Peppa Pot

One of the hidden gems in town tucked away in a non descript part of the south wedge. We were greeted with chicken stew, on the house, by the owner who, as already mentioned by other Unilocalers, greeted us as if we were family. Her warmth is reflected in the food and it is exactly what you expect when you go to a Jamaican restaurant — full of soul. I have tried their curry goat and jerk chicken and both are amazing. The portion sizes of the sides are more than ample and the sorrel is delicious. What’s more, the restaurant is roomy, clean and well maintained. I, for one, will be back.

Wish this place were closer to U of R! But, I’m willing to make the 45 minute walk for the AMAZING Jerk Chicken and Goat Curry! I was absolutely blow away! Everything, including the vegetables, is sooo dang flavorful!
Definitely try the jerk chicken if it’s your first time here. The goat curry might be a little more exotic to first timers who’ve never tried goat before. It comes in a bowl with a rich, slightly spicy sauce. Its been slow cooked so the meat is soft, tender, and easily falls off the bone. Because of this, there’s a few thick bone pieces you might have to pick out, but it’s sooo good!
Served with generous servings of cabbage & rice with beans, it’s a feast for ~$ 10 – 12 per plate. The only thing to disappoint were the plantains. They were a little dry and likely not freshly made. Maybe coming around lunchtime would change that.
We chose to dine in, but it looks like most people get their food to-​go. Either way, definitely a place to try if you’re looking for fantastic Caribbean fare. Note their hours of operation. They close pretty early on most nights.

A gem in the South Wedge. Best Oxtail in Rochester.

Good stuff here. I’ve been wanting to try Peppa Pot for a while, based on personal recommendations and Unilocal reviews, and today we were in the area and hungry, so we stopped in.
I had the jerk chicken, which I’ve never been a fan of – but I don’t think I’ve ever had *good* jerk chicken until trying it at Peppa Pot. Tender, flavorful as all get-​out, and all around outstanding.
BF had the oxtail, which was fantastic — so rich and delicious.
Really enjoyed the cabbage/​veggie mix that came with our meals. The cabbage was perfectly cooked and provided a nice foil to the rich meats.
Each meal came with a dumpling, fried plantains and rice and beans. The dumpling was OK, not as great as I’d hoped after reading the rave reviews. Plantains were sweet and yummy, but a bit tough. The rice and beans was serviceable — rather run of the mill, no better than you could get out of a Zatarain’s mix. I livened them up with some of the scotch bonnet pepper sauce on the table, and that helped. However, I loved all the different tastes and textures in one meal.
Since we were served from the steam table, most of our meals were barely warm, which was disappointing. Next time we’d definitely get take-​out — this isn’t a place that caters to sit-​down diners, but we were hungry and needed to eat ASAP — so we could warm the food up at home.
Service wasn’t all that welcoming, contrary to other reviews, but I don’t care that much. If the food is good, I’ll keep coming back, and the food here was good. Really good. As we were walking out, we were debating what to order next time — BF wants to try the curry goat, and I think I’ll do the brown-​sauce chicken.

This is a great little place just north of the South Wedge. The owner is friendly very helpful and does a great job. Prices are reasonable and you get a lot of food for the money. Try her homemade sorrel and many ginger drinks! Worth a return trip!

My first visit to Peppa Pot and I will be going back. A friend and I stopped in for lunch — the owner was friendly and made recommendations of what to try out. The jerk chicken and goat curry were outstanding, as well as the sides.
We ate in and the restaurant was spotlessly clean. There is a small park nearby where you could also eat out if you wanted and it looked like most of the business that day was takeout.
Generous servings and delicious food — we will be coming back!

