Manish Jethva

First time coming to Cool Runnings was today. I will definitely be back! I ordered the Rasta Pasta with a Chicken Patti with Chicken and the Jerk wings with the rice and cabbage. It was very flavorful and the jerk sauce that came with the wings was very spicy but really good! Also, the music and vibes are great too. Will definitely be back to try other menu items. This place gets a 10 outta 10 from me.

+4

Yesi Vasquez

Delicious food! My husband’s friend who’s Chef Noel, suggested we go to this restaurant and it was amazing. The curry had so much flavor and chicken fell off the bone. Our waitress was so welcoming and sweet to us. We had a wonderful experience and will be going back . thank you! 😊 ✨👌

Amazing food! \n\nGreat customer service ! \nAmbiance 1000%\n\n\nBest place in town for Jamaican food thank you

Amazing food! \n\nGreat customer service ! \nAmbiance 1000%\n\n\nBest place in town for jamaican food thank you

Amazing food! \n\nGreat customer service ! \nAmbiance 1000%\n\n\nBest place in town for Jamaican food thank you

Amazing food! \n\nGreat customer service ! \nAmbiance 1000%\n\n\nBest place in town for jamaican food thank you

Cool Runnings...its has been my go to for jamaican food for honestly over ten years...I have always had good food from them....sometimes they are a miss but I can say 90% of the time it's always go…

10/10! Cool Runnings Jamaican Grill serves real authentic jamaican food--bursting with flavor and made fresh. Friendly, welcoming service and quick convenience make it even better. Very spacious ,T…

Omg love it. I came a couple years on my bday and been back every since. I love the coconut curry shrimp, brown stew and love how they put dumpling in the ox tails​

Consistent in the flavor, presentation n service given. Always accommodating with professionalism n hospitality. Cashiers are always very pleasant and courteous and the environment is clean and inv…

Fast service, comfortable atmosphere and excellent food.

Fast service, comfortable atmosphere and excellent food.

Fast service, comfortable atmosphere and excellent food.

Fast service, comfortable atmosphere and excellent food.

The customer service is the best in Houston! I love this place!!! The oxtails tails, Jerk chicken and Chicken soup are great.

The customer service is the best in Houston! I love this place!!! The oxtails tails, Jerk chicken and chicken soup are great.

The customer service is the best in Houston! I love this place!!! The oxtails tails, Jerk chicken and Chicken soup are great.

Best food ever, great customer service. Great experience, thank you , no complaints, great portion, so tasty, oxtails so tender .

Best food ever, great customer service. Great experience, thank you , no complaints, great portion, so tasty, oxtails so tender .

Best food ever, great customer service. Great experience, thank you , no complaints, great portion, so tasty, oxtails so tender .

Great Jamaican food ! Big curry, goat, rice and peas, jerk chicken jerk, pork jerk wings are so very delicious. Also their ginger pineapple drink is amazing.

Great Jamaican food ! Big curry, goat, rice and peas, jerk chicken jerk, pork jerk wings are so very delicious. Also their ginger pineapple drink is amazing.

Great jamaican food ! Big curry, goat, rice and peas, jerk chicken jerk, pork jerk wings are so very delicious. Also their ginger pineapple drink is amazing.

Everything was perfect! The food, music and service was AWESOME!!! Every time we go, we have no complaints. Delicious.

This spot is a hidden gem. It has one of the best Oxtails I have tried in Houston. Also, I highly recommend their Goat curry. Definitely will go there again.

Loved the food, it was fresh, and the oxtails and stewed chicken was very tender and tasty. Rice and peas and cabbage was excellent and the plantains fried hard was to my liking. Also, the staff wa…

The oxtail was so delicious, well seasoned and cooked to perfection , highly recommended!!it’s worth the price.will definitely be back .

They have consistent great food. The did is also authentic with a good atmosphere. It's a must go restaurant. Keep it up.

This spot has the best jamaican food in Houston! Great service and food all around. Will be back to visit again! Thank you

The jerk chicken, salt fish and oxtail are the best. Love me some Cool Runnings. The best jamaican food in Houston. Ask for Melanie

Tonight I stayed in, ordered DD. The food was fresh, it was NOT worth $29 for this combo plate. The best flavor was from the brown stew chicken, in which I was given 3 pieces. The plate was covered w/rice. A little cabbage on top. (Cabbage was good tho) The Oxtails were tender & bland. 2nd time I’ve tried their oxtails recently after giving them a rest for a couple years. It’s been a long run, not gambling with my coins with this spot anymore…. All the best!

