Nice place to go for a quick swim as it's not too pricey for entrance as there is a cost to enter on weekends and public holidays but during the week, entry is free. Yes there will be areas with seaweed and little bits of trash, as well as the parking areas near the beach is a bit tight. It is best to go there with a lot of cash, as the price of food will put you in shock if you are a frugal person, so if you want to eat good, prepare to pay a grand amount of money lol don't carry less than $10,000JMD or $100USD. You can opt to carry food there if that is too much for your budget. Will still recommend for a good swim as the water is beautiful and it is ideal for the artistic soul.

It's been quite a few years since my last visit to Hellshire, and I'm happy to see how it's developed over time. It's much cleaner. If you're planning to visit, you'll find plenty of wood lounge chairs near the restaurants in a shaded area. There are tons of options available to purchase fresh seafood. I can't remember the name of the restaurant that I purchased my fish but it was excellent. I'm looking forward to another visit.

The beach is almost totally gone with the exception of one small section. The music is good, but the vendors are super aggressive and the food is grossly overpriced. Overall, it was ok, but don't see myself going again anytime soon

Not the hellshire we knew in the past but now it's a Hell shore with little to no swimming as the beach shores are limited. There's a $100 Jamaican fee at the gate to enter.

Nice place to visit for the whole family, with a mixture of tourists, open seven days a week with parking, mouth watering Jamaican food like seafood and jerk, Jamaican entertainment sounds. can be very windy at times plus no pubic bathroom available

Always my favorite spot but the prices for seafood are getting out of hand.

I enjoy my day out with the family

Food 10/10, Atmosphere 10/10, Beach 8/10 (only because it start eroding but still a 10). Lovely for the family or just a moment way from the busy world.

I love this place...you have ample parking and ample seafood shops to visit!

The food was awesome.... our yearly trek. Fried fish and for the first time had lobster. Prices were decent. My only disappointment was they still serve parrot fish. Got to admit was sorely tempted but..... will be back next year. Provided there is still a land mass. That's another thing.... the beach is so absent.... totally up against the concretized land mass..... sad

Really nice beach with locals. If your a tourist please come dressed low key. Its a very high local visit place. So stay low key. Please refrain from visiting at night unless your with someone local. It definitely worth the try. Great beach and food. Please have fun and be safe.

Prices was reasonable. One thing thou I never know u affi pay go in now. $100 per adult

Beach front restaurant with wonderful food and atmosphere. Watch the fishermen come in from a big catch pr just listen to good music ,eat and enjoy the sunset..

Relaxing, fish taste awesome!

It was fun we stayed there till night came down😘😘😘😘🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

I spend a lot of time here during my time in Jamaica. Worth a visit for sure. Fresh seafood , massages on the beqch horse back rides. Anything you want it's here. Go go go!!! Spend local

I don't swim here alot anymore , but let me tell you this it's the best spot to enjoy a fish or sea food meal , pricey but it's really worth the wait and experience. Food done to order and to the way you like it.

Lovely place to eat and take pictures. We eat in a restaurant that was on the sea side. Food was amazing.

A pleasant rugged local beach with a very wide variety of small retail outlets selling fresh sea food of all sorts and some basic household goods along with fresh and cooked consumables. Some tourists/visitors gifts also available for purchase. Moving onto the food... choose your fish/dish, have it freshly cooked, see the photos, no explanation needed - absolutely delicious.

My go to place when I'm in Jamaica. The fish and festival is s fantastic here. Everything fresh.

Bad experience, have to pay to enter a little and kind of dirty beach where the restaurant try to cheat you as a tourist. The beach it's no beautiful.

The water is very beautiful and the Festival and Fish is so tasty and amazing.. Love the fresh sea breeze and good vybz

Great beach to run to if you can't make it to the south coast. It has white sand and is free, I need of development however one of the most widely used beaches for locals on the Easter side of the island . One can purchase fish and other sea food the water is very warm.

Because it's my community beach . people's visited it world wide

The water is good but there isn't much any beach left. The water comes all the way up to the shops that are there. As you step out of a shop you're basically stepping into the water. There is nowhere to really lay down in the sand. Other than that, the water is good and it's a nice place

It's not in the best of conditions as a lot of the beachside is eroded so only a tiny stretch of shore to lounge on. It's free entry and you can a ride a horse for 300JMD.

The beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in Jamaica about 30 min drive from Kingston. The color of the water is light green - blue which makes it stand out compared to the beaches in the West coast of Jamaica. There are a number of restaurants close to the beach but the ambience is not so great. I opine that the beach is not as well developed as the other tourist beaches here in Jamaica. I strongly recommend a sun-screen to be carried to the beach.

