Hello ALL, Can anyone give me a good Recommendation for a bar on the Beach that has less Hustlers bugging you.
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Hello ALL, Can anyone give me a good Recommendation for a bar on the Beach that has less Hustlers bugging you.
No I don't know of one.
Best recommendation, don't drink on the beach.
Lots of people are just genuinely trying to earn a living from tourism, so the beach is the tourist magnet, and their ready made market. Can't blame them but there are a lot.
The hustlers for shady things come to the beach for the very same reason.
Yellow Bird & Chill Awhile are 2 of my faves. Minimal hustle if any.
If you are going to stroll the beach and hit up the beach bars, they are part and parcel of the scenery.....but in the 30+ years we have been going to Negril it has never been too problematic, and have actually met some interesting characters along the way. Everybody has a story and some are downright entertaining, hilarious, heart wrenching, what have you. Once in the various bars you may be less likely to get hustled as opposed to the walk to get there. Enjoy your time there! Take the time to go up to the westend or red ground for maybe a more chill experience.....
Cosmo's
The bar at Rondel
rondel
Generally I have encountered less hassle at places that charge more for their drinks. With that said, there are plenty of places with little to no hussle. Tony's hut would be a good example. Auntie Thrill's is another spot, as the family that works there is all about making sure you have a great time.
I'd second that, we've never experienced any hustler or higglers at Cosmo's (only been there 2x though).Quote:
Originally Posted by captaind
I can assure you that Cosmo Brown allows no such thing at his place. Also it's place on the beach is very private. Immediately on the south is Beaches......and ain't no hustlers or higgles there. To the north is mostly empty due to the beach line. So Beaches acts as a buffer to the action from the south.Quote:
Originally Posted by TAH
Cosmo caters to middle to upscale clientele as much as visitors.
The food is as good as you'll get on the beach.
Maybe too quiet?
Not for this old f**t
It's definitely quiet down there, good or bad is in the eye of the beholder I suppose. Downside is taxi back wherever they're going, unless they're walkers or staying near Bloody Bay.Quote:
Originally Posted by captaind
We love Cosmo's. Have never gotten a hassle by anyone. Conch soup is the best. We visit at least once or twice every vacation.
We don't really bar hop, and are normally in around 10:00p, but we've never had any issues once we were at an establishment. We had a beach guy try to get us in Boat Bar our first night there this past time, and another guy wanted us to stop and have a beer with him at Myrna's, I think, our first time there. I assume they are looking for free drinks, at a minimum. I just don't trust it. We've never had any issues with places frequented by locals (not hustlers). I don't know of any locals hangouts on the beach, though.
I must say. The hassle has been minimal with no jetski operators and their minions.
Tonys hut is still the best.
Chill Awhile.
Tony's Hut, especially if Tony is any where around on site.
When the water came up and they had to remove their fence, at night Tony would fasten a rope painted red with a couple of red rags (easily noticed) from one end of the property to the other on the beach entrance. One night I asked him what that meant, he replied "danger, do not enter" , "trust me they know".
Love that place.
Jamb
Ocean Breeze Bar @ Beach House Villas.
As other's have alluded, hotel bars generally have no higglers because they have security to keep them off the property.
Other places, like Sun Beach or Sunnyside, may allow vendors on their property, but they are usually not troublesome and move along when you say "no, thanks". In my experience, if you belly-up to the bar and start talking to the bartender, they will leave you alone. The bartenders will also shoo them away if they become annoying.
I've never been approached at Yellow Bird...or Bar B Barn
The bar at Firefly was always relaxed. And with $135 Red Stripe it was cheap too. Having said that, they are under new owners so things might have changed.
The old Firefly owners have been selling beer at 210J for approx. a couple of years now....the newly built, larger bar at Firefly is much nicer but still very relaxed.
And 200j
The further up the beach you get, towards Cosmos, away from the round-about the less hassle I get. By hassle I don't mean interactions with vendors I mean obnoxious and rude husslers who get worse even when given a polite 'no thank you'.
Never any hassle at Bar B Barn's bar when I stayed there last month.
Barry's Bold as Love...No hustlers or working girls there. He did some really nice renovations to his bar and still adding.
Mostly on west side of beach you get bothered, much better as you go east.
