Providenciales Island Restaurants

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Cricketer's is the resort's(Beaches) Irish/English style pub. As the name suggested the decor had many Cricket themed accents and souvenirs. The bar area was large with plenty of bar seats and tables. The restaurant had plenty of tables and booth areas if a meal was what you desired. On one side of the bar behind two doors was the smoker's lounge and pool tables (three in total).

There is a nice pub menu with typical pub grub appetizers, meals and desserts. Just about any drink you want is available from beer, frozen drinks, wine and champagne. There are several TV's in the place that always had a sporting event on: football, soccer, rugby, basketball and cricket.

Cricketer's was is one of our favorite places to grab a good lunch or a snack during the day. The food here is excellent and the desserts are very good. Patrick our favorite bartender makes the most incredible Margarita ever! We love coming here for the good food, friendly service and good times whenevre we stay at Beaches.

Favorite Dish: The shepherds pie, chicken pot pie and curry chicken were my favorite dishes here. I liked their shrimp cocktail appetizer but the appetizer called the Bouncer was hands down my favorite . The Bouncer were thick cut potato wedges that were fried. They were topped with chunky bleu cheese dressing. Oh my God they are so good!

The desserts here were delicious especially the apple crumble and the English Cream. The Apple Crumble was sort of an Apple Crisp and very sweet. The English Cream was an English style creme brulee with a gingerbread cookie on the side. It was one of my favorite desserts at the resort.

Resort guests and morning beach-walkers are drawn to the beautiful view on the deck and enjoy breakfasts including cinnamon raison French toast or huevos rancheros with fresh black bean salsa on a lightly seasoned tortilla. There's also everything in between from fresh fruit to traditional eggs benedict.

Hemingway's is equally irresistible for lunch, serving an array of gourmet sandwiches, entrée salads and specialties such as soft fish tacos, mango shrimp salad and Caribbean jerk chicken & chips. Sweet tooths will be tempted with choices ranging from key lime pie with a graham cracker crust to fried ice-cream with cinnamon powdered sugar and chocolate sauce.

A dinner favorite is the fresh grouper - lightly spiced and pan seared, served with a tequila sauced veggie salsa with charred onions, black beans, corn, carrots and red and green peppers. For another seafood choice, try the exquisite lightly sauteed shrimp with delicious pesto cream over penne pasta. For the gourmet palate, try the filet mignon grilled with a fragrant red wine mushroom sauce. Also ask your server about the Catch of the Day.

Favorite Dish: Conch (pronounced "conk") fritters, Conch chowder, and Cuban black bean soup.

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Gordon's is a nice, casual outdoor eatery in the Italian village. The tables are half under a canopied rotunda and the other tables line the perimeter. Liz and I liked coming here for a pizza lunch or for a snack if we were in this particular section of the resort. Gordon's had a little bit of everything when it came to food: pizza, paninis, salad, burgers and hot dogs. The service here is definitely on "island time" but they were very nice and friendly.

I enjoyed sitting at the outdoor tables and enjoying some tasty. I liked that this place was out of the way and not very busy.

Favorite Dish: The Hawaiian Pizza was very good as well as the Margarita and pepperoni.

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I was so determined that I was not going to set foot in the place when I first read it was a 1950's style burger joint. I thought to myself"it must be like that God awful Johnny Rockets Place". When we arrived at the resort our room wasn't ready yet and this was the only place open for lunch so early. We walked in and were greeted warmly by Lorna who showed us to a table immediately. Our drink orders were taken and we were given menus. The menu consisted of burgers, hot dogs, pizza, sandwiches, fries, onion rings, mac n cheese and ice cream. I decided on the Swiss burger with onions and Liz had a regular cheeseburger with fries. Our burgers were delivered about 10 minutes later by the smiling Lorna. To my surprise the burger was excellent and the fries were very good.

During our vacation we stopped here frequently for a burger, chicken sandwich, steak sandwich, fries, onion rings, ice cream and milkshakes. The milkshakes here are excellent and the chocolate chip shake is out of this world good. The staff here was always friendly, the food was very good and the service was on point.

