David

Lobster Dave!

We were in Ocho Rios in May, 2005, and I had to write about Lobster Dave. We had read reviews on this site, and we made our way through Margaritaville to the beach. Margaritaville was not our cup of tea. Frankly, when you're inside it feels like any theme restaurant you'd find anywhere else in the world. If I'm in Jamaica, I want to feel like I'm in Jamaica!

So we walked down to the beach, and a local took us to Lobster Dave (we walked up the creek with him yelling "Lobster Dave"!). It was great back there--there was a tall privacy fence. On one side was Margaritaville, and on the other side was us. I almost felt sorry for the people on the Margaritaville side; they didn't know the treasure they were missing out on.

We dined on lobster with rice mixed with pumpkin and coconut milk. Lobster Dave was a great host, and we sat around and talked with the local fishermen for quite awhile. They really seemed to appreciate that we had stepped outside of the tourist bubble and decided to hang out with them.

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