In "Jamaica mode" what is an acceptable amount of waiting time for a great meal?

[shellyk]

LOL Xtabi volunteers to make food for me even when not hungry if I have been there long time and not eaten. I once was hungry and ordered gilled cheese and fries and it came in less then 15 minutes. Cosmo's, Aqua,LTU, and Oceanview are all even, i would say definetely under 30 minutes each even when busy. Longest I ever waited was at 3 dives and I actually chased down the waitress after waiting 15 minutes or so for her to stop by me to order then she came to me probably 20-25 later and then over 35-40 for my chicken and rice. When dining alone that gets VERY long and boring.

[Kolya]

I've placed my order on Monday for some curried goat on Thursday . . . some things take time . .

[rastagal]

I don't even care. I make sure to bring plenty snack so I never go anywhere super hungry knowing there is usually a wait..now waiting on drink for a long time is a whole other story man...no can do!

[Big_frank]

I don't think we've had a problem in recent years waiting for food.
But, I'll relate a story about my first trip to Negril in Feb. 1998 when we had lunch at a restaurant on the "land" side near Samsara one day.
Our friend wanted an egg and toast.
That sent the entire restaurant into a tizzy.
A little boy was dispatched to the store to buy an egg and he ran from the property down One Love Drive and was back about 15minutes later.
Then the egg had to be prepared, and when the rest of us finished our lunch, the egg was finally delivered to our friend.
We laugh to this day because the toast and coffee was like 3 U.S. dollars and the single egg was 4 dollars more.
We always joke about 4 dollar eggs.

[poolguywindsor]

I have not really ever had long wait times any of the places I have been, and I am not very patient. 3 Dives used to take longer but the last few times I have been it was fairly quick.

[tbay]

we waited almost 3 hours at Kuyaba in Feb. There was 8 of us at our table and it was pretty busy when we got there and by the time we got our meals there was no one left in the restutant at all. We believe that our order got misplaced but it was a disappointing situation since we were with people who had never been and we had raved about the food and service since we had gotten there(I had dreamed about the crab cakes more than once and could not wait to have them again) and this was our last group meal with some of our wedding guests
Unfortnately by the time the food got there everyone was so hungry and annoyed that no one really enjoyed their meals, they just scarfed them down and wanted to leave. They did give us each a free drink for the wait, its just too bad they did not live up to all the hype we had given them!

[Mrs stuck]

3 hr's is a very long time...even with a free drink!

[snowflake]

OMG, this was a big issue during our recent trip, partly because of our large group size.
We waited several times, always between 1-3 hours. Yes, a bit ridiculous. The fastest was Ivans. Even when we were out in smaller groups it was over an hour. We didnt go to 3 dives this time but its always been a long wait there. It is one thin to get relaxed and on Jamaica time, but this trip was extreme for waiting times. It wasnt even just getting the food, it was getting menus, drinks, ordering, food, and yes forever to get the bills.

[Nick]

Did the two hour wait at three dives. I do love the place, with it's Old Negril vibe though so it wasn't so bad. In fact, we met a wonderful group of folks from Minnesota (I think) who were waiting as well and we did make for a merry time during the wait so it was fun. Saw one woman go down hard, projectile vomiting, stiff as a board,then fall right out just as her lobster arrived, we tried to buy her dinner but her husband gallantly boxed it up to go. Later the mushroom man came by, but after that poor woman went down we were not interested in his bounty, but did get a good laugh as the guy kept so low that only his eyes and mushrooms were above the table top. When I eventually asked about our chicken, they apologized for forgetting our order and hooked us up in about fifteen minutes. All in all it was a good evening.

[gerryg123]

Wow. What a story ... so the lady was on mushrooms and passed out?