Hot Spot Jamaican American Cuisine Menu

3.5
(450+ Reviews)
  • Customer Favorites

    Our most frequently ordered and highly rated selections.
    • Beef Patty

      Jamaica’s #1 Fast food- filling is spiced and baked fresh daily.
      $3.00
    • Jerk Chicken

      A Jamaican staple- chicken marinated in a spicy blend for hours and slow- grilled to perfection.
      $18.00
    • Slow-Cooked Oxtails

      Flavorful, rich and falls off the bones tender with butter beans.
      $27.00
    • Curried Chicken

      Traditional Jamaican chicken curry is a bold, flavorful dish that’s cooked slowly over low heat.
      $17.00
    • Fried Sweet Plantains

      Sweet plantains fried until golden brown.
      $4.00
    • Curried Goat

      Goat meat seasoned and cooked to perfection with Jamaican spices and seasonings.
      $18.00
    • Coco Bread

      Jamaican coco bread is a buttery, subtly sweet folded bread. It gets part of its name from the coconut milk used to impart tropical flavor. 
      $2.20
    • Fried Dumplings (2)

      $1.80
    • Chicken Rasta Pasta

      Features a creamy and delicious sauce bursting with jerk seasoning flavor, sautéed bell peppers,
      $18.00
    • Chicken Wings (6)

      Crowd-pleasing chicken wings 6pc.
      $5.99
    • Chicken Soup

      This Jamaican Soup is a delicious hearty, warming soup with authentic flavors.
      $6.25
    • Stewed Chicken

      Generously seasoned with aromatic spices, then braised in a rich and savory yard style gravy.
      $17.00
  • Breakfast Menu

    • Ackee & Saltfish

      Jamaica's National dish has a unique buttery taste, made ackee fruit, salted cod fish and seasonings.
      $16.00
    • Callaloo & Saltfish

      Callaloo is similar to spinach and gets cooked with salted fish, onion, tomatoes, green onions.
      $14.00
    • Saltfish & Tomato

      Flaked salted Cod sauteed in Jamaican Seasoning and Spices and Tomatoes.
      $15.00
    • Cornmeal & Banana Porridge

      $6.00
    • Oatmeal

      $6.00
    • Okra & Saltfish

      This okra recipe is very popular in Jamaican and is usually served for breakfast or dinner.
      $15.00
    • Magnum Porridge

      $4.50
  • Delicious Duos

    Make the most of your meal - try a delicious duo.
    • Sandwich & Salad

      $9.50
    • Sandwich & Soup

      $8.00
  • Soups & Vegetable Dishes

    • Chicken Soup

      This Jamaican Soup is a delicious hearty, warming soup with authentic flavors.
      $6.25
    • Mannish Water/ Goat Soup

      A hearty Jamaican soup made with a goat’s head and feet.
      $6.50
    • Mixed Veggie Salad

      $5.50
  • Island Quickie

    American and Jamaican fast food specialties. All items are plain.
    • Chicken Wings (6)

      Crowd-pleasing chicken wings 6pc.
      $5.99
    • French Fries

      $2.00
    • Chicken Patty

      $3.00
    • Chicken Sandwich

      The classic chicken sandwich.
      $6.00
    • Veggie Patty

      $2.65
    • Spinach Patty

      $2.65
    • Beef Patty

      Jamaica’s #1 Fast food- filling is spiced and baked fresh daily.
      $3.00
    • Fish Fry

      Light, flaky and never greasy fish on a bun.
      $5.50
  • Fish Supreme

    Served with your choice of rice and peas or white rice and your choice of cooked cabbage or fried plantains on the side.
    • Brown Stewed Fish

      Fried Snapper stewed down on low heat in a sweet-savory sauce that is flavored with Jamaican herbs
      $23.00
    • Steamed Snapper Fish

      A one pot dish with fresh Snapper fish and vegetables cooked down into a flavorful broth. Served with Vegetables
      $25.00
    • Escoveitch Fish

      Tart, spicy, and slightly sweet sauce and vegetables topped on perfectly fried red snapper.
      $25.00
    • King Fish

      Tart, spicy, and slightly sweet sauce and vegetables topped on perfectly fried King Fish steak.
      $18.00
  • Meaty Fare

    Served with your choice of rice and peas or white rice and your choice of cooked cabbage or fried plantains on the side.
    • Slow-Cooked Oxtails

