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Doctor;s Cave Bathing Club (US$6 adults, US$3 children) is centrally located along the Hip Strip. The beach is a favorite for tourists as well as the area's uptown youth on weekends, and a popular venue for full moon parties and other events. The Groovy Grouper, to one side of the entrance, is a dependable spot for seafood and continental fare (US$10-30).
For an early evening drink, the Montego Bay Yacht Club (10 a.m.\10 p.m daily) is a popular spot among the uptown crowd, especially on Fridays. The HouseBoat Bar is also a popular early evening spot, while Mobay Proper (44 Fort St., tel.
Hilites Cafe, Bar and Gift Shop (19 Queens Dr., tel. 876/979-9157, jamaica_flamingo_ltd@hotmail.com, 8:30 a.m.\6 p.m daily) has a great view over the harbor and airport and is another great spot for an early evening drink or to watch the planes take off and land from Sangster Airport.
Margaritaville (Gloucester Ave., tel. 876/952-4777, 11 a.m.\you say when daily, US$10) is a wildly popular restaurant and bar with a water slide dropping off into the sea and giant trampoline inner tubes just offshore for use by customers.
Blue Beat (Gloucester Ave., tel. 876/952-4777, 6 p.m\2 a.m.daily, free entry) is Margaritaville's more sophisticated and upscale cousin, located at the same property under the same ownership. The laid-back club features a resident DJ every night and live jazz Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday 10 p.m\2 a.m.Jamaican Bobsled Cafe (69 Gloucester Ave., tel.
Royal Stocks (Half Moon Shopping Village, tel. 876/953-9770) is an English pub\style bar and restaurant, serving pricey international cuisine. The air-conditioned bar is a great place to go when missing the cool of England, though the beer selection is not the same as back home: Guinness, Red Stripe, and Heineken are the only brews on offer.
The Keg (across from the fire station, no phone) is a local dive bar and a good place to soak up the local scene and listen to oldies.
Mobay Proper (44 Fort St., tel. 876/940-1233, noon\2 a.m. daily) is the best place to grab a beer (US$2) and play some billiards (US$1 per game).
Rehab Pool Bar & Lounge (contact proprietor Gary Rose, cell tel. 876/409-1130, 6 p.m\2 a.m.daily ), located across from Lover's Park, next door to China House Restaurant, offers billiards (US$5/45 minutes or US$1 per game in the more spacious room with a/c) at seven tables; this place opened in February 2009.
Unfortunately, live music in Mobay is hard to come by--in sharp contrast to decades past when there was an active regular music scene. Today, the all-inclusive resorts have house bands that entertain the hotel guests, who are often discouraged from leaving the compound. Nevertheless, there is often live jazz at Day-O Plantation, as well as at Blue Beat, and Margaritaville.
