JERK ISLAND AZ — Restaurant in Mesa

I was craving jerk chicken and this place popped up on the map. It was close by so I called in an order for the jerk chicken and sides (there's no choice, you just get rice and veggies). The guy said it would be 10 minutes.

It was tough to find, but eventually I realized it's a ghost kitchen where they prep for a pop up restaurant or food truck. There were no exterior signs indicating where to go. Walking in the entrance I saw a very small sign asking to call for pick up, so I did. The guy said it would be just a few more minutes. Then some lady came out and ran my card and said it would be a few more minutes. In total I waited 35 minutes for my order.

Got home and opened the box, it kinda looked like jerk chicken, but lacked that familiar spicy sweet, Caribbean aroma that I've had so many times. Took a bite, and nope...this ain't it. To be fair, it was a very tender piece of chicken, but severely lacked that traditional jerk flavor. It was overly sweet with a tanginess like KC style BBQ sauce, definitely not jerk seasoning. The rice and veggies were fine, but honestly I was so disappointed in the meat, the rest was forgettable.

If you're looking for jerk chicken, you'd be better off going to Buffalo Wild Wings and getting their Caribbean Jerk wings, cause Jerk Island is...

JUST SERVED BONES?!? (Ridiculous)

Wanted some chicken and found they were close by. I get to the address in google and its just a random building and they were operating inside. Ok, kinda sketchy but were here, lets do it. I go in, ask for the jerk chicken bowl and I swear I waited like 30 minutes. The owner or someone came out and one point and he had was eating a chicken bowl with giant chicken quarters and I was excited to see what I get. When my bowl came in finally the owner guy handed me the bowl and kind of had an attitude like he was doing me a favor and he was really busy. Whatever - on to the chicken. I open the bowl and see - The guy literally gave me bones. CHARRED BONES!? Like the chicken thigh bone and a rib bone and a baby wing that had little meat on it. I don't know how good the chicken was because I got, at most maybe a bite of actual meat. Dude had an attitude, served me bones, and charged me 20.99 for the privilege. I would avoid this place like the plague. You gotta either cook good food or treat the customers better but you can't...

Saw this company on social media at a food truck event. Search on Google and saw that they were located super close to me so I went and gave it a try. I ordered the jerk chicken bowl which was priced at $17.99 + tax = 20 and some change. The service was ok, the wait time was about 5-6 minutes bc I called ahead of time. The ghost kitchen location is a very smelly so I sat in my car. When I received my order it was 1 chicken leg quarter cut into 3 pieces, rice & peas, cabbage, and sweet corn with a small container of mild sauce. The sauce carried this dish tremendously, without the sauce I probably would have asked for my money back. For the price I wish it came with more chicken and less sides. Overall it was mid, the chicken was good. I’ll give it another try in...