won't be back to this place.

Always a great experience!! I get the same 2 things every time not because other items aren't tasty but those are my favorites. Oxtails & stewed chicken. I change up the sides and it's a new experience!

Jamaican fast food. it's aight but it's not the authentic stuff that somebody grandma passed down for generations but it will do for a good midday lunch

The food portions are amazing. Very delicious, my only gripe is the jerk chicken was so spicy that I couldn't even enjoy my meal. I know to request less spice going forward.

I was told to go here. I was also told I wouldn't be disappointed. And boy was I glad I came. This place has amazing food. I ordered the spicy chicken and it came with rice and beans. Some plantains and stewed cabbage. Everything tasted great. Everything was cooked properly. The staff was helpful and friendly. I can't wait to go back.

It's was tasty I had the Curry chicken with rice and beans and cabbage. I really liked it spicy.

Never had a ban experience while ordering or got bad food! Longest I've ever been there was 20 minutes with a line full of people.

Used to be amazing, but service has become a real problem.I remember when Irie opened at this location--I'd guess I stopped in for the first time within a week of the restaurant first having opened. At that time, it was still very quiet and Chef Omar was regularly at the counter or at least visible. I quickly became a regular, and when family or friends were nearby I'd recommend Irie. My mom was also very sick--in the final months of her life, she became an especially finicky eater. Often when going to see her, I'd stop by Irie for takeout and bring her and my dad something to eat. When my wife and I started dating, we'd often grab takeout and go to the lake with her dog, have dinner, and watch the sunset. It was in a convenient spot, the prices were good, we liked the food, etc. As the restaurant become more popular, the service definitely became less reliable. Long "lines," sometimes being waited on after other folks who'd come in after me, less consistent quality, etc. Still, it was right in the neighborhood, and I felt a sort of pride in it because I'd been a very early customer and had seen it blossom. However, with some sadness my wife and I have agreed never to go back. The past three times we've gone for food we've come up empty-handed. The first time was a walk-in, around 6 PM on a weeknight. The restaurant was out of vegetables. The second time, which was several weeks or maybe a month or two later, we placed our order online ahead of time. But when we went to pick it up, we were told that there were no vegetables. Two times in a row--what are the odds! Finally, this past Saturday we decided to grab something to eat and go down by the lake like we've done so many times. I placed an order online around 6:30, and the website said it would be ready in 5-10 minutes. We arrived 20 minutes later and, after standing for a few minutes waiting to be recognized, I gave the gentleman at the counter my name. He looked at two takeout bags, which weren't ours, and then said they'd just run out of rice and that he needed to make more, and that it would take 25 minutes. Reluctantly, we canceled the order--though for some reason instead of refunding the card I'd used to pay for it, he gave me cash. For a restaurant, this is just unacceptably poor and unreliable service. Three times in a row, over the course of the past several months, we've gone in to get dinner and have literally been unable to get any food, even when ordering in advance. It's also frustrating that in two of those instances, we'd placed our order online in advance.As I said, this place used to be one of my favorite local spots. I've ordered food here dozens and dozens of times over the years, but we're never going back. The increasingly poor/unreliable service has now three times forced us to alter our plans, and I don't see any reason why we'd even bother to risk it a fourth straight time. So, as I said, this place used to be amazing but we've scratched it off of our list.