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Beyond destination-worthy roti, this Scarborough spot delights customers with jerk chicken, oxtail stew, curry goat and a number of other Caribbean specials. Seduced by the aroma of your order, you'll be diving in as soon as you settle comfortably inside your car.

For top-quality jerk chicken — as a meal, in a wrap or mounted atop poutine — this Scarborough bistro always satisfies. Inspired by Jamaica's varied cuisine, the menu also features callaloo, ackee and saltfish, curried goat and other island staples.

At this lively King West spot, upscale Jamaican eats are served alongside equally chichi cocktails. With every bite of pepper shrimp and curry chicken, festival and wood-fired jerk chicken, you'll feel like you've left Toronto far behind.

Roti — plump with channa or curry beef, shrimp, chicken or a bounty of vegetables — is the go-to order at this West Queen West spot. Still, with a menu that includes full dinners completed with curried potatoes and vegetables, beef patties, doubles and a host of sweets, a roti is unlikely to be the only thing you order.

At this family-owned Guyanese bakery and roti shop in Scarborough, the menu changes daily, the food is made fresh each morning and it's more than likely that after just one visit, you'll become a regular. With grandma in the kitchen, every dish — from fish cakes to snapper curry, pepperpot to milk fudge — has a homespun touch.

Rhum Punch in hand, you'll be ready to tackle the menu at this sultry spot on Dundas West. From street-style griot and whole fried fish, rice and beans to bananes frites, the Haitian plates jump off the page straight into every mouth in the room.

Bahamian food buffs pop into this simple Weston-Mount Dennis restaurant for fried snapper dinners, banana pancakes, conch fritters and other island must-haves. Given a seal of approval by TikTok sensation Keith Lee, you know the team is doing plenty right.

In North York, Don Mills, and other locations across the GTA, this chain sates cravings for Caribbean favourites, including jerk chicken, patties and roti. A from-scratch approach ensures every dish is fresh, deeply seasoned and deeply satisfying.

You'll feel like a kid in a candy store viewing the hot table at this casual Scarborough spot. Every day, it holds a giddy assortment of Caribbean classics — from oxtail stew and jerk wings, to cow foot and ackee with saltfish. You'll want to side each one with coco bread, patties and an order of sweet, tender plantains.