The question was asked in the last Jamaicans.com 2000 survey "What is the best of Jamaica in Atlanta" and many of you responded. Be sure to Vote in this year’s Best of Jamaica Poll. If you are a 2000 winner buy your "Best of Jamaica Winner" t-shirt now
Below are the results of the "Best of Jamaica in Jamaica".
- [LINK:#1]Tourist
- [LINK:#2]Jamaica Life
- [LINK:#3]Shopping
- [LINK:#4]Restaurants
- [LINK:#5]Recreation
- [LINK:#6]Foods
- [LINK:#7]Entertainment
Tourist – Find out what our online visitors voted as the best villa in Jamaica, the best hotel, the best place to scuba dive and much more.
BEST HOTEL IN MONTEGO BAY
Sandals Royal Jamaican
BEST HOTEL IN OCHO RIOS
Sandals Dunns River
BEST HOTEL IN MANDEVILLE
Palm
BEST HOTEL IN PORT ANTONIO
Trident
BEST HOTEL IN KINGSTON
Le Meridian Jamaica Pegasus and Hilton
BEST HOTEL IN JAMAICA
Sandals Negril
BEST HOTELS FOR VISITORS ON A BUDGET
Frenchmans Cove Hotel Guest Rm, Jamaica Grande, Quality Inn – Montego Bay, Runaway Bay Heart & Country Club, Sand Castles, Singles, The Wexford, Tree House
BEST TOURIST GOLF COURSE
Tryall
BEST PLACE TO SUNTAN
Negril Beaches
BEST DIVE OPERATORS
Mariners Inn
BEST PLACE TO DEEP SEA FISH
Negril
BEST PLACE TO SCUBA DIVE
Negril
BEST PLACE TO RENT SCUBA GEAR
Mariners Inn
BEST PLACE TO JET SKI
Negril
BEST BEST PLACE TO SNORKEL
Negril Coral Reef
BEST CAR RENTAL COMPANY
Hertz and Uline Motors
BEST MINI BUS TOUR COMPANY
Juta tours and Coasta
BEST TOUR MINI BUS DRIVER
S.Condappa
BEST HIKING TRAIL
Blue Mountain Trail
BEST TAXI DRIVER
Mr. Jackie Munroe in Negril, James from Derrins Taxi, Mr Vincent at Plantation Inn
BEST VILLA IN MONTEGO BAY
Caribbean Villa
BEST VILLA IN OCHO RIOS
La Mer Tower Isle, St. Ann
BEST VILLA IN PORT ANTONIO
Dragon Bay Villas
BEST VILLA IN JAMAICA
Round Hill
BEST VILLA FOR VISITORS ON A BUDGET
Russell Villas
BEST NUDE BEACH
Hedonism II
BEST PLACE TO HIDEAWAY
Beachcomber Club, Negril and Port Antonio
BEST AIRLINE TO JAMAICA
Air Jamaica
BEST U.S. TOUR OPERATOR
Apple Vacations, FunJet, Tropical Escapes, Unique Destinations
BEST FRONT DESK CLERK
Dedo at The Wexford
BEST HOTEL WELCOMING COMMITTEE
Beaches Negril and Sandals Negril
BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION IN MONTEGO BAY
Rose Hall Great House
BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION IN OCHO RIOS
Dunns River Falls
BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION IN MANDEVILLE
The Market
BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION IN PORT ANTONIO
Blue Lagoon
BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION IN KINGSTON
Bob Marley museum and Port Royal
BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION NO ONE KNOWS
Blue Mountain Peak, Cave River in Moravia Clarendon, Hellshire, Lover’s Leap in St. Elizabeth, Rockland Bird Sanctuary, Scatter Falls & Foxes Cave, Portland
BEST PLACE TO BIRD WATCH
Port Antonio, Blue Mountains, Rio Grande Valley, John Crow Mts and Rockland Bird Sanctuary
BEST HOTEL TENNIS COURTS
Grand Lido, National Stadium and Swept Away
BEST HOTEL FOR A WEDDING
Sandals Dunns River
Jamaica life– Who is the favorite actor, football player, new anchor, Miss Jamaica, Track athlete, Reggae Boy and more.
BEST RADIO STATION
IRIE FM
BEST RADIO PERSONALITY
Francois and Richie B
BEST TV STATION
JBC (Super Supreme)and CVN
BEST NEWSPAPER
The Gleaner
BEST ACTOR TO IMPERSONATE A JAMAICAN
Taye Diggs
BEST ACTOR
Oliver Samuels
BEST ACTRESS
Sheryl-Lee Ralph
BEST POLITICIAN
Edward Seaga
BEST RADIO SPORTSCASTER
Simon Croskill
BEST RADIO TALK SHOW HOST
Mutabaruka and Mutty Perkins
BEST TV NEWS ANCHOR
Helene Coley
BEST TV WEATHERCASTER
Roy Forrester
BEST MISS JAMAICA
Lisa Hannah
BEST CRICKET PLAYER
Courtney Walsh
BEST FOOTBALL PLAYER
Ricardo Gardener
BEST TRACK ATHLETE
Merlene Ottey
Shopping– Where are the best places for Jamaican books, duty-free products and crafts? Find out in the Best of Jamaica Shopping.
