The place is really a hole in the wall, but it's a good hole. Haha. The exterior leaves much more to be desired. In a way I wish that I'd never seen the actual store but rather had ordered delivery. Alas, the food is savory, seasoned and solid so you will be back. Their dumplings are delicious and must have a little bit of love in them. I have had the saltfish, callaloo, oxtail, rice and peas, mac and cheese, beef patties, plantains and both the baked and jerk chicken. The cabbage I could do without but their other veggies are spot on. They offer the typical Caribbean assortment of fresh and packaged beverages. The location is very small as it is for take-out purposes, which also means no facilities for customers. Service is generally friendly but mind your manners as they are old school here. read more

Hot Pot Under De Tree - Callaloo and saltfish....small size - Caribbean Near Me - New York, New York

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I do love Jamaican food, Jerk chicken is my favorite, but sadly, try this place tonight. Jerk chicken was so over seasoning that I didn't get any taste, but peppery. So I can not enjoy the food at all. My man got stew chicken, but again, he couldn't eat a quarter of it. Food wasn't hot but lukewarm. So we should stick with our spot. read more

Ordered. Found a fly in the lemonade. Not eating here nor drinking anything here anymore. 1 Star is way too much. read more

Hot Pot Under De Tree - Fly in the lemonade - Caribbean Near Me - New York, New York

They sent me someone else's order and sent mine to someone else. I called and they acknowledged this but said they wouldn't refund me. I got it refunded anyways via Grubhub. Place feels like a scam establishment. read more

The older woman's used to be nice and sweet , now shes so cocky and careless and slow i never bother to order there anymore because even for a beef patty they take like 10 minutes to service you. read more

Great Jamaican food homestyle all the regulars like oxtail, chicken soup, ackke and salt fish and beef patty really makes yoi nostalgic for the ood country. read more

Hot Pot Under De Tree - Chicken Soup for the Soul. - Caribbean Near Me - New York, New York

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Hands down the best breakfast. I'm from Harlem, and have ordered and eaten at most restaurants. This one right here is pretty good. Also, you get your monies worth. Ackee wasn't salty either. read more

Hot Pot Under De Tree - Ackee and saltfish with potatoes, and banana. - Caribbean Near Me - New York, New York

Food had absolutely no taste, bought a large brown stew chicken, curry goat and a bottle of sorrel..and damn the food tasted like water absolutely no flavor at all..a JAMAICAN FOOD restaurant had NO TASTE!! For $41.36 I would expect to taste something...well fool me once huh? read more

The food was soo good. Ordered the curry goat, collard greens and yams. Reasonable price and huge portions. My sister got the oxtails and rice and peas with collard greens. Our meals came with two sides each. Deliver my was quick and I would definitely order from here again! read more

I was kinda disappointed chicken was good but noticed it wasn't fully cooked Mac and cheese wasn't good was just orange macaroni couldn't even taste the cheese I didn't get the Plantains which was supposed to be a extra side when I ordered medium rice and peas were good I doubt I'll order again maybe in the summer when the jerk chicken is coming off the grill. read more

Hot Pot Under De Tree - Chicken wasn't fully cooked - Caribbean Near Me - New York, New York

Stopped by right before closing and the service was great! Of course they were out of curry goat roti but that's no ones fault. Probably for the best since it was $14 which I think insane. I got a (clean) hole in the wall vibe from his place and that's how I knew it would be good. Lovely neighborhood feel. I appreciated the fact that the counter guy was super helpful since I was placing an order for someone else and they take credit cards! $14 roti or not I will be back to try it. read more

Hot Pot Under De Tree - Caribbean Near Me - New York, New York

Garbage a** bland food with no salt, no flavor, delivery was delayed and they forgot my second coco bread. Skip hard.

