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The Grog Shoppe Restaurant and Pub (noon–midnight Mon.–Thurs.; noon until you say when on Fri. and Sat., 11 a.m.–midnight Sun.) serves Jamaican staples like stewed oxtail, curry goat, and ackee and saltfish. Prices range from US$7 for curried chicken to US$29 for steak.
Kabana (noon–11 p.m. Mon.–Thurs., noon–midnight Fri. and Sat., 10 a.m.–11 p.m. Sun., US$10–34) serves mostly Jamaican food ranging from curry goat to lobster, as well as shrimp, ribs, salmon, and steak. Appetizers include fritters, spring rolls, and spicy shrimp.
Sonia's Homestyle Cooking & Natural Juices (7 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Mon.–Fri., 7:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat., 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Sun., US$5–7.50) is Half Way Tree's best and most authentic sit-down eatery for Jamaican dishes like fried chicken, curry goat, and oxtail.
Mango Ranch (10 a.m.–midnight Mon.–Sat., bar open 6 p.m.–midnight Sun.) is a restaurant and pool bar next to a car wash that opened in early 2009. The kitchen serves different items every day, with dishes like curried goat, stew peas, oxtail, escovitch fish, jerk chicken or pork, and fried or stew chicken.manager (Orasha "Dex" Bailey )
The Cove, (7 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Mon.–Fri., 6–11 p.m. Wed.–Sat., US$5–20) is a jerk and fried-fish joint serving typical Jamaican dishes for breakfast and lunch like ackee and salt fish, steamed vegetables, fried chicken, and curry goat in a casual outdoor setting.(manager Lez 'Zaza' Lindo)
Fee Fee Fast Food (7 a.m.–6 p.m. Mon.–Sat., US$3.50–7) has Indian-Caribbean dishes like roti, curry chicken, and curry goat, with red pea soup with beef on Wednesdays and Saturdays, chicken or beef soup with pumpkin on other days. Oxtail and other chicken dishes are also available.
Dragon Court (11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m., till 10 p.m. for takeout daily) serves decent Chinese food ranging from chicken dishes (US$7) to lobster (US$29).
Lillian's Restaurant ( 11:30 a.m.–6 p.m. Mon., 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Tues.–Fri., US$5–10) is a training facility at the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of Technology. It serves dependable food at affordable prices like chicken, pork, lamb, shrimp, pasta dishes, and desserts.
The Tea House (12-5 p.m. daily, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings 8:00pm-12:00 midnight By Reservation Only) benefits from a natural setting on the manicured grounds of Hope Gardens. Dishes vary from soup, roti and pastry puffed dumplings to jerk chicken linguine, fish and lobster (US$3-30).
Shanty Man (9 a.m.10 p.m Sun.Fri., US$25) serves his own rendition of ital food out of a little Rasta-colored restaurant along the road between Papine and the Cooperage, just before the turnoff up to Skyline Drive. The menu features items like tofu, pumpkin soup, rice ’n’ peas, and sautèed ackee with potato and carrot.
