Peppers & Spice

Reviews

• Karan P.

  star star star star star 8 June 2026

  Truly fantastic.
  
  I can eat this food all my life.... everyday!!
  
  Don't need to say more. Mutton and rice combo was one of the best I ever had
  
  Just FYI - salt fish  is only served on weekends

• Anton_ B.

  star star star star star 4 June 2026

  I had a chicken pattie and it was amazing.. Had the right amount of spice in it, has a nice amount of filling and pastry was very nice, most patties ive had dont manage to get the pastry right. I also bought hard dough bread and again very nice..
  Customer service can be slow when there are a lot of costumers (peek times).

• Kevin L.

  star star star star star 2 June 2026

  Such tasty Caribbean eats. I got the curry goat over rice & peas with a side corn salad for £6.50 (large). The small size is  £5.50. Big chunks of mutton, though you still have to be careful with the shards of bone in the stew. Portions are big enough for a hefty meal or two lighter meals.
  
  The oxtail is also delicious, and I'll have to go back to try the ackee & saltfish.
  
  The small line out the door moves quickly, and there are plenty of parks nearby to eat your food.

• Travis L.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 2 June 2026

  What a shame.
  
  Peppers & Spice, before receiving my meal, had all the makings of an excellent Caribbean food spot:
  
  Cramped hole-in-the-wall space- Check
  Real Jamaican staff and cooks- Check
  Throngs of Caribbean customers willing to wait 10+ min in line?- Double Check
  
  I screened for the best Caribbean food spots in London and Peppers & Spice came up frequently; consequently, my excitement and expectations were high.
  
  I ordered the jerk chicken meal (with rice and peas, a side salad) and a beef patty.  The beef patty was...cool.  Tasty for sure, but not greater than the ones I'm used to in NYC.  
  
  For such a heralded Caribbean joint, it would be fail-proof to order jerk chicken and revel in all its traditional staple goodness, yes?  That's at least what I'd hoped.
  
  I opened the to-go tray and saw this thick, medium-brown sauced over the chicken.  "Ummm this doesn't look like the jerk I'm used to."  I bit into it...chicken is cooked well, but the sauce tasted like a high fructose corn syrup condiment you'd find at an Angus Steakhouse (ew).  No spiciness, no "twang," nothing that remotely resembles the true taste of jerk chicken (I'm half Caribbean...I know these things).  
  
  I'm not sure if they've modified the spice and flavour for the tame British palate, but it left this Caribbean-American highly disappointed.  
  
  Jerk City (in Soho) is better...and you can dine-in.
  
  I'm in no rush to return :/

• Siobhan K.

  star star star star star_border 18 May 2026

  Nice little Carribean take away in Dalston, sellling the usual yummy Carribean food!
  Lovely pasties, Jerk chicken, rise & peas, plantain,different daily specials, roti, goat curries, Ackee Saltfish, salads, to name but a few.
  There is that lovely Scotch Bonnet Pepper kick to their dishes and the staff are always pleasant, giving the place a family/homely feel.
  Gets pretty busy at peak eating times, but worth checking out if you are in the neighbourhood & fancy some nice spicy & flavoursome Carribean food!