The Caribbean Dining Experience

10 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean

The classic image of an island vacation includes sunshine, crystalline waters, and chilled cocktails on the beach. Why not add fine dining to that picture? While generally overlooked for its cuisine, the Caribbean is home to plenty of culinary gems. Here are 10 of our favorite restaurants making foodies swoon on the sunny islands right now.

The best of the Caribbean

25 Best Caribbean Islands

Distance from NYC: 6 hours and 20 minutes

Average hotel room cost: $140 per night

Guadeloupe is an archipelago of islands where travelers will find 321 different activities to pick from. Its two main islands include Grande-Terre, where beach towns offer white sands and a variety of water activities, and the mountainous Basse-Terre, where you can visit the breathtaking Guadeloupe National Park. It has a low beach-density score of 0.19.

Surfing in St. Thomas

There are a few surf spots in the Virgin Islands. Many of the surf spots can be fickle to swell and wind direction, but when those conditions are right, they can be world class! Usually surf is more consistent in the winter months (November to February but can extend into May), when strong North Swells from winter storms off the US East Coat produce about large swells, the North facing spots will break.

Telluride, USA

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Could Telluride be the new Aspen?  Megacelebs such as TomKat and Oprah have residences here and, let's face it, they can afford to live anywhere. So why Telluride? It's been a Native American hunting ground, a rough-and-ready mining mecca and a ghost town, but nowadays people are flocking to the easy (both on the eyes and in attitude) mountain village for the fabulous festivals and endless outdoor adventure. Winter is ski time, so get busy on the slopes and the après-ski scene; September sees the annual film festival and the spotting of celeb locals in their natural habitat. Telluride sounds obscure but is well served by flights to Telluride Regional Airport, or drive from Denver (530km), Salt Lake City (590km) or Phoenix (765km).