Jamaican Homestyle Cuisine
Jamaican restaurant · Humboldt ·
Authentic Jamaican fare, including jerk chicken, oxtails, and curries.
Authentic Jamaican fare, including jerk chicken, oxtails, and curries.
"Portland is fortunate to have a handful of Jamaican food gems, but Jamaican Homestyle Cuisine in Humboldt still stands out among the pack. Formerly a food cart, owner Keacean Phillips-Ransom opened the restaurant in a permanent space in 2016, cooking tender oxtail and beautifully charred jerk chicken in a well-loved smoker out front. Don’t leave without trying a Jamaican pineapple soda or hibiscus-flavored sorrel drink. Dine in the casual, colorful dining room or out on the patio, where delectable smells often waft off the nearby smoker." - Nathan Williams
"After having little luck finding Jamaican food in Portland, Keacean Phillips decided to open a Jamaican food cart in 2014, and eventually found her way into a restaurant thereafter. Customers here have plenty of options for spicy and flavorful chicken or beef, as well as curry goat and oxtail. First-timers should order the saucy, fall-off-the-bone oxtails with a side of hazelnut-brown fried festivals, though it’s hard to go wrong here." - Ron Scott
"One of Portland’s best Jamaican restaurants, Jamaican Homestyle Cuisine is a neighborhood favorite for its tender, sweet-spiced oxtails and jerk chicken. Both would be great for a picnic with a view of the rose gardens at Peninsula Park. For a less-messy alternative, a bag of festivals, or fried dumplings — hazelnut brown on the outside and fluffy on the inside — never disappoints. Jamaican Homestyle Cuisine is open for takeout and delivery." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden
"Already doing takeout and delivery, the Jamaican restaurant has its patio open for seated dining." - Alex Frane
"When Keacean Phillips, the owner of North Killingsworth’s Jamaican Homestyle Cuisine, lived in her hometown of Annotto Bay, Jamaica, she was an English teacher. But when she arrived in the United States, she had no interest in working in schools..." - Brooke Jackson-Glidden