Reggae Kitchen

a Black-owned Jamaican/Caribbean restaurant at 5535 Troost Ave on Kansas City’s emerging Troost restaurant row, Tier 1 as an independent, owner-operated diaspora kitchen serving scratch-made Jamaican fare.

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Description

Reggae Kitchen is a Jamaican/Caribbean restaurant at 5535 Troost Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64110, in the cluster of new eateries that has formed around 55th and Troost — described by KCUR as Kansas City’s emerging “new restaurant row” — across the street from Barbacoa and near Blackhole Bakery and The Littlest Bake Shop.¹² The restaurant offers dine-in, takeout, and delivery service.³

The kitchen serves a scratch Jamaican menu. Frequently noted dishes include jerk chicken, oxtail, curry goat, curry chicken, curry shrimp, rice and peas, cocoa bread, and rum cake; curry goat is served with a choice of white rice or rice and peas plus steamed cabbage.³⁴ Reviewers describe it as “authentic Jamaican food found right in the midwest” with a lively Caribbean atmosphere.⁴

Reggae Kitchen is listed as a Black-owned business on EatOkra, the Black-owned-business directory.⁵

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Ownership and history

Reggae Kitchen is independently owned and operated and is identified as a Black-owned business on EatOkra.⁵ The owner’s full name, origin/story, and the restaurant’s founding/opening year were not available in published sources at time of compilation and are marked **** pending direct confirmation (owner interview, business filing, or restaurant statement).

The restaurant sits within the Troost Avenue corridor’s recent revitalization. KCUR’s March 2024 reporting framed the 55th-and-Troost stretch — including Reggae Kitchen and nearby Wah Gwan — as part of a new dining cluster on what residents call “the backbone of the city.”¹

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Menu

Last verified: 2026-06-20 · Source: Official site + aggregator menus (RestaurantGuru, Zmenu, Uber Eats / DoorDash), Yelp · URL(s): https://www.reggaekitchenmo.com/order · https://restaurantguru.com/Reggae-Kitchen-Kansas-City-Missouri/menu · https://www.zmenu.com/reggae-kitchen-kansas-city-online-menu/ · Confidence: High (dish coverage) / Medium (exact prices — aggregator-listed, not confirmed against in-house menu)

Scratch-made Jamaican/Caribbean fare. Most plates come with a starch (white rice or rice and peas) and a side (commonly steamed cabbage); size options (small/medium/large) are offered on several dishes.⁶⁷

Signature plates

• Jerk chicken — house signature; chicken in Jamaican jerk seasoning, ~$9.25.⁶
• Oxtail — slow-braised oxtail, a marquee dish; ~$24.75 (large).⁶ (price)
• Curry goat — curried goat served with white rice or rice and peas plus steamed cabbage; ~$20.00.⁴⁶
• Curry chicken — Jamaican curry chicken; ~$7.75.⁶
• Curry shrimp — curried shrimp; ~$15.00.³⁶ (price)
• Stew chicken — brown-stew chicken; ~$7.50.⁶ (price)
• Cow foot — stewed cow foot; ~$13.75.⁶ (price)

Sides & starches

• Rice and peas — Jamaican rice cooked with peas/beans; standard plate starch alongside white rice.⁴⁷
• Steamed cabbage — common plate side.⁴⁷

Soups, drinks & dessert

• Soups — listed as a menu section (e.g., traditional Jamaican soups).⁷ (specific soups)
• Drinks — Caribbean beverages section.⁷
• Cocoa bread / rum cake — noted by reviewers among the bakery/dessert offerings.⁴ (current availability)

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Links

• Website: https://www.reggaekitchenmo.com/
• Listings: https://www.yelp.com/biz/reggae-kitchen-kansas-city · https://www.facebook.com/p/Reggae-Kitchen-100063643387094/ · https://www.eatokra.com/businesses/reggae-kitchen-mo

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Sources

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Disputes

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Footnotes

1. KCUR — “Along Troost Avenue, Kansas City’s new restaurant row emerges: ‘The backbone of the city.’” Published 2024-03-10. https://www.kcur.org/arts-life/2024-03-10/troost-avenue-kansas-city-new-restaurant-row — asserts: Reggae Kitchen is part of a new dining cluster around 55th & Troost; serves Caribbean fare; Troost revitalization context. ↩ ↩²

2. Explore Troost — Reggae Kitchen business listing. https://exploretroost.com/business/reggae-kitchen/ — asserts: Reggae Kitchen as a Troost corridor business. ↩

3. Reggae Kitchen official site. https://www.reggaekitchenmo.com/ — asserts: address 5535 Troost Ave; Jamaican/Caribbean menu (jerk chicken, oxtail, curry goat, curry shrimp, rice and peas); dine-in/takeout/delivery. ↩ ↩² ↩³

4. Yelp — “Reggae Kitchen,” updated May 2026. https://www.yelp.com/biz/reggae-kitchen-kansas-city — asserts: 5535 Troost address; phone (816) 492-6191; hours; open status; menu (jerk chicken, oxtail, curry shrimp, curry chicken, rice and peas, cocoa bread, rum cake). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

5. EatOkra — Reggae Kitchen listing. https://www.eatokra.com/businesses/reggae-kitchen-mo — asserts: Black-owned status; 5535 Troost address; Jamaican Caribbean cuisine; hours. ↩ ↩²

6. RestaurantGuru — Reggae Kitchen menu (Kansas City, MO). https://restaurantguru.com/Reggae-Kitchen-Kansas-City-Missouri/menu — asserts: menu items and aggregator-listed prices — jerk chicken ~$9.25, curry chicken ~$7.75, curry goat ~$20.00, oxtail ~$24.75 (large), stew chicken ~$7.50, cow foot ~$13.75, curry shrimp ~$15.00; plates served with white rice or rice and peas + steamed cabbage. Prices aggregator-sourced, not confirmed against in-house menu. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

7. Zmenu — Reggae Kitchen online menu (Kansas City, MO). https://www.zmenu.com/reggae-kitchen-kansas-city-online-menu/ — asserts: menu sections (Appetizer & Side Dish, Soups, Lunch/Dinner, Drinks) with small/medium/large size options; rice and peas, steamed cabbage as standard sides. Also corroborated by Uber Eats (https://www.ubereats.com/store/reggae-kitchens/06GMO4RUVVuULgYhUu0COw) and DoorDash (https://www.doordash.com/store/reggae-kitchen-kansas-city-588541/) listings. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