      Flavorful, rich and falls off the bones tender with butter beans.
      $27.00
    • Curried Goat

      Goat meat seasoned and cooked to perfection with Jamaican spices and seasonings.
      $18.00
    • Peppered Steak

      Tasty sir-fry dish, made with strips of beef, onions and bell peppers.
      $18.00
    • Stewed Beef

      Jamaican flavors with a base of onions, scallion, garlic, thyme, hot peppers, and ginger.
      $17.00
    • Cow Foot

      $16.00
    • Tripe & Beans

      Jamaican favorite stewed with broad beans.
      $14.00
  • Hot Spot Specialties

    • Roti Wrap with Curried Chicken

      Enjoy this flaky Caribbean Flatbread made with a filling that consists of crushed up split peas and seasoning. Filled with curried chicken.
      $17.00
    • Curried Shrimp

      Tender shrimp cooked in a reduced flavorful curried sauce.
      $18.00
    • Ackee & Saltfish

      Jamaica's National dish has a unique buttery taste, made ackee fruit, salted cod fish and seasonings.
      $18.00
    • Salmon Entree (6 oz.)

      Brown stewed or Alfredo Cheese Sauce.
      $25.00
    • Coconut Shrimp

      Tender shrimp cooked in a reduced creamy coconut sauce.
      $19.99
    • Peppered Shrimp

      This spicy shrimp recipe is true to its Jamaican heritage and has that classic Caribbean flavor and heat.
      $19.99
  • Chicken Delights

    Served with your choice of rice and peas or white rice and your choice of cooked cabbage or fried plantains on the side.
    • Stewed Chicken

      Generously seasoned with aromatic spices, then braised in a rich and savory yard style gravy.
      $17.00
    • Fried Chicken

      Authentic Jamaican fried chicken is infused with our unique mixture of seasonings.
      $17.00
    • Barbeque Chicken

      Classic tender BBQ chicken, seasoned to the bone with Jamaican seasonings.
      $17.00
    • Jerk Chicken

      A Jamaican staple- chicken marinated in a spicy blend for hours and slow- grilled to perfection.
      $18.00
    • Curried Chicken

      Traditional Jamaican chicken curry is a bold, flavorful dish that’s cooked slowly over low heat.
      $17.00
  • Rasta Pasta

    • Chicken Rasta Pasta

      Features a creamy and delicious sauce bursting with jerk seasoning flavor, sautéed bell peppers,
      $18.00
    • Shrimp Rasta Pasta

      Features a creamy and delicious sauce bursting with jerk seasoning flavor, sautéed bell peppers,
      $19.00
  • Side Orders

    • Fried Sweet Plantains

      Sweet plantains fried until golden brown.
      $4.00
    • Roti

      Enjoy this flaky Caribbean Flatbread made with a filling that consists of crushed up split peas and seasoning.
      $7.50
    • Rice & Peas

      $4.50
    • Boiled Dumplings

      $6.00
    • White Rice

      $3.50
    • Potato Dumplings

      $7.00
    • Yam Dumplings

      $7.00
    • Coco Bread

      Jamaican coco bread is a buttery, subtly sweet folded bread. It gets part of its name from the coconut milk used to impart tropical flavor. 
      $2.20
    • Fried Dumplings (2)

      $1.80
  • Desserts

    • Island Rum Cake

      This Jamaican dessert staple is made with raisins, cherries and other dried fruits soaked for weeks in Jamaican rum and wine.
      $5.50
    • Chocolate Cake

      $4.00
  • Beverages

    • Tropical Rhythm

      $2.75
    • D & G Soda

      $2.50
    • Snapple

      $2.50
    • Hot Spot Sorrel

      Sweetened infused Jamaican hibiscus with ginger and spices,
      $5.00
    • Bottled Pepsi

      The bold, refreshing, robust cola
      $2.35
    • Jamaican Ting Drink

      $2.50
    • Gatorade

      A crisp, satisfying taste to quench thirst and energize without caffeine
      $2.50
    • Mystic

      $2.50
    • Nantucket Nectar

      $2.50
    • Bottled Water

      $1.20
    • Can Soda

      $1.20
    • Malta

      $2.40
    • Irish Moss

      $3.75
    • Hot Spot Irish Moss

      $4.00
    • Peanut Punch

      $5.50
    • Roots Drink

      $5.00
    • Carrot Juice

      $6.00

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