Best Caribbean in Flatbush
The 10 best Caribbean restaurants in Flatbush, Brooklyn for 2026: jerk chicken, Trini doubles, Haitian griot, and beef patties, all verified open and ranked.
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- 1Flatbush · $ · Parkside Av (Q) · 738 Flatbush Avenue (between Parkside & Clarkson Ave), Brooklyn, NY 11226
The Hussey family has run this 24 hour jerk operation on Flatbush Ave since 2004, and it is still the standard the rest of the neighborhood gets measured against. Chicken comes off the grill charred and smoky, chopped to order, with festival on the side and pepper sauce if you can handle it.
It takes the top spot because two decades in, no jerk in Flatbush matches this combination of char, spice, and any-hour reliability.
Order Jerk chicken with festival
It runs 24 hours, so skip the peak dinner line and go late when the chicken is still coming off the grill fresh.
- 2East Flatbush · $ · Church Av (2 5) · 2847 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11226Map ↗verified 6w ago
A no-frills Jamaican counter on Church Ave where the jerk chicken tastes like it did serious time over smoke. The Infatuation rates it as possibly the best jerk chicken in the entire city, and the plates back that up.
It ranks second because the jerk itself is the whole argument: deeply charred, falling off the bone, and seasoned past the surface.
Order Jerk chicken plate with rice, veg, and sweet potato
Order the jerk chicken plate with the sweet potato side and go before the dinner rush, because the best pans move fast.
- 3Prospect Lefferts Gardens · $ · Prospect Park (B Q S) · 1127 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
A cash-only Trinidadian counter on Washington Ave that The Infatuation calls its favorite Trini spot in the whole city. Doubles cost a dollar fifty and taste like they came from a roadside stand outside Port of Spain.
It lands this high because these are the doubles Trinidadians in Brooklyn measure everyone else against, at a dollar fifty each.
Order Doubles
Bring cash, order at least three doubles with tamarind sauce, and go easy on the pepper your first time.
- 4Flatbush · $$ · Newkirk Av-Little Haiti (2 5) · 1377 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210
The Flatbush kitchen that made rasta pasta famous, serving creamy jerk penne under piles of shrimp or oxtail since 2001. The Infatuation calls it an iconic Caribbean restaurant and a genuine Flatbush institution, and the neighborhood agrees.
It earns fourth because the dish half of Brooklyn now copies started making its name here, and the original still wins.
Order Rasta pasta with oxtail
Order the rasta pasta with oxtail on top and plan on leftovers, because portions are built for two meals.
- 5Prospect Lefferts Gardens · $ · Parkside Av (Q) · 661 Flatbush Avenue (at Hawthorne St), Brooklyn, NY 11225
A corner bakery at Flatbush and Hawthorne that has turned out flaky beef patties and fresh coco bread since 2001. Behind the pastry case sits a full hot line of curry goat, oxtail, and jerk chicken that regulars treat as the main event.
It sits fifth because it operates at institution level twice over, as the neighborhood patty stop and as a real Caribbean kitchen.
Order Beef patty with coco bread
Go in the morning when the patties come out hot, and always take the coco bread.
- 6Prospect Lefferts Gardens · $$$ · Winthrop St (2 5) · 1206 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Chef Wesly Jean Simon turned Zanmi, his Haitian spot noted by the Michelin Guide and the New York Times, into DjonDjon at the same Nostrand Ave address. The menu centers on Haiti's prized black djon djon mushrooms, with griot, soup joumou, and a djon djon paella leading the way.
It earns sixth as the most ambitious Haitian cooking in the corridor, from a chef with a critical track record at this exact address.
Order Djon djon paella
It serves until 11 most nights and midnight on weekends, so book a late dinner and start with the griot.
- 7East Flatbush · $$ · 4706 Church Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203
A Guyanese restaurant and bar holding down Church Ave since 2009 with cook-up rice, pepperpot, and escovitch snapper. The cooking draws on Guyana's African, East Indian, and Chinese Caribbean threads, so the menu runs wider than most spots in the corridor.
It ranks seventh because complete Guyanese cooking is rare even in Little Caribbean, and The Hills has delivered it for over fifteen years.
Order Escovitch snapper with cook-up rice
Treat it as a sit-down meal rather than takeout, and pair the escovitch snapper with cook-up rice.
- 8Flatbush · $$ · Church Av (2 5) · 1407 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11226
A family-owned plant-based cafe and concept shop on Nostrand Ave where the vegan menu leans Caribbean: jerk jackfruit, hearts of palm bake and saltfish, mofongo, and plantain coconut waffles. It is also one of the best-looking rooms in the neighborhood, part restaurant and part design store.
It earns eighth by proving Caribbean flavor does not need meat to taste like Flatbush, in a room that is a destination on its own.
Order The Au burger
Book on Resy for weekend brunch and order the plantain coconut waffles alongside the Au burger.
- 9Flatbush · $$$ · Church Av (B Q) · 847 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11226Map ↗verified 6w ago
A pan-Caribbean steakhouse from a former private chef that opened in February 2026 in the space that used to be Caribbean Social. Expect a dressed-up room, jerk and island-spiced premium cuts, and rasta pasta for the table.
It makes the list at nine because Flatbush finally has a true special occasion Caribbean room, with early Infatuation coverage backing the kitchen.
Order Jerk-spiced steak
Treat it as a date night reservation rather than a takeout run, and order around the jerk-spiced steaks the menu is built on.
- 10Flatbush · $ · Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College (2 5) · 1501 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210Map ↗verified 6w ago
A woman-owned Guyanese and Trinidadian counter at the Junction serving oxtail, curry goat, and ackee and saltfish with ground provisions. It is one of the few fast-casual options on that stretch of Flatbush Ave, which makes it clutch near Brooklyn College.
It closes the list because home-style Guyanese and Trini plates at counter speed barely exist at the Junction, and McBean's does them right.
Order Oxtail with peas and rice
Go at lunch, get the oxtail with peas and rice, and ask if there is bake and saltfish that day.