Restaurants: Region 2 - Lower Caribbean

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This page lists all restaurants and eateries in the Lower Caribbean Region, which includes Mount Pleasant, Buccoo, Grange, Mount Irvine, Grafton, Pleasant Prospect, Stonehave, Black Rock, Courland, Plymouth and Arnos Vale. The listings are in alphabetical order, by restaurant type as indicated by the marker flags above. A more detailed interactive map is available here.

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Prices: Expensive — Quality: Average — Ambience: Average — Open: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner — International   

RSR Arnos Vale Hotel

Arnos Vale

Tel: 639-2881

Dinner in the 'Plantation House' and lunch buffet at the beach restaurant. Quality and service are highly erratic and recent reports have been far more negative than positive. Very high prices.

Arnos Vale Hotel

Prices: Quite Expensive — Quality: Average — Ambience: Not great — Open: Lunch & Dinner — Indian   

RSR Caribbean Choula

Shirvan Road, Mount Pleasant

Tel: 631-0121

Curry house. Located above Melange and under same ownership and management. Takeaways from 2pm. Dinner from 6:30pm. Having ordered and waited 15 minutes for a takeaway, I was invited to sit at a table. Reminding them that I had ordered a take-away, I was told they had no take-away containers and would have to eat the meal there. Unbelievable! Frankly no more than I have come to expect from this outfit. We shan't return.

Caribbean Choula

Prices: Quite Expensive — Quality: Average — Ambience: Average — Open: Lunch & Dinner — Local/International   

RSR Fish Pot

Pleasant Prospect

Tel: 635-1728

The Fish Pot is located in Pleasant Prospect (next to Marie's Place). The restaurant is open for lunch Monday to Friday and on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings for dinner. Reports are always positive.

Website: thefishpot.blogspot.com

Fish Pot

Prices: Expensive — Quality: Excellent — Ambience: Good — Open: Dinner only — Italian   

RSR La Tartaruga

Buccoo Village

Tel: 639-0940

Italian cuisine. Great dining with excellent wines, hosted by a highly entertaining owner. Full à la carte menu with appetizers from TT$25 and main courses from TT$55. The 250+ Italian wines are the restaurant's real strength. Open Monday to Saturday (closed Sunday) from 6:30-10:00pm.

Website: www.latartarugatobago.com

La Tartaruga

Prices: Quite Expensive — Quality: Average — Ambience: Not great — Open: Dinner only — Local/International   

RSR Me-Shells

Shirvan Road, Mt Pleasant

Tel: 631-0353

Me Shells has never enjoyed the best of reputations but hearing positive comment from several people during our 2008 trip, we decided to give it a try. What a pleasant surprise. We went back twice more during our visit and enjoyed every meal. Wide menu. Not cheap. Well worth trying. Open Monday to Saturday, 6pm to 10pm.

Me-Shells

Prices: Expensive — Quality: Average — Ambience: Not great — Open: Dinner only — International   

RSR Melange

Shirvan Road, Mount Pleasant

Tel: 631-0121

Average catering. Nicely presented, but everything rather pretentious. Menu prices on the high side. Extortionate prices for truly awful plonk. It is clear that nobody at the restaurant knows the first thing about wine. Attractive building in lovely garden but mossies are said to be a problem during the wet season.

Melange

Prices: Average — Quality: Average — Ambience: Very Little — Open: Lunch & Dinner — Local/International   

RSR Mot Mot Restaurant

Auchenskeoch Road, Grange

Tel: 660-8879

Local restaurant, located between Buccoo Junction and Carnbee. Unpretentious Creole-fusion catering. Pleasant atmosphere. Large cocktail selection. During the past two years, this pleasant little restaurant has become one of most favoured restaurants on Tobago. Has never let us down and you never leave feeling you've paid over-the-odds for a mediocre evening, as at most other restaurants.

Mot Mot Restaurant

Prices: Quite Expensive — Quality: Average — Ambience: Not great — Open: Lunch & Dinner — Local/International   

RSR Patino's Courtyard Cafe

Shirvan Road, Buccoo

Tel: 639-9481

General reports are very mixed. Service can be slow and unfriendly and ambience poor as the restaurant is often empty. The included service charge covers "silverware, linen and glasses" and staff gratuities are not included. Open every day from 6pm.

Website: www.enchantedwaterstobago.com

Patino's Courtyard Cafe

Prices: Expensive — Quality: Above Average — Ambience: Average — Open: Lunch & Dinner — International   

RSR Pavillion Restaurant

Villas at Stonehaven, Grafton

Tel: 639-0361

Lovely setting overlooking Stonehaven Bay. Excellent international cuisine and wine. Somewhat expensive for Tobago, but general consensus appears to be that it is worth it.

Website: www.stonehavenvillas.com

Pavillion Restaurant

Prices: Expensive — Quality: Excellent — Ambience: Excellent — Open: Lunch & Dinner — International   

RSR Seahorse Inn

Old Grafton Beach Road, Grafton

Tel: 639-0686

Once regarded as the 'best' restaurant on the island. Sadly the restaurant only performs well when the owners are present, which is increasingly less often these days. Romantic beachside setting. Reservations essential for dinner. Open Every Day. Breakfast 8-10:45am, Lunch noon-3:30pm, Dinner 6:30-10pm.

