The Best Caribbean Restaurants in Los Angeles | Eater LA

"Sattdown Jamaican Grill lives in a Studio City shopping center also home to a virtual reality playground, pho shop, and nail salon. Behind its doors, diners will find a modest market selling Jamaican dry and canned goods like ackee and callaloo; a sweet, dried fruit-pocked bread called Easter bun; and some spice blends made in-house — as well as some of the best home-cooked Jamaican food in Los Angeles. Patties served with fillings like jerk chicken and spicy minced beef have a light crust that flakes after caramelizing in the oven. The restaurant, run by chef Tony Hyde and his wife Nini, punches above its weight with deeply spiced, warming flavors in combination plates that include stewed but still-crisp vegetables, plantains, and earthy rice and peas. — Nicole Adlman, cities manager" - Mona Holmes