Our Picks for Restaurants, Services and Places on St. Croix

Restaurants - Our top 11 (All within a 2 to 15 minute drive)

Cultured Pelican - Overlooks the pool area at Coakley Bay--and out over the Sea to Buck Island.

Upscale dining at night in an open air, casual setting.  New Ownership! GREAT food and flourishes!!

Homemade pastas, succulent veal and seafood dishes with fabulous desserts and wines.

Imaginative home style Italian menu.  Best Sunday Brunch on St. Croix.

Daily specials feature a selection of seafood and other local produce.

(Also, the best pizza on St. Croix is available for take-out.)

Dinner Tuesday-Sunday, and Sunday brunch.  (340) 773-3333

Excellent food and people just 30 seconds away.  Covered but open to the outdoors.

They’re on vacation July-September.

Click Here for Info on the Cultured Pelican

The Terrace restaurant at the Buccaneer....The food is good, but the view and breeze are even better -- go at night.

Make res..ask for a table against the railing looking over Christiansted. Listen to the piano, enjoy the night.

Newly remodeled! Absolutely Great! 5 Minutes away. Semi-Outdoors. Phone: (340) 773-2100

Click here for Buccanneer's Website

Savant - A smallish, sort of darkly decorated place just slightly east of the Christiansted Fort on the road out of town to the east.

Excellent food, good prices.

Slight hint of Mexican influence with a lot of originality.

Chef will cook almost anything almost any way.

Call for res. -- Ask for table in the back or at least away from the front--although part of the year the walled patio out back is lively and fun. Ask.

Otherwise, indoors except for 2-3 tables outside that are a bit too close to the road. Phone: (340) 713-8666

Click here for a Review of Savant

Kendricks - in the town of Christiansted.  Interior courtyard of old building. Husband and wife team.

Excellent food -- good atmosphere in a semi-outside setting.

(Update: New inside room has been added, expanding the seating options.) Phone: (340) 773-9199

Click here for Kendricks’ Website

Galleon House - at the Green Cay Marina - out past Buccaneer on the East End Road...Nothing splashy, but very good food in a really nice setting.

When calling, ask for a table by the window.  Try the Caesar Salad and Chateaubriand for 2.

Indoors, with windows open overlooking the Marina. (5 Minutes away.)

Click here for a Review of the Galleon

Restaurant Bacchus -- is a cozy, indoors atmosphere, with attentive service, a good wine list and excellent food.

It is inside an historic Christiansted townhousewhich is sort of a challenge to find....so get good directions.

The owners, sommelier Katherine and Chef Frank, provide an ideal location for an intimate dinner or

happy hour in the pool room (pool table, not swimming.) You'll never know who might be there!

340-692-9922, Upstairs, 52 King Street. Website: www.RestaurantBacchus.com

Duggan’s Reef - About 8 minutes out away from town from Coakley Bay on the shore road.  Covered-outside with great views.

Right on the water.  Try the lobster! Phone: (340) 773-9800

Click here for a Review of Duggan's Reef

Tutto Bene is on the edge of Christiansted just before Savant coming in from Coakley Bay

opposite side of road from the baseball and tennis courts.

Solid upscale Italian.  Always some good specials.  Indoors.

Click here for Tutto Bene Website

For Lighter Fare

Cheeseburger in Paradise Eat Tex-Mex outside under tents for cheap, listen to the music, have a good time on basics. 

An experience.  We always go there at least once.

Call to find out when they will have live music.

Outdoors under tent. Less tahn 3 Minutes away.

Click here for a review of Cheeseburger

Pickled Greek Like a little neighborhood Greek restaurant in Astoria, Queens.

Real, authentic (and great) Greek and American food.

Just before getting into Christiansted on the right -- accross from the Grammar School.

No Bones Cafe Like a little neighborhood bar with a cute seating area and really good food for low prices.

It is behind Schooner Bay Market in Gallows Bay.

Sharkey's Bait Shop Like a sports bar back home. Includes several nicve pool tables.

It is in Schooner Bay Market almost in fromt of the No Bones Cafe.

AND TWO MORE -- AT THE OTHER END OF THE ISLAND

Sunset Grill - On the water (you can have a table set for you on the beach sand)

with an nice menu. Just a mile north of Fredericksted

Click here for a review of Sunset Grill

Le St. Tropez - is run by Danielle, right on King St. in the heart of Fredericksted.  Like a small outdoor bistro

in....well....St. Tropez.  After eating, go and see the new Waterfront area

around the cruise ship pier...just a block away.

Click here for a review of Le St. Tropez

Places

Nicest Beach nobody knows about. (Just West of Coakley Bay Beach)

Let's face it, the Coakley Bay Beach (right across from the condos) is not the the sandiest.....it has rocks and urchins....better for snorkeling than sunning. Luckily there is an alternative an easy walk away...the next beach over. It is 1 minute by car, or 10 minutes to walk. It is the beach you see when you look out from the condo's porch. From the entrances to Carden Beach Condos and Coakley Bay Condos (they're at the same place on opposite sides of the East End Road)  start West back towards Christiansted.  Go past the Gated entrance to the Coakley Bay Plantation.  In about 500 feet you'll see the next right.  It is a dirt road--take it. Drive in to the end of the road...the beach is long, curving, protected, and toward the point there are white sand entry points.  A lot of parasailers know about this one and use it.   It is just like the picture books.

Nice day trip.  (To Fredericksted the Good Way.)

Drive the road through the rain forest (not the "scenic" jeep trail unless you actually have a jeep or 4-wheel).  End up in Fredericksted and look around. Eat lunch or dinner at the Sunset Grill -- right on the water outside of town.  Sit at a table on the beach. Do it on a Friday and there's a jazz concert at the waterfront in the early evening. Enjoy the pier.

Sunset Grill

Nice boat ride/snorkel

Go to Buck Island....everyone does.  Try for a day when the water is calm.  Call each day, ask the captain whether the water is clear or turgid that day.  When its clear...go.

For a Two Nice Drives to the Desert and Beyond

Drive out to Point Udall.  All the way to the end on the East End.  You are in a desert....nice cactus.  Natural beauty.  If you're hardy...there are hiking trails.  Enjoy the CIA's  big secret dish on the way.

Southside road.  If you went out to Point Udall, just go back around the Southside Road.  Otherwise, Drive across the island to the Southside at mid island (near the refinery and Sunny Isles shopping center, go South.  Then stay on the shore road all the way until you get to the Casino (and a few miles beyond) Perhaps one of the most beautiful stretches of beach and roads in the world.

Interesting people if you need help.

Kevin Rames and his wife Jan -- law office in Christiansted.

Joel Holt, also an attorney.

Diana Robinson at Paradise Properties in Christiansted.

Goofy things nobody in their right mind would do….that We Like

(All located the Schooner Bay/Gallows Bay -- which are just outside of Christiansted)

In Gallows Bay there is a coffee shop next to the bookstore-- across from the hardware store.  The shop has bagels, coffee and great Slurpees and Shakes.  You can sit and watch CNN, or surf the internet....Also wireless access if you have 802.11b  (We love going into the hardware store too.)  The book store will trade used books with you. The hardware store has everything.  The Post Office is on the other side of the street. Also, Schooner Bay Market -- for gourmet foods and good wines.  Like Citarellas only little.

Best cheap thrill that ain't cheap.

From either F-sted or C-sted, take the Seaplane to PR or St. Thomas for a day or half-day trip.  The fun is in the ride.

The take-offs and landings are a trip.  Ask for the local rate.

Have a good time!  Wear sunscreen.