Iriejam Island Grill

Unfortunately giving this a 1 star, ordered the brown stew chicken with rice and peas, cabbage and macaroni and cheese. Also ordered the jerk brisket with jollof rice, cabbage, plantain, and two beef patties. SIDES: The rice and peas were over cooked, mushy, and very underwhelming, tasted of nothing but salt. The jollof rice was an absolute disgrace; I tasted no tomato, pepper, herbs, onion or garlic but I definitely tasted BBQ sauce. The cabbage makes me weep; the yellow color was not impassioned seasoning, but was a dash of turmeric for color, there was no salt, pepper or herbs, completely dull and saddening. The macaroni and cheese was indigestible! Not cheesy at all and tasted like off brand velveeta cheese. The beef patties tasted like yesterday; very oily, flat, lacked flakiness, and spice. There was barely any meat inside and the meat we did have was dry and lacked flavor. There were also big gaps in the patty. The plantain was 100% cooked in old grease at a high temperature, you can taste the burnt bits of old food when you take a bite. The inside was not fully cooked either. MEAT: The brown stew chicken was very dry, and the gravy lacked flavor. It was strictly okay but did not give the flavors I’m used to. The brisket was just absolutely shameful, it was stiff, tough, and drier than the Saharan desert. It tasted like it had been frozen for a VERY long time, warmed then served. There were no flavors of jerk, and it was very disappointing. The after taste reminded me of freezer burn. Genuinely a shame to call this brisket, I could barely chew it. I wonder when they chefs tasted their food last because this was honestly atrocious. I would never go back here unless they did a revamp of the menu. This food made my stomach sad, and my heart burn. Very unfortunate.

We decided to try a new place because our regular place for Caribbean food was closed. So glad we tried Iris Jam! It’s our new favorite. Such fresh and high quality ingredients. I got a size small jerk chicken, and it is enough for at least 2 meals. The owners were so friendly and patient with me while I ordered. Eat here!

They lost my entire order and refused to make my order again. I’ve never tried the food, but the customer service needs help. Edit: Thanks for responding. Convenience and communication is what every customer needs. It was not the fault of the delivery service nor the driver. Your staff continued to tell the driver, a diamond rated driver, that I had gotten my food even though it didn’t show on my end, the driver’s end nor the delivery services end. The driver called to confirm with me. I, nor the driver, was ever told to reorder ( the order was still active on the app and the driver waited for 30 minutes trying to reason with your staff while I was on the phone with the driver). You never canceled the order. So, after waiting over an hour and a half, I told the driver to cancel the order. No one ever told me to reorder and why would a customer do that anyway? That is not the protocol of any establishment. I hope that in the future you move to correct the problem by communicating. I was cheated out of an experience and my driver didn’t receive her tip because there was no food to deliver. The driver never delivered food because you never gave her the food.

Tried this place for the first and last time tonight I love Caribbean and especially Jamaican cuisine so I was very excited to try this place. I ordered the pepper steak with jollof rice, cabbage and fried plantains. We waited for nearly 30 mins for a order of two dinners. The food was beyond disappointing. All of the food tasted boiled and bland. The steak had absolutely no sauce or veggies. Just unseasoned dry steak shreds. I nearly cracked a tooth when I bite into a bone fragment. The cabbage was so so. The rice was cold undercooked with large clumps in it. The plantains weren't terrible but they did taste chewy and like they weren't fully riped when cooked. I'm used to my fried plantains being cooked with a little brown sugar and rum. These were just plain fried. For the price, wait, and quality I'll pass I'm never eating here again.

Definitely a 5 out of 10 I was very underwhelmed. The mac & cheese was very watery yet a decent flavor. The cabbage was really good. The Jollof rice was flavorless behind the seasoning on top. Lastly the oxtails, I was expecting more food and flavor. I purchased a large and now I'm wondering what the small looks like. The oxtails tasted very vinegary, yet they were tender. I probably wouldn't recommend this place more go back.