Saint-Laurent du Maroni Restaurants

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Situated off the road between St.Laurent and St.Jean, this restaurant is quite easy to pass!

As you enter the grounds you are confronted by a series of Carbets (they are available for rent at 15 euros a night) and to the side of the path, about 3 cages, which house monkeys, parrots, geese, caimans and a large meat eating bird that I don't know the name of, to the bag of the restaurant is another cage housing a Jaguar.

This then, is the setting for Créole food which is prepared and cooked to order, ensuring very fresh and gread tasting dishes. The chef is very friendly and is quite happy to talk about how he prepares the food, the animals and the restaurant and area in general, service is quick and everything is reasonably priced, it costs between 15-20 euros per person for an entrée and a main course, wine and deserts are extra.

The dessert is normally made up of ice cream of the country, which means ice cream made of local fruits and plants, I haven't found this anywhere else in French Guyana and it makes for an interesting end to the meal.

Favorite Dish: As with many créole restaurants, you usually get told what they have as opposed to asking for what you want, we ended up having a green papaya salad to start with and Maipouri with couscus for the main course, it was very well done and as I said, cooked to order.

This restaurant isn't open at lunch time, only for groups of 15 or more, at night time you have to make a reservation so that the chef knows how many people he has to get food for, plus it can get quite busy.