Christopher’s Restaurant (7am-8:30pm daily, US$20-45) serves casual gourmet dishes in an open-air dining area with ocean views, a great way to experience one of the boutique resorts in the area, with worldly dishes like curried goat ravioli and pimento smoked beef tenderloin. The Broken Rudder is the beachside grill at the same property, offering a more casual dining experience for lunch.
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Food
Ocho Rios and the Central North Coast
Spring Garden Seafood & Steakhouse
Spring Garden Seafood & Steakhouse (11am-11pm daily) serves well-prepared seafood, steak, and chicken (US$10-40) with indoor and alfresco dining.
Mainland China
Mainland China (11am-midnight Wed.-Mon., US$10-30) serves a mix of Jamaican, Indian, and Chinese cuisine and is considered one of the most dependable restaurants in Ochi by locals. Jamaican dishes range from curry goat, oxtail, and fried or jerk chicken with sides that include bammy, festival, yam, boiled corn, or rice-and-peas, while Indian offerings include marinated leg of lamb and tandoor and chicken kebab. The Chinese menu includes fried rice, garlic noodle, chop suey, chow mein, lo mein, pepper shrimp, butter garlic, black bean, ginger scallion, or Szechwan lobster.
Rasta Taco Jamaica
Rasta Taco Jamaica (11am-8pm daily, US$6-18) serves tropicalized Mexican- Caribbean fusion, including tacos, burritos, wraps, and salads, both vegetarian and for meat eaters.
Fancy Seafood
Fancy Seafood (9am-10pm daily, US$6-20) run by the congenial Alicia Archer, serves curry goat, fried chicken, shrimp, steam, escoveitch, brown stew, and fried jerk fish.
Lobster Dave
Sharing the second level with Whalers, Lobster Dave (upstairs,10am-11pm daily, later on weekends, US$6-20) has indoor and balcony seating for air-conditioned and alfresco dining. The kitchen pumps out crab, lobster, fish and conch.
Reggae Kitchen (shop 3, Fishermen’s Beach, tel. 876/822-0984, noon-10pm daily, US$8-22) is a seafood and Jamaican fare specialist serving steamed or escoveitch snapper in addition to vegetable chunks, chicken, oxtail, and steam veg.
Whalers Seafood Restaurant
Whalers Seafood Restaurant (upstairs) serves fish, shrimp, conch, and lobster (US$10-25).
Tropical Buzz
Formerly the Tropical Beach seafood restaurant, Tropical Buzz (9am-11pm daily, US$8-20) now occupies a unit three-quarters of the way down the boardwalk to the beach, serving fish, octopus, conch, shrimp and traditional Jamaican breakfast of ackee and saltfish in the mornings.
Mongoose Jamaica Restaurant & Lounge
Mongoose Jamaica Restaurant & Lounge (9:30am-1am Sun.-Thurs., 9:30am-3am Fri.- Sat., US$10-35) serves well prepared and nicely presented starters like chicken wings, coconut breaded shrimp, and salads, and main courses that include the signature Mongoose burger with smoked bacon, grilled pineapple, and sautéed onion with ginger wine glaze. Other entrées include local dishes like curry chicken or goat, oxtail, and jerk chicken.
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