Dinner at Ivan's, I might pass on it

For the money you pay I would pass on having dinner here. The food was ok but for the price you can rack up a good bill. 2 crab cake appetizers $8.00 ea, Snappy snapper $19.00 a copy of LTU's chicken Lola $19.00. 4 red stripes $4.00 ea 2 rum drinks $8.00 each and $8.00 for a shared piece of cheese cake and you have $100.00 plus tip.

Being in the fishing business I also know what snapper is and dinner was not snapper for sure, not what I would call bad fish but not snapper, and had some fishy taste..

Lastly from the time we sat down until they took a drink order was 20 minutes and from the time they took the drink order until the time we ordered dinner was 45 minutes. To sum up we were there a hour before we got to order food. Then another hour to brink out food. The food prep time was not that bad but just trying to order another round of drinks just did not happen. Very very very slow even by Jamaica standards. Oh yeah. Had to go find the waitress 3 times to ask for a bill. Ordering desert was just as time consuming.

If our dinner would have been half the price the wait times would not have been bad but at $100 pluss tip you expect better service.

Timm

For less money and better for with greatly larger portions go to Presley's, Murphy's or Caio Jamaica

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Originally Posted by Living_the_Dream

For less money and better for with greatly larger portions go to Presley's, Murphy's or Caio Jamaica

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or for even less money have a good tasting box meal from Fatties, Collettas or SeaView......lol

Cool Runnings, Marko

Much of what passes for snapper in Negril is in fact, frozen boxed tilapia. Think about it. Every restaurant on the beach and cliffs offers it including the All Inclusives. (not saying that's what the original poster had; just an observation)

I agree..

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Originally Posted by Big_frank

....., frozen boxed tilapia. ......

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:-(

oh my.!!..

so,
please tell me::>> how does this *work*...??...

the fish is served WITHOUT the head, tail etc. ..??.. (e.g., '..fillet..')

There are fish farms that raise tilapia just outside Negril. They fillet it and box it. It "works" just like it does in North America...

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Originally Posted by Big_frank

Much of what passes for snapper in Negril is in fact, frozen boxed tilapia. Think about it. Every restaurant on the beach and cliffs offers it including the All Inclusives.

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mi buy mi fish directly from the Fishermon who walks by my place with his wheelbarrow full of fish on ice......
usually baracuda, tuna/bonita and snapper.....half decent prices....and the fish was caught dat morning
mi eat it dat day or next day........mi don't like freezing mi fish.......
cause mi can taste da difference....that is what mi get for being raised in New England as a fishermon.....lol
down by the river in da mornings.....you can always buy your fish der too......
and many places in Negril will cook your fish for you if you ask dem nicely.......

Cool Runnings, Marko

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Originally Posted by Rob

There are fish farms that raise tilapia just outside Negril. They fillet it and box it. It "works" just like it does in North America...

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opps..!!..
:-(
MY bad..!!..

i wasn't *clear*
with my query

me sorry

let me try again:::>>> question for boardie-Living_the_Dream:::>>> was the *snapper* you ordered, served WITH or WITHOUT the head-ON...???... or was it fillet...??..

and,
Rob, THANK-YOU for the info 'bout the tilapia fish farm(S).

WHERE are they...??..
Do you think I can go-visit, get a tour, etc....???..
if so,
how does THAT *work*..??..


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an aside:::>>> Ever-since my first-trip to Jamaica, and eating that fresh-fresh jus'-out-of-the-boat fish, I no longer purchase (to cook) those frozen, in-box, fillet fish thing-ys they sell here in USofA.

in fact,
it was just the last-week,
i purchased a whole snapper from WholeFoods, and told the fish-man:::>> "...clean it, scale it, and LEAVE the HEAD ON...!!!..."

cost..??... ---- US $12.00
:-(
Ja$1,200

* sigh *

i can't wait to get-BACK to Jamaica,
where the cost-of-living is less expensive

One of the American news shows had an investigation into fish served at restaurants in the US and many misrepresented the fish, the origin, and the freshness. The better sushi chefs in the world acknowledge that previously frozen fish make the best Sushi. As for fish tasting "fishy" !????!

There are two "fish pans" over by our spring but they're not in use any more

When they were first farmed the Rasta called them "ferti-fish"