Etta's Seafood Kitchen

Read reviews and had high expectations but this disappointed HUGELY! WORST boil EVER! All was drowned in curry sauce. Which is very overpowering, it was basically a seafood CURRY. Nice if you like curry. Not if you want to actually taste the seafood - which I do, as I love seafood. Also, the half a lobster was a joke, it was like king prawn. No potatoes, no egg, no onion. Just awful. I write this with a heavy heart, as it is a family business but food is food and money is money. It was a bday treat too and needless to say, it was a huge downer. Just go around the corner and get a full lobster +++ boil for same price! Also no ventilation for cooking, restaurant door opens but then cold wind comes howling through…

Gorgeous authentic Caribbean Seafood. Delicious! Highly recommended the rum cake and ice cream and Seafood Curry. Excellent service and food. Thank you Etta and co.😊

Young lady in the restaurant should learn some customer service basics like "good afternoon" 05/09. Found her reception very frosty and I was their only customer. I greeted her first. Ordered a glass of prosecco and the snapper. Waited for over 20 minutes, despite reminding her about the drink, it came after the food. Not good enough. Positives, snapper was fresh and well cooked. Plantain was good too. Negative is that the salad was clearly off and not fresh. I suspect it is the owner that came in halfway through my meal and she was very friendly and welcoming. I would love to go back but please work on your people skills.

Found this little gem on our travels in Brixton. We arrived after 7pm however the chef accommodated our request for the crab curry as they said there wasn’t enough for a full portion. Nonetheless, it was prepared and absolutely delicious. The steamed sea bass was cooked to perfection 👌🏾. I’m always sceptical of Caribbeans overcooking fish but I can say this NOT the case at Etta’s Seafood Kitchen. We will definitely eat here again until have tried all the dishes on the menu. The homemade sorrel was emotional. The sista that served us was amazing and so helpful. Thank you 🙏🏾 and lastly the plantain chips 🤩 were so sweet

Had a yummy fruit punch, was strong but still sweet and light. The vibe was nice with a good selection of music playing, service was quick and friendly.

Had a good cheap lunch here, fish curry and a jerk prawn salad. 8£ with a drink. Small serve on the salad, but it was tasty. Chef was so lovely.

I came to Etta's yesterday evening with a couple of friends and we all left having had an incredible meal and a wonderful time. Etta and a lovely server (whose name I sadly didn't get) greeted us very warmly and helped take us through some menu recommendations before we ordered. We ended up getting the Ackee and Saltfish, the Half Brown Stew Fish and the Seafood Curry to share between us - as well as some Plantain Chips for the table. The food arrived quickly and was absolutely delicious - incredible quality but with the comfort of a home-cooked meal. Both Etta and our server made us feel so welcome and comfortable that we found ourselves chatting with them throughout our meal! We left completely satisfied and looking forward to returning and trying more dishes!!

The staff is so friendly. But the food… the FOOD?! Epic! So delicious. I ordered the mackerel runaround and it was divine. Perfectly seasoned. My partner had the jerk chicken and it was incredibly tender. And the salt fish critters were perfection. I only wish they had more than one waiter for all the tables while we were there but other than that, this was perfection.

Excellent quality food with great flavors. Everything was prepared fresh. Etta provided us with excellent service and was very attentive to our preferences. I chose to eat outside and felt right at home at the Brixton market. A must visit for all.

Popped into Brixton Village Market and ordered the following from Etta's Seafood Kitchen: - Rock oysters - Scallop salad with a lime dressing - Fish soup - Plantain chips I do not hesitate in saying everything was delicious. And so different to each other. The rock oysters were fresh and come with a gorgeous green chilli sauce to kick things off beautifully. The scallop salad has a perfectly judged acidity and is utterly refreshing and the plantain chips are tasty even for someone not overly keen on plantain. What I'll dream of most however is the fish soup. It comes in a wonderfully savoury broth with a generous serving of most of the seafood you'd want to try elsewhere on the menu. I plan to return to Brixton Village Market but this will take some beating.

We ate dinner there two days ago and it was a huge disappointment. Both of the women working there were *very* friendly. However, the food was *awful* and we can't remember the last time we had such a bad meal. I could barely stomach eating even a little bit of it and my husband barely managed to force himself to eat about half of it, after which we had a less-than-satisfactory resolution of the situation. Anyway; five stars for the friendliness of the women and one star for the food....

