Restaurant Cocoro

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. The restaurant offers some of the most attentive service in all of Kingston, with traditional Japanese dishes like shrimp shumai (US$6), edamame (US$3), and seaweed salad (US$4), as well as creative dishes that incorporate typical Jamaican cuisine like the Cocoroll, a deep fried pork and tomato roll, or the Pirates Roll with jerk chicken and tomato (US$7). While Taka's East Japanese Restaurant takes the prize for most authentic Japanese cuisine, Cocoro is an excellent option in a nice quiet setting on the veranda of the Mayfair.