Favorite Dish: The burgers here are perfectly cooked and juicy. The fries here are excellent. The milkshakes are thick and creamy; just how they should be. The Clucker sandwich was very tasty and the steak sandwich had good meat and cheese.

Arizona's was the BBQ restaurant of the resort. They had ribs,chicken and assorted meats such as t-bone steaks. We came to Provo with seafood and Caribbean dishes in mind so we only came here once for lunch. The restaurant is located in the Caribbean Village section of the resort with a large outdoor patio as well as an inside dining room.

We decided to have lunch on the patio since it was such a nice day. We were seated at a table for two with a nice view of the garden. Our waitress was quick to get us some unsweetened iced teas and show us to the buffet. The buffet was located inside with an assortment of meat, chicken, pasta, rice, potatoes, salad, fruit, seafood and desserts. I had some of the curry beef and chicken with some fried potato. Liz had some of the penne pasta, fruit and a beef patty. The food was okay, nothing to rave about.

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Barefoot by the Sea is one of the restaurants on the Beaches property serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. The restaurant is close to the beach right by the sand dunes. There are several picnic tables set up under a hut styled roof. The tables are set in the white sand of the beach so need to worry about wearing shoes.

The menu has a variety of American items as well as local and international specialties. Our favorite meals here were breakfast. We enjoyed eating outside with our feet in the sand in the early morning before it got too hot outside. During our meals here we usually were seated in the same table for two in the sand. Breakfast began with a fresh fruit salad and breakfast pastries being brought to the table. The fruit salad was a favorite of mine with delicious pineapple, cantaloupe, kiwi, watermelon and grapes. My breakfast of choice was the breakfast burrito which was incredibly good. Most days Liz just had a bagel with cream cheese and some apple juice.

Lunch here was good but a bit on the hot side. Our one dinner experience here; Liz's meat was inedible so we didn't return for another try. The service here is definitely on "island time" so don't expect to be in and out in a hurry. Despite the slow pace of the staff they are very friendly and accommodating.

Favorite Dish: The breakfast burrito was my favorite. Two tortillas filled with bacon, sausage, peppers, scrambled eggs and cheese. It was a perfectly cooked breakfast that was tasty and a good portion.

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Bella Napoli is the Pizza joint of the resort. There are a large grouping of tables by the Caribbean pool or you can do take out. Liz and I often stopped here for a pizza snack when we were lounging on the beach. Table service here is very fast so we never bothered with the take out option. The Pizzeria serves a variety of pizzas; Margarita, Hawaiian, white, pepperoni, veggie and other specialty pizzas. The pizzas are baked in a brick oven and are quite tasty. The pizzas are individual mini pizzas and are perfect for one person if it's a meal or split between two people for a snack.

Favorite Dish: The Hawaiian Pizza here was very good and I also liked the Pepperoni.

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Cafe de Paris was located in the French Village section of our resort. It was a small bakery with some indoor tables as well as outdoor tables. Cafe de Paris was advertised as the resorts Authentic French Bakery. They did have some French style pastries and crepes but it wasn't all traditional French pastry. They had cheesecakes, eclairs, pumpkin pie, cream puffs, apple strudel, cookies, eclairs, apricot tarts, raspberry tarts and special items of the day. They also served cappuccino and coffee drinks.

Frequently my wife Liz and I stopped in for some pastry to bring back to our suite or for a snack before hitting the pools or beach. The pastry was good but not "Oh My God this is Delicious". I did enjoy the Strawberry Cheesecake, Pumpkin Pie and the Vanilla eclairs. Liz liked the strudel and the Apricot tart. Liz tried a cappuccino one morning but said it was gross and threw it out.

Favorite Dish: The Strawberry Cheesecake was good and in a small cupcake wrapper; perfect bit size. The vanilla eclairs were good and a mini size as well. The Pumpkin Pie was a small individual slice and actually quite good.