Hot Pot Restaurant(7 a.m.–6 p.m. daily) serves items like red pea soup (US$1.50–3), stew peas and pigs' tail (US$5), ackee and saltfish (US$5), pigs' feet (US$4.50), and tripe and beans (US$5), as well as whole fish (US$18).

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Hot Pot Restaurant(7 a.m.–6 p.m. daily) serves items like red pea soup (US$1.50–3), stew peas and pigs' tail (US$5), ackee and saltfish (US$5), pigs' feet (US$4.50), and tripe and beans (US$5), as well as whole fish (US$18).
Red Bones Blues Café (noon–11 p.m. Mon.–Fri., 6–11 p.m. Sat., bar menu continues till the last customer leaves) has great albeit pricey food (ranging from US$17 for linguine to US$50 for grilled lobster) and a nice ambience with regular low-key events like fashion shows, poetry readings, and cabaret performances on a cozy stage in the garden.
So So Seafood Bar & Grill (10:30 a.m.–1 a.m.Mon.–Sat., 3 p.m.–midnight Sun.) is a nice seafood joint owned by Michael Forrest. It serves excellent steamed or fried fish (US$9–11/lb.), various shrimp dishes (US$11), curry or stewed conch (US$10), and lobster in season (US$20–23).
Heather's Garden Restaurant (11:30 a.m.–11 p.m. Mon.–Fri., 5–11 p.m. Sat.) is owned by Meleta Touzalin, who bought the business when Heather went off to fly airplanes.
Gwong Wo (11 a.m.–9 p.m. Mon.–Sat., noon–9 p.m. Sun.) has excellent fried fricassee chicken and rice (US$3.50–7).
New Pagoda Restaurant (5 Belmont Rd., tel. 876/926-2561) serves decent Chinese food for US$4–17.
Nirvanna Indian Fusion Cuisine (Sun-Wed 11am-3pm for lunch, 6pm-9:30 for dinner, Thurs-Sat 11am-3pm for lunch, 6pm-10:30pm for dinner) is one of the more recent additions to Kingston's Indian food offerings located in a modern plaza just off Hope Road. The restaurant is decidedly high end with a white onyx bar imported from the motherland as its focal point.
Cannonball Café (7 a.m.–6 p.m. Mon.–Sat.) serves sandwiches (US$4.50), lasagna (US$9), quiche (US$9), and salads (US$7), in addition to coffee (US$3), pastries, scones (US$3.50), and juices. The atmosphere is relaxing and cozy; wireless Internet is offered free for customers at all three locations: New Kingston, Barbican, and Manor Park.
Earl's Juice Garden makes excellent juices and baked goods (US$2–5). Owners Earl and Cheryl Chong offer free seminars on the last Saturday of each month (22 Westminster Rd., tel. 876/920-7009, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.) and have a culinary academy (at the Red Hills Rd. location, 2–6 p.m.
Mother Earth (8 a.m.–4 p.m. Mon.–Sat., US$4.50–5.50) is an excellent veggie and fish joint owned by Georgia Adams serving pepper pot, fish, red pea, and gungo pea soups and entrees like tofu creole, Chinese veggie steak, veggie mince balls, two-bean stew, ackee and saltfish, and tofu or fish chop suey.