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The Bahamas

Restaurants in The Bahamas

  1. A

    Café Matisse

    A comfortable restaurant with great atmosphere and excellent food that is reasonably priced - what more could you ask for? The decor combines leopard-skin fabrics, rich hardwoods, bare limestone walls and Matisse prints. However, regulars prefer a bottle of wine and lunch alfresco, under the dappled shade of the courtyard's trees.

    The menu displays Italian flair and tasty vegetarian choices with homemade pastas that melt in the mouth and pizzas with pizzazz. The service is exemplary and friendly. This is real understated class.

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  2. B

    Sun And…

    A recommended option is the oddly named and, some might say, teeny-bit pretentious restaurant that vets its customers before allowing them to enter. Yet the highly acclaimed menu offers wonderful French cuisine as well as Bahamian dishes with a French twist. Steak and stone crabs are the house specialties and the baked Alaska and soufflé desserts are equally renowned. Reservations and extremely smart dress are required.

    reviewed

  3. C

    Montagu Gardens

    For surf 'n' turf, head to this casually elegant place located in an old Bahamian home, with gardens, on Lake Waterloo. The somewhat flat atmosphere is, however, uplifted with live music on Friday evenings. Reasonably priced meals include specials such as snapper cooked with wine, butter and capers. These continental dishes are served alongside steaks, seafood, ribs, lamb dishes and burgers. Smart dress is required.

    reviewed

  4. D

    Café Johnny Canoe

    This popular café and bar adjoins the Nassau Beach Hotel. It has a rustic yet atmospheric outside deck (lit up at night by Christmas lights) and a brightly colored air-conditioned interior. It serves mainly US-style burgers, ribs and chops, and Bahamian fish dishes. The cocktails are bucket-sized, and happy hour starts at 16:00. There's also a Junkanoo performance on Friday evening.

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  5. E

    Imperial Cafeteria & Take-Away

    Ignore the yellow Formica, this is consistently the best-value takeout food in Nassau, beloved of many Bahamians and guests of the lordly British Colonial Hilton opposite. Simple fast food cooked well; the fish is fresh, light and crispy, the burgers are tasty and the breakfasts are filling.

    reviewed