Best Jamaican Restaurants in Carnegie Hill

Great, authentic Caribbean food right in midtown Manhattan!

Chez Omar is a quiet, intimate dining room facing the Christopher Street Pier on the Hudson. The ambience is an antidote to the more typical Manhattan jostling, noisy restaurant scene. The endive and chèvre chaud salads were both fresh, generous and tastily dressed. The risotto au Safran was a standout, creamy and filling, stuffed with vegetables. Lamb chops (four to a serving), were a little rarer than we'd ordered and a little over-sauced but tender and tasty, served with broccoli rabe, green beans and roasted carrots. Wine choices by the glass were mostly from small producers, and inexpensive. Overall, I wish this new restaurant (it opened 9 months ago) well-deserved success, and look forward to returning.

It was a good experience to eat here. Came out with my family, and they enjoyed the food and music from the DJ. The service was really good, and the server always made sure that we were good. Will definitely be coming back again.

I enjoyed my first time there. They just need a bigger space and better seats.