Adrienne Wright

Food good service could be improved. Smiles please and attitude check

Lisa C

Cool Runnings is one of those places that feels like more than just food it feels like home. The flavors are delicious every single time. This morning I had Saltfish Cookup and with each bite I was transported back in time sitting across from my Dad eating a plate he made for me and my family. That kind of memory lives in the food here. On weekends getting a plate of Saltfish Cookup (or as I grew up calling it, Codfish) is nostalgic. Root vegetables ground you, literally. They nourish the root, steady the body, and remind you where you're from. Root vegetables are the ground provision that comes with the Saltfish. It consists of boiled green banana, boiled dumpling, and yams. It's so, so good. I've had many dishes from Cool Runnings since discovering it and it's all been good. The oxtail, curry goat, patties, rice and peas, jerk chicken, escovitch, are all full of flavor and heart. The chefs put in the work and it shows. It's not located around the corner from me by any means, but it's worth the trip because food like this isn't just about taste, it's about feeling. If you know, you know. And, if you don't, go find out.

+3

High Tide

Stopped by here to satisfy my craving for Jamaican food. You can't go wrong with the Ox tails with rice/beans cabbage and plantains! The Jerk chicken is good also! You can seat in the lounge area next door if you want to enjoy your food right then. Happy eating!

Char Real Estate

So tasty so juicy, let me tell yall. This not our first time. More like our 3rd or 4th time patronizing. Though we had no complaints about our food, I gave 4 stars because during one of those visits when we ordered in atead of telling us that they no longer had that item for the day, the waitress just allowed them to put whatever on our plate and didnt mention it even when she brought the food out till we asked her about it. Now to the food! What we ate: 1) Oxtails plate with peas and rice and vegetable medley. Oxtails- Were tender juicy and flavorful. I love the amount of gravy that they gave to go over the rice, they definitely were not stingy with it. Rice and peas- the rice and peas had a wonderful flavor the peas were nice and tender and the rice was cooked well. Vegetable medley- the vegetables were amazing. They had a wonderful taste to them. They were lightly salted with butter. 2) Jerk chicken with a side of vegetable medley Jerk chicken- the jerk chicken had a nice smoky flavor it was juicy and very tender. Vegetable medely- the vegetable mint leaf is just the same as above. Nice taste lightly salted with butter. Sides: Plaintain- was browned just thebwaybwe like them Drink: We had some of their juices i believe I had mango and the one my partner had he said it was really sweet. Oh he had the fruit punch i believe. We would visit again! Some nights they have live band playing.

+3

Jamond King

I came stop here before getting into creating content for the week, and it was a great choice. Food was great and filled with flavor, the chicken combo plate (I got curry chicken and brown stew) was well worth the price and was delectable. Everything was fresh and well-made. My only complaint was the service being a bit nonchalant, and I had to go back in to get the Jamaican beef patty I ordered once I realized it wasn't there. Other than that, great place, and I would return before getting into my content and music again. Great place to eat!

A bumpy but enjoyable second visit. This is a well loved space. The place has a good atmosphere with three unique characteristics: A lively to go cafe, an expansive dance hall with bar, and bandstand…

A bumpy but enjoyable second visit. This is a well loved space. The place has a good atmosphere with three unique characteristics: A lively to go cafe, an expansive dance hall with bar, and bandsta…

Cool Runnings is one of those places that feels like more than just food it feels like home. The flavors are delicious every single time. This morning I had Saltfish Cookup and with each bite I was t…

Cool Runnings is one of those places that feels like more than just food it feels like home. The flavors are delicious every single time. This morning I had Saltfish Cookup and with each bite I was…

One of the biggest concerns after moving to Houston? Where am I going to find West indian food?! Thankfully, Cool Runnings never disappoints.

The service was excellent and they provide you with plentiful portions wish I would've tried the pineapple ginger drink

The flavors were phenomenal! Wasn't very exciting to eat here, but it changed my mind so quick. The food portions are so great for the price they are. The service is so sweet! And the overall vibe …

Loved the food. it was pretty fast service and prices are fair! it's worth the try i would come back

Food was amazing, loved the beef patty and curry goat. ambiance was also great came during day time so more on the quiet side, however dining room was beautiful and clean. Service was fair nice f…

Food was amazing, loved the beef patty and curry goat. Ambiance was also great came during day time so more on the quiet side, however dining room was beautiful and clean. Service was fair nice for…

Food was amazing, loved the beef patty and curry goat. Ambiance was also great came during day time so more on the quiet side, however dining room was beautiful and clean. Service was fair nice for…

I have to say cool runnings has gotten much better. The flavors are there and it fulfills the Jamaican cravings. I got a combo plate of jerk wings and curry goat with a side of oxtail gravy and eve…

I like the food, but they need to clean up the entry to it. A little better they've gotten lazy.

