We will be on the island for about 2 wks and are looking for good restaurants that are budget friendly interspersed with a few mor upscle ones. We would like mainly Carribean/seafood with maybe a french one once and a while. Whadda ya think?

Budget eating.. Caribbean food:
Mark's Place... at the roundabout Le Grand Marche
Yvette's in Orleans
Lo Los in Grand case
Gutside ..on the road to friar's bay

Lee's Roadside Grill Simpson Bay
local restaurants at the fish market in Simpson bay

PIneapple pete's Cole Bay
Toppers Simspon bay
there are just toommanyt o chosoe from
Grand case has many exclelnt gourmet French restaurants
[www.grandcase.com]

Granduca or La Rosa 2 in the maho area great Italian

that's just to name a few..I could go on and on

check these web sites

[www.dinesxm.com]
[www.st-martin-vacation.com]

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When suggesting places to eat it would help if you would let us know where on the island you are staying.

Thanks for those websites barbara.Those will be a great help. Man, There are soo many! I liked the pics ofthe leatherback on the barcann site--is that your site?


We are staying at OBBR on oyster bay but will be traveling all over the island. I now realize it's hard to name all the good eateries just a few of your fav. lower budget ones.

Thanks again ya'll.

yes, thats my blog site.
if you are at OBBR, send me a Pm with your email and I'll email you a list of restaurants in that area that one of our posters, SXMNORM, put together

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Yes SXMNORM sent me his list and it is great--great pictures too.

if you are at OBBR, send me a Pm with your email and I'll email you a list of restaurants in that area that one of our posters, SXMNORM, put together.....

Could you send me a list also? I'd appreciate that! I'll pm you my email. thanks!

I think you will do much better on the French side. Don't bother with the tourist traps on the Dutch side, especially around front street.

OK, Tommy, that remark is totally uncalled for.
remember, at the bottom of the page here it says
"My comment is constructive and friendly. "

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There are so many great places to eat on the Dutch side. And, reasonable too. You don't have the hassle with the Euro either.

Pauline

Economical eating on the Dutch side, try
The Fish Market in Simpson Bay, right next to the drawbridge, with 5 or 6 little restaurants(lolos, almost). very Caribbean.
Peg Leg Pub for Happy Hour(4-6) offers 1/2 price appetizers and drink specials. Some of the apps are a meal in themselves.

This topic has more meaning if we can identify what is "budget" or "reasonable". Lots of little places in the fish market,for example, where you could get take-out for 2 for 20$-ish. (I went there looking for Johnny Bs second spot; he was also still under his tree). But not all of these places were open when I went.

Norm which place in the Simpson Bay Fish Market would you recommend? I remember you and Betty ate at one and also posted a photo but can't remember which one you ate at?

Louise,
Betty and I carried out a pan fried chicken breast dinner [i216.photobucket.com] from Dr Fish in the Simpson Bay Fish Market last September.
We also met the owner of the Goat Fish restaurant this past February. Karin [i216.photobucket.com] is also connected with TOTT in Grand Case. We tried their leg and thigh dinner. [i216.photobucket.com]