Scotch Bonnet Food Truck

Jerk chicken $ 10! It’s a bargain given the world of flavor you step into when Scotch Bonnet takes you to Jamaica. Nice spice and very tender. Quality ingredients you don’t always get on a food truck too. This is an honest 4-​star joint. Which makes it 5 stars on the sad and expensive Fidi scale for lunch options!
I liked the rice as well. Salad was nothing to write home about, a few slices of cucumber, a few slices of tomato. Overall, I’ll be happy to see the Jamaica flag next time it returns to the FiDi. They were on Sansome between Bush and Post today (their Friday spot) and I swear it was like sunshine in the middle of a drizzly day.

Curry goat burrito is by far the best goat based dish I’ve had in a long time. possibly ever. Also best non Mexican based burrito.
Highly recommend!

The jerk pork is off the hook!
haven’t had better jerk pork anywhere else

The Scotch Bonnet food truck is on New Montgomery and Market most of the days I leave the office for lunch. If you’re new to Jamaican food or just craving a meaty meal, it’s well worth a try.
They don’t do half/​half dishes but I was so tempted by their menu that I ordered the jerk chicken plate with a side of pork. Both were delicious.
The pork is addictive my flavorful; soft from the generous cartilage and fat from the thick belly cuts, and perfectly cooked. The chicken is also juicy and tender, and falling off the bone. The rice is good and the fried plantains are a tender, sweet break from the heavy meat.
The sauce, especially for the pork, is meaty and tangy but I taste an overwhelming amount of Worcestershire (or maybe A-​1) sauce. The pork soaks it up – the chicken avoids tasting like it too much. Overall it’s not too bad, but the sauce reminds me of my childhood, eating dad’s burnt steaks and drowning them in that tangy Worcesterschire-​y sweetness to cover it up. With a more balanced flavor I would have given it 4 stars and plan to come back.
It was well worth a try, and I recommend you stick to the chicken.

I ordered the goat curry. My boyfriend and I both tried a bite and we had to spit them out. The curry had a good flavor but it was all fat and bone. I told the chef, he seemed annoyed with me and he told me that it wasn’t fat or bone. I said I bit into fat and that you could clearly see the bones. I was a waitress for 10 years and I didn’t appreciate how he responded to an honest complaint. In the end I got my $ 16 back.

They cured my homesickness! Was looking for Jamaican food for so long! Great service, delicious food.

The goat curry was tough and full of bones, but otherwise tasted okay.

This food truck is the best Jamaican food in the bay. Plantains are succulent. The service is amazing and the guys in the truck are super hot. Definitely coming back!!! 5 stars! Six if I could.

For their friendliness and quality of food, I give them 3 star. Honestly, it is not the best Jamaican food I have had. I had better ones in NYC at even cheaper price from a truck as well. However, since there isn’t as much competition out here, I assumed the price could be a bit higher.
The portion is generous and the sides are decent. The jerk chicken has nice flavors to it but it is not the authentic seasoning I have had. The plantains are tasty and beans are OK. I was expecting real Jamaican flavors and some real Caribbean sides but instead, I got the generic ones. If they can get rid of the Americanized flavors, I believe they will taste much better!

Checked out the Scotch Bonnet Food Truck today as they were set up around the corner from where I work. Ordered the jerk chicken that came with rice and beans, plantains and some vegetables. I have to say I was disappointed.
The jerk chicken was bland and didn’t have the in your face jerk seasoning taste I’m used to. The sauce they slathered on the chicken tasted like tomato sauce and the rice and beans needed to be seasoned.
I’ve visited Jamaica before and the man that was prepping the food barehanded seemed to be the only thing authentic. Maybe I’ll have to try something else on the menu.

I’ve been craving some Jamaican food for years now ever since I moved away from the Peninsula. I happened to be walking around the FiDi after a quick lunch and saw a beautiful Jamaican Flag covered truck that immediately grabbed my attention. Unfortunately, I already had my lunch for the day, but I made it a point to come back the next day. I checked out their schedule, and they seem to move around a lot, but are primarily stationed north of Market in the Financial District.
After hyping up the truck for the entire day, I convinced my coworkers to join me for what I hoped would be an awesome experience. Unfortunately, we got to the location around 11:40 with no truck in site. We walked around a couple extra blocks before we saw their post via Twitter that they’d be here at 12. Oh well, good things come to those who wait right? Except for the fact, as soon as they got their truck running at 12:15, they announced they’re out of their Jamaican Beef Patties. Damn. Sorry, but those two issues in itself, would warrant a reduction in stars (but I’ll let it slide — this time).
Fortunately, their menu still had a bunch of my other favorites including Jerk Chicken/​Pork and Oxtail. Since my original plan of Jerk Pork and a Beef Patty was thwarted, I opted for their Oxtail. The plate came with some red beans and rice, plantains, a couple veggies and the braised oxtail. The meat was fall-​off-​the-​bone tender and the rice and plantains were a great accompaniment. Only downside is, as with a lot of places that serve oxtail, the meat portion was a little on the smaller side (especially for $ 15). I was able also able to try my coworkers Jerk Chicken, and it was very juicy and flavorful.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the food, but not the wait. I’ll definitely be back to try some new items and hopefully they’ll have my Patties next time.