Website: www.seahorseinntobago.com

Seahorse Inn

Prices: Expensive — Quality: Above Average — Ambience: Average — Open: Dinner only — International   

RSR Shirvan Watermill

Shirvan Road, Mount Pleasant

Tel: 639-0000

Expensive - many even say over-priced. Food can be great, but quality highly inconsistent and can suffer badly when the restaurant is busy. Interesting setting. Open every day from 5pm.

Shirvan Watermill

Prices: Quite Expensive — Quality: Average — Ambience: Not great — Open: Lunch only — Local/International   

RSR Buccaneer's Beach Bar

Grafton Beach, Stonehaven Bay

This beach bar/restaurant belongs to the Grafton Beach Hotel and Le Grand Courlan, but is open to non-residents for daytime drinks and light meals.

Buccaneer's Beach Bar

Prices: Average — Quality: Average — Ambience: Very Little — Open: Lunch & Dinner — Local/International   

RSR Cocrico Inn

Arnos Vale Road, Plymouth

Tel: 639-1476

Reasonably priced, mainly Creole, meals. Some very negative reports.

Cocrico Inn

Prices: Average — Open: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner — Local/International   

RSR El Pescador Seafood Restaurant

Buccoo Village

El Pescador is a new fish restaurant, located on the terrace of Miller's Guesthouse just before Buccoo jetty. Open all day, the restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner and the great location makes it ideal for sundowners.

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Prices: Cheap — Quality: Average — Open: Lunch only — Local/Creole   

RSR Fad's Homestyle

Shelbourne Street, Plymouth

A small buffet-style local restaurant, open for lunch, that serves authentic local dishes. Initial reports are very encouraging.

Fad's Homestyle

Prices: Cheap — Quality: Average — Ambience: Very Little — Open: Lunch & Dinner — Local/Creole   

RSR Good Times Bar

Buccoo Road, Carnbee

Reasonable local luncheons and light snacks in the evening.

Good Times Bar

Prices: Cheap — Quality: Average — Open: Lunch & Dinner — Chinese   

RSR Hollywood Chinese Restaurant

Shelbourne Street, Plymouth

A relatively new restaurant in Plymouth. Reports indicate they offer good-value decent-quality Chinese food either in their own air-conditioned restaurant or for take-away. Ready-made buffet or full menu.

Hollywood Chinese Restaurant

Prices: Cheap — Open: Lunch & Dinner — Local/Creole   

RSR Pahjoe's Restaurant & Bar

Arnos Vale Road, Plymouth

To be found on the main Black Rock to Arnos Vale Road in Plymouth. Small friendly local bar with light meals/snacks. Closed in 2004 but re-opening in March 2005. Was previously known as the Aquarius Bar, but owner hadn't thought of a name for it when I called two weeks before opening. Will be serving local delicacies.

Pahjoe's Restaurant & Bar

Prices: Quite Expensive — Ambience: Very Little — Open: Dinner only — Chinese   

RSR Papillon Chinese Restaurant

Auchenskeoch Road, Grange

Tel: 639-9941

A small Chinese restaurant offering both an eat-in and take-away service. Far from the excellent standards of the best Peking and Chinese fare available in the UK, but a useful facility for villa-dwellers in the Mount Irvine area.

Papillon Chinese Restaurant

Prices: Quite Cheap — Quality: Average — Ambience: Not great — Open: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner — Local/Creole   

RSR Peter's Restaurant & Bar

North Street, Plymouth

Tel: 639-1406

Peter's Restaurant & Bar is located on the Plymouth headland, near the sport field/jazz festival. Owner Eddy is a delightful gentleman and previously a chef at the Arnos Vale hotel. The premises are very unprepossessing and don’t be put off by the unlit entrance past Eddy’s bungalow and into the restaurant in his back yard. Worth a try!

Peter's Restaurant & Bar

Prices: Quite Expensive — Quality: Below Average — Ambience: Very Little — Open: Dinner only — International   

RSR Ru-B-Lou's

Shirvan Road, Mt.Pleasant

Tel: 639-8046

Reports indicate that standards at this restaurant have steadily fallen under current management. It is now more of a bar with attached cafe. We can sadly no longer recommend this restaurant.

Ru-B-Lou's

Prices: Cheap — Quality: Below Average — Ambience: Very Little — Open: Lunch & Dinner — Local/International   

RSR Surfers Restaurant & Bar

Mount Irvine Beach Facilities

Useful light lunch spot, specialising in Bake & Fish, burgers, etc.

Surfers Restaurant & Bar

Prices: Quite Cheap — Quality: Bad  — Open: Lunch & Dinner — Pizzeria   

RSR Pizza Boys

Pleasant Prospect

Take away pizzas. I once said that the best thing about this establishment is the ABM cash dispenser immediately adjacent. Positive reviews from some readers persuaded me to try it again in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and confess that quality had improved considerably - in fact the TT$40 medium Hawaiian was both great value and tasty.

Pizza Boys

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