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Best Food in the Caribbean?

Posted on 5/18/19 at 12:56 pm
Posted by Dodd
Member since Oct 2003
21048 posts
Posted on 5/18/19 at 12:56 pm
Looking to make a last minute trip to the area and can’t decide where to go and hoping someone will give a great food rec that helps. TIA
Posted by Panny Crickets
Fort Worth, TX
Member since Sep 2008
5596 posts
Posted on 5/18/19 at 1:51 pm to
Need a lot more details, then we can point in you in the right direction.

Fine dining? Beach food?

Budget?

Flying from?

Length of stay?
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35563 posts
Posted on 5/18/19 at 2:26 pm to
What PC said.
Posted by Dodd
Member since Oct 2003
21048 posts
Posted on 5/18/19 at 3:01 pm to
Flying via SW
If you had to choose best food regardless of any budget
Maybe at least a couple nice restaurants and the rest just good beach food.
Not just seafood, but all cuisines
5 nights

Enough?
This post was edited on 5/18/19 at 3:10 pm
Posted by Bruco
Charlotte, NC
Member since Aug 2016
2794 posts
Posted on 5/18/19 at 4:09 pm to
Anguilla has the best overall food in my opinion of the 10-12 Islands I’ve been too. From roadside BBQ to high end. As a bonus, it also world class beaches.

Have also heard St. Barths, but never been.

Edit: didn’t see the SW comment. Don’t know where they fly

This post was edited on 5/18/19 at 4:12 pm
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
15766 posts
Posted on 5/18/19 at 4:10 pm to
Belize has good food as they are some of the originators of the creole cuisine. SW flies there. They have upscale resorts or budget lodging.

But the cuisine is not very varied. Lobster, shrimp, fish, etc.
Posted by jsquardjj
Member since Oct 2009
1317 posts
Posted on 5/18/19 at 4:35 pm to
Tulum, MX has a great food scene. A lot of famous chefs retired down there. Plus, you can head into the city for solid Mexican street food.
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
29548 posts
Posted on 5/18/19 at 5:11 pm to
Ambergris Caye

Posted by Dodd
Member since Oct 2003
21048 posts
Posted on 5/18/19 at 6:02 pm to
quote:

Ambergris Caye

This looks amazing. Any recs on accommodations?
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35563 posts
Posted on 5/18/19 at 8:46 pm to
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos. Coco Bistro. Nuff said.
St Barths- high end food for high end people
St John, USVI
Peter Island, BVI
Anguilla is awesome
The French side of St Martin - seriously, just pick a restaurant
St Croix has a lot of really good restaurants
Isla Mujeres - seriously great Mexican food that’s cheap

There are a bazillion great restaurants in the Caribbean depending on your likes. There are also a lot of different ways food is prepared down there.
This post was edited on 5/18/19 at 8:47 pm
Posted by diat150
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2005
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Posted on 5/18/19 at 9:16 pm to
I enjoyed the food in curacao. had one of the best steaks I ever ate there.
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
29548 posts
Posted on 5/18/19 at 10:27 pm to
What’s your budget? We liked Ramon’s Village right by downtown. Captain Morgan’s is also close to town and has the latest night scene on the island.

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This post was edited on 5/18/19 at 10:31 pm
Posted by Dodd
Member since Oct 2003
21048 posts
Posted on 5/19/19 at 8:43 am to
Thanks All.

VA - I’ve done the Provo trip (Grace Bay Club) and had dinner at Coco. We love Provo and now looking for something similar, but different.

HGG - thanks for the details.
This post was edited on 5/19/19 at 8:44 am
Posted by AA7
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2009
26704 posts
Posted on 5/19/19 at 4:57 pm to
Barbados had some really great food all along the eastern coast. Anything from local shacks to very upscale restaurants.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65721 posts
Posted on 5/19/19 at 8:51 pm to
quote:

Barbados had some really great food all along the eastern coast. Anything from local shacks to very upscale restaurants.
The best meal I’ve had this year (so far) was in March at The Cliff (Barbados).

Expensive but very good.
Posted by Slingin Pickle
Fancy side of the North Shore
Member since Jun 2008
3013 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 10:30 am to
Gotta be Isla Mujeres
Posted by HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Member since Jul 2011
29548 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 11:37 am to
Isla food scene is very diverse but very European.
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35563 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 11:43 am to
Eat at Bastos!!
Posted by CHSTigersFan
Charleston, Arkansas
Member since Jan 2005
2738 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 3:09 pm to
I had some damn good tacos on a beach in Cozumel this past week......
Posted by AA7
Birmingham, AL
Member since Nov 2009
26704 posts
Posted on 5/20/19 at 11:58 pm to
We ate there on our trip last June. Very good food. The best food we ate there was this pretty casual restaurant that had a live band in the front. They served a pasta lobster dish with caviar that was out of this world.
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