The beach was great loved the vibe. People should know that the crocodile incident did not happen on the beach it was some distance away. The beach is still safe.

A must see (must experience) Great food...

Free beach! Well parts of it. The fish bad like no other, might dry still but it's delicious regardless

The food was great but if u grew up visiting this beach. The beach front has eeroade and there is really no were to swim

You must have a mask to get inside. Beach closes at 6pm It wasn't busy, nice day to visit

Lovely Local Beach. I enjoyed every minute of being here. And, the food and everything brought that extra love and atmosphere of island home. The water was nice and my kid enjoyed it. I can't wait to go back.

There are many places to purchase food, great place to take the family and the people are welcoming.

Good vibes good seafood!

Best fish & festivals ?

No sand. Swimming area getting smaller and smaller.

Get your freshly caught fish

This place is great for your soul especially if you love dancehall ! #gaza meh seh !

It's a lovely place to go for outing with delicious ? fish

(Translated by Google) Nice beach with few tourists, perfect for relaxing. (Original) Netter Strand mit wenig Touristen, perfekt um zu entspannen.

(Translated by Google) Very quiet here and few tourists. (Original) Sehr ruhig hier und nur wenige Touristen.

Good food but not alot beach section for lounging and chill

It is nice some what

Hellshire Beach remains the gem of beaches in Kingston ..a must visit when visiting Jamaica.. if you want the best steamed and fried fish in the world check Flo’s fish shack..and while you are at it ask for Chalice he cooks the best garlic lobster that makes even Martha Stewart slap her mama..Global Warming is eating away at the coast .. so most of the beach is disappearing..but it’s still authentically the original beach spot for all

20 USD for 1 pound fried fish, if this is the best place where eat fish is also the best to get robbed. The beach is literally 20 mts always crowd. The only good thing are the reggae parties on sunday

Once a get away by Kingston and St Catherine residents. White sand beaches just outside Kingston. Also venue for the famous Hellshaiee fry fish and festival. Today, climate change and squatting has reclaimed the beach. No need to go there anyore.

Beautiful

Nice beach to bring the family at no charge

Good vibes

Seafood done nicely

Free entry- CLEANNN I love the simple and good vibes at this beach. it's not touristy and amazing food options

Great chill spot to get great sea food

The beach is gone but the sea food is the best

(Translated by Google) A very clean beach, but beyond that it has nothing more to offer. You can arrive by truck, that is a plus if you are a tourist and want to save. The bus ticket costs $ 100 Jamaican dollars which is like 70 or 80 cents USD. And you will always find that characteristic smile in the Jamaicans. There is a man selling oysters and you can also try the roasted shrimp. (Original) Una playa muy limpia, pero fuera de eso no tiene nada más que ofrecer. Puedes llegar en camión, eso es un plus si eres turista y quieres ahorrar. El pasaje en autobús cuesta $100 dólares Jamaiquinos que es como 70 u 80 centavos de USD. Y siempre encontrarás esa sonrisa característica en los Jamaiquinos. Hay un señor vendiendo ostras y también puedes probar los camarones asados.

Wow Sumner too hot so I got to swim

Awesome

Water was dirty when I got there

Nice

It's overrated

Well the beach is getting larger year by year other wise from that it's a great beach it free so you don't have to pay to enter the you can buy whatever you need and drink whatever you want and enjoy yourself

A landmark in JAMAICA for sure! I love the simplicity at this beach.. it's not so touristy and commercial...

(Translated by Google) Totally Jamaican beach a wonder, in the bars you have grilled fish and lobster, and its festival (Original) Playa totalmente jamaicana una maravilla, en los bares tienes pescado y langosta a la parrilla, y su festival

The staff are natural and nice people to deal with and the food is great.

Although its a bit over run with seaweed its really nice n the water is very relaxing there's also some party always keeping and the bike rides are always noiicceee❤✌‼.

I love eating on the beach...it fun to feel the drizzling of the sea water on my skin...

This place was cool. Lots of people. Water. Clouds, sun, light rain for a moment. Clowns. I rode a horse.

Old but secluded and peaceful!

Amazing place to chill, relax and enjoy a swim in salt water. Also good food and ambience is there to enjoy as well.

Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. I visited Shorties (shorty blue or Yvonne) restaurant and it was truly amazing and I can wait to return.

