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Cuisine |
Modern Jamaican |
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Hours |
Daily 8-10:30am, noon-3pm, and 6:30-10pm; Sun brunch 11:30am-2:30pm |
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Location |
Newcastle |
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Transportation |
From Kingston, drive 11km (6 3/4 miles) north, following Old Hope Rd. to the northern suburb of Papin. When you get to Papin, turn left onto Gordon Town Rd., cross a bridge, and turn left onto Newcastle Rd., where you go left. From there, follow the steep uphill road for another 11km (6 3/4 miles) along dramatic and winding mountain roads, following the signs to Strawberry Hill |
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Reservations |
Reservations recommended |
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Phone |
876/944-8400 |
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Prices |
Main courses $10-$24; fixed-price Sun brunch $40 |
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Credit Cards |
AE, MC, V |
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Frommer's Review
The most charming restaurant in the Jamaican capital involves a taxi ride up a meandering Blue Mountain road to the hotel of the same name. Dining is within an interconnected series of catwalks, verandas, and gazebo-style pavilions that were meticulously re-created along 19th-century patterns. The delectable menu items change with the season, but are likely to include such Jamaican dishes as grilled shrimp with fresh cilantro, fresh grilled fish with jerk mango and sweet-pepper salsa, or rotis stuffed with curried goat and fresh herbs. It's called "new Jamaican cuisine," and it is. Sunday brunches are enduringly popular, thanks partly to a lavish array of more than 40 dishes, each arranged in a separate gazebo-like pavilion like a temple to fine gastronomy.
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