Bar entertainment in Jamaica
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Jamaican Bobsled Café
This watering hole makes a good-natured attempt to capitalize on everybody’s favorite fish-out-of-water story – the Jamaican bobsled team immortalized in the film Cool Runnings, which is in a perpetual loop on a corner screen. It’s a good spot for grabbing one of the many rum-based concoctions and watching the hullabaloo along the strip, a sight more engaging than watching John Candy.
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Roof Club
This is Port Antonio’s infamous hang-loose, rough-around-the-edges reggae bar. Young men and women move from partner to partner. You’re fair game for any stranger who wants to try to extract a drink from you. It’s relatively dead midweek, when entry is free. But on weekends it hops with Crazy Saturdays, as well as on Thursday – ‘Ladies Nite.’
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Mobay Proper
Attracting a young local crowd, this exuberant bar serves libations on the terrace and has decent Jamaican cooking. Beneath a ‘chandelier’ of Heineken bottles, the pool table generates considerable heat, while dominoes are the rage with an older crowd out on the patio. On Friday night there’s a fish fry and vintage reggae, and live jazz rings in each new month on the first Sunday.
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Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville
This most ostentatious of the beach bars sustains a spring-break vibe all year long. There are big-screen TVs, a basketball court, trampolines in the sea, volleyball, swing hammocks and multiple bars with entertainment. It hosts wet T-shirt contests and the like, and has nightly specials, including karaoke on Sunday.
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Cuddy’z
Perhaps the best sports bar in Jamaica, this hip establishment is the creation of the ‘Big Man Inna Cricket, ’ Courtney Walsh. TVs in each booth and a lively bleachers section with an oversized screen make this a great place to watch a cricket match. The Heineken Wednesdays are very popular.
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Indies Café and Grill
Dark yet lively sports bar, patronized by young professionals with an enormous screen behind the bar, that gets rambunctious as the night progresses. Karaoke takes over on Thursday. Ignore the food on offer here as the kitchen pays it scant attention.
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Fisherman’s Nightclub
Fisherman’s Nightclub, up a dirt road behind Tiffany’s, is the oldest nightclub in town and the domain of local youth (mostly male) skanking to sounds from a selector (DJ); a pool hall and bar are at the back.
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Home 20 Sports Bar & Grill
Amusingly perched atop a functioning car wash, this welcoming outdoor joint is great for an early drink before heading out for the evening. A small kitchen serves passable fish ’n’ chips.
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Link
This is a popular neighborhood bar where you’re sure to make some friends. Entertaining karaoke nights are held on Thursday and Saturday, and on Sunday a DJ spins vintage reggae and American R&B.
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Carlos’ Café
A pleasant, open-air bar with lively tropical decor, several pool tables, and martini specials on Monday and karaoke on Friday. In the evenings, the softly lit patio is a romantic place.
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Pirate’s Cave
A great hot spot for sunset, Pirate’s starts off a little more mellow than the nearby hotel bars but attracts more locals and gathers strength as the evening progresses.
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South Jammin’
South Jammin’ draws locals for darts, billiards and dominoes. Its dinner menu includes steamed fish, pepper steak, curried goat and lasagna.
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Rum Jungle
The atmospheric bar boasts imaginative African decor…great if you don’t mind the constant background noise of slot machines. There’s a nightly cabaret.
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Mia’s Winebar
This newcomer eschews the local focus on cocktails and beer (of course, you can get those too) and offers free internet access with each glass.
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Backyaad
Drawing a younger crowd, this nightspot has a really loud sound system, fierce dominoes competitions and occasional comedy jams.
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Veranda
Small joint with outdoor seating that draws an after-work crowd. They enjoy the large screen TVs, cheap drinks and easy camaraderie.
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The Sands
Even if you can't afford to stay at Caves, you can still join sunset cocktails. Sadly, only guests are allowed to stay after 19:30.
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Wild Onion
On weekends, Wild Onion in Frenchman's Cove attracts a mix of locals and visitors with its spacious dance floor and pool tables.
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Priscilla’s
This quiet spot sustains a laid-back vibe and, on special occasions, live music. A great place to meet local Kingstonians.
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Nanny’s Bar
Nanny’s Bar is a local haunt with a pool table; it stays open until the last person leaves.
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Dicky’s Sports Bar
A classic Jamaican haunt with pool tables and the occasional sound-system party.
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Treehouse
Cocktail bar located in a shopping center that tends to fill with tourists.
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