Only One Jamaican Restaurant

Came for lunch on a weekday and only waited several minutes. They were out of jerk chicken and oxtail, so I had to get the stewed pork, which was also the last portion. Odd how they’re out of so many things at 12:30 pm… Stewed pork had good flavor, tender meat and generous portions (gravy on rice 👌), but overall it could use some salt and could be spicier. Got a dumplin, which had no filling and was just a thick fried donut, but paired with the stew/gravy well. Would go again. I wonder if they make their own beef patties.

I got the Jamaican Jerk Chicken and Beef patties and everything was phenomenal. I look forward to going back.

Service there sucks as staff would rather have conversations than serve people and get a line moving in for far too long. I have supported this business and every time I come there people walk out from behind the counter to go do something other than serve the customers while a line builds up. There’s usually one person, servant, and they will all look at you and leave you there to suffer like you’re begging for the food do better only one you have potential to be great I walked out of that restaurant today and told myself I will not come back and support a local business that can get things done right simple service etiquette they lack.

The food is excellent. I recommend the curry chicken or stew chicken but my favorite is the escovitch chicken it's a fried chicken in a hot pepper sauce with carrots and onions. I usually order the escovitch chicken with cabbage and yellow rice and veggies with the stew chicken gravy over the rice

Plenty to choose from but there's only one, "Only One"! Hands down some of the BEST carribean food in Boston!! And if you love a good beef patty, coco bread, and cheese - this should be your go to! The buns are fresh and the patties have a good level of heat and flakiness. **Chef's kiss!**

The chicken soup (inexpensive option) was like comfort food. Good flavor. Not too much salt. The restaurant is clean. Well maintained. The man at the cash register was friendly

Great flavorful food just like my born and raised Jamaican father used to make. An abundance of seating. Friendly staff. What kills me is...why the heck is a Jamaican restaurant playing Magic 106.7 FM? What the hell? Play any Caribbean radio station. Throw on Spotify or whatever with a Bob Marley inspired Playlist, or anything. Haha. The decor inside could be better too. They have plenty of space to pull of an island vibe, but don't. Oh well. Good thing I'm not picky. The food? It's good enough for me to return to, and I will.

Been to the original one in Dorchester, 2nd chain in Brockton and now this new one in Hyde Park and they all amazing. Great authentic jamaican cuisine. Only thing is they a lil expensive than most places but in my opinion its worth it. I can agree sometimes the service isnt the best (cashier rude) but maybe thats the culture, im used to it, its like that everywhere. Doesnt bother me. However the workers here in the hyde park location are very pleasant, i encountered 2 ladies and they seem very nice. dude in at the brockton location seems a lil quiet but nothing wrong with that. I usually get oxtails with rice and peas or sweet sticky chicken and its a 10/10 at any location at any time, keep it up my guys!

After shopping we worked up an appetite and stopped in to sample the jerk and curried chicken offerings. It's like the other jamaican spots. Food displayed cafeteria style. The servers were more than generous with the portions. My shopping buddy like the fluffy rice and beans. The curried chicken had good heat to it. The jerk chicken succulent and flavorful. I will try the lunch next time.

I didn't dine in; the food was delivered, and it was a let-down across the board. Rice & peas: Bland. The curry-goat gravy helps but has zero spice, so it's still a miss. Mac and cheese: absolutely no seasoning--tastes like boiled pasta with supermarket cheddar. Beef patty: the least disappointing item, but even that's flat and under-spiced. Nothing about this restaurant reads as authentic Jamaican, and I'd be surprised if the kitchen is run by anyone who grew up there. Where to go instead: *Murl's Kitchen (better overall, though their rice & peas isn't great) *Cool Shade (reliable seasoning every time) *P&R Jamaican Restaurant (if you just need a decent patty) *Flames Restaurant -- skip it; same bland story.

