AmbergrisCaye.com Home Forums The Cayes Ambergris Caye 5 Best Restaurants

Caliente, Sweet Basil's, Papi's Diner, Jambel Jerk Pit and BC's Beach BBQ on Sundays.

Best drink??? Why a panty ripper of course!!!

The best is no doubt Papis Diner, the other four would be:Casa Picasso(Italian),Caliente(Mexican),Estelles by the Sea and the street vendors by the park.
Jackie

How in the world has nobody mentioned Rendevous?

the best thai i've ever had. ...and the best meal i had in 8 nights on the island. and i tried all those other places

My Favorites:

Jade Garden
For over-all dining experience and great food.... The egg rolls are to die for and almost a meal in themselves. Not your typical egg roll. Great service and nice atmosphere at a very reasonable price.

Caliente's
Great unusual and spicey food. Attentive waiters and a great beachfront view.

Jambel's
For the Coconut Curry Chicken. Good drinks too!

The Reef
For that comfortable take-your-shoe's-off-your-at-home dinner. Great local food at good prices. My favorite is the fried shrimp with white rice and stew beans and coleslaw. You can get good whole fried fish here too for about $7bz.

Manuel's Tropical Takeout
Fine breakfast and coffee in a newly redecorated restaurant. Across the street from Tropic Air.
Good Belizean food at great prices.

Mickey's
Fantastic burritoes on Wednesdays. Chicken or beef....$10bz It's a whopper burrito with all the fixins.

BC's
Sunday BBQ. AWESOME! Don't miss it...nuff said!

Papi's
Great food....great prices...and truly nice people. Makes you feel at home.

Mr. Lee's
If you live here long enough, you will frequent the places where you get the most food for your buck. Mr. Lee's has great fried chicken with either fries or fried rice for $5bz. It's enough food for 2 meals. Just ask anyone in town where it is.

Celi's on the beach
Really nice for lunch. Beachfront, reasonable prices, nice atmosphere and friendly staff.
I love their chicken strips and their potato salad. The pico de gallo is awesome. I always order rice and stew beans and then ask for the pico de gallo to mix in with it. Closed Wednesdays so they can do the beach BBQ.

Holiday Hotel Beach BBQ
Wednesday nights. Choose either fish, chicken or pork chops. Served with coleslaw, beans, pico de gallo and tortilla. Everybody sits right on the beach and enjoys their meal. Usually starts around 6pm. Oh yea...by the way...
If you are looking for your fork...they wrap it up in the tortilla...LOL

Pepperoni's
New pizza place that delivers. Pretty damn good pizza. Not stingy with the toppings.

Enjoy!

Hi SeaMolly, I would agree with the above recommendations for the most part, but you must have dinner one night at the Blue Water Grill at the SunBreeze Hotel. The food and atmosphere are great, its close to town and you can go to the Holiday Hotel (ask for Kristian) for drinks afterward.

Hmmmm....

Capricorns -- (cha-ching!)
Jambels
Elvi's
Street Vendors -- (grab a $3 plate and a beach palapa/picnic table and yer done!!!)
Beach BBQ with fishing guide Luis Caliz -- who cooked our "catches-of-the-day" right on the beach for us, along with some of his wife's homemade cooking. To die for!!! Anyone know if he's on the isle now???

If u want a good romantic delious dining experience without the boat ride, u most try the Victoria House. Can't believe ya'll have not tried it!!!!

I have to cast my vote also.... like the whole board has been waiting for me... lol!
Definitely BCs for Sunday BBQ, the combo plate is enough for 2 with chicken, ribs and sausage, the best potatoe salad in Belize, homemade beans and flour tortilla.
Caliente, for their coconut shrimp or chicken
Tropical Takeout across from the airstrip, open for breakfast and lunch only, great chimole and escabeche
Jade Garden for reasonably priced chinese food with a lovely dining room and verandah
For what its worth....
Come to Caye Caulker... and eat dinner at Habaneros, open only in the evening Wed-Sun. THey have a REAL chef, and for under 30 bz you can get a meal that would cost you 3x that much at Mata Chica or Rendevous
Jolly Roger's Grill, grilled lobster is only 20 bz with 2 homemade sides and garlic bread
Rasta Pasta - same great recipes and Marliyn still runs a terrific place.
--Silk
www.caribbean-colors.com
www.cybercayecaulker.com

1)Papi's, 2)Mickey's, 3)Dos Coco's, 4)street vendors, and last but not least 5)Jambel Jerk Pit. :rolleyes:

of course, that's just my opinion.

The very best is Sweet Basil for Lunch ( Shrimp salard to die for)
Estee on the beach for breakfast
Street vendor later at night
Saturday night Chicken at the Lion club
Celi for dinner