Jamaican Empire - Trenton

I ordered the Ruck Chicken, Mac and Cheese, and peas and rice. 10/10 chefs kissing. Amazing food! Probably the best chicken I had in town.

My wife (Jamaican) had the oxtail, rice and peas, mac and cheese, and cabbage. She gave her meal a solid 7 out of 10. I (US) had the jerk chicken and mac and cheese. I gave my meal a solid 8 out of 10. Here’s the bad part. We bought a beef patty and it was obvious it had sat all day. I can only give it a 3 out of 10. I must say out of many different Jamaican restaurants we’ve been to, and outside of being in Jamaica, this has to be the most authentic food out there. We will return.

Oxtails are flavored good but are mostly bone and fat. If you guys think it’s ok to serve a customer a beef patty this old and nasty it makes me questions anything you serve. Lost a customer.

Okay so I order rice and peas with jerk chicken. First let me say I was never a fan of oven jerk chicken. It look more like brown stew chicken. So that was a no no for me. Now for the taste and quality. The chicken tasted ok because it had the jerk spices. The rice and peas was hard and the gravy taste weird kinda like buttery. The cabbage was not A1 either. As a Jamaican I was disappointed of the taste. A real Jamaican that grew up in Jamaica would not approve of this. I couldn’t finish the meal Because the rice was hard and swimming in butter gravy that tasted funny. It should have been jerk sauce. Also this is my first time eating here. Have a lot of work to do flavor wise.

Best Jamaican food I had in nj by far.... a lil expensive but still recommend