The service, food and ambience is not great. Typically, when the service at these sort of restaurants is bad, the food is good. This isn't the case here. Coco bread was undercooked. Beef patty wasn't flavorful and neither was the salmon dish that I ordered. There was caution tape in the restaurant. And the service was not friendly.

Baby when I tell you this food is amazing!! I highly recommend it. The picture shows most of the food gone because I couldn't wait to eat! The oxtail place was delicious, you should get extra gravy on the rice!! The restaurant isn't huge and I didn't see anyone eating in. The staff were direct, and efficient!

The overall experience of only one was okay. Coming on a Wednesday night I was able to quickly get me food. I got a small stew chicken with rice and peas. The portion was very descent. Also got a beef Patty along with a cream soda. The service was fast and friendly. The food was solid. If you are looking for Jamaican food only one is your place. The chicken was juicy and melted off the bones but it was a bit bland. Next time I'll ask for oxtail gravy which will help. I enjoyed the rice peas. I would come back again and recommend it to others. There is a seating area but it was closed off so I can't comment on the ambiance.

Oxtail had so much fat left on it and it was soo tough! The rice and peas was good though.

I've had better but I'll definitely come back to try more. There's a seating area (closed because of COVID) and the staff are friendly and move efficiently. It's a good neighborhood restaurant but nothing to travel across town for. They give a nice serving but it's missing flavor. Great for people who don't like "over seasoned" food. Fried chicken was cooked to perfection but rice and cabbage were bland, especially the cabbage. The gravy saves it.

Delicious Jamaican food here! We arrived after the lunch rush around 2pm, even with a short line the servers were polite and fixed our orders carefully! I ordered the oxtail plate with veggies, it was delicious and flavorful! The rice was so amazing. I'll definitely be back to Only One!

Food wasn't even good and overpriced. The lady up front serving food made a stank face when I asked if they have jerk chicken patties. If you're going to have bad customer service at least let the food be worth it. I won't ever come back here. If y'all want overpriced bad Jamaican food then come here!

I've been coming here for years, and I came back home from Atlanta and I see they upgraded everything inside. So I figured everything would be even better if not equally as good as it was before. The line was long like it always is, so I had no reason to think it wouldn't be the same tasting food! When I was sick. I swore by this chicken soup, but now, i don't even know what to call it. Barely any dumplings or flavor. I ordered an oxtail plate and they were all SMALL and bones when. I asked for extra gravy and you'd think I asked for a SSN or something. The rice was dry so I wish I was given the gravy I asked for. The curry chicken was watery. The Pattie's weren't burnt They didn't have any salmon that I would normally get Sad because this was one of my go tos & where I would send everyone for jerk pork, salmon, & the soup.

Boy granny no normal at all went was feeling under the weather they had chicken soup but they only have the soup water no meat a just a piece a Irish no dumplings anyways I asked for it I order a medium oxtail with a large jerk pork and a patty the gentleman who was serving said to granny it's just the soup water a piece a Irish no chicken so just give it to him u know whey granny seh no him a pay full price fi it dwrcl yo granny no normal Suh the tip that I was gonna give I withdraw n put $2 ina the cup I will return n tip the server personally when granny not there, I mean it's a business you running yes but where do you draw the line big respect to the Norfolk location no matter what you never ever ever do mi like granny did kmrt

Stop here a few days ago and the food and service was good. It's a take out place. There is a small seating area.

Not ok mac and cheese was the worst I've had and seen ever! jerk chicken no flavor who is making this food? Whole plate was a hard no. Flavorless is an understatement. Is that kraft? What in the non Jamaican food is this???

