Back-a-yard - Brighton and Hove

Sorry to state this place has gone the cook is still producing meals for a local pub on Fridays the building is shut up and being prepared to be knocked down

Was going to get Chinese but that take out was shut. Walked further up the road and the owner operator (Roy? was so lovely i had to stop and check out his food. Asking for vegan he has a wide choice. Eating it all at home the food was great. Right amount of spice and tasty. Roy may be moving premises soon. I will make sure to know where he is for fine food

My eldest has finally left uni. Her last supper in Brighton before we set off for London was the jerk chicken from Back A Yard. She wanted something tasty and filing. We had the BBQ Jerk Chicken with rice and peas. Absolutely delicious. Some salad, coleslaw and hot sauce. The dumplings are amazing with the hot sauce. Very helpful guy there. Really friendly. Needed an allen key to take down a bed frame and lent one to me. Thank you so much. You deserve all the success in the world. Keep up the hard work. Drove past finally at 10.45pm and the place was still open. This is not a sit in restaurant.

I'm finding it difficult to write this bad review, because the staff at the shack were lovely, but the food was extremely disappointing. We ordered the set menu for 2. The jerk chicken was a bit dry and the rice and the veg curry were a bit bland. We asked them to swap out the hard food for a side of the same price, or just anything else as we wouldn't eat it, they didn't. I did enjoy the goat curry in moderation and the fried dumplings dipped into this red sauce they gave me were actually delicious. I love jerk chicken and this wasn't up to scratch, in my opinion. However, the other reviews say differently, so I'm willing to give them another shot.

Stopped by to pick up a takeaway as my partner had been before and said it was good. We were not disappointed. We had to wait as they were busy but they gave us pots of food to taste, a nice touch and it was lovely. I had the veg curry rice n' peas and my partner had jerk chicken rice n' peas, dumplings and coleslaw. Food was amazing. Really tasty and filling. I can't wait to go back as I really enjoyed it. I'm told it's authentic as my partner's family are Jamaican so she knows and she's been to her home country. That's a good recommendation for me! Be prepared to wait, it's a small business and they're popular so busy. The staff were lovely and chatty which I like.