BEST PLACE TO BUY CRAFTS
Craft Market – Ocho Rios
BEST BOOKSTORE
Sangsters
BEST FLORIST
Hill flowers
BEST MALL
Portmore Mall
BEST PLACE TO BUY JAMAICAN
T-SHIRTS
Miss Dolly’s Montego Bay, Sun island, Taj Mahal, Tee Shirt Shop – Next to Sand Castles – Ocho Rios
BEST COMPUTER SHOP
The Computer Boutique and Courts
BEST DUTY FREE STORE
Sangster Airport
BEST RECORD STORE
Acquarius and GG’s Records
Restaurants– A listing of what our visitors think are some of the best restaurants in Jamaica including the most romantic and best Chinese Jamaican restaurants.
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BEST JAMAICAN RESTAURANT
Pork Pit and Sonia’s Negril
BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT
Cosmos Negril and Red Snapper Negril
BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT
Evitas, Ocho Rios
BEST RESTAURANT FOR A ROMANTIC DINNER
Seagrape Terrace – Half Moon Bay, Xtabi Negril, Garden terance, Top of the Hub, Strawberry Hill, Pier 1 and Panderosa
BEST RESTAURANT IN MANDEVILLE
Panderosa
BEST RESTAURANT OCHO RIOS
Ruins Restaurant, Jerk Center, The Almond Tree – Ocho Rios
BEST CHINESE RESTAURANT
Dragon Court, Golden Bowl, Jade, Lee Fast Food, and New Chinatown Restaurant
BEST NATURAL FOOD/VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT
"Culture" Ital Shack Drapers Beach
BEST OUTDOOR DINING
Blue Lagoon, Pot Antonio, Comos, Kellys, Morgans Harbour, Nature Village Farms, Rick’s Cafe, The Likkle Pub – Ocho Rios, The Ruins, Xtabi Negril
BEST RESTAURANT IN KINGSTON
Garden terance,New Chinatown Restaurant and Red Bones
BEST RESTAURANT IN NEGRIL
Gambinos
BEST RESTAURANT PORT ANTONIO
Panderosa
Recreation– See what our visitors voted as the best beaches in Jamaica, best beach in Montego Bay; best place to have picnic and more in the best of Jamaica Recreation.
BEST BEACH IN KINGSTON/ PORTMORE/SPANISH TOWN
Hellshire
BEST BEACH IN OCHO RIOS
Dunns River
BEST OVERALL BEACH IN JAMAICA
7 mile Beach in Negril and Dunns River
BEST ART GALLERY
Manley Art Gallery
BEST FOOTBALL FIELD
National Stadium
BEST PICNIC SPOT
Macca Ridge Trail, St Thomas and Shaw park
BEST TENNIS COURTS
National Stadium
BEST BEACH IN MONTEGO BAY
Doctor cave
BEST BEACH IN NEGRIL
7 mile Beach
BEST BEACH NO ONE KNOWS
Bloody Bay-Negril, Frenchmans Cove Beach, Front Hill- St. Elizabeth, Nude beach in Hellshire, Round Hill Beach in Clarendon.
BEST MUSEUM
Bob Marley
BEST BOTANICAL GARDEN
Hope Gardens
BEST CAR RACE TRACK
Dover
BEST PARK
Hope Garden
BEST JAMAICA SPORT WEBSITE
thereggaeboyz.com
BEST NEW SITE
go-jamaica.com
BEST MUSIC WEBSITE
niceup.com
Foods– A visit to Jamaica would not be complete without eating your favorite Jamaican foods like Jerk chicken, steamed fish and all the other appetizing foods available. Find our where to get the best of Jamaica foods
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BEST JERK CHICKEN
Pork Pit in Mobay and Ossie’s Negril
BEST JERK FISH
Hellshire
BEST ESCOVITCH FISH
Hellshire, Border ( Between Westmoreland & St. Elizabeth), Little Ochi, Champion Dish
BEST BEEF PATTY
Tastee
BEST BUN
Maxfield
BEST BAKERY
National, P & R, and Yummy
BEST JERK PORK
Boston Bay, Portland andOssie’s Negril
BEST ROAST FISH
Hellshire, Pork Pit in Mobay and Little Ochi
BEST STEAM FISH FISH
Hellshire, Little Ochi, Champion Dish and Grand Lido Negril.
BEST HARDO BREAD
Captain Bakery and Maxfield
BEST MANISH WATER
General Foods – Ocho Rios
BEST ICE CREAM
Devon House
Entertainment – What’s the best event in Jamaica? Which band plays the best reggae music? Find out what’s the best entertainment in Jamaica.
BEST JAMAICAN REGGAE BAND
Third World
BEST JAMAICAN DJ
Bennie Man
BEST SOUND SYSTEM
Stone Love
BEST BOOK BY A JAMAICAN AUTHOR
Anancy by Louise Bennett (Miss Lou)
BEST JAMAICAN ANNUAL EVENT
Reggae Sunsplash
BEST JAMAICAN REGGAE ARTIST
Bob Marley
BEST CHRISTIAN GROUP
Grace Thrillers
BEST STAGE SHOW
Sting
BEST THEATER FOR PLAYS
Little Theater
BEST MOVIE THEATER
Carib
BEST NIGHT CLUB
Asylum