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ISLAND DINING -
SEAFOOD
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Our
Suggestions For Seafood
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Located
in Breakers and just a few of minutes east
of Turtle Nest Inn & Condos, this oceanfront
restaurant offers a relaxing atmosphere
and very good local cuisine at affordable
prices. It’s in fact just a couple
of hundred feet before the Lighthouse restaurant.
This is one of few restaurants with tables
right on the beach, literally at the water’s
edge, illuminated by a gas torch permanently
installed in the water!. There’s also
an indoor dining room and bar. They have
a delicious seared tuna with wakame salad
among their appetizers; tasty lobster tail,
juicy pork chops, as well as a couple of
very good pasta dishes among their entrees,
along with a decent selection of wine and
beer.
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Tel: (345) 946-7049
Fax: (345) 946-7059
E-mail:
morgansharbour@gmail.com
Website: morganscayman.com
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Formerly
Morgans Harbour Restaurant in West Bay,
this favourite of ours is now relocated
to the Cayman Islands Yacht Club; a convenient
location to grab a bite to eat if you happen
to have a catamaran tour in this vicniity.
Their varied menu features something for
every appetite, from sandwiches and an excellent
jerk burger with melted Brie cheese, to
an original chicken schnitzel and the freshest
of fish caught by local fishermen -- all
excellently prepared and at very reasonable
prices. Excluding drinks, it's easy
to get away with a filling meal at around
CI$20, on the seaside terrace or indoors,
both in an intimate and informal atmosphere.
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Tel: (345) 945-1815
Fax: (345) 945-2081
E-mail:
info@brasseriecayman.com
Website:
www.brasseriecayman.com
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The
Brasserie restaurant, hidden in Cricket
Square (George Town), is a sleeper. In spite
of the French name, the menu is eclectic,
and includes affordable snack dishes, weekly
"theme nights", and full, classic
dishes. However difficult to categorize,
the cuisine at The Brasserie is imaginative,
and a sure bet for a pleasant surprise,
for lunch or dinner, is the daily fish/seafood
specials -- and Monday evening's three-course
meal for two with a bottle of wine, at CI$89
per couple, is a great deal. No culinary
sampling of the island is complete without
at least one visit. The tasteful "plantation"
decor is a pleasant visual surprise, as
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Luca,
recently opened by the owners of Ragazzi
on the ground-floor of the Caribbean Club,
an upscale condo complex along West Bay
Road, offers an impressive selection of
Italian/Continental dishes in a very sleek
interior. There's a snazzy bar section and
several outdoor tables overlooking a pool
and Seven Mile Beach. Very good service
and a superb wine list compliment the cuisine
that already ranks among the island's best.
Recently tried dishes were the prosciutto
e melone appetizer, the spinach salad, and
as main courses, beef stroganoff pappardelle
and the yellowfin tuna -- all excellent.
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Tel: (345) 945-6358
Fax: (345) 945-6360
E-mail:
info@royalpalmscayman.com
Website:
www.royalpalmscayman.com
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Royal
Palms boasts original, expertly-prepared
cuisine, both for appetizers and main courses,
as well as top-notch service and an extensive
wine list. Excellent fish dishes (like their
renowned sea bass), lamb and steak, and
a couple of delicious pasta dishes -- and
the daily specials are always worth a try.
A delicious and intriguing appetizer is
the roasted garlic with black olive tapenade
and flavored oils. Try for a table on the
casual, outdoor garden terrace, or right
above the beach bar -- directly on Seven
Mile Beach -- and a good spot for live music
and dancing.
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Good
food and service at a superb, oceanfront
location in South Sound. The Grand Old House
seems to present itself as a spot for "special
occasions", but it's not any more costly
than other upscale dining spots -- and more
worthy of its pretensions than many. It's
a big operation, with dining areas inside
and out, and some of its marketing may suggest
a "tourist trap", but the food
-- continental and Caribbean fare -- is
consistently delicious, the service attentive
and efficient, the choice of wine extensive,
and the ambience most romantic. Check it
out "on the cheap" at Thursday
evening's pasta buffet -- CI$10, per person,
with a wide choice of pasta/sauce combos.
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Top-notch,
Northern Italian cuisine with a Caribbean
flair, and an extensive wine selection,
expertly served in your choice of two large
rooms (one with superb macaws and parrots,
the other overlooking the lagoon) or on
their screened, outdoor terrace. Pappagallo
is situated in Barkers (West Bay), at the
extreme northern tip of Grand Cayman, so
count on about a 45-minute drive from Turtle
Nest Inn. But the restaurant's location,
in a bird sanctuary beside a natural lake,
like its thatched roof, is what makes dining
here an exotic experience. |
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