Has anyone noticed more groups of kids begging on the beach lately. They start with really poor quality Rasta bracelets and then beg for money for school. They don't take no for an answer easily. This was just last week and more than one group..
Yeah, we got hit up a few times by really young kids (always in pairs). One pair had the bracelets on the beach, they weren't too persistent though. The pair that approached us a Bourbon Beach (kinda late too) were selling candy bars for their school (they said) and just wouldn't accept "no". The bartender actually ended up shooing them away before I gave in and gave them something, I was pretty close, I just feel bad thinking of my own.Quote:
Originally Posted by dash
Many times they buy the bars wholesale in Sav and sell them for more than what they are worth.
I paid $10 for one of those bars on the pub crawl. I'm part of the problem. Sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by kaycee
$10??? They are only worth like $0.50 a bar, lol!! No need to apologize...just want you guys to know...
It's difficult to ignore the children though, child poverty is a huge issue in Jamaica, and is not as stand out noticeable because of the poverty affecting a lot of Jamaicans.
My own view is that, as I do not not know the real reasons the child is selling stuff to raise money, it may be genuine, it may be to fund a parents drug use, it may be them doing what they need to do to help feed the family.
I nearly always buy off the children, as even if I've only helped one out of ten children that day eat a meal, then I'm happy with that.
I don't view it as begging, they are selling something, even if it is not anything I want- in my view they are demonstrating entrepreneur skills, and is better than committing street crimes, which is very common in other struggling countries, and our own countries too.
In the Uk, children have a safety net provided by the welfare system and social services, Jamaican children are not as fortunate.
Many of you won't agree, but I'm not ignoring children for the sake of a couple dollars.
I couldn't agree more. We always buy candy bars or a few bracelets. It might be a few dollars to me, but it might be a meal to that family. It's hard for me to say no to those beautiful children.Quote:
Originally Posted by Westenders
I do buy from them as well...rather buy from them than seeing an adult beg.
Unfortunately, some of these children have become overly pushy. But having said that, these children are actually selling something & learning a skill rather than outright begging. Personally, I would rather see them in school!
There's many different forms of begging in all age groups...from the "woe is me" stories to the aggressive down right "give me a dollar" type begging...it's always better to give a hand up rather than a hand out.
And, by a hand up I mean teaching someone how to obtain what they need/want is better than giving someone a straight hand out.
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
Sondru's at the Beach Club
http://negrilbeachcondo.com/
I usually skip the chocolate but make a small donation....
Some of the really persistent children may be afraid they will get punished if they don't bring some money home.
I personally have never experienced any of these children be pushy, sadly more on the pleading side.
I agree , education is important, but maybe a lot of these children are in school, I've certainly seen them in their school khaki's selling the chocs. A lot of kids in Jamaica attend school half a day anyway, pretty standard. Not a full day like in some of our countries.
Education is an important way to escape poverty, but as a child, and even an adult, if your hungry what is your priority going to be? Learning cannot take place if your belly is empty.
I think they are giving themselves a leg up by selling stuff, perfectly valid way of generating income if you ask me. Where is the hand out?I always take the chocolate. So a sale is a sale. All vendors, shops and sellers add in profit on their product. That's capitalism. We all live the same way.
You could call all charitable giving a hand out using this philosophy.
Perfect moment to big up St.Anthony's kitchen as they are helping and empowering some of the poorer children. They don't have the capacity to help everyone, so some of the children do have to help themselves.
Is what they are doing any different to having a paper round or yard job to earn some money?
Sometimes it's easier to look at this as a problem. I don't think it necessarily is.
My only concerns with it are if a child is selling for an adult to fund their lifestyle choice ie. drugs. But even more so if it means that child gets a meal that day, then that's what is important.
Agreed on all points.Quote:
Originally Posted by Westenders
Since I'm here on a daily basis & know most of these children...I should clarify that I'm referring to a specific group of children in Negril...not all Jamaican children. The community of Negril have had to deal with some of them becoming very aggressive with the selling of their goods and the children that I'm referring to have not been going to school. Many of us have taken the time to try to teach some of these children to lower the aggression & also more importantly get them back to school.Quote:
Originally Posted by Westenders
In Negril and the surrounding areas we are fortunate to have a soup kitchen & neighbours that have produce that are willing to share...it can be tough in the inner cities of Jamaica though!