The most stylish Jamaican restaurant in the world — a New York–born Jamaica-themed restaurant that opened an actual Jamaican outpost in Kingston's New Kingston district, serving elevated Jamaican home cooking in a beautifully designed room.
Why It Belongs on the List
Miss Lily's began in New York's West Village as an upscale Jamaican restaurant and has since expanded to Kingston with a flagship that represents the most sophisticated take on Jamaican cuisine currently available in the country. The menu takes Jamaican home cooking — ackee and saltfish, curried goat, escovitch fish, oxtail stew, bammy — and presents it with the production values and ingredient quality of a serious metropolitan restaurant. The design is deliberately nostalgic Jamaica — vintage rum advertisements, tropical prints, and craft cocktails made with locally distilled rum. The New Kingston location is in the commercial heart of Kingston, making it the logical choice for business travelers visiting the capital.
What Stands Out
- Most sophisticated presentation of Jamaican cuisine in Jamaica
- Elevated takes on ackee and saltfish
- oxtail
- and curried goat
- Best rum cocktail program in Kingston
- New Kingston location — ideal for business travelers in the capital
- The Friday night energy in Kingston's commercial district