Rums Kitchen

Rums Kitchen is a small little Caribbean inspired beach shack restaurant and cocktail bar. It is definitely my kind of place with a chilled out atmosphere and small bar downstairs, it is a perfect place to visit on a quiet weekend. They have two locations one in Carnaby street, just off of oxford street and the second located in Notting hill not to fare from Portobello market. I visited the notting hill branch, the food is full of flavour and delicious. The cocktails was laced with rum and definitely worth every penny. 

For our starter we had the plantain & chilli dip, which costs £4, and also sweet potato fries which was also £4. For our first cocktails we tried my favourite, which was the Mai Tai, this was very strong and not as sweet as some Mai Tai's I have tried, however it was still very nice.

For our main dish we tried the Jerk chicken supreme, which is grilled chicken breast with either sweet potato & yam mash or rice and peas, topped with sautéed callaloo & spinach and a jerk gravy. Our mains costs £13.50. 

The chicken was perfectly cooked it was moist and full of flavour, the mash was light and fluffy and not to heavy and went perfectly with the callaloo and spinach. I often don't finish my meal when I go out no matter how nice the food is, but there was nothing left on my plate but chicken bones by the time I had finished. 

The service was also very friendly at Rums kitchen, very helpful and quick enough. On arrival we was rather confused if we was at the right place as they have bouncers at the door,  but I think that is only because they have a little bar/night club downstairs which you can go to after your meal. Which of course we did!  and tried a few more cocktails as you do! The cocktails we tried was the rattle skull punch - house rum punch blending dark and light rums with our blend of juices and spices with a blue wray float for good measure, this had quite a Christmas taste due to the spices and came in a cute little tea cup. The Calypso cola was one my favourite cocktails but I will definitely recommend the Mai Tai. Cocktail prices varied from £7.50 - £12.50.

Tables do have to be booked before hand and this can be done through there website or by calling them, we did manage to get a table on the same day however the only table they had was 10pm, which we didn't mind but if your would like to visit at earlier time book in advance to be safe.