Bring a salt shaker to this establishment. Because then you wil have A Salt with a Deadly Peppa Pot.
What to get: Jerk Chicken, homemade Jamaican Drinks such as Sorrel and Peanut Punch
What else: Biscuits, everything
If it were a place where you came to get your toes done all coral or hot pink or some other awesome color, then it would be the Pedi Pot.
Over in the 716, there are a few great Jamaican places (Kalypso, Dr. Bird’s, Caribbean Experience, Island Mix, Michelle’s), the latter couple of which are actually Haitian and Trini, but here in the 716 there is just one go-​to destination for Non-​Latin Caribbean food, and that is the Peppa Pot! It’s absolutely phenomenal!
If it were located in PA, then it would be the Penna Pot.
Home-​cooking at its finest. Delicious jerk chicken with wonderful sauce. My notes say «excellent jerk chicken, will return,» and that sums it up really. Some of the best I’ve tasted anywhere. Dirt cheap (if you get the smallest portions), and lots of other goodies on the menu too but I can’t stray from the JC.
If it were Captain Ahab, then it would be the Peg-​Leg Pot.
Except when it comes to the drinks. My word! I love Jamaican drinks. Sometimes she has homemade stuff like Sorrel (you have to try it to know why it’s so good) and Peanut Punch and other delights. If she has them, make sure you get them. Trust me.
If it were full of devil worshippers, then it would be the Pentagram Pot. Oh wait, it is! Shh, don’t tell anyone. Not even Miro Satan!
My one request is that they make their food juicier, pour that juice all over me baby! I had to ask for a couple of extra containers of juice/​jerk sauce, which she was super super super nice about giving me, but I think the food would be even deliciouserer for everyone if she automatically provided that for all.
If it were in Jordan, it would be the Petra Pot. Petra — wow. Can’t wait to go there.
My one request for the city of Rochester is that you please go here enough to keep it open so that when I come to town I can have Jerk Chicken. Just kidding — kind of. I really hope it stays around forever. The food is amazing and the owner is wonderful.
And if it were a place where you could hire gigolos, rent boys, and pool guys, then it would be the Pecker Pot. And then, predictably, it would be 5 times as busy.

My first time there. I let Marlene just serve me up whatever she wanted. It did not disappoint. Authentic. Awesome. Oh and they were closed but served me anyway since I got in the door. Nice. Cant wait to return.

The jerk chicken meal and Jamaican patty was excellent. Prices are very reasonable and they have an excellent staff. This is a must try place!

Had a great experience the 1^st time but the 2^nd time they had a little bit of food left and the girl there act like she didn’t want to be there working.

Always friendly staff and amazing food that feeds your soul and body.
The portions are very large but the food heats well the next day too.
The chicken is si tender, it’s falls off the bone effortlessly. The fried dumplings are to die for, sometimes I call ahead of time just to check if they have them!
This place is a hidden gem. Perfect food for gloomy or cold days.

The Good: Mom’s delicious home cooking, Jamaican style.
The Bad: It feels more like a lunch spot. The décor is fairly bare bones and you won’t find cloth napkins here.
Times I’ve Gone: Once
I Ordered: Curry Goat

A place that feels like home. The staff is so warm and friendly along with the absolute sweetest owners. You are welcomed as family and fed like them as well.
I’ve had a variety of items on the menu in my past visits. They did offer family-​style portions when I came with a group, which is much more manageable if you want to sample a few different bites. I really loved their biscuits, which were fresh out the the oven. Buttery and crispy with the fluffiest interior. I’d say my favorite is the curried goat! I type that with an exclamation mark because I was surprised it ended up being my favorite on the menu. The curry balanced the normally gamey meat. Their stewed brown chicken is another tasty choice — rich spices coat the skin and the meat is tender. Many love the oxtail, but for me it was too gristly. That’s personal preference though — the flavor was stellar, stewed for hours, just not my top choice of all the options available. The meal comes with rice and beans, and steamed veggies. Normally I’m not a fan of veggies as they often end up flavorless and limp, but the side dish at Peppa Pot is well-​seasoned (mostly just salted appropriately) and the cabbage maintains a slight crunch. The plantains are a welcome sweet bite to add to the mostly savory amalgamation of food. And you have to try the sorrel! I really enjoyed the mango one — the hint of ginger gave it a unique, spicy kick.
Overall, if you want a home-​style Jamaican meal, you must visit Peppa Pot. The meats are tender, and falls off the bone, and you’ll leave stuffed with leftovers, no doubt! It’s tucked away off Gregory near Marie Daily Park. A great walk if you’re a South Wedge resident. Go now and bring your friends to share and fill your bellies!

Here are my favorite things about Peppa Pot:
The jerk chicken: so flavorful and with a mild spice that really builds
Dumplins: fluffy, delicious and I wanted to stuff them in my purse
Meat patty: this was wrapped in a dough similar to cheezits, nothing more to say, it was awesome.
Sorrel/​ginger juice: so flavorful and bright. My better judgement got the best of me and I didn’t take home enough to stock my fridge with, which I’m regretting now.
The people: Super nice and welcoming.
I just wish Peppa Pot was on my usual routes so I could drop in more often!

