The Best of Dining in the Bahamas

Graycliff (Nassau, New Providence Island; tel. 242/322-2796): This is the most elegant restaurant on New Providence Island, with more class, style, and flair than anything found on Cable Beach. Bahamian seasonings add flair and zesty flavor to the continental cuisine. Place your order carefully, though—this is the most expensive restaurant in The Bahamas. After all, someone has to pay for the $8-million wine cellar, a sight worth seeing with 175,000 bottles.

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Sun And . . . (Nassau, New Providence Island; tel. 242/393-1205): On a par with Graycliff (and a bit cheaper to boot!), this is a favorite haunt of visiting celebrities. Most important, they serve top-notch food. As you cross a drawbridge to enter a soothing world with a fountain and rock pool, you'll begin to hear tantalizing sizzling sounds from the kitchen, which is always cooking up an array of vividly flavored fresh seafood, the hallmark of a master French chef. Try to save room for a soufflé—they can hold their own with anything this side of France.

The Restaurant at Compass Point (Love Beach, New Providence Island; tel. 242/327-4500): The California/Caribbean cuisine here has made this a hot spot for savvy foodies—and one of The Bahamas's finest. The menu is innovative, with many exotic touches: Everybody in The Bahamas serves conch, but here it appears with agnolotti, sun-dried tomatoes, and spinach in a tomato-basil cream sauce. Or try a Bahamian maki roll with conch, mango, and cucumber served with wasabi and pickled ginger.

Dune (in the Ocean Club, Paradise Island; tel. 242/363-2000): The most cutting-edge restaurant in either Paradise Island or Nassau is the creation of French-born restaurant guru, Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Every dish served here is something special—from shrimp dusted with orange powder to chicken and coconut milk soup with shiitake cakes.

Five Twins (in the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort and Casino, Paradise Island; tel. 242/363-3000): This trendy, upscale restaurant has generated more excitement than any other that opened in the 1990s on this chic island across from Nassau. Featuring Pacific Rim cuisine, it serves flavorful dishes with a flair that even James Bond might have appreciated. (007 himself was seen dining on Paradise Island in Thunderball.) The chefs create refined dishes that justify the high prices.

Villa d'Este (in the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort and Casino, Paradise Island; tel. 242/363-3000): This is the finest Italian restaurant on Paradise Island, with nothing in Nassau to top it, either. The setting is gracious, tasteful, and Old World, but it's the food that keeps them calling for reservations. All the old favorites are here, including veal parmigiana and fettuccine Alfredo as fine as what you'd find in Rome. Fresh herbs add zest to many dishes. The pasta dishes are particularly succulent.

Mangoes (Marsh Harbour, the Abacos; tel. 242/367-2366): For the best and most authentic Bahamian food in the Abaco chain, head for this welcoming spot, where both visiting yachties and locals flock for the fine cuisine. Order up a "conch burger" for lunch, and in the evening you can return to enjoy the fresh catch of the day—straight from the sea and grilled to your specifications. The namesake mango sauce can really dress up a plate of grilled pork tenderloin.

The Landing (Harbour Island, Eleuthera; tel. 242/333-2707): This attractive restaurant at the ferryboat dock has awakened the sleepy taste buds of Eleuthera. Brenda Barry and her daughter, Tracy, will feed you well from a choice international cuisine, often prepared with recipes they gathered during their world travels. Under mature trees in their garden, you can feast on succulent pastas, freshly made gazpacho, pan-fried grouper, or a warm duckmeat salad.

Anacaona (In the Grace Bay Club, Provo, Turks and Caicos; tel. 649/946-5050): Both the setting and the Mediterranean/Caribbean cuisine are exquisite at this premier restaurant of the Grace Bay Club. As you're cooled by ceiling fans, lulled by the sounds of the ocean, your taste buds will suddenly be awakened by top-rate cuisine, prepared with the island's finest ingredients. The chef's grilled lobster alone commands a star, but he also prepares both the classics and innovative dishes exceedingly well.

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