Call or email for assistance planning your trip: +1 (212) 203-0064 | reservations@moonjamaica.com
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 )
Pepper's Night Club set in a big open-air compound next to Megamart, has very good food (US$4–14), the pepper shrimp being the highlight. The bar can be lively and has plenty of billiard tables.
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)
Habibi Latino Restaurant ( 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Mon.–Sat., 3–11 p.m. Sun.) is easily one of Kingston's finest eats.
Café Aubergine (tel. 876/754-1865, cafe_aubergine@mail.infochan.com, www.cafeaubergine.com, noon–10:30 p.m. daily) opened a branch in the Courtyard at Market Place in July 2006, giving Kingston-based fans of the original location in Moneague, St. Ann, a closer alternative.
Just west of the Junction of West Kings House Road and Constant Spring Road, the Courtyard at Market Place (67 Constant Spring Rd.) has become the premier international food court in Kingston.
Taka's East Japanese Restaurant (noon–10 p.m. Wed.–Sun., 5–10 p.m. Tues., closed Mon., US$25-50 per person, depending on appetite) has the best sushi in Jamaica at competitive prices and a very convincing ambience.
Jewel of India , (noon–10 p.m. daily, reservations recommended) serves North Indian cuisine in an upscale South Beach contemporary atmosphere with Indian Buddha bar music. Dishes range from chicken shorba and tomato soup (US$5) to lamb (US$13), lobster (US$30), tandoori filet mignon (US$28), and masala lamb chops (US$23).
China Express ( noon–9:30 p.m. Sun.–Thurs., noon–10 p.m. Fri.–Sat.) has decent Chinese food in a nice setting. Items on the menu range from wonton soup to Cantonese lobster (US$34). It's a popular lunch location.
Restaurant Cocoro (Mayfair Hotel, 4 West Kings House Close, tel. 876/929-0970, noon–10 p.m. Tues.–Sun.) is a Japanese restaurant opened in late 2006 by Takahiro Sawada.
