One of the biggest differences between going on holiday and travelling is the amount of money spent on food and eating out. Way back in 2016 when I surprised hubby with a week away to Santorini for his birthday we were definitively holidaymakers.
A lovely fresh Greek breakfast was included in the accommodation cost and then with a small kitchenette attached to our room we popped out at lunchtime to buy freshly baked bread, meat, cheese etc or we paid to eat around the pool with the owners supplying beautiful Greek salads and a selection of meats at a reasonable cost. Then every evening we got showered and dressed up to hit the local restaurants devouring a two or even three course meal every night.
When you travel you cannot afford this type of expense and secondly it is true that as you get older you actually don’t need as much food anyway.
When we went away for six months, two years ago, we found all sorts of ways to feed ourselves without expending a fortune. Don’t get me wrong we had the occasional lovely meal out as we would at home.
We travelled to Grenada as part of a three week adventure to the Caribbean and whilst this trip was quite a short trip for us it still wasn’t a holiday. There is quite a variety of restaurants available on Grenada, we even stopped one day on the way back from the East coast and visiting Grenville at a roadside pizza takeaway with benches on the grass overlooking the Caribbean Sea. However these are my three key recommendations, sat each end of the price spectrum:
Sails:
This is currently the number one place to eat on the island and when we visited St George’s for the day -see previous post:
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we opted to have lunch here. We only eat one main meal a day when travelling so apart from a small packet of biscuits later we wouldn’t have eaten again that day.
The restaurant overlooks the Carenage and the beautiful aquamarine sea. When we stopped off in the morning as it was opening at 11 a.m. we booked for lunch at 1 p.m. The member of staff was very friendly and happy to assign us an outside table so we could actually feel the sea breeze, appreciate the view and feel the sun on our skin as we ate. There aren’t many restaurants that can boast such a lovely setting.
The menu was varied and is available on their Facebook page if you wish to view it in advance. We chose to forego starters and order just mains as we knew we would want to sample a dessert. I had the cajun fish wrap with a side order of fries and hubby had the double stack burger and sweet potato fries. We followed this up with carrot cake and a house speciality ( the name escapes me!) and they also managed to make me a non alcoholic strawberry daiquiri which I was rather pleased about.
This was our most expensive meal on the island.
The Bay House:
We ate here a couple of times as this was where we stayed but it is also open to non residents. Perched high on the hill overlooking Grand Anse Beach it benefits from fantastic views and certainly watching the sun set whilst you eat is a worthy experience and a definite reason to venture up the hill to eat.
The chef is so underrated with amazing presentation as well as tasty food. On this particular night I chose to have the fish ( available grilled or fried, I chose the former) with a side order of fries and garlic bread and hubby once again chose a burger.
We didn’t have dessert as we were too full. The waitress, Britney, was super friendly, chatty and helpful in answering some of our questions about the island itself. We were full after just one course but they do offer starters and desserts.
This is mid-range in terms of cost.
Patrick’s Local Homestyle Cooking Restaurant:
We always eat where the locals eat and Patricks which currently features in the top ten places to eat on Tripadvisor, on the island, is exactly that!
Chat to your waiter, which may well be the owner’s son Milton and you will discover the history of this basic but very tasty restaurant. The owner Patrick, had been friends with his Mum-Caron for many years and when she hit hard times in New York he gave them somewhere to live and a means for her to provide for herself and her son by helping in the restaurant. Milton will admit that had he not left New York he probably would have been dead himself or in prison.
Patrick ran the restaurant, frequented by locals particularly at lunchtime for nigh on 30 years. Unfortunately he died back during the Covid era and left the restaurant to Caron who continues to provide delicious authentic Caribbean food.
On our first visit on a Friday night the normal tapas menu wasn’t available but there was a selection of other main meals to choose from: I took the curry goat and hubby chose the ginger pork.
Both meals were really tasty and good enough to encourage us to return for the tapas on our final night.
If you choose the tapas you get served with a series of plates with samples of everything on their menu from callaloo soup to at least five entrees. It’s a great way to get to taste typical Grenadian food all in one meal. We honestly left completely stuffed.
Both meals that we ate at Patricks were the lower end of our budget but they both delivered the best food we ate on the island.
This ends my four part series on Grenada. Please press “like” if you enjoyed my literal journey of our Caribbean trip and by all means comment or ask questions if you wish to know more.
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