Of all the Negril hotels and eats no longer around, which one do you miss the most?

Yes they are - it is still being renovated... it had sat empty for years...

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Originally Posted by Runnin Mon

I miss Mia's Wine Bar!!!! Also 23/7, and Pirates Cave.....

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Hey Runnin Mon, miss Mia's Wine Bar as well!!! It was such a pitty when Keith and me had to close down :-( Am back in Germany and trying to go back to Negril once a year. Bless!

De Bus and Rocky's sauce and chicken...Bourbon beach is a close copy but the sauce went to the states in Rocky's head...

Willies wharf club,what good memories, pickled parrot and of course t water as was said earlier Lionel and Spike .
Place to stay would have to be old pal cottage in red ground . Torn down several years back. My spot for close to 30 years.

Rock Cliff Hotel , Awheemaway, Serious Chicken, Juicy's

Sands Club buffet

Cap

Silver Star

Hurricane Bar on the Beach
Drumville Cove on the Cliffs

The Villa's Negril Poolside Bar

Miss Gloria's Sunset Cottages with A-Frame on the Beach

Negril Wharf Club Bar and grill and store across the street

For Real, their beachfront rooms and great beach bar! Pickled Parrot and DeBus.

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Originally Posted by Brian@Chicago

T-Water, only because it was the first place I stayed in Negril. It pains me to see it is ruins still after all these years.

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It was our first place in Negril too. We always walk down and visit it and toast our me,priests with a cold Red Stripe.

Reviving this thread. I so wish someone had bought T-Water and fixed it up. So many memories of 5 stays there...Joy Cooper in security...Earl...Lionel and Spike at the bar...Paul the young kid who made my husband banana milkshakes when he had a stomach bug and couldn't get anything else down...Lloyd making his baskets and selling sugar cane at the bar. The sweet doggie with the abcess on her neck who took up residence on our patio one trip...Miss Bea's great breakfasts. It was a place where my husband was happiest and with him being gone now I wish I could scatter/bury his ashes there...but will find someplace else to do it.

Favorite story: There was one year when a fellow named Wayne Sharp was the chef. He was terrific; the food that year was unbelievably good. He came to NYC that fall and we took him to a Greek restaurant. He'd never been to a place like this and asked for plain rice which they wouldn't give him because it wasn't on the menu (it was kind of a snooty Greek restaurant). The waiter thought he was a real pain until he let slip that he was a chef in Jamaica. Well. Suddenly it was all smiles, and free wine, and tastings of all kinds of things. Then we went down to Little Italy to Caffe Reggio for cappuccinos. It was a wonderful time. The next year we went back to the T-Water and he was no longer there. I don't know where he ended up. The happiest memories I have of all the years my husband and I were together were those stays at T-Water. He really felt at home there.

Hackwriter, sorry for your loss...what sweet memories you have...thanks for sharing!

I loved the little For Real beach bar!

Some of my best memories of my visits to Negril were at that bar. Met lots of interesting folks from all over Jamaica, and the world there. Spent many a night there until the very wee hours of the morning. Great Spot. Sorely missed!!!!! :(

Daddy Ronnies for Breakfast and Jerk Chicken at De Buss

Forgot Pickled Parrot for Pumpkin Soup

The Old "Norma's"..............

It's probably been mentioned several times in the early thread but our fave was Pete's on the beach north of beach club & T-Water. Little wooden house on the beach with 4 picnic tables on the beach. No matter what you ordered you got garlic lobster with rice & peas. If it started to rain two guys would run out pick up your table. & run up the steps & inside with it. One time spent the evening listening to his mama or wife chewing his a** , all night. I'll never forget the lungs on that woman. Lol. Probably gone 20 years. Does any one know what is in its place today???

No question Pee Wee's across from Ten Sing Pen! Pee Wee, Gus, Franklin, Princess, Winsome, and all that crew! Great times and better food. Grumpy! If any one sees Gus please tell him Randy says hello he will know!

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Originally Posted by Rumlover

It's probably been mentioned several times in the early thread but our fave was Pete's on the beach north of beach club & T-Water. Little wooden house on the beach with 4 picnic tables on the beach. No matter what you ordered you got garlic lobster with rice & peas. If it started to rain two guys would run out pick up your table. & run up the steps & inside with it. One time spent the evening listening to his mama or wife chewing his a** , all night. I'll never forget the lungs on that woman. Lol. Probably gone 20 years. Does any one know what is in its place today???

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Pete's was the first place we had dinner outside the hotel in 1987 when we were staying at Negril Inn. (I think it's now "Rooms on the Beach.") It was inexpensive enough that we didn't feel we had to eat at the hotel every night, and Pete's was right there with Miss Mavis right next door. The beach higglers were ferocious when you ate there, but I still remember what that first taste of jerk chicken and rice and peas right on the beach at sunset was like. In those days it wasn't party party party every night...we would sit on the beach and watch the stars.

