For true island cuisine, you must stop by one of the "Shacks" - where the locals grill up fresh lobster, chicken and ribs with a side of rice a beans and other goodies. While the atmosphe at the shacks can be very rustic, the food is enjoyable and very reasonable.

It's been said that St. Maartin / St. Martin has the best restaurants in the Caribean. Once you try a few restaurants, you'll understand why.

The food offered by the approximately 300 different restaurants in St. Maarten is unforgettable. Most of the establishments have breathtaking views along the beach as in Grand Case, others are located on pleasant side streets of Marigot or Philipsburg. Some are actually on the beach itself and serve tasty barbecued beef ribs or fresh fish and chips.

"Don't think there is any other place in the Caribbean with so many good restaurants," says Jean Legoubey of Plaza Caraibes. "They are not expensive and they have good food." He has traveled all over the Caribbean and notes that tourists can have a taste of France right here, they don't have to travel to France.

One of the things that is so impressive about the island is the selection of food that it offers for the size of land that it occupies. Whether the food is Italian, French, Indian, American, Argentine, Chinese, Middle Eastern or Caribbean, nine times out of ten the cooks are natives of the lands where the cuisine they are cooking is from. When one tastes the food it becomes obvious that these establishments are truly something special.

Selection is definitely not a problem. Grand Case, a small town on the northern side of the island boasts 28 restaurants that are all located along a beautiful beach. These restaurants cater to the romantic couple wanting to enjoy an evening meal while an evening sea breeze blows into the open aired restaurants.

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