Restaurants in Negril
Negril has more raffish, fun dining spots than anywhere else in Jamaica; this town makes some of the dining spots in Mo Bay look duller than a British teahouse.
The best item on almost any menu is fresh fish (it's often fried, but you can usually get it grilled). Jerk chicken is another popular local dish. Pasta is found on almost every menu. Finally, you'll find more vegetarian options here than anywhere else in the country. Don't be surprised to even occasionally encounter ganja cakes on some menus in the West End. (Yes, they are hallucinogenic -- and technically illegal to consume.)
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Chicken Lavish
The wonderfully named “Chicken Lavish” has been a culinary pilgrimage spot for Negril budgeteers since the 1970s. It’s an utterly unpretentious fan-cooled concrete patio across the street from the low West End cliffs, serving excellent chicken—raised free-range by the owner, Doc, and…$West End - Jamaican
Cosmo's
Since 1976, Cosmo Brown has been packing them in at long wooden tables on this beachside concrete pad under a thatched Polynesian-style hut right on the sand of the public Seven Mile Beach. It is un-fancy, un-fussy, and thoroughly genuine. Service is on island time, so don’t come…$Around Town - Jamaican/International
Ivan's Bar
Ivan’s, in the Catcha Falling Star cliffside resort, is all about the setting: candlelit tables under thatched roofs or scattered over patios that extend right to the edges of the rocks above the crashing waves. As with any West End restaurant, you want to make an early dinner…$$$West End - American
Margaritaville
Island lifestyle troubadour Jimmy Buffett and Jamaica have patched up their differences following the infamous 1996 “Jamaica Mistaica” incident—Buffett was taking U2’s Bono and Island Records founder Chris Blackwell for some jerk chicken in his Grumman HU-16 Albatross flying boat…$$Seven Mile Beach - Jamaican
Murphy’s West End Restaurant
This brightly painted wooden shack out past the lighthouse on West End Road is the genuine Jamaican jerk hut you’ve been looking for. Murphy and Tony are super friendly, and their cooking manages to be delicious, authentic, cheap, and artfully presented. They offer breakfast all day…$West End - Nouveau Jamaican
Norma’s Restaurant
This beachside restaurant, on the grounds of the Sea Splash Hotel, has changed (and, some say, slipped) a bit since celebrity chef Norma Shirley, whom Food & Wine magazine once dubbed "the Julia Child of the Caribbean," passed away in 2010. But the setting on a deck by the sands…$$$Seven Mile Beach - Jamaican
Pushcart
In 2009, neighboring Rockhouse Hotel took over the old Pirate’s Cave clifftop bar and jerk shack and turned it into Pushcart, an open-sided restaurant dedicated to traditional Jamaican cuisine and street food. The setting is laid-back romantic, the band pretty good, and the food…$$West End - Jamaican/International
Rick's Café
This West End icon—which seems to get rebuilt more grandly after every hurricane (it now has a swimming pool)—doubles as one of the top tourist attractions in Negril, a popular sunset tour from the all-inclusive resorts and shore excursion from cruise ships. It seems every Negril…$$$West End - New Jamaican
Rockhouse Restaurant
The dining patio of this West End restaurant extends out over the edges of the low cliffs to which the Rockhouse resort clings so you can hear the crash of the waves against the rocks as the sun sets into the waters of the Caribbean before you. Star dishes include the blackened Mahi…$$West End - Ital Jamaican
Zimbali's Mountain Cooking Studio
This mountainside Rasta eco-retreat and organic farm is well worth the 20- to 30-minute drive from Negril. It’s an opportunity to see a slice of real Jamaica away from the resorts, and to have not just a fantastic meal but also a cooking demonstration on Ital, a Rastafarian culinary…$$East of Negril