This spot is great for any casual dining. The food is great and the best jamican food around. I love that jerked chicken, oxtail and curry goat

This spot is great for any casual dining. The food is great and the best jamican food around. I love that jerked chicken, oxtail and curry goat

This spot is great they just be having a lil attitude from time to time but who cares food amazing. I love when I get the LARGE I actually get my money’s worth. Not on the large oxtails tho. They j…

Bryan G

I am a cool running girl down to the tea!! I go all the time but lately they just giving out anything. I am so disappointed in the food, they normally open the box and let you see the food but lately they haven’t. I only got three oxtails and the plate was not the normal 10/10 it was giving a 5 .

My last visit left me underwhelmed. The food I was served was lukewarm. I told the waitress and when I got it back ( from being rewarmed it was still the same temperature). The vibe has changed and…

I ordered the jerk chicken and was very disappointed. It didn't have any jerk seasoning/flavor at all. Service was quick and place is clean.

Visited here years and the quality has changed is folks don’t mind paying for food but 3 oxtails—- small oxtails on a large plate is crazy. Recession is cool but people will pay for what they want Also using your phone while customers are present is unprofessional and unsanitary

Imani

This is what they are serving as curry goat . 😭 I called and told them my meat is mushy and pink . The supervisor said the meat is overcooked. This must be my first time having goat .

maniyah roberts

oh man so many people have been telling me to visit and this was not a good visit. For a Saturday night it wasn't too busy but I had my mouth set on oxtails and these disappointed so bad. The food had a good taste but the oxtails but were so small and had no meat just fat. The plantains were bad the rice was rice how can u mess up rice ? The cabbage was a little more rough than im use to . Lately it don't matter where i go the oxtails be so bad . The restaurant seating area itself is nice. nothing crazy. the staff are friendly. but the kitchen where the food is made it self is bad. the kitchen is a bit hard to look at. Especially because when u order u can pretty much see everything. I won't be back only because after i ate the food i was extremely sick. I was hot and cold and my stomach was just on a roller coaster. hopefully the integrity of these places in Houston can b better because i started to take my whole plate back and ask for a refund it was horrible

I went back to give Cool running another chance. The business have went don. It feels like a sweatshop in the inside to start. \nThe food is not work the price. I got 4 small oxtails. Only two were…

This was my second time trying cool runnings. Second experience that wasn't so great. My hubby door dashed us jerk chicken, rice and peas, and stew chicken, cabbage and plantain. Order comes, no stew gravy. I forget what happened the first time I went here, it was a few years ago and I hadn't been back until now. I know it wasn't a good experience though because I love Jamaican and had been looking for a spot here in Houston to frequent. So as a result of not getting my stew gravy, I got dry rice and peas. The plantain was dry as well. Also requested dark meat only and got chicken breast and chicken wings. Looking at the mixed reviews it seems the experience is determinent upon who is working that day and unfortunately both times I've tried it's been the wrong person. I won't be trying again.

Haven’t been here in years. I finally returned just to ask for pepper sauce and the woman is throwing a huge fit in telling me I can’t take any as a side. I asked to put it in the sauce cup that I already have to add a little bit and she’s refusing. Everyone else in the restaurant was cool except for the older lady with glasses. I don’t know what her problem is. I even left a two dollar tip and she thanked me but for what? I will not be returning. I spent $56.00….

Jerri M.

I placed an order for wings (flats only) and only received 3 flats. Not only that, someone ate one of the wings and put the bone back in my box!! I also asked for gravy on my rice and didn't get that as well. I tried to call and speak with someone but the lady hung up in my face once I started to explain what happened to my order!

Taylor Mais

Heck No! Ordered Oxtails off Uber Eats and the food was bland, Oxtails & Vegetables were very tough & rice was on the mushy side.. I really tried to finish my food and enjoy it but I could not force myself to eat this food 😓😓 Probably would not try this place again.