Nightclubs and bars in Guadeloupe

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Anse de l’Eau is a real “of the beaten path” place and very special to visit. It is a small beach located just west from Saint-François on Grande-Terre. It’s almost impossible to find in the dark (the best time to go there) so either you already have a look at daytime or you make sure some locals can take you. We took the last option and had a fantastic time here.

The beach is completely deserted after dark, with no light-pollution, no sounds of cars or whatsoever and with decent road leading there either. But when you’re there it’s the perfect place for a party: playing the local drum, drinking Ti Punches and Planteurs, singing, dancing and make a barbeque: that’s how the locals do it.

Make sure you take enough drinks, sausages, a drum and a towel to sit and and you’ll surely have a great night watching shooting stars and enjoying the moment. Of course there are more places like this on the island: just ask the locals if they know some places like this.

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Besides from some discotheques, Guadeloupe is not the ideal island to go out. Especially on weekdays 95% of all Guadeloupeans go to bed early, to wake up again early in the morning. Because of that you won’t find many bars and café’s that are open at night, especially in smaller, more locally orientated towns.

In town where you see more tourists though, you can always expect at least a few local bars that are open almost every night and some times even have live music on one of these days. Here you’ll find a mixed audience: tourists, some local people who don’t feel the need to go to sleep at 21:00, and also a number of French people living on the island.

If you are staying for a longer time in the same place, these places are perfect to get to know people: people are very talkative and very interested in new visitors. Most popular drinks? Ti Punch, Planteur and Carib beer...

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This is one of the most popular places on Grande-Terre for an older, more local audience. Zoo Rock is located in Le Gosier, in the Marina and in concludes a restaurant, and two different bars, of which the one upstairs is the most popular and most crowded.

Here you’ll find the Guadeloupeans in all different kinds: from stylish youngsters to older guys who just want to have a good time, dance and don’t care about their appearance. I’m only mentioning “guys” because that is 95% of the audience here. If you are woman, be prepared to receive a million requests for a dance, especially when they start playing the local Zouk-music.

Zouk-music clearly is the most popular music on the island, and that is what you hear the most here, but also Dance-music, and R&B is played here. If you want to see the real nightlife-scene of Guadeloupe, and meet some local people, go to the Zoo Rock! Entrance is free here.

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Le Cheyenne is one of the few discotheques in Guadeloupe, and the biggest. It is located in the nightlife-capital of the island, Le Gosier, and is very well known. You’ll easily recognise the building by the huge Indian-head right above the entrance.

This place is the most popular place for the youth between 18 and about 25 years old. Most of them are originally from France, now living a luxurious life in Guadeloupe, but there are also a lot of local youngsters from the higher classes who come here to drink, to dance and to show off. If you come here: don’t come with flip-flops but dress up a bit.

The music they play here is very diverse: they do play European dance/trance music, but most of the times they stick to Hip-Hop, R&B and mostly Caribbean music like Dancehall, Jump-Up and Kompa: the faster variants... To get in you have to pay 20 euro’s which includes a drink.

bar where sometimes live music is played, the last time i went we were lucky to have an evening with some young talents and some of them were pretty good

Dress Code: no dress code, dont wear just your bikini though.

Drink one or more 'Ti-Punch' or 'Planteur'.

The recipe for a real Ti-Punch: 1 slice of lime or lemon (squeeze it and throw in the glass), 1 measure of sugarcane syrup (or sugar) and 2 measures of white rum 50° or 59°!

The recipe for a good Planteur: white rum and guave juice to taste. It's sold in bottles, ready to drink!

Dress Code: monokini, bathing suit, evening dress, whatever you like ...

Guadeloupe has nightspots galore, including discos and nightclubs (either stand alone or located in the larger hotels) and a variety of piano and jazz bars. Some hotels offer dinner dancing and performances by folkloric troupes. The popular dance music is Zouk, created in Guadeloupe and performed regularly by many local groups. Nightlife is most plentiful in the major resort towns of Gosier, Bas-du-Fort and St. François, along with Le Moule, and in Gourbeyre, on the Basse-Terre side of the island, but nightspots can be found throughout the island.

There are two casinos on Guadeloupe, one in Gosier and the other in St. François. Hours are 21:00 to 3:00 in the morning, with extension to 4:00 on Fridays, Saturdays and nights before holidays. Legal age is 18. Proof of identity (passport or driver's license with photo) is required for entry to the game room and an entrance fee is charged at both casinos. Dress is casual; jacket and tie are not required. Casinos offer blackjack and American roulette in the game rooms. Slot machines are located outside the game room entrances.

Some examples:

Guadeloupe / Nightlife
Bars
Beat Brass Café St-François Tel: 590 590 85 05 05
Safari Bar Pointe-à-Pitre Tel: 590 590 90 77 77
Tchounga (La) Gosier Tel: 590 590 35 83 71
Casinos
Casino de Gosier Gosier Tel: 590 590 84 79 68
Casino de St-François St-François Tel: 590 590 88 41 31
Boats
Arawak Croisières Gosier Info + Direct Link
King Papyrus Pointe-à-Pitre Info + Direct Link
Discos
116 Bas-du-Fort Tel: 590 590 93 60 40
Barracuda (Le) Ste-Anne Tel: 590 590 88 18 19
Bulle (La) Gosier Tel: 590 590 90 78 76
Café Biz'Art St-François Tel: 590 590 88 42 81
Caraïbe II (Le) Bas-du-Fort Tel: 590 590 90 85 27
Cascade (La) Gosier Tel: 590 590 84 33 69
Cercle (Le) Lamentin Tel: 590 590 25 68 66
Citée Perdue (La) Bas-du-Fort Tel: 590 590 90 75 25
Colline (La) St-François Tel: 590 590 85 00 25
Cotton Club St-François Tel: 590 590 88 76 01
Espace Vanneau Pointe-Noire Tel: 590 590 98 01 71
Fonds d'Or (Le) Petit-Bourg Tel: 590 590 94 19 87
Fonzy Bar Gosier Tel: 590 590 84 41 34
Ghetto (Le) Ste-Rose Tel: 590 590 28 60 60
Karacoli Deshaies Tel: 590 590 28 41 17
Milord (Le) Gosier Tel: 590 590 84 31 15
New Land Gosier Tel: 590 590 84 34 91
Plantation (La) Trois-Rivières Tel: 590 590 81 23 37
River-Side Trois-Rivières Tel: 590 590 92 74 46
Shiva 1 Le Moule Tel: 590 590 25 53 39
Sodex Cocoteraie Gosier Tel: 590 590 84 37 91
Swing Club (Le) St-Claude Tel: 590 590 80 76 91
TDZ Pointe-à-Pitre Tel: 590 590 90 74 24
Tropikana (Le) Gosier Tel: 590 590 84 26 75
Villa (La) Bas-du-Fort Tel: 590 590 90 87 32
Vol de Nuit Gosier Tel: 590 590 84 30 99
Zenith (Le) Bas-du-Fort Tel: 590 590 90 72 04
Zoo Rock Café Gosier Tel: 590 590 90 77 77

The same places look differently by night.