Dine SXM

Dine SXM - St. Maarten / St. Martin restaurant reservations and dining guide. Current restaurant descriptions and information: opening hours, menu suggestions, reviews, detailed maps, and the ability to make a guaranteed reservation online.

This is a very ambitious website that is in development, so the restaurant list is not complete. Hopefully it will end up being a full listing of all the island's eateries, as it has the possibility of being a very comprehensive reference site.

Eden Cafe in Oyster Pond

These folks have taken over the spot where Tabba Khaddy was. I haven't been there yet, has anyone?

Quai Ouest

I ate dinner at this restaurant the other night. The menu was short but looked good - however by the time we got there at 9pm many items were sold out. We tried goat cheese "samosas" served with salad, flank steak with mushroom sauce, and stingray. All were good, prices were around 14 euros and the exchange rate for the night was 1.35. There aren't too many tables and if it rains there are a few less seating options. Friendly dogs kept us company and the service was great.

Quai Ouest
+690.73.76.01
9am TO 2pm, 5:30pm until...
Closed Sunday

Jimbo's Rock and Blues Cafe

Jimbo's Rock and Blues Cafe
Simpson Bay Marina, St. Maarten
Telephone +599-544-3600 or US TEL: 214-717-4284

Open Mon-Sat
11am to midnight
Sunday 5pm to midnight

If you don't think you'll use your Jimbo dollars, send em to me. Margaritas at Jimbo's are pretty durned good. You can drink them while sitting in a swimming pool if you like that kind of thing.

Le Phuket: Asian Lounge and Thai Restaurant

Whoa! There is another Thai place on the island? Anyone been there? I am slightly suspicious of the name, Phuket. Nevertheless, in a land where Thai food is rare, any Thai food is Thai food worth trying.

Le Phuket
19 Auberge de Mer, Marina Royale
MARIGOT - 97150 Saint-Martin
For reservations, please call 0690-889-517

The Pizza Galley

The Pizza Galley
At the Lady C Floating Bar,
Airport Rd, Simpson Bay, St. Maarten, N.A.
(599) 557-7416

Often cited as the best pizza on the island. I don't know if that's true but I know its good.

Gutside Bar and Restaurant

Gutside Bar and Restaurant
Friar's Bay
Cripple Gate

Phone: 0590 291-992

open Tuesdays to Sundays
Lunch: 12noon to 3:00pm
Dinner: 5:30pm to 9:00pm

I have not yet been to this restaurant but I hear nothing but good things about it!

Hungry Hut

Hungry Hut - Jamaican Cuisine and Pool Table
Welfare Road, Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten

K Cees Snack

K Cees Snack
Best local dishes around town
W.C. Buncamper Road

Namaskar Indian Cuisine

Namaskar Indian Cuisine
Pastorie Steeg #2, Philipsburg
(599) 542-7048
Call for free and prompt delivery

Anyone ever called for delivery? Do they deliver to Dawn Beach?

Vanille & Chocolat Ice Cream Parlour

Vanille & Chocolat Ice Cream Parlour
43G Frontstreet, Boardwalk, Philipsburg
(599) 542-1270

Kali's Beach Bar

Kali's Beach Bar

Home of the famous Full Moon parties, located on Friar's Bay Beach (If you are heading from the airport towards Marigot, drive past Marigot, past the roundabout, go up and down that hill, you know the one, and the turn for Friar's Bay is on the left. If you reach Colombier you've gone too far.)

Email: kali-beach-bar@wanadoo.fr
Land Line: +590.590.29.18.09 or +590.590.51.07.44
Cell: +590.690.41.17.97

Coal Pot Cafe

Coal Pot Cafe
Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner
(599) 542-0606
Juancho Yrasquin Blvd., Philipsburg

Le Marrakech Restaurant in Marigot

In celebration of Aaron's birthday the other night (happy 35th!) we went to try Le Marrakech in Marigot.

I was in this building once before back in 1998 or so, when it was a Creole restaurant. We met someone there for dinner - it seemed she had been there all day, she sort of conducted business meetings there, with drinks. This used to seem unusual to me.

It has always been a gorgeous building, and the current decor just makes it even more fabulous. I took a bunch of photos, mostly with flash as it is dim inside, but the flash just ruins the scene, so I am posting the only decent picture I took while there.

I really enjoyed our experience. When we walked in we were greeted by someone we recognize, a waiter from another restaurant, helping out the owner of Le Marrakech during the summer holidays.

In my zeal for new things, I ordered 2 different dishes which both were served encased in a pastry, good stuff but too much pastry for dinner!. I am looking forward to going back to try new things, especially a lamb tagine. Aaron had one with eggplant which had nice flavors but not a lot of actual lamb, strangely enough - I'd like to try the lamb with fruits, sounds wonderful! We were served mint tea at the end of the evening, which was a nice way to finish the meal.

Here is the menu from that night:

Le Marrakech
169 rue de Hollande, Marigot
Phone: 590.590.27.54.48
Open for dinner every evening

Lee's Roadside Grill and Deep-Sea Fishing

Lee's Roadside Grill and Deep-Sea Fishing
Welfare Road #82
Simpsonbay
St. Maarten N.A.

Tel:(599)-544-4233
Email: info@leesfish.com

This is a busy restaurant close to the bridge in Simpson Bay. You can go there to eat and listen to the occasional band they have playing (usually too loud for my taste!) or go to do some deep-sea fishing.

Some folks love this place and say it serves the best lobster they've had (Caribbean spiny lobster, not the New England type). I've enjoyed lobster there in my day for sure, but I have not been there for years, crowded out by toursits, loud music and no parking. Oh well.

If you are going fishing and plan to feed your family of 15 with your catch, check with the boat captain first. From what I am told, they keep the catch, though they'll give you a piece.