If authentic Jamaican cuisine is what your palate craves, then Starapples is certainly where you should be. Not only will you fall head over heels in love with the food, but you will be more than impressed with the overall service and ambience of the restaurant.

Originally built as a house, Starapples is arguably one of the most uniquely Jamaican eateries along Hope Road in St Andrew. The restaurant is named for the popular Jamaican starapple fruit, which is either a shiny green or rich purple when ripe, and has five impressive dining areas on location.

Dining your style

If fine dining is your style, then you'll feel at home in either of their aptly named green or purple rooms. Both rooms are enveloped in dim lighting and beautifully decorated to capture an intimate atmosphere. For the more relaxed diners, the sidewalk café, veranda or courtyard will suit you just fine.

The Gleaner-sponsored Restaurant Week will see Starapples offering a wide array of Jamaican dishes, with the appreciative Jamaican diner in mind. The Codfish Supreme, which is coconut curried salt fish stuffed in roti, will certainly have your taste buds dancing. Expect nothing but the best from Starapples.

"We provide a refined, yet relaxed environment and we hope to get phenomenal exposure. Not only of our great food, but exposure of our staff," Manager Kurt Reid said about the Gleaner-sponsored Restaurant Week. The restaurant's chefs are well trained and top of the line, having the distinct task of whetting the appetite of diners every day.

Having been in existence since 2005, the restaurant may be considered young, but it has grown leaps and bounds and continually provides real Jamaican food.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Location: 94 Hope Road, Kingston 6

Telephone: 927-9019

Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday: 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday: 9 a.m. -10 p.m.; Sundays 9 a.m.- 6 p.m.