Was good, the different restaurants are amazing, in the late evening it turns into a somewhat beach party. It was good, the people are friendly also, would definitely go another time ‼️

Crystal clear water, always good for a morning swim. Beautiful white sand although reef erosion has made almost all of the beach vanish. Tasty fish, bammy and festivals are available at several restaurants close by. Avoid going on public holidays to avoid the massive crowds

It was crowded and very hot at first because of the lack of any trees and the buildings kinda made the place look rundown. There are a lot of food places and "bars" on the property tho but also a lot of "idle" people walking around who look like they didn't come there to enjoy the beach. The water is moderately clean with just a few little seaweeds visible in the water. The tides are prefect tho.

Went to Bev and Son the food was soooooo good the service was great, definitely my new spot at Hellshire

The best steam or fry fish you can have

I hadn't been to the beach in a couple months due to corona...I must say I glad I went today. Left home super early when it wouldn't be crowdy....A nice start to my Saturday morning..and every family kept their distance so no issues there..

Good food. Good service. I was pleased and I'd definitely recommend.

Great for food....but the beach is sort of "run down"....stalls meet the sea....small area to swim on either side of the beach. This pic represents a really bad day...but on good days it's swimmable without the weeds.

The beach experience has certainly deteriorated over the pass years, however it's still decent enough to take your family. Thankfully the fish and festival served remains of good quality.

Beautiful

There were a variety of food shops all selling fresh produce and the food was amazing. The beach was a white sand beach and there wasn't any sudden drop when you walk out into the sea. Pure Tropical Breeze & Full Jamaican Experience.

It was great

Excellent place for food how the beach is not in the best of conditions during to the deterioration of the reef

Place nice

Missing a huge amount of shoreline but the festival and fish Is still good

Nice place to go have a drink an swim but hate to hassle or ppl always trying to sell me things

Great

Sea level and fishing waters

Love it

Good

Over priced and the beach is gone. If your just going to spend all ur money to eat and not swim great

Beautiful

It was amazing

Was ok I enjoyed myself to the fullest food was good

Nice

great

was a nice experience!!!! awsome people....

It was a good experience

It was ok

I like it

Good

I went just to relax, that's all

I will always love going by Helshire Beach because the water is so good. Now the tide is higher and more moss. We need to help clean up our beach spots.

Tremendous

Wonderful place to go and have a steam or fried fish. And even go and just relax and watch the water waves.

To purchase fish

Relaxing 😌

Good place to eat but the harassment from the boys/vendors and 'parking attendants' is a bit too much. Had king crab at Mel's. Frikking awesome.

Not as great as it once was, lots of coastal erosion

👍

Our Sunday was well spent we had a great time....

Beach is good, food is great

Great food and service at Bev and Son’s !!!

Up

Beach was nice and clean. Thought the place would be crowded because of the holiday but it was not.

Food was ok and the beach needs cleaning. I don't see why I paid to enter

Relaxing plus great food...

Nice fry fish and festival

Family fun all day

Hellshire is good for a quick beach chill and sea food. Unfortunately the water is filled with seaweed.

Nice place to eat Nice fry fish and festivals.

Lobster was cooked from frozen thus not as fresh as I would have liked

Food lovely had lobster and fish nice people

Great place for seafood and relaxing. I went on a week day, so it wasn't that busy, which was great.

Hellshire Beach is a must visit if your in the Kingston Area. Packed with food shops you can sine in or walk around tge beachfront while enjoying local Jamacian culture. Eat fresh seafood swim on the beach or just kick back relax and enjoy the view of the Caribbean Ocean. Just remember there is a toll bridge to get from kingston to hellshire beach

The beach is lovely, but be careful of the shops. They'll have you leaving sad, disappointed, and upset.

Love Hellshire Beach. Wish there was more beach to enjoy though

Amazing family day out, with sine Amazing people and food restaurant available to enjoy the fresh fish from the sea.

Amazing food with amazing views

We had so much fun on our vacation here! The food was delicious but the wait for our food was very long!

Beautiful view, lovely food

Great food. A few more changing room facilities needed and if the stalls got together they could pay a cleaner and maximise the beautiful spot they have there. That facility will see more people visit the area as the weather is warm most of the year. Tidy up the place a bit

This Restaurant is a complete rip-off! They upcharged me for two fishes (they told me that the two fishes' weight was over 4 lbs ) so it was 2,000 per lb! So my meal here was almost 60.00 USD! So I was going to pay and leave but on top of that, their credit card machines were down and they wanted cash!🤦🏾‍♀️

Less and less shoreline as the years pass.