Xaymaca Restaurant

This place is great. The atmosphere is very clean and newly renovated. The chicken wings were amazing. The jerk pork was tender and the jerk chicken was juicy. Would definitely recommend staff is friendly! The only complaint is the rice was a little dry

Coinessuers of good taste, my husband & I appreciate fine dining experience. We enjoyed an evening of fine cuisine at the newly opened Jamaican restaurant — XAYMACA.
From start to finish, the exceptional customer service to tasteful appetizers (try the coconut shrimp)
The dinner entrees risotta rice & mango salmon — nice getaway from your usual comfort food.

You know, I’ve always wondered why there’s exceptionally few Jamaican-​fusion restaurants and fewer (or non-​existent) Jamaican restaurants which incorporate a dine-​in experience.
Enter Xaymaca which describes itself as an «upscale Caribbean restaurant and Bar». ‘Xaymaca’ by they way, is the original native (Taino) name for Jamaica. It is certainly upscale when compared to most other Caribbean restaurants; but people shouldn’t think upscale in terms of being formal with chandeliers and an expensive menu. In fact, most items on the menu are right around the $ 10-​$ 15 range.
It’s a nice open layout and recently renovated. I think ‘sports bar’ is probably the best way to describe it and they have a number of big screen tv’s, as well as a bar area.
The menu features a number of Jamaican favourites, such as: jerk chicken, fried chicken, jerk pork, and various fish specials. There’s also a big fusion element on the menu with sandwiches, appetizers (including wings), fries, burgers and pasta.
I’ve only been in once, but I ordered the pulled jerk pork sandwich. Jerk pork is not as readily available as say the chicken at many places, so I wanted to take advantage. When it’s good… it’s good. I also had to see how they pulled off the fusion aspect. The sandwich was terrific and the pork was full of flavour (not fatty), and tender. It was served with lots of sauce and coleslaw. The fries really exceeded my expectations and were fresh cut and done perfectly.
It’s only my first experience and one item off the menu, but it’s more than enough to warrant return visits and recommend anyone to check them out. I’ll be sure to come too for wings on a game night.