PRICE:
Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

The only member of the prestigious Chaîne des Rotisseurs on the island, this is one of Port Lucaya's best restaurants. It offers a definite continental flair; a creative kitchen; a polite, hardworking staff; and a sense of gemütlichkeit in the Tropics. Tucked away into one corner, its bar is the most lavish part, with esoteric liqueurs and an upscale, stylish decor that recalls a chic hideaway in Berlin. The dining room is simpler. Designed as a counterpart for the cuisine, and not an architectural statement in its own right, it's outfitted with dark-wood trim and a nautical decor that's especially charming when the Atlantic winds outside blow hard and cold. Its owners are not shy about publicizing their culinary ambitions. They serve one of the few white (that is, New England-style) conch chowders we've seen in The Bahamas. Jumbo cheeseburgers are appropriately juicy, but more appealing might be the Delmonico steaks, veal chops with Provençal herbs, and shrimp Alfredo with marinara-flavored pasta. Chilean sea bass poached in Irish butter and chardonnay sauce is a specialty, as is the lobster St. Jacques, wherein chunks of lobster are spooned over a bed of garlic-flavored mashed potatoes, then covered with cheese, and broiled.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Bahamas 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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