Island Spice Caribbean Restaurant

Island Spice Caribbean Restaurant is an established Caribbean and Jamaican restaurant on W 39th Street in Midtown KC — operating for years with 98+ Yelp reviews as of June 2026. Jerk chicken wings, curried shrimp, fish soup, festival bread. Owner identity not yet confirmed in press; page drafted for Registry completeness.

Description

Island Spice Caribbean Restaurant has been serving authentic Caribbean cuisine from its West 39th Street location in Midtown Kansas City for a number of years — an established neighborhood anchor with a focus on the bold, spice-forward cooking traditions of the West Indies. The menu centers on Jamaican and broader Caribbean staples: jerk chicken wings with traditional dry-rub and grilled preparation, curried goat, fish soup, and curried shrimp. Festival bread — the sweet, fried Jamaican dumpling often served alongside jerk dishes — anchors the bread program. The restaurant sits near Saint Luke’s Hospital in one of Midtown’s active restaurant corridors, drawing a loyal following over years of operation that has produced 98+ Yelp reviews and active June 2026 presence.

Tier classification

Tier pending — owner not confirmed. No press source or public record identifies the owner(s) of Island Spice Caribbean. “ — owner name, background, and KC-metro origin not available from current sources. Tier cannot be set without owner identity confirmation. Page drafted for Registry completeness as a confirmed-operating KC Caribbean restaurant not yet in the Registry.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-07-25 · Source: Island Spice official Menufy online-ordering platform · URL: https://www.islandspicekc.com/order · Confidence: High (first-party ordering platform with full pricing)

Caribbean and Jamaican cuisine. All dinners served with red beans & rice, steamed cabbage, and a festival. Prices below from the official Menufy ordering platform (accessed 2026-07-25, rendered via Firecrawl).

Lunch Specials (Available 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.)

• Jerk Chicken (Tue) — served with red beans & rice, steamed cabbage, festival — $12.61¹
• Curry Chicken (Wed) — served with red beans & rice, steamed cabbage, festival — $12.61¹
• Brownstew Chicken (Thu) — served with red beans & rice, steamed cabbage, festival — $12.61¹
• Jerk Chicken (Fri) — served with red beans & rice, steamed cabbage, festival — $12.61¹

Daily Menu (Dinners)

• Jerk Chicken — served with red beans & rice, steamed cabbage, festival — $18.15¹
• Curried Chicken — served with red beans & rice, steamed cabbage, festival — $18.15¹
• Brown Stew Chicken — served with red beans & rice, steamed cabbage, festival — $18.15¹
• Curried Goat — served with red beans & rice, steamed cabbage, festival — $30.47¹
• Oxtails — served with red beans & rice, steamed cabbage, festival — $30.47¹

Vegetarian Selections

• Steamed Cabbage — $15.85¹

Side Orders

• Steamed Cabbage — $7.50¹
• Red Beans & Rice — $7.50¹
• White Rice — $6.50¹
• Festival (1) — $1.50¹
• Festival (4) — $5.00¹

Jamaican Sodas

• Assorted Flavors — $3.50¹
• Lemonade — $3.13¹

Links

• Official site: https://islandspicekc.com/

Sources

Footnotes

1. Island Spice Caribbean Restaurant — official online-ordering (Menufy) — https://www.islandspicekc.com/order — full menu with prices. (Accessed 2026-07-25, rendered via Firecrawl.) ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