Kassim’s Bakery & Take Out Restaurant

Love ordering hot freshly baked bread from Kassims! The food is always fresh and delicious! Love their black pudding and plantain chips!

The Guyana bread, cheese rolls, salara, pine tarts are Delicious! The pastries are super fresh! Service is a little slow but thats usually going to happen when dealing with west indians. In example, Singhs Roti shop, both Sybils Brown Betty and etc.

I have been going here with my granny since I was 7 years old. It had been owned by the same person ever since and the baked good and service has remained the same.
We have never had a complaint here. The place is extremely clean and we’ll kept, the service is great and the bread is delicious!
It is hard to find parking in this area, most people double park but I guarantee you’ll get a ticket. There’s usually a line but they also always take care of it quickly.
I recommend the bread, the tennis roll and the sweet bread, so delicious! At Christmas time, we always call ahead and the owner saves our loaves of bread for us which is so nice because I don’t know of another bakery that would do that.
I don’t go to any other bakeries because I don’t get the freshness and authentic west Indian style goods like I do when I go here.
This location isn’t in ozone park but it’s on Jamaica Avenue which is very accessible and easy to get to from every location.

So I’ve become sooooo disenfranchised with Rockaway Roti Shop and am now seeking alternatives. I’ve been hearing about Kassim’s through the grapevine for a while now. Thus past Sunday I decided to give it a try.
It’s a lil dirty looking hole in the wall on Jamaica Ave. Limited street parking exists in the best of circumstances. The food under glass looked a little sketchy too in regards to freshness. The only sensory hint of greatness eminates from the back… the bakery! They’re not going to win any prizes for prompt service either… it was staffed by an older gent and matronly Aunty whose advanced ages dictated their physical efforts accordingly. They were exceedingly pleasant though.
So why the four stars? When I got home and ate the food I was pleasantly surprised. Some items blew me away.
They have one of the best prepared duck curries in NYC. The duck is sooo soft, apparently one of the few kitchens that understand the intricacies of a Pressure Pot. They also cut the duck me in such a normal fashion as not to challenge the human mouth. Other kitchens cut the meat in a purposeful jagged way in order to induce lacerations to your tongue and walls of your mouth. Your tongue has to perform an artful dance to avoid being impaled eating other duck curries. Not here… thank God!
Their chicken curry is very good also but it’s a lil heavy on the Clove. Their Dall is meh… a bit watery. The rice is on the medium hard side also. I prefer soft «pop» rice.
Their Butter Flap when fresh is probably the best in class. It slays Little Guyana’s offering. Their cheese roll should be studied by Sybils for QA and taste standards. They couldn’t match Sybils Pone though. It wasn’t sweet or moist enough to dethrone Sybils offering.
I’ll be back for their bread and roti at some point. I can’t believe it took me 21 years to come here. It’s just not convenient for a typical Liberty Ave snob like me I guess. My loss. Bottom line is… MEH A COME BACK!!!

I was in the neighborhood and I decided to stop by for some treats. I got a couple different types of bread (tennis roll and loaf bread), some savory snacks (sal sel, salted chickpeas), and a couple of sweet treats (pine-​tart and chocolate wafers). All of things we bought was fresh (except the chocolate wafers as that is not made in store and was pre-​packaged by another company) and tasty. It can be a bit on the more expensive side (compared to some places on Liberty Avenue), but you can taste the freshness. The staff were helpful, like offered to get a fresher loaf of bread (not sure how true that was, since the bread on display looked pretty fresh) but they did have the *sigh, I do not want to be here and stop talking to me* attitude. Overall, I might visit again since Lapin loved making french toast with the loaf bread which has a hint of sweetness.

I stopped in today because I had a taste for some jerk chicken. I had never eaten from here before but I came in because the restaurant I usually eat from has closed.
It may not be the best looking restaurant but the food was great and anything just looked good.
I ordered some Jerk Chicken, Cook up Rice and plantains. The young lady that made my plate really packed the food into that tray. The prices was great especially for the amount of food you get and the food taste great.
The staff was nice and friendly. I will definitely eat from here in the future.

I had a very bland oxtail. I waited so long for the guy to take my order, he was helping a previous customer so I waited and he realized I was standing there and instead just ignored me. Some guy who just walked in and shouted his order and they took it out for him right away. Two people got their order before I did, now when it comes for me to pay, the teenage girl working the cash register has a attitude problem and helps some other woman who wants to buy rolls. I don’t know if this is a family runned business, but they all need to check their attitudes and not tend to a certain demographic of customers. It’s first come first serve.

We love the Trinidadian and Carribean specialties (curries, rotis, veggies etc) and baked goods (our favorite is the coconut role). Inexpensive. Takeout only.