The Hummingbird Restaurant - Caribbean Cuisine in Trenton, NJ

The food is amazing. I love the curry chicken, cabbage and Mac and cheese. The beef Pattie’s are meaty and always hot. The staff are polite and the owner is so sweet too. I will support them every time.

Great food!! I have a Jamaican Restaurant near me and I went 2x and the food was horrible. Kept seeing the Hummingbird and decided to try it and I was so not disappointed. My goof the flavor and the portion size was amazing. I will be back

I have heard about Hummingbird for a while from coworkers. They continually tell me to go try it because they have good Jamaican food. I finally dropped by while in Trenton on business. I come into the place and the Reggie was playing( not blasting so loudly that I had to shout my order...some places need to take note)it didn't seem forced or fake like the atmosphere in a some restaurants. I ordered a large oxtail dinner with cabbage, rice and peas and I got a side of plantains. The "Chadwick Boseman look alike" behind the counter insisted I get the medium dinner. Who am I to disagree with the Black Panther? The medium was a lot of food. Prince T'Challa was correct, I would not have been able to eat anymore than the medium. The oxtail were very good. It's a dish that I only recently had for the first time at The Big Easy, also in Trenton New Jersey. The cabbage was really good. I've had Jamaican style cabbage twice and it taste like it was made differently both times and was delicious both times. I didn't enjoy the plantains, I like sweet plantains. These were good but I prefer the sweet ones. All in all. It was a good meal, the price was not as expensive as other Jamaican food in the area, the amount of food was plentiful. I recommend Hummingbird to anyone wanting to enjoy Jamaican food without taking out a payday loan.

The inside is now all painted a dull gray. No vibrant color like depicted in previous photos posted at this time (now all gray on 22Oct25) I Was So Hungry Oxtail, Red Bean & Rice with Cabbage nice and Tasty They Were Cooking Up A Storm! Because It Got Smokey In There! It Was Smelling Good So I Kept Eating! When I Arrived Over A 30 Minute Time: 3 Peeps Were Dining-In, and 9 Peeps Came In For Take-Out Orders. One of Which Was A State Trooper. Staff very nice. Jamaican Music videos playing on TV on wall in dining area.

Great food, friendly staff, great atmosphere! The curry chicken doesn’t get enough recognition so if you get the chance, try that out.

I purchased food yesterday for lunch. I was tired of eating in the cafeteria of my office. I looked up this local gem and ohhhh boy it did not disappoint. I am from Brooklyn and I too am Jamaican so I know a good hand. I ordered the oxtail with rice and peas and cabbage. The food was so darn good and the portions are so big!!! Loved it!! It was so good I went back for the BBQ jerk chicken and a side Mac and cheese!!!!!!!! Y’all gotta give them a try. I don’t even live in Trenton and will drive this 40 minute drive for this when I am not at work! It was good!

The food was great and the staff was very friendly. I had the salmon salad with jerk sauce on the side (omg). That sauce was so good, I asked for another My Bestie had jerk salmon, peas and rice, cabbage and mac & cheese. It’s best to call the order in FIRST! It took a while to get the food…BUT IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT!

The large Curry Chicken was some of the best I've had outside of someone's personal kitchen. Also the portion was healthy and wasn't overpriced.