After our 3rd trip there, we decided to move on and the next year we went to T-Water solely on the basis of the fact that someone on our bus from the airport on our 3rd trip was staying there so the next year we decided to give it a try...and went for the next five years. After that we didn't care for how built up the beach was getting so we kind of moved around -- we did a long weekend at Sunset in MoBay, we spent a week at Enchanted Garden, a couple of trips to Couples Negril (where we decided we liked Bloody Bay better), once at SATP, three times at Club Ambiance in Runaway Bay. Haven't been to Jamaica now since 2007. Hubby jumped around from job to job for a while, then some financial issues, then he got sick. I think next year will be my first time back and I hope to leave some ashes there -- in the place where he was happiest. Whether I can handle going more than once without him remains to be seen, though.

Does anyone know what happened to Jack, who ran the glass bottom boat out of the T-Water? We had dinner with him and his friends one night on the beach -- fish, vegetables, rice, cooked in a dutchie on a fire right on the beach. To this day, best meal I have ever had ANYWHERE.

The water slide at the Pickled Parrot

I remember the original Pickled Parrot... very cool and enjoyable.

I have been coming to Negril continuously since 1981 and still remains very strong in my heart.

Long gone favourite restaurants include Café Au Lait (Jamaican/French cooking) in the Cliffs, Rock Cliff Restaurant,
the original Angela's for Lobster to name a few.

Hotels.... still continuously book Yellowbird Sea-Tel on the beach. From the days of Roy and Irene to the
current ownership under Mr. Jim Cada and managed by Marva and Juliet, this hotel remains the epitome of
relaxed, old style family charm for singles and families right on the beach.

Will be going again this year and anticipate another excellent stay.

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Originally Posted by rastagirl777

Pickled Parrot, Pirates Cave and Mr. Slice.

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Yes Mr. Slice!

Unless you're familiar with the far West End, you might not be familiar with Secret Paradise. This is the brochure that reeled us in one nasty winter in ~1986. No phone and dirt road. We couldn't afford renting a car, but a bunch of people from Chicago area carried us with them. The sea got so calm, I tried to snorkel in the moon light. Really spooky and cold! My 1st parasailing and $100 dollar lobster pizza. That was $J's not $US.

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willies & yacht club was the only nite life in the 70's, lottsa great old places gone....
lottsa good new ones instead, remember when you had to wait 2 hours to get chicken at Erica's....
service is much better now but the food just doesn't compare somehow.

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Originally Posted by original spanky

willie's wharf club. many great memories

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Since my first trip to Negril was just this past February, I missed out on all the cool restaurants posted here. Why we never came before I have no idea- better late than never though. Thanks for sharing all your memories!

Loved the Bungalow Hotel back in the late 80's early 90's

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Back when the place was well kept Villa's Negril was awesome and Brimsley Hall the best bartender ever.

Captain Ray & Opal's, Rocky Dell's, Willie's Wharf Club, Pete's On The Beach are a few.

AS of today Ahbee's burgers. Rest in peace Aubie.

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Originally Posted by johng

Back when the place was well kept Villa's Negril was awesome and Brimsley Hall the best bartender ever.

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We loved the place. Come in from the bush on Sat. night and dance to the music of "The Mighty Studs"

Cap and G

Kaisers cafe!!!

Aubie's and For Real bar.

Aubie was an interesting dude, always opinionated with great energy. I loved the banter that we had back and forth as well as his bluntness. RIP my friend.

For Real bar was the bar that I found myself going back to over and over on my first couple of trips. It had a great vibe, beers were cheap, and the service was second to none. The awesome bartenders are still around if you look hard enough.

This trip down memory lane reminds me that there were so many likkle rustic places in Negril that time has just bulldozed away. Every time this thread pops up, I get nostalgic and scroll through.

One place that's still there but in different form is Country Country. It used to be just Country. The restaurant used to be the round building out by the road. The menu was painted on the wall above the counter. Breakfast was our favorite and once the chef bartered with a fisherman bringing his catch in. I decided to get the Jamaican breakfast with fish. I could hear the chef cleaning the fish and chopping veggies for my meal as I sipped OJ and Blue Mountain. Delish!

One night we stopped by for dinner and one of us puzzled out loud about the extensive Chinese menu, "I wonder who cooks the Chinese dishes?" Out steps a Chinese guy, "I do!" We all fell out of our chairs laughing. We weren't hungry a half hour after eating.

Poinciana was our favorite until it went all-inclusive. Room 1203, second floor corner room, great breeze! Next property was Elmer's Watersports - jetskiis revving all day but I go to learn a lot of Jamaican swear words from those guys!

The food and the ambiance was but a mere reflection of the people that ran the show! Gus I reach to you my old friend! But people like Pee Wee, Franklin, Princess, Winsome the face of the enthusiasm and love that was put into every plate they put out. The food although absolutely delicious was nothing compared to the people that made it for you! The attitude was addictive, the love and laughter that attitude produced brings a smile to my face, with the memories that have lasted 42 years! Randymon!

Sadly, another restaurant to add to this list is Ossie & Marge's Restaurant ( Ms. Madge's ) across from Ossie's Jerk Centre. We have eaten there every year since 1988 and recently heard that it has been demolished. Her kingfish was to die for.

That was always a go to she was on the beach for years making patties