Yum! Yum! Yum!
I am so glad I had the opportunity to stop in at Peppa Pot! What a great experience. From the food to the people, it was great!
We went with a family style meal and had a choice of meats. My favorite was the stewed brown chicken. I tried the curry goat, the oxtail, and the jerk chicken, but honestly the stewed chicken just hit the spot. The meat fell off the bones, and the flavor was delicious. It was a perfect combination for the rice and beans, and the veggie sides that each of us got.
The owner was a sweetheart, and everyone working there was so NICE. They are proud of the food they serve and for good reason — it’s excellent!
Prices are reasonable too! Even better since I’m trying to save money and still enjoy eating out.
OH! And make sure you try their Peppa Pot Flava drinks. The sorrel is AMAZING. The ginger is strong and wonderful. I so enjoyed it I had to take one for the road!!!

Big fan
Dumpling/​biscuit right out of the oven was amazing, they were flakey, rich, buttery. Meat patties were flavorful too, lightly seasoned.
The sweet of the assorted veggies (cabbage, beans, corn, carrot, pepper etc) mixed with the flavorful and rich meat broth made a happy mouth.
Not generally a fan of rice n beans or mixing my food up but I am reevaluating my proclivity cause beans, rice, veg n stewed meat here are the perfect bite. I sampled the ox tail, curry goat, brown stew chicken and jerk chicken. All were very flavorful, I heard many comments that the goat was not very goaty tasting which appealed to everyone, good ratio of meat and sauce to slather on the rice and beans. The brown stew was flavorful, and the ox tail was rich. I favored the jerk chicken for a bit of spiciness.
Left overs to my mom n dad, their comments were «this was done right» and speculated that large white beans were used in the ox tails to thicken it up.
Tried both their hibiscus based drink and their mango based drink. I favored the thickness and sweetness of the mango off setting the ginger.
Bread pudding studded with moist raisins and coconut was exactly how a dreamy piece of bread pudding should be. I thought to myself «self, this bread pudding is naked… no whipped cream, no bourbon sauce, no chocolate drizzling, you haven’t had naked bread pudding in forever» and it was a good reminder that food so good doesn’t need to be dressed up.
I really enjoyed that although the food is flavorful and rich it wasn’t heavy. I felt stuffed but not like I had ingested an overly fatty, fried and oily plate.

I don’t go to Peppa Pot often enough. I don’t know if it’s because of the location, or because I forget it’s there, or because I am not a very smart person, but this need to change.
Every time I’ve been to Peppa Pot I’ve had a great Jamaican meal, great stews, delicious sides and friendly service!
I’ve had almost all of their dishes by now, the few times I’ve been there, and I have yet to find fault on their food. I used to be bothered by the sauce they put on the jerk chicken, but last time I had it, it was perfect. The sweet, dark sauce really balanced the spicy tender chicken. I even like their cabbage side, because its mild flavor balances the strong bold tastes of their food.
Then to top it all off, they are making their own juices! I had the sorrell and ginger, and their mango and ginger. Delicious on their own, and I bet even better with some dark rum added.

I really like the Peppa Pot. The portions are usually generous and the location though off the main strip on South Avenue is still pretty convenient. I’ve had the oxtails, curry chicken and goat, and jerk chicken. The meals come with rice and peas (red beans), cabbage, and a biscuit that is quite nice. The portions are big so the smaller of the two meal sizes is enough to feed one person. I’d definitely recommend this place and bring friends here often.

Great service. Friendly. Tried the mango ginger drink. First time trying ginger. Didn’t love it But its probably my personal preference. food was great. Clean. Moderate price. Great location.
Tried the oxtail and goat. Good for both and good portions

I had a beef with Peppa Pot ever since this summer when the girl at the booth they had at the south wedge street festival, told me some bullsht about how their beef patties werent spicy. I believed her and bought one, (my first encounter with Peppa Pot food), took one bite and flames shot of out my mouth. She knew it was spicy, she just wanted to make a sale. Foul behavior I tell you.
Months later I guess I got over my grudge and decided to try take out from here. It was some of the best Jamaican food Ive had in Roc. The brown stew chicken I got was fall off the bone tender, I’m sure it had been slow cooking for several hours in a brew of spices and herbal concoctions.
The highlight of my takeout dish was this fried dough fritter thing. I’m not sure what it was, reminded me of a large hush puppy, but it was awesome and complimented the chicken very nicely. The rice and peas were ok, a little dry but not horrible. Same goes for the steamed cabbage mixture and the fried plantains, the typical items included with most Jamaican dishes.
The place itself is easy to find, there are tables there and it seems like it would be a fine place to sit down and eat. I’m much more of a take out and go kinda guy and will definitely be returning here.