Isla de Roatán Restaurants

Located on the beach road iin west end. Geat pizza and very ample servings. Don't order a 2nd portion until you've seen the frirst one!

Favorite Dish: I tried 5 different varities during my stay and they were all good.

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We thought this was another tourist trap, but glad we were wrong. The food was reasonably priced & tasty. You have a choice of sitting out on the deck to enjoy the ocean views or to sit inside either at the bar or at a table. Don't be alarmed about the little squaking noises. There are a few resident parrots that wander around the restaurant.

Favorite Dish: The Caribbean Burger

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Included in the Anthony's Key Resort cost are 3 meals a day that you have at the main restaurant on the hill. Each meal has 2 or 3 choices of main dish and they were always good and really not repetitive. The wait staff were always courteous and the place was always clean.

Favorite Dish: The daily soups they provided at lunch and dinner were always varied and always great.

just got back from roatan, stayed in west end and ate at Eagle Ray's twice -- seems little known and we loved it! the salads were super fresh, as was the fish. the whole fish was great, and the seafood kebab was amazing - huge pieces of lobster and fish, lots of shrimp, all sizzling from the grill. compared to a lot of the overpriced options in west end, i thought their prices were really reasonable, especially considering how enormous the portions are. easily sharable.

when the power was out, we ate by latern and had fast, great service. they don't do a good job of letting people know that they still serve dinner when the lights are out, but as a result, we had their beautiful deck over the water all to ourselves.

To top off a great meal (and really strong cocktails!), we even spotted a huge eagle ray swimming around the restaurant! so cool.

No matter how badly you crave fish and chips in West End, don't eat at the fish and chips van that parks in front of Woody's grocery. I will admit that I was drawn by the promise of mushy peas and ended up purchasing an entire order of fish and chips, most of which I did not eat. However, later, on TWO separate occasions I heard locals discussing the fact that the van turns off its generator at night and the food sits there all night without proper refrigeration. Don't risk it.

Sundowner's is a popular restaurant/bar that becomes much more popular when the sun actually goes down. Right on the beach at Half Moon Bay, they have fantastic views of the setting sun from their sunchairs (hint: don't forget the DEET!). I went there once at night and had a great, strong cocktail called a Monkey La La (a local favorite)... one of these guys after a day of diving put me straight to sleep. I returned a few days later for a quick lunch before a dive, and ordered a veggie quesadilla. The thing that arrived at my table may well have been the grossest piece of food I have ever seen. The quesadillas were filled with what appeared to be neon orange liquid cheese from a squeeze tube, then topped with canned tomato saucy salsa. Vegetables? They'd never been within a mile of that dish. I literally could not pick up a piece without liquidy cheese dripping everywhere and weird tomato sauce that wasn't really salsa getting all over my hands. I requested a knife and fork, but even that didn't help much. Really, it was just a mess.

Come to Sundowners as the sun is settling, get nice and drunk, then be on your way. Eat elsewhere.

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I think that Pura Vida aims to be an Italian restaurant, but tourist demographics mean that they're opting to veer all over the culinary map in order to make a quick dollar. The food isn't bad but it isn't great, and the menu lacks a unifying theme.

The first time I went to Pura Vida was for dinner on one of my first nights in town. It was a quiet night in West End and I wasn't having much luck using the old "eat where there are lots of people" trick. I opted for Pura Vida because there were two other couples there. The menu had some pizzas, pastas, salads and sandwiches, but few vegetarian choices. I selected the vegetarian panino, and because I thought it didn't come with any sides I asked for some fried plantain chips on the side. When the food arrived, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the sandwich came with a small side salad. However, the panino itself was a disappointment. The bread was much too thick for the small amount of vegetable filling, resulting in a very dry, chewy sandwich. The plantain chips were also on the dry side, and would have benefitted from some dipping sauce or something.

My second visit to Pura Vida came on my last morning on the island. I had been hoping to go to Rudy's for banana pancakes, but I found they were closed (I think it was a Saturday). Instead, I decided to give Pura Vida a second shot and chose their chocolate pancakes. Again, the pancakes were a little bit dry, but the smoothie (papaya-melon) was AWESOME. I think it may have been more of a sugary milkshake than a smoothie, but who cares? Anyone who can make fruit taste that good deserves a gold star in my opinion.

In short, visit Pura Vida for a smoothie/milkshake and choose another place for your food. There are lots of much better choices in West End.

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As a vegetarian, I didn't have very high hopes when I sat down at my hotel's restaurant, called The Argentinian Grill. The menu offered me several salads and two vegetarian mains: a grilled vegetable and rice platter or vegetarian lasagna. Dreaming of the superb grilled vegetable dishes I used to eat in Italy, I opted for the former. Immediately after placing my order the power went out, and we sat in the dark for the next ten minutes with only the light of the grill to illuminate the restaurant. In the dark, I was treated to their wonderful homemade herb bread, which was soft and chewy and perfectly flavoured. I was very surprised when mere moments after the power came back on I was served a massive plate of freshly grilled vegetables, thoroughly coated in high-quality olive oil. The vegetables (onions, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes, zucchini, tomatoes and corn) were delicious and arranged perfectly around a little tower of white rice. I asked for a side of their delicious homemade chimichuri sauce for dipping.

I heard through the grapevine that they had a to-die-for dessert, so I returned to the restaurant several nights later for a light dinner: their house salad and their famous crepe. The salad was bigger than it looked, with a great variety of fresh vegetables. However, the crepe was truly a stand-out, stuffed with fresh coconut and topped with chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream (and, possibly, caramelized goats milk... I'm not sure if that was really part of the meal or if I'm just having caramelized goats milk fantasies).

No matter how you look at it, the Argentinian Grill has great choices for everyone (even vegetarians), very friendly staff and a great, candlelit atmosphere (check the photos)! I would highly recommend it.