Island World Jamaican Cuisine — Restaurant in Elk Grove Township

This place is tucked away in a strip mall just past 83 and Algonquin. I happened upon this place as I was going to Sam’s one day. I was impressed by the flavors of the food. Great taste to it. I had the jerk chicken, jerk pork and the oxtails. The chicken, while it was tasty, it was dry. The oxtails? At $30 dollars, the value was not there. It’s almost like they took one oxtail and sliced it thin and called it a portion, I think yall can do better(see picture attached). Overall, my favorite dish was the pork and the beef patty. I will try this place again, just not for the oxtail. The place was nice, clean and bright on...

Food is not authentic and smells off. Rice is white with very few peas. No seasoning on chicken, it looks pale and tastes bland. I asked for extra jerk sauce and they gave me a water like brown liquid with no consistency. Don’t waste your money. I’m convinced it’s wypipo in kitchen. Also ran out of champagne kola and asked if I wanted a hot one. I just got my money back. Got lunch special and they put it in the smallest container. Looks like they cut up 1 thigh to make it look like more but if you cook then you know it’s just 1 thigh. Don’t...

I was really looking forward to this place! The guy at the front desk was super helpful. The food was decent, I can see a lot of potential here. The steamed veggies could use a bit more flavor, and the rice was ok and jerk chicken wasn’t too bad. I think adding a nice thick jerk sauce on the side would really make it...