Sweet Home Jamaica — Restaurant in Baltimore

I placed a pickup order from Sweet Home Jamaica today for oxtail with rice & peas and cabbage, plus a mango sea moss drink.

Oxtail: 🔥 10/10. Perfect seasoning — a little Cajun kick blended with rich Caribbean spices. The meat was tender, flavorful, and the portion size was great. Only small note? I wish they had added a little more of that delicious oxtail gravy on top. That would’ve made it perfection. (So technically 9.5/10.)

Rice & Peas: Cooked perfectly — not mushy, not dry, just right. Balanced flavor that complemented the oxtail beautifully.

Cabbage: …Yeah, no. 2/10 (and honestly, it felt more like a 0). The flavors just weren’t there. It gave “Here you go since you asked” energy, like when your mom throws something on your plate so you’ll stop talking. Definitely not the highlight of the meal.

Mango Sea Moss Drink: Love mango, love sea moss, and this combo works. Refreshing and smooth. Solid 8–9/10, but felt like it was missing a little something extra to make it pop.

Extra Notes: They forgot my cocoa bread in my pickup order, which was disappointing. On top of that, they completely forgot an entire order for someone I was with. When they went back to pick it up, they were told the restaurant had run out of everything — which is why those items weren’t in the bag in the first place. That information would have been great to know ahead of time or at least when picking up the order, rather than after making a second trip.

Overall: If I average it out, this meal lands around an 8.5–9/10. The oxtail and rice & peas will have me coming back for sure. But I’ll skip the cabbage next time, double-check my bag before leaving, and hope the communication is better...

I come to this restaurant all the time. Never really experience anything bad, besides some rudeness when the lady work upfront. But today, I order from door dash for the first time. I made my order and it was confirmed. About 5 mins later I received a call from the restaurant that they didn't have one of the items. So they wanted to sub it out for something else. I didn't want anything else so I asked to cancel that item and proceed with the order. I contacted door dash and let them know i need to be refunded for that item. 15 mins later received call from the doordasher, he was rude also. He told me they wasn't making my food. Ok. So I called the restaurant and that lady said, Because you didn't sub the item, we cancelled the order. What!???? I told the lady you didn't say you was canceling the whole order because you didnt have the item available. Why have it on the menu. She hung the phone up on me. Just Rude. I wont be going back. I will going up the street to...

This place is absolutely NOT BLACK owned nor do I think any Jamaicans are in the back preparing the meals. Hispanics own this store and prepare the food… explains the lack of authentic flavors and plating.

I got the jerk chicken lunch special (they drenched it in sauce so much so that the rice is soupy) the flavor of the jerk is just not what I’m accustomed to. It’s very spicy but there’s something vinegary in the sauce. Chicken was over cooked and burnt to an extent and the Jamaican patty was dry and not much meat or flavor. The prices are alright for the lunch specials though! So if you’re not worried about authentic taste or flavor check it out. I can say that I won’t be trying this place again. The lunch specials are precooked whereas the small and large sizes are made to order and taken on the other side of the store. Maybe that side may be better due to it being fresh… idk but I don’t think that I’d try this...