Restaurants
Saint Lucia

The restaurant of the Ladera resort, which promotes modern seasonal variations on Saint Lucian classics, with farm-to-table produce. The restaurant does not say whether it welcomes outside guests or give its opening hours: contact the resort to book.

Cuisine based on the estate's cocoa and local produce, with fish and seafood, facing the Petit Piton. Open daily (breakfast 7–10am, lunch 12–3pm, dinner 6–10pm); non-residents are welcome, and booking is recommended for dinner.

Cap Maison's fine-dining restaurant, serving Franco-Caribbean cuisine above the sea. The hotel also has a wine cellar, private dinners and cooking classes, plus the beach grill The Naked Fisherman on Smuggler's Cove; ask the hotel for opening hours.

Two treehouses open to the foliage and the Caribbean Sea, serving “tropical world cuisine”. Breakfast daily and candlelit dinner every day except Tuesday. The resort does not say whether outside guests are admitted.

At 10 Seagrape Road, at the front of Baia Mare Resort, seasonal cooking with global and Caribbean influences, using produce from local farms and Caribbean fish. Open Wednesday to Saturday from 3pm to 11pm, with a menu of tapas and cocktails.

A fishing village on the west coast where grills, music and stalls serve fish, mahi-mahi or lobster (in season) with breadfruit, rice and plantains. The tourist board gives two different frequencies (every Friday or the last Friday of the month): confirm before you go.

Every Friday night, the streets of Gros Islet fill with sound systems, dancing and street food, including grilled seafood, to a soundtrack of soca and reggae. A meeting place for locals and visitors alike, near Rodney Bay.

The breakfast stalls at Castries market open from 6am. Try the bakes (fried bread), saltfish fritters and the national dish, green fig and saltfish, made with green bananas and salted fish.