Jamaica Family Restaurants

Set atop a hill, offering sweeping views of Negril's cape, this restaurant provides a delicious menu for even the pickiest of eaters. This full service restaurant uses fresh fruits and vegetables that are grown right on the property. Combining Jamaican and International cuisines, the menu features mouth-watering pasta, seafood and beef dishes.

Whether you take your jerk chicken hot with curry sauce or tangy with a sweet-and-sour sauce, you'll love the chicken at Chicken Lavish. Other indigenous fare includes red snapper and curried goat, but it's the chicken that keeps people lining up for a table here.

Set in a Victorian cottage about a mile from town, Dickie's distinct charm comes not only from the setting but from the owner's ability to whip up a different meal every night. There is no menu. You call in advance, and he prepares the tasty fish and chicken dishes.

If the kids are complaining about another night of jerk chicken, take them to the best Italian restaurant this side of Jamaica. Evita's serves up great pasta dishes and innovative seafood fare, and it's perched on a hillside overlooking the water.

Mom and dad will savor the view at Julia's while dining on fresh seafood choices of smoked marlin, lobster and shrimp. Tell the kids to save room for dessert, which includes cheesecake and tasty raspberry tarts.

The hand-roasted Blue Mountain coffee at Selina's will get your day off to a good start. Then, dive into the banana pancakes and omelets.

The Native offers local flavor in MoBay. Jamaican food is a perfect blend of sweet fruit and spicy meat. Try the coconut milk, guavas, papayas and juicy pineapple. For dinner, there's the ubiquitous Jerk Chicken, soaked in a savory combination of Scotch Bonnet pepper, nutmeg, ginger and hot sauce. Also sample the country's national dish -- scrambled ackee with codfish. Then, wash it all down with a cool Jamaican Red Stripe beer.