Consistently very good food and extremely polite service. I have not had a dish there that I have not liked. They have maintained safe conditions under this covid-19 pandemic. This place is a staple in my diet

Let me start by saying everyone's tastes are different. This place has been open for a while and I finally decided to stop in and try after my daughter urged me to... she recently visited the Dorchester location with friends. She raved about the goat and wanted to try more. Feels like family spot and always a line inside and I like to support local restaurants so I was game. Decided to try basics to start. Can't go wrong with patties but the jerk chicken seriously hurt my feelings. Only dark meat options which is ok but the 'gravy' was the most confusing concoction I have ever tasted. My 'people' love our condiments/gravy/sauces but this one was at best a brown cafeteria like soup with no distinct flavor. Jerk chicken goes with jerk sauce but this gravy was not it - brown colored liquid! I was just confused and it ruined my entire dish. Tasted the goat and seriously questioned the curry content; bland and watery. Think she was more excited to try a new meat option but having grown up on the dish I was not impressed.....With my Trini taste buds I likely won't be a repeat visitor, but I think you should judge for yourself. My suggestion is please come up a real jerk sauce and add some more spice and I will try again, but for now I will pass.

I typically get the oxtails when I go but it dawned on me that businesses need good reviews to thrive. The food here is excellent.

IT'S NOT RIGHT!!! What is going on in there?! The quality of the food is poor, the plates are small and they over charge! I ordered a medium oxtail plate and the amount of fat left on the pieces was outrageous... A medium plate is $18 before the 6.5% tax. MA tax is 6.25% btw, so they added an additional 0.25% to the already ridiculous amount being paid for the terrible food that they are passing off as "authentic Jamaican cuisine." I believe they are willfully taking advantage of the predominant demographic in the area and that's just NOT RIGHT!!! I am shocked! If this were Dorchester they would not be able to get away with it nor would they attempt to.... The people would have corrected them immediately!!! I have been to the one in Dorchester many times and it is night and day in comparison to the poor quality their Hyde Park location is getting away with! Disgusted!!!!

Solid go to spot week in week out! Consistently serving up fresh oxtail sweet & spicy wings and stewed jerk pork rice & peas! All for a great price! You must try this pot!

Place looks clean. Portions are good but the flavor Is EXTREMELY bland. I had to add Tony's so it can be edible. I won't return.

Excellent Jerk Chicken 6 dollars side order. Filled a small to go tray. Would love to ask when the chicken comes out of the oven in the morning. Craving jerk chicken this is your place.

New girl is horrible she doesn't listen. I ordered a small curry chicken with rice and peas with oxtail gravy on my rice. So she puts the rice in first then she proceeds to put stewed chicken on my plate. I said no I want the oxtail gravy she then looks at me with an attitude and says u said stewed chicken..im like no I asked for curry chicken and oxtail gravy..so she put the curry chicken on my plate then proceeds to put the gravy on everything..chicken included.. now why the hell would I want the gravy on my already curry chicken...can anyone answer that for me cause I'm confused. Any other time I ordered with the 2 regular ladies they get it right and they listen but this new young lady needs to get it together

It was my first time at this establishment, the food had no taste. I ordered Oxtail and rice. There was more browning on the oxtails than anything else. I will not be going again. I left a few dollars for a tip. The server did not say thank you. So typical of these kinds of establishments. Jamaican restaurants are a dime a dozen. I don't know too many that make you feel like they're grateful for your business.

This place ,awesome Jerk chicken not to spicy very flavorful and always juicy and the ox tail is great as well. You have choice of brown rice and beans or white rice a great choice for your Caribbean crave hope y'all enjoy ..Forgot to add the Mac n Cheese whaaat

Curry goat, was the best ever! Tried it for the first time at this place and it was yummy! My homie G recommended and was happy that I have tried. Will return for more twice a week!

This restaurant is fire, I've yet to have a poor experience with any of the takeout I've gotten from here. The Mac n cheese is out of this world. Jerk chicken with the jerk sauce is pretty spicy. If you like spicy food, it's bomb! The coco bread is so good, get it warmed up!! A large sized plate is enough for 2 people..they don't skimp! The employees are always super friendly too! I'm happy y'all opened up wicked close to my home in HP!!