Island Express Restaurant

This restaurant was amazing! It is definitely more for takeout, but we ate in at their one table, and felt very welcome. It was well worth the drive from Naperville. My favorite was the rib tips with the mild jerk sauce, but we also really enjoyed the chicken and shrimp. The mac and cheese was also excellent.

Wow! We went for the first time last night for take out. The chicken is cooked to perfection and the flavor is excellent. The candied yams were fabulous, I don't know what kind of magic they have sprinkled on them but make sure you try them. Mac and cheese may be the best I've gotten from a restaurant ever. Don't miss out on this restaurant!

Had the jerk chicken and shrimp with Mac n Cheese and beans and rice. Everything was phenomenal and full of flavor in every bite!!! Chicken was so tender and juicy it fell right off the bone!! Shrimp was cooked and seasoned perfectly! Mac and cheese was excellent as was the rice and beans! Do yourself a favor and check this place out!!

This has to be some of the best Jamaican food in the entire Chicago area. What a hidden gem! Mainly a take-out operation with a few chairs, the food traveled home really well because it was carefully packaged. The flavors are incredible and the portions are SO generous. Very kind service too! We had a jerk chicken platter (dark), a jerk rib platter, and side of oxtails. We did cabbage, mac and cheese, and rice and peas for our sides. Everything perfectly seasoned and delicious but the mac and cheese especially stood out for the sides. All the meat was tender with a nice crispy char and they didn’t skimp on the oxtail gravy at all! In fact they gave us plenty of extra jerk sauce and gravy. So excited to return again and again!

Great food and friendly staff.

Ordered the chicken, rib tips, goat curry, plantains, mashed potatoes and rice and beans.

Forgot the plantains and gave us mac and cheese instead which was good and made with real cheese!

THE SAUCE IS INCREDIBLE!!!