Island Grocery

I love this place. Good curry chicken, beef pattis, and good food. It's where I go to get my Blue Mountain Curry powder. Update: On my visit on 8/31/2022 they do not have any curry chicken or beef patties in the frozen section and they do not know when they will be getting more. They do have beef patties that you can get hot to go.

I love Island Grocery lived here for almost 5yrs and just finding out about this Jamaican restaurant. They have the best food love the beans n rice, plantains, coco bread, yams, just all of it!! They even have a lunch special (stops at 1pm) but with it you get a can soda for free. Ms. Carolyn is sweet and she’s also very funny. Let’s not forget all the island grocery you want and need. Next time your out and on the east side of Charlotte come try Island Grocery you will fall in love with this “at home” Jamaican spot.

Amazing people working here. Especially the owner she never let you feel uncomfortable. There space is tight but just right to have all of the right Items from the Islands. BEST place to buy your oxtail meat and even with inflation everywhere they keep it reasonable. Thank you for being in our city and serving the community.

I have gotten food from this wonderful little gem many times and it is the best every time. Even my boyfriend who has never had west Indian food before loves it. My mom who is a vegetarian loves it. Anytime u want west Indian home cooking or you want a product that you can't find from back home this is the place to go

I trust that anytime I'm looking for something from the West Indies that I could not find elsewhere in Charlotte I will find it here. I had been craving Hardo bread for a while for whatever reason and bought that and a spice bun loaf. I must say the bun was not as moist and tasty as it was back when I was a youth, however, it has nothing to do with the business itself which I believe is A1! Always a pleasure when I do stop in. Lastly, did unu know that D&G now makes a pineapple ginger soda now??? Yum! I am a loooong time ginger beer lover.. I swear it has the best kick! Ooooweee

Island Grocery is a bonafide gem tucked away innocuously in an East Charlotte strip mall next to a pawn shop. Nothing about this place reads"restaurant" not even the name. And, while there's a veritable treasure trove of authentic Jamaican and Caribbean foodstuffs on hand, the real star is the food. My favorite is the curried goat, so tender it melts in your mouth (mind the bones of course) and so flavorful it needs no accompaniment. (Get the beans and rice and the collard greens and you're in for a meal you're not soon to forget!) It can be a bit pricey but every penny is served right back in taste, trust me. This place gets 4 out of five stars based on food quality and variety of wares. It loses a point for ambience and seating. Even using the rest room there is off limits (which was a real problem for me on one unfortunate visit.) But, overall, pay them a visit, peruse the aisles (it's very small, bodega sized) and then buy yourself a meal. I take mine to go.

I came from Raleigh and decided to stop by. I got 3 patties: a beef, chicken curry, and vegetable. The vegetable was moist and super flavorful. The beef tasted like every other beef patty I've had but better in everyway. The chicken curry was seasoned amazingly with really soft chicken and the perfect amount of chicken curry inside. All of them were heckin flakey. 10 out of 10 patties. I wish I got the jerk chicken patty but they were out. Everyone at the counter was extremely nice as well.