Jerk City

Took my girlfriend as we always eat out nowadays and I heard about this restaurant/take away on reviews. Being carribean there are many food out lets that purtain to be different but always bring the same service, slow, not giving what you ordered and if you argue its me that has the problem.

One inside Jerk City there was nothing outwardly different other than the clientel - me and my girlfriend were the only blacks there. There was english, chinese, middle eastern, asian. Hmm, I thought they have either come for the first time or the reputation of the restaurant is true. We ordered sat down. Within 15 mins our food arrived. This normally worries me, but as I know bad west indian I tasted it. Absolutly nothing wrong with it. My girlfiriend commnted how you you can see they washed the salad. somthing to do with the colouring ( I dunno!!) anyway I ordered bbq chicken she ordered ackee and salt fish. The fish was delightful not greasy and to little or too much ackee just right and the portions!!! OOOO the portions. I heard a rumour about and they were dead right. Large portions how u used to eat at mummies!!

The price.......Its incredible they do all this for the price they do. All we had a great time. Customer service was great, restaurant was clean, every body just enjoyed there food. Fantastic value for money.

Will definitely be going again!
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Gary
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, July 31, 2007

FANTASTIC - nothing but FANTASTIC. Food is fantastic, big propotions, down to earth, and nice staff, good high standards, chilled out atmosphere, good background music, Finger licking good. I've was a regular for the last 2 years, when I worked in the West End, and I was NEVER dissappointed with their food.
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, July 27, 2007

Have now become spoilt for other food by Jerk City food. I now tend to rate any other west indian food whether it be takeaway or restaurant by Mr Jerks standard. Good healthy portions (real value for money) and tasty food. 'Just like a momma use tro make'. Cosy informal atmosphere (no frills or pretentious gimmicks).

Good music to - love that rare groove selection. Must also mention the fast service.

Well done Mr Jerk!
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Val
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

This was a typical jamaican style cafe. I was comfortable the children didnt have to be quiet and no air or graces needed. the children loved the food and were not able to finish , One had soup- he loves dumplings, the other had the jerk chicken, she commented that the sauce was too much and a bit salty but she enjoyed it and would come again. I had the brown stew fish and was not able to finish, it was good, my friend had roti and mutton, she could not finish and said the mutton was meaty and filling she also had 2 guiness punch which she said was refreshing. For us it was a typical Sunday dinner and substantial. I will go again instead of taking the children to MD,s when they are hungry after a long day shopping, this says alot as I go to Oxford St every week-shopoholic.
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Que
Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 5
Tuesday, May 15, 2007

i love the food at jerk city, ecspecially the rice, peas and oxtail.........delicious.

its a great place to hang out and enjoy nice caribbean dishes.

thumbs up for you guys......:)
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nichelle (trini)
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Friday, May 11, 2007

the food is the best...there is also an other jerk city on wandsworth high st sw18
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emmanuel marcel
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Thursday, May 10, 2007

We went to Jerk City over the weekend and once again had a lovely meal. We had a tiny blip to start with, the young lady at the counter was trying to do too many things at once, so instead of putting our order though as a eat in she did it as take away. we were left seated at our table for over 40min ( which is rare in Jerk City as they are always so promt) . However we were offered free drinks because our food was left sitting at the till in take away boxes!...

The food when it finally arrived was lovelya nd you get so much, the stew chicken and rice and peas was lovely and the curry goeat even better! The coleslaw which I am sure is home made is good too.

I really do love this place and the staff are so friendly.

Oh............ We asked about the new Mr Jerk next door, it appears one of the owners or partners decided to leave the old resturant and open a new one next door , He reclaimed the name Mr Jerk . However we were assured the now Jerk City still has the origional owner from years ago and the same chefs!

I hope Ive got that all right!

I did take a peek at the new Mr Jerk looks nice , a bit more like a bar at the front and a resturant at the back, I will giv eit a try next time.

HAS ANYONE EXPERIENCED BOTH RESTURANTS??]

Again gave Jerk City 8/10 for food and service
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Jac
Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Tuesday, May 08, 2007

I'm quite confused as to the story behind Jerk City, and Mr Jerk (which now occupies the space where N2O used to be). Rumour has it that when there was a fire at Mr Jerk, they decided not to refurbish and move on, whereby Jerk City moved in - then Mr Jerk moved in two doors down.

But then I have ALSO heard that Mr Jerk and Jerk City are owned by the same people. Can anyone put the rumours to rest?

As for the food - Mutton Soup is great. Jerk chicken is tasty, I usually ask for more sauce as i think it can be a little dry. The patties are good (and make an excellent Friday night pre-drinks snack). Curried mutton is very good too - big chunks of meat, but the sauce was a little on the salty side. All in all, very good value for money and a great cafe for a bite.
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Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Excellent as always and have been going here for years, bit confused at above comment , This resturant was origionally Mr Jerk, but after the fire its been re named Jerk City, same venue same staff and menu. I did not know there was another resturant 2 doors away I have never seen it .??

Anyway back to the important things , food excellent, well worth the money, cant wqit to go back
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jac
Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Firstly, this is a review of Jerk City, not Mr Jerk which is two doors down the street. Craving a goat roti, I found this place on the web. My craving was sated as the goat was tender and the roti freshly prepared. Really good value for money esp given the location. As others have commented, the portions are generous and well prepared. Only quibble would be with the jerk chicken which gets most of its flavour from dollops of sauce rather than lengthy marinating. Would love to hear from others where I can get London's best jerk chicken.
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riskguy
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Wednesday, April 04, 2007