The best restaurants Dominica

This little establishment doubles as a bakery and restaurant, and the friendly team speaks French (the owner is Canadian). It's like a little piece of France here, with viennoiseries, crusty bread and mouth-watering pastries... The menu features a fusion of French and island flavors, salads, pizzas, sandwiches and French specialties such as quiche. The atmosphere is relaxed. The portions are hearty. Takeaways are also available.

You can't miss this purple-and-orange restaurant on Portsmouth beach. The large terrace gives you a panoramic view of the boats anchored in the bay during your meal. This beach restaurant boasts a varied menu, rich in seafood. However, not all dishes are available, especially in low season. Evening events are organized. Vincent, the owner, also has a room for rent upstairs, from US$95.

The restaurant is located within the Pagua Bay House. It enjoys a very pleasant setting with a large terrace overlooking the pool and the beach. It is equipped with chic and contemporary furniture. The dishes are mainly prepared with fresh products, especially fish. The menus for lunch and dinner are very Americanized. External guests can come and have breakfast, by booking in advance. Restaurant guests have access to the swimming pool (subject to a minimum consumption).

This is the Fort Young Hotel's gourmet restaurant. The restaurant is located on the first floor. It features an air-conditioned dining room, as well as a pleasant panoramic terrace. A buffet of local dishes is served daily. The atmosphere becomes much more cosy for dinner each evening, with subdued lighting. The dishes on the evening menu are refined and well-chosen. A snack bar is located on the ground-floor patio. Brunch is served every Sunday morning from noon to 2.30pm.

After a stroll along the Red Rocks (admission US$2), this restaurant is the perfect place for a snack or a drink. Red Rock Cuisine offers local dishes (grilled, fried or roasted fish, grilled lobster), as well as homemade burgers and pizzas. Gourmet side dishes include plantain, sweet potato and breadfruit fries. The establishment also offers a wide variety of local fruit juices (guava, passion fruit, local cherry, elderberry, lemon or even cytherea apple).

Located on the second floor of a pretty green house with a planted balcony, this 100% vegan restaurant offers fresh, local, homemade cuisine. Vegetable accras, vegan pies and sandwiches made with roasted peas, squash or eggplant, plant-based drinks and delicious fruit juices are all on the menu, which changes with the seasons. This environmentally-friendly cuisine, known as Ital (for "vital") and endorsed by Rasta culture, is based on unprocessed fruit and vegetables. Dishes are simmered over a low heat and seasoned with spices from the garden.

Hidden behind a small grocery store, this restaurant offers excellent local cuisine with a superb view of the ocean. Grilled fish, fried chicken or pork ribs served with rice and peas, salad and crudités, or mac and cheese... The menu changes daily. Coral Reef is also the perfect place for a sunset drink, with a wide range of cocktails and punches on offer. The staff are friendly and attentive. Breakfast is also available.

A superb place to dine. The terrace opens directly onto the beach, accessible via a small gate. From your table you can admire the beautiful view of Guadeloupe. Chef Glascow offers a warm welcome and delicious Creole cuisine. On the menu: fresh fish, grilled or in court-bouillon, chicken with curry and pineapple, teriyaki chicken... All served with rice, local vegetables, weighed bananas... It's also the ideal place to enjoy a drink at the end of the day, as the sun sets.

Located on the road between Castle Bruce and Kalinago territory, this restaurant may not look like much at first glance, but once inside you'll be drawn in by the sublime view overlooking the bay. The delicious homemade local cuisine will satisfy every appetite (grilled, smoked or stewed meat or fish, veggie platter, plantain fries). Connoisseurs will appreciate the impressive collection of arranged rums. The place is very busy during the cruise season.

After St. Barth and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Jacques, a Frenchman, and his wife Eileen, a Vincentaise, chose Dominica in 2019 to open their latest restaurant, one of the island's best addresses, which now boasts many regulars. Eileen, who trained at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in New York, offers a Franco-Caribbean fusion cuisine based on quality produce. Fruits, vegetables and herbs are harvested in the morning from an organic garden at Délices. The flavors are well-balanced, and the menu changes almost daily.

A fine restaurant in the heart of the Citrus Creek Plantation ecolodge. The cuisine is local with a French twist, based on fresh produce (the owners and chef are French!). Their motto: "Eat what you grow, grow what you eat": most of the fruit and vegetables come from the garden and their food forest created in 2020. The restaurant's open terrace, located in the main stone building, is set on the banks of the Taberi River. A few tables are set amid the lush vegetation.