Cummin Up Caribbean Take Away and caterers

I got the £2.50 jerk rice with chicken curry. Boss was nice and she was (at the time i entered) running the kitchen solo. Smells fantastic whenever you walk pass and tastes even better than it smells. Rich, flavourful, seasoned juicy. Very clearly slowcooked bone-in so you get all the flavour and she gives a damn good portion, no skimping. There was a small wait but again she was managing kitchen and customers by herself and it was 1000% worth the wait. Will be coming back to try the curry goat and oxtail. Warming home-cook style comforting food tastes like something a relative would cook you or a neighbour would send to your house as a social offering.

Absolutely Disgusting Hygiene Standards – Avoid at All Costs! I cannot stress enough how appalling the hygiene standards are at Cummin up in New cross. I walked in expecting a decent meal , but what I witnessed was beyond unacceptable. This is a complete and utter failure of hygiene and food safety standards, and frankly, it’s shocking that this place is even allowed to operate. Food businesses in the UK are legally required to follow strict hygiene protocols, and this establishment clearly couldn’t care less. Where is the management? Where is the food safety enforcement? I will be reporting this place to the relevant authorities because it is absolutely disgusting that people are being served food in such unsanitary conditions. If you care about your health, do NOT eat here. This is a breeding ground for foodborne illness, and it’s only a matter of time before someone gets seriously sick. Sort your standards out, Cummin up this is beyond unacceptable.

I have used Cummin Up for a number of functions and they are the best value for money, and quality Caribbean catering out there. The food is amazing! The staff are lovely.

The delicious smell wafting out of this place drew me in and I had the best jerk chicken Ive ever had in my life - tasty, juicy, not dry. Will definely be back to try some of their other dishes. Relatively affordable compared to a lot of places too.

Look, I’m not Jamaican so I can’t say I’m the authority on Jerk Chicken but I’ve eaten my fair share and the food here is honestly sublime! The chicken was moist and delectable, honestly the best I’ve had in my life. Don’t listen to the haters, this place absolutely slaps ! Also the lovely Jamaican lady serving me was a gem!

Ordered oxtail with rice and jerk chicken with rice and peas. The food was mediocre, but the real issue was the state of the restaurant — dirty floors, sticky tables, and an overwhelming smell coming from the kitchen. It felt unsanitary and honestly like a health hazard. Definitely won’t be returning.

UPDATE 09/09/2025- Im back, 22 hours later with explosive diarrhoea 🥲 i do intermittent fasting and only eat once a day between 6-8pm so i know for a fact it was the jerk chicken with rice and peas. I will be reporting to the Foods Standards Agency! UPDATE: 09/09/2025 - 18:05 pm - I did just call the restaurant to speak to them and give them a heads up that i will be reporting them and them did switch me from one person to another, i spoke to 3 different people!! before they decided to put the phone down and i could still here everything they said and they even call me foolish!! jokes on them i recorded the call!! Shoutout to Apple for that!! Best mind i don’t find myself in that shop!! Awful, DON’T LISTEN TO JOE LYONS INSTEAD PAY ATTENTION TO 100’s OF THE ONE STAR REVIEWS and don’t bother. not only do they get their food orders wrong and forget drinks that you paid £3 for, they either undercook or overcook your food. Then when you call them they are extremely dismissive! A nice reminder of why i stopped going there. Don’t think about going to the store to sit down n eat, YOU CAN’T😔

I didn't have any of the main foods but only a lamb patty which I can say was quite nice however, this branch does not have good customer service. I sat down to go eat my patty after I purchased it because I didnt want eat and walk with the food and the woman who was at the till proceeded to tell me that other people need to come in here and sit down and eat, insinuating that I should leave keeping in mind I was just going to eat my patty and leave, I was even thinking of buying a cake as well but changed my mind after that interaction. Especially since that was rude and not needed at all. I also was not happy with the service as she was talking with her friend the whole time when I first entered the store and only acknowleged me after they finished their conversation. Such a shame because I haven't seen that many Caribbean shops near that area but I'd rather find another one than go back into that shop.

