Thanks in part to its international influx of tourists, Nassau's restaurants feature a wide variety of cuisines, highlighted by Bahamian seafood prepared by local chefs using fresh ingredients. Every large hotel also has its own restaurants, some of them world-class. The tourist magazine What to do: Where to dine contains a complete listing of restaurants, diners and take-away.

Bahamian Kitchen Trinity Plaza at Market St tel 242/325-0702. The top Bahamian restaurant in downtown Nassau, with wonderful grouper, snapper and conch dishes for US$10 per entree.

Buena Vista Buena Vista Hotel , Delancy St tel 242/322-2811. Expensive Continental cuisine and a fabulous wine list enhanced by nineteenth-century surroundings.

Cafe Johnny Canoe outside Nassau Beach Hotel , West Bay St, Cable Beach tel 242/327-3373. Kitschy, people-watching spot good for fried chicken, meat loaf and macaroni and cheese, along with a decent bar.

Cafe Matisse Bank Lane and Bay St tel 242/356-7012. Upscale, business-oriented bistro with an eclectic menu of seafood and pasta, highlighted by duck filled ravioli and seafood pizza. Occasional Thursday or Sunday night jazz.

Caripelago Bean and Berry Restaurant Royal Palm Mall, West Bay St, Cable Beach tel 242/327-4749. Casual spot for fried chicken or Bahamian seafood like grouper with mango sauce. Coffee and tea served on the terrace.

Chez Willie West Bay St tel 242/322-5364. Just west of the British Colonial Hotel , this expensive and cordial French restaurant serves delicious mussels and steak tenderloin.

Conch Fritters Bar and Grill Marlborough St tel 242/323-8778. Convenient location and excellent, inexpensive food, namely breakfast with johnny cakes and omelettes, and lunch of burgers and conch.

Dickie Mo's West Bay St, Cable Beach tel 242/327-7854. Seafood and Bahamian specialties in a mostly outdoor restaurant where the waitresses wear sailor suits. A popular night-time hangout.

Europe Restaurant and Bar West Bay St tel 242/322-8032. On the bottom floor of the Ocean Spray Hotel , a dark Vienna-style pub featuring wiener schnitzel, rich pork dishes and numerous imported beers.

Gaylord's Dowdeswell St near Victoria Ave tel 242/356-3004. In a charmingly ornate 1870s mansion, an upscale Indian restaurant with delicious samosa and tandoori. Special vegetarian dishes are also available.

Graycliff West Hill St tel 242/322-2796. Located in the eponymous hotel, with four dining rooms loaded with art and a 300,000-bottle wine cellar.

Green Shutters Restaurant and Pub Parliament St tel 242/322-3701. A centrally located English pub serving shepherd's pie, steak and kidney pie, bangers and mash and English ales on tap.

Mamma Lyddy's Place Market St at Cockburn St tel 242/328-6849. Authentic Bahamian restaurant in a tangerine-coloured house featuring Junkanoo art, serving English-style dishes like macaroni and cheese, creamed corn and coleslaw.

Sun and? Lakeview Rd and Shirley St tel 242/393-1025. Expensive, dinner-only establishment east of downtown, with a peculiar name but serving excellent soufflés, salmon and veal. Its gardens, rock pools and jacket-only policy lend an upscale appeal.

Swiss Pastry Shop West Bay St, across from Sandals tel 242/327-5368. An excellent quick stop in Cable Beach for coffee, sweets and pastries.

Bahamas information:
guide, hotels, airfares

Google maps

Grand Bahama

Grand Bahama
 Arrival
 Brief  history
 Information
 Getting around
 Boat excursions
  Diving & snorkeling
 Other outdoor
activities
  
Exploring Grand  
 Bahama
 Freeport / Lucaya

Long Island
 Long Island
 Arrival and transport
 Getting around
  Eating

New Providence
 New Providence &
 Paradise Island
 Arrival, transport.
 Practicalities


Exploring New   
Providence
  Nassau
 Nassau
 Getting around
  Eating & drinking
 Nightlife
 Diving, aquatic
sports

Explore Nassau
 Cable Beach
 Hillside area & west
 Historic Nassau

Exumas
Exumas
Arrival & information
Sea Kayaking
Great Exumas &
Little Exumas
Getting around
Exumas
Rental cars,    
bicycles, scooters
  Boat travel
  Eating
Outdoor activities
Northern Exumas 

Paradise Island
 Paradise Island
 Around the Island
  Eating and drinking
Nightlife
Outdoors

Eleuthera  
 Eleuthera
 Eleuthera Island
 Arrival & information
Eating

Treasure Cay 
Treasure Cay  
General information 
Fishing, diving, golf,
tours,  tennis
        

Alice Town
 Alice Town activities,
  restaurants