Yum!!! I had the sweet potato and pumpkin curry for takeaway and it was DELICIOUS. Whilst I had to wait a while to receive it, it was worth it in the end: a sizable portion of both curry and brown rice and lentils for a low price of £8.50. I asked for the curry to be mild and it was spicy for me but soooo good. Really enjoyed it!! And at least two if not three servings.

Brixton Village Market is apparently the place to be for eating on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Having heard great things about honest burger we were keen to have an afternoon of beef. Although with an hour's wait for a table..it wasn't to be. We had timed our arrival poorly and by two o clock most places in the market were already full. This left us with Ettas Seafood Kitchen. On arrival it smelt a bit like walking inside a chippie, or perhaps a harbor side Fish Fry in the Caribbean, either way the oil in the air wouldn't be doing our clothes any favours. As I write this our coats are at the dry cleaners, my iPhone smells of oil (got to be the case?) and I've only just managed to shampoo the smell of grease out of my hair. But maybe that won't bother you, and it's all part of the 'experience'. To be fair, It didn't bother us while we there, and it was the menu that really drew us in. We tried a bunch of seafood dishes, the crab dumplings with chili sauce, steamed sea bass in a spicy salsa , whole crab, plate of fish and chips,seafood soup and a side of rice and peas. The crab dumplings looked great but unfortunately were more dumpling than crab. My steamed fish was tasty, but overly salty and a little on the small side considering the £12 price tag and lack of any sides (other than two or three token slice's of small onions and slithers of potatoe). The whole crab left the best impression despite being a rather messy affair, although we were happy to see a finger bowl of hot lemon was provided. Other than forgetting a side dish of griddled Aubergine and Courgettes service was friendly. To finish we shared a chocolate fudge cake with Cornish ice cream. good but nothing spectacular. Having visited the Caribbean last autumn I have to say the fish dishes were pretty authentic, flavoursome and similarly spiced. However the open plan kitchen means you'll probably still be thinking about Ettas long after you've left; taking a little bit of the meal with you..but maybe that's the idea..

I'm surprised at the low reviews on this place. I enjoyed everything about Etta's, from the food to the service. We had the sea bass stuffed with callaloo & it was amazing. I was craving a latte as we waited for our food & although she doesn't serve coffee, she went out of her way to order one for me from a nearby shop. I really enjoyed my experience here & will definitely be back before I return to the States.

The queen of the village Etta's kitchen is my favourite restaurant in what has become a hub for the love of food in Brixton. Etta's friendly smile is as warming, generous and loving as her cooking. I always feel guilty eating like a prince and paying so little for it. I love the mix of seafruit she serves in her dish, everything has been marinated and spiced to perfection but it tastes like your mum's food - if your mum is a 3 star Michelin chef!

We visited Etta's last Saturday night with our foodie pal Kate who was looking for a venue in Brixton Village to host this months gathering of the supper club. We had decided to give Etta's a trial run as it is one of the few eateries which allows you to reserve a table which was going to be pretty essential as we planned to return later this month on a Friday night with a party of ten. We rolled up at the Village around 8pm to find that despite the looming recession, and traditional New Year slump, most places were full of folk and business appeared to be booming all around. Etta's was packed to the rafters with every table full, including the tables outside which would be on the chilly side, apart from the one we had reserved. Despite the fact the room was packed we received a very warm welcome and we were soon seated with menus and happily downing the wine we had purchased in the nearby off licence in Coldharbour Lane (this is a bring your own booze place with no corkage which makes for a very happy wallet). Don't want to say too much from here on in as Etta's was a place that I really wanted to like and I had started off the evening keen to return but it just didn't deliver. I'm hoping it was just a one off bad night but we tried a wide selection of the food on offer including the mussel pot and crab fritter (someone forgot the crab) starters and three different mains and none of the dishes even made the average grade. Having said that the room had a great, laid back but buzzy atmosphere. The service was very Brixton friendly, chilled and unhurried. Despite our disappointment with the meal our bill was very reasonable so there were no hard feelings as we left a couple of hours later. I plan to return next month to give Etta's another go as the concept is great, the people seem lovely and it really deserves to succeed (and probably will do whatever I think).

I visited Etta's last night (25th June 2016) with two friends from London. However, this was my first time in Brixton Market. The young waiter and owner were so accommodating and helpful. From start to finish the staff could not have been nicer and were extremely friendly. The food was absolutely fantastic and the seafood curry was delicious. The price was very reasonable and potion size was just right. Highly recommended and I will definitely be wanting to go back when I next visit London.