The best restaurants Santa Elena

When it comes to braised chicken, everyone in town recommends Ninette Boiton's restaurant. The quality/price ratio is truly excellent, as the portions are generous, the dishes tasty and the bill anything but salty. The desserts are also well worth the detour, if you can allow yourself insolent quantities of sugar and cream! Another plus point is that the restaurant has a shaded terrace overlooking the main road, from which you can watch passers-by come and go as you finish your meal.

The Maya Mountain Lodge restaurant is a restaurant in its own right. Taking advantage of the lodge's organic vegetable garden, the kitchen is supplied directly from the source and will prepare a variety of dishes to suit your tastes and any constraints you may have. From carnivore to vegan, you'll find what you're looking for in this charming little restaurant, surrounded by colorful birds. Bart was a pioneer in Belize when it came to wellness cures, and his restaurant reflects this, making it a pleasure to remake the world in his interesting company.

At the entrance to the town, immediately on the right (when coming from Belmopan), this restaurant has a large terrace where you can relax after a long day. On the menu: burgers, Belizean specialties ( rice & beans), Mexican specialties(tacos, burritos...), as well as refreshing smoothies and milkshakes. Some pretty good pizzas round out the offerings of this unpretentious little restaurant, where it's a good idea to stop for a while to get your strength back before or after an excursion around town.