Just a couple of thoughts from December trip

[ripstar]

Well Alfreds is still pretty laid back when they have a band (I rarely get hassled/hustled there), Woodstock on thurs is pretty good with their outdoor concert and since Rudy moved to the Yard Beach House, I like it there as well...

My 'after dinner' warm up bar is usually Tony's Hut...

I still haven't given up on Roots yet either (I went back a couple of nights later and had a good laugh with a group of the wrk'n girls, talking about it, because even they realized it was ridiculous)..

Thanks for the recs, it's been 4 years since we have made it back to Negril and we don't want to waste our time with places that have since been ruined.

[Irine]

So...Jamaican fun fact....it is not unusual to be walking back to your beach hotel after a concert to be set upon by working girls on the beach. And I mean set upon, hands in your pockets, under your shirt, they are aggressive little devils. Took a tip from another visitor that worked great. If you walk in the ocean just at arms length from shore they will not take off their shoes and follow you in. They will try to badger you for awhile from the beach, but you can walk all the way back to your hotel untouched, and after a short bit they usually go away.

[MikeyNYC]

Well Alfreds is still pretty laid back when they have a band (I rarely get hassled/hustled there), Woodstock on thurs is pretty good with their outdoor concert and since Rudy moved to the Yard Beach House, I like it there as well...

My 'after dinner' warm up bar is usually Tony's Hut...

I still haven't given up on Roots yet either (I went back a couple of nights later and had a good laugh with a group of the wrk'n girls, talking about it, because even they realized it was ridiculous)..

Over the years, I have had some interesting and funny chats with the girls after they accepted the fact that I wasn't going to be a sale.

[ukran1ans]

So...Jamaican fun fact....it is not unusual to be walking back to your beach hotel after a concert to be set upon by working girls on the beach. And I mean set upon, hands in your pockets, under your shirt, they are aggressive little devils. Took a tip from another visitor that worked great. If you walk in the ocean just at arms length from shore they will not take off their shoes and follow you in. They will try to badger you for awhile from the beach, but you can walk all the way back to your hotel untouched, and after a short bit they usually go away.

Or just tell them you're just about out of money ... lol

[pine tree john]

money finished always works !

[kwhizz]

About dinner at Ivan's...... It was always my favorite restaurant in Negril..... Been going there for years and I always got the Jerk Chicken Rasta Pasta....... We went down in October and it was terrible..... Just got back and tried it again...It was slightly better but still not anywhere close to what I had in the past...... You could tell by looking at it that the sauce wasn't the same .......... Watery and nowhere near the blended taste it always had in the past....... Must have a new Chef there.... Talked to the people there and they said nothing had changed.......LOL......We are going back in Feb. One more try......... Just my $.02

[Hudson2]

Where is Vinnie’s

[Rob]

It is kinda across the road from Firefly and Sun Beach...

[SoloTraveller]

It is kinda across the road from Firefly and Sun Beach...

Next to Rayon

[Islandbouy]

About dinner at Ivan's...... It was always my favorite restaurant in Negril..... Been going there for years and I always got the Jerk Chicken Rasta Pasta....... We went down in October and it was terrible..... Just got back and tried it again...It was slightly better but still not anywhere close to what I had in the past...... You could tell by looking at it that the sauce wasn't the same .......... Watery and nowhere near the blended taste it always had in the past....... Must have a new Chef there.... Talked to the people there and they said nothing had changed.......LOL......We are going back in Feb. One more try......... Just my $.02

My wife had the Jerk chicken pasta..... Not like it has been.
Try The Lodge at Tensing Pen. Food is as good as Ivan's was.