132 Brixton Hill, SW2 1RS
Email: dine@flavapepper.com
Phone: 020 4568 7045
Sunday: 12 – 6 pm
Monday & Tuesday – Closed
Wednesday & Thursday: 5 – 9:30 pm
Friday: 5 – 10:00 pm
Saturday: 1 – 10:30 pm
This restaurant used to be Jamaican but now it has a twist to Barbados with Bajan food – all with a twist of Flava Pepper and Jason Howard. This is Caribbean food beyond just heat, although there is some scotch bonnet too. It is a cosy restaurant with wooden tables, white chairs, floral artwork, and a chalkboard menu – although we did also get our menu on paper too. On the night we went I had booked so we weren’t disappointed but we ended up as the only four people in the restaurant sharing with just a line of takeaway drivers – it was a Thursday.
There are many things on the menu – starters including soup and wings – we chose fish cakes to share. The mains include jerk and curry goat and sharing plates. On a Saturday there is also Cou-cou and Steamed fish or pudding and chicken or pickled pork. We ordered Curry goat, curry chicken and Bajan BBQ chicken. They all come with sides like rice and peas and plantain. We don’t have a picture of the plates at the end but take it from me we did our best but no-one can finish a whole plateful. They were right about the spice not heat so subtle flavours that we all enjoyed.
I must remember not to start on the plantain first! We had no space for dessert.
We drank beer – Bajan Banks – and a rum punch. The total bill for four of us was £159.75 as it includes 12.5% service charge so about £40 per person including the alcohol. We might be back on a Saturday to try the specials.
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