Joyous C Kitchen - Hamilton

Just ordered the jerk chicken with rice and peas. Wow. I've tried jerk chicken at several other places in Hamilton, and this was by far the best one. A building heat that subtly rises with each bite. A sweetness that mellows it out. The meat was very juicy, falling away from the bone. The rice and peas were well seasoned, with that little bit of oxtail gravy just taking it to the next level. Will definitely be back to try the rest of the menu. The lady at the front was very nice to us as well. Definitely recommend Joyous C to anyone.

My daughter brought on some oxtail that she purchased from this restaurant yesterday and we were so disappointed, there was no flavor it was rubbery and loaded with PEPPER!!! The rice and peas packed with pimento seeds and no flavor. You guys need to stop using so much pepper. There are 5 people in the house and none of us had any of it after we try it the 1st time. You need to change your chef or your recipe.

I'm new to Hamilton and was craving Jamaican food. I read some of the good reviews about Joyous C Kitchen and ordered yesterday (Friday) on Uber Eats but I got a message that they were out of jerk chicken. This was around 5:30pm. I canceled my order because if I want jerk chicken and you don't have it, why would I proceed? My intention was to try ordering again today (Saturday), hoping they would've made some. I did just that today and this time when choosing the meals I saw that they didn't have any rice and peas, only white rice. This was disappointing. Why're you out of rice and peas at 1pm on a Saturday? I still proceeded with the order only to get a message about 25 mins later on my phone that they were out of steamed vegetables (one of the sides I wanted with one of the meals). I was displeased at this point and was now about to cancel my order the next second with the intention of never ordering from this restaurant again only for the message to disappear. Yesterday I had a few mins to respond (yet I cancelled soon after seeing the message so I did not use up all the time I was given to respond, but I was not given any time today to respond today). It seemed like the message was canceled on JCK's end, preventing me from canceling the order. Because THEY proceeded with my order, I thought meant they had some steamed vegetables after all or they were going to make some. This was like 1:30pm in the afternoon, so no reason they should've been out of anything and if they were they should've updated their menu on the UberEats accordingly to let customers know. So, my order came at 2:45 only for me to find that one jerk chicken meal was missing. I had ordered TWO jerk chicken meals and ONE goat meat meal (all with white rice because they did not have any rice and peas). It's really unprofessional and disrespectful tbh to continue with the order without informing the customer that you did not have jerk chicken and to prevent me from canceling the order. The jerk ch

Decides to try Joyous C Kitchen based on the strong reviews here on Google (we ordered through Uber) and we weren't disappointed. We had the jerk chicken, fried chicken, fried fish, tried both the rice and peas and white rice, plantain and festival. Everything was absolutely delicious. Full of flavour and cooked to perfection. This will be our go to spot for Jamaican food from now on. Also, thank you for writing us back. Your kind note was very much appreciated. Hope to come in and say hello one day soon!

Delicious food!!!! We ordered jerk chicken with rice, 3 beef patties, mac cheese this evening. All I can say is the food was amazing. The jerk chicken infused with flavour. We definitely will be going back for more. I loved the patties. It is great to find authentic delicious food that makes you wanting more!! Well done and see you soon.