Delicious (and huge portion, for the money) plate of Jerk Chicken with rice and peas and a beef pattie on the side. It was delicious, spicy, and the beef pattie was out of this world! Will definitely be going back! read more

Hot Pot Under De Tree - Jerk Chicken, Rice and Peas, Plantains, Beef Pattie - Caribbean Near Me - New York, New York

This is the worst experience I have had ever! I ordered ackee and salt fish and what I received was salt fish and onions. There was hardly any ackee to begin with and the food tasted mostly like onions - it was like they substituted ackee for onions or something. I just can't understand how they could send that out. When it arrived the bag was wet and oil had spilled everywhere! I had to get a tray to make sure I didn't mess up my kitchen. Then once I opened that bag there was oil everywhere!! I was still trying to be optimistic - hopefully the food would be good after but when I opened it, it didn't even smell like ackee!!! JUST ONIONS!!! and the dumplings and bananas were swimming in oil!!! SWIMMING!! I was so disgusted I couldn't even finish the food - I couldn't. I feel bad throwing food away but I would never recommend them, EVER!! It was such a horrible experience - ugh! read more

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Vibes are unmatched. The food is Fire I always get the ackee and saltfish and they make my plate how I want it. It's a good place to go if you're missing that good home feeling and you wanna feel like you're in your moms hot lil kitchen that smells good all the timeS Or maybe that's just me. Either way the food is amazing, I used to just get patties and now I'm always getting the ackee and saltfish with bananas yessir. Also been eyeing the carrot cake cause that joint looks gooooood read more

I stumbled upon this place and i'm glad that i did. I was actually planning to go next door to charlie's for the first time. But the menu was a bit pricy for such limited selections and small portions. So we decided against it & said maybe we'd try it another time. We walked in this place initially to take a glance at the menu but we liked the variety and the prices are decent. Believe it or not, I was sold when I saw the option for a chicken patty with cheese!!! I've been trying to find a place that sells their patties with cheese for quite a while. Golden Krust is so commercial. But anyway, I ordered a chicken patty w/cheese. It was $2.50 (I think $2 w/out), not bad. Although I know it'd be cheaper in jersey. The chicken patty was good. They used yellow american cheese, I'd prefer mozzarella. That's the way I've had it in years past. I'm not jamaican, just a taste preference. Thumbs up, though. I'd get it again! You can tell this place is the real deal as far as good, homecooked authentic jamaican cuisine. There are 2 ladies behind the counter just waiting for you to tell them what you'd like. Its all to-go orders, no seating/tables. The containers are small $7.50/medium $10.50/large I dont remember. Each entree comes with 2 sides. I ordered a medium size curry chicken w/rice&beans and cabbage. There's no tax (which i love). My curry chicken was really good. The cabbage was a bit spicy but good. It had bits of corn, carrots and green beans in it. Different but tasty. The rice and beans were a little under seasoned but great paired with the curry chicken and sauce thats on the chicken. For such a small container she packed it to capacity! I was only able to finish 1/2 and I was stuffed. Let me add this important fact, I am in no way a fan of plantains. Never have been. When I saw the lady making my platter I watched her place a few on top of my rice and I just decided I'd take them off & throw them out as soon as I began eating. Well that never happened!! These plantains just had a different look. So I decided to try one and to my pleasant surprise they were so delicious and sweet. I was told that's how they're supposed to taste. But that's never been my experience in the past. So if you can get ME to like plantains, that's a very big deal!! So 5 stars (instead of 4 originally) are well deserved!! I'll definitely be back to this flavorful hole in the wall for some great on the go jamaican food!! I want to try the jerk salmon next time. read more

I ordered my food through Postmates and if it wasn't for my delivery man I'd give this place 1 star. I ordered oxtail with rice and peas with cabbage, with extra sauce on the rice. As someone who LOVES Jamaican oxtail and doesn't get to eat it often I was very excited to eat this meal. Unfortunately everything about this order was underwhelming. They gave me 4 oxtails and one bone with no meat on it, there was half a scoop of cabbage and a decent serving of rice, but no sauce on the rice. Worst part about the entire meal is, it had NO FLAVOR. I had to add salt on the rice just to eat it. The flavor is was lacking wasn't salt but I had add some flavor to try to enjoy this over priced meal. Will never order from here again. read more

Hot Pot Under De Tree - Waste of $15 - Caribbean Near Me - New York, New York

Best Caribbean food in Manhattan and its on par with BK and Queens! Might be better than BK and Queens period! Carryout only! Big portions, cash only and/or preferred etc! Only issue is I never know when they open! They open and close when they feel like it like most mom & pop places. I guess they got it like that! I be waiting on the block for them to open like a feen! read more

Very good food, love the cabbage and oxtails. Definitely worth the visit. Oh and the chicken pattie made fresh is a must.

