Sylvia's

The meals are not only full of sustenance, but also it leaves a coat of Caribbean flavor along your taste buds. Every customer that leaves will leave a little heavier, due to their great portions. Their oxtail and rice are always cooked to perfection, and everything is given that small homemade touch that makes you feel like you are at a small piece of Jamaica, right in our neighborhood.

I love this place!!! I swear I tried every Jamaican restaurant in Poughkeepsie and surrounding areas, and this one is by far the best! They season their food really well, and it always taste so fresh! I literally will not order curry, chicken, plantain, or cornbread from anywhere else. The people are super nice and welcoming, and the service is amazing!

3/6/26 Food is good but the cashiers attitude sucks. Customer service is a hit or miss. Been going for years but feed up with the attitudes.

Terribly disappointed. My expectations were really high, being a native of Jamaica and knowing a lot of Jamaicans live in New York. I tried the jerk chicken, jerk pork and curry goat. The chicken and pork was super dry; either overdone or maybe they were leftovers from lunch hour. The goat was average; missing the thick, rich flavor and texture you get from a good curry goat plate. I was told by family who live in New York that they have eaten here before and that it just wasn’t as good this time around. So maybe it was just an off day for the restaurant.

Food is horrible. I dont get the reviews. Fried Chicken has no flavor was undercooked. Rice was bland. This is not Jamaican food or even just good food. Waste of $15 dollar. Had to throw the whole plate of food in the garbage. Have tried them twice now. Other time was the oxtail that taste like it look. BLAND. Big mistake both time. Waste of time and money. They taste worse then hospital food. These positive reviews must be fake because how?