Lazy Lizard (The Split, Caye Caulker, Belize) – located within Caye Caulker’s favored shallow beach “The Split”, this bar is popular for its sunsets.
Habaneros (Front Street, due west from main public pier, Caye Caulker) – this restaurant is for vacationers who want to splurge. Various types of dishes are offered here, including Stone Crab Claws, Brazilian pork, Thai Snapper, Coconut Crusted Snapper, Three Meat Entrée, and Mayan Plate.
Caesar’s Palace (190 Barrack Street, Belize City) – both the music and patrons at this venue are Latin, with a crowd forming after 10:30 pm – a reminder that not everything in Belize is Caribbean-centric.
Belize Biltmore Plaza (Mile 3 ½ Northern Highway, Belize City) – with a steel band regularly playing live music, this poolside bar has a happy hour on Fridays (from 5 pm to 8 pm).
Baymen’s Tavern (Radisson Fort George Hotel, 2 Marine Parade Blvd., Belize City) – this hotel bar, which has live bands during the weekends, is noted for its pleasant outdoor deck. It attracts some of the local high rollers.
St. George’s Dining Room (Radisson Fort George Hotel, 2 Marine Pde.,Belize City) – this is the Radisson Hotel’s main restaurant, which serves hearty buffet lunches with a different theme daily (Mexican, Caribbean, Asian etc) and a mainly Mediterranean dinner menu, with plenty of seafood and some vegetarian options. There are also buffets on Friday, Saturday […]
Smoky Mermaid (13 Cork Street, Belize City) – another hotel restaurant (this time, within the city’s Grand House hotel), the Smoky Mermaid serves tasty Caribbean and international food on a lovely patio, which features tinkling fountains and towering tropical trees. The meals are dependably good and the servings satisfying. The atmosphere also gets good ratings.
Serendib (27 Burns Avenue, San Ignacio, west Belize) – this place was opened years back by a British Army conscript of Sri Lankan descent. The menu here is a mix of Belizean, Chinese, and American dishes, along with Sri Lankan curries and teas. This eatery also serves the Wattalappan dessert (a Sri Lankan coconut custard […]
Rainbow Bar and Grill (off of Front Street, on beachfront midway between public pier and the Split, Caye Caulker) –this is another seafood-centric restaurant (with various grilled and fried fish dishes), along with burgers, fajitas and vegetarian dishes.
Nerie’s II Restaurant (corner of Queen & Daly Strees, Belize City) — Nerie’s offers most accompaniments imaginable to rice and beans, including curried lamb, stewed cow foot, lobster, gibnut and deer. You can start things off with a choice of soups, including chicken, escabeche (with chicken, lime and onions), chirmole (with chicken and a chilli-chocolate […]