I Don't Need To Say Anything The Picture Proves The Point Smh Wasted $16 For Some Shit That's Not Even Cooked Right. YA GOTTA DO BETTER Smfh! read more

Hot Pot Under De Tree - Curry Chicken - Caribbean Near Me - New York, New York

Mediocre Jamaican food at best. Ordered through Uber eats and on the app you can pick an entree and two sides so I chose curry chicken as the entree and, rice + peas, and plantains as my two sides. I ordered a third separate side of cabbage + vegetables because I love my cabbage. I also ordered a beef pattie with coco bread. When the order came I opened my food and there was cabbage already with the curry chicken and rice+peas/plantains, along with the extra side of cabbage I paid for because the app didn't say it already came with the entree....had I known that then I wouldn't have ordered and paid for an extra side of it. Onto the food....the curry chicken had good flavor, but it needed extra gravy on top because it was a little dry. The rice and peas was made properly and probably the best thing about the plate. The plantains were AWFUL probably the worst I've ever had, tasted like straight cardboard, not sweet and soft like they're supposed to be. The cabbage was decent. The beef pattie was not good, I'm not sure if it had been sitting in the warmer for too long, but the inside was hard. The coco bread was just ok as well. Not sure if I would order again, maybe it was an off night, but there really aren't any good Jamaican options in the area unfortunately. read more

The ONLY Jamaican Restaurant in the area that actually JERKS chicken on a charcoal grill outside... Absolutely, amazing!!! There Curry Goat & Chicken are on point. There patties are always fresh... read more

Don't waste your money! Ordered a veggie plate- the stank man had the nerve to charge it all separate sides instead of a meal- and it was supposed to be medium- but it wasn't even full! How can you not fill a plate w/ rice & peas, collards & cabbage- which lacked flavor. Also ordered a spinach patty & coco bread. The spinach had no kick- besides the kick of salt in the back of my throat. NEVER EVER AGAIN! read more

Wow, this was disappointing in so many ways. I ordered a medium jerk chicken with sides (cabbage and mac) ... Typically that combination is a full leg and full thigh. However, I got two flats, a third of a leg, and 1/3rd of a thigh. I got a 1.5" (square) piece of mac, and what would be less than one cup of cabbage. I got a lot of bones. Yum, right? So, $11.50 (tax and tip) =$15 and I am still hungry. Stingy and mediocre. This place can't be owned by Jamaicans. read more

Stumbled on this establishment when the place we were going to go was closed. In four words "it's the real deal." Authentic Caribbean cooking. We split a jerk chicken and an oz tail entree. Both were served over rice. The oxtail with a flavorful sauce and the jerk chicken with over spicier rice. Plenty of meat in both. And most importantly, served with a smile and banter from the nicest lady who gets there at 8am to start cooking. Make no mistake. This is a hole in the wall. The place is not pretty. There are two stools and a windowsill if you want to eat "in". But the food is authentic and delicious. read more

I ordered the jerk chicken with rice and peas. It was great! Nice and tender chicken and warmingly spiced gravy. The spot is no frills. Like maybe you could eat there in the few seats but nothing that makes you want to stay. The service was quick and the the ladies were nice. Try uber eats with this spot and enjoy! read more

Hot Pot Under De Tree - So, this place is no frills but great food- plentiful. - Caribbean Near Me - New York, New York

The fact that this is an actual restaurant and they're SELLING this food is beyond me. Caribbean food is known to be flavorful, and their food had none. I ordered oxtails on Uber Eats ... the regular size was $16 while the "large" was $20 -- got the large. Waste of money... just trash. The oxtail and everything else - was was bland and not seasoned at all. I rarely pick up the phone to call in a complaint but I did. No one answers and/or it says the voicemail is full. Ridiculous on so many levels. read more

Uptown doesn't have a big variety of places to eat and this tiny place was across from where we were filming. I got a small curry chicken, rice w/red beans, plantains & collard greens. It was delicious. Wardrobe truck cleaned out all their home made parties and went back got the new batch. Really good homemade food. read more

Juicy jerk chicken & oxtail. Very small take out spot with authentic Jamaican food. Generous portions

They might as well change their oxtail meal to rice and peas with gravy and fat from ox. The only reason they get a 2 Star is because the gravy was seasoned well. They only give you 2 plantains as a "side" smh so disappointed read more

