Hi. We’ll be traveling to Negril with one vegetarian in our group. Any suggestions? We’ll probably be staying at country country or coco la palms (still can’t decide:). Thanks for your help in advance!
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Hi. We’ll be traveling to Negril with one vegetarian in our group. Any suggestions? We’ll probably be staying at country country or coco la palms (still can’t decide:). Thanks for your help in advance!
Many, many restaurants offer vegetarian options here ...but a couple of my favourite places that are strictly vegetarian (often called Ital in Jamaica) include Rasta Ade on the beach, Ras Rodys in the West End and Just Natural (they offer seafood also) located deeper West End.
A couple of weeks ago we ate at a place called Dabs all vegetarian. Very good eats....We will definitely go back. Just Natural is one of our Favorite too, love the atmosphere. Makes us feel like we are in the middle of the jungle, with no bugs.
Dabs is located on the westend road across from spa retreats.
I'm not vegetarian or even the healthiest eater, but we love Rasta Ade, next to Sunnyside bar, just past Rooms on the Beach.
The Rasta place in the MX3 yard on the cliffs is great and inexpensive. Ital and very tasty.
Hungry Lion on the cliffs is great
Also there is a great Vietnamese/thai take out place near Errols on the beach side of town
And I love the Negril Yoga centre for breakfast and lunch - lots of veggie options
Hungry Lion has been closed for a few years now...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sand gravity
I have had a great vegetable stir fry at Rondell.
We love Yoga Center - great setting and fabulous veggie/vegan food. We also think Rasta Ade is great, but Negril is in dire need of more quality veggie options.
OK, It's been nearly a year since this thread has surfaced and I'm hoping for an update on veggie/vegan options. We've been coming to Negril for the last 12 years or so and feel that the veggie options are more limited now then ever, which is really disappointing. Sooooo, hoping that this trend has reversed and folks will have new options to share. Right now, Yoga Center is a great option. We really miss Hungry Lion, which was fantastic!
So, what are some new options aside from Rasta/Ital, which like, but won't carry us through a week in Negril. Even a restaurants that primarily serve meat can have a great veggie dish or two.
Thanks!
To add to the list...
Canoe in the West End has a few good vegetarian options...particularly their green curry plate.
While visiting Negril this November and December, I'm interested in eating at some ital kitchens that are not necessarily listed on TripAdvisor or other travel sites.help
Anybody have any ideas about what's the best way to accomplish that? I plan to ask my airport transfer, Turner Taxi, for help. But thought I'd also post my question here in case any of y'all have any tips.
Thanks...
Ras Rody's on the Westend
to keep it 100% honest, ras rody's is often not 100% ital- i've seen shadrach put grace foods seasoning into his stews.
but that's probably splitting hairs for most people.
i'm at home right now, boiling congo peas for a pot of what will most likely be ital-ish stew- it won't be truly ital if i add salt to it.
I'm not a vegetarian, but this thread makes me miss Royal Kitchen that used to be on the west end. In my younger days I could get a big plate of ital food for cheap, and unlike most ital food it actually tasted good. Errol, the elder Ras who ran the place was one of the nicest people you could encounter as well. I hope he's doing well these days
Thanks for the tips. I've eaten a lot of Ital in Saint Vincent, Grenada, St Lucia, and Tabago. Always found it to be very tasty. In fact some of the tastiest food available, which is why I seek it out wherever I go.
I did notice some of places were not true Ital by salting some dishes. I prefer without salt. But I'm willing to overlook that minor indiscretion as long as it's not overdone.
So I've got Ras Rody's, Rasta Ade, and Just Natural on my short list.
Any more ideas?
Fondly remember some wonderful meals that Chisty would specially prepare at Idle Awhile if you requested an Ital meal. Sadly he has passed
There's a place on the beach not far from Alfred's (can't remember the name).
It is away from town and does serve Ital.
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Cool. I found Alfred's on the map that Odinson just posted in answer to another question. So I'll just walk down the beach toward Alfreds till I find the Ital sign. Thanks for the picture. That helps.
That looks like Rasta Aid. You can’t see it, but the yellow building looks like Rooms on the Beach, and the blue wall with colorful lettering is Sunnyside Bar.
John NYC I think you are right ... Rasta Ade. It has a TripAdvisor listing with a picture of that same sign. And I've already got it bookmarked as a place to check out. Perfect.
Rasta Ade has a salad that seems bottomless, and great soups!
RastaAde beach sign....
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That sign will be hard to miss when walking the beach. Great!