Eating, drinking and dancing
We've tracked down the best cafés for people-watching, the bars with the coolest cocktails, the most accomplished restaurants and the liveliest local nightlife in Grenada. All you have to do is make sure you've packed your favourite threads…
Restaurants
Laluna Restaurant and Sunset Bar
Hotelier Bernardo Bertucci imports cheeses, cured meats, olive oil and wine from his native Italy. The Sicilian head chef turns out wonderful pasta, meat and seafood, served in a bay-view dining room; you can recline on day-beds in the lounge bar at sundowner time.
Morne Rouge, St George’s, , Grenada
(+1 473 439 0001)
Rhodes Restaurant
Gary Rhodes has a house on the island. His Caribbean menu at this verandah restaurant runs from shrimp and callaloo tartlet to warm lobster salad with mango mayonnaise.
Calabash Hotel & Villas, St George’s, Grenada
(+1 473 444 4334)
La Belle Creole
A romantic setting for gourmet dinners, West Indian-style: lobster mousse, green banana soup, rack of lamb, lime meringue pie.
Blue Horizons Cottage Hotel, nr Spice Island Beach Resort, Grand Anse, Grenada
(+1 473 444 4316)
Carib Sushi
A sushi bar serving up fresh local fish – mahi mahi, snapper, tuna – Japanese-style.
Marquis Complex, Grand Anse, Grenada
(+1 473 439 5640)
Coconuts
An island institution at the town end of the beach. Book a table on the sand for dinner, when the moonlit, phosphorescent water laps right up to your feet.
Grand Anse, Grenada
(+1 473 444 4644)
The Water’s Edge
A luxy spot with wraparound verandah, balmy patio and upstairs lounge with big ceiling fans and mahogany/rattan stylings – all have peachy ocean views. The modern Caribbean menu features rum-flamed chicken with ginger cream.
Bel Air Plantation, St David’s, Grenada
(+1 473 444 6305)
Cafés
Nutmeg
An old-time harbour-view first-floor favourite, where you’ll lunch on roti or curried conch, and wonderful nutmeg ice-cream.
The Carenage, St George’s, Grenada
(+1 473 440 2539)
Bars and clubs
Dr Grooms
A stumble from Laluna, this is a perfect local watering hole for drinking late into the night, with pool tables, live music and bar food.
Point Salines, Grenada
(+1 473 444 1979)
Fantazia Disco
An air-conditioned, state-of-the-art club, with disco lights a-go-go, where you can dance to pop hits, soca and reggae. The busiest nights, with live shows, are Friday and Saturday and, of course, carnival time is bonkers. Expect a small cover charge.
Morne Rouge Beach, Grenada
Club Bananas
A recent addition to Grenada’s roster of nightlife fixtures, part of True Blue restaurant, and a reliably jumping place with great music – international as well as West Indian – and young regulars.
St George’s, Grenada
(+1 473 444 4662)