I ordered from uber eats and the food was terrible. Not only was it terrible but my whole order was incorrect. Their was items missing from my order which basically they sent me whatever they wanted to send me. The oxtails were full of fat and had no flavor. I will never order from this place again! Lucky I was able to be refunded part of my money. The little money I did spend was a waste as well because this disgusting food went straight into the garbage. read more

Good mom and pop Jamaican spot. You can tell the food is cooked with love and they care about the quality. Jerk chicken was good, sides were delicious. The homemade patties were amazing. Only improvement I would suggest that is particular to my own tastes are I wish they served creamy coleslaw to cut against the fat and spiciness of the jerk chicken. Also, I prefer a sweeter taste to the jerk chicken. I've had some amazing jerk chicken in Toronto that had a sweeter taste to it and it blew my mind, but that is probably just a regional trait. read more

I used to go to this spot all the time when they first opened. I haven't been in a couple years since I moved further downtown but I was so happy with my postmate order today that I had to leave a review. The jerk chicken tasted like it came freshly off the grill. The rice and peas were delicious and covered with oxtail gravy just as I had requested. The collard greens were good but not as good as their cabbage. The plantains were fresh and sweet. So glad that business is still going well for the guy that owns this place. I hope they continue to prosper. read more

The food is always good never lacking that's probably why i always do this to myself unfortunately some of the absolute worst people are working there like how can you not separate cold and hot items why isn't that a thing why is my order always messy then when i call them they make me feel like I'm the one in the wrong just for wanting decency the sauce is always all over the bag the drink come on top of the hot food as though it is their Intention to mess up the temperatures read more

It's great paying $40 through Uber Eats to receive your order with a pool of oxtail juice chill-axing in the bottom of the bag. You would think to blame the delivery guy but once I had managed to get through the messy wet bag, I took notice that my oxtail dinner with a side of collard greens and sweet yams (all three are moist and juicy items as it should) was packaged altogether in an aluminum tin foil container with the plastic top that requires pressing full diameter to close. Of course, my order was not closed thoroughly thus a beautiful disaster... juice everywhere. Now, I know accidents happen. However, if the business management contracts with a third party company, Uber Eats, to increase business then its their responsibility to make sure to invest in better packaging. Especially, if they want returning customers, duh, that's where the money is...in returning customers. Don't pissed them off! I tried calling the restaurant to speak to a manager and express my horrible experience, but one of the workers told me the manager wasn't there and to called tomorrow. I responded "okay, what is the manager's name?" The worker who had an Eastern European accent, told me that I don't need to know and to just call tomorrow. *shocked* Of course he refused to give me his name. Now, I'm pissed! I was calling politely and lacking customer service was slammed in my face. Additionally, the worker asked me what problem did I have, I explained, and then he said since my order was picked up I should complain about the delivery guy with Uber Eats...*smh* that counts me out as a returning customer... the taste of the food was okay but definitely not worth this kind of disappointing experience. (Sunday Aug 5th) read more

Best jerk chicken around (ask for the charcoal grilled if they have it!), tasty sides, nice folks. This is basically a takeout place but there's a small counter inside as well.. read more

Patties are lacking of flavors. Tried both beef and chicken. Even crown fried chicken's tasted better.

Soooo I rarely post yelp reviews but do so when absolutely necessary...THIS is one of those times. I placed my order with this place earlier this evening because my first choice restaurant was closed. Let me say I had this food a few months ago & was satisfied but tonight I don't know wtf happened. First they called to say they ran out of yams, ok no problem we'll take cabbage, food arrived quickly, great but then I opened the bag. The visual was unappealing and the taste was equally bad. A total waste of $. Fatty oxtails on bones with no meat, old chicken soaked in what was supposed to be bbq sauce & tasteless cabbage...all inedible. Never again!!! read more

Great service, lots of great tasting food. True to there roots, food always fresh, and recently now available on Uber eats. The owner Patrick is sometimes behind the counter with a big happy smile on his face wishing you a great afternoon or simply just helping you choose something that would fill you up. Go for the Jerk chicken of course or their chicken noodle soup for the cold whether or if your feeling sick. Thanks Patrick read more

This place is a hole in the wall, but they have good food, good portion size and best of all great customer service! Prices are decent for the amount of food you get. they seem to be reliable with their hours and consistent with their food choices. The owner is amazing, very kind and friendly! When i don't feel like cooking this will be my go to spot. read more