The jerk chicken always bloody sells out by about 5 o'clock. This place has expanded this year, going from a little take away where you literally ordered food from the lady in the box, to actually having a seating area now! Wow. I think this is because they jerk chicken is amazing. As well as this, the patties are AMAZING go for the spicy lamb one and your mouth will be on fire (in a good way). One thing. The curried goat. It is so hot and spicy that it is overkill. And because they cook it with bones for flavour it seriously could be dangerous for your teeth when you bite down hard on one. ouchy.

So i was a bit let down by Cummin Up. I was expecting a lot from previous reviews, granted I'm a veggy and didn't try the jerk chicken which most people rave about, but still. The veggy curry with rice is a bit overpriced for what you get. It's filling and hot but there isn't a lot of flavour, its largely potoes, cabbage and onions, which isn't so interesting. £4.5 when chicken with rice is cheaper made me feel a little cheated. Pair this with abrupt service and I feel like I'd rather go somewhere else. It might be a different deal for meat eaters, but if your aren't going to put the effort into the veggy options then why bother having them at all?

Really lovely chicken soup, and a 'yummy' piece of carrot cake, according to my little sweetie. However a male owner/worker kept aggressively staring at me (it's a black on black thing, I guess...but not really something I appreciate). Hence two stars.

All I've eaten today is jerk chicken. And oh my. Did I save the best til last??? This place is about a fiver for jerk chicken and rice...very addictive and tasty!

Cummin Up serves some of the best food you'll eat in New Cross. I highly recommend their jerk chicken fried rice, it's only a couple of pounds and is the perfect snack for the walk home from the station. The food at Cummin Up is very very good and there's a fair selection of options, as well as a fridge of drinks, all at ridiculously cheap prices. Not to be missed.

I've eaten Caribbean food from takeaways all over London and most do a reasonable job of representing our cultural cuisine but this restaurant without a doubt has the best curried chicken I've ever tasted it's been a very long time since I had the urge to suck on a bone for that last bit of flavour but rest assured every bone was sucked clean I highly recommend this eatery

First of all, it has an excellent name. Secondly I love West Indian food and this place has huge servings that are friendly on your pocket. Smack bang by New Cross Gate station I used to love going there as a student and the yummy smell it gives off makes a welcome change from the usual stench of bum and pollution New Cross tends to have. The staff are absolute mentals and have a habit of sometimes shouting incoherently and changing your order. Very friendly mind! Stuffing your face with jerk chicken, curried goat, rice and peas etc. etc. always make a nice change from other generic takeaways. So next time you're debating a Chinese or a pizza this could make a welcome change.

I absolutely love anything West Indian, as my favourite place in the world is Jamaica. I have been their twice therefore know what the food is like. This takeaway restaurent is delicious, and highly recommended to anyone who loves their curryed chicken, rice and peas, creamy coldslaw and all the other amazing choices there are such as curry goat, ackea and saltfish and so on. The helpings are big, its cheap, and a brilliant, satifying, rather healthy meal to start, or finish the day with. Its on the new cross road and hard to miss!

I like Jerk Chicken there, it's very cheap and delicious. I have never tried Jamaican food before and because of their Jerk chicken now I am a fan. You can buy normal size jerk chicken meal at 3 Pounds during happy hour (from 12 pm to 1 pm). The normal jerk chicken meal is 3.80 and if you have big appetit you can order large meal too. You should definately tried the food there. Local people love it!

Sooooo disappointed with this order. After being regular customers they completely let us down. My food did not come with the rest of the order and then it took a further hour to get my meal. I called them to ask where it was and the woman on the phone simply shouted at me frantically with no empathy that at 10pm after all my friends had eaten I still didn't have my food. The delivery woman then went to shrug at me and say 'speak to my boss, I'm going home now!'. I am disgusted with their behaviour and it really ruined my evening. Wish I could give 0 stars to them, the food was not worth the wait or the stress they caused. They didn't even attempt to make amends for this mishap, truly unprofessional.