Must-see restaurants in Tahiti

After an extensive renovation, this Pape’ete icon now features trendy furnishings and a hip outdoor terrace overlooking the busy boulevard. The wide…

This place has the best sashimi in town. If you like or want to try raw fish in its many forms, order the assiette Newport (1800 CFP), which has a small…

You get two restaurants in one at this place: a trendy nouveau-style sushi restaurant downstairs and a swanky French place upstairs. The excellent and…

This semi- outdoor venture is often packed, the service is efficient and it’s one of the few spots in town where you can get served an off-hour meal at…

In a busy, central location good for people-watching, across from the cathedral, this place is always busy, but you won’t have to wait long for a table on…

If pasta offerings or pizzas make your stomach quiver with excitement, opt for this perky eatery with an outdoor dining area overlooking the marina. Come…

A wonderful little bright blue-painted cheapy with a serene view of the water. Get baguette sandwiches from 300 CFP or order simple but well-prepared…

A Pape’ete institution, this cheery restaurant has hearty pasta and wood-fired pizza dishes. It’s authentic Italian, right down to the red-and-white check…

Choose from Thai, Vietnamese or Chinese at this dimly lit local favourite. Thai mains are far from authentic but the rest of the menu is quite good. Try…

This humble beachside snack (snack bar) is right in the Jardin Botanique parking lot. Dishes like grilled fish in vanilla coconut sauce, steaks and…

At the Atimaono golf course, this is a good find and you don’t have to be a golfer to eat here. If you have a weakness for ultrafresh fish, Le Club House…

At the end of the road in Teahupoo, this place serves good food. You can dine outside or inside in the air-con. There’s a great selection of fish, meats…

You can get breakfasts here such as as-you-like-them eggs as well as quick lunches of cheap sandwiches or pretty good Chinese and French-Tahitian food. It…

The Restaurant du Musée Gauguin is actually not attached to the museum at all – it’s about 800m to the west, in a great setting on the lagoon. The menu is…

Tired of raw fish? Tie your pony up at this saloon, complete with a Native American statue by the door and Western kitsch a go-go, for a good ol’ American…

Dine in a gorgeous, open plantation–style house bordered by a tropical garden that’s framed by coconut trees and looks out to Mo’orea. The fine food is…

Grab one of the daily specials (usually couscous or a Tahitian-style stew) at the cafeteria-style counter and sit at a table in the heat of the market to…

Creole, French and Polynesian dishes populate the menu of this well-regarded restaurant, just next door to Pink Coconut. On Friday nights it has live…

It’s amazing that a place this big out in the middle of nowhere can fill up nightly but Chez Marie Claire does. It’s a basic open restaurant with red…

A gay-friendly and generally friendly stop for Tahitian (from 8am), American or Continental breakfasts (from 6am) or a meal-sized salad lunch – there’s…