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).
Le Barons Restaurant & Lounge (13 Barbados Ave., tel. 876/929-3872, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Mon.–Thurs., till midnight Fri.) is a nice spot upstairs in the First Union Financial building with affordable food and an inviting, inconspicuous ambience. A balcony fills up with dominos players, especially on Lyming Fridays.
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.
The Bird's Nest Restaurant & Bar (2a Chelsea Ave., cell tel. 876/491-1133, bar: 10–midnight Mon.–Sat., kitchen: 10 a.m.–10 p.m., US$4–20) serves an alternating menu of Jamaican dishes like curry mutton, brown stew chicken, steamed or escoveitch fish.
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).
Springroll Asian Fusion (73 Knutsford Blvd., tel. 876/908-4376 or 876/908-4377, US$10–30) serves Chinese, Japanese, and Thai specialties.
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.