Good stuff. Had a vegetarian side & got jerked chicken for my husband. We loved their food

Previous experiences would have this place rated much higher but unfortunately I just had microwaved oxtail. Yea, it was tough and nasty.
I will stick to the goat or the chicken and the patti’s are bangin.
But DON’T get the Oxtail — you’ve been warned!

Damn good jerk. My friend and I had the jerk chicken with plantains rice and beans and a salad. So damn good and a lot of food. I’m going back to try the jerk pork…

I never realized how much I took all the carribean cuisine options in nyc for granted until after I moved to SF. So excited that I’ve found this truck — you can find them in various parts of FiDi during weekday lunch.
Monday — 50 First St
Wed — 25 Montgomery St
Tues & Thurs — 430 California Street — corner of Cali and Leidessdorff St
Friday — 115 Sansome St
Prices avg $ 10 – 15 — choose from chicken, oxtail, goat, fish, and callaloo (veggie dish I believe) — all entrees come with rice & beans, plantains, and salad
I got the jerk chicken which was cooked nicely and tender. Seasoning was good but light for all the jerk chicken’s I’ve had. If you’re expecting spicy and full bodied jerk spice flavors — you’ll be disappointed — not the robust flavor I was expecting and a bit greasy as well.
The salad was nice — helped lighten up a carb heavy meal. The dressing is your standard balsamic/​herb. The plantains were very good — not drenched in syrup or over fried/​burned — these were lightly fried, soft, and just the slightest bit sweet — very good.
The rice is already cooked with the beans so if you’re looking exclude out the beans — no can do. Wish they had an option for white rice only. Overall a good lunch option in FiDi — a little pricey but the homemade taste, variety, and portions are pretty on point. Nice staff as well.

This review is going to be short and sweet since all I tried was one item from their menu this time around. Since I was a kid growing up in Miami I used to always enjoy trips to the local Jamaican bakery to pick up jerk spices and of course a few Jamaican beef patties (think empanada folks). So while on my way to the Ferry building today I noticed the colors of the country’s flag on the side of a food truck on Montgomery and Market and it was on from there.
I felt a little bit of childish giddiness as I scurried across Market St. hoping that the truck was actually open for business and not just parked there at the moment. As I crossed the three lanes crossing from one side to the other on Montgomery St. I noticed that the truck was indeed serving food and there were at least 5 or 6 people in line. I eyed the chef and he was chopping up a cutting board full of jerk chicken and I knew I was in store food good eats.
I ordered two beef patties and waited a couple of minutes and they were ready to go. While walking down Market towards my original destination I popped the top on my container and sampled the goods and they were… ON POINT!!! It instantly took me back to that bakery and I couldn’t have been more happy. The spices were exactly how I recall them being and they were perfectly heated. I will definitely be back if they are on that corner in the future, otherwise I have to track them down since they are based out of the 510 area code. Keep on keepin’ on crew!

Stepped off Bart to find SB Truck right there! Had been craving some Jamaican Food. Was a delight to come across them. I had Jerk Chicken and a Ting… now all I needed was a beach…#jamericare #jamacia #sflifestyle #sflife #skinguru # skinglowspa

I ordered the oxtails. I was little skeptical because I do not eat super spicy food. I was able to eat it. The oxtails were super yummy, tender and full of flavor. The plantains were delicious also. I will definitely order this again.

I grew up in NYC, we ate pizza OR Jamaican beef patties for lunch every day.
This truck has authentic, spicy, not greasy beef patties. I was thrown back to my youth.
Monday’s they are in the FiDi, 1^st Street off of Market. Go get a patty!

Caribbean food is highly underrepresented in San Francisco so just selling Jamaican food in the FiDi gives this place truck bonus points. I’ve definitely had better when living in Manhattan, but their food seems solid. So I’ll stick with a 4 star rating until there is more local competition to compare them against.
Jerk Chicken: The chicken texture was like rotisserie chicken which happened to have jerk spices. The flavors felt limited to the skin and didn’t infuse deep into the chicken meat like a good stewing can do. Of course, the skin had a nice crisp crust as opposed to being limp and soggy as you’d get with stewing. The plantains were sweet with a little crunch, also very nice. The rice and beans were kind of bland, but you’d expect that. The salad was more like pickled slaw, which was a bit nicer than boring salad greens; good if you like vinegar.