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Pier 1 Restaurant & Bar (Montego Bay)
18° 28.3′ N · 77° 55.6′ W
An open-air seafood restaurant on a peninsula over the harbour off Howard Cooke Boulevard, founded in 1986 and famous for its Friday-night party; lobster, crab and seafood pasta with the bay at your feet.
Practical
Position from OpenStreetMap (Pier 1, Howard Cooke Boulevard). Jamaica Observer (September 2023): founded 1986 by Robert Russell, run by Jason Russell since 2004; destroyed by a hurricane storm surge in 2002 and rebuilt; a second location on the beach at Doctor's Cave. A Noonsite cruiser (2015) called it popular with locals. OpenTable lists 11 am-9 pm daily; other listings show later closing Wednesday-Saturday - check. Tel (876) 952-2452. Reachable by dinghy across the harbour from the yacht club (see Pier 1 Marina). Hurricane Melissa (Category 5, October 28, 2025) caused severe damage in western Jamaica; confirm the business is operating before you go.
Best for
Seafood dinner and the Friday party on the water
Nearby
- Pier 1 Marina (Montego Bay)Right here
- Montego Bay Markets & Provisioning0.4 NM away
- The Pork Pit (Gloucester Avenue)0.5 NM away
- Montego Bay Marine Park0.6 NM away
- Montego Bay Port of Entry0.8 NM away
- Cornwall Regional Hospital (Montego Bay)0.9 NM away
- Doctor's Cave Beach1 NM away
- Progressive Foods